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THE
INLAND PRINTER
The Leading Trade Journal of the World
IN THE
Printing and Allied Industries
VOLUME XLVII.
April, 1911, to September, 1911
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CHICAGO, ILL., U. S. A.:
The Inland Printer Company, Publishers
INDEX TO THE INLAND PRINTER
VOLUME XLVII.
APRIL, 1911, TO SEPTEMBER, 1911.
A
PAGE
Advertisements, The Typography of.. 60, 213,
379, 544, 096,
Advertising Prose Poem, An .
Advertising Hates, How to Increase .
Advertising the Print-shop .
Alcohol a Remover of Thing's .
Anderson, Jos. M., Co., The Print-shop of...
Appeal to Reason, An (verse) .
Apprentice Printers’ Technical Club. .57, 225,
391, 549, 699,
Arabic Daily Newspaper, Linotypes Used on.
861
775
94
533
110
50
215
865
892
Backward, Looking . S59
Beer Slang in Germany . 723
“ B. L. T.” Ignores the “ E ” Channel . 557
Ben Franklin Club of Minneapolis . 775
Book Review :
American Manual of Presswork, The . 75S
Book Review . 258, 758
Latin for Beginners . 25S
“ Posters ” . 258
Practical Printing . 758
Ueber den Gegenwaertigen Stand der Gal-
vanoplastik . 25S
Year-book of the Plimpton Press . 75b
Bookbinding :
Bookbinding . 106, 257. 421, 572, 754, 899
Catalogue Covers, Lined, Difficulties with., 106
Celluloid Cement . 106
Cover-stock, Gold Leaf on . 258
Finishing of Blankbooks . 572
Finishing, Preparation of the Books for... 572
Gilding Powder . 755
Gold-laying . 755
Half-bound Spring-back Binding . 106
Labels, Stamping Gold on . 258
Lettering . 573
Lettering on Cloth . 571
Lettering the Side of a Book . 574
Sizing . 755
Stamping . 754
Stamping and Embossing . 899
British Anthem, Change in the . 863
Burns, Robert, Unpublished Verse of (verse). 867
Business Notices :
American Folding Machine Company. .772, 773
American Rotary Valve Company . 774
Ault & Wiborg Company . 124
Automatic Letter Machine Company . 442
Autoplate Company of America . 2S2
Basolio Ink & Color Company . 124
Beckett Paper Company . 127
Bingham Brothers Company . 775
Blomfeldt & ltapp . 930
Burrage, Robert R . 283
Business Notices. .124, 282, 441, 608, 771, 929
Butler, J. W., Paper Company . 609
Challenge Machinery Company . 282
Chicago Lino-Tabler Company . 127
Cleveland Folding Machine Company . 445
Coloroll Manufacturing Company . 444
Cottrell, C. B., & Sons Company. . 441, 610, 771
Crocker- Wheeler Company . 125
Cutler-Hammer Company . 442
Duplex Printing Press Company . 441
Eastern Sales Company . 930
Engravers & Printers’ Machinery Company. 443
General Electric Company . 609
Gould & Eberhardt . 285
Grand Trunk Railway System . 125
Hart & Zugelder . 771
Hexagon Tool Company . 282
Hoe, R„ & Co . 611
lloole Machine & Engraving Works . 775
“ Humana ” Automatic Feeder, The . 124
Ideal Sanitary Supply Company . 929
Jacksonville (Ill.) Likes Editors . 282
Johnson, Charles Eneu, & Co . 283
Business Notices — Continued : page
Keystone Type Foundry . 931
Koenig & Bauer . 611
Lanston Monotype Machine Company. .127,
282, 444, 610, 772, 929
Lincoln, George E . 609
McLaughlin, A. C.. Resigns . 772
Master Builders’ Company . 774
Meg-ill, E. L . ' . 283
Meisel Press & Manufacturing Company...
283, 611
Mergenthaler Linotype Company . 284, 442
Miehle Printing Press & Manufacturing
Company . 930
Miller Incline Trucks . 124
Miller Saw-Trimmer Companv . 608, 774
Mills, Charles S . 284
Montgomery Brothers Company . 284
Morrison, J. L., Company . 283
New York Revolving Portable Elevator
Company . 774
Nossel, Frank . 126
Parker, Thomas & Tucker Paper Company. 124
Parsons Trading Company . 445
Plum, Matthias . 443
Redington, F. B., Company . 282
Regina Company . . 282, 441
Robertson Paper Company . 124
Rouse, IT. B., & Co . 930
Sprague Electric Company . 442
Star Tool Manufacturing Company . 126
Strathmore Paper Company . 771
Swigart Paper Company . 445
Tapley, J. F.. Company . 124
Taylor, Arthur S . 446
Thompson Type Machine Company .... 442, 610
Ticonderoga Pulp & Paper Company . 608
Triumph Electric Company . 441, 608, 930
Tucker Feeder Company . 282
Ullman, Sigmund, Company . 124, 283
United Printing Machinery Company . 125
Wanner, A. F., & Co . 772, 774
Wanner Machinery Company . 124
Watzelnan & Speyer . 284
White, James, Paper Company . 127
C
Carlisle Indian School Influences Education
in the Nation . 539
Celluloid, Another Substitute for . 446
Celluloid, Cellon, a Substitute for . 590
Chicago Club of Printing-house Craftsmen... 598
Chicago Master Binders’ and Rulers’ Club
Outing . 901
Chicago Means “Bad Smell” . 414
Cincinnati, Course in Printing at . 767
C'oated-paper Mill, New . 557
College Student Feeds a Press, The . 371
Colored Inserts :
In Quiet Waters . 264
Color, Scientific, in Practical Printing. . .431,
559, 756, 907
“ Composing-room Expert,” The . 902
Consider the Plumber (verse) . 70
Correspondence :
Advertisements, Typography of . 72
Apprentice of To-day, The . 878
Catalogues Wanted . 72
Clemmitt, William II., Oldest Active
Printer . 714
Compounding Words . 72
Correspondence . 72, 232, 399, 713, 877
Deaf-mutes, Educating . 877
Division of Words . 73
Faso], Carl, The Stigmatist . 400
Inland Printer, The, April Cover-design
of . 232
I. T. U. Student, From an . 879
Label, The Cat and the . 877
Mother’s Day, Something About . 232
Newspaper Folding and Wrapping Machine. 877
Correspondence — Continued : page
Postage Rate on Magazines, The . 877
Profession, A New . 713
Records of Evil-doing Not Wanted by the
Public . 72
Split Infinitives . 399
Style, The Question of . 232, 399
The Inland Printer a Finder of Lost
Friends . 399
Uniform Type Committee of the American
Association of Workers for the Blind. S7S
Voice from the Ranks, A . 233
Cost and Method :
Actual Occurrence. An . 916
Atchison Printers Organize Typothetae . 267
Backbone . 116
Begin, How to, Information Wanted . 594
Benedict’s New Type Seale . 915
Bill-heads, Fifteen Lots of . 594
Bookkeeping and Costs . 563
Bookkeeping System, Wants a . 437
Bountiful Utah, A Kick on Printing Prices
at . 597
Can a Small Shop Do Work Cheaper than
the Large Shop . . 118
Cards, Forty Lots of . 436
Chicago Firm Shows Dignity and Good
Sense . 914
Chicago Franklinites Dine . 117
Cleveland, Hour Costs in . 593
Cleveland, The Fellowship Club of . 594
Competition, Modern . 267
Composition Hour-cost Rate . 594
Composition, The Square-inch Method of
Figuring . 752
Copy, Some . , . 595
Cost Accounting, Common Business Sense
Calls for Expert Service in . 436
Cost Accounting, Questions About . 268
Cost and Method . 116, 267, 435, 591,
751, 914
Cost, Efficiency and Estimating . 435
Cost System for Country Plants . 268
Cost System Reliable, Is Your . 916
Cost System! What It Is . 916
Country Shop, The Small . 594
Denver, Big Meeting at . 751
Denver, Cost and Prices at . 591
Denver, The Meetings at . 596
Do Good Work — Get a Just Price . 116
Economizing . 752
Employer’s Salary and Profits, The . 116
Estimates on Small Jobs . 267
Facsimile Typewritten Letters, Prices for. . 267
Folding Paper-box Business, Wants Infor¬
mation on . 596
Hour Cost in Chicago, The . 26S
Hour Cost, The Lowest . 916
Houston Printers Getting Down to Busi¬
ness . 267
How Much Type Can a Printer Set? etc... 116
International Organization, One . 119
Iowa, State Typothetae for . 267
Job, The Most Important . 593
Lithographers and Printers, Cost-keeping
for . 269
Monotype, Wants Detailed Costs of . 593
No Feet to Stand on Anyway . 117
Office, The . 914
Ohio Printers, First Annual Cost Congress
of . 594
Presses, Idle, Who Pays for? . 116
Printers’ Terms of Sale . 596
Printer, What Is the Matter with the . 751
St. Louis Resolution, That . 270
Salesmanship, Can a Printer Practice . 595
Sheboygan, Michigan, Courage at . 752
Southeastern Cost Congress . 267, 437
Steel and Copper Plate Engravers, First
Meeting of . 752
Typesetting-machine Man Guest of B. F. C. 267
Union to Cooperate with Composition Club 916
United Typothetae Reports Progress . 436
What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You.... 595
IV
INDEX
PAGE
Costs, Bookkeeping- and . 563
Cost. Systems, Is the Journeyman Interested
in . 271
Counting-room and the Workroom, The . 49
Cylinder-press Costs, The Element of Hand¬
work in . 369
D
Depreciating Business . 56
E
Editor, A Proud . 96
Editorial :
Advertising Field, Printers in the . 544
Apprentices, Teaching . 708
Capital-and-labor Discussions, Public Forums
for . 706
Carlisle Indian School Influences Education
in the Nation . 539
Cheap-john and the Trusts . 64
Conservation for Printers . 542
Contracts, Fidelity to . 542
Contracts, Inviolability of . 63
Cooper, Frank, Death of . 388
Cost Convention and the Commission’s
Fund . 386
Costs and the Journeyman . 387
Costs, Educating Journeymen in . 65
Country Newspaper Office, The . 871
Courts and Business Interests, The . 707
Denver, On to . 871
Editorial Notes _ 61, 221, 385, 541, 705, 869
Employers’ Organization, New . 387
Explanation Explain, Does the . 387
G. P. 0., Overhead Expense of the . 62
Cet-there Triumvirate, The . 542
Holiday, Take a . 542
I. T. U. Course, An Australian Government
Asks for the . 709
Eegislation Affecting the Printing Trade... 64
London Shorter-hour Movement, The . 708
Master Printers, The Real . 872
Organization, Getting Together for One... 707
Peace, National and Business . 870
“ Peanut ” Thinker, The . 223
Printorial Success, The Road to . 223
Publishers and Efficiency . 390
Revelation for Printers . 62
Saturday Half-holiday, The . 872
Woman Labor in the Printing Field . 872
Editors at Sea . 228
Efficiency, Ridder and Lynch on . 433
Efectrotyping and Stereotyping :
Celluloid Plates, “ Flintine ” and “ Nick-
ello ” . 558
Chalk-plates, Casting . 720
Concaved Stereotypes . 720
Electrotyping and Stereotyping. .. 420, 557, 719
Forms, How to Clean . 420
Ilalf-tones, Stereotyping . 720
Hard Stereos . 720
Matrices Too Dry . 420
Metal, Stereotype, Trouble with . 558
Molds, Stereotype, by Pressure . 557
Nickel-plating Stereotypes . 720
Paste, Recipe for . 420
Paste, Roller-machine . 719
Solution, Hot . 719
Sweating . 719
Wax and Its Treatment . 420
Employer and Employee, A Plea for Im¬
proved Relations Between . 529
Employers’ Organization Conference, New. ... 273
English, Simplicity of . 558
Error, Printer’s, Creates Havoc . 766
Errors, Printers’ . 266
Estimator, The Work of the . 209
Exercise, How to . 384
F
Feeding on a Gordon Press, Fast . 255
Fielding and His Publisher . 906
Fillers . 100
Floors, Concrete, Repairing . 430
Foreign Graphic Circles, Incidents in . 75,
229, 396, 553, 715, 875
Foreman’s Resourcefulness, A . 219
G
German and American Cities Contrasted . 97
Grammar and Proofreading . 538, 710, 857
Great Printing-house Feud, The . 905
Guesstimating, The Evils of . 114
H
Harvard’s Course in Printing . 913
He Wouldn’t Advertise (verse) . 730
Hero, The (verse) . 84
Hoe’s Gutenberg Bible Brings $50,000 . 285
Hotel Service, Poor . 96
I
Illustrations : page
Banquet of the Central and Western Photo¬
engravers . 108
Barn Cats . 851
Big Game in Canada . 103
Buffalo Vernon . 372
Canadian Scenes on the Grand Trunk Rail¬
way . 75
Chicago Typographical Union Special . 912
Cleaned Out . 855
Coming Up . 853
Cutter and Creaser Feeder . 125
Dido . 417
Ducks . 77
Economic Cylinder-roller Holder . 126
Faust . 868
Fox and Geese . 77
Freedom . 712
From the Cool Side of the Well . 261
Full-flavored Smoke, A . 262
Goo-goo Eyes . 905
Gossips . 693
Got Him . 537
Government Buildings, Ottawa, Canada.... 115
Guess This One Will Get Him . 536
Hamilton’s Platen-press Brake . 126
Hand-made Election Card, A . 223
Hitting the Road . 541
Hot Dinner and a Cool Seat, A . 394
Hot-weather Suggestion, A . 265
House of Rienzi . 874
Hunters’ Joys in Canada . 95
“I’ll Lick That Kid Yet” . 900
In His Name . 690
In Holland . 691
Indian War Parade . 371
I. T. U. Course and the “ Doubting
Thomas ” . 60
Joyce, Maurice, Engraving Company’s Em¬
ployees . 739
Kansas City Star Building . 923
Light Housekeeping . 71
Logging Scene in Canadian Forest . 750
Lunch in a Canadian Lumber Camp . 259
Man-eating Cannibal . 260
Marble Statue — “The Awakening” . 742
Montserrat . 252
Moods of the Ca.vuse Twins. . . . 539
Now for Some Harmony . 379
Observer, The . 531
On the Grand Canal, Venice . 894
Out of Work . 692
Parliamentary Library, Ottawa, Canada ... 65
Personally Conducted Outing, A . 859
Pets . 766
Pipe Line, The . 903
Portraiture by Linotype or Typograph. . . . 263
Pragmatism, A Lesson in . 929
Printer’s Avocation, A . 70
Printers’ Homes . . .84, 89, 105, 276, 277,
759, 760, 761, 762, 763
Printing-offices in the Small Cities . 270
Reminiscence, A — The Old-time Sub-
starver . 221
Rooster, The . 224
See That Hump? . 924
Seven-up . 864
Sharpe, R. Lee, To and from Florida . 602
Southeastern Cost Congress . 437
Spain, Jack . 373
Spring Idyll, A . 218
Spring in Canada . 74
Staff of the Journal-Transcript . 911
Stubbed . 530
Study . 694
Suffragette Print-shop, The . 704
Suppressed . 904
Three Dollars a Bushel . 857
Treed . 901
Umatilla Reservation . 371
Victoria Double-inking Gear . 126
Vista of Florence . 394
AVhat’s That? . 898
International Printing Trades Bureau . 219
I. T. U. Convention, The . 912
Inventory, Making an . 856
J
Job Composition :
Anger, Henry A . 241
Black, Eli . 561
Job Composition.. .81, 241, 401, 561, 721, 881
Murray, James Austin . 881
States', E. W . 401
Tucker, J. Forest . 721
Job, Landing the . 849
K
Kansas City Star, Home of the . 923
Kinks :
Advertisements, Checking . 414
Angle Quads, Casting in a Stick . 252
Circle Quads, To Make . 252
Circle, Setting a Line of Type Around the
Inside of a . 79
Circles, To Prevent Moving in a Form. ... 80
Cuts, Easy Method of Setting Around . 599
Kinks — Continued: page
Engravings, Restoring Old . 415
Envelope Form, How to Lay Out an . 79
Figure-distribution Box . 80
Furniture Cabinet on Wheels . 599
Glass, Printing on . 250
Gold and Aluminum Ink, To Reduce . 250
Guide Lines, Dotted . 736
Gummed Labels . 80
Gummed Paper, Perforating . 250
Gumming Ends of Paper Strips . 599
Gum-paper Scraps, Utilizing . 414
Job Presses, Methods for Quick Work on.. 736
Kinks . 78', 250, 414, 599, 735
Lantern Slides by Transfer Method . 600
Linotype Matter on the Angle, Setting. ... 415
Linotype Slugs, Spacing . 600
Paint-brushes, To Soften Old . 415
Paper Drinking-cup, How to Make a . 416
Parchment Paper, Hot-water Test for Real
or Imitation . 416
Power, Emergency . 415
Printing-office, Laying Out a . 251
Proportionate Sizes of a Photograph or
Drawing, To Find . 599
Registering a Form of Linotype Pages.... 78
Rulework, Making Perfect Joints in . 600
Silk, Color-printing on . 250
Slides for Picture Shows . 600
Spaces, Nicking to Indicate Their Width.. 735
Thumb-indexing a Book . 250
Triangle, How I Made a . 80
Upper Case, Layout for . 251
L
Labels, Electric-lamp: How They are Made.. 211
Language Whims and Fallacies . 55
Lead and Rule Cutter, Throw Away Your... 924
Lightning, Color of . 867
Lino-lineup, The Chapman . 754
Literary Dispute, A . 217
Little White Dog That Never Was, The
(verse) . 240
Love’s Limit (verse) . 256
M
Machine Composition :
Beginners, Linotype, To . 259
Border Matrices, A New Catalogue of . 260
Canada to Have Linotype and Typecasters
Duty Free . 259
Clutch . 575
Clutch Adjustment . 732
Clutch Knob Is Worn . 893
Distributor . 731
Distributor and Mold-disk . 575
Distributor Screws, Worn, and Other Trou¬
bles . 66
Distributor Troubles . 260
Driving-shaft Pinion, Removing . 427
Duplex Rails . 427
Gas Governors . 894
Jaw Pawls . 262
Keyboard Belt, To Repair a Broken . 892
Keyboard, Removing and Cleaning a . 575
Keyboard Trouble . 427
Iveyrods, How to Restore . 101
Knife Wiper, Repairing a . 731
Linotype, Another New . 894
Line-o-type or Lin-o-type . 259
Linotypes, New ’Three and Four Magazine. . 428
macnme uumpusiiion . rux, zoa, xzi,
574, 730, 892
Machinist-operator, Suggestions from a.... 894
Matrices Damaged by Duplex Rail . 101
Matrices, Defective Combinations of . 260
Matrices, Repairing Damaged . 102
Matrix Ears, Distribution Screws Butt. . . . 261
Metal . 259
Metal Mixing and Refining . 101
Metal-pots, Electrically Heated . 259
Metal Troubles . 893
Mold-disk Locking-studs, Worn . 574
Mouthpiece, Leaky . 261
Oiling . 101
Patents . 103, 263, 429, 576, 732
Plungers, Dry Cleaning of, Dangerous to
Health . 260
Plunger Sticks in Well . 730
Portraiture with Slug-casting Machines. . . . 892
Pot, Dripping of Metal from . 893
Pot Mouthpiece Leaks . 428
Pump Cam Shows Wear . 260
Slugs Are Porous . 101
Slugs, Bad Face on . 427
Slugs, Bruised Characters on . 102
Slugs, High and Low Letters in . 427
Slugs Stick in Mold . 102
Slugs, Twin, Good Work with . 102
Spaceband-shifter Adjustment . 892
Tabular-system Slugs, Trouble with . 261
Tight Lines . 574
Transpositions . 732
Trimming-knives . 101
Type-metal . 101
Type-metal, Mixing . 428
Wear, Parts Subject to . 731
INDEX
v
PAGE
Magazines, Direct Tax on . 89
Management and Efficiency . 711
Man and the Field, The . 60S, 707, 913
Man Who Kicks, The (verse) . 391
Marshall & Bruce Company, Change in Man¬
agement . 576
Mass, Tenth Anniversary of the First Printers’ 429
“ Master Printer ” Changes Hands . 568
Melbourne, Overseers of . 601
N
National Anthem (verse) . 423
Navy, Printers in the . 244
Near-spring Feeling, That (verse) . 89
Nevins-Church Press . 97
Newspaper Circulation At Sea . 80
Newspaper, The Local . 723
N ewspaper Work :
Ad. -setting Contest, Another Little . 236
Ad. -setting Contest No. 30, Aftermath of.. 235
Ad. -setting Contest No. 31 . 90, 235
Ad. -setting Contest No. 31, llesult of .... 583
Ad. -setting Contest No. 32 . 747, 920
Advertising Advertising . 589
Advertising, Big, By a Country Bank . 588
Advertising, Big Course in . 91
Advertising in Hot Weather, Soliciting. ... 748
Advertising, Keeping Track of . 749
Advertising, Novel, in a Woman’s Issue... 4 1 <•
Advertising Rates. Increasing . 410
Anthony (Kan.) Bulletin Easter Number.. 412
Anti-Socialistic and Industrial Number.... 587
Arkansas, A Special Industrial Edition from 235
Automobile Runs a Daily Newspaper . 91
Borders, Old, Adapted to New Ads . 92
Bugville Lemon, The . 235
Canadian Special Edition . 749
Cash Basis, Six Years on a . 236
Changes of Ownership . 94, 238, 413, 590
Chatham (N. Y.) Courier Nearly Fifty
Years Old . 411
Chinese Newspaper, Americans to Publish . 588
Consolidations . 59(1
Country Editors’ Bill Wins in Colorado... 413
Criticism of Ad. Display . 92:-,
Deaths . .94, 239, 414, 590
Easter and Automobile Edition, An . 235
Easter Edition, Profitable . 236
Editorial Bouquets . 920
Editorial Page, Featuring the . 587
Filipino Newspaper Office, Visitors at a.... 588
Florida Newspaper Men to Meet . 93
Gainesville (Tex.) Register, Big Special
Edition . 412
German Communities, Suggestion for Pa¬
pers in . 922
Golden Anniversary Number, A . 237
Greater Winona Edition . 921
Greene, Will O., Twenty-five Years an Edi¬
tor . 588
Halo “ Slantin’ Down Over His Ear ” . 921
Half Century in One Office . 588
Home Merchants, Boosting . 237
Hudson Bay Special Edition . 412
Journalism, Many Students of . 92
Journalistic Courtesy . 589
Junction City Republic, Honors to the. ... 91
Kansas City Star Plant . 412
Ladies’ Band Entertains Editors . 410
Los Angeles. Big Newspaper War in . 750
Merchants’ Big Bargain Day . 93
Ministers, Newspaper Office Best Training
School for . 749
More, Paul Elmer, Lectures at Wisconsin. . 91
Municipal Ownership of Newspapers . 235
Nebraska Illustrated Edition, A . 236
New Publications . 93, 238, 413, 589
Newspaper Criticisms ..93, 238, 412, 750, 922
Newspaper Work.. 90, 235, 410, 583, 747, 920
Norfolk Weeklies Merged . 922
Nowata (Okla.) Star Industrial Edition... 412
Oklahoma Paper, Fire Fails to Stop . 749
Ottawa (Ont.) Dipper Christmas Issue . 91
Piano Contest, Publisher and Merchant
Combine on a . 411
Pied Form Was Replaced, How a . 237
Pittsburg (Pa.) Press in Superb Home.... 413
Progress Edition, Another . 920
Publisher, Troubles of a . 92
Rapid City (S. D.) Journal Twenty-fifth
Anniversary . 412
Rate-cards for a Daily and a Weekly . 921
Reporting, Legislative, Talk on . 92
Seattle Times Is “ It,” The . 238
Shanghai, New English Paper in . 236
Steamboat Pilot, Progress Edition of the. . 920
Sunday Magazine for Newspapers, New .... 589
Suspensions . 94, 239, 413, 590
Thirty Columns of Ads. in Fourteen Hours 92
Town achievement Number . 750
Turlock Journal Issues Miniature Edition.. 588
Washington (N. J.) Star, Easter Edition of 412
Worcester (Mass.) Spy, Brief History of... 411
New York Public Library Printing-office . 569
None . ! . 549
O
Obituary : page
Abbey, Edwin A . 926
Bemrose, Sir Henry . 925
Bonneville, Albert . 114
Brooks, Geo. IV . 607
Clark, Col. Adam . 926
Harper, James . 926
King, Mrs. Mary A . 258
Kreiter, James Monroe . 927
Manning, John B . 76S
Matthews, George E . 768
Moore, Mark IV . 926
Rosicky, John . 927
Walker, Frank Miles . 926
Waugh, W. A . 925
White, C. V . 926
Old-time Printers Elect Officers . 263
Only a Newspaper Guy (verse) . 702
Order, Two AVays of Landing an . 52
Organization, New Yorkers Talk One Big. . . . 430
P
“ Papakuk ” Bags . 880
Paper, A Talk on . 110
Paper, An Improved System of Manufactur¬
ing . 927
Paper Bottle, Ready to Make . 70
Paper, Scientific Testing of . 270
Pay for Labor Service, Adjusting . 860
“ Pen,” Another Printerless . 927
Periodical Publications, European Tariffs for 745
Personal Note, Adding the . 532
Pessimist on Costs, The (verse) . 218
Philippine Printing Shops . 853
Photoengravers’ Fifteenth Annual Convention 739
Photogravure and Type in One Impression... 548
Portraits:
Andrews, E. C . 758
Anger, Henry A . 241
Atkinson, Fred . 585
Ball, Thomas M . 117
Bellman, Chas. N . 895
Bemrose, Sir Henry . 925
Beresford, Richard . 444
Black, Eli . 561
Bonneville, Albert . 114
Brands, J. X . * 445
Brooks, George AV . 607
Chambers, Ray P . 601
Christmann, Ben P . 255
Clemmitt, William II . 714
Cooper, Frank . 389
Dorris, H. S . 895
Ellick, F. 1 . 63
Farwell, C. J . 901
Franklin, B . 585
French, AVilliam II . 604
Freund, C. E . 895
Gibson, Guy . 895
Harcourt, Ashton . 895
Hays, Joseph . 444
Hoehn, 1>. T . 895
Houser, E. AV . 743
Lightfoot, AVarren R . 585
Matthews, George E . 768
Megrue, Jas. L . 744
Mills, Charles S . 284
Molloy, James J . 895
Moorehouse, Major Lee . 399
Nuhn, A. L . 585
Nyman, Emanuel . 585
Rosicky, John . 927
Schwarten. AA’illiam H . 569
Stutes, E. AV . 401
Thomson, Alexander . Ill
Tucker, J. Forest . 721
A’anderpoel, John II . 689
AA’augh, AAr. A . 925
White, C. V . 926
AViggins, A. D . 895
Portraiture by Typesetting Machine . 263
Pragmatism . 908
Pressmen’s Convention . 598
Pressroom :
Adhesive to Unite Paper with Metal . 898
Booklet, Hurriedly Printed . 426
Bronzing, Danger to Health from . 253
Chase Crossbars Rising, To Prevent . 897
Cloth Signs, Printing . 425
Color-printers, A New Light for . 729
Credit, AA’ell-printed Stationery Improves. 425
Cylinder Press, To Level . 898
Delivery, Changing from Fly to Sheet . 897
Die-stamping or Embossing . 105
Drying-oils . 578
Embossed Blotter . 105
Embossed Litlio Box Cover . 897
Embossing Plates, Cheap . 729
Felt on a Roller, AVrapping . 254
Fire Extinguisher, Tetra-chlorid of Carbon
as . 253
Four-color Plates . 899
Furniture, Working-up of . 578
Gloss Finish on Postals . 104
Gum to Printed Slips, Applying . 253
Half-tone of Flat Writing-paper . 577
Half-tone AVork, Excellent Specimens of... 578
Hand-bronzing Harmful to Operatives, Is.. 425
Pressroom — Continued: page
Imitation Typewritten Letters . 425
Ink Drying Slowly . 104
Ink, Heat Accelerates the Drying of . 729
Ink, Permanence of Color in . 729
Ink, Printing without . 426
Mechanical Overlay, Attaching a . 426
Mechanical-relief Printing . 425, 577
Offset Ink . 253
Offset, To Prevent . 104
Overlays, Printers’ . 898
Oxygen as an Element in Printed Matter. . 254
Paper-dust, Removing from Presses . 577
Platen, Brass Plate on . 104
Platen, Gluing Cardboard to the . 104
Pressroom . 104, 253, 425, 577, 729, 897
Price, J. V.. Advancement of . 577
Red Stock, AA’liite Letters on . 729
Rollers AVearing and Cracking . 426
Rotary Presses, Mechanical Overlays for. . 897
Rotary Press, Rollers Running Hot on a.. 254
Rubber Blankets, To Clean . 729
Rubber for Platen Press . '. 253
Sheets Sag Between Headings . 898
Tympan, Do Not Use Too Much . 577
Tympan Pulling Out . 104
Type-wash . 104
Ultramarine. Tinting . 104
A'ermilion Not a Stable Pigment . 729
AVater-marking Paper on a Platen Press. . . 577
AArork-and-turn Job Smutting . 253
Yardsticks, Printing on . 425
Printers’ Convention Souvenir . 929
Printers’ Home, The Poet Laureate of the... 606
Printing Craftsmen Organize . 420
Printing-office Management, Problems in . 98
Printing-press, Tbe Song of the . 709
Process Engraving :
Air-brush, Masks for the . 579
Albumen Prints on Zinc, Developing . 264
Alcohol, Pure and Denatured . 107
Calico Rolls, To Pliotoengrave . 419
Chalk Plates . 264
Color-block Making and Printing . 418
Cooperation Considered in Great Britain.. 738
Copying Illustrations without a Camera... 108
Etching Face-down . 738
Etching, Flat, Uneven . 737
Etching Machine, The Geo. H. Benedict... 738
Flying Photoengraver, A . 109
Globe Engraving & Electrotyping Com¬
pany’s Scale of Price . 737
Half-tone from a AA’ood Engravers’ A'iew-
point . 904
Hamel, E . 417
Image Direct on Metal in the Camera.... 738
International Association of Photoengra¬
vers, Annual Convention of the . 107
International Association of Photoengra¬
vers’ Program . 580
Journal, Process, The Best . 737
Joyce. Maurice, Employees Enjoy Picnic. . 739
Lead Intensifier . 265
National Association of Photoengravers’
Convention . 419
New York Photoengravers’ Dinner . 266
Nitric-acid Fumes. Dangers in . 579
Offset Press, Pencil Drawings on the . 418
Offset Press, Three-color and the . 419
Offset-press Transfers . 264, 580
Photoengravers’ Union, No. 1 . 265
Photogravure, Rotary, and Its Inventor. . . 904
Photogravure, Rotary, Process . 579
Photogravure, Rotary, Saalburg’s . 109
Photolithographic Paper, Ready-sensitized. 579
Process Engraving ....107, 264, 417, 579,
737, 903
Proof Press, A New . 418
Prosperity for Proeesswork . 580
Re-inking, Roller for . 108
Rough-surfaced Papers, Half-tones from... 265
Scientific Proeesswork . 417
Screen, Half-tone, Patents . 264
Silver Bath, Hydrometer for Testing . 903
Silver-bath Troubles . 264
Southern Photoengravers’ Meeting . 107
Stripping Negative Films . 579
Swain, John, & Son, London . 109
Three-color Reproduction of Three-color. . . 418
Transferring Prints to AYood . 903
Turning Negatives Trouble . 108
Ultra-violet Light, Eyes Injured by . 903
A'ignetting Round and Elliptical Half-tones 737
AVet-plate Negatives, Developing Properly. 905
Zinc-etching Bath Containing Potash . 904
Profiting by Others . 52
Proofreader, The (verse) . 217
Proofreader, The Modern . 558
Pvoofroom :
Action and Expression, Careful . 99
Articles and Prepositions, Repetition of. . . 239
As and So . 240
Collective Nouns and Number . 100
Dates . 928
Everyone and Other AA’rong Joinings . 765
Extra AA7ord Often Used, An . 556
Grammar and Proofreading . 538, 710
Indifference, Real, A Matter of . 423
Number, A Question of . 99
Plural, A Disputed . 928
Proof-marks, Simple . 100
VI
INDEX
Proofroom — Continued : page
Proofroom . 99, 239, 423, 550, 765, 928
Punctuation in Firm-names . 765
Roman or Italic Point . 423
Some Time, Sometime, etc . 556
Soutli Africa, Aims and Objects in . 705
Style Now Little Used . 424
Style, The Question of . 423
Proofroom, Consistency in the . 372
Pulp, New German Mechanical . 900
Pulp, White, from Printed Paper . 730, 873
Q
Question Box :
Beginner, Books for the . 919
Beveling Machinery, Automatic . 917
Bookbinding, Books on . 581
Bronzing Troubles . 250
Carbonized Paper . 581
Corrugated Board . 917
Copyright Protection . 582
Costmeter Invented by Quigley . 917
Cost of Printing, Wants to Study . 917
Cutting-machine, Operating a . 918
Designer’s Name Wanted . 582
Dietrich Engraving Machine . 917
Directory of Printers . 581
Directory, Printing on Edge of . 256
Electricity, Eliminating . 255
Etching Advertising Matter on Steel . 581
Felt Pennants . 581
Flags, Makers of . 766
Gold and Silver Letters . 767
“ I ” and “ J ” . 918
Inventory, Printing-office . 255
Journalism, Learning . 255
Johnson’s Patent Process . 256
Labels, Imported Fabrics for . 918
Labels in Three Colors . 581
Linograph and Typograph, The . 918
Loose-leaf Ledgers, Metal Backs for . 919
McKellar, Smiths & Jordan . 918
Mailing and Addressing Machines . 919
Marshmallow Seed, Powdered . 581
Newspaper Ad. Estimating . 918
Paraffining Machines . 917
Photogravure, Process, The . 766
Post-cards, Hand-coloring . 256
Posters, Baseball . 255
Press-blankets, Rubber . 581
Question Box . 255, 581, 766, 917
Records, Chopping Waste Paper to Destroy 582
Roller-making Machinery . 255
Rotary Presses, Small . 767
Shooting-pictures . 581
Standard Automatic Job Press Company...
767, 918
Stereotype Paste, Trouble with . 581
Typographical Errors, Responsibility for. . 918
Wants Printing Plant, in Arkansas, Missouri
or Oklahoma . 918
Waste-paper Shredder . 767
Western Printer — A Correction . 256
Zincs for Etching . 919
R
Remedy. The . 571
Roman Small Letters . 375
Rule-twister. An Old-time . 70
Russia, Printing-press in . 880
S
Salesman and the Shop, The . 733
Salesman. Printing, The . 850
School Annual, The . 383
Sheepskin, Miscellaneous Uses of . 885
Shepard, Henry O., Company Chapel, Chair¬
men of . 598
Short But Good (verse) . 736
Signature, The Value of a Distinctive . 404
Slug 6’s Lock-up Machine . 769
Sonnets of Foh’t McKinley, The . 885
Southern Newspaper, Progressive . 266
Specialty Printing . 446
Specimens . 85, 245, 405, 564, 723, 886
Spelling and Pronunciation . 84
Spook Type, Who Made . 744
Sprucewood for Making News-print Paper,
Why . 115
Steel and Copper Plate Engravers’ Convention 895
PAGE
Stereoty-pers and Electrotypers, Convention of 600
Success, The Secret of . 919
T
“Talking Hand,” $6,000 for . 775
Te Heheuraa Api . 424
Three-color Work, Estimating the Quantity of
Ink for . .' . . . 892
Ticket-printing Machinery . 568
Time . 218
Time, Getting Out Work on . 536
To a Phonograph (verse) . 917
Touch, The Gentle . 65
Trade Note, An Old-time . 84
Trade Notes :
Advertising Men Getting Ready for Big
Meet . 602
Advertising, The Old and New in . 120
Ambli, C. J.. Forty-two Years At One Case 438
Automobile, No, and Only One Wife . 763
Berry, President, Sustained . 759
Bible in African Language, First . 439
Bipartizan Alliance, A . 910
Bleistein Withdraws from Courier Company 439
Bohn, In Memory of Editor . 121
Books, Cheap, for Future Predicted . 763
Booksellers “ Pretty Poor Lot ” . 439
Bookwalter Scores Apprenticeship Methods. 440
Briney, Rev. Dr. IV. N., Gold Typo Button
to . 276
Building, Printers’, Noiseproof and Non¬
vibrating . 764
Bureau of Printing, Doom of “ Shylocks ”
at . 276
Charles Francis Press Increases Capacity.. 909
Chicago Superintendents’ Organization Ef¬
fected . 762
Chinese Printing-office. Imperial . 910
Civic Improvements. Working for . 120
Civil Service Law, Urges Change in . 762
Clergyman’s Talk to Printers . 440
Clergymen, Printers Cooperate with . 438
Collier’s, Flag on Cover-page Stops . 762
Colorado Springs Typographical Union to
Join Chamber of Commerce . 123
Combine Among Printers Is Charged . 910
Comma Delays Contract . 439
Commercial Binding Company Reorganized 760
Cook Printing Company Reorganized . 604
Copy, Cleaner, A Boost for . 122
Death Lurked in this Big Contract . 440
Desaulniers & Co., Rapid Growth of . 764
“ Devils ” Together, Now Political Oppo¬
nents . 121
Donnelly, Joseph A., Says lie Was Un¬
justly Sent to Jail . 602
Dorsey Company, Marvelous Growth of... 27S
Dubuque, New Organization for . 277
Duplex Company Increases Capacity . 763
Eclipse Electrotype & Engraving Company-
Removal . 122
Eclipse Electrotype k Engraving Company
Removal Notice . 279
Education Association to Meet at ’Frisco.. 439
Epitaph, Printer’s . 762
Gathering the Summer’s Joy . 911
General Notes . 123, 279, 440, 606
Give the Devil His Due . 438
Globe Printing Company “ Overhead ” Ex¬
penses Heavy . 605
Gompers Against Postal Raise . 910
Good Paper with Bad Associations . 439
Goose Farm Prospectus, A . 123
Grand Rapids Printers, Prosperous Year for 759
Hackensack, Good -fellowship at . 439
Handsome Dedication and Souvenir Book,
A . 911
Haverhill Employing Printers Organize... 121
Hoe Strike Settled . 909
Hollenbeck Press, Buy Half Interest in... 604
Hot Metal, Tampering with . 27S
Houser, E. W., Seeking New Ideas . 121
Imrie Fills New Office . 911
1. T. U. Course, To Give Apprentices . 759
Incorporations . 123, 279, 441, 606, 764
International Photoengravers’ Convention.. 438
Jacksonville, Printers’ Club Organized at. 438
Kansas City T.vpotheta; Banquet . 438
Lynn Master Printers Organize . 602
Magazine Interests Consolidate . 602
Magazine Tax Gets a Setback . 277
Michigan Printers Have Two-day Session.. 760
Minneapolis, New Printers’ Building at... 761
Trade Notes — Continued: page
Minnesota Printers in Meeting . 439
Moline, New Printing Plant at . 909
Monotype Earnings . 438
Monroe, Percy, Pay Last Tribute to . 277
Morgan, J. P., Gets Printing Gem . 276
Mudge Press Assigns . 602
New York, A New Printing Plant in . 910
Ohio Printers to Hold Cost Congress . 760
Ontario Engraving Company Fire Loss. ... 276
Penitentiary, Not One Printer in . 761
Pictorial Printing Company Goes to Eight-
hour Day . 276
Piece System, Printers Vote to Abolish.... 602
Pittsburg Printers in Camp . 761
Poster Printers Make Resolution . 759
Pressfeeder, Remarkable Pluck of a . 121
Pressmen Have New Voting Plan . 438
Pressmen to Meet at Home . 122
Pressroom in the Bowels of the Earth . 910
Princeton to Have Big Printery . 438
Printer’s Error Proves Benefaction . 278
Printers’ Names to Be Carved on Library
AValls . 276
Printers “ Playing by Ear ” . 122
Printers’ President Sues Manufacturers.... 440
Progress Company in Bankruptcy . 909
Raze Printing-office of 1777 . 277
Roberts, Augustus L., A'isiting Former
Home . 909
Safety Paper to Prevent Check-raising. . . . 121
St. Louis Printing-trades Club . 603
Salt Lake City Toasts, Some . 121
Sears-Roebuok Company, Printers Defend.. 278
Second-class Matter. Trains for . 120
Second-class Rider AVithdrawn . 121
Sinclair & A’alentine Fire . 605
Sluggers Not Home-builders . 604
South AA'aking Up. The . 438
Stamped-envelope Contract Let . 121
Stanley-Taylor Company . 910
Strike, Newspaper, at Chicago . 122
Style-book. An Instructive . 605
Subway Fare. Half, Printers Urge . 438
Tax on Royalties, Publishers Fight . 911
Teall, Gardner, in New Editorship . 909
Texas Printers in Big Banquet . 604
Tole, James, Complimented . 605
Towel, Printers’, Doom of the . 90!>
Towels, Sanitary Paper . 910
Trade Notes . 120, 276, 438, 602, 759, 909
Trade-papers, Combine of . 761
Tramp Printers Make Home in A'ault . 120
Transparent Printing-office, A . 603
Tribune, Chicago, Establishes Pension Sys¬
tem . 909
Typefounders’ Reorganization . 604
Type Kings in the AVest . 760
Typography, Evolution of . 120
T. vpotheta; and Typographical Union Coop¬
erate . 760
Typothetse Preparing for National Meet... 763
U. B. Publishing House Looking LTp Pro¬
gressive Methods . 909
AA'ater-marking, The De Luxe Process of. . . 603
AA’eston, Edward Payson, Printer Rivals. . . 761
AVindows, How to Clean Them . 414
Zimmerman, George, Now Mexican Insur-
recto . 277
Trade-paper Advertising Pay, Does . 703
Tuberculosis, Another Cure for . 285
Typothetse, The, What It Is and AVhat If
Stands for . 597
U
Up in the Air (verse) . 97
V
A'anderpoel, John II., and llis AA’ork . ..39
Vanderpocl, John II., To (verse) . 692
Voices from the Banks (verse) . 902
W
A V ail, A (verse) . 103
AVashington Employing Printers, Get-together
Dinner of the . 601
AA’aterproofing Paper . 537
Well, AA’ell. Lllook at this Spelllling (verse). 56
AA'hat Do You Care (verse) . 234
“ AVhile,” Misuse of AA’ord . 719
AVords and Their AA’ays . 216
Workslips, The Making Out of . 694
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS
Acme Staple Co . 26, 202, 366, 512,
Advertisers’ Electrotyping Co . 150,
458, 520,
Albemarle Paper Mfg. Co . IS, 190,
Ament & Weeks . 470,
American Electrotype Co . 146, 202,
523,
American Folding Machine Co .
American Numbering Machine Co .
American Pressman . 154, 318, 476,
American Printer . 156, 306, 637,
American Rotary Valve Co .
American Shading Machine Co . 134,
452, 63 S,
American Steel & Copper Plate Co. .134,
452, 638,
American Type Founders Co.. 157, 297,
Anderson, C. F., & Co _ 26, 202, 342,
Arnold Security Binder .
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R .
Auld, Hampton .
Ault & IViborg Co _ 8, 176, 336, 48S,
Auto Falcon & Waite Die Press Co.. .37,
355,
Automatic Better Machine Co .
Autopress Co . 204-205,
PAGE
664, 826
301,
685, 831
338,
509, 666
633, 789
468, •
684, 946
789, 843
147, 297
636,
795, 855
797, 956
. . . . 941
292,
794. 938
292,
794, 938
484,
644, 804
506, 941
. . . . 131
624,
785, 823
. . . . 133
656, SOS
197,
523, 945
195, 474
S34-835
B. & A. Machine Works . 131, 289, 450
Babcock Printing Press Mfg. Co.... 19, 167,
333, 485, 053, 813
Barnhart Bros. & Spindler . 19, 167, 333,
485, 653, 813
Barton Mfg. Co . 291, 451, 617, 793, 935
Beck, Charles, Co... 144, 198, 334, 500, 663, 846
Beckett Paper Co. .10, 193, 471, 629, 787. Insert
Bingham’s, Sam’l, Son Mfg. Co...
. .46,
166,
362,
48S,
844
Bissell College of Photoengraving*.
133
Blaek-Clawson Co .
.290,
616.
936
Blatchford, E. IV., Co...
.134,
292,
452,
638,
794,
938
B loin f eld t & Rapp .
827
Books and Utilities .
155
Boston Printing Press & Machinery
Co..
.143,
295,
367,
619,
791,
831
Brislane-Iloyne Co .
.785,
943
British Printer .
.157,
290,
454,
201,
616,
784
Brown Folding Machine
Co. .
. .43,
324,
489,
656,
812
Burrage, Robert R .
.132,
454,
792
Burton’s, A. G., Sons...
. .24,
186,
504
Butler, J. IV., Paper Co.
1. 3,
161,
321,
323,
481,
641,
801,
807
Cabot, Godfrey .L. .134,
292,
452,
638,
794,
936
Calculagraph Co. ...22,
178,
334,
504,
662,
842
Carver, C. R., Co... 34,
296,
350,
508,
660.
824
Central Ohio Paper Co. . ,
.133,
291,
451,
617,
793,
930
Challenge Machinery Co .
. .22,
195,
345,
499,
667,
827
Chambers Bros. Co.. 38,
194,
354,
618,
687,
830
Chandler & Price Co .
. .45,
203,
475,
502,
842
Chicago & Alton li. R. .
478
Chicago & North Western R.
R. . .
.630,
782
Chicago Lino-Tabler Co.
. . . Insert,
287,
450,
616,
792,
936
Chicago Roller Co .
.147,
309,
940
Christensen Machine Co.
.295,
345
Cleveland Folding Machine Co. .20,
180,
351,
511,
671,
945
Coos, Boring, & Co.. 39.
175,
331,
501,
661,
815
Colonial Co . 133,
291 ,
451,
617,
793,
936
Commercial Sales & Mfg.
Co.
.137,
306
Cottrell, C. B., & Sons Co...
. .48,
208,
368,
528,
688,
816
Cramer, G., Dry Plate Co...
.133,
291,
451,
617,
793
Crane, Z. <fc W. M. .137,
Crocker-McElwain Co. .
303,
358,
510,
672,
953
.315,
631,
845
Cushman & Denison Mfg.
Co. .
143
292,
452,
638,
794,
938
352,
491,
654,
805
Co.
.151,
198,
464,
522,
685
Deutscher Buch- und Steindrucker.
476,
Dewey, F. E. & B. A _ 304, 458,
Dexter Folder Co.... 14, 15, 170,
341, 486,
Dick, Rev. Robert, Estate . 38,
Dinse, Page & Co. ..144, 198, 346,
Driscoll & Fletcher . 133, 291,
Duplex Printing Press Co .
Durant, IV. N., Co. .132, 290, 454,
154, 318,
636, 795,
630, 685,
171, 340,
487, 650,
194, 354,
618, 671,
512, 664,
451, 617,
793,
.17, 356,
616, 792,
955
951
651
939
841
935
357
936
Eagle Printing Ink Co. ..137, 295, 367, 618,
687, S30
Eastern Sales Co . 672, 947
Economy Engineering Co . 134, 452, 794
Electrical Testing Laboratories. ... 133, 291,
451, 617, 793
Elliott Addressing Machine Co . 302, 456, 518
Engravers’ & Printers’ Machinery Co., Inc...
468, 625, 684, 841
Fonderie Caslon . 132, 619
Franklin Co . 199, 647
Freie Kiinste . 154, 318, 476, 636, 795, 955
Freund, Win., & Sons . 40, 309, 686, 939
Fuchs & Lang Mfg. Co.. . 16, 328, 642
Fuller, E. C., Co . 35, 174, 326, 496, 652
Furman, James H. .128, 130, 286, 288, 447.
449, 612, 613, 776, 778, 932, 934
General Electric Co . 134, 292, 452, 519,
648, 821
Gilmartin, S . 524
Globe Engraving & Electrotype Co.. 34, 179,
344, 509, 665, 818
Golding Mfg. Co . 32, 180, 344, 516, 824
Goss Printing Press Co . 25, 185, 348, 526
Gould & Eberhardt . 30, 182, 336, 505, 827
Graphic Arts . 152, 312, 634, 781, 939
Hamilton Mfg. Co _ 8, 196, 360, 514, 658, 840
Hampshire Paper Co . 9, 325, 649
Handy Press Co . 30, 190, 336, 502
Harris Automatic Press Co . 7, 165, 327,
515, 655, 833
Ilawtin Engraving Co . 146
ifeilmuth, Charles ..28, 300, 346, 512, 664, 825
Hempel, II. A . 38, 194
Herrick Press . 132, 290, 454, 616
Hess, Julius, Co . 467, 518, 662, 939
Hexagon Tool Co . 152, 207, 338
Ilickok, IV. O., Mfg. Co.. 30, 300, 342, 505,
662, 818
Hoe, I?., & Co . 11, 187, 339, 482, 673
Iloole Machine & Engraving Works.. 26, 178,
462, 505, 666, 825
Morgan, S. II . 306, 466
Huber, J. M . 42, 351, 684
Humana Feeder . 353, 635
Ideal Sanitary Supply Co . 950
Illinois College of Photography . 133
Inland Printer Technical School. ... 303, 358,
510, 672, 844, 953
Inland Stationer ...156, 312, 478, 637, 797, 956
Inland- Wn 1 ton Engraving Co . 153
I. T. U. Commission _ 158, 314, 477, 622,
796. 832
Jaeneeke Printing Ink Co. ..136, 305, 461,
621, 678, 820
Johnson, Chas. Eneu, & Co . 496, 664
Johnson, J. Frank . 132, 290, 454
Juengst, Geo., & Sons . 47, 176, 469, 492,
780, 944
Juergens Bros. Co . 21, 183, 359
Justrite Mfg. Co . 26, 202, 346, 506, 686
East & Ehinger . 28, 300, 346, 512, 664, 825
Kavmor Automatic Press Co.... 4, 169, 343,
497, 645
PAGE
Keystone Type Foundry. . .48, 208, 368, 528,
688, 848
Kidder Press Co . 18. 298, 359, 500, 670, 836
Kimble Electric Co.. 20, 307, 472, 633, 779, 823
Knowlton Bros . 2, 162, 322, 802
Kreiter, Louis, & Co . 144, 300, 338, 520, 669
Lanston Monotype Machine Co . 5, 163,
Insert, 517, 643, S03
Latham Machinery Co . 13, 173, 335, 836
Levey, Fred’k II., Co . 21, 183, 359, 506, 660
Lcgemann Bros. Co . 142, 294, 458, 620,
666, 825
Marseilles Wrapping Paper Co . 792, 936
Mashek Mfg. Co . 81S
Master Builders Co . 688
Master Printer Publishing Co . 676, 950
Mayer, Robert, & Co . 181, 503, 943
Mechanical Appliance Co . 150, 296, 350,
508, 625, 783, 943
Meg-ill. E. I, . 131, 289, 450, 614, 777, 933
Meisel Press & Mfg. Co.. 150, 307, 462, 625,
669, 825
Mergenthaler Linotype Co. ...Cover, Insert, Cover
Metalography . 154, 318, 476, 636, 795
Michener, A. W . 936
Miehle Printing Press & Mfg. Co . Cover
Miller Saw-Trimmer Co.... 6, 206, 467, 518,
671, 940
Millers Falls Paper Co . 837
Mittag & Volger _ 134, 292, 452, 638, 794, 938
Mittineague Paper Co . 141, 349
Modern Machine Co . 149, 361, 674
Monitor Controller Co... 133, 291, 451, 617, 793
Montgomery Bros. Co. ...151, 192, 453, 507, 790
Morrison, ,T. L., Co . 308, 456, 522, 684, 942
Morse Gauge Pin Co . 616, 792
Muldoon, J. R., & Co . 942
Murray Engraving Co . 147, 308, 342, 950
National Arts Publishing Co.. 152, 312, 634,
781, 939
National Colortype Co . 18, 308, 468, 506
National Electrotype Co. ..42, 296, 350, 508,
660, 826
National Lithographer ..154, 318, 476, 636,
795, 955
National Machine Co.... 142, 301, 365, 522,
680, 951
National Printer-Journalist ...312, 478, 637,
797, 956
National Printing Machinery Co... 310, 463,
630, 686, 951
National Steel & Copper Plate Co.. 134, 292,
452, 638, 794, 938
New York Revolving Portable Elevator Co.. .
625, 790, 819
Niagara Paper Mills . 32, 459, 798
Norwich Film . 148, 316, 475
Nossel, Frank . 156, 182
Oswald Publishing Co. ..156, 306, 637, 797, 956
Oswego Machine Works... 31, 172, 332, 513,
677, S15
Paper Dealer . 132, 290, 454, 616,
Parker, Thomas & Tucker Paper Co .
297, 464, 524,
Parsons Trading Co. .45, 181, 351, 507,
Paterson, Wm .
Peerless Electric Co . 28, 308, 456,
Peerless Printing Press Co . 41, 191,
Peerless Type Foundry .
Peters, John .
Plum, Matthias .
Potter Printing Press Co . 480, 640,
Printer & Publisher . 140, 313, 464,
Printing Art . 146, 316, 478, 637,
Process Engravers’ Monthly. . .154, 318,
636,
792, 935
142,
662, 952
669, 841
. . . . 36
520,
685, 831
361,
499, 667
132, 616
. . . . 936
353, 635
800, 960
619,
791, 940
797, 956
476,
795, 955
Queen Citv Printing Ink Co... 12, 16S, 328,
495, 648, 83S
INDEX
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PAGE
Rapid Electrotype Co . 958
Rapp & AVagman Mfg. Co . 948
Read, M. M . 792
Redington, F. B., Co _ 157, 304, 466, 671, 936
Regina Co . 36, 311, 347, 525, 629, 683, 806
Review Printing & Embossing Co. ..294, 505, 831
Richmond Electric Co... 151, 304, 467, 518,
687, 830
Rising, B. I)., Paper Co.. 148, 304, 336, 632,
674, 822
Robbins & Myers Co . 152, 316, 338, 512,
666, 948
Roberts Numbering Machine Co.... 301, 462,
524, 783, 841
Robertson Paper Co . 30
Rosendal. Geo. T., & Co . 936
Rouse, II. B., & Co . 135, 191, 467, 626,
787, 941
Rowe, James . ..42, 186, 363, 507, 664
lluxton, Philip . 168
School of Costs . 792
Scott, Walter, & Co.. 29, 177, 337, 521, 681. 949
Sevbold Machine Co . 27, 164, 330, 483,
640, 817
Shepard, Henry O., Co... 49, 133, 209, 291,
369, 451, 529, 017, 089, 793, 936
Shepard. Henrv O., Co., Engraving Dept....
317, 460, 494, 082, 811
Sheridan, T. W. & C. B., Co... 23, 200, 329,
493, 657, 809
Shniedewend, Paul, & Co.. 21, 183, 365, 511,
663, 819
Shuman, Frank G . 150, 300
PAGE
Sprague Electric Co .
. . 45,
179,
363,
503,
665,
452,
638,
843
Star Engravers’ Supply Co. . . .
.134,
292,
794
Star Tool Mfg. Co .
. .24,
181,
468,
782,
948
Stauder, A., & Co .
.306,
490,
462,
668,
620
Steinman, O. M .
.184,
465,
810
Stiles, Chas. I; .
.133,
291,
451,
617,
793
Strathmore Paper Co. . . .
829
Sullivan Machinery Co. . .
.131,
289,
450,
638,
794,
938
Swigart Paper Co.. 149,
Swink Printing Press Co.
320,
472,
626,
786,
942
. .40,
207,
366,
659,
946
Tarcolin . 134, 292, 452, 638, 794, 938
Tatum, Sam’l C., Co . 28, 298, 367, 516,
680, 846
Taylor, Arthur S . 930
Thalmann Printing Ink Co . 24, 186, 363,
520, 669, 819
Thompson Type Machine Co. ..364, 527, 679, 847
Thomson, John, Press Co . 33
Toronto Type Foundry Co . 828
Triumph Electric Co.... 147, 207, 458, 502,
784, 819
IJllman, Sigmund, Co . . . Cover
Union Pacific R. R . 620, 783, 822
United Printing Machinery Co . 184, 627, 839
Universal Automatic Type-casting Machine Co.
41, 190, 335, 498, 670
Universal Type-making Machine Co . 816
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Van Allens & Boughton . . 145, 299, 455, 623,
788 808
Van Bibber Roller Co... 133, 291, 451, 617, 793
Van der Byl, P. II . 289
Victoria Platen Press Mfg. Co . 156, 182
Wagner Mfg. Co . 129, 448, 792
Wanner, A. F., & Co . 143, 294, 466, 498,
786, 944
Wanner Machinery Co. ..307, 475, 632, 790, 943
Want Advertisements ...128, 286, 612, 447,
776, 932
Warren, S. D., & Co . 135, 293, 453, 615,
781, 937
Watzelhan & Speyer.. 42, 182, 342, 632, 782, 826
Western States Envelope Co. ..138, 309, 457,
523, 784, 947
AA'estinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co... 40, 306,
366, 509, 686, 826
AA'est Virginia Pulp & Paper Co . 48, 208,
368, 528, 688, 848
AA’etter Numbering Machine Co . 137
White, James, Paper Co . 143, 295, 367,
619, 791, 818
AVhitfield Carbon Paper AVorks . 133, 291,
451. 617
AVhitlock Printing Press Mfg. Co. . . .44, 189,
473, 628, 675
AViggins. John B., Co... 146, 178, 466, 630,
789, 952
AA'illiams Bros. & Co . :134, 292, 452
AVilliams-Llovd Machinery Co . 142, 464, 784
AVing, Chauncey . .' . 297, 354, 524, 941
AA'ire Loop Mfg. Co . 133, 291, 451, 617,
793, 935
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CHICAGO OFFICE
Manhattan Building
FACTORY
NILES, OHIO
NEW YORK OFFICE
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One Harris Automatic Offset Press has averaged a net
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■ ■ * ■ MODERNIZED ■ ■ ■ ■
COMPOSING-ROOM
FURNITURE
IS A NECESSITY IN COST REDUCTION
Any sort of composing-room equipment will usually answer in a way, but not always the best way. Where
you are striving for betterment with an increase in profits, the best is always the cheapest.
Our largest and most prominent customers have repeatedly stated that the total cost of installing elaborate
outfits of modernized composing-room furniture has been paid for in full during the first year after installation,
in the savings made.
This is not surprising, when one stops to consider that this saving will unquestionably range from 25 to
50% in floor space and from 10 to 25% in the composing-room labor.
That is a simple proposition. Let every printer figure it out for himself. Take the minimum saving as a
basis. What proportion of the rent (or what the rent would be if the building is not rented) should the compos¬
ing-room bear? What would be the saving, figuring 25% of this rent?
What amount in dollars and cents would a saving of 10% in your composing-room labor total? That’s a
big item worth consideration.
Now, you have the two items of saving, and you should look to the expense involved in modernizing the
composing-room.
Here’s where we step in and ask that you allow our representative to make an estimate on the new equip¬
ment. When you have the figures, compare the expense with the saving.
Always remember that the saving is perpetual. You get it in the shape of increased profits EACH YEAR.
THE EXPENSE COMES BUT ONCE, and usually comes back the first year.
That’s the whole story of modernizing the composing-room. Hundreds of printers have already made the
change; others have it under way, and every day adds to the army of converts. This is one of the most vital
questions of printing-office economics before the printers to-day.
We are
interested
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we would like to have
your representative show
us a floor plan of our compos¬
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it, with a view to our installing such
furniture as you can show us would soon
be paid for in the saving accomplished.
If you are interested, fill out the attached coupon and send it to us, or to your dealer, ask for a
copy of “Composing-room Economy,’’ showing floor plans of thirty-two modernized composing-
rooms in some of the leading printing plants in the United States.
THE HAMILTON MFG. CO.
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ALL PROMINENT DEALERS SELL HAMILTON GOODS
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OUR NEW CATALOG OF SPECIAL FURNITURE IS NOW READY
There is a certain rustle in the true
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to the printer who buys for somebody else —
a call to own our new sample- book containing the
fourteen colors and white of Old Hampshire, show¬
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lithographed, printed and engraved —
and a call to buy Old Hampshire Bond when
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We are the only Paper Makers in the
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Our “Buckeye Proofs” — -mailed free on request — will demonstrate
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Write for these proofs to-day, and let them prove to you the profit¬
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THE BECKETT PAPER CO.
Makers of Good Paper
in HAMILTON, OHIO, since 1848
; BUCKEYE COVER is. made in fifteen colors, three finishes and three weights. Carried in
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With New Lightning Folders, Self-oiling Boxes, Tubular
Cylinders, Locking Roller Sockets and Other Improvements
The LATEST and BEST in PRINTING PRESS CONSTRUCTION
Note the Open Construction and Accessibility of the Rollers, Cylinders and Other Working Parts
RUNNING SPEED PER HOUR:
72,000 — 4, 6, 8, 10 or 12 pages, the sheets all
inset ;
54,000 — 16 pages (36,000 with the sheets inset
and 18,000 composed of two collected
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36,000 — 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 or 24 pages, the
sheets all inset ;
36,000 — 16, 20 or 24 pages, composed of two
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18,000 — 28, 32, 36, 40 or 48 pages, composed of
two collected sections.
Our Fast-Speed Folder is simple and safe in operation, absolutely Tapeless, has no cams or undesirable
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The Decks are all independent of each other and any deck or any combination of decks can be run
without having the rest of the machine in operation.
The Impression Cylinders are adjustable and driven by independent gears.
The Plate Cylinders are convenient for plating without removing the inking rollers and run in fixed
bearings so that the inking rollers do not have to be readjusted when the impression is changed.
Independent Nipping Roller Drive — Superior Ink Distribution and Fountain Adjustment — Patented
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Extra heavy , strong and accurate construction throughout
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LATHAM’S
MONITOR WIRE
STITCHERS
“Monitor
Machines
Sell
Themselves”
NEW YORK
8 Reade Street
BOSTON
220 Devonshire Street
Showing the simplicity with
which the table is converted
from flat to saddle, and vice
versa. The simplest and most
perfect device known.
LATHAM MACHINERY CO.
CHICAGO, 306-312 South Canal Street
The illustrations
on this page show
the vital work¬
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MONITOR WIRE
STITCHER. The
MONITOR is the only
wire stitcher on the mar¬
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plate can be removed,
leaving the machine in¬
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view of the operator.
Face plate removed, showing
the condition of the wire as
the former starts to bend
the staple into shape.
Face plate removed, showing the full
stroke of the feed lever with the
staple fully formed, ready to be
driven through the stock and
clinched by the clinches from below.
Notice the straightness of the wire.
In this view the face plate is re¬
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completed its full stroke, and
the cutter blade is about to cut
off the wire. The former is
about to catch the wire to bend
it.
CROSS
Continuous
FEEDERS
They Run While
You Load
You are not getting the highest efficiency from your presses or folders
unless you are getting an output of 100 per cent of the running time.
The Continuous System of Automatic Feeding
is the way to do it. We have the proofs that such results are regularly
obtained.
DEXTER FOLDER COMPANY
NEW YORK CHICAGO BOSTON PHILADELPHIA SAN FRANCISCO
Canadian Agents: The J. L. Morrison Co., Toronto, Can. Southern Agents : Dodson Printers’ Supply Co., Atlanta, Ga.
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THE DEXTER
JOBBING BOOK
AND PAMPHLET
FOLDER N?190
^"S'X
A Profit Producer
bindery conditions vary widely.
Equipment must be nicely balanced
between the extremes of the business
to be taken care of. Thus the Dexter
No. 190 Jobbing Folder, embrac¬
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Profit Producer. It is the type of
machine that is always busy — that
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CHICAGO PHILADELPHIA SAN FRANCISCO
Factory: Pearl River, New York
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IN USE THROUGHOUT THEWORLD AND THE DEMAND CONSTANTLY INCREASING
Kingston, Jamaica, Cleaner
Twin press; third purchase
Grand Junction, Colo., News
Launceston, Tasmania, Telegraph
New York, N. Y„ L'Araldo Ilaliano
12-page; third purchase
Fremont, Ohio, Messenger
Davenport, Iowa, Democrat
Hastings, Neb., Tribune
New York, N. Y., Pan-Hellenic
Cobalt, Ont., Nugget
12-page
San Francisco, Cal., Japanese- American
Caracas, Venezuela, S. A.
Greenville, S. C., Piedmont
Brooklyn, N. Y., Home Tail;
Twin presses; second purchase
Chanufe, Kan., Tribune
Leominster, Mass., Enterprise
New York, N. Y., Stuyvesant Press
Chatham, Ont., News
Lancaster, Ohio, Eagle
1 2-page
Marshall, Mich., Chronicle
Ottawa, Kan., Republic
Lawrence, Kan., World
Albany, Ga., Herald
1 0-page
Milwaukee, Wis., Times
Enid, Okla., Eagle
Enid, Okla., News
New York, N. Y., Alexander Ptg. Co.
12-page
Towanda, Pa., Review
1 0-page
Lawrence, Kan., Journal
Salem, Ohio, Herald
Cairo, Ill., Citizen
SOME OF OUR
RECENT CUSTOMERS
Dunkirk, N. Y., Herald- Advertiser
1 0-page
Norwich, N. Y., Sun
Mazatlan, Mex., El Correo
Bakersfield, Cal., Californian
Flushing, N. Y., Journal
Spartansburg, S. C., Journal
1 0-page
Ogdensburg, N. Y., News
Ogdensburg, N. Y., Republican & Journal
10-page
Durham, N. C., Sun
Gary, Ind., Post
Corpus Christi, Tex., Caller
Sherman, Tex., Dem’ocral
Eureka, Cal., Herald
12-page
Urbana, Ohio, News
Columbia, Mo., Tribune
Columbia, Mo., University Missourian
Modesto, Cal., Herald
Natchez, Miss., Democrat
10-page
Brownsville, Tex., Herald
Wichita Falls, Tex., Times
Chihuahua, Mex., El Correo
Parkersburg, W. Va., Journal
Kearney, Neb., Hub
12-page
New York, N. Y., Clas Naroda
Albert Lea, Minn., Tribune
Hannibal, Mo., Journal
12-page; second purchase
Medford, Ore., Mail-Tribune
Cordova, Argentine, S. A.
1 2-page
Watertown, S. D., Public Opinion
San Juan, Porto Rico
1 2-page
OUR CUSTOMERS WRITE OUR ADS.
The Duplex Flat-Bed Web
Perfecting Newspaper Press
DUPLEX PRINTING PRESS CO. battle creek, mich.
LONDON ADDRESS: LINOTYPE & MACHINERY, Ltd., 188 FLEET STREET
PARIS ADDRESS: LINOTYPE & MACHINERY, Ltd., 10 RUE DE VALOIS
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Combination Rotary Wrapping and
' I icciia Por\ai« Pi*ncc
Prints in
one, two or three
colors, and
delivers in sheets
or rewound.
BUILT IN TWO SIZES
36// x 48/r Printing Bed
30// x 40r/ Printing Bed
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KIDDER PRESS CO.
NEW YORK OFFIC
CANADA : The J. L. Morrison Co., Toronto
GREAT BRITAIN : John Haddon & Co., London
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( SfSVSEf DOVER, N. H.
E: 261 BROADWAY
GIBBS -BROWER CO., Agents
Calendars for 1912
Now Is the Time to Take Orders
There is a large field
and a good profit, but
has been overlooked by
most printers.
Why let strangers
come in your home town
and get the cream, right
in your own line.
We supply you with
the samples and you sell
direct to your regular
customers.
Put in our line NOW.
Fans and Post Cards too.
National Colortype Co.
Cincinnati, Ohio
New Ideas in Attractive
Advertising
The printer should examine this big line of BLOTTING
PAPERS.
The WORLD, HOLLYWOOD and RELIANCE suggest
big advertising possibilities.
VIENNA MOIRE (in colors) and Plate Finish, the acme
of art basis.
Our DIRECTOIRE, a novelty of exquisite patterns.
ALBEMARLE
HALF-TONE BLOTTING
a new creation, having surface for half-tone or color process
printing and lithographing. Made in white and five colors.
Samples of our entire line will be mailed upon request.
The Albemarle Paper Mfg. Co.
Makers of Blotting Richmond, Virginia
Edwards, Dunlop & Co., Ltd., Sydney and Brisbane, Sole Agents for Australia
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THE HEAVIEST, SIMPLEST, MOST COMPACT AND HANDSOMEST rWO-REVOLUTION. COMPARE THIS ILLUSTRATION WITH THAT OF ANY OTHER
THE BABCOCK PRINTING PRESS MANUFACTURING CO., NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT
New York Office, 38 Park Row. John Haddon & Co. Agents. London. Miller & Richard, Canadian Agents, Toronto, Ontario.
BARNHART BROS. & SPINDLER, WESTERN AGENTS, 168, 170 AND 172 WEST MONROE STREET, CHICAGO
Great Western Type Foundry, Kansas City, Missouri: Great Western Type Foundry, Omaha, Nebraska: Minnesota Type Foundry Co., St. Paul, Minnesota: St.
Louis Printers Supply Co., St. Louis, Missouri: Southern Printers Supply Co., Washington, District Columbia: The Barnhart Type Foundry Co., Dallas, Texas.
National Paper & Type Co. , City of Mexico, VeraCruz, Monterrey, and Havana, Cuba. On the Pacific Coast — Pacific Printers Supply Company, Seattle, Wash.
The Babcock Optimus
The Babcock Optimus
Without resetting for different sizes of paper, card¬
board or tissue, an Optimus delivery is always ready to
pile and jog any sheet of any stock, printed side up, and
save on each job the time demanded by the readjust¬
ment of a fly. Only jogger wings need resetting. The
saving to the owner in a year’s business where many
forms are handled, as on small machines, is a satisfac¬
tory percentage on the money in the press.
From time of printing to time covered on the table
each sheet is unrestrictedly air dried during the time
needed to make three impressions. This remarkable
Optimus exposure of the printed surface is almost
three times longer than is possible on any other press,
and very different from the fly and other devices that
cover each sheet as fast as printed.
This is a great advantage on any work, but espe¬
cially profitable on fine work. A small sheet gets no
longer exposure than a large one; it is the duration of
three impressions, be they fast or slow, sheet little or
big. For exceptionally heavy forms that must be slip-
sheeted, a patented device, furnished at extra price,
makes the work easy without decreasing speed of job.
The Optimus delivery is faster than the fly, smooth¬
er in operation, and fully protects the sheet, as the fly
does not. It handles tissue at the usual speed of the
press, maintains tapes at an even tension automatic¬
ally, and lessens electrical trouble.
With the carriage disconnected and moved forward
(telescoping upon itself), the front of cylinder is opened
up, and form rollers uncovered. For make-ready press
can be run in this condition. Jogger board can be
pushed back to uncover fountain and table rollers.
On the larger sizes a printed side down is combined
with the printed side up at an additional charge.
The excellencies of this delivery are recognized
wherever two revolutions are known. Its inception
was the insistent demand years ago for a printed side
up delivery, and this has grown as printing has devel¬
oped. On old Optimus presses many years in use, it
works satisfactorily now, with nothing equaling it. We
have greatly improved it. It is the first and oldest,
and our experience longest and best.
There is exclusive distinction in its constant readi¬
ness for any sheet, delivered with three times the dry¬
ing exposure possible to any other; but this is not
enough; behind it is the strongest press to be had, with
a perfect driving mechanism, superb distribution, posi¬
tive register and high speed.
SET IN AUTHORS ROMAN
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Kimble -ize Your Shop
And Get a Bigger Money’s-Worth Out of
Your Power Bill (Alternating Current)
That’s the Beauty of
the Variable Speed
Whether your K. W. rate is high or low — you are not
getting your money's worth out of the electricity you buy if
you use ordinary motors.
Fast or Slow by a
Touch of the Toe
Kimble Motors
Are PRINTING-Machinery Motors
Variable speed, single-phase, A. C., for jobbers and
ponies.
Variable speed, polyphase, A. C., for cylinder presses.
Variable or constant speed, polyphase, A. C., for other
shop machinery.
Ordinary motors — general purpose motors — waste
a lot of money every time you reduce speed, because
they throw away the power that they choke off in
resistance coils.
KIMBLE motors give instant and easy change of
speed to suit any job.
Kimble Motors Are Built for Your Special Needs
Are so nearly fool-proof that the “devil” himself
won’t find ways of putting them out of commission
unless he is an extraordinary devil.
The quickest way to get next to this new wrinkle
in shop efficiency is to ask us for information or esti¬
mates. We prove our case at our own risk.
KIMBLE ELECTRIC COMPANY, 1125 Washington Blvd., Chicago
The Supreme Test of our folder is its efficiency. Printers who use our
machine know of its dependable qualities and every-day service.
The Cleveland Folding Machine Co.
Cleveland, Ohio
The Cleveland Folding Machine
Perfect in register and 50% faster than other Folders.
Has range from 19 x 36 to 3 x 4 in parallel.
Folds and delivers 4s, 6s, 8s, 10s, 12s, 14s and 16s,
single or in gangs.
Also regular 4s, 8s and 16s, book folds, from sheets
19 x 25 down to where the last fold is not less
than 2V2 x 3 in.
Makes accordion — and a number of other — folds that
can not be made on any other folder.
INSTALLED ON A THIRTY DAYS’ TRIAL
on an unconditional guarantee of absolute satis¬
faction.
Write for a complete set of sample folds.
Is the Only Folder That Does
Not Use Tapes, Knives, Cams,
Changeable Gears in Folding
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F red ’k H. Levey Co.
= . . New York ;
Manufacturers of High Grade
Printing Inks
E make a specialty of Inks
for Magazine and Cata¬
logue work. The Ladies'1
Home Journal , Saturday
Evening Post , Scribner' s ,
McClure' s, Cosmopolitan,
IV oman' s Home Companion , Strand , Amer¬
ican , Frank Leslie' s Publications , Review
of Reviews , and many others, are printed
with Inks made by us. Our Colored
Inks for Process Printing, both wet and
dry, are pronounced by Expert Printers
the best made.
FRED’K H. LEVEY, President CHAS. BISPHAM LEVEY, Treasurer
CHAS. E. NEWTON, Vice-President WM. S. BATE, Secretary
NEW YORK, 59 Beekman St. CHICAGO, 357 Dearborn St.
SAN FRANCISCO, 653 Battery St. SEATTLE, 411 Occidental Ave.
Photo-Engravers in af£Z’X'
Reliance Photo -Engravers'’
g
Proof Press
because they ACCOM-
PLISH PERFECT
PROOFS of half-tone
and color plates
that are AL¬
WAYS UN¬
FAILING IN THEIR
QUALITY.
A “RELIANCE
PROOF” is the
best advertise¬
ment ANY en¬
graver can pos¬
sibly have.
Write for circular
to the manufacturers.
Paul Shniedewend & Co.
627 IV. Jackson “Boulevard , Chicago
Also sold by Williams- Lloyd Machinery Co., Chicago; Geo. Russell Reed
Co., San Francisco and Seattle ; Toronto Type Foundry Co., Canada; A. W.
Penrose & Co., London, Eng.; Klimsch & Co-, Frankfurt am M., Ger.;
New York Machinery Co., 101 Beekman St., New York City.
SOLD ALSO BY ALL DEALERS
^ of Aryy descripliory
eovdioT every purpose, ir\
P EN AND INK o*WASIt
Sop LLTTLRnLADS,
Catalogs, Covers,
riA-GAN^IJNEa ORj
DESIGNS/i-i-rT
MECHANICAL DRAWINGS
from Blue Prints or Pencil Sketches.
BIRDS-DYE VIEWS. mm
RETOUCHING PHOTOGRAPHS.
Half-tones, Zinc Etchings
Color Work of evert q-
description, in Two, Three
OR MORE COLORS, Wood
Engraving, Wax Engraving
Electrotyping. Steelotyping,
Nickeltyping. Stereotyping.
Gofiherctal Photographing.
•j. .;. .;. .j. .ji .j. .j, .j. .j. ,j. .j. -j.
. Juergens Bros. Gz>
jp 16? Adams Street.. Chicago.
A Life-Time
Proof Press
The Shniedewend
Printers’ Proof
Press
Shniedewend Printers’ Proof Press, with
LASTS A LIFE-TIME.
ACCOMPLISHES
SAME HIGH QUAL¬
ITY OF BLACK AND
COLOR PROOFS of
type forms and type forms
mixed with cuts for 15,
Rack and Pinion Bed Movement and
“Tympan-on-thc-Platen” Device.
(Patents applied for)
25 and 50 years.
Nothing can EQUAL ITS QUALITY OF WORK
Nothing can EQUAL ITS RIGIDITY and DURABILITY
Nothing can EQUAL ITS SAVING IN COST OF PROOFS
Send for further information and prices
Paul Shniedewend & Co.
627 W. Jackson Boulevard , Chicago
Manufacturers
SOLD ALSO BY ALL DEALERS
and
New York Machinery Co., 101 Beekman St., New York City.
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1
By the
Press -Tester
IN this printing game, the one thing that gets my goat the quickest (and I think you’re all with me) is trying to
put a make-ready on a two-revolution that won’t stand up to the impression. In these days of half-tone forms,
coated stock and hard packing, unless you’ve got the “squeeze” to back you up, just take it from me, you’re
up against a make-ready stunt that’ll make ’em all go some to get results.
Why, I’ve seen one of the best overlay artists in the business (“artists” is right, too) work for three days on a
form of half-tones on a press that wouldn’t stand up to the impression, and say, on the square, the spot-up sheets
on that job looked like war maps of South America with all the watering and coaling-up stations marked in.
As fast as one cut would print up, another would show weak — but you’ve all been through it; there's no need of telling you. This
kind of a make-ready is sure to result in an overpacked cylinder — rub the face off the cuts, knock the type off its feet, or, if plates,
cause clutch jamming and — raise Cain in general.
In the “dope” I’ve been handing out to you about the STONEMETZ, I haven’t said much about “squeeze” — -just a men¬
tion now and then. I’ve sort of held that back, so to speak, until I could tell it in a way that would convince you; and now that I’ve
got right up to the point, just about the best I can frame up is that the STONEMETZ HAS GOT the “squeeze.”
That’s all there is to it. When a pressman says that a press has got the “ squeeze ” every other pressman knows what that
means. You’ve got my word for it, and that's all you get in any advertisement — the word of the writer. But at that, money
couldn’t hire me to hand out a “bum steer" on the STONEMETZ, or any other press for that matter. As long as the boss is
satisfied with the truth, I'm willing to frame up these Stonemetz spiels, but when he asks me to claim something for the press that she
won’t do (and I know him too well for that), why I’ll just draw the line — nix for me.
Of course, I could go into the details and tell you just why the STONEMETZ
has an unyielding impression and all that stuff, but what's the use ? The Stonemetz
printed matter explains that and your name on a postal will bring it — -mighty interesting
reading, too — well worth a cent. Send for it.
The Challenge Machinery Co.
Grand Haven, Mich., U. S. A.
Salesroom and Warehouse: 124 So. Fifth Ave., Chicago.
ELAPSED TIME
is what you buy from your employees. Do you knoiv that
you get what you pay them for?
ELAPSED TIME
enters into every operation of every product of your plant.
Do you know what it costs you?
Knowledge — accurate information — not someone’s
guess- — -of the Elapsed Time you receive and distribute
will enable you to stop leaks, increase production without
an increase of expense, and enlarge your profits.
THE GALGULAGRAPH
records Elapsed Time. It also records the time-of-day,
but that is of lesser importance.
Ask for our booklet, “Accurate Cost Records” —
it’s free.
Calculagraph Company 146L“k “g
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SHERIDAN’S
AUTOMATIC CLAMP BOOK
TRIMMER
Write for Particulars, Prices and Terms
T. W. & C. B. SHERIDAN CO.
Manufacturers of Paper Cutters, Book Trimmers, Die Presses, Embossers, Smashers, Inkers,
and a Complete Line of Printers’ and Bookbinders’ Machinery
NEW YORK . 56 Duane Street
CHICAGO .... 17 South Franklin Street
LONDON . 65-69 Mount Pleasant
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A TRIAL ORDER WILL MAKE YOU A
PERMANENT USER OF
r—PRINTINfi AND LITHOGRAPHIC-
INKS
MANUFACTURED BY THE
Slmlmatm Printing 3lnk (Co.
212 Olive Street, ST. LOUIS, MO.
= DEPOTS —
711 S. Dearborn Street . CHICAGO. ILL.
400 Broadway ......... KANSAS CITY. MO.
535 Magazine Street . NEW ORLEANS, LA.
1509 Jackson Street . OMAHA, NEB.
222 North Second Street .... NASH VILLE. TENN.
73 Union Avenue . . MEMPHIS, TENN.
If Y ou Are Not Acquainted With
ILe Star Composing Stick
Get Next!
There’s a distinctive superiority about the Star
Composing Stick not found in any other. The
compositor needs a stick that will fit the hand,
supply ease, and at the same time insure accuracy
and speed.
“ Toots of Quality for Particular Printers "
All good features may be found in the Star Com¬
posing Stick and its many attractive and practical
advantages are strikingly evident.
It is the ultimate stick for you, Mr. Compositor,
and why not learn more about it by reviewing our
catalogue and know of the newest and best?
Made in all popular sizes at a price
in keeping with their actual worth
FOR SALE BY SUPPLY HOUSES GENERALLY
The Star Tool Mfg. Company
17 West Washington Street Springfield, Ohio
Why Do They Imitate ?
\uRE° B-< P r.
' SON . V '
a.o.buW°\ 5
If the ORIGINAL is not worthy
of imitation, why do they con¬
tinue to imitate, then condemn
the imitated?
For years the PEERLESS PER¬
FORATOR has stood as a model for
imitators. It has stood all tests. Its
rapid, perfect work, clean and thorough
perforation and its wide range in thick¬
ness of stock, supplies the printer with
all that can be desired.
SELLING AGENTS
GANE BROS. & CO. . . .
T. W. & C. B. SHERIDAN .
S. KOCHANSKI .
MIDDOWS BROS .
. . CHICAGO, ILL.
| CHICAGO, ILL.
• / LONDON, ENG.
BERLIN, GERMANY
. SYDNEY, N. S. W.
Manufactured by
A. G. BURTON’S SON
118 to 124 South Clinton Street
CHICAGO, ILL., U. S. A.
28 Reade St., NEW YORK f Sole Easterrl Agents
THE J.L. MORRISON CO., Sole Agents for Canada
JOHN DICKINSON & CO.,
Agents for South Africa and India
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New GOSS “ACME ” Straightline Two-Roll Rotary Perfecting Press
Is built and guaranteed to run at a speed of 36,000 per hour for each delivery, for the full run.
Prints 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48 pages.
All products up to 24 pages can be made in one section (book form).
SPECIAL FEATURES
Plates can be put on without removing ink rollers. No ribbons whatever when collecting.
Patented ink fountains; screws all at one end of fountains Design prevents breaking of webs.
(regular piano key action). Entirely new HIGH-SPEED PATENTED FOLDING AND
All roller sockets automatically locked. DELIVERING DEVICE.
PATENTED AND MANUFACTURED BY
THE GOSS PRINTING PRESS CO.
16th St. and Ashland Ave., Chicago, Ill.
New York Office :
1 Madison Ave., Metropolitan Bldg., New York City.
London Office :
93 Fleet Street, London, E. C., England.
Made to print either 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 pages in book form.
Constructed so that it can be arranged to print either two or three extra colors, at a slight expense.
It is practically a single-plate machine, thus saving time in not having to make duplicate plates.
Plates are cast from our regular standard stereotype machinery.
New GOSS High-Speed Sextuple Press — No. 160
HERE IS CONVENIENCE AND FIRE PROTECTION FOR YOUR PRINTING PLANT
Patented .
™iJustrite Oily Waste Can
OPEN WITH THE FOOT
A convenience that makes it easier to throw oily waste in the can than to stick it
under a bench — that keeps your plant clean and orderly and cultivates neatness among
your employees.
An effective fire protection that keeps all the dangerous oilv-soaked waste
in non-leaking cans under tight-closing lids, thus reducing the danger of spon¬
taneous combustion and stray matches.
Absolutely no desire on part of workmen to block cover open. No springs to
get out of order. Always closed when not in use.
Send for Booklet
Each can bears the official label of the National Board of Fire
Underwriters, which insures you protection against the so-called
approved inferior waste cans.
For Sale by leading printers’ supply houses and hardware dealers,
or write us direct for circulars and prices.
The Justrite Mfg. Co., 332 S. Clinton Street, CHICAGO
a cpwtq J MILLER & RICHARD, Winnipeg and Toronto
LANAUiAiN AUtiv GE0. M. STEWART, Montreal
Patented in
United States
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Uses Fine and Coarse
Staples.
Binds to ,g->nch.
Has Automatic
Clinching and
Anti-clogging De¬
vices.
Equipped with both
Flat and Saddle¬
back Tables.
Holds 250 Staples at
a charge.
Acme Staple Co.
LIMITED
112 North Ninth Street
CAMDEN, N. J.
Has served its
purpose in promi¬
nent printing es¬
tablishments for
many years.
The Best of
Its Kind
THE ACME
Wire Staple
Binder
HOOLE MACHINE &
ENGRAVING WORKS
29-33 Prospect Street 111 Washington Street
— ===== BROOKLYN, N. Y. =====
“HOOLE”
Hand Pallet
and
Stamping
Press
Manufacturers of
End-Name, Numbering, Pa^in^ and
Bookbinders* Machinery and Finishing
Tools of all kinds.
As to the value of other things,
most men differ. Concerning the
Anderson Bundling Press
all have the same opinion.
The high pressure produced and the ease of obtaining it, is ONE reason
why so many ANDERSON BUNDLING PRESSES are used. Many
binderies have from two to twelve.
= W rite for List of Users in your locality -
C. F. ANDERSON & CO. 394-398 Clark St., CHICAGO
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THE SEYBOLD MACHINE CO.
Makers of Highest Grade Machinery for Bookbinders , Printers, Lithographers , Paper Mills ,
Paper Houses , Paper-Box Makers ,
Embracing — -Cutting Machines, in a great variety of styles and sizes, Book Trimmers, Die-Cutting Presses, Rotary
Board Cutters, Table Shears, Corner Cutters, Knife Grinders, Book Compressors, Book Smashers,
Standing Presses, Backing Machines, Bench Stampers; a complete line of Embossing
Machines equipped with and without mechanical Inking and Feeding devices.
Home Office and Factory, DAYTON, OHIO, U. S. A.
BRANCHES: New York. 70 Duane Street; Chicago, 310 Dearborn Street.
AGENCIES : J. H. Schroeter & Bro., Atlanta, Ga.; J. L. Morrison Co., Toronto, Ont.; Toronto Type Foundry Co., Ltd., Winnipeg, Man.;
Keystone Type Foundry ok California, 638 Mission St., San Francisco, Cal.
Barnhart Type Foundry Co., 258 Commerce St., Dallas, Tex.
The Seybold 20th Century
Automatic Cutting Machine
SEYBOLD PATENTS
Illustration 38-inch, 44-inch and 50-inch Sizes.
The Seybold 20th Century is the one cutting machine that produces
smooth and even cutting.
WHY?
Because the shear and down cutting strains are concentrated and come directly beneath the table, the strongest
portion of the machine, consequently freeing the knife bar entirely from vibration.
On all other cutters the knife bar is guided above the table.
This is only one of many important points of superiority peculiar to the Seybold 20th Century Cutter.
Give us the opportunity to fully explain and demonstrate.
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Inks that are used in every country where
printing is done.
ICast Sc tlmuu'r
(Smitamj
Manufacturing Agents for the United States,
Canada, Cuba, Mexico
Charles Hellmuth
Printing
and Lithographic
The World’s
INKS
Originators
Standard
Three and
DRY COLORS. VARNISHES
of Solvine
Four Color
SPECIAL
Process Inks
OFF-SET INKS
New York
Bi-Tones
Gold Ink
1 54-6-8 W. 1 8th Street
that work
worthy of
Hellmuth Building
clean to the
the name
Chicago
605-7-9 S. Clark Street
Old numbers, 355-7-9 S. Clark St.
Poole Bros. Building
last sheet
The Peerless Motor
Embodies all the requirements and qualifications that make
a perfect printing-press motor.
Insures the printer a larger output per day, operated
at the lowest cost. Its durability and satisfactory service
are conceded by all users, and it is accepted as the one
standard motor for all makes and sizes of printing-presses.
It is built for service and gives it.
On ANY POWER PROBLEM write :
The Peerless Electric Co.
Factory and General Office: Warren, Ohio
CHICAGO, 46 Van Buren Street NEW YORK, 43 West 27th Street
Punches
Five styles, varying in price from $35 to $325,
every one the best in its class.
Absolute Accuracy — Clean Cutting — Prodigious
Power — Evident Economy.
Tatum Punches may be adjusted to any desired
multiple without the removal of the idle heads.
Round shapes all interchangeable. Nineteen
stock sizes. Special shapes quickly furnished.
When you buy a punch, get the best — any user
of the “Tatum” is a good reference.
Style D — with direct-connected motor.
Write for Catalogue A.
THE SAM’L C. TATUM CO.
3310 Colerain Avenue ..... CINCINNATI, OHIO
Punch, with stripper and die.
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Two Sides to the Offset Question
but
Whichever One You Take It Will Be a
Feeder Side Driving Side
SCOTT OFFSET PRESS
Standard sizes: 28x38 34x46 34x52 34x58 38x52 38x58
The above cuts, made from actual photographs, show both sides of the Scott Offset
Press exactly as it is, with no gears, sockets or shafts left off. W e want you to see and
know the Scott Offset Press as it really is.
NOTE the extreme accessibility, the fine ink distribution, and staunch construction,
giving an even, unyielding impression.
The Scott Offset is the only press with the positive single-sheet delivery of ample size; the dimensions
of the delivery cylinder being the same as impression cylinder, it works equally well on cardboard or
tissue-paper, needs no adjusting for different stocks or atmospheric conditions, no tapes, no trouble.
Owing to the design of the Scott Offset Press, the dirt which accumulates on paper can not readily
become imbedded in the blanket, causing spots and other objections which are sometimes found. The
Scott Offset Press is not designed to be built cheaply and sold at a cut price, but to produce the finest
quality lithography with a minimum amount of attention and expense on the part of the purchaser; the
most expensive to build but the cheapest to operate, yet the price is right.
WHY NOT WRITE TO-DAY AND LET US PROVE IT TO YOU
WALTER SCOTT & COMPANY
DAVID J. SCOTT, General Manager
Main Office and Factory: PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, U. S. A.
NEW YORK, 41 Park Row CHICAGO, Monadnock Block
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Style “C” — Double-deck Ruling Machine
II I C K <) Iv
Paper- Ruling Machines
Ruling Pens
Bookbinders ’ Machinery
The W. O. HICKOK MFG. CO.
HARRISBURG, PA., U. S. A.
Established 1844 Incorporated 1886
What Becomes of Y our
W7aste
Paper?
will enable you to bale your scraps quickly, easily and
conveniently. Bale weighs from 100 to 750 lbs., depend¬
ing on size of press, and is completed in one operation.
Fire risk eliminated. Press occupies very little space.
Pre-eininently the most satisfactory baler on the market,
and costs much less. A great little profit-earner !
Made in five sizes: $40, $50, $65, $75 and $85. Write
for circular
The Handy Press Go.
251-263 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Is it carried out
and destroyed,
or given to the
junk man for a
pittance ?
If so, why
not turn it to
profit ?
“The Handy” Paper Baling Press
STEEL PLATE TRANSFER PRESS
For Transferring Impressions from Hardened Steel Plates or Rolls
USED BY THE FOLLOWING CONCERNS
Bureau of Engraving & Printing, Washington - 20 Machines
American Bank Note Co., New York 12
John A. Lowell Bank Note Co., Boston - 1
Western Bank Note Co., Chicago - 2
Thos. MacDonald, Genoa . 2“
E. A. Wright Bank Note Co., Philadelphia - - 1
Richter & Co., Naples . 1
Perfection Oiled Tympan Paper
We manufacture a perfected Oiled Tympan Paper — not an attempt. Its
test — by those capable of appreciating quality — will prove all claims. Its
strength and adaptability, its perfect smooth surface and wearing qualities
fill the long felt demand of the printer. Send for liberal size samples and
prove our claims.
Robertson Paper Co., Bellows Falls, Ft.
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Oswego Bench Cutter
OSWEGO BENCH CUTTERS
Balance the Lever Up to Make the W ork Come Easy
This pictures only one of the ninety sizes and styles of cutters that are made at Oswego as
a specialty. Each Oswego-made Cutter, from the little 16-inch Oswego Bench Cutter up to the
large 7-ton Brown & Carver Automatic Clamp Cutter, has at least three points of excellence on
Oswego Cutters only. Ask about the Vertical Stroke Attachments for cutting shapes.
It will give us pleasure to receive your request for our new book No. 8, containing valuable
suggestions derived from over a third of a century’s experience making cutting machines exclusively.
Won’t you give us that pleasure ?
OSWEGO MACHINE WORKS
NIEL GRAY, Jr., Proprietor
Main Office and Works, OSWEGO, N. Y.
NEW YORK BRANCH : 150 Nassau Street CHICAGO BRANCH : 241 Monadnock Block
W. S. TIMMIS, Manager J. M. IVES, Manager
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CAPACITY
When a half superroyal platen press will turn out
work as good or better than the modern commercial
cylinder press- — and at the same time maintain a speed of
1800 impressions per hour continuously — allowing it to
be profitably employed on envelopes and the general line of
commercial work, how should its capacity be designated ?
A half superroyal platen press to do this must have a
capacity of 15x21, 13x19, 12x18 and 10x15 with practically
all the speed qualities that these smaller dimensions imply.
This is exactly what we guarantee for capacity in
the half superroyal
Golding Jobber
This subject is interestingly treated from a practical
standpoint in our booklet,
For the Man Who Pays
We wish all printers to have a copy of the book. It is free.
GOLDING MFG. COMPANY, Franklin, Mass.
SULTAN COVERS
ARE you looking for a cover for your catalogue — one
. that is strong and durable, as well as attractive? Have
you seen our line of Sultan Covers? Carried in twelve rich
shades, and in two weights and finishes.
LET US SEND YOU SAMPLE- BOOK
Ttiaa ar a ip aper HI ill£
‘JLotkport*
m
KMlgjLS
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A Producer of the Acme of Quality at a High Rate of Speed
d The carriage is reciprocated by a direct connection with the rotating
cranks. Four rollers are employed and the form may be double or
single rolled. The color-tone is not changed by suspending the carriage
movement. The ink distribution and fountain system realize practical
perfection. The platen is solid ; makes a long, precise slide to the im¬
pression ; swings out to a wide angle; reverses very slowly and is accurately
controlled, right and left. In Model J two driving gears and fly-wheels
are used; in Model T, the single system is applied. In its action,
The Laureate is a Minuet in Iron and Steel !
A SPECIAL CIRCULAR CONTAINING NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS WILL BE MAILED UPON REQUEST
John Thomson Press Company
253 Broadway, New York Fisher Building, Chicago
The Laureate Platen Printing Press
1-3
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From Halftones
Halftones and
\e Best the Worli
400-line “Globetype” (160,00
printed on the same sheet for comp
The evidence
Dearborn Street, - - CHICAGO
s, drawings, halftones, zinc etchings, wood and wax engravings, copper, nickel and steel electro-
lo no printing. Our scale of prices is the most complete, comprehensive and consistent ever
on your desk the necessity for correspondence is practically eliminated.
This advertisement is printed from a steel " GLOBETYPE ”
C. R. Carver Company PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Canadian Agents : Export Agent, except Canada:
MILLER & RICHARD, Toronto and Winnipeg. PARSONS TRADING CO., Sydney, Mexico City and New York.
The Carver Automatic Die Press
. . • * - -
IS unexcelled for quantity or quality of produc¬
tion, economy of operation, adaptability for
variety of work, and longevity of service. Will
stamp in the center of 18 x 20 inch sheet. A
hair-line register is guaranteed. From 30 to 60 lbs.
wiping paper practical for such purpose is used.
The simplicity of our ink mixing and grinding
fountain makes it the easiest and quickest for
cleaning and changing colors. The rollers run at
different speeds, giving a grinding or scraping action.
Notice. — This feature is protected by patents.
We make the following sizes :
414 x 9, 3V2 x 8, 2V2 x 8, 2V2 x 4 inches.
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New Model No. 3 Smyth
Book-Sewing Machine
THE popular machine for edition work, catalogues, school books,
pamphlets, etc. Performs several styles of sewing ■ — will braid over
tape, sew through tape with or without braiding, or sew without tape or
twine. No preparation of the work necessary before sewing.
Its fine construction, interchangeable parts, simplicity and rapid
operation, have made it the most popular machine for Bookbinders the
world over. Will produce from 25 to 40 per cent more work than any
other make of machines.
Other sizes to suit every requirement.
. . — — - WRITE FOR PARTICULARS -
E. C. FULLER COMPANY
FISHER BUILDING, CHICAGO 28 READE STREET, NEW YORK
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One Year on Trial Free?
If you are using a Duplex Press and desire a better result,
just throw away the belts and have my feed device installed.
It gives a perfectly even draw the entire width of the
web, a more accurate register, and will not crease or
buckle the paper, nor gather a wrinkle as the belts do.
“Punky” and wrinkled rolls of paper, which have
always given more or less trouble, it will feed smoothly.
If you want the press manufacturers’ opinion of the device,
they give it “a most exquisite and confidential “ KNOCK.”
I can furnish you with credentials otherwise.
For Details, Address
Wm. Paterson Box 669 Schenectady, N. Y.
Canadian Address, 18 Churchill Ave., Toronto, Canada
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Pays ^or the Falcon Automatic Platen Press
Automatic Falcon Platen Press with platen exposed.
Showing accessibility of the platen for make-ready purposes.
TESTIMONIALS
BROWN & BIGELOW
Calendar Makers
St. Paul, April 8, 1910.
Dear Sirs, — Replying to your inquiry regarding the Falcon
which we bought of you some little time ago, we beg to say
that it is doing all that you represented for it and is extremely
satisfactory to us, which may best be attested to from the fact
that we are sending you under separate cover to-day an order
for a second press.
Yours very truly,
Brown & Bigelow,
J. E. Bailey, Director of Manufacturing.
COLLIER’S
The National Weekly
New Y’ork, N. Y., October 8, 1908.
Gentlemen, — We have had your Falcon Press in our place
now about six months and so far it has been entirely satisfac¬
tory to us. We are running envelopes from 3,500 to 5,000 per
hour on it and getting very satisfactory results, ahd also find
that it can be hand-fed at least 3,000 per hour. The press is
particularly adaptable to this sort of work, as it has all the
advantages of high speed, and forms may still be changed on
it as quickly as on an ordinary job press. So far, we are very
much pleased with its work.
Yours truly,
Floyd E. Wilder,
Assistant Superintendent .
SAMUEL CUPPLES ENVELOPE CO.
All Styles and Grades of Envelopes
St. Louis, .July 15, 1910.
Dear Sirs, — Replying to your favor of the 13th inst., we
prefer, as a rule, not to give testimonial letters, but we are so
well pleased with the two Falcon Presses you put in our St.
Louis factory that we will in this instance vary from our usual
custom.
The presses do everything you claim for them, and we are
very much pleased with the work.
Very truly yours,
Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.,
C. R. Scudder, Vice-President.
Will automatically feed, print and deliver any
weight of stock from onion-skin to cardboard.
Saves wages, power, floor space and
spoilage.
Feeds from the top of the pile.
Speed up to 3,500 per hour.
Prints from flat forms.
No expert required.
Absolute register.
The Falcon Automatic Platen Press will do
the work of from three to four ordinary hand-
fed platen presses, do it better and pay for
itself in a short time out of the saving in
feeders’ wages alone. It is sold with our
guarantee to do exactly what we claim for it.
Write for further particulars and testimonials.
SOME OE THE USERS
American Colortype Co., New York
American Litho. Co., New York
Ashby Printing C©., Erie, Pa.
C. M. Henry Printing Co., Greensburg, Pa.
Corlies-Macy & Co., New York
Gregory, Mayer & Thom Co., Detroit, Mich.
Hesse Envelope Co. of Dallas, Dallas, Tex.
Hesse Envelope Co., St. Louis
Sackett & Wilhelms Litho. Co., Brooklyn
Samuel Cupples Envelope Co., Chicago
Samuel Cupples Envelope Co., New York
Speaker-Hines Printing Co., Detroit
The H. P. Springs Co., Chicago
Thomas D. Murphy Co., Red Oak, Iowa
EXPRESS FALCON
PLATEN PRESS
The fastest
platen press ever
produced.
Can be changed
from hand feed
to automatic feed
for envelopes
in less than five
minutes.
Speed, 4,000 to
5,000 per hour.
With hand feed and automatic delivery
for flat stock
Speed, 3,000 to 4,000 per hour
FURTHER PARTICULARS ON APPLICATION TO
AUTO FALCON & WAITE DIE PRESS CO., Ltd.
Factory, Dover, N. H. New York Life Building, 346 Broadway, New York
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THE CHAMBERS
Paper Folding Machines
No. 440 Drop-Roll Jobber has range from 35x48 to 14x21 inches.
THE PRICE IS IN THE MACHINE.
CHAMBERS BROTHERS CO.
Fifty-second and Media Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
Chicago Office :::::::: 524 West Jackson Boulevard
The Robert Dick
MAILER
Combines the three great
essentials to the publisher :
SPEED — SIMPLICITY—
DURABILITY. <1 Experts
address with our machines
8,556 papers in one hour,
fl SO SIMPLE a month’s
practice will enable ANY
operator to address 3,000
an hour. *1 Manufactured
in inch and half inch sizes
from two to five inches,
address =
For further
Rev. ROBERT DICK ESTATE - 139 W. Tupper St., Buffalo, N. Y.
“The Best Qjjoins
on Earth”
HempePs “ Monarch” (Self-locking Quoin)
HempePs “ Improved”
Look for the trade-mark. It is on every package of Genuine Hempel Quoins,
and guarantees the quality.
: - ~ ON SALE AT ALL REPUTABLE DEALERS ■ ~ :
H. A. HEMPEL Buffalo, N.Y.
Gold Medal awarded Hempel
at Paris Exposition 1 900.
Highest award at Pan American
Exposition 1901.
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f
ESTABLISHED 1830
Paper Knives
are just enough better to warrant inquiry
if you do not already know about them.
“New Process” quality. New package.
“ COES ” warrant (that’s different) better service and
No Price Advance!
In other words, our customers get the benefit of all
improvements at no cost to them.
LORING COES & CO., Inc.
DEPARTMENT COES WRENCH CO.
WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.
New York Office — W. E. ROBBINS, 21 Murray Street
Phone, 6866 Barela}’
COES RECORDS
First to use Micrometer in Knife work .......... 1890
First to absolutely refuse to join the Trust . 1893
First to use special steels for paper work . 1894
First to use a special package . 1901
First to print and sell by a “printed in figures’* Price-list . 1904
First to make first-class Knives, any kind . . • 1830 to 1903
COES is Always Best!
dumtnuutnmuutt
nr
(grahuatum lExrrriara
call for a varied line of high-
class announcement forms
and now is the time for the
local printer to get busy.
Be the one with a full line of our Samples
and get the early orders.
STEEL DIE EMBOSSING AND !
COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING j
for the Wedding Season and the many College |
Functions, invitations, announcements, cards, etc.,
Copperplate work is the one standard form. j
Our COMPLETE EQUIPMENT enables us to handle
your orders QUICKLY.
OVER 40 YEARS ON STATE ST.
FrE VXD & fS OJVS
Prints.
3ppeh platc j. c ,< yoPmaTEffg
Enora V* 451° 49 RANDOLPH STREET
STEEL DIE EMBOSSING
PHONE RANDOLPH 80$
Chicago
With every machine in the printing shop in¬
dividually driven by a Westinghouse Motor
there is no waste of power, as is the case when driving a large
amount of shafting and a large number of machines that are doing
no work. With individual drive when a machine is not work¬
ing it is not running, and when working consumes only the power
sufficient to run it. Furthermore, you can place your machines
exactly where wanted. We make motors specially adapted to
printing machinery, and can tell you just how to apply them.
Send for Circulars 1068 and 1118
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
Pittsburg, Pa.
IV estinghouse Motors Driving Stitchers
The Life and Efficiency of a Press
depend upon how it is built; therefore the
buyer must look “sharp”
— Two-Revolution —
is the talk among Print¬
ers, and to those appre¬
ciating efficiency in its
highest accomplish¬
ment, the SWINK
PRESS fills the long-
felt want. Compactly
built, having high speed
and many economical
operation features.
The Swink High-Grade
Press
Those who by use, knoiv — pronounce the SWINK PRESS “full satisfaction.”
The Swink Printing Press Company, F“,ory del?™”,1 oh,o
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Every Demand of the Printer
is fulfilled in
The Peerless
Job Press
Supplying the greatest satisfaction for
the longest time.
Records show that Peerless Presses
twenty-five years old are still giving
satisfactory service.
The mechanical principle is right.
Ask any of the principal dealers for
catalogue giving further details. Car¬
ried in stock at most places.
For sale by the principal dealers in the United States.
Peerless Printing Press Co.
- THE CRANSTON WORKS -
70 Jackson St., Palmyra, N.Y., U.S.A.
Make Your Dead Type Work
Nuernberger- Rettig Typecaster
DEAD TYPE, LIKE A DEAD MACHINE,
TAKES UP ROOM — COSTS MONEY
When you figure costs, consider your cases
full of dead and worn type — which are con¬
tinually requiring expensive sorts and still
depreciating in value. The small price the
foundry allows for old metal from their high-
priced type makes you stick to it. Would
it not be better to recast it yourself and
get type equal to foundry quality, at a cost
far below foundry prices, and always have
cases full of new type, spaces, quads, and
no sorts to buy? WHY NOT WRITE THE
Universal Automatic Type-Casting
Machine Company
321-323 North Sheldon Street :: :: CHICAGO
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Dr. Albert’s
Patented Lead Moulding
Process
is the one perfect and
satisfactory method of
ELECTROTYPING
especially adapted to half-tone and high-grade color-
work, and can be safely relied upon to reproduce the
original without loss in sharpness and detail.
We call for your work and execute it with the greatest
care, and deliveries are made promptly.
Telephone Harrison 765, or call and
examine specimens of our work.
NATIONAL ELECTROTYPE COMP’Y
124-130 Federal Street CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Is only the ink that gives
perfect satisfaction. Ink
that satisfies the artistic
mind and saves its own
cost by its perfect work¬
ing qualities is the cheap¬
est ink regardless of its
price per pound.
The beautiful catalogue of B. Altmann & Co., the
leading New York Fifth Avenue Dry Goods House,
was printed on D & C highly glazed enamel paper
without slip-sheeting with
HUBER’S CLASSIC
HALFTONE BLACK
THE RESULTS
Perfect Printing :: Perfect Halftones :: Perfect Solids
No Peeling :: No Offsetting
! The Ink Not Needing Slip-sheeting
SAVED ITS OWN COST
J. M. HUBER ===^CHICAGO^
JOHN MIEHLE, JR., Manager
New York Boston Philadelphia St. Louis
Full Equipments of the Latest and Most Improved
ROLLER-MAKING
MACHINERY FURNISHED
LINOTYPE & MACHINERY COMPANY, Ltd., European Agents,
189 Fleet Street, London, England
A MODERN OUTFIT FOR LARGE PRINTERS
JAMES ROWE
241=247 South Jefferson St., CHICAGO. ILL.
The Mechanical Chalk
Relief Overlay Process
is rapidly supplanting all other overlay
methods, both hand and mechanical.
As contributory causes may be mentioned :
Ease of production
Containing relief on both sides of ground sheet
Superior printing results
Comparative cost, etc., etc.
Upwards of 1,200 Printing Plants, in
all parts of the world, have
installed the process
Among whom are —
TIip Cnrfic Pnh Cn i The Ladies’ Home Journal
i ne curtis ruD. CO. -j The Saturday Evening Post
Butterick Pub. Co. Government Printing Office
Me Call Co. R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co.
Scribner Co. Chasmar-Winchell Co.
Doubleday-Page Co. Zeese-Wilkinson Co.
Phelps Pub. Co De Vinne Press
Crowell Pub. Co Walton & Spencer Co., etc.
For Samples, Information, etc., address
WATZELHAN <3 SPEYER
183 WILLIAM STREET . .Y NEW YORK CITY
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Our New Plant
It is not the largest, but the cleanest,
most complete and best equipped machine
shop in the United States. It is electrical
throughout.
Good tools, good workmen, combined
with pleasant surroundings, are productive
of good machinery. We claim we make
the best.
Brown Folding Machine Company
Erie, Pa.
NEW YORK, 38 Park Row CHICAGO, 345 Rand-McNallv Bldg.
ATLANTA, GA., J. H. Schroeter & Bro.
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Chicago, St. Louis, Cleveland, Cincin¬
nati, Detroit, Minneapolis, Kansas
City, Denver, Los Angeles, San Fran¬
cisco, Spokane, Seattle, Dallas —
American Typefounders Co.
Atlanta, Ga.— Messrs. J. H. Schroeter
& Bro., 133 Central Ave.
Toronto, Ont. — Messrs. MantonBros.,
105 Elizabeth St.
Halifax, N. S. — Printers’ Supplies,
Ltd., 27 Bedford Row.
London, Eng. — Messrs. T. W. & C. B.
Sheridan, 65-69 Mt. Pleasant, E. C.
Sydney, N.S.W. — Messrs. Parsons &
Whitmore, Challis House, Martin
Place.
The WHITLOCK PRINTING-PRESS
MANUFACTURING COMPANY
DERBY, CONN.
NEW YORK, 23d Street and Broadway
Fuller (Flatiron) Building
BOSTON, 510 Weld Building, 176 Federal Street
You Color Printers
who seem as if by magic to reproduce with but three or four colors
the dozen or more shades found necessary by art, artifice and even
nature herself, do not let sentiment or prejudice or “ good enough”
bar your progress to still greater perfection — with better presswork,
more of it and at a less cost of production.
The Premier
The NEWEST TWO-REVOLUTION -and the BEST
possesses such mechanisms and devices that we can prove will
permit you to do all that.
Look into the Premier — let us send you some sample sheets.
Send for our representative and let us tell you about it.
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FAC-SIMILE OF LABEL.
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC
MOTORS
d. c- raj ml jJrmlkk A- c.
Yso h.-p. ywiMgi| %o h.-p.
500 h.-p. MHKaiJSr 50 h.-p.
Considering power expense alone, motor-driven
shops are making a saving of 15 % to 50% over those
who still adhere to the old types of drive.
Write us to-day and state your case.
Ask for Bulletin No. 22QJ.
TWO-WIRE AND THREE-WIRE GENERATORS FOR PRIVATE PLANTS
SPRAGUE
ELECTRIC COMPANY
527-531 West Thirty-fourth St., NEW YORK CITY
BRANCH OFFICES IN PRINCIPAL CITIES
See that this label is on each ream.
One of the latest additions to our list of watermarked
“CARAVEL” QUALITIES is our
N? 585 TITANIC BOND
and it has already made its mark. You will profit by
examining this quality.
It is a good Bond Paper at a price that will enable
you to do big business.
We supply it in case lots of 500 lb. in stock sizes,
weights and colors. Special sizes and weights in quan¬
tities of not less than 1,000 lb.
Write to us for sample book , stating your requirements.
PARSONS TRADING COMPANY
20 Vesey Street . NEW YORK
London, Sydney, Melbourne, Wellington, Havana, Mexico, D. F.,
Buenos Aires, Bombay, Cape Town.
Cable Address for all Offices — “ Partracom.”
*
AN ENVIABLE REPUTATION
The Chandler &
Gordon Press
THE CHANDLER & PRICE COMPANY
WRITE FOR BOOKLET TELLING ALL ABOUT THE
CHANDLER & PRICE GORDON
CLEVELAND, OHIO
NO other machine returns the printer as
much profit on the investment — No
other press costs so little for upkeep and for
operation — No other press is so durable —
No other press is so extensively used as the
Chandler & Price Gordon Press. Over 39,000
sold and not one returned to the factory
rejected.
MANUFACTURED BY
CHANDLER & PRICE GORDON
With Vibrating Riding Roller.
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Reliable
Printers’
Rollers
Sami Binghams Son
Mfg. Co.
CHICAGO
316=318 South Canal Street
PITTSBURG
First Avenue and Ross Street
ST. LOUIS
514 = 516 Clark Avenue
KANSAS CITY
706 Baltimore Avenue
ATLANTA
52=54 So. Forsyth Street
INDIANAPOLIS
151=153 Kentucky Avenue
DALLAS
675 Elm Street
MILWAUKEE
133 = 135 Michigan Street
MINNEAPOLIS
719=721 Fourth St., So.
DES MOINES
609=611 Chestnut Street
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To Would-be Purchasers
of Gathering Machines:
We would strongly advise all
parties contemplating the pur¬
chase of Gathering Machines to
examine carefully our claims
covered by Patent No. 761,469,
covering calipering or detecting
devices for signature Gathering
Machines. Without the use of
such patented device no practical
Gathering Machine can be built.
This patent has been sustained by
the United States Circuit Court
of Appeals.
Geo. Juengst & Sons
Croton Falls , New York
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Think What This Means
to You
If you are on the market for a strictly high-grade, dependable
coated book paper — the kind that will insure satisfaction to your
customer, the quality that can be had at an interesting price — all
of which means protection of your business relations with your
customer, then —
is the one proposition worth your investigating. The average paper
buyer depends upon the honesty and judgment of his printer — there¬
fore, the right paper at the right price means high-class printing
satisfaction.
We carry the largest stock of Enamel Book, S. & S. C., and Machine Finish
Book Paper in Chicago, ready for quick delivery, in case lots or more,
in standard sizes and weights.
WestVirginia Pulp & Paper Co.
( Incorporated)
General Offices : 200 Fifth Avenue, New York
Western Sales Office: Printers’ Building, Sherman and Polk Sts., Chicago
Mills at Tyrone, Pa.; Piedmont, W. Va.; Luke, Md.; Davis, W. Va.; Covington, Va.; Duncan
Mills, Mechanicsville, N. Y.; Williamsburg, Pa.
Cable Address: “ Pulpmont, New York.” A. I. and A. B. C. Codes Used.
New Series High Speed Four Roller Convertible Delivery Two-Revolution Cottrell
THIS was the record made on a 32 page form of a well-known
magazine on a sheet 42V2 x 61 inches from one set of plates.
That is one reason why magazine publishers prefer Cottrell
Presses. They give the quality and output and save plates. We will
be pleased to supply the name of this magazine to interested parties.
Better get posted before you buy your next press. Send for our four-
color booklet describing the New Series Two-Revolution Cottrell.
. - ----- . . . — ■ - """
Notice the COVERS and Register on COLOR WORK in the
AMERICAN MAGAZINE . . Done on COTTRELL PRESSES
C. B. COTTRELL & SONS CO.
25 Madison Square, North MANUFACTURERS 279 Dearborn Street
New York Works : Westerly, Rhode Island Chicago
KEYSTONE TYPE FOUNDRY
GENERAL SELLING AGENTS
Philadelphia :: New York Chicago :: Detroit :: Atlanta :: San Francisco
Set in Keystone’s Standard Gothic. Printed on a No. 5 Cottrell. WATCH THESE INSERTS FOR EXAMPLES OF COOD TYPOCRAPHY
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A USEFUL GOTHIC SERIES, IN SIXTEEN SIZES, ON UNIVERSAL LINE OF NICKEL-ALLOY METAL
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STANDARD GOTHIC
5 Point Font $2 00 21 A $0 95 42 a Si 05
WHERE TO CO WHEN IN NEED OF QUICK ACTION
Our facilities for supplying the wants of Printers in
the quickest possible time, is not confined to Type
alone, as we carry a complete line of Printer’s Supplies
6 Point Font S2 00 24 A $1 00 44 a $1 00
HINTS TO THE WISE ABOUT GOTHIC TYPE
A Printer is liable to have need for a Gothic
at any time during the day, as Gothics are
an old stand-by. Useful in Job or Ad. Room
8 Point Font $2 25 20 A Si 05 40 a Si 20
WHEN IN A RUSH FOR MATERIAL
Don’t forget that we make a special
effort at this nerve-trying time to help
9 Point Font S2 50
18 A SI 15 36 a Si 35
IT STARES YOU IN THE FACE
Is useful for show-card display
and street-car Advertisements
10 Point Font $2 50 16 A $1 20 32 a $1 30
KEYSTONE PRODUCTION
Signifies perfection in Style
and Quality of its Products
12 Point Font S2 75 14 A $1 30 27 a Si 45
THE MOST COMPLETE
Series used by Printers
14 Point Font S3 00
11 A SI 40 22 a Si 60
ALWAYS IN VOGUE
Useful All the Time
18 Point Font $3 25
8 A SI 50 16 a Si 75
HANDSOMEST
Now Presented
24 Point Font S3 50
5 A SI 60 10 a SI 90
Good Series
30 Point Font S4 25
4 A S2 05 8 a S2 20
The Artist Printer
36 Point Font S5 00
3 A S2 55 6 a S2 45
GOTHIC LINE
42 Point Font S6 25
3 A S3 55 5 a S2 70
Send Order
48 Point Font S7 75
3 A S4 80 4 a S2 95
FIRESIDE
54 Point Font S9 50
3 A S5 80 4 a S3 70
Theorize
60 Point Font S12 25
3 A S7 50 4 a S4 75
BENCH
72 Point Font S12 80
3 A $8 30 3 a S4 50
Stocks
KEYSTONE TYPE FOUNDRY
NEW YORK
CHICAGO
DETROIT
SAN FRANCISCO
12 Point Panel Border No. 5
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Two-letter Lino-Tabler matrices will be issued in exchange for one-letter matrices, to present users
of the system, without charge.
Lino =T abler Equipment
instantaneously transferable to any machine
in a licensed plant, has rendered available for
tabular composition
1 000 Linotype Machines
in hund»<Jfc of American and Canadian cities
ing the past six months
These extracts from recent
%
which re]
with tliNsysf
results, anc I
Lino-Tabler!
^afP ijents of
criMiy^
From Canada’s great railroad^;]® 1
printing- house, the Free Press JobxDep
Winnipeg :
“We are mailing sample ta
about what we are doing eve
tern. . . . We are gettin
have no hesitation in eommen
system. ’ ’
From one of the leading tr
the South, the D. AV. AVebb I
Atlanta :
“AVe can heartily recommend
system, as we have obtained satisfac^i ryl resulf J
and have been especially pleased by tlielvay.wi
have been enabled to use the rule over over
again. Almost every day we have jobs with \ablcs
in them, which we have heretofore been unabl^tJ
handle satisfactorily, and which customers franklj|
tell us can not be done on the Linotype, but they
are delighted with Lino-Tabled composition.”
From the Nenner Company, California’s exten¬
sive printers and manufacturing stationers :
“We can not say anything too good for the Lino-
Tabler system.”
interest live Linotype owners everywhere
From “The Sign of the Ivy Leaf,” the George
ichanan Company, Philadelphia :
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THE COUNTING-ROOM AND THE WORKROOM.
BY WINTHROP M. SOUTHWORTH.
ST is unfortunate and true
that, in all lines of business,
particularly those producing
articles on order for quick
delivery, unnecessary fric¬
tion exists between the sell¬
ing and manufacturing
forces — or perhaps it may
better be said, there is a lack
of teamwork between these
1 forces. In such a manufac¬
turing business there is undeniably a temptation
for the salesman to make rash promises ; he knows
the articles can be manufactured quickly, and the
immediate inference is that this particular order
can be turned out at once. And it is just here that
trouble begins.
Printing, since so many orders are of the
quickly produced class, is particularly susceptible
to these conditions. The large orders requiring
much writing, engraving, lay-out and composition,
and a long time in the pressroom, as a rule take
care of themselves, but orders for small work —
stationery, circulars, cards and the like — make
continual trouble.
Under ideal conditions the salesman could
promise his customer that the job would go to the
workroom with certain definite instructions, and
would be delivered at the designated time. In
offices specializing along certain distinct lines this
actually holds good — for instance, those doing
lawyers’ work, briefs, court work, bankers’ work,
1-4
and so on. But in the office of the usual type,
even in the largest city shops — those “printing
anything that can be printed” — the conditions
are far different.
There is no doubt that better conditions could
prevail than do prevail, for, granting that the
office — that is, the “counting-room” — is prone
to overenthusiastic promises, made without regard
to work that is already promised ahead, the fact
remains unpleasantly prominent that the factory
often assumes an antagonistic attitude toward the
customer. Some customers are unreasonable ;
some do wait unnecessarily long before ordering
their constantly used forms; some believe them¬
selves in a rush when they are not. Customers do
demand proofs the next day, hold them needlessly
long, and then expect the work instantly. It is
natural that the workroom should feel itself ag¬
grieved. But — a customer is a customer. He is
spending his own money in his own way, and if he
is taken on, he must be taken, within reasonable
bounds, on his own terms. If an office does not
care to agree to those terms, it is not obliged to
take the work, but once taken there is no room for
argument. And there is of course but one place
where the decision can be made — the “counting-
room.” Suppose the customer does insist on minor
corrections, seeming trivial to the printer. If he
wants them he should have them. This is recog¬
nized by the office but not by the shop, and so it
finds countless indeterminate ways of delaying, or
else simply does not try to hurry. The office may
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do some “ growling,” but it never does it in a way
detrimental to the job. It recognizes the custom¬
er’s right and goes ahead.
The factory usually is a good many steps
removed from the customer. It does not come in
contact with him, and this accounts largely for the
attitude it takes. On the other hand, the counting-
room is itself much to blame for the resulting
delays and friction. The counting-room looks
upon the workroom as an impersonal sort of
machine, where work is done — simply done. It
overlooks the fact that the machine is made up of
individual parts — each part a human being with
limited capacity. It is easy to say “ Run to-night,”
and to forget that this order means just so much
physical fatigue to employees who have worked all
day at the maximum speed. Individuals on the
selling force make promises on work in which they
are personally interested, neglecting the impor¬
tant factor that several others may also be making
promises. No one job may be large in itself, yet the
total may easily represent many hours of steady
labor.
It is not sane to suppose that salesmen can con¬
sult each other continually, nor is it reasonable to
expect that one will never get to the place where
he is forced to promise delivery without consulting
the house. The logical answer therefore is this:
have a man inside whose place it is to stay inside
— who shall know the work in hand, and whose
judgment can be relied upon as to what shall be
given preference. Let him work with the factory
foreman, and him only. Give to him the authority
to say, if need be, “You must do this.” Give the
authority to him without reservation, without
recourse. If he can not work with the factory with¬
out friction and obtain results (and he can not do it
with friction) , put in some one who can. There are
times when “ Do it ” is necessary — there are more
when cooperation is needed. Any good foreman
takes an interest in his work beyond the mere
execution. Give him an idea of the customer for
whom he is working. It pays not only in the
increased good will of the factory but in a tremen¬
dously lessened burden of detail for the office man.
Given a foreman who will without question
make a try at even the impossible, who meets a
“ must be ” without hesitation or comment, and an
office man who recognizes the limits of even the
best equipped workrooms and the most skilled
operatives, who interests rather than drives, and
who is looked to by the rest of the office as the
quantity man, the friction that now exists will
cease to be, and in its place will be hearty team¬
work with the common thought that every one is
working for the one end — the advancement of the
house.
Written for The Inland Printer.
^ER hear of Jo Anderson? If
you have not it is a safe bet
that you have not traveled
west of Chicago, for Jo‘ An¬
derson is ebullient and his
ebulliency makes him well
known. Yes, ebullient is the
word that describes Jo. Jo
has so many good qualities
that they jostle each other and make Jo ebullient.
He runs a print-shop in Sacramento, and he sees to
it that every man, woman and child in Sacramento
and contiguous cities knows that Jo Anderson not
THE ATTRACTIVE FORCE OF A GOOD DISPLAY.
only runs a print-shop in Sacramento, but that it
is the best and the niftiest and the classiest and
one chockful of new ideas drawn from a never-
failing spring of inspiration ; and the price for the
printing that Jo Anderson does is not based on the
number of hours a compositor puts in on the work,
THE INLAND PRINTER
51
or the number of impressions that the pressman
runs on the job, or the sheets of paper or the ounces
of ink or the overhead or the underfoot or the gen¬
eral expense, or the productive or the non-produc¬
tive labor, but on the boost that Jo’s printing puts
into the customer’s business. The price is based on
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JO ANDERSON'S DAILY BULLETIN AT CLOSE RANGE.
what the finished job is calculated to do ; and what
Jo’s printing will do for customers when that print¬
ing is the exponent of Jo’s ideas, Jo has verse and
chapter from Genesis to Revelation to prove.
But it is not of Jo himself that this valuable
space aims to treat, but the way Jo goes after busi¬
ness. His print-shop is arranged for efficiency,
and his front office breathes a welcome in its taste¬
ful arrangement. His show-counter is a creation
that attracts printers as well as printers’ custom¬
ers. It has a glass cover which lifts up like a lid
and under the lid is a covering of art-cloth on
which samples of Jo’s printing are displayed and
rearranged each day. The glass top covers them
and keeps them fresh and clean for the inspection
or the admiring gaze of the customer, and at the
same time protects them from the not always
immaculate fingers of the ultra-curious. The inner
side of this counter showcase is fitted with vertical
files for the classification and filing of job speci¬
mens, and for card-indexes for information that
is as good as ready money to Jo, as it would be to
any printer with his adaptability.
Jo not only preaches advertising to his custom¬
ers but he takes the medicine himself wherever he
can get it, and when he can not get it he makes it.
He worked for a long time perfecting an idea for
his window. The illustrations show his idea crys¬
tallized into an actuality. Crystallized is the right
word here, for Jo sees to it that his window is like
a crystal in clearness and brilliancy. The case
which he has designed for the display of his ideas
in printing is fitted with rubber lining, so that it
will come in close contact with the window. It is
supported at the back by an easel-fitting. “Ander¬
son’s Daily Bulletin ” is changed every day. He
has printed up a quantity of catchy mottoes —
JO ANDERSON'S WINDOW AND HIS DAILY BULLETIN.
thoughts that are displayed so that they will stick
in the memory. I may say incidentally — and I hope
that this will not be relegated to the rear by the
editor as advertising matter — that Jo is in a posi¬
tion to fit out any ambitious printer with this win¬
dow stunt of his on good terms. I throw in a few
specimens of Jo’s work here just to show the char¬
acter of his printing and to fill out the page.
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THE INLAND PRINTER
Jo Anderson goes after his customer with the
idea that he can show him how to make some
money. It is not merely that Jo wants the work —
he wants the work and a whole lot more of it. But
he knows if he can put himself into the proposition
that is before the customer and prove to him that
good printing is a great business-getter, that he and
the customer are partners in promoting trade.
This little screed is not just a boost for Jo but
a boost for the idea that Jo stands for. Person¬
ality goes a long way, of course, but most success¬
ful printers have been tinctured by Jo’s belief in
printing, and their success has been due to the
power of that belief impressing others and proving
itself true.
Written for The Inland Printer.
TWO WAYS OF LANDING AN ORDER.
BY A PURCHASING AGENT.
: I N T E R S are good fellows,
and as such are often imposed
on, hoodwinked and jollied by
their clients. Much of this
treatment, though, is caused
by their own evident cupidity.
When they are in competition
for a new account, or a new
piece of work, many of those
with whom I have dealt have shown a degree of
obtuseness and a lack of business principle amazing
((I The man who not only keeps pace with the
times, but just a little ahead oi 'em, sticks
out from the bunch like a large wart on a
small pickle.
MOTTO FROM JO ANDERSON'S “ DAILY BULLETIN.”
PROFITING BY OTHERS.
44 Some persons have the knack of deriving' a comfortable
living from the energy of others, while they dodge hard
work themselves. By this I do not mean that they practice
fraud, but simply that they know how to use their wits
legitimately,” said a well-known San Francisco lawyer, who
is a keen observer.
“ I saw a practical illustration of this on the water
front several days ago,” he continued. “ Two negro boys
were selling peanuts, each having charge of a large basket.
One was a bundle of energy and kept up an endless ‘ spiel ’
as he rushed hither and thither in quest of customers.
“ 4 Here yoh go, here! ’ he would shout. ‘ Red hot pea¬
nuts, fi’ cents a bag. On’y fi’ cents a bag, here! Red hot
peanuts! Here yuh go, here! ’
44 The other chap, comfortably ensconced on a box, would
wait until the first one had to pause to catch his breath,
when he would chip in with a monotonous singsong:
“ 4 Heah, too; heah, too! ’ ” — San Francisco Call.
THE GREEN SAILOR.
Mark Twain was once talking about a play that had
failed.
‘‘No wonder it failed,” he said. 44 Its author was a
greenhorn. He knew no more of stagecraft than young
Tom Bowling knew of sailoring when he shipped before the
mast.
44 Greenhorn Tom, you know, being told to go aloft one
dark, wet night, started up the rigging with a lantern and
an umbrella.”
to an experienced tradesman in almost any other
line.
An illustration of this happened while I was
purchasing agent of a manufacturing concern in
New York. I received a visit one afternoon from
a solicitor representing a large printing-house.
He said that his firm, having exhausted every
means of obtaining even a portion of the work
being given out by my company, had sent him to
make a special proposal. This was substantially
that if I would promise to send the bulk of our
work to these printers, they would not only “ make
the price right ” but would also give us, every
three months, a rebate of twenty per cent on all
bills rendered by them. He did not use the word
“rebate” — I think he called it a “refund check.”
I had been buying printing for a good while and
was astonished at this overture, because the print¬
ers in question were highly spoken of by several
of my acquaintances who had transacted business
with them for years.
“ How is it,” I asked the solicitor, “ that if the
price, quality and service of your firm are so
favorable, you can afford to give back money which
really belongs to you? If I gave you orders in
three months amounting — as it might reasonably
do — to $18,000, we would be entitled to a refund
THE INLAND PRINTER
53
at the end of that time of $3,600. How could I
explain this transaction to my employers? ” Then
I added that the best way would be for the solicitor
to make us an allowance in the way of a discount
of twenty per cent on all bills rendered, the quality
of the work to be as good as what I had been
having, and the price to stand comparison with
die such a large volume of business that it would
hardly be felt.”
“ How in Sam Hill can a printer spoil a job —
waste his time, labor and material — and not feel
it? ” I marveled. But as the ways of some employ¬
ing printers are past finding out, I made no com¬
ment. I dismissed the envoy from the printing-
MOTTO FROM .TO ANDERSON’S “ DAILY BULLETIN."
that of other printing-houses located on Manhat¬
tan Island.
This alternative was not to the liking of my
visitor, who explained that it was only by the
assurance of having the bulk of our work — which
ran up to nearly $75,000 a year — that his people
could afford to offer this refund. “ We can do
your work better and cheaper than your regular
printer,” said he, naming the printer, “ because we
are equipped for it. We have one of the most corn-
office by saying that the proposition was too
weighty for me and that I would have to submit it
to one of the officers of the company.
The suggestion was of course rejected, and my
friend the auditor, who is the stumbling-block
over which many printers have fallen, merely said
“skin!” when I mentioned the matter to him.
And so another good printer’s reputation suffered
a knock-out in one establishment where he might
have received some profitable trade.
MOTTO FROM JO ANDERSON’S “ DAILY BULLETIN.”
plete plants in the city. When we know positively
that a certain amount of your work is coming to us,
we can arrange accordingly and make a special
price. Here’s another point for you to consider : if
your regular printer spoils a job, he will take it out
of you on some other job or lot of jobs, somewhere
along the line. Don’t you believe for a minute
that he is going to stand the loss. But we, being a
bigger office, wouldn’t do that. You would lose
nothing, and it wouldn’t matter to us, for we han-
A very different kind of printer came to see me
on another day. He was what is sometimes called
a “ small printer,” although he weighed about six¬
teen stone. His name was Brown. He wanted a
chance to “ figure on your work ; I think I can
save you some money” — you all know the song.
As I always like to talk to printers — they are so
versatile — I started something by saying I was
afraid his plant was not big enough to enable him
to compete with such printing-offices as So-and-
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So, in the matter of price, the larger plant being
able to do the work in a larger and more econom¬
ical way; bought its paper and supplies in larger
quantities, etc. These and a few other obstacles
which I raked up hurriedly I laid carefully before
him, while he breathed heavily and waited for me
to finish.
This man Brown was a fighting printer and
owned his own plant. When I say “ owned ” I
mean that he paid real money for all of it, and
it was his. I think he said he had three Miehle
presses, one large cylinder press of another make,
a few small job-presses and two Linotypes. He
was, you might say, in the game to stay. He had
received instruction in the evenings from a char¬
tered accountant, and knew how to analyze fac¬
tory costs and distribute the elements of a job of
printing. This bothered him a good deal at first,
but his friend the accountant was patient, and
stuck to the job till it was done. All this I learned
afterward.
Brown’s first announcement was that my idea
of the very big printing-office being the best place
to get my work done was without foundation;
that no matter how careful the supervision, the
big offices always showed a higher percentage of
spoiled or nearly spoiled work than the smaller
ones ; that a loss was a loss, no matter who bore it.
In fact, Brown riddled my arguments so com¬
pletely that the longer he talked the more I
respected him.
“ Some people,” said he, “ who buy printing
think that a big job has to be done in a big place.
I have an office over which I can travel in five min¬
utes and I can tell you what’s going on there at any
time of day. I don’t want your biggest jobs, but I
can beat the life out of that last catalogue your
steady printer got out. I would please you so well
with it that you would be sure to give me other
work as well. Now, in regard to prices, I said
when I came in that I wanted to figure on your
work, but I believe you are a square man, and I’ll
tell you that I am no solicitor. I said I wanted to
give estimates, because all the other fellows say
the same thing. It’s the only way I know of ma¬
king an opening to get new work. I will give fig¬
ures if I must, but there are so many crooked
printers around that I hate to be taken at a dis¬
advantage.”
My visitor pulled a tattered paper bag from his
vest-pocket and I pushed the brass cuspidor close
to his foot, while he resumed :
“ I have a printing-office small in size but large
in capacity. My men have a clean, wholesome
place to work and I work alongside them. My
expenses are less than half what your regular
printer has to stand, and, although I might ‘ give
you the benefit of this saving,’ as the department-
store advertisements say, I’m not going to, because
that money belongs to me. That’s my salary. But
I’ll tell you what I will do : If you’ll give me a few
hundred dollars of your next work, you’ll get a
creditable job, better than your present run of
work, and it will help me quite a lot, as I am not
very busy.”
I handed Brown three folders, all differing in
color of ink, quantity of composition and quality
of stock — specimens of work already done, and of
which I knew the price. I asked him to take these
away and give me estimates on each in varying
quantities. He said he would do it there, and in a
few minutes he handed me a quotation which, when
I compared it with the figures in my cost book,
compared very favorably with the prices I had
paid our regular printer.
Here was a printer who knew what he was
about, and his confident air was very different
from the bragging to which I had long been accus¬
tomed from others. When I left Brown at the
elevator door, he said he was glad he had called,
and that he had spent a very profitable afternoon.
Competition is honorable, and no printer should
allow himself or his representative to descend to
bribery as a last resort in securing a new account.
THE ESTIMATE.
A guess, a gamble on the chances of fortune — with the
stakes already in the hands of the winner.
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THE INLAND PRINTER
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Written for Tub Inland Printer.
LANGUAGE WHIMS AND FALLACIES.
NO. XIII. - BY F. HORACE TEALL.
fTER seeing our one head-line
so often, and without the con¬
secutiveness in the matter
that must have been vainly
expected by many readers,
probably no one will regret
the fact that this is its final
appearance. No attempt has
been made to exhaust the sub¬
ject, which is inexhaustible. Even what was
intended, and indeed what was promised, has not
been done. Systematic treatment of certain mat¬
ters of varying usage was thought of, including
enough citation to show by what authority differing
opinions are supported ; but it was soon discovered
that this would involve too much research, with
doubtful outcome, and the effort was therefore
restricted. The resulting disconnected papers have
all been carefully written with the hope that they
might be as helpful as possible, and the determina¬
tion that, however little information they might
impart, they should contain nothing misleading.
If anything has seemed actually wrong, or even
unclear, to any reader, the writer will gratefully
receive communications specifying such defects.
One large and difficult matter of disagreement
remains for this paper, and it is approached with
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much doubt of ability to treat it profitably within
the space at command. Pronunciation is the topic,
and the problem is to make its treatment appeal
especially to proofreaders. It is beyond question a
subject that should interest them in its entirety,
but that is true for all intelligent persons, and
there is a large field of special interest to proof¬
readers, and to printers generally, aside from com¬
mon concern. Exact division into syllables is of
slight moment to the general reader, whose real
need is adequately met if no word is divided so as
to make him think first of a word other than the
one used, and thus become a stumbling-block.
Proper syllabification is important to printers,
because it is a prominent item in printing-office
economy, and it depends mainly on pronunciation.
But this is not to be a treatise on division, nor
one on orthoepy. Whims and fallacies are to be
considered, and they abound in pronunciation as
elsewhere. Division into syllables is the one point
of special moment in proofreading work, and it
is affected by varying personal opinions, mainly
those expressed in the making of dictionaries. In
connection with this (personal opinion) an occur¬
rence in the editorial rooms of the Century Dic¬
tionary may be interesting. Professor W. D.
Whitney had the only personal credit for orthoepy,
but his work on it consisted in reading and cor¬
recting what had been written by another man,
and he probably left some words different from
what they would have been in his own writing.
The present writer questioned one pronunciation
and was told that Professor Whitney had seen it
and left it unchanged. But on separate submis¬
sion the change suggested was accepted. What is
specially germane here is a remark made by the
office worker, who, of course, was a man thought
to be well fitted for the work. He said, in reply
to a mention of principle, “ There is no principle
in English pronunciation.” And this notwith¬
standing the fact that the word in question was
one that must be pronounced according to prin¬
ciple, as it was almost an unspoken word. Here
was an example of hasty speech that probably was
not a true expression of what was meant. Many
English words are pronounced somewhat arbi¬
trarily, but there are principles which control most
of the spoken language, and some which prescribe
the only method of attributing sound to words
almost never heard, of which there are many that
are often printed in special books.
A very important fact, not sufficiently recog¬
nized, is the universal agreement in the bulk of
the spoken language. Lists given in dictionaries
of cases of disagreement appear large, but are
relatively small. For each word that shows dif¬
ferences in authoritative usage there are very
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THE INLAND PRINTER
many that have only one authorized pronuncia¬
tion. Often a mispronunciation of one of these
undisputed words is decidedly offensive to the ear
of a person who knows the right way to speak the
word. For instance, the writer once heard a
highly educated missionary’s address about India,
and was deeply interested and edified until the
speaker used the name Hindustan and accented the
second syllable instead of the third. Much of the
really excellent address following that mispro¬
nunciation was lost to that hearer, who could not
get away from his thought of the striking irregu¬
larity.
An occurrence that impressed the writer with
the value of orthoepic knowledge to proofreaders
may give a good hint to some others. In revising
a proof marked by another hand, he found that
the word tribune had been correctly divided, and
changed by the reader. On having his attention
called to it the reader said his marking was right,
as he heard many people say tri-bune', when he
was informed that it was acknowledged that the
word is often so pronounced, but it is simply a
common error. The word actually is trib'une. No
other pronunciation was ever authoritatively ac¬
ceptable, notwithstanding the frequency of the
mistake. In this instance the operator had been
made to reset two lines, in order to change from
right to wrong, when it would have been far bet¬
ter to leave what he had set unchanged, even if it
had not been best as set. Our language has many
words that may well enough stand divided in
either of two possible ways, especially in a news¬
paper.
English has a number of words that are pro¬
nounced in two ways with almost equal correct¬
ness, especially in having a long vowel in some
persons’ speaking and a short one as spoken by
others. In some cases this difference is almost
national. Such is the word ego, and its derivatives
also show the difference. E'go is said to be largely
prevalent in America and eg'o in England. Author¬
ity is about equally divided between e-conomic and
ec-onomic, de-position and dep-osition, and the
same is true of some other words. A list given in
Webster’s New International Dictionary shows
fairly the extent of this difference and names the
dictionary authorities for each pronunciation.
But the list must not be held absolutely infallible,
as no human work can be, although it is probably
the best work of its kind ever done. It certainly
is the best in one respect, that of including the
decisions of the Oxford English Dictionary (often
called Murray’s) to a much later point in the
alphabet than any other record except the diction¬
ary itself. This newest Webster’s gives one pro¬
nunciation as its second choice that was never
recorded elsewhere, and, as nearly as I can deter¬
mine, is simply a mistake, exactly like the wrong
sound for tribune. The word meant is given as
vis'or or vi'sor, with a number which refers to the
list mentioned, but the word is not in the list.
Only the first of the two pronunciations is given
in any other record.
DEPRECIATING BUSINESS.
Two printers, a typefounder’s salesman, a printing-press
manufacturer’s representative, two paper salesmen, and the
representative of a printers’ supply house sat at luncheon
incidentally discussing the topics of the day with special
reference to printing-trade gossip.
“ Did good business with Smith this morning,” said the
type man.
“Did, eh?” said one of the printers, sardonically; “well,
if all I hear is right any business you do with him will prove
rotten business, believe me.”
“ How about it? ” said the type man, skeptically.
“ Well, I’m not knocking, but Smith has more interest in
buying booze than running a print-shop.”
“ Cut it out,” growled printer No. 2. “ That’s his affair.
Smith is on the square, all right, if he does whoop it up.
He may be ruining his trade all right, but he is not ruining
any one else but his family, poor old soul. Things have got
on his nerves, and I guess he finds an anodyne in the red
liquor. But here is the kind of thing that we can talk about.
Look at this job. Look at it. It costs to produce that job
$200 of any printer’s money. I have printed it myself and
I know. It was taken from me for $75 by Blank & Co.
That is the way they do right along.”
“ That is all right,” said printer No. 1. “ If they want
to do business for nothing, send them lots of it to do and
they won’t last long.”
“ They won’t, eh? Let me tell you something. If these
gentlemen here would tell all they know they could tell you
that it is not their own money Blank & Co. are doing busi¬
ness on but their credit.”
“ I think I must object to that,” interposed the supply
man. “All the printers demand credit. Most of them will
not pay cash as a matter of principle. They began on credit
and they live on credit, but they don’t want credit given to
anybody but themselves. If the printers will agree to a
purchasing schedule that would define how much cash a
man should have to obtain a given amount of credit on a
new business; how much they will agree to pay down on
certain kinds and quantities of machinery and supplies, and
how much they will make the deferred payments, I have no
doubt that material houses of all kinds will meet them on
the proposition.”
And silence reigned supreme.
WELL, WELLL, LLLLOOK AT THIS SPELLLLLING!
Behold how from her lair the youthful llama
Llopes forth and llightlv scans the llandseape o’er.
With llusty heart she Hooks upon llife’s drama,
Relying on her llate-llearnt worldly llore.
But llo! Some llad, armed with a yoke infama,
Soon llures her into llowly llabor’s cause ;
Her wool is llopped to weave into a pajama,
And llanguidly she Hearns her gees and haws.
My children, heed this llesson from all llanguishing young lllamas,
If you would lllive with lllatitude, avoid each llluring lllay ;
And do not llllightly lllleave, I beg, your llllonesome lllloving mamas,
And, llllast of allll, don’t spelllll your name in such a silllllly way.
— Everybody’s Magazine.
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Written fo- The Inland Printer.
APPRENTICE PRINTERS’ TECHNICAL CLUB.
NO. V. - BY W. E. STEVENS,
Assistant Instructor, Inland Printer Technical School.
This department is devoted entirely to the interests of appren¬
tices, and the subjects taken up are selected for their immedi¬
ate practical value. Correspondence is invited. Specimens of
apprentices’ work will be criticized by personal letter. Address
all communications to Apprentice Printers’ Technical Club, 624-
632 Sherman street, Chicago.
through A modern composing-room — Continued.
EXPLAINED the different
kinds of printers’ cases to you
last time we had a talk. I am
going to ask you some ques¬
tions about these cases after I
have explained some other
things we have here, and hope
that you will be able to answer
them. My object is to get you
to do some thinking for yourselves as well as to
recollect what you are told, and I want to say, now,
just to start you thinking, that all these cases, cabi¬
nets and other devices were created out of the
thoughts of a good many men and boys who stud¬
ied how work might be done quicker, easier and
better. Just hold that idea, and whatever you are
doing keep your mind fixed on finding some better
way of accomplishing it. Now I will go on with
our lesson.
This cabinet is called a galley cabinet (Fig.
16). All the inclined shelves and the inclined sur¬
faces on top are for holding galleys of type.
These slanting shelves keep the type to one side of
a galley and lessen the chances for a pi. Usually
the galley cabinets are lettered in alphabetical
Fig. 16. — Galley cabinet.
order and the shelves numbered. Before the type
is laid away proofs are taken and on each proof
the cabinet and shelf numbers are marked. These
proofs are all kept together and any galley can be
readily located. Good system, isn’t it?
Here is another very useful contrivance called
a galley rack (Fig. 17) . These are used, the same
as galley cabinets, as temporary rests for galleys
of type awaiting the proofreader or make-up man.
Fig. 17. — Galley rack.
The racks are much cheaper than cabinets, but are
less desirable from the fact of their taking up so
much room and being exposed to dust, dirt and
Fig. 18. — Imposing-stone frame.
accidental bumps. They are generally used in
small offices where there are few galleys in regu¬
lar use.
Now step over this way and I’ll show you an
imposing -stone frame (Fig. 18). Printers call
Fig. 19. — Book chases.
them simply “ stones.” The top surfaces are made
of stone, marble, slate or cast iron and are used for
locking-up purposes. These surfaces should be
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perfectly flat and free from dirt in order to insure
a good lock-up before sending the forms to press
or to the foundry. This is one of the largest and
best imposing-stones on the market, and the labor-
saving furniture racks and steel-furniture or cut-
Fig. 20. — Form track.
reglet racks below do away with all individual
cabinets for such material. At the bottom of the
frame there are thirty-six chase racks on each
side. The side toward you holds thirty-six 8 by 12
job-press chases, while the opposite side holds
eighteen each of 10 by 15 and 12 by 18 job-press
chases. The cupboards or bins (on the other
side), drawers, and tool or string compartments,
make up the rest of the frame and fill every avail¬
able inch of space under the stone.
You don’t know what a chase is? Well, I’ll
explain. Here are two chases called book chases
(Fig. 19), one with a single bar and one with two
shifting bars. In these steel or iron chases pages
of type or cuts are locked up for the press. The
Fig. 21. — Form truck.
bars give additional security to the lock-up, pre¬
venting a “ sag ” in the middle. There are many
kinds of chases, called “ poster ” chases, “ quarto ”
chases, “ quadruple ” chases, “ folio ” chases,
“ heading ” chases, “ electrotype ” chases, etc. They
are all used for special purposes and are made in
many sizes — sometimes as large as 47 by 66
inches, outside measurement.
How do they lift such large forms? Good boy!
I’m glad you asked that. After the pages are all
securely locked up the form is slid off the stone and
one end of the chase is placed on these form trucks
(Fig. 20). The form can then be wheeled very
easily from one place to the other. Simple, isn’t it?
Here is another truck for handling large forms,
called a printers’ patent form truck (Fig. 21).
This truck is made entirely of iron, except the table
or top part, which is made of maple wood, coated
with sheet steel. The table can be adjusted to the
Fig. 22. — Form rack.
height of an imposing-stone or a printing-press
bed, and forms are slid on and off these with per¬
fect safety. After a form is slid onto the table it is
swung into an upright position (see illustration).
The compactness of the truck when wheeling
makes it easy to pass through narrow aisles, and
takes up little room when left standing.
This is a form rack (Fig. 22). Such racks are
very useful, as they allow more store-room and
Fig. 23. — Roller-bearers.
minimize the danger of pied forms; accommo¬
dating forms which would otherwise be standing
around in different places or occupying stone
space. This rack will hold seventy-two chases,
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and the bottom boards, where the form rests, are
covered with sheet iron to prevent wear and tear.
Here is something that ought to interest you
very much (Fig. 23) — not the chase or lock-up
particularly, but the thin metal strips on both
sides of the chase. These are called roller-bearers.
They are used in job-press chases to bear the roll¬
ers up and thereby prevent cutting or tearing
them on “ open ” or rule forms.
TO APPRENTICES.
Nelson R. Hall, a fifteen-year-old apprentice
with the Hub City Irrigationist, Wendell, Idaho,
sends in this interesting specimen (Fig. 1) with
the explanation that it is his “first letter-head.”
Now all you wise comps, and advanced appren¬
tices just take a look at this design. Can you, with
all your experience, do as well? Have you the
same appreciation of simplicity? Twenty years
ago Nelson’s first letter-head would have been rad¬
ically different — a confused jumble of distorted
rules and illegible type-faces. Such is the power
and influence of typographical “ rationalism,”
which is spreading over the entire world. Em¬
ploying printers, employees and consumers of
printed matter are beginning to understand the
value of simple, harmonious and artistically effect¬
ive composition. The employer realizes a saving
of time in plain, simple composition, the employee
knows better the adaptability of his tools, and the
consumer sees an increased advertising value.
These conditions are prosperous for all concerned.
It would be anything but fair to actually criti¬
cize this letter-head specimen, for criticism should
go to those we think ought to know and not to the
inexperienced beginner. One would not criticize
the crude construction of a boy’s playhouse — the
work of his own hands — but would first point out
the good features of the work and then suggest
changes for improvement. In that way a boy is
encouraged rather than discouraged. Remember
that, all ye journeymen who are entrusted with the
education of an apprentice.
In Fig. 2 is shown a resetting of Nelson’s letter¬
head, which carries out the suggestions we made
in a personal letter sent him. Here is the letter :
The letter-head which you send in is a decidedly pleas¬
ing example of good, plain typography — ■ so desirable in
present-day printing. The simple arrangement of lines and
the use of one type-face are very commendable.
Our first impression on looking at this design is that the
outer panel might better be omitted. The wide, unbroken
areas of white space on both sides of the lower group would
not appear unbroken were the outside panel rules omitted,
for then the design would be a pendant form rather than a
squared-up form. One should not attempt to use panels
unless there is a sufficient amount of copy to warrant their
use.
Another objection to this outer panel is that it divides
the distance from the top of the inside panel to the edge of
the stock in two equal parts. Note that the distances from
the edge of the stock to the outer panel, from the outer
panel to the top of the inner panel, and from top to bottom
of the inner panel, are practically the same. This gives a
Fig. 1.
monotonous appearance to the top of the design. One should
strive to show a pleasing inequality of spaces.
The inner panel could have been improved by narrow¬
ing it a nonpareil and setting the names in one line. This
would do away with the open space between groups —
another example of using a panel and then not filling it.
The six-point rule underscoring the main line is rather
too heavy to harmonize with the type-matter, and there is
no necessity for the light rule. It serves no purpose what¬
ever. A better arrangement would be to place a single three-
point rule below the main line and a little closer than you
show. This rule would be more in harmony with the type
and would hold the line together better.
Fig. 2.
Another suggestion would be to set the group below the
main line in a longer measure. This would make the line
above appear more stable and firmly supported, and it would
be more in keeping with the length of the top lines. This
group would square up nicely in two lines.
As a personal opinion we would prefer to see the town
and state set as a date line instead of running them in with
the lower group. This, however, is largely a matter of per¬
sonal taste.
Have you been benefited by this “criticism”?
Don’t you think that your work could be improved ?
If so, just mail proofs to this department and see
if the letter of advice you receive won’t be worth
many times over the trouble of mailing.
Did you read thoroughly and understand the
descriptions of the different cases which were
shown in the March number? Here’s a test:
What are triple cases generally used for? What is the
difference between an italic case and a California job-case?
What is the advantage of space and quad cases? What is
a metal-furniture case? What is a lead and slug case?
What is a tray case? Explain the difference between an
ordinary brass-rule case and a compact rule case. What is
a justifying-lead case? What is a thin-space case?
(To be continued.)
WENDELL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
An Organization Devoted to the Promotion of
Clean. Healthful Indoor and Outdoor Sports
Wendell, Idaho, 191
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A. H. McQuilkin, Editor.
Published monthly by
THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY
624-632 Sherman Street, Chicago, U. S. A.
Address all Communications to Tiie Inland Printer Company.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Recently we heard of a proprietor of a shoe
store who, by changing the covers on his shoe-
boxes from a rather dark, dingy color to a com¬
paratively bright one, effected a saving of over
ten per cent in his lighting bills. The reason for
this was that the bright color reflected the light,
while the dingy color absorbed it. If a man run¬
ning a shoe store can profit by a study of color
from a scientific standpoint, how much more could
the printer, who is constantly dealing with color
problems, profit by the same research? Color is
becoming more and more a prominent factor in
printing, and the manner in which it is used does
much toward either making a job or spoiling it.
New York Office: Tribune building’, City Hall square.
Vol. XLVII. APRIL, 1911. No. 1.
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FOREIGN AGENTS.
IV. H. Beers, 40 St. John street, London, E. C., England.
John Haddon & Co., Bouverie House, Salisbury square, Fleet street, London,
E. C., England.
Raithby’, Lawrence & Co. (Limited), De Montfort Press, Leicester, England.
Raithby, Lawrence & Co. (Limited), Thanet House, 231 Strand, London,
W. C., England.
Penrose & Co., 109 Farringdon Road, London, E. C., England.
Wm. Dawson & Sons, Cannon House, Breams buildings, London, E. C.,
England.
Alex. Cowan & Sons (Limited), General Agents, Melbourne, Sydney and
Adelaide, Australia.
Alex. Cowan & Sons (Limited), Wellington, New Zealand.
F. T. Wimble & Co., 87 Clarence street, Sydney, N. S. W.
G. Hedeler, Niimbergerstrasse 18, Leipsic, Germany.
H. Calmels, 150 Boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris, France.
John Dickinson & Co. (Limited), Capetown and Johannesburg, South Africa.
A. Oudshoorn, 179 rue de Paris, Charenton, France.
Jean Van Overstraetex, 3 rue Villa Hermosa, Brussels, Belgium.
Truly this is the day of lavish expenditure for
printing, and especially for the printing of cata¬
logues and booklets. The automobile industry,
with its appeal to the wealthy, demands the best
that can be procured in the presentation of that
appeal, and no expense is spared in the production
of advertising literature. Likewise, the railroad
and resort companies, catering to the traveling
public, present their claims to supremacy in the
most elaborate manner. One can judge of the
extent to which this expenditure reaches by the
fact that a booklet recently issued by a railway
company for general distribution, and consisting
of but sixteen pages with a paper cover, cost over
35 cents a copy. The world asks, “ Does it pay ? ”
The answer is in the fact that the question does not
come from those who are doing this expensive
advertising, but from those who are not doing it.
Ample evidence as to whether it pays is found in
the fact that each year the standard goes higher,
and costlier designs, better paper-stock and more
careful presswork are demanded.
The time is not far distant when the standard
of printed things will be forced higher. Even
though the printer himself may be indifferent on
this question of improved product, the general
public will make it necessary. When we note to
what extent the study of design and color enters
into the daily work of our public-school children,
we can not but see that the printer of the near
future will be dealing with a class of customers
whose conceptions of what is truly artistic and
beautiful must be met. The men who are buying
the printing of to-day had comparatively little
training in things artistic ; in their education the
esthetic was neglected. But with the future buyer
it will be different. To-day we see children in the
public schools designing book-covers, posters, cal¬
endars, etc., and showing in their work a knowl-
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edge of the fundamental principles of design that
comparatively few printers, to say nothing of the
apprentices, possess. These same school children
of to-day will be the buyers of printing to-morrow
— and they will, out of their knowledge of things
artistic, force the printer to maintain a higher
standard. _
We all know that newspaper publishers are
practical exponents of the spirit of cooperation,
and occasionally the public gets a glimpse of how
effectively they are bound together. Chicagoans
were surprised to receive four-page daily papers
recently. The explanation was that, owing to a
labor dispute, the Hearst papers were compelled
to publish abbreviated editions, and, agreeably to
arrangements, their contemporaries refused to
print more pages than the Examiner and Amer¬
ican, the struck papers. That this occurred in the
midst of a fierce competitive campaign for adver¬
tising and subscription business is conclusive
proof that the participants really believe in mili¬
tant organization. These publishers are progres¬
sive men, their daily duties put them in close touch
with the best thought and methods prevailing in
the commercial world. Editorially their papers
may preach about the beauties of competition —
unrestricted competition, perhaps — but the busi¬
ness managements temper its rigors by coopera¬
tion, because they find it in harmony with exist¬
ing conditions ; indeed, they find it a necessity, the
theories of the editorial department to the con¬
trary. Men in industries where the competitors
are more numerous and the producing methods
nearly as complex as publishing should follow the
practice rather than the precept of the newspaper
men.
Overhead Expense of the G. P. O.
In his report to Congress, Public Printer Don¬
nelly very property puts a quietus on the old story
that the Government Printing Office at Washing¬
ton does not carry an overhead burden equal to
that carried by commercial printers. Relieved
from paying rent and insurance, many have said
the public printery should show a lower cost of
production than houses in the competitive field.
Uncle Sam pays his employees for holidays and
allows them vacations with pay. This amounted
to $528,223.85 last year, and Mr. Donnelly declares
it is sufficient to pay rent and insurance in New
York or Chicago on twice the floor-space repre¬
sented in the Government Printing Office.
It is interesting to note that the manufacturing
divisions of the office are required to carry a gen¬
eral overhead charge of twenty per cent on account
of the clerical force. This is about the same per¬
centage as is allowed commercial offices, and indi¬
cates that production in the big printing-office is
not conducted on such an unbusinesslike basis as
generally is supposed. In public addresses Mr.
Donnelly has given figures showing that his costs
compare favorably with those disclosed as an inci¬
dent of the cost-accounting campaign. It gives us
pleasure to refer to these facts, as we are among
those who believe that the Government has in its
employ as great a proportion of earnest, capable
men as the average printing establishment. The
Washington organization has its weak spots —
many of them inherent and inseparable from a
concern tinctured with politics. But every other
organization has its weaknesses, and it is the busi¬
ness of the executive to remove and overcome those
obstacles to efficiency. The Public Printer and his
aids can not hope to free their office of the evils
arising from politics, so they accept conditions and
do the best they can in getting results. While the
office as a whole may be subject to criticism, it
seems to us to be unjust not to make a distinction
between the men who are putting their lives into
their work and the system which places a heavy
handicap on them.
Revelation for Printers.
For many years the pressroom has been con¬
sidered the money-making department of the large
modern printing-office. Before the introduction of
the cost system, it was generally believed that the
pressroom, possibly with some aid from the bind¬
ery, was the means of not only staving off bank¬
ruptcy through losses in the composing-room, but
actually paid the losses sustained in the latter
department and netted a handsome profit for the
owner in addition.
But the cost system is no respecter of depart¬
ments. Nor is it in the least awed by time-honored
conclusions. It tells its tale in cold figures gleaned
by the faithful following of a job from the busi¬
ness office to the customer. There is no guesswork.
Every item of cost is jotted down as the job moves
along through the different departments.
It may be that some pressrooms are highly
profitable, and that some composing-rooms are the
sink-holes of their respective institutions. But
the recent statements of several well-known print¬
ers to the effect that their cost systems have shown
that the composing-room is the profitable depart¬
ment of their establishments and that the press¬
room is a losing department will open the eyes of
many commercial printers who have believed that
such a condition did not exist in any successful
American printing plant.
The condition as shown by the cost system is
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nothing short of a revelation, and there is little
doubt that a raising of the prices on cylinder press-
work, as a whole, is warranted by what already
has been learned through scientific treatment of
the question of costs.
Inviolability of Contracts.
Members of Chicago Typographical Union who
walked out of the Hearst offices in Chicago doubt¬
less felt that their act was justified. In the end,
however, all they accomplished was to besmirch
the escutcheon of the International Typographical
Union, which has been al¬
most spotless so far as re¬
specting contracts is con¬
cerned. The Chicagoans, to
put it mildly, urged some
long-drawn-out, refined con¬
struction of union law to
justify their action. This
merely shows that they mis¬
apprehend the business side
of their organization’s work.
Always it is the spirit of
such contracts that should be
adhered to, rather than the
letter.
Possibly lawyers might
uphold the contention of the
strikers in this case, but busi¬
ness is not conducted along
lines that appeal to the pet¬
tifogger. Industry would
come to a standstill if those
engaged in it were to stand
on their legal rights and in¬
sist on all the refinements
that an attorney might devise
or approve. The litigious
person is less and less a suc¬
cess in business, as a whole-souled adherence to
the spirit of contracts and understandings is the
modern conception that leads to achievement. It
is a mere truism to say that service is the ideal
business-getter in these days, and the only service
a trade union has to tender its customers is labor
that will discharge its obligations cheerfully and
promptly. Probably the Chicago compositors will
urge that the Hearst management did not display
the proper spirit ; that it was responsible for orders
based on finely spun justifications, which were
intended to irritate the employees. While that
point has not been proved, if we accept it as true
it does not justify the walkout. Those involved
should have paused to consider the interests of
other members of the union. That is the rule of
brotherhood. Compositors in the Hearst chapels of
themselves would exert comparatively little influ¬
ence. When they struck the potent force was the
power that inhered in their fellow members. The
strikers were using not their own influence, but
the money and influence of thousands of others.
Men can not reap the benefits of organization with¬
out paying for it, and a portion of the price is care¬
ful consideration of the rights and even wishes of
other members.
That the officers of the International Typo¬
graphical Union should disapprove the act and
inform the strikers the one thing to do was “to
get out the paper ” is ac¬
cepted as a matter of course.
The craft expects the heads
of organizations to be fair in
their dealings with employ¬
ers and to act forcefully and
promptly when their con¬
stituents — their employers,
by the same token — develop
a wild streak ; and do it with¬
out an expression of thanks
or appreciation, though it is
the sort of thing that brings
maledictions on their heads
and sometimes leads to their
undoing. In this instance
the local union followed the
advice of President Lynch
and ordered the striking
chapel back to work. Judg¬
ing from a signed statement
appearing in his papers, Mr.
Hearst seems to be satisfied
with the result, but the best
friends of the big union must
feel pangs of regret to know
that even a hundred or so of
its members were so easily
weaned away from the honorable and healthy pol¬
icy of living up to a contract.
As for the members at large, if they are not
regretful now they will be in future. The Chicago
action will operate against them in two ways.
Publishers and employers have been given an
object-lesson in effective resistance, and every
scale committee or officer who meets employers
will be made conscious of the existence of greater
resistance. They will also be at a tactical disad¬
vantage in that they will have to defend or apolo¬
gize for the ill-advised contract-breaking by their
fellows in Chicago. The probabilities are that
the innocent will suffer more than the offenders,
because Chicago employers understand something
of the peculiar conditions that were paramount,
F. I. ELLICK,
One of the most distinguished apostles of the cost
agitation.
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and may not hold the membership responsible. To
those at a distance it is merely a case of flagrant
bad faith on the part of a typographical union,
which taints every member.
Legislation Affecting the Printing Trade.
The trade “ split even ” in its campaign before
the late lamented Congress. Defeat was handed
the “ Joint Committee ” in its campaign against
the Government printing stamped envelopes. This
was a disappointment, for at the first session hopes
ran high when the House passed the Tou Velle
Bill, and it was sponsored in the upper chamber by
so influential a leader as Senator Nelson. It was
said the Senate was favorably disposed, but the bill
was committed to the Senate Committee on Post-
offices and Post Roads, of which Senator Penrose
is chairman. That gentleman stated he had some¬
thing like ninety thousand protests against any
change in the law. The implication is that for this
reason the Tou Velle-Nelson Bill was not reported
out of the Senate committee, and as a consequence
one active campaign came to naught for the pres¬
ent. Meantime we suppose a new contract cover¬
ing four years has been entered into by the depart¬
ment.
Better results attended the second and more
important and more spectacular campaign. This
arose out of the proposition to increase second-
class postal rates from 1 to 4 cents a pound on
“ advertising sheets.” The increase was proposed
as a “ rider ” to the Postolfice Appropriation Bill
while it was being considered in the Senate, which,
under ordinary procedure, precluded the measure
being voted on in the lower house. Declaring
it meant the death-blow to many magazines, the
owners of the standard monthlies roused other
publishers, papermakers, advertising men and all
interested in the production of second-class mat¬
ter. More than $40,000 was spent in influencing
public opinion through large advertisements in the
daily press. Enterprising and earnest lobbies
descended on Washington from all the publishing
centers, to impress on the solons that the proposed
tax was confiscatory and that to impose it on such
short notice was unfair. All the forces of the
administration were behind the “ rider,” and for
days it looked as though the measure would become
a law. It was finally withdrawn as a result of a
threat to filibuster during the closing hours of
the session. The Senate, however, authorized the
appointment of a committee to investigate the sub¬
ject of second-class matter with especial reference
to the cost of handling it.
In the opinion of some this is the end of the
agitation for increased rates, as they believe the
commission device is a polite way of shelving the
subject. We have to dissent from that view. Presi¬
dent Taft and his administration are imbued with
the antiquated idea that the postoffice should not
only pay its own way but make a profit. They also
seem inclined to regard advertising as an evil that
is fair game for the tax-gatherer whenever the
public coffers need replenishing. Proposals com¬
ing from such a source were very apt to be a
menace to the printing trade. If there be a ques¬
tion about advertising being the “ life-blood of
commerce,” there is no doubt about its being a big
factor in printing and publishing. Any setback it
receives will be reflected in a diminution of printed
matter. We do not direct attention to that phase
for the purpose of urging opposition to a public
measure on such a narrow basis, but to show the
necessity of the craft being alert and ready for the
fray when the subject is again on the boards.
In our opinion it would be a weak position for
the trade to oppose any change on the ground that
it would injure our particular industry. Great as
that interest is, it is small when compared with the
interests of the entire country. Therefore, we
urge that the trade be prepared to defend itself
and to do so by insisting on increasing the efficiency
of the postoffice — making it of greater service to
the people at large. Every step made in that direc¬
tion is furthering modern ideas of government,
and out of it the best interests of the printing and
publishing trades are sure to be subserved.
Cheap-john and the Trusts.
Some of our great captains of industry have
been charged with wrecking the businesses of their
smaller competitors, in order that the entire indus¬
try might be controlled in their interests. And
they have been held up to public scorn as pirates
who have brought ruin and even death to honest
business men while themselves posing as saints
and public benefactors.
While this charge may be true and the scorn
justified, who of our readers will declare that
there was no well-founded reason for elimination
and consolidation? If cheap-johns were as ram¬
pant in the industries consolidated, previous to
consolidation, as they have been in the printing
trades, no one could have arisen in opposition to
elimination unless there were an abiding faith
in education — education which ultimately would
make of competition a factor to be reckoned with
only after a fair profit is assured.
It undoubtedly is true that “ trusts ” have
driven to the wall many independent and honor¬
able business men. But is it not true also that the
printer who sells his product at a loss is equally
THE INLAND PRINTER
65
guilty, in this respect, with the monopolist? He
is not only crowding his competitors onto the
rocks; he is also bringing demoralization and
ruin to his own business.
There may be some employing printers who
will defend cut-throat prices on the ground that
self-preservation demands them. But this state¬
ment will not stand. Self-destruction rather than
self-preservation is the inevitable result. If com¬
petition calls for the lowering of prices to that
point where a reasonable profit is not assured, it
would be better to retire from the business and
accept employment in some profit-making institu¬
tion.
Let no cheap-john printer rail against the
trusts. The monopolists are greater benefactors
than those who would make of competition an
instrument for the utter demoralization of the
business in which they are engaged.
Educating Journeymen in Costs.
No obstacle can prevent the printing business
from becoming a financial entity in keeping with
its volume and its usefulness. All gradations of
the trade show a disposition to assist in improving
conditions, and there is no limit to the effect and
influence of the various educational influences at
work. It probably has occurred to few that jour¬
neymen would be otherwise than desultorily inter¬
ested in cost finding. And the majority of us would
opine that what interest there was would result in
producing cynicism and pessimism more than any¬
thing else. There is evidence, however, that we
may be mistaken as to that. Out in Los Angeles
the allied printing trades council has appointed a
committee to arrange a series of talks and dis¬
cussions on trade subjects. This body expresses
the opinion “that journeymen of the allied trades
should acquire a knowledge of cost systems.”
After stating that that is the question now inter¬
esting employers the committee goes on to observe :
“ Concisely stated, the chief aim of a ‘ cost sys¬
tem ’ is to find out economically and readily what
it costs per hour to produce printed matter,
taking account of all mechanical processes, admin¬
istrative functions and overhead charges. The
claim has been made that in the past most print¬
ers merely guessed what a job was worth, but with
a uniform standard cost-finding system estimating
is governed by certain fixed rules, and the printer
who neglects to take cognizance of this new trade
principle is not abreast of the times and is not get¬
ting out of his plant the profits he is entitled to.
That this is a matter which is of great interest to
the journeyman must be plain to every intelligent
mechanic. Every man with a shred of ambition
1-5
wants to know as much about the trade at which
he makes his living as possible, and if he expects to
rise to a position of responsibility or to own a busi¬
ness of his own, he will be better equipped to win
success in these higher fields of endeavor if he
thoroughly understands the business principles of
a cost-finding system.”
That is strong talk and to the point. If the
committee persists, its efforts will be the begin¬
ning of a campaign of inestimable value to the
craft and to journeymen ambitious to embark in
business. Through this means they will obtain
information that the average employer of the pres¬
ent generation acquired after years of experience.
This would have but one effect : to lessen the num¬
ber of experimenters in business, who, through
force of circumstances, feel compelled to cut prices.
While a small matter from an individual view¬
point, still in the aggregate it has developed into a
by no means small evil, for it is the bane of the
small job work field.
THE GENTLE TOUCH.
A correspondent sends to the Printers’ Register, Lon¬
don, England, the following letter he has received from an
employee of one of his customers :
Dee. 1909. Dear Sir I have written these few lines to you hoping it
will find you quite well as it Leaves me at Presant. Sir I have wrote to
asked you, if you could come before you generally come, as after xmas I
shall be right out of - or else must the govoner, send on the orders
to you. well Sir I wish you a merry xmas and a happy new year, write
Back by return and let me know if you could come as soon as you can,
write back. Please and let me know what day you are coming so I
remain your Truely F. not forgetting it is xmas. P.C. Sir you need not
, say any thing govern about that I have wrote to you.
PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY, OTTAWA, CANADA.
66
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Written for The Inland Printer.
THE TYPOGRAPHY OF ADVERTISEMENTS.
NO. III. - BY F. J. TREZISE.
Good taste in printing does not consist altogether of a knowledge of
what to use and where to use it ; more often does it consist of a knowl¬
edge of what not to use.
T costs no more to set a good
advertisement than it does to
set a poor one — in fact, it
usually costs less. This is be¬
cause the men who set the good
advertisements have learned
the value of a simple type-
design. As a usual thing, the
appreciation of simplicity
comes only with experience.
To quote a remark recently made by a job-
printer, “ It takes a lot of study to get where you
can do the simple things.”
The compositor is more than likely to be car¬
ried away by his appreciation of the mechanical
effects accompanying certain kinds of typography.
He revels in panelwork, in the late decorative
effects, etc. — all complicated, and therefore expen¬
sive, forms of type-design.
In laying out an advertisement one should see
that the strongest display is at or near the top.
The Smith -Wallace
Evening Clothes
While the question of improvement
in the quality of our product may be a
debatable one, there is always a possi¬
bility of improving factory' facilities.
Our new building, to be erected dur¬
ing the coming year, with its complete
modern equipment, will enable us to
increase enormously our annual output
and still confine every stage of manu¬
facture within our own walls. In its
mechanical and sanitary features it will
be on a scale of excellence not sur¬
passed by that of any other establish¬
ment in the country.
Smith, Wallace & Co.
Chicago
Fig. 7. — The small heading and large signa¬
ture line give this advertisement the appearance
of being upside down in design.
The eye naturally seeks the top of the page first;
we read from the top down ; and the point to which
the eye is first attracted is the logical point at
which to place the strongest display. Structurally
the advertisement with a good strong caption is
pleasing, while the advertisement with a weak
heading and a strong display in the lower part has
the appearance of being “top heavy at the bot¬
tom.” An illustration of this is found in the adver¬
tisements shown in Figs. 7 and 8. In Fig. 7 the
small heading and large signature line at the bot¬
tom give the advertisement the appearance of
being upside down in design. In Fig. 8 the order
of strength of display is reversed, and one can not
but feel that as a pleasing distribution of color and
form it is much superior to the other.
The Smith -Wallace
Evening Clothes
While the question of improvement
in the quality of our product may be a
debatable one, there is always a possi¬
bility of improving factory facilities.
Our new building, to be erected dur¬
ing the coming year, with its complete
modern equipment, will enable us to
increase enormously our annual output
and still confine every stage of manu¬
facture within our own walls. In its
mechanical and sanitary features it will
be on a scale of excellence not sur¬
passed by that of any other establish¬
ment in the country.
Smith, Wallace & Co.
Chicago
Fig. 8. — The design should be heaviest at, or
near, the top. A good strong caption insures
this.
Another point which the compositor should
keep in mind is : Avoid, as much as 'possible, the
use of pyramid forms of type. The inverted pyra¬
mid form will be found much more satisfactory in
almost every instance.
Just why the inverted pyramid form is more
pleasing than the pyramid form in typography is a
matter of some conjecture, and one finds it rather
difficult to lay down any direct, convincing prin¬
ciple on this point. My own theory is that the
point made by designers, and jewelry designers
in particular, that a form which hangs pendant
should be smaller at the bottom, may bear on the
shape of the group of type. Structurally, a form
which hangs pendant should be suspended from its
strongest point, and it naturally follows that when
a triangular form hangs pendant it should be the
smallest at the bottom. One may liken the group
of type to this, and assume that the type on the
page is in effect hanging from the top. All our
arrangements of the printed page bear out this
assumption. We have our widest margin, where
the margins are varied, at the bottom, our short
run-over pages are at the top, and we put our heav¬
iest display at the top. The designers of our typo-
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67
graphical decorations evidently have recognized
this principle and in a large measure conformed to
it, and we find comparatively few triangular deco¬
rations that are not the widest at the top. Note
A B
Fig. 9. — The pyramid form shown in A is rarely pleasing in
typography, while the inverted pyramid (B) lends itself readily to
design for printing.
the difference between the two ornaments shown
in Fig. 9.
Then, too, the fact that the composition of an
advertisement, like the composition of a painting,
should be of such nature that it will lead the eye
The
Harrington Press
Improves Y our Work
Harrington Presses are now in
evidence from one coast to the
other and from Canada to the
Gulf of Mexico. If they had
not made good the purchasers
would not have kept them and
would not be making second and
third orders now.
It it not merely the fact that our
output is so greatly oversold — it
is the fact that there are hun¬
dreds of Harrington Presses now
in use and paid for that speaks
soconvincingly of the surpassing
merits of these machines.
IV rite for Prices
Harrington Press Company
Chicago and New York
Fig. 10. — The natural course of the eye in
following a pyramid form is from the base to
the apex — and when a pyramid form is placed
at the top of a design it has a tendency to carry
the eye out of the advertisement.
easily from one point to the other, may have a
bearing on this question of pyramid and inverted
pyramid forms. The natural course of the eye in
following an advertisement is from the top toward
the bottom, while the natural course of the eye in
following a pyramid form is from the base to the
apex. It therefore follows that where the two are
thrown together the result is one of conflict or
complication — in effect the eye is trying to read
upward and downward at the same time. If the
pyramid form is placed at the top, as shown in
Fig. 10, the natural tendency of its shape is to
carry the eye to its apex, and thus entirely out of
the advertisement. The reading-matter itself sug¬
gests a movement of the eye from top to bottom,
while the shape of the group suggests a movement
from the bottom upward. In Fig. 11, the arrang-
The Harrington Press
Improves Your
Work
Harrington Presses are now in
evidence from one coast to the
other and from Capada to the
Gulf of Mexico. If they had
not made good the purchasers
would not have kept them and
would not be making second and
third orders now.
It it not merely the fact that our
output is so greatly oversold — it
is the fact that there are hun¬
dreds of Harrington Presses now
in use and paid for that speaks
soconvincingly of the surpassing
merits of these machines.
IV rite for Prices
Harrington Press Company
Chicago and New York
Fig. 11. — Here the shape of the upper group
tends to carry the eye directly into the advertise¬
ment.
ing of the same heading in an inverted pyramid
form results in a more pleasing appearance, due to
the fact that both the reading-matter and the shape
of the group have a tendency to carry the eye in
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:
A
B
Fig. 12. — In A the arrangement of the heavy lines is not pleas¬
ing, due to the fact that their shape as a group tends to carry the
eye toward the top of the page, instead of toward the text. The
arrangement shown in B is much more satisfactory.
the same direction — into the center of the adver¬
tisement.
The same principle applies to the composition
of a group of lines which are squared up at one
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end — an arrangement which is at times consid¬
ered desirable. This is illustrated in the two
arrangements shown in Fig. 12.
It is not always possible to arrange the type in
a heading of this kind in such manner that the
Fig. 13. — The widest line of a heading of this kind should be at, or
near, the top, as in B, and not near the bottom, as in A.
longest line will be at the top, but care should be
taken that it is considerably above the center and
not below it. Note the difference between the two
examples shown in Fig. 13.
These side arrangements should, as a rule, be
avoided, as the balancing of the various groups on
[“IFMFF
ADOPT THE SPIRIT
OF THE JAP
When the Little Brown Japs decided to become modernized.
they went about
it absolutely without
-•rejudice. They
studied the modern way of doing things. They picked
and chose and adopted the best methods- Nothing was
scoffed at, everything was judged on its
own merits.
The result is tha
in less than fifty years
[apan has become
one of the World
's powers and the world is still gasping
in astonishment
ver the feat.
Now, the busines
man who carries the spirit of our little
brown oriental fr
end into his business tr
ethods, is bound
to outgrow his co
mpetitors.just as the on
cc inconsequential
Jap outgrew the haughty Russian.
Don't let your progress be hampered by tradition or pre-
judice. Let m
nt be the principle
f your business
conduct — the me
nt of the merchandise
you offer to the
people. Give yc
ur customer a garment
which will make
him come the ne
t season for one of the
same make.
The "EFF-EF
clothing will do this and more It
will enable you
to outgrow your competitors, because
“EFF-EFF" ga
rments for Springand Summer arc beyond
competition— be
ond it at any given price in fabrics, in
tailoring and style.
Cbc Tccbbcimcr fisbtl Co.
74t”74S*7S0 Broadway
n«w Vork
Fig. 14. — A symmetrical appearance has been
sacrificed in an attempt to secure originality.
Compare with Fig. 15.
a central axis is in nearly every instance pro¬
ductive of the best results. This is particularly
noticeable in the illustration shown in Fig. 14.
Here the endeavor to obtain originality of treat¬
ment has led to a placing of the display lines, both
at the top and bottom of the advertisement, in
positions which break up the symmetrical arrange¬
ment of the design. Except in very rare instances,
the word “ symmetrical,” as applied to typograph¬
ical design, means having both sides of the design
equal, and, therefore, when we speak of a printed
page being symmetrical we usually mean that it is
balanced on a central axis — that all lines are cen¬
tered. While there are, of course, no laws or rules
of good composition which may not at times be
violated with good results, still as a general propo¬
sition the violation of this principle of symmetry
_ flFMFTl _
ADOPT THE SPIRIT
OF THE JAP
When the Little Brown Japs decided to become modernized,
they went about it absolutely without prejudice. They
studied the modern way of doing things. They picked
and chose and adopted the best methods- Nothing was
scoffed at, everything was judged on its own merits.
The result is that in less than fifty years Japan has become
one of the World's powers and the world is still gasping
in astonishment over the feat.
Now, the business man who carries the spirit of our little
brown oriental friend into his business methods, is bound
to outgrow his competitors, just as the once inconsequential
Jap outgrew the haughty Russian.
Don't let your progress be hampered by tradition or pre¬
judice. Let merit be the principle of your business
conduct — the merit of the merchandise you offer to the
people. Give your customer a garment which will make
him come the next season for one of the same make.
The "EFF-EFF" clothing will do this and more. It
will enable you to outgrow your competitors, because
“EFF-EFF" garments for Springand Summer are beyond
competition — beyond it at any given price in fabrics, in
tailoring and style.
Che Ttcbbeimer fisbtl Co.
746‘7W‘750 Broadway
fi?u> Vork
Fig. 15. — Balancing the display lines on a
central axis gives symmetry and a better distri¬
bution of white space.
is usually attended by effects that are not pleasing.
In the rearrangement, Fig. 15, the display lines
have all been centered, and one can hardly fail to
note how much easier it is for the eye to grasp and
take in the design as a whole. The rearrangement
is orderly and pleasing; the original is disorderly
and, therefore, confusing.
A most necessary requisite in the composition
of an advertisement is proportion. We must con¬
sider proportion in the relation of border to text,
in the margins of white space around the adver¬
tisement, in the distribution of the white space
in the advertisement, and in the arrangement of
the various groups and panels. To consider this
question of proportion in an intelligent manner
we must properly understand the definition of
the word. Proportion is defined as the pleasing
inequality in the parts of an object. Mark you,
pleasing inequality. The different panels, borders,
groups of text, or whatever else goes to make up
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69
the advertisement, must vary in size. Not only
that, but the variation must be pleasing. Then the
question is, “ What constitutes a pleasing varia¬
tion?”
Nature's Purest PO.MEROY. .
Beamy Brim.. SK[N pQQD
A most valuable Toilet Preparation. Softens the Skin, expels
all impurities, and ensures a healthy, natural complexion /f
A boon to those engaged in outdoor sports or indoor duties.
For mother and baby nothing can take its place It renews the
skin when chafed at the seaside . in the country it protects your
POMEROY.. Keeps a
_ Woman’s Face
SKIN FOOD her Charm
. THE TOILET BALM FOR . .
SUMMER DAYS AND NIGHTS
Is. 6d., 2s. 6d., 3s. <?d., 5s.,
Mrs. Pomeroy, Ltd. 29- 014 ‘Bon* Street.
- — - t-OROOIl -
Fig. 16. — The groups of type in this adver¬
tisement are too nearly equal in size. There is
not enough variety. They divide the page into
spaces nearly equal in size, as shown in the dia¬
gram in Fig. 17.
While varying conditions may and do demand
different treatments, there is one ratio of propor¬
tion, universally recognized, that applies particu¬
larly to the work of the compositor. This is the
ratio of three to five, and putting it into its sim-
Fig. 17. — A diagram of the groups of type in
the advertisement shown in Fig. 16. The divi¬
sion of the advertisement into spaces of the same
size is not pleasing. There is not enough variety.
plest form — the division of a space into two parts
— it means that we would arrange the division so
as to give three parts of the space to one panel and
five parts to the other.
But why is this a pleasing division? Why not
some other distribution of the space? The answer
is found in the fact that where a space is divided
into two parts in this manner, the small part is to
the large part as the large part is to the whole.
Thus an exact ratio is established.
And so we would have variety in our divisions
of an advertisement, for without variety we have
not proportion, but monotony. The advertisement
shown in Fig. 16, together with the diagram of it
shown in Fig. 17, forms a good illustration of this
point. As will be seen, an imaginary line drawn
between the various groups in this advertisement
reveals the fact that the space has been broken up
Nature’s Purest Beauty Balm
Pomeroy Skin Food
A most valuable Toilet Preparation.
Softens the Skin, expels all impuri¬
ties, and ensures a healthy, natural
complexion. A boon to those en¬
gaged in outdoor sports or indoor
duties. For mother and baby nothing
can take its place. It renews the skin
when chafed at the seaside; in the
country it protects your complexion
from sunburn, prickly heat and bites.
Pomeroy Skin Food
Keeps a Woman’s Face Her Charm
THE TOILET BALM FOR
SUMMER DAYS AND NIGHTS
Sold by All Chemists: Is. 6d., 2s. 6d., 3s.
6d., 5s., or post free from
MRS. POMEROY, Ltd., London
29 Old Bond Street
Fig. 18. — A rearrangement of the advertise¬
ment shown in Fig. 16. A pleasing variety has
been gained by making one group larger than the
others. See diagram shown in Fig. 19.
mto smaller spaces that are nearly equal in size;
there is no variety. In the resetting, shown in
Fig. 18, together with a sketch of it, Fig. 19, it will
be noted that the bringing into the smaller meas¬
ure of but one group of type has changed the whole
appearance of the advertisement, and that instead
of a succession of panels of equal size we now have
panels that are related to each other in a pleasing
manner.
The question of proportion may also be applied
to the advertisement shown in Figs. 14 and 16.
When we speak of proportion as the pleasing
inequality in the parts of an object, and state that
equal divisions of space should be avoided, it not
only refers to the breaking up of the spaces of the
page as a whole, but to the distribution of white
space throughout the design. In this particular
advertisement the lack of proportion is shown in
the space between the rules and the type. The
space between the type and inner rules is the same
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as that between the inner rules and the outer one.
A feeling for proportion — for variety — would
suggest that one of these spaces be larger than the
other.
Fig. 19. — A comparison of this diagram with
Fig. 17 will illustrate the value of variety in the
sizes of groups of type.
(To be continued.)
AN OLD-TIME RULE-TWISTER.
It will be interesting to the readers of The Inland
Printer, who study the many specimens of work of the mod¬
ern compositor reproduced each month in its columns, to
take a look at the card shown herewith, which was executed
more than thirty years ago and printed in one of the early
issues of The Inland Printer. It also appeared in the
Paper and Printing Trades Journal, of London, England,
in 1877.
The old-time printer who set the card — Reuben W.
Clark — is still working at the business in Medina, Ohio,
and in forwarding a picture of his home also sent this old
card, reminding us that it had appeared in The Inland
Printer when he was a young man. He says: “I have
been in the printing business fifty years the 20th of last
December, and am still working. I was in one office forty-
four years, where I learned my trade.”
Mr. Clark forwarded us the old copy of the Paper and
Printing Trades Journal of June, 1877, which contained
the reproduction of his card and the following review :
“Mr. Reuben W. Clark, Medina, Ohio, U. S. A.: Busi¬
ness card of a very remarkable and ingenious character.
There are five distinct designs made up entirely of brass
rule. In the center there is a representation of a setting-
rule; at the top right-hand side is a type (letter 0), show¬
ing face and shank, with the nicks correctly indicated; on
the left is a planer; at the bottom right-hand side is a
composing-stick, most beautifully indicated, and on the left
is a mallet. Mr. Clark’s name appears in the center of the
setting-rule, and his name and address in the composing-
stick. The card is surrounded by a plain rule border. The
design of this card is so exceptionally good that we have
reproduced it for the benefit of our readers.”
CONSIDER THE PLUMBER.
Go to the plumber, 0 printer,
Consider his ways and be wise,
He charges his time when leaving
His shop until back he arrives.
P. S. — And he doesn’t hurry back, either.
A PRINTER’S AVOCATION.
One of the avocations of Harvey L. Jacoby, foreman,
composing-room, Lutheran Publication Society, North-
mont, New Jersey.
READY TO MAKE PAPER BOTTLES.
Gloversville, N. Y., February 1, 1911. — The plant of
the Empire State Paper Bottle Company at Fonda is prac¬
tically ready for business. Workmen have been engaged
for the past three weeks making alterations in the building
on Main street and installing the machinery. Ten machines
have arrived, which will turn out five sizes of paper bottles,
from one-half pint to two quarts. All that is lacking now is
an air-pressure pump for blowing the bottles into convey¬
ors which pass them from one machine to the other, and
this machine is expected to arrive this week, so that opera¬
tions may be commenced Monday. — The Paper Mill.
■mm
I
LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING.
Photographed by R. R. Sallows, Goderich, Canada
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While our columns are always open for the discussion of any
relevant subject, we do not necessarily indorse the opinions of
contributors* Anonymous letters will not be noticed % therefore,
correspondents will please glive their names — not necessarily for
publication, but as a guarantee of ^ood faith. All letters of more
than one thousand words will be subject to revision.
“ TYPOGRAPHY OF ADVERTISEMENTS.”
To the Editor: Chicago, III., March 8, 1911.
The article in the March number of The Inland
Printer on the “ Typography of Advertisements ” inter¬
ested me very much. Mr. Trezise certainly has the right
idea. I think his comments on the opinion which ad.-writers
and compositors have of each other are excellent. The
specimens of advertisements which he gives demonstrate so
clearly the correctness of his conclusions that his article can
not fail to be very beneficial to all who are interested in
advertising. And, who is there in any community that is
not vitally interested in advertising in some form?
Yours very truly, H. W. Kellogg,
Chairman f Special Standing Committee ,
American Newspaper Publishers3 Association.
CATALOGUES WANTED.
To the Editor: Wilmington, Del., March 10, 1911.
For several years past the Wilmington (Del.) Institute
Free Library has made a special effort to develop its depart¬
ment of applied science, an effort which may be considered
successful when it is known that the circulation of technical
books used by the workingmen of the city has increased
nearly two hundred per cent in the past five years. Owing,
however, to the lack of room the department has been seri¬
ously handicapped in not having a collection of the trade
catalogues of the various manufacturing concerns through¬
out the country. The time has now come when we can take
care of such a collection, and I shall be very grateful if you
can call the attention of your readers to our needs. Any
trade catalogue published in the country will be of value in
the collection such as we have in mind — a collection similar
to the one in the Newark Public Library, Pratt Institute
Free Library and others throughout the country.
Very truly yours, A. L. Bailey,
Librarian, The Wilmington Institute Free Library.
COMPOUNDING WORDS.
To the Editor: Brooklyn, N. Y., March 2, 1911.
In the February Inland Printer there is an apology
for the Standard Dictionary’s compounds, and I suppose we
shall have to accept it. These compounds have added to the
sum of human woe and typographical profanity. Roughly,
the trouble is threefold: (1) In the case of seeming com¬
pounds whether working by Webster or Worcester, if you
do not find them either as one word or as hyphen-split you
may almost safely assume that they are to be regarded
as two words. With the Standard you can not. Try it.
(2) It seems as though, in a certain class of words, the
Standard accepted, in conformity with usage, the Webster
coalesced compounds, adding some of its own, but that as
to most of the rest, it adopted all of Worcester’s archaic
hyphens and possibly slipped in some more for good meas¬
ure, or logic. (3) Being nothing if not scientific, it adopted
a system of hair-splitting grammatical distinctions (for
example, waterproof and water-proof) which are caviare
to the general reader and distracting to the operator. I have
been told that it has been found impossible to follow the
Standard literally even in the office in which it was manu¬
factured. I believe it. It is, of course, difficult to hold the
mirror up to usage when usage is shifting and is not uni¬
form. The Government Printing Office has a handy list of
compounds based on Webster, and the Chicago proofreaders
some years ago got together and put their ideas into form.
And in one office I know of there was a revolution and
ninety-nine one hundredths of the hyphens were guillo¬
tined. There were no mourners. W. Matches.
RECORDS OF EVIL-DOING NOT WANTED BY
THE PUBLIC.
To the Editor: Chattanooga, Tenn., March 6, 1911.
The question is, “ Does the public want its reading to
consist largely of evil doing? ” With this query, you con¬
cluded an editorial on my little campaign for cleaner news¬
papers. This appeared in The Inland Printer for Febru¬
ary, accompanied by a reprint from the Southern Furniture
Journal of my paper, “Yellow Journalism as a Disturber
of Business.”
To your inquiry, the “Yellows” and “ Near Yellows”
answer confidently, “ They certainly do ” — and seem to
believe it.
Is it true? Do the people of America delight to know of
the domestic sorrows of their neighbors, who have done
them no harm? Or of the vulgar doings of men and women
of whom they never heard until this morning or last night?
Is there a mother in all America who searches the morning
paper for a child’s crime or a boy’s disgrace, to carry with
her until the evening paper brings her the wretched story
of some mother’s daughter, a thousand miles away, who has
fallen by the wayside? The newspaper men say our moth¬
ers do want these things, and worse things. Are the men
whose dollars pay for the making of newspapers and whose
advertisements fill their pages, clamoring for stories of lar¬
ceny and burglary as a background for their attractive and
high-priced publicity? Would a sane storekeeper advise his
customers, before coming out to buy, to fill their minds with
the disgusting details of a Schenck scandal, or a Crippen
crime? Does the banker expect a boom in his business
every time his depositors read of a bank failure or a defal¬
cation? Do schools flourish and churches grow best in an
atmosphere reeking with the vulgarities of a Thaw trial?
Until these questions can be truthfully answered as the
yellow newsmongers answer them, it can not be true that all
the people who buy newspapers want tainted news and
soiled publicity. If not the business man, the teacher, the
preacher and the mothers, then who is it that is crying for
this yellow plague? And, crying gets it, because the pub¬
lishers say their readers demand it — say you want evil
rather than good; say your wife, your mother, your sister
is the vulgar thing the charge implies. Has not the time
come when this indictment of the people of America should
be either proven or withdrawn?
There are quick and easy ways to ascertain the views of
newspaper readers on this question — just ask them! For
many years I have been asking them, but not one has said
a word to indicate a liking for filth instead of cleanliness,
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horrible things instead of kindly things, death instead of
life — they do not want it!
Attached to my business correspondence is this question:
Newspaper People Say You Want
MURDERS, HORRORS, SUICIDE, SCANDAL,
VULGARITY AND DEATH.
Did you ever ask for it? Do you want it? If
your answer is no, please tell your paper and tell
me.
EDWARD A. ABBOTT, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
This has brought letters like the following- from a manu¬
facturer of bird cages:
New York, February 13, 1911.
Mr. Edward A. Abbott, Chattanooga, Tennessee:
Dear Sir, — Deeply interested in your effort to stamp as false the con¬
tention of the newspapers that the public desires murder, horrors, suicide,
scandal, vulgarity and death, I beg to express the following sentiments:
Not the public, but a group of newspapers themselves have started this
depraved practice, until we now find them vieing with one another, infecting
the public with all that is low, debased and immoral.
This present standard of journalism is now so widespread, that to the
youth of to-day there is left little alternative in the selection of a favorite
newspaper.
As it is, all crime, scandal, etc., which should of necessity and for the
public welfare be but tersely stated is, on the contrary, vividly and dar¬
ingly magnified and presented in bold type and headlines on the first page,
also followed by the most disgusting and minute details. In fact, the atten¬
tion of the public is forcibly arrested. If the better class of newspapers,
by concerted effort, would agree to condense and relegate to an unimpor¬
tant position all the accounts of crime in its various manifestations, the
public would certainly heave a sigh of relief, pay little attention to such
news and readily form a new, clean standard of journalism.
. Very truly yours,
(Signed) Henry 0. Lindemann.
And this from the Secretary of the Providence (R. I.)
Park Commission :
If I could keep myself believing that any one man can get any good
■thing that he cries for long enough or hard enough, I should be very much
encouraged. There is quite enough truth in the statement, however, to
make civic work very well worth while.
I quite agree with what you have to say to me about the soul-destroy¬
ing, depressing and deadening influence of “yellow journalism.” It is the
greatest menace to the public taste and a handicap to every inspiring hope
of civilization that we have to struggle against. It is not so much as a
purveyor of absolute misinformation as in its character as a publicity agent
for everything that is mean and sordid and rotten, that it afflicts our gen¬
eration.
Its treacherous limelight played with exaggerated emphasis upon every
act of brutality and crime and loathsomeness that can be pulled from the
slum and the sewer and paraded before the people, obscures the real bright¬
ness of life and shuts the door of hope against the fresh air of optimism.
It “ plays up ” the world in the wrong perspective in which we can see
nothing beautiful or sincere or worth while.
If you are reading the article by my friend, Mr. Will Irwin, in Col¬
lier’s, as I presume you are, upon the “ American Newspaper,” you will
remember how, in the first instalment, he maintained that the people will
interest themselves in almost any form of mental nourishment the papers
choose to dish out in sufficiently able and attractive form. A people will
certainly grow by what they feed on and partake of its character, and just
now we need a pure-food law that will apply to the mental pabulum fur¬
nished to the general public. Mr. Irwin, however, has found a few redeem¬
ing things about the yellow press that are interesting to note.
Most of us have our pet objects of aversion, to which we ascribe all
the ills or shortcomings of the race, and believe that if these could be
removed the millennium would be close at hand. My own present belief is
that yellow journalism is about the most insidious and dangerous foe to
decency and progress in America. Henry A. Barker,
Providence, Rhode Island.
Trade journals, from Halifax to Seattle, have, like
The Inland Printer, reprinted my preachment and given
me encouragement.
I have asked publishers to send to their subscribers
return postal cards, setting forth the information desired,
inviting the readers to fill out the following blank:
Did you ever ask for it? .
Do you want it ? . . .
If you do not get it, will you stop your paper? .
Answer “ yes ” or “ no.”
I have even offered to pay all the expense of this inquiry
if one per cent answer “ yes.”
Until a vote is taken, those who charge us with this
shameful thing should, I think, cease to offer this excuse
for their attack on our morality.
I can remember when Anthony Comstock began his war
on the sale of obscene books, pictures and periodicals, the
booksellers, who were profiting by the circulation of such
literature, offered the excuse “ The people want it.” For a
long time they made it very hot for Anthony, but that self-
sacrificing patriot “ stood to his guns ” and the whole world
is to-day his acknowledged debtor. Only the newspapers,
shrieking for “ liberty of the press,” may now sell the vile
stuff Comstock drove from the book stores and the mails.
Some of the finest things ever printed for the uplift of
humanity are daily appearing- in the most objectionable of
the “ Yellow Terrors,” but, as a writer in the Century
Magazine says, “ it is donning the livery of heaven to serve
the devil in.” Good men buy these papers for the good
things in them, careless of the vile things that are corrupt¬
ing their boys and vulgarizing their wives and daughters.
In this connection, may I ask these two questions?
Would a brothel be less a menace to our families if, in
each room, there were a Bible and a prayer-book? Would a
gambling-hell with religious services twice a week be less
dangerous than the orthodox kind that is sometimes
“ pulled ” by the police?
These three things look alike to me. If they are alike,
then I say the people who are worth considering want none
of them, and to say they do want them is untrue, unkind,
mean and slanderous. Edward A. Abbott.
DIVISION OF WORDS.
To the Editor: Chicago, III., March 6, 1911.
Writing on the division of words, in the Typographical
Circular, official organ of the Typographical Association of
England, W. Calvert, in the leading article for February,
says :
“ Dividing according to pronunciation is not a good style
at all. How often do we find glaring differences in this con¬
nection? Many of us have our own style of pronouncing a
particular word, and there are not a few — in fact they are
legion — - who could not be dragged from their view of the
matter — no, not even by ‘ all the king’s horses and all the
king’s men.’ ”
The writer then goes on to say that “ in view of the dis¬
parity rampant at this day there is no gainsaying that
some rule is necessary.” And his rule would be: “ Stick
to root words, prefixes, and suffixes.”
If “ all the king’s horses and all the king’s men ” could
not drag English printers from their individual views of
pronunciation, pray what kind of an army would be neces¬
sary to establish a rule for the division of words?
After thirty years’ experience as a practical printer, in
ad.-rooms, proofrooms, and as linotype operator, I have
come to the conclusion that the more printer-made rules we
have, the more confused and jumbled will become the whole
question of pronunciation and division of words.
If I were establishing a printing-office of my own, I
would select a dictionary (in this country the Standard is
preeminent for printers) and state plainly to the foreman
that it was bigger than any man in the office, not excepting
the head proofreader, in the matter of spelling and divi¬
sion of words, and that it should be followed strictly.
For typographical effect it may be considered good pol¬
icy to make printers’ rules for capitalization and com¬
pounding of words, but there is absolutely no excuse under
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the sun to meddle with established authority on spelling
and division. The fads and “ opinions ” of compositors
and proofreaders concerning the latter should receive cold
treatment by foremen. They are purely trouble-breeders.
Taking up the matter of selecting an authority (dic¬
tionary) I can not agree with Mr. Calvert that the best
system is to divide words according to their building — that
is, recognizing root words, prefixes and suffixes. What
percentage of printers is able to give the root of the major¬
ity of words? And some of them even will be stumped on
prefixes and suffixes.
The most simple of all methods, to me, is to divide
words according to pronunciation, or syllable, or sound,
just as you please to call it. The weight of authority
should be just as effective in pronunciation as in spelling.
One has no more excuse for clinging to his own idea of pro¬
nunciation than he has to put into effect his own ideas of
“ building of words, and separating them accordingly.”
The prefix-and-suffix printer would divide them as follows:
in-clud-ing, em-brac-ing, con-sum-ing, crat-ed, sub-scrib-er,
slid-ing, nav-al, mak-ing, de-mon-strat-ed, etc. But how
simple when divided according to sound as follows : In-clu-
ding, em-bra-cing, con-su-ming, cra-ted, sub-scri-ber, sli¬
ding, na-val, ma-king, de-mon-stra-ted.
As showing the impracticability of following the root,
prefix and suffix system of dividing words, it is interesting
to note what is said by F. Howard Collins, in his book enti¬
tled, “Author and Printer,” intended as a guide for authors,
editors, printers, correctors of the press, compositors and
typists, and which is approved by the Master Printers’ and
Allied Trades’ Association of London, the Edinburgh Mas¬
ter Printers’ Association, the Belfast Printing Trades
Employers’ Association, and the Executive Committee of
the London Association of Correctors of the Press. Mr.
SPRING IN CANADA.— GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
Photographs by R. R. Sallows, Goderich, Ontario.
spelling. At the most, however, among American printers
only a small minority of words are pronounced in more than
one way, and some of this is brought about by a disagree¬
ment of authorities.
Some day, printers in each country may agree on one
authority for their different establishments. Certainly
such a movement would be welcomed by the men who set
type.
Before concluding, I want to call attention to the sim¬
plicity of divisions in the pronunciation system, as found in
the Standard Dictionary. Everything is forgotten except
sound. In words where it is difficult to group a letter as
belonging to a syllable so far as articulation is concerned,
the construction of the word, as to its stem or origin, is the
deciding factor. For instance, take the word de-fend-ant.
The pronunciation of each syllable is not changed in the
least by making it de-fen-dant; but preference is given to
the former because it leaves the stem of the word unbroken.
The same with su-per-in-tend-ent, con-tend-er, so-lic-it-or,
re-mind-er, pro-tect-or, etc. But you make it re-splen-dent
because there is no such woi'd as “ resplend,” and re-join-
der because the stem is not “ rejoind.” For the same rea¬
son “ it is a ten-der missive, but it may not make you a
lend-er.” “ While one may be of the male gen-der he is not
necessarily a spend-er.” These examples show that the
pronunciation is not changed in any syllable by retaining
unbroken the stem of the word.
Now let us take a number of words where the sound of
the syllable would be changed by attempting to follow the
Collins was aided in the preparation of his work by eminent
authorities in universities, editorial rooms, proofrooms and
composing-rooms, and his conclusion on the matter of divi¬
sion of words is worthy of consideration. He says:
“ The general rule for division of words — ‘ never sepa¬
rate a group of letters representing a single sound; and so
divide a word that each part retains its present sound ’ —
is the result of a large correspondence on this one point
alone. Contrary to what might be supposed, the greater
knowledge of etymology possessed by the writer, the more
he would seem to favor this division by sound. As this
matter has at first to be dealt with by the compositor alone
— for the author can not tell when writing the copy what
word will need division — it is singularly fortunate that so
easy a rule, requiring no etymological knowledge, can be
framed.”
The author then quotes Prof. W. W. Skeats, the eminent
English scholar, as follows:
“ The rule for the division of words is not ‘ the rule of
the root ’ by any means, but the rule of the sound or pro¬
nunciation. It is much best to ignore the root and go by
the sound. . . . Nothing is gained by pretending to keep
the root intact, when the spoken utterance does nothing of
the kind.”
I am firmly of the opinion that in the not far distant
future the old style of dividing according to derivation,
ignoring entirely the plain pronunciation of each syllable,
will be looked upon generally as printorial absurdity.
Yenrab.
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Compiled for The Inland Printer.
INCIDENTS IN FOREIGN GRAPHIC CIRCLES.
BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
GERMANY.
One of the oldest printing-offices in Germany, that of
Trowitzsch & Sohn, in Frankfort a. 0., will next fall attain
its two hundredth year as printery to the crown of Prussia.
The Typographic Society of Breslau, as stated in its
annual report, issued February 5, during the last year lis¬
tened to twenty-six lectures on topics interesting to print¬
ers. This would seem to be a record worth emulating.
A graphic section will be added to the Arts and Crafts
School of Frankfort a. M., to start tuition this April. An
exhibition of the work done by the instructors appointed
for this section was held February 15 to March 15, in the
Arts and Crafts Museum.
The Herder Publishing House, of Freiburg, in Baden, a
concern issuing Catholic literature, with branches in Stras-
burg, Munich, Berlin, Vienna, Karlsruhe, London, and St.
age 28.75 marks ($6.85) per week. The proposition was
unanimously adopted and referred to the proper committee
to take it up with the proprietors.
The Berlin Morgenblatt claims at present a circula¬
tion of over three hundred and fifty thousand, of which fifty
thousand are served through the postoffice. It employs 140
hand compositors and 32 typesetting machines, and has
34 rotary presses, for which three Autoplate stereotyping
machines supply the plates, of which from 1,300 to 1,500
are required for the Sunday editions.
The lithographers of Leipsic have been endeavoring for
some time to secure an increase in wages. As a result a
strike was inaugurated on January 21, which affected some
seventy concerns. This elicited conciliatory propositions
from the masters’ organization, which will probably lead to
a satisfactory aggreement. The fight, however, will con¬
tinue against the concerns whose proprietors do not belong
to the masters’ society.
On Mai'ch 12, the ninetieth birthday of the prince-
regent of Bavaria, the postoffice department of that state,
An old “ turk.”
Where timber is cheap.
CANADIAN SCENES ON THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
Photographs by R. R. Sallows, Goderich, Ontario.
A “ turkish ” camp.
Louis, Missouri, has just issued its fiftieth annual business
report. In 1861 its catalogue listed fifty works; to-day it
lists 350.
The German Typographic Union’s latest quarterly
report gives its assets on January 1, 1911, as 7,958,523.21
marks ($1,894,128.52). The total membership is given as
61,634. During the last three months of 1910 the union
paid out 273,433.30 marks ($65,675.52) for out-of-work
benefits, covering 168,249 days of woi’k lost.
At a series of meetings in various halls throughout
Berlin, attended by several thousand compositors, on Feb¬
ruary 12, the subject of making a demand for a reduction
of a day’s work from nine to eight and one-half hours, an
increase of fifteen per cent in wages and better apprentice¬
ship conditions, was discussed. It is desired to make the
minimum journeyman’s wage for those under twenty-one
years of age 26.50 marks ($6.30) and for those over that
which is a separate entity from the Reich spost, or the
imperial postoffice department of Germany, issued a new
series of jubilee stamps, in fifteen varieties, each having a
bust view of the prince-regent in hunter’s uniform. The
size of the stamps is rather large, being 4 centimeters wide
and 3 centimeters high.
According to a recent count, there are in Leipsic 259
type setting and casting machines — 44 Linotypes, 78 Typo-
graphs, 85 Monotype keyboards and 52 Monotype casters.
This record of a medium size city ought to serve as an
answer to a question put to the writer by several American
printers, whose hazy ideas as to the progress of the art in
other countries led them to ask, “Are there any typesetting
machines in Germany? ”
A book-art exposition, under the auspices of the Ger¬
man Society of Book Artists, held in the German Book
Trades Museum at Leipsic, was started March 19 and will
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continue until May 7. It is the intention to make this col¬
lection of artistic productions in the field of printing- and
bookbinding- a traveling institution, to be shown in various
German cities. The collection of such work displayed at the
Brussels Exposition last summer, by the German Society of
Book Artists, was honored by a grand prize.
A very numerously signed petition has been presented to
the Reichstag, asking that the government prescribe a more
extended use of the Roman (Antique) letters instead of the
customary German (Fraktur) forms. The petition was cir¬
culated for signatures by the Society for the General Adop¬
tion of old-style type, whose headquarters are at Cologne.
Roman type is called “Altschrift ” (old script) in Ger¬
many, a recognition of the fact that it is older than the
Gothic or Fraktur script. It is not proposed to drive out
the Fraktur entirely, but that it be not taught in the public
schools until the third or fourth school year. The petition
has for the present been referred to the chancellor of the
empire for consideration. This action on the part of the
advocates of the Roman (or Latin, as it is often called)
has stirred up the friends of the Fraktur or Gothic type,
who have also an organization, and they have made a
counter petition to the chancellor.
At the session, on January 25, of the Typographic Asso¬
ciation, held at Leipsic, Herr Otto Neubert reviewed the new
“ German Colorbook,” from the standpoint of the printer.
He regretted that but few technical societies had paid any
attention to this exceedingly important subject, as it was
imperative to bring order out of the present chaos in the
naming of colors. He collated the desires of the printers in
the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted:
(1) A restriction on the part of the inkmakers in the pro¬
duction of new color shades (nuances) and fantastic names
for them; (2) the general adoption of labels similar to
those introduced by Forster & Borries, of Zwickau, in Sax¬
ony, upon which are stated all the ingredients composing
the ink in the can or package, and the inclusion of this
information in the price-lists and specimen-sheets; (3) that
ink manufacturers avoid the addition of all extra or filling-
material, and that in the grinding of colors nothing but the
purest linseed varnishes be used; (4) in the “German
Colorbook ” we desire the inclusion of all fundamental col¬
ors found on the market, together with their customary
designations; (5) a practical and simplified color-scale, with
a presentation of shades and the effects of mixtures, which
scale shall serve as a guide to the ink manufacturers to
determine the correct shades, and in addition to which the
consistency of inks and their pigmental content must also
be determined by fixed percentages; (6) that it be required
of paper manufacturers that with tinted papers above a
certain price be given a certificate stating the degree of
resistance to the action of light, just as is now given
respecting the wood-pulp content of paper.
ENGLAND.
In January last occurred the death of Mr. Charles
Willey, who was for fifty years a compositor on the Bir¬
mingham Daily Gazette.
Reports concerning a certain new printing process,
which reappear almost periodically, are again making the
rounds in the European and American press, both general
and technical. It is that of printing without ink, by means
of an electrical current passing through from the type to
the cylinder, through the paper as the “ impression ” is
made, the current changing the color of certain chemicals
with which the paper is impregnated. According to the
Technical World Magazine, an English engineer has per¬
fected the idea; even to the extent of being able to print in
various colors.
The Amalgamated Press, Limited, publishers of the
Harmsworth publications, the Daily Mail and Evening Post,
of London, and numerous other daily and weekly period¬
icals in that city and the provinces, in its last fiscal year
earned about $1,200,000. Its presiding officer, Cecil B.
Harmsworth, at the recent annual meeting of the stock¬
holders said that the future prospects of the company were
still more promising, because, beginning with the coming
May, the delivery of paper from its new factory at Graves¬
end, at the mouth of the Thames, would begin. This sub¬
enterprise is conducted under the name of the International
Mills. The Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company,
at Grand Falls, Newfoundland, the majority of whose stock
belongs to the Amalgamated Press, furnishes the wood-
pulp for the Gravesend factory. The Grand Falls concern,
which also supplies paper for the Mai! and the Post, is very
profitable. The government of Newfoundland has hon¬
ored the company for its establishing such extensive works
at Grand Falls, by placing a view of the buildings on its
new ten-cent postage stamps.
The struggle for a shorter workday and other ameliora¬
tions is still on, and the situation is in such a problematic
state that it would be unwise to make any predictions as
to its outcome. Representatives of the employers and the
men had two conferences in January, which resulted in a
deadlock. All that the employers were willing to concede
was one-half hour. The original demand came from the
employees’ federation as a whole, and seemed to be gen¬
eral throughout England, but unexpectedly the unions out¬
side of London withdrew from the movement for the time
being. But if the men did not present a united front
neither did the masters in opposition. About fifty employ¬
ing concerns in London immediately granted the men’s
demands, and about 235 started the fifty-hour week and as
to the other points in controversy agreed to be bound by the
final decision of the employers regarding further conces¬
sions. Though the provincial unions wavered, the London
unions stood pat. There was formed the London Printing
Trades Committee, in which were joined the Compositors’
Society, the Association of Correctors of the Press, the
National Society of Operative Printers’ Assistants, the
Amalgamated Association of Pressmen, the Platen Machine
Minders’ Union, the Printing Machine Managers’ Society,
the Amalgamated Typefounders’ Society and the Amalga¬
mated Society of Warehousemen and Cutters. Three thou¬
sand of their members handed in their resignations to the
employers who had denied their demands. Some large firms
added fuel to the flames by locking out many of their people.
It is feared that if the employers adhere to certain resolu¬
tions passed at a meeting on February 1, of representatives
from forty-one provincial centers, which indicate a disposi¬
tion to assist the London employers, the strike may yet
spread over the country. The employees at Manchester
have shown themselves lately as disposed to assist the move¬
ment by going on a strike.
EGYPT.
During the past winter season Cairo experienced a
flood of publications. The number of new ones was aug¬
mented in December by the starting of L’ Illustration Egyp-
tienne, a pictorial review printed in French and Italian,
and gotten up in very fine style. Besides articles on litera¬
ture and art, this publication includes illustrated treatises
on historical subjects, for which the land of the Pharoahs
can supply endless material and assure this review a per¬
manent existence. Next the Gazette des Tribuneaux Mixtes
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d’Egypte, devoted to legal, trade and commercial matters,
and a small English weekly, The Obelisk. Beginning with
this year appeared the first Jewish journal of Egypt in
French, entitled Israel. Also a French art and sport
weekly, La Saison d’Egypte. Finally, an English weekly,
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permitted. The term of apprenticeship is made four years,
and the number of learners is limited to one for every four
journeymen. Apprentices must undergo a medical exam¬
ination, and the masters and men must see to it that their
technical instruction is not neglected. Apprentices are not
FOX AND GEESE.
Photographs by R. R. Sallows, Goderich, Ontario.
The Egyptian Observer, on account of its world-wide cor¬
respondence and special telegraph service, and also much
French matter, should acquire popularity. These new pub¬
lications are printed in already existing printing-offices.
Should they be able to keep up during the summer season,
the craft in Egypt would be much delighted, as promising
increased work for the future.
HUNGARY.
A NEW wage agreement was entered into at the begin¬
ning of the year between the masters and men in the litho¬
graphic, chemigraphic and copperplate printing trades of
allowed to work overtime. No office belonging to the mas¬
ters’ association shall do work for offices whose employees
are on strike. The life of the agreement is eight years, but
may be renewed from year to year after that.
SWITZERLAND.
The oddity of a printer being haled before court for
overworking linotype machines was lately presented in
Zurich. The offender was charged with having worked
some of these machines twelve hours a day, “ contrary to
the statute for such case made and provided,” under which
no factory can be operated more than eleven hours in one
DUCKS.
Photographs by R. R. Sallows, Goderich, Ontario.
Hungary. The workday is fixed at eight and one-quarter
hours. Pay for holidays will be given. The wages have
been raised generally. Overtime is only permitted when it
is impossible to find extra help or where the mechanical
outfit of the office is limited. Systematic overtime is not
day. A heavy fine was inflicted. The prosecution was at
the instance of the federal factory inspector. The printer
appealed, and the judge before whom the case next came
held that the law in question applied to men and not to
machines, and as it was proven that none of the operators
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had worked more than eight hours a day judgment was
given in favor of the appellant. But the prosecutor was
not satisfied and in turn appealed to the Supreme Court,
which, however, upheld the decision of the court below,
remitted the fine and ordered that the government pay all
costs. Furthermore, the court suggested to the factory
inspection department that it had interpreted its functions
too arbitrarily, thus causing needless interference with
business.
FRANCE.
A French veteran printer, M. Hubert Labbe, who
worked seventy-one years in one office, at Reims, died last
December, at the age of eighty-four years.
At the beginning of last year 36,305 persons engaged in
the French printing, paper and allied trades were members
of trades unions, as compared with 17,040 in January, 1901.
M. L. Lafontaine, a lithographer of Paris, has offered
an annual prize of 500 francs ($100) for the best original
lithographic work exhibited each year in the Salon of
French Artists. The contestants must be Frenchmen.
An English firm at Versailles, M. A. Houghon & Cie.,
possesses a collection of about one hundred thousand jour¬
nals published in the time of the French Revolution and the
first empire (1789-1815), in seven languages. It recently
published a catalogue of the rarer specimens in the collec¬
tion.
Some of the big Parisian dailies seem to have it in for
one another, and especially against a newcomer in the field,
Excelsior, started about five months ago. One way of car¬
rying on the fight for advantage was by Le Matin, Le
Figaro and the New York Herald (Paris edition) engaging
a special earlier train to carry their papers to the prov¬
inces. This undertaking is directed not only against Excel¬
sior, but also against Le Journal and the Daily Mail (Paris
edition of the London Mail) , the latter being fought by the
Herald.
BELGIUM.
In Charleroi thirty offices have granted the demand of
the printers for a nine-hour day.
The city council of Ghent recently refused to make an
appropriation to purchase a typesetting machine for the
printing-trade school of the city, on the ground that “ type¬
setting machines lessen the labor of workmen, consequently
they have no place in a professional school.”
The printers in the province of Liege are asking for a
nine-hour workday and a wage minimum of 5 francs (96%
cents) per day. Strikes have occurred in the cities of Liege
and Verviers. The demand affects only the book and job
printers, as the newspaper compositors for some time have
had an eight-hour day and the minimum wage of 5 francs.
FINLAND.
Russia is more or less dependent upon Finland for its
supply of paper, partly because of the Finnish manufac¬
turers’ free use of improved machinery and the application
of late discoveries in chemistry.
About two thousand compositors, lithographers and
processworkers have been on a strike in Finland since the
first of the year. The last wage agreement having termi¬
nated, the men made a demand for an increase of about
twelve and a half per cent in wages. Fifteen social-demo¬
cratic and five smaller offices have agreed to a temporary
tariff, affecting three hundred work people.
There is always a best way to do a thing if
it be but to boil an egg. — Emerson.
This department is designed to record methods of shorten¬
ing labor and of overcoming difficult problems in printing. The
methods used by printers to accomplish any piece of work re¬
corded here are open to discussion. Contributions are solicited.
Registering a Form of Linotype Pages — A Quick Way
of Getting a Perfect Register with Springy
Linotype Pages.
All stonemen are aware that it is hard to register a
form of springy linotype pages — at each unlocking of form
you get a different lock-up — registering one time and the
next lock-up it is “ way off.”
The method which I use in the office where I am em¬
ployed is giving perfect satisfaction. While it is a depar¬
ture from the usual way of locking pages, it is the easiest
and quickest way of locking up the springy pages and get¬
ting them to register perfectly without even the use of a
square.
The accompanying diagram will possibly be a help to
make the method clear.
You have a sixteen-page form to impose. The type-
pages being 22 by 37 picas. Use forty-pica furniture for
the side furniture, filling in three picas of slugs to the
A— Type page, 22 x 37 picas.
B— 40-pica furniture.
C— 25-pica furniture.
D— Pica slugs, 3 x 22 picas, added to
type page to make 40 picas.
LOCK-UP FOR A SPRINGY LINOTYPE FORM.
pages (either at top or bottom of the pages) to make forty
picas in length. At top and bottom of pages use twenty-
five-pica furniture. Arrange the twenty-five-pica furni¬
ture so that each end will lock against the foot of the forty-
pica furniture. You will thus see that it will be impossible
to squeeze the page any farther than exactly the forty picas
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79
— the length of the side furniture. At the same time care
must be taken that page is justified enough to lift — the
page must not, however, extend beyond the forty picas —
that would put it out of register.
The same method may be used on all forms of linotype
pages, from a two-page to a sixty-four-page, with best
results.
Where pages have two or three columns of slugs it is
just as simple, saving an immense lot of time in getting the
register, the side furniture preventing one column from
locking together any tighter than the other. — William B.
Mohr.
How to Lay out an Envelope Form.
In these days of gigantic corporations, which use im¬
mense amounts of stationery and other printed matter, it is
often imperatively necessary for the printer to know how
to execute large orders to the best advantage. Take envel¬
opes, for instance; these can be run in sheets and the stock
die-cut and made up afterward. The enclosed diagram is
for a sheet of double folio (22 by 34 inches) and furnishes
eleven envelopes, No. 6. The cost of manufacturing a thou¬
sand envelopes amounts to about 40 cents, so that when the
price of the stock is known the cost of printing and making
up can be easily ascertained. The manufacturers of envel¬
opes are always willing to supply diagrams giving layouts
for the different sizes and shapes. This diagram is usually
portion for the envelopes, thus insuring beyond doubt that
the color and quality of the stock will be identical for both
orders. — Leon Ivan.
Setting a Line of Type around the Inside of a
Circle.
A difficult and time-consuming task is to set a line of
type around the inside of a circle and justify it so that it
will “ lift ” and at the same time each letter will maintain
its proper position and not lean to one side. I have found
the following an easy and satisfactory solution :
Find the inside diameter of your type-circle and multiply
by three. For example : If the inside of a brass circle meas¬
ures nine picas, and you are to use twelve-point type, your
LAYOUT FOR AN ENVELOPE FORM.
oiled, to make it transparent, and placed face down on a
suitable-sized mount; a tack is then driven into the wood
till it is type-high at each corner of the envelope, and the
electros for the printing then nailed on in their respective
positions; these comer tacks serve as a guide in lining up
the plates on the form or press proof; and after it is found
that every plate is in its proper position they may be driven
down so that they will not print, but not so low but that
they may be readily raised to serve as markers for a second
run, if another order for the same size envelopes is forth¬
coming.
In case letter-heads, etc., are wanted on the same stock,
half the sheet may be used for such purpose and the other
inside diameter will be seven picas, which multiplied by
three results in twenty-one ems. Set your stick to this
measure, and set the line, using no quads larger than the
en quad. Take a strip of postal card or other flexible,
tough stock the width of a lead and glue to the 1 ne of type.
When the glue sets the line may be lifted, curved to posi¬
tion and placed inside the circle. If desired, the line may
be set in two or more parts. Tighten by spi-ing between
the ends of the cardboard strip, fill the 1 alance of the
space inside the circle firmly with type or o' her material,
and it will be found that no further labor is ne.cv svy to
secure perfect results. Less than ten minute wa; ’aquireJ
to prepare the accompanying specimen, and tb n •oop was
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pulled without any matter other than the strip inside the
circle of type. — H. E. Gonder.
A Distributing Box with Removable Bottom for
Figure Distribution.
Randolph Langreth, assistant foreman for the W. B.
Conkey Company, Hammond, Indiana, has invented and put
into practical use a convenience for figure distribution, an
illustration of which is shown herewith. The case measures
about 5 by 19 inches and the box is of a depth of 2V2 inches.
The box is placed on the regular case which is above the
galley of tables being distributed. The box will hold a
great deal more than the ordinary figure-boxes. The bot¬
toms of the boxes are held in by a catch as shown in Ef —
Fig. 2. By turning this to the right or left, the bottom is
released, pulled out and contents dropped through (See illus-
SUPPLEMENTARY FIGURE OR SORT BOXES, WITH REMOVABLE BOTTOMS.
Designed by Randolph Langreth, Hammond, Indiana.
tration of Box 9, Fig. 1). The boxes are also practical for
various uses beside that of tabular distribution, as the car¬
rying of lower-case and capital sorts. Where some print¬
ers must use a galley to carry two or three little piles and
make several trips, the use of this device enables the
printer to carry sixteen of that many different kinds at
once. By pulling out the bottom of each box, and dropping
the sorts into the hand, much time is saved. The device is
simple in construction and can be made at small cost. Once
in the office, the printer will wonder how he ever got along
without it.
Gummed Labels.
A Kansas City cigar man ordered one million gummed
labels, enough to last him several years, in order to get the
low price offered in large quantities. The label man told
him to place the boxes so the labels would stand edgeways
and they would not stick together. He did so and had prac¬
tically no loss. A few boxes were carelessly left flat and
they were each a solid mass. This is worth remembering. —
Pointers.
H ow I Made a Triangle.
Recently an advertisement was given me calling for a
triangle made up of rule. As we had no angle quads this
was not an easy matter.
The method I used may be helpful to some brother
printer who is up against the same proposition. We had
plenty of six-point black rule, mitered corners, so I used
that. The accompanying sketch will show the method of
making the triangle.
As type was to surround the triangle I built it up on the
same measure as my advertisement was to be. As can be
seen in the sketch, slugs surround the rule. When I had it
all built up I poured metal into the triangle formed by the
rule. This made the whole thing rigid. I then took away
the slugs and built up my type-matter on the form of rule
and metal, using the method common with angular composi¬
tion. The arrows show method of joining rule. Rule C
THE I bVSCMF.R.
THE TRIANGLE AS COMPLETED.
must be the thickness of the rule shorter than Rule B, or
the reverse. — • W. S. Brownell.
Suggestion. — Where metal is to be poured into the trian¬
gle to give it rigidity, it seems unnecessary to build it up in
this manner with slugs. By placing the right angle of the
triangle in the corner of a galley, with a slug outside each
of the sides formed of rule, the triangle could be tied up
securely with string, and the metal poured in. This would
be a much quicker method. — Editor.
To Prevent Brass Circles Moving in a Form.
Circles with type inserted in or outside of them slip out
of line easily, as it is difficult to hold them securely by fric¬
tion alone when the form is locked and unlocked frequently
To hold a circle securely I have used the plan illustrated
herewith and find it works most successfully. I drill holes
in the side of the circle as shown in the illustration, and
METHOD OF HOLDING A CIRCLE IN POSITION.
surrounding it with any suitable material so as to form a
mold of the required width, I pour in hot linotype or stereo¬
type metal. This casts with a lug in the holes as shown in
the illustration, and when locked up, there can be no chang¬
ing of the position of the circle. — Benjamin E. Hamilton.
NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION AT SEA.
It seems extraordinary to read of the circulation of a
daily paper published on shipboard reaching 2,500, but such
has been, we are told, the circulation of the Cunard Daily
Bulletin on the Lusitania, though the average daily circu¬
lation is nearer 2,000. It is a twenty-three-page journal,
printed on expensive glazed paper, and costing 5 cents a
copy. It goes to press at 1 A.M. and can be delivered to pas¬
sengers, if they so desire, in their berths early next morn¬
ing. The editor gets his material, apparently, chiefly from
the wireless service, and he has a place reserved for every¬
thing, from general election returns to stock-exchange quo¬
tations. — The Queen.
PROGRAMME
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Then Shall The Redeemer
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Mr. Abbott
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Mr. Frank Rich and Choir
The People That W alked in Darkness . Chorus
Miss Abbott
Arise, Shine, for Thy Light is Come . Chorus
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In this series of articles the problems of job composition
will he discussed, and illustrated with numerous examples.
These discussions and examples will be specialized and treated
as exhaustively as possible, the examples being criticized on
fundamental principles — the basis of all art expression. By
this method the printer will develop his taste and skill, not on
mere dogmatic assertion, but on recognized and clearly defined
laws.
That this recognition and appreciation of ability on the
part of the individual is right and proper none will deny,
although in the competition and push of American indus¬
trial life the personality is usually lost in the organization.
This spirit of losing sight of the individual responsible for
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Fiq. 2. — Determining, by cancellation, which pages go in the outside section.
Do you ever wonder, when you see the work of some
typographer reproduced and commented upon favorably,
just what sort of a fellow he is — • what his appearance is,
what his surroundings in the shop are, and by what proc¬
esses, mental and physical, he succeeds in the production of
printing that wins attention?
Of course you do. And yet this intimate, personal side
of the matter is rarely touched upon.
You who have been reading The Inland Printer for
any length of time are quite familiar with the names and
work of certain printers noted for the excellence of their
product. Their names together with some reproductions of
their work have been before you at various times and you
have become more or less acquainted with them. You
know, in a way, of Eli Black, of Cleveland; H. A. Anger,
of Seattle; E. W. Stutes, of Spokane, and a dozen others.
Fig. 1. — Ordinary four-page form. The order of this layout is the key to
the eight, sixteen and thirty-two page forms.
But of the personal side — the “human interest” side —
of these men who are working and thinking and studying
to improve their work, and are then giving the results to
others through their contribution to the trade journals, you
realize but little.
Believing that the readers are interested in knowing
more about the personal characteristics of those with whose
work they are in a measure familiar, more about their
environment and their ideas concerning typography, I have
arranged to publish in this department each month an arti¬
cle devoted to one of the personalities in question. The
first of these articles will appear in the May issue.
These stories — for that is what in reality they will be
— are to be in a measure biographical, but with especial
emphasis placed upon the conditions and lines of study
which enabled these men to stamp their individuality upon
their product and make it distinctive. Their ideas on what
constitutes good typography and its economical production
also will be given, and, in the light of their acknowledged
success in their chosen fields, will be of especial interest.
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the work can not be conducive to the highest development
of craftsmanship. That this is recognized by some is shown
in the fact that the French and German governments
insisted, at the St. Louis Exposition, that credit for the
various exhibits be given to the workers who participated
in their production.
And so we feel that this series of articles will serve to
bring us into closer relations with each other and at the
Fig. 3. — The outside section of an eight-page is laid in the same order as
is the four-page form.
same time awaken, by its appreciative attitude, a stronger
spirit of true craftsmanship among our readers.
Do you have trouble in remembering how to lay out cer¬
tain forms? Do you sometimes forget just how to impose
a thirty-two, or even a sixteen? Most printers do, espe¬
cially those who only occasionally have a large form to
send to press.
And yet much of the trouble and worry incident to
this inability to keep constantly in one’s mind the various
Fig. 4. — Page 2, which is to back up page 1, must be in the opposite
corner.
forms of imposition may be avoided. The great bulk of
imposition, considering both the large and small offices,
consists of forms of four, eight, sixteen and thirty-two
pages — to be folded by hand — and the memorizing of one
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simple fact regarding these forms will give one the key to
all of them. And that simple fact is:
The outside section of a form is imposed in the same
order as is a form of half its size.
In other words, the outside section of an eight-page form
is laid out in the same order as is a four-page form; the
Fig. 5. — The completed imposition of the eight-page form.
outside section of a sixteen-page form is laid out in the
same order as is an eight-page form; and the outside sec¬
tion of a thirty-two-page form is laid out in the same order
as is a sixteen-page form.
Each of these forms contains two sections, or halves,
known as the inside and outside sections. The outside sec-
Fig. 6. — The outside section of a sixteen-page form is imposed in the same
order as is an eight-page form.
tion or half of the form is the section which contains the
first folio, or the folio which is on the outside when the
sheet is folded.
Let us follow this out and note the results. In Fig. 1
we have an ordinary four-page form. The order of this
layout is the key to the others and is all that one needs
actually memorize.
Now, having our foui‘-page form, the next question is to
evolve from it a form of eight pages. To do this, we must
first divide our eight pages into outside and inside sections.
This is best done by a system of cancellation. Page 1 is, of
course, to go in the outside section. The next two pages go
in the inside section, the following two in the outside sec¬
tion, and so on, each alternate two pages being put in differ¬
ent sections. In Fig. 2 is shown an illustration of this
system of cancellation, showing the pages which go in the
inside and outside sections of the eight, sixteen and thirty-
two page forms. Of course one does not find it necessary,
after the first time or two, to mark down the pages and
cross them out, as he can readily place them mentally.
Fig. 8. — The completed imposition of the sixteen-page form.
To proceed with the laying out of the eight-page form:
We note by the table of cancellations that the outside sec¬
tion of an eight-page form consists of pages 1, 4, 5 and 8,
and the inside section of pages 2, 3, 6 and 7. We now lay
the pages of the outside section in the order of the regular
four-page form shown in Fig. 1, and the result is as shown
in Fig. 3.
Fig. 9. — The outside section of a thirty-two is imposed in the same order
as is a sixteen.
Now — remembering that in printing a form of this
kind the pages are all printed on one side of the sheet, the
sheet then turned over and printed on the other side from
the same form, and then cut in two, making two complete
copies — we will, in laying the inside section, place the
pages in such positions that they are directly opposite the
pages which they are to back up. For instance, page 2 is
to back up page 1, and so, as page 1 will be on one corner
of the sheet, we place page 2 in such position that it will be
on the opposite corner. See Fig. 4.
This accomplished, it is an easy matter to place the other
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83
pages. In fact, one could hardly place them wrong- if he
tried, for it naturally follows that page 3 goes on the back
of page 4, etc. Then we have the completed form, as shown
in Fig. 5.
We now proceed to evolve from this the sixteen-page
form. Taking the folios for the outside section of the
Fig. 10. — Showing the placing of page 2 to back page 1, in the thirty-two-
page form.
sixteen-page form — shown by the cancellation in Fig. 2 to
be 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13 and 16 — we lay them out in the same
order as the diagram shown in Fig. 5, with the result shown
in Fig. 6. This is known as the outside section of a sixteen-
page form.
Following the same method that was used in the laying
out of the eight-page form, we place page 2 at the opposite
corner of the sheet, as shown in Fig. 1.
To anticipate the question, “ Why don’t you, in placing
page 2 in the opposite corner, follow the same direction
that is followed in laying out the eight-page form? ” the
part of the diagram which is in dotted lines is shown. You
will note that the outside section is oblong — considerably
larger one way than it is the other. It naturally follows
that if we lay the two sections or oblongs end to end it
would require a long, narrow sheet on which to print them,
while if they are laid side to side the sheet will be more
nearly square and of better shape to handle. (It may be
said, however, that no matter whether the sections are laid
out end to end or side to side, the ultimate result, after the
sheet is cut in two, is the same.)
And so, following with the rest of the pages as was done
in the case of the eight-page form, we get the result shown
in Fig. 8.
To evolve the thirty-two-page form from the sixteen-
page form is simply a repetition of the steps taken in the
smaller forms. Taking the pages of the outside section, we
lay them out in the order of the sixteen-page form and get
the result shown in Fig. 9.
Again placing page 2 in the corner opposite page 1,
keeping in mind that the two sections or oblongs are to be
laid side by side, and not end to end, we begin the laying
out of the inside section as shown in Fig. 10, and upon com¬
pleting the placing of the pages our form will be as shown
in Fig. 11. (In this connection it may be said, however,
that although the thirty-two-page form to be folded by hand
is ordinarily imposed as shown in Fig. 11, a transposition
of the two halves of the form, bringing page 1 where page
13 is here shown, will facilitate the folding, as it eliminates
the “ flopping ” of the sheet.)
It may also be of considerable help for the beginner to
remember that pages which back each other must be at
equal distances from the center of the form.
The printer does not consider space relations as care¬
fully as he should. All typographical design centers around
the breaking up of the surface into given spaces — this
breaking up being done either by the placing of lines or
groups of lines in the space, or by the division of the sur-
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Fig. 12. — A careful regard for space relations would suggest that
the panel be divided into smaller panels of various sizes. Compare
with Fig. 13.
face into panels. Perhaps it is in the use of these panels
that the printer shows his carelessness in the matter of
space relations.
Whether or not it is because of his constant association
with the relatively inflexible material with which he pro¬
duces his designs, the fact remains that the average printer
likes uniformity. He prefers to center things in their
respective spaces, and he prefers to divide spaces into panels
of equal size and shape. Where space divisions are equal
there is monotony in the design, and it is not monotony, but
variety, that makes for pleasing arrangements.
In Fig. 12 is shown an illustration of this point. The
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original is the title-page of a program. Considering it
solely from the standpoint of space relations, we find that
the compositor has divided the panel at the left into smaller
panels of equal size, each one taking up the same amount of
space as does the ornament between them. In addition to
this, he has placed the three lines of text directly opposite
the center of the large panel and directly in the center of the
page.
In the resetting, Fig. 13, this has been changed. Variety
has been added to the panel design by reducing the size of
JL.
Ulonbay Gunning
Ilf
Musical ffllub
T
January 6, 1908
—
Fig. 13. — Here the variety in the sizes of the siliall panels,
together with the placing of the lines of type, makes for a pleasing
proportion. Compare with Fig. 12.
the upper small panel, thus enlarging the lower one. This
brings the decorative spot in such position that placing the
lines of text opposite it brings them into a pleasing position
as regards the page as a whole.
THE HERO.
I celebrate no warrior bold
Who fought in freedom’s cause,
No statesman, no proud lord of gold,
Who made or broke the laws.
Nay, nay ! I sing an humble wight,
Obscure, unknown, aloof,
The man who reads what others write,
The man who reads the proof !
He reads perforce, nor may escape
Each line of all that’s writ.
And puts it into decent shape
(Barring the thought or wit).
He may not “ skip,” as others do,
But painfully wades through it ;
A hero-reader, he, ’tis true,
Though he is paid to do it !
— Chicago Journal.
AN OLD-TIME TRADE NOTE.
A Boston typemaker, who occasionally dumps old type
into his melting-kettle, has several times been scared half
out of his wits by violent explosions in the molten fluid, and
now, after investigation into the cause thereof, he requests
the printers of New England not to put any more pistol
cartridges into their old typ q.— Printer’s Circular, May,
1877.
SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION.
A correspondent asks the opinion of School Education
on the following clipping taken from a widely read maga¬
zine : “ In a recent test ten educated men were asked to pro¬
nounce twenty not uncommon English words. The judges
said that only one of the ten pronounced as many as twelve
of the words correctly. Whence arose renewed discussion
of the common mispronunciation of English.”
Well, what of it? The importance of correct spelling
and pronunciation is very great — from one point of view;
from another, it is exceedingly small. Unfortunately, a mas¬
tery of the ridiculous, complicated, contradictory, and non¬
sensical orthography of the English language has become a
sort of educational shibboleth — a test of scholarship. To
a certain extent it is a true test because the tradition that
“ spelling ” is fundamental to learning still obtains, and so
children in school are drilled and tortured and wheedled and
badgered to make them experts in the jugglery of word
building before they are permitted to enter upon the worth¬
while studies. And so the chances are that one who can not
spell and pronounce phtheiremia and some hundreds of
equally ridiculous combinations is poor in grammar and
arithmetic.
From another point of view, spelling and pronunciation
are of relatively little worth. If the doctor cures us we
won’t want to commit suicide when we read potasiam
bromide on his prescription. A good railroad bridge will
not sink under a heavy train because the engineer who
built it called for gurdors in a written order. We recall a
scholarly divine who habitually pronounced insidious as if
the third syllable were a u instead of an i.
And so, while correctness in the particulars mentioned
is, in fact, a standard, it is a false one. It is to be hoped
that the twentieth century will not pass until English-
speaking school children shall be relieved of the shackels of
orthography and orthoepy — until English shall be spelled
“ as she is spoke,” and shall be “ spoke ” as she is spelled. —
Minneapolis (Minn.) School Education.
A PRINTER’S HOME.
Residence of W. J. Meenam, journeyman printer,
1 Arnold avenue, Amsterdam, New York.
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Under this head will be briefly reviewed brochures, booklets
and specimens of printing sent in for criticism. Literature sub¬
mitted for this purpose should be marked “For Criticism,” and
directed to The Inland Printer Company, Chicago.
Postage on packages containing specimens must not be in¬
cluded in packages of specimens, unless letter postage is placed
on the entire package.
C. Harmony, Sapulpa, Oklahoma. — All of your specimens are excellent,
both in design and color harmony, and we find nothing to criticize in
any of them. Your arrangements of cover-pages for the envelope leaflets
are very pleasing and we show herewith reproductions of two of them.
Chas. T. Burgess, St. Louis, Missouri. — The March calendar is a clever
design and well printed.
J. W. Archibald, Salem, Ohio. — We find nothing to criticize in either
of the specimens submitted.
Bertram B. Udell, Wilmette, Illinois. — The invitation is unique and
should attract much favorable attention.
John McCormick, Troy, New York. — -The letter-head is very neat and
attractive, and the color combination is excellent.
The Penton Press, Cleveland, Ohio. — The series of portraits presents an
excellent appearance, the work being well handled throughout.
Ruter W. Springer, Fort Schuyler, New York. — The circular for Saks
& Co. is a very clever idea and is well worked out in arrangement.
H. Emmet Green, Anthony, Kansas. — The commercial specimens are
fully in keeping with your usual high standard of work, and the manner in
which you have confined the various jobs to few type-faces is unusually
SECOND ANNUAL
BANQUET
Of THE UNION BROTHER¬
HOOD of ANTHONY, KANS.
HOTEL MONTEZUMA
FEBRUARY TWENTIETH
NINETEEN AND ELEVEN
A pleasing page, by H. Emmet Green, Anthony,
Kansas. Original in colors.
pleasing. Your use of the geometric ornaments on the menu and program
for the banquet is very good, and we show herewith a reproduction of it.
The other specimens are all excellent, both in design and color, and we find
no criticism to offer regarding any of them.
Geo. H. Chandler, Asbury Park, New Jersey. — All of the specimens
are well arranged and the colors are thoroughly harmonious. The letter¬
head of the Acme Engraving & Printing Company is very interesting and
shows an ingenious use of letters in the border. The colors are also good.
Attractive envelope leaflet pages, by C. Harmony, Sapulpa, Oklahoma.
Corday & Gross, Cleveland, Ohio. — The catalogue for the Rauch & Lang
Carriage Company is unusually attractive in color and arrangement, as well
as in the manner in which the mechanical details have been carried out.
The manner in which the backgrounds have been placed behind the illus-
A handsome catalogue page, by Corday & Gross, Cleveland, Ohio.
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trations is unusually pleasing and we show herewith a reproduction of one
of them.
From Chas. E. Lockhart, instructor of the printing department of the
Indiana Boys’ School, Plainfield, Indiana, we have received a package of
A calendar from The Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company, Bos¬
ton, Massachusetts, is a handsome piece of work in fourteen printings.
Jerry Jackson, Niagara Falls, New York. — : The ticket is unusually
pleasing, both in colors and arrangement. The title-page is well displayed,
voi- io THE no •’
Indiana Boys
Advocate
'• - ' rt 81 >»H*9 MOMHU mOM iMK ■
1 INDIANA BOYS SCliOOl-
FEBRUARY, 1911
jrjci . .. ,4
;4
Cover-designs of the monthly publication of the Indiana Boys’ School, Plainfield, Indiana.
specimens of work done by the boy students. Chief among these examples although there is some question as to whether the use of lower-case instead
are copies of the Indiana Boys’ Advocate, a monthly' publication. While the of capitals in the two groups of small type would not make the reading
publication is well handled throughout, the cover-designs, a new one of easier.
which appears each month, are exceptionally interesting, and we show II. S. Blackburn, Tacoma, Washington. — Your specimens, both adver-
herewith reproductions of three of them. The originals were in two colors tisements and commercial stationery, are well gotten up, and offer little
on heavy cover-stock. opportunity for criticism. Your use of white space in the advertisement
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for the tailoring company is very pleasing, although there is just a trifle
too much between the words in the first line. A little letter-spacing would
prevent this.
Alvin E. Mow rev, Franklin, Pennsylvania. — All of the specimens are
good in design and color harmony, and we find nothing to criticize in any
of them.
H. L. Leggett, Ottawa, Canada. — All of the specimens are pleasing in
design and show excellent lettering and color harmony. We reproduce
herewith the first page of the folder valentine, containing the italic letter
and decoration to harmonize.
Specimens from the Armstrong Printing Company, Wichita, Kansas,
show an unusually careful regard for color harmony, margins and appro¬
priate paper stock. One of the most striking examples is a booklet for
the Institute of Musical Art, the cover of which we show herewith in
Attractive lettered cover, from the Armstrong Printing Company,
Wichita, Kansas.
reproduction. The original was on brown stock, the rules being in gold
and the balance of the page in red-brown. The use of the hand-lettering
gives the page a particularly pleasing appearance.
N. E. Stevens, Paxton, Illinois. — The three-color design is an excellent
one and shows up unusually well. Your letter-head design is also original
and pleasing.
T. H. Stark, Louisville, Kentucky. — The printed samples of paper stock
are very good, the one advertising Kling Kraft paper being an exceptionally
pleasing design.
A calendar from the Thomas D. Murphy Company, Red Oak, Iowa,
shows an excellent three-color reproduction of a charming western landscape
by Thomas Moran.
Melvin L. Lanterman, Middleton, Michigan. — The banquet program and
menu are neatly arranged, and the poor joints in the rule border are the
only points open for criticism.
J. L. Chesnutt, Kansas City, Missouri.— We think that breaking up
the wording in the manner shown on the booklet cover is inadvisable, and
would suggest that a plain panel of the words, instead of fashioning them
into a design, would be preferable. The type which you have used is too
light in tone to harmonize with the border.
We always open a package of specimens from the Corday & Gross Com¬
pany, Cleveland, Ohio, with pleasant anticipation — and we have yet to be
disappointed as to the quality of the contents. Few concerns sending in
specimens of regular work maintain the high average in excellence of out¬
put that is characteristic of this company. The latest package of speci¬
mens, consisting of booklets and catalogues, contains some exceptionally
choice work, both in design and mechanical execution. Perhaps the most
striking thing is a catalogue cover printed in flat tones in colors. We show
herewith a reproduction of it.
The Ferro Machine & Foundry Company, Cleveland, Ohio, sends a cata¬
logue on which the offset process has been used with good effect on a
rough cover, the illustration having a photogravure effect.
Bert P. Mill, Idaho Falls, Idaho. — The large advertisement is excep¬
tionally well gotten up, the border being veiy pleasing. There is, however,
a noticeable tendency toward the use of too many different type-faces in the
display.
Will M. Trear, Vinton, Iowa. — Your letter-head design is an unusually
pleasing arrangement, and the use of the light ink in the panel behind the
cut gives an exceptionally good effect. The color scheme is also very sat¬
isfactory.
C. W. Hearne, Greenville, North Carolina. — The wording, as you have
used it on the card, is rather peculiar, and we see no reason why you could
not omit the last letter in the word “ Prints ” when using the phrase in
this connection.
From R. M. Coffelt, Junction City, Kansas, we have received a copy of
his letter-head design which won first prize in a competition for the best
letter-head for a Kansas weekly paper. It is a chaste design and the colors
are well chosen.
From R. C. Stovel, Chicago, we have received some exceptionally high-
class typographical designing created for the Ben Franklin Club. We show
herewith a reproduction of one of the specimens, an invitation, printed in
A handsome page, by R. C. Stovel, Chicago.
blue and brown on india tint plate paper with deckle edge, the sheet being
then tipped on a rough cover-stock of darker tone. The whole effect is
extremely pleasing.
J. Warren Lewis, Ogden, Utah. — The specimens are, as usual, well
designed and call for no criticism. The placing of the two lines on the
Iveith-O’Brien Company cover is excellent, and the embossed page for J. S.
Lewis & Co. unusually handsome.
Wilfred J. Labelle, Lawrence, Massachusetts. — The arrangement of
the letter-head is good, but we think that setting it all in heavy-face is
not advisable. The use of a lighter type for the major portion, if not all,
of the matter would be an improvement.
Harry T. Sandy, Brooklyn, New York. — The bill-head arrangement is
very pleasing, although we would suggest that you use the gothic type
solid instead of letter-spaced, and between the two color combinations
there is little to choose, as both are good. We do not particularly care for
the use of silver or bronze on commercial stationery, as, unless held at a
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certain angle, the colors are hard to see. The envelope corner-card arrange¬
ment is very pleasing, although the same question, of letter-spacing gothic
is noticeable in this specimen.
Dignified, simple typography, with a pronounced preference for old-style
capitals in squared-up effects, characterizes the typography of Robert Rug-
gles, Boston, Massachusetts. Throughout the work we note a careful regard
for harmony, both in design and color.
One of the most clever advertising ideas that we have recently seen is
used by the Northern Pacific Railway to advertise the fruit lands of the
Northwest. It is a booklet die-cut to the shape of a large apple, and with
the front and back covers printed in natural colors, showing a striking
likeness to the real fruit.
From Z. E. Weatherley, Birmingham, Alabama, a student of the I. T. U.
Course of Instruction in Printing, we have received some unusually inter-
have been kept in one series of type, thus avoiding the unpleasant appear¬
ance caused by the use of the condensed type for the word “ printing.”
The color scheme is very satisfactory.
Roller Printing & Paper Company, Canton, Ohio. — - Both the blotters
are good in arrangement, although we think that the one in red and black
contains rather too much of the red. The half-tones on the calendar would
be very much more satisfactory if a finer screen had been used, and we
also think that printing them in black would give a much more satisfac¬
tory effect than do the various other colors.
H. F. Johnson & Co., Pella, Iowa. — We would suggest that the omis¬
sion of the floral ornament from the program cover-page would improve its
appearance, as the ornament does not harmonize in shape with the decora¬
tion used beneath the lines at the top of the page. Then, too, with the
ornament in red there is too much of the warm color on the page. Inas-
Sketches by Z. E. Weatherley, Birmingham, Alabama. Sent in a part of one of the lessons of the I. T. U. Course of
Instruction in Printing.
esting sketches, designed as part of one of the lessons in that course. The
originals are in colors, on colored stock, and furnish much suggestion. We
reproduce two of them.
A booklet from the John Thomson Press Company has on the cover,
“ Human inventions march from the complex to the simple, and simplicity
is always perfection,” and the manner in which the booklet is arranged
thoroughly complies with this sentiment. It bears the imprint of the
Bartlett-Orr Press, New York.
James C. Clancy, Vancouver, Washington. — Both of the designs are
good, the one for the Commercial Club being unusually pleasing. Either
of the color schemes on this heading is satisfactory. On the other heading
we would suggest that, inasmuch as the type is a heavy face, you use a
gray ink, in order that it may be less bold.
Charles G. Pollard, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. — • The manner in which
your specimens are gotten up leaves little opportunity for criticism.
Among the most striking examples is the cover of the program for the
Ivritosophian Club. The dignified simplicity of arrangement, together with
an especially pleasing color combination, makes this piece of work very
attractive.
E. H. Allen, New York city. — • The use of extended and condensed let¬
ters in the same piece of work should be avoided wherever possible, as
they do not harmonize in shape. The card in question could just as well
much as the text matter on the letter-head does not lend itself to the
arrangement made necessary by the use of this particular ornament, we
would suggest that a more simple design, omitting the decoration, would
be preferable.
Carson-Harper Company, Denver, Colorado. — The folder for the Cliff
House is one of the most artistic bits of color printing which we have
recently received. The combination of brown and gold on the brown stock
is unusually rich, the illustrations showing up exceptionally well. The
title-page is a very pleasing piece of lettering and there is no opportunity
whatever for criticism on any part of the work.
W. L. Dodd, Post City, Kansas. — The page advertisement is well
arranged, although grouped rather close to the top. The breaking-up of the
panels is very satisfactory, but the fact that you have kept to one style of
type in the heading adds much to the better appearance of the work. We
would suggest a little more careful spacing around the initial letters, the
space at the side being rather too much in this particular case.
Fred A. Oberg, New York city. — -Unless there is some particular reason
for using the blue on the program, we think that black would be more
satisfactory, as it would give a better printing, especially where heavy
tones are used. The general arrangement of the program would have been
improved without quite as much variety of headings and by the omission
of some of the ornaments. The dashes used between the various groups of
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type should have been smaller, and plain rather than decorative. The
decoration which you have used around the cut does not harmonize well
in shape with the type used on the page, as the latter would suggest the
use of plain rules rather than scroll ornaments.
H. Jacobsen, Davenport, Iowa.- — - While one might possibly justify the
color combination used on the label on the ground that it would attract
attention, still we would prefer something less violent. By using black
instead of blue, and toning the orange down to an orange-brown, the same
distribution of colors could be used with good effect. It would be better,
however, to run all of the type in one color, reserving the other for the
decoration.
W. L. Harmon, England, Arkansas.- — -Your specimens all show a careful
handling and are very creditable. In the booklet, however, we note that
you have been rather free with the use of the special letters designed to be
used as final letters, and where they are used in the center of the line the
effect is not pleasing in the page as a whole. On the letter-head for The
Democrat Publishing Company, the toning down of the yellow would be an
improvement, as it is now rather bright and strong.
Alex. Mathiesen, Nelson, British Columbia. — Both the letter-head and
the envelope are good in design, but we think that the use of an orange,
rather than the red in combination with the black, would give a more
pleasing contrast. We also think that the use of one-point rule above
the date line on the letter-head would be more satisfactory, as the rale
which you have used is altogether too heavy and destroys what would
otherwise be a pleasing tone harmony in the letter-head as a whole.
Harry J. Brantly, Louisville, Kentucky. — The color combination which
you have used on the letter-head is unusually pleasing on the gray stock.
If the ruled panel which runs across the heading could be raised up so that
it were closer to the main line, the effect would be much better, as the
unusual amount of white space between the words is not satisfactory. Per¬
sonally, we would prefer to see the ornaments at the ends of the business
card turned upside down, as we think that they would give a better appear¬
ance if printed in that way. This, however, is not a criticism, but merely
a question of personal taste.
E. V. Newins, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. — If you had used a better
quality of ink on the cover, the catalogue would present a much better
appearance. As it is, the color is dull. We would also suggest that in
type designs you take care that the widest line on a page is at, or near,
the top, rather than the bottom, and avoid spaces of equal size in whiting
out the page. On this cover-page, the raising up of the center group - —
possibly combining it with the upper group — and the setting of the lower
group in a narrower measure would make considerable improvement. The
inner pages are well arranged and well printed.
Robert H. Kells, Sumter, South Carolina. — In striving for originality
of design one should not depart far from simplicity of treatment. In the two
letter-head designs you have broken the reading matter up into so many
groups that the effect is hardly satisfactory. On the letter-head set in
heavy type we would suggest that you omit the large initials, run the rale
across the top without breaking it, center the main line and omit the
ornament at the end. On the other heading the manufactured initial is not
pleasing, even though it may be original. Originality is commendable,
but an old idea which is good is preferable to a new one which is not good.
A. M. Anderson, Santa Paula, California. — Your specimens show an
unusual cleverness in design and arrangement, although we think they tend
rather too much toward an excessive amount of decoration. One should
always bear in mind that the printed page, no matter what it is, is
designed to carry a message to the reader and that it is the message that
counts and not the manner in which it is presented. Where we smother
the text in a variety of rules and ornaments we destroy, to a certain
extent, its advertising value. This is especially noticeable on the page
designed for the insert. The letter-head for the Santa Paula Chronicle is
very pleasing in arrangement and the colors are very satisfactory.
L. R. Courtright, Little Falls, New Jersey. — We would suggest that
you avoid the pyramid form of type arrangement whenever you can possibly
do so. In the second division of the circular, the division containing the
name and address — an arrangement which would result in the longest line,
probably the name — being at or near the top of the group of type
would be more satisfactory' than the shape in which it is at present. This
would necessitate either the setting of the name in a larger size of type
or the line following it in a smaller size, and the placing of the name of
the city and State together in the center of the line. The latter would be
a great improvement, as one should not separate the two. The general
arrangement of the circular is very satisfactory.
The Daily News , Lewistown, Montana. — In regard to the note-heading,
we would suggest that you use rules which are square at both ends,
instead of those mitered at one end. We would also suggest that where
red and green are used as a color combination, the greater percentage
should be of the green, with very little of the red. Personally, we would
prefer black in the place of green on commercial work of this kind,
although where black is used, yellow should be added to the red, making
it more of an orange. The arrangement, with the exception of the mitered
ends of the heavy rules, is very satisfactory, although perhaps the raising
of the main line and the running of the last line between the rules in
two short lines would give a more satisfactory arrangement.
E. St. Amand, Montreal, Canada. — The blotter is good in design and
would have been very effective if you had used a color for the border
which would show up on the blue stock. As it is, th'e effect is lost. We
would suggest that you avoid using words with one letter under the other,
as letters used in this way are not pleasing in design and are naturally
hard to read. On the cover of the recital program we note that you have
letter-spaced the text letter in the main line, and would suggest that you
avoid at all times the wide space or letter-spacing in this form of type.
On the label for the Rush Printing Company we would suggest that you
use heavier rules, both in the construction of the panels and in the under¬
scoring of the type lines, as the light rules which are now on the label do
not harmonize in tone with the heavy gothic type.
A PRINTER’S HOME.
Residence of E. J. Liddicoatt, journeyman printer, 778
Hellmuth avenue, London, Ontario.
DIRECT TAX ON MAGAZINES.
A tax upon the business of the more widely circulated
magazines and periodicals would be a tax upon their means
of living and performing their functions. They obtain their
circulation by their direct appeal to the popular thought.
Their circulation attracts advertisers. Their advertise¬
ments enable them to pay their writers and to enlarge their
enterprise and influence.
This proposed new postal rate would be a direct tax, and
a very serious one, upon the formation and expression of
opinion, its most deliberate formation and expression, just
at a time when opinion is concerning itself most actively
and effectively with the deepest problems of our politics
and our social life. To make such a change, whatever its
intentions in the minds of those who proposed it, would be
to attack and embarrass the free processes of opinion. —
By Woodroiv Wilson, Governor of New Jersey.
THAT NEAR-SPRING FEELING.
I’ll tell you what I’d like to do to-day
If only bosses would accommodate.
I’d like to quit this job and go away
And let the inkstand and the paper-weight.
— Evening Telegram.
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Editors and publishers of newspapers desiring criticism or
notice of new features in their papers, rate-cards, procuring
of subscriptions and advertisements, carrier systems, etc., are
requested to send all letters, papers, etc., bearing on these
subjects, to O. F. Byxbee, 4727 Malden street, Chicago. If
criticism is desired, a specific request must be made by letter
or postal card.
Ad. -setting Contest No. 31.
As announced last month The Inland Printer will use
for Ad.-setting Contest No. 31 copy furnished by S. Roland
Hall, Principal, School of Advertising of the International
Correspondence Schools, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Mr. Hall
has submitted copy for two ads., one for a newspaper and
one for a magazine. This will give compositors an oppor¬
tunity to show what they can do with both styles of com¬
position. In judging this contest a departure will be made
from the usual custom, and three men (possibly five) will
be asked to pass upon the merits of the ads., selecting the
best and pointing out their good and bad qualities. Mr.
Hall has consented to act as one of the judges and the
others will be announced later. Men of national reputation
and acknowledged good judgment as to ad.-display will be
selected. This is sure to result in a most helpful discussion
of correct ad.-display and will be of particular benefit to
those who enter the contest. The winning ads. will be
reproduced in The Inland Printer, together with the pho¬
tographs and brief biographical sketches of the compositors
who set them. Mr. Hall’s copy is of such a nature as to
require the most careful discrimination in the choice of
display, so as to make the ads. not only effective, but appro¬
priate — in the one case to a newspaper and in the other to
a magazine.
COPY FOR NEWSPAPER AD.
5% by 8 inches. This advertisement is to occupy four
inches of one column, or a quarter page. Assume that the
magazine is to be printed on supercalendered paper. Copy
must not be edited, but may be transposed if better display
will thereby be secured.
How to Get a Position and How to Keep It.
A book chock full of helpful experiences, proven plans and “-horse
sense.” Treats of the choice of an occupation, of preparation, qualification,
changes, the question of salary, hours, advancement, etc. ; shows the kind
of endorsements to get ; suggests how the aid of prominent people may
he enlisted ; instructs how to advertise for a position ; teaches how to
write letters of application that command attention ; tells how to inter¬
view ; takes up the various ways of getting positions ; and deals with a
dozen other topics important alike to applicant and employee. Written by
an expert correspondent who has been all along the line, who has made a
special study of the employment problem ; contains the boiled-down expe¬
rience of years — information worth many dollars to ambitious people.
Helps beginners to get started ; helps others to climb higher. “ Worth its
weight in gold,” says one purchaser. Another writes, “ Your model letters
helped me to get a place that pays $30 a week.”
Seven thousand copies sold of the first edition. The revised edition is
a cloth-bound, 140-page book that contains special chapters and model let¬
ters for many large classes of applicants, such as those for positions of book¬
keeper, stenographer, salesman, clerk, teacher, manager, reporter, printer,
telegraph operator, technical man, advertising man, etc. Single copy sent
postpaid for 56 cents. Money back if dissatisfied.
Blank Publishing Company, Scranton, Pa.
GENERAL RULES FOR BOTH CONTESTS.
The Inland Printer wishes to present to each com¬
positor who enters either or both of the contests a complete
set of the specimens submitted in the contest which he
enters, each ad. in the set to bear the name and address of
the compositor who set it. In order to do this it is neces¬
sary to have a few rules, with which all who enter must
carefully comply:
1. One hundred printed slips of each ad. to be mailed flat to “ 0. F.
Byxbee, 440 South Dearborn street, Chicago.”
2. Use black ink on white paper, 5 by 7 inches, exactly.
3. The name and address of the compositor must be printed on all
but six of the slips, in the lower left-hand corner, in ten-point roman. The
six plain slips are to be used for the judges.
4. Each contestant must enclose 20 cents in 2-cent stamps or coin to
cover the cost of assembling and mailing to him a complete set of the
specimens submitted. Canadian dimes may be used, but not Canadian
stamps.
5. Each contestant may enter as many specimens as he desires. If
two or more designs are entered, no extra stamps will be required.
6. All specimens must be received not later than May 10, 1911.
Directions to Contestants. — Set up the following copy
for a newspaper advertisement. Assume that the copy has
come without layout, but with instructions to “ set up in
space of four or five inches single column, or about two and
a half inches double column. Give us good display.” Take
thirteen picas as the standard for a newspaper column.
The copy is not to be edited or transposed. In judging,
these points will be considered: attention-catching feature
of display; appropriateness of typography to subject; econ¬
omy and effective use of space; readability.
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COPY FOR MAGAZINE AD.
Directions to Contestants. — Set up the following copy
for a magazine mail-order advertisement. Standard maga¬
zine column is sixteen picas, and the entire page measures
Contestants should read the rules very carefully and see
that each provision is fully complied with, as failure to
meet the conditions may debar their work. Special care
should be taken to have the size of the paper correct, as one
ad. on paper too long or too wide would make every set
inconvenient to handle, and any such will be thrown out.
Particular note should also be made of the date of closing,
as ads. received too late can not be accepted. Where a com¬
positor enters two or more ads., and they are mailed at the
same time, each set of specimens should be wrapped sepa¬
rately, and the several sets enclosed in one package. The
Inland Printer is able to reproduce only a limited number
of the ads. submitted, so that those who do not participate
are missing much of the benefit to be derived from a study
of the various styles of display in a complete set. There
will be one hundred sets of ads., and, should the number of
contestants be unusually large, the sets will be given to the
first one hundred who enter, so that the advisability of sub¬
mitting specimens early is apparent. If a compositor does
not desire a set of specimens he may omit the stamps, but
must send the one hundred slips. This undoubtedly will be
one of the greatest ad.-setting contests The Inland
Printer has ever conducted, not only in interest, but in
actual helpfulness.
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91
Honors to the Junction City “ Republic. ”
R. M. Coffels, of the Junction City (Kan.) Republic, has
reason to be very proud of the honors he and his paper
secured at the last meeting of the Kansas State Editorial
Association. Beside winning first prize for having the neat¬
est letter-head of any Kansas weekly or semiweekly, he also
won first prize for the best general make-up and second for
the neatest appearing paper. The first pages of the two
winning papers are reproduced. The one dated January
26 was given first place for make-up, and that of January
5 second place for the neatest in appearance. The display
heads in the first page of the issue of January 26 break up
the monotony of the page. As the prize was probably
awarded on the make-up of the entire paper, it is interest¬
ing to note the arrangement of the other pages. The sec¬
ond page contains the publisher’s announcement and some
The Junction ...City Republic.
Won first prize for the best general make-up at the meeting of the
Kansas State Editorial Association.
additional headed items of local news; the third page has
the short local items, headed “ Local Mention the fourth
and fifth pages are devoted to correspondence under the
heading, “ With the Rural Reporter the sixth page has a
special article on “ Your Boy’s Life Work the seventh a
five-column story, and the eighth is advertising.
One More Christmas Issue.
Kuhn Brothers, publishers of the Ottawa (Ont.) Dipper,
write: “Under separate cover we mail our Christmas
number. Better late than never, gentlemen, but as we were
not subscribers till this month we had not noted your review
and criticism work. We should appreciate a mention about
our work, because this year’s number has cost immensely,
and detail work in gathering data has been heavy. Cana¬
dian papers say it is one of the best in the Dominion — let’s
hear what you think.” This is one of the finest Christmas
numbers received, not only from Canada but from the
United States as well. The special articles and the entire
contents were exceptionally well selected, it was beautifully
illustrated with fine half-tones, and was very nicely printed.
New York Editor Lectures at Wisconsin.
Paul Elmer More, editor of the Nation, and formerly
literary editor of the New York Evening Post, and the Inde¬
pendent, delivered a series of five lectures at the University
of Wisconsin March 16 to 23.
Big Course in Advertising.
Over 160 students are taking courses in advei'tising at
the University of Wisconsin this year. The work in the
psychology of advertising has attracted 140 young men and
women and that in agricultural advertising 22.
The Students’ Advertising Club, organized last fall as
The Junction City Republic.
Won second prize for the neatest appearing paper at the meeting of
the Kansas State Editorial Association.
the first of its kind in any American university, has a mem¬
bership of over one hundred, and is affiliated with the Asso¬
ciated Advertising Clubs of America.
Automobile Runs a Daily Newspaper.
If the Carson City (Nev.) News had not been enter¬
prising enough to have an automobile in its service, a large
part of the State of Nevada would have missed its daily
newspaper on several occasions when a balky electric power¬
house failed to furnish “ juice ” to run the newspaper plant.
Having no auxiliary power and no prospect of electric cur¬
rent, the News was unable to operate its linotype machines
or presses and the paper could not be gotten out. An
ingenious master mechanic suggested that if the company’s
Maxwell runabout could be gotten into the pressroom he
could start the machinery. After removing several parti¬
tions the automobile was placed in the desired spot. The
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rear of the car was jacked up and by the use of impromptu
shafting and belting the machines were set in motion.
After the publishers realized what they had accomplished,
they issued this statement in the News: “ Hereafter the
News will not miss an issue, even if the electric power fails,
for when the lights grow dim and the power weak, the
headlights of the car will be lighted, the motor started and
the News will appear in record time, ground out by an
automobile.”
Adapting Old Borders to New Ads.
Charles H. McAhan, of the St. Joseph (Mo.) News-
Press, sends quite a number of ads. to which he has adapted
old borders. He writes : “ The border designs are from old
electrotypes, and in order to show that they have some
value I have applied them to the enclosed ads. In most
newspaper offices there is an abundance of border designs
that could be utilized in this manner.” Mr. McAhan has
shown considerable enterprise in utilizing these cast-off
attacked the force, first one off at a time and finally three,
until the publisher was obliged to ask his neighbors to help
carry the forms down stairs to the pressroom. As if all
this were not enough, his troubles were brought to a climax
by having an eight-column form reduced to pi. But — the
paper did not miss an issue.
Thirty Columns of Ads. in Fourteen Hours.
How many columns of ads. can you set in fourteen
hours? W. Ellis Speer, of the Greensboro (N. C.) News,
sends clippings of thirty columns (600 inches) of ads. which
he set for one Sunday issue of the News. He says: “ I set
the entire bunch in a little less than fourteen hours. I
worked on them four hours Friday night, two and a half
hours Saturday afternoon and seven and a half hours Sat¬
urday night. I did not have any help at all except that the
eight-point matter was set on the machine — all over eight-
point I set by hand. I had to lay out the ads. myself, being
given the copy with the amount of space and no other
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cuts, and he has used them to good advantage, too, as is
shown by the reproductions (Nos. 1, 2, 3). The heavy
gothic is the best letter he could have selected to use with
such heavy borders.
Talk on Legislative Reporting.
The work of the legislative correspondent was the sub¬
ject of talks by G. E. Vandercook, of the Milwaukee (Wis.)
Evening Wisconsin, and Winter Everett, of the Milwaukee
Daily News, before the Cubs’ Club of the University of
Wisconsin on March 15.
Many Students of Journalism.
At the University of Wisconsin 175 students are enrolled
in the classes in journalism this year, an increase of over
fifty per cent above the number last year. Of these 153 are
in the classes in newspaper and magazine work and 22 in
the class in agricultural journalism. The students repre¬
sent thirteen States and two foreign countries. One stu¬
dent is an Armenian from Turkey and another an East
Indian from Calcutta. The States represented by students
include New York, California, Michigan, Ohio, Colorado,
Kansas, Minnesota, Texas, South Dakota, Indiana, Iowa,
Illinois, and the District of Columbia.
Troubles of a Publisher.
William J. Ellis, editor and publisher of the Delaware
Valley Advance, Humeville, Pennsylvania, tells of the trou¬
bles of a publisher in a recent issue. First the press “ got
a spell and balked.” After an expert had been called in and
had the press running, then the tank which supplied water
to the gasoline engine froze and later burst. Then sickness
instructions. I would be very glad to know what you think
of their appearance, taking into consideration the time I
had and no help.” This is the real test of a compositor’s
ability. With thirty columns of ads. to set in fourteen
hours there is no time to study. He must take his stick and
rule in hand, glance over the copy, and size up almost
instantly what lines must be displayed, where cuts are to
be located, where panels are to be used, what size body-type
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One of thirty columns of ads. set in fourteen hours.
will fit the space, and all this without losing a motion.
Such a compositor has no time to try a half-dozen different
lines before he finds the right size to make a full line — no
more and no less. Mr. Speer’s ads. were not full pages.
There were thirteen in all, averaging a little over a quarter-
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93
page each, and none larger than a half-page. Only two of
the ads. have eight-point, and only a very limited amount
at that, so that practically all of the thirty columns was
original hand composition. There is not a badly balanced
ad. in the lot. No. 4 shows one of the ads. and has in it
about the average amount of composition.
“ Merchants’ Bargain Day. ”
Here is the way one publisher — Frank Harper, of the
Mount Vernon (Ohio) Banner — -secured a page and a half
of special advertising and incidentally boomed the business
of his home town. He divided up a page into twenty-four
two-inch, double-column cards in which each merchant
advertised some one article at a special low price for the
“ Merchants’ Third Annual Bargain Day Sale.” These
Merchants’ Big Bai
Thursday, February 2t
rgain Day
| iMhotrTHIBD ANNUAL BABO A IN DAT SALE
Special on Rugs
jj 27x34 ln.^ AXMINSTEB RUGS-I-nge nMiirt-
1 I.OT JARDINIERE STANDS - ^
!; J. M. Btocher 8p Co. >•«.• « »•-
| EagleMillFlour
Full Sack . . $1.25
•j E. W KILKENNEY, Well Side Orocer.
j FRANK L. YOUNG
3 JEWELER & OPTICIAN
1 Silver Plated Mesh Bags
Each article special!/ priced
Vernon’s Grocery
[ 16 pounds SUGAR for . $1.00
[| OLONQ TEA. per pound I Sc
GOOD ORANGES, per doles 20c
Torchon Laces
u~", <- j YARDS FOR 5c
F. W. Woolworth & Company
5c & 10c Store
FOLDING COIL SPRING
^GUARANTEED SANITARY COUCHES
Special! throughout our line
ROWLANDS & CO.
SWEATERS
Furniture *>“>
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Milton S. Lewis
Per BotU9
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Lurie’s 225 s. Main s&«t
50 Doz. Men’s Black fV
Dress Hose ^ C
Ideal Flour . 1
SWIFTS PRIDE CLEANSER
Russell's Grocery s.sr..
J The Meyer-Lindorf Co.’s Bargain i
1 Day Offerings
j — -•’•’Hlif "price 1
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Shirts Shirts Shirts
All colored shirts for men; of $1 JO 47 lr
quilt/ at 1 . 1 0
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This Day Only SIPE & WHITE
Delicate Perfumes
Lorey's Drug Store
A BIO BARGAIN IN CERTAIN LOTS OF |
KKJ?rls' 56oes «|.oo
Regardless of their real value ^ IHlT jj
PARHM’S CASH BOOT SHOP
j 75c Shovel <°r 55C
C. #. BSPE, Hardware
McNABB'S GROCERY
4 1 BC»n j L BAKJN0 fb°^DEa 4ft.
GOOD STANDARD CORN
CRANMER BROS.
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Fell Naptha Soap 6 ban for 23c .
One-Fourth Off on all
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Ladies' Best Grade $ 2.50 Shoes
$1.69 the pair
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2 5 Discount 2 5
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A. J. HENLEY & CO.
Jewelers a Opticians 117 S Main St
Bread! |:
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No. 5.
How one publisher secured an extra page of ads.
cards sold so well that he was obliged to use another half¬
page to accommodate them all, and in addition to this had a
number of big ads. from merchants who took advantage of
this particular time, when the town would be full of people,
to advertise their regular lines. This is the third annual
sale of this kind, which is an indication of how successful
they have been in the past. Mr. Harper used the same plan
successfully during the holidays, only each ad. was twice as
large, and was illustrated with a picture of Santa Claus or
some other holiday cut. As a guide to other publishers a
page of the “ Bargain Day ” ads. is reproduced (No. 5).
Florida Newspaper Men to Meet.
On April 24-26 the thirty-second annual meeting of the
Florida Press Association will be held at Tallahassee.
Arrangements have been made with the railroads for
reduced rates, and it is expected that this will be the ban¬
ner meeting of the organization. The first night’s session
will be held at the auditorium of the Florida State College
for Women and will be given over entirely to educational
matters. At the close of the session a reception will be ten¬
dered the newspaper men by the faculty and students of the
college. Among the interesting addresses to be delivered
during the meeting is “ System in a Newspaper and Job
Office,” by Wallace F. Stovall, of the Tampa Tribune.
Newspaper Criticisms.
The following papers were received, together with
requests for criticism, and brief suggestions are made for
their improvement :
Plant City (Fla.) Courier. — You are getting out a good, clean paper
and there is nothing about it to criticize.
South Dakota Tribune, Ipswich. — • Your holiday number was a very nice
issue, but it would have stood a little more impression, particularly on the
half-tones.
Cass County Democrat, Harrisonville, Missouri. — A paper packed full of
news and nicely printed. The correspondence department would look better
if only one style of box head were used — that on “ West Line News ” is
very neat.
Live Stock Reporter, National Stock Yards, Illinois. — So far as the
work in the composing-room is concerned there is nothing to criticize —
the care taken with the make-up is particularly commendable. Your paper
is not as clearly printed as it might be, and the color is uneven.
Ottawa (Ont.) Dipper. — It is only in the minor details of make-up and
presswork that your paper needs attention. A little larger letter for the
date line on the first page would be better, and see that it is in the cen¬
ter. The heavy line of a double rule should always be at the top. The
reason you do not get better results in your presswork is in a measure due
to the quality of ink.
Pickering (Ont.) News. — The date line is too large, particularly for a
five-column page — twelve-point would be plenty big enough. Avoid using
so many different faces of type in your ads. You are not far wrong on the
proper lines to display, but you should try to stick to one series (or not
more than two) in each ad. The News is packed full of news — as its
name implies, but it would look much better if you would run a lead
between paragraphs in local items and correspondence.
Greenwood (S. C.) Index. — You have reason to feel proud of the paper
you are publishing. It is not only full of news and other interesting mat¬
ter, but it shows exceptional care in ad. display, make-up and presswork.
The machine-set running title should be new every issue. The second rule
— the one above the date on the first page — should be parallel, same as
the first rule. The variation in headings at the top of the first page in the
issue of February 16 is better than having the heads all alike, as on March
2. There is no apparent reason for having the first dash in these headings
longer than the others.
Sunday Times, Perth, Western Australia. — - Nearly nine years ago a copy
of the Times was sent me for criticism, and a comment was published in
Tub Inland Printer for September, 1902. For the benefit of Amencan
readers, let me say that the Sunday Times is printed on pink paper, has
eight long columns (24 inches) to the page, and usually consists of twenty-
eight pages. It lays claim to being “ the biggest Sunday paper in the
British Empire.” In make-up and ads. it does not differ materially from
Sunday papers in the United States, except that it has only a few illus¬
trations, and those which it does run are very poorly printed. It is cer¬
tainly a great paper, full of interesting matter, carefully made up, but on
these two points (illustrations and presswork) it can be justly criticized.
Newspaper readers like pictures, and big pictures, too, but they must be
clearly printed. Get more pictures by all means, but first be sure you can
print them. The half-tones you are using may be of too fine screen, but
even if they were not so fine there must be considerable improvement in
the presswork before they would print clearly.
New Publications.
Pavo, Ga. — Progress.
Lander, Wyo.- — Eagle.
Oxford, N. C. — Banner. J. T. Britt.
Exeter, Cal. — - Tribune. E. E. Barley.
Revere, Mass. — Ledger. G. E. Brown.
Tropico, Cal. — Sentinel. H. W. Melrose.
Stanton, Neb.- — Democrat. F. F. Mende.
Hudson, Iowa. — Herald. W. E. Wilson & Co.
Newborn, N. C. — Industrial Weekly. E. J. Land & Co.
Bryan, Tex. — Sunday Sun. Frank Miller and James Stevens.
Orville, Ohio. — Daily Crescent. By owners of Tri-Weekly Crescent.
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Bessemer, Ala. — Standard (afternoon daily). A. F. Chambers, of Mem¬
phis, editor.
Cleveland, Ohio. — Modern Shopping (a business magazine for the home).
E. C. Reigel, managing editor.
Changes of Ownership.
Petrolia, Ont. — Advertiser.
Bode, Iowa. — Bugle. Sold 'to J. F. Temple.
Udall, Kan. — News. Luther, Okla., Register.
Mitchell, Ga. — Banner. Moved to Gibson, Ga.
Muldrow, Okla. — Press. Sold to E. A. Miller.
Orange, Iowa. — Herald. Sold to Isaac Hospers.
Speareville, Kan. — News. Sold to R. E. Wood.
Tyrone, Okla. — Observer. Sold to J. E. Peters.
Rising Star, Tex. — X-Ray. Sold to J. J. Gregg.
Elsmore, Kan. — Leader. Sold to C. 0. Pearson.
Grant, Neb. — Sentinel. Consolidated with Tribune.
McHenry, N. D. — Tribune. Consolidated with Free Press.
Bells, Tenn. — Sentinel. Bell & Turner to J. C. W. Nunn.
Grove City, Pa. — Reporter. Sold to Harry K. Dougherty.
Walden, N. Y. — Herald. Ward Winfield to W. J. Randles.
Linden, Mich. — Leader. D. E. Blaclcmer to W. C. Williams.
Malvern, Ark. — Ark Meteor. P. S. Carden to S. H. Emerson.
Clinton, Okla. — Chronicle. C. L. Howell to C. E. Gannaway.
Johnstown, N. J. — Republican. C. I. Combes to F. L. Rogers.
Hennessey, Okla. — Clipper. Consolidated with Press-Democrat.
Bronson, Mich. — Journal. A. D. Shaffmaster to C. H. Powley.
Bonne Terre, Mo. — Register. George Stanfill to J. H. Wolpers.
Hill City, Kan. — New Era. Consolidated with People’s Reveille.
Harbor City, Mich. — Republican. L. A. Clark to M. L. Garland.
Petty, Tex. — Enterprise. B. Collins to Petty Publishing Company.
North Baltimore, Ohio. — Times. C. K. Rockwell to D. W. Callahan.
Clay Center, Kan. — Dispatch. Sold to Dispatch Publishing Company.
Springfield, Tenn.J — Banner. Consolidated with Robertson County News.
Baker City, Ore. — Herald (daily). — B. T. Kennedy to C. C. Powell
and F. W. Tenny.
Albany, N. J. — Country Gentleman. Sold to Curtis Publishing Com¬
pany, of Philadelphia.
Olean, N. Y. — Times. C. D. Straight to J. R. Droney, M. G. Fitz¬
patrick and Thomas Sullivan.
Caldwell, Tex. — News-Chronicle and Burleson County Ledger. Sold to
a company headed by W. W. Rankin. The papers have been consolidated.
Frankfort, Ivy. — State Journal. Consolidated with News. Ex-Governor
Beckham, who published the State Journal, retires from the newspaper field.
The consolidation will be known as the News-Journal, issuing morning and
evening editions.
Suspensions.
Cornelia, Ga. — Progress.
Butte, Mont. — Evening News.
Cranbrook, B. C. — Prospector.
Deaths.
Oakland, Cal. — William E. Dargie, publisher of the Tribune.
Logansport, Ind. — H. J. McSheehy, editor and founder of the Chronicle.
Jersey City, N. J. — H. Manning Hoffman, member of the firm of Hoff¬
man Brothers, printers.
Philadelphia, Pa. — James D. Slade, financial editor of the Public
Ledger. He was a practical printer, having at one time operated a job¬
printing office.
Bloomington, Ill. — - John S. Harper, founder of 156 newspapers and
well known to the newspaper fraternity. He began journalistic work on the
Louisville Journal.
Toronto, Ont. — Henry Borace Wiltshire, widely known among Canadian
journalists. More than a quarter of a century ago he established “ The
Flaneur ” column in the Toronto Mail.
Louisville, Ky. — Judge Raymond Lynch, for almost three-quarters of a
century employed in the composing-room of the Courier-Journal. He was
eighty-six years old and had retired from active work only three years ago.
Black River Falls, Wis. — Frank Cooper, soldier-printer, and one of the
owners of the Badger State Banner, who is said to have been “ one of the
best-loved men in Wisconsin.” He served with honor through the Civil
War, and was known as the oldest printer in the State.
BOILING IT DOWN BY INFERENCE.
“ Here,” said the editor, “ you use too many words. You
say, ‘ He was poor, but honest.’ You have only to say that
he was honest. Again, you say, ‘ He was without money
and without friends.’ Simply say that he was without
money.” — Printers’ Register.
YOU ARE IN BUSINESS FOR YOURSELF.
Don’t forget that you are “ In business for yourself ”
even though you are on a pay-roll. You are building up
your own character and developing your own powers. If
you do this conscientiously you are sure of “ recognition.”
— Agents’ Bulletin.
Written for The Inland Printer.
HOW TO INCREASE ADVERTISING RATES.
BY O. P. BYXBEE.
HERE is only one way to increase adver¬
tising rates, and that is to increase
them. There must be no “ get-it-if-we-
can ” policy. “ Be sure you are right,
then go ahead.” Publisher Edgar F.
Howe, of the Imperial (Cal.) Standard,
says : “ I have raised advertising rates
twice in a year, both times successfully.
My method of raising rates is to raise them — simply take
them by the bootstraps and lift them up.” Mr. Howe’s
simile is a good one; it is absolutely impossible to lift
one’s self by the bootstraps, and to the doubting publisher
it seems just as impossible to increase advertising rates.
But this is really the first step toward success in increas¬
ing rates — a firm determination to really increase them —
and it is a step which must be taken the full length, not a
half step which may be withdrawn when the first obstacle
appears.
That advertising rates may be successfully increased is
amply attested by those who have taken the step. Mr.
Howe says he has increased them twice, “ both times suc¬
cessfully,” and follows this assertion by saying, “ The
bulk of advertising now is greater than before either raise,
and the increase in gross revenue is one hundred and
twenty-five per cent.”
Other publishers have the same experience. R. E.
Priest, general manager of the Pittsburg (Pa.) Live Stock
Journal, writes : “ Our increased rates are bringing bet¬
ter results than the lower previous rates. Quantity of
advertising carried since is double, and revenue increased
three times.” This letter was written only seven months
after the increase went into effect.
If satisfied that your advertising rates are too low
(and most publishers are), and having determined to
increase them, the next step is to fix upon a rate which
will be just to both yourself and the advertiser, and one
which you can firmly adhere to and swear by. With this
preliminary decided, you are now ready to learn how to
increase the rate.
You should make the most of your determination to
increase. Don’t try to cover up the move as if it were
something to be ashamed of. Advertise the increase all
you can. Announce it in the paper three or four months
in advance, send circular letters to all present adver¬
tisers and all prospective advertisers. Don’t stop at one
letter or one circular — keep it up every month; every
week would be better. Send them the news in some dif¬
ferent form every month or every week. A postal at one
time, a letter at another, and several different kinds of
circulars in between. Tell them that your circulation, its
character and quantity, entitles you to a better rate; that
expenses are higher and the entire cost of production
greater; that it costs “good money” to publish a paper
of the high character of yours. Tell them of the ever-
increasing value of advertising; of the high prices which
people in other towns are obliged to pay; of the results
secured by other advertisers in your paper. Tell them
how this one and that one have been in the paper for years,
and of others who used to have only a small space but are
now using half columns, columns, etc. Tell them how
these successful advertisers have gotten their results — by
watching their advertising copy, changing it often, and
advertising things in which the public at the particular
moment is interested.
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95
In all this work don’t fail to pound home the fact that
rates are to be positively increased, and, most prominent
of all, the date on which the increase will go into effect.
In the meantime, get to work on the prospective adver¬
tiser. Tell him that unless he makes his advertising con¬
tract before the fixed date his advertising is surely going
to cost him more money. It is human nature to buy “ on
a rising market,” and advertising always sells best when
the price is going up.
You are bound to lose a few of your old advertisers,
and you will need a little new business to keep up the
quantity, but there is no question about the revenue keep¬
ing up — - it usually increases from the very start.
Most of the steady advertisers in a newspaper are car¬
ried on “ t.f.” contracts, or on no contracts at all — simply
a verbal agreement or understanding. For this reason, it
ticularly, there was an actual increase in the volume of
business. This result is accounted for by the fact that
the publishers fear they are going to lose business, and,
as a consequence, they work all the harder for new con¬
tracts.
The experience of the publisher of the Courier, located
at Madison, Indiana, as given in detail in his letter, is so
full of interest and practical suggestion that it is appended
in full:
Dear Sir, — Your circular regarding the circulation and advertising ends
of a newspaper is of particular interest to us, as we have lately raised our
advertising rates to keep up with an increased circulation.
In order to make the story clear, local conditions must be touched upon
lightly. Madison is a town of about 8,000 people — 6,500 white and 1,500
colored. We are situated on the Ohio river, which divides us from strongly
Democratic and sparsely settled Kentucky counties. Our field has about
27,000 population. Madison has three daily papers. The Courier is the old-
IIUNTERS’ JOYS IN CANADA.— GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
Photographs by R. R. Sallows, Goderich, Ontario.
is sometimes advisable to give all old advertisers a year’s
notice. The “ fuss ” you make about the new rate on new
business will have its effect on the old advertiser and make
the increase all the easier.
Shortly before the date set for the increase on all old
advertising, the advertiser should be posted definitely on
just what his advertising will cost him under the new rate,
and, at the same time, tell him just what space he can get
for approximately the same money that he is at present
spending. Send this in the form of a written notice by
mail. This is best for several reasons. He thus has
formal notice; he has the exact figures in writing, and he
will have time to consider the new prices before you call,
and possibly be in a better humor.
A mass of information and statistics have been gath¬
ered by The Inland Printer on the vital questions of
circulation and advertising. Many of the letters received
tell of increased advertising rates, but not one reports
dissatisfaction with the move. All lost a few of the old
contracts — those which before the increase they imagined
they “ could not keep house without ” ■ — - but the net result
was an invariable net increase in revenue, and in nearly
every instance, where a determined effort was made par-
est and Republican, the Herald second and Democratic, and the Democrat is
the youngest or newest and Democratic. Up to 1900 no particular efforts
were made by any of the three papers for either circulation or advertising.
Each paper took what business naturally came to it. Advertising rates were
more or less demoralized and it can be truthfully said that no rate-cards were
in force.
Beginning with 1900, the Courier started a determined effort for circula¬
tion, first reducing the subscription price from 15 cents per week to 10 cents,
and following up this reduction by canvasses, using different premiums. In
this manner the circulation was increased to about 900, or about fifty per
cent. This increase came largely from the Democrat and resulted in a change
in the Democrat’s policy. It was desired by the circulation manager of the
Courier to still further reduce the price of subscriptions by mail and make an
effort for this business, but the owners of the paper were unwilling to do so.
The Democrat, however, took the step and reduced their price on their daily
edition to $2 per year, and ran up quite a large mail subscription. In 1904
the Courier decided to meet the Democrat’s mail price, and made a similar
reduction. A daily circulation of 1,161 was then increased without effort to
1,249 for the following year. This growth was so slow that a voting contest
was put on in the fall of 1905, to force matters somewhat. After the close
of the contest the list numbered about 2,000, with an average for the follow¬
ing year (1906) of 1,867. The premium in the contest was a piano and
votes were only given with the payment of money on subscription account,
and no subscription was accepted for longer than one year. In this contest
all the candidates were from the city. In the fall of 1907 we put on another
contest, with city candidates barred, and the country girls ran our list up to
2,283 for us. We are now using canvassers in both city and country, but find
it inclined to be expensive and results very questionable from a financial
standpoint. Our circulation at present runs around the 2,500 mark.
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In October, 1906, we increased our advertising rates from a card averag¬
ing 3 cents an inch to the flat rate, card enclosed. Preparing for the raise,
we put out a city solicitor, who spent his entire time on the street. Imme¬
diately after the raise went into effect we experienced no trouble, as we had
by a number of methods convinced the advertisers that we had the circula¬
tion. All our schemes to boost the circulation were well advertised, and this,
more than any one thing, convinced the advertisers that we were busy and
could deliver the goods.
Our local advertising under the flat rate is inclined to vary too much to
be handled to advantage. IVe have dropped to as low as 100 inches of local
advertising in an issue and ran as high as 500. Our average is about ISO
inches all the jrear around, as against an average of 240 under the old card.
We have stayed by our card so persistently in town that we are no longer
offered lower rates. It is true, that there is some business that we have lost,
probably forever, but it was not the business of the live concerns.
Our foreign business dropped with the raise until we had but one con¬
tract, which called for four inches every other day at the card rate. Of
course, there were some old contracts running, which helped out a little, but
DESTROY ALL PREVIOUS RATE CARDS
THE
itt atnson (jf ourter
Jflaitson, 3?nU.
EVENING AND WEEKLY
DISPLAY SPACE
1 to 50 inches . 10 cents
51 to 100 inches . 9 cents
101 inches or more within one year
Daily — Inside Pages, per inch . 7 cents
Daily — Outside Pages, per inch . 8 cents
Weekly . 5 cents
(The above rates are for run of paper.)
Composition 4c per inch additional.
Local readers, page 4, 10c per line.
Classified, lc per word first insertion.
POINTS
4 page paper.
7 columns to page.
20 inches to column.
9 point body type.
100 line screen half-tones.
No matrices.
THE COURIER COMPANY (Inc.)
PUBLISHERS
New York Office: BRUNSWICK BLDG.
R. J. SHANNON, Mgr.
Chicago Office: MARQUETTE BLDG.
WILLIAMS AND ANDERSON
we dropped from 1,920 inches a month to 600. After a while one adver¬
tiser after another came to realize that the card rate was the only one that
we would accept, and the business began to swing back to us.
In 1907, October 1, we made a contract with a special representative in
Chicago, C. J. Anderson, and last June we appointed R. J. Shannon to look
after our interests in New York. These two offices handle all foreign business,
except that placed by traveling representatives, who call upon the drug trade
and make the contracts direct. We have found the specials to be very satis¬
factory. They can call upon the advertiser personally and lay a proposition
before him much better than it can be done by mail. We are carrying at the
present time about 1,200 inches of foreign a month, and should run above
our old average as soon as copy is in hand from all the contracts now in
force.
We have increased our receipts from circulation about two hundred per
cent, and our advertising receipts about one hundred per cent.
When our advertising rates were first raised the foreign and local adver¬
tising in the other two Madison papers showed an alarming increase. Busi¬
ness which we turned down went to our competitors. Better prices have
resulted to all three papers since our increase. After the first three or four
months the local advertising began to drop out of one of the local papers, as
a result of our circulation advertising, and that paper is running now about
fifty per cent of its old-time local business and about sixty per cent of the
foreign business it had at the time of our raise. The second opposition paper
is still running more local advertising than it did prior to our increase, but
is dropping off in foreign business. We mention the effect that our circula¬
tion and advertising operations have had on the newspaper situation as a
whole only to show business conditions as a whole.
We believe that we will soon regain our old average of inches, and expect
to hold the business. We have had no solicitor on local advertising for
almost a year and find that we have less dissatisfaction than we did before
we had convinced the advertising public that our circulation statements
were correct.
Among other schemes to present our circulation to the advertiser we
invited three prominent advertisers to inspect our books each month. In this
manner we showed each merchant in town who was convincible just what we
had. We believe a longer period between such inspections would be better, as
we got around to all the advertisers a little too soon.
We aim to make a well-balanced paper. We have a number of towns of
three hundred to four hundred people in our county. We have regular let¬
ters from these points, also a daily letter from a small Kentucky town, just
opposite us on the river. We pay one or two correspondents in cash, but the
most of them do the work for the paper and the glory. We cover “ Old
Settlers’ ” and “ Old Soldiers’ ” meetings carefully. We aim to cover our
local news in a clean, concise manner, and do not go to extremes or show any
favors. We have considerable trouble over court news, but publish all cases
getting into court, regardless of the pressure brought to bear to have such
things omitted. We carry a pony-wire report, use the Hearst service pictures,
stick to our party politics without belittling the other parties and refuse to
be dragged into controversies.
Hoping that something we have brought out will prove of value to you,
we are, Very respectfully, M. E. Garber,
Manager, the Courier Company.
The rate-card of the Madison Courier, which is shown
herewith, is very concise and contains just the information
that the general advertiser and advertising agent desire,
much of which is often omitted from the average card.
The flat rate, however, has not proved very successful in
this instance on local advertising, but, notwithstanding
this, it will be noted that receipts have increased one hun¬
dred per cent.
The experience of the Courier is only another demon¬
stration that it pays to increase rates, even where there
is keen competition.
A PROUD EDITOR.
Every time Mr. Davies, editor of the Concordia Kan¬
san, buys a new ferrule for his wooden leg or lays in a fresh
supply of office towels he wi’ites a column or two in which
he argues that the Kansan is the best equipped office in the
State.
However, we have finally succeeded in putting one over
on Mr. Davies. This office has just purchased a new set of
job-press rollers, a pound of poster ink, a new sprocket
wheel for our twin-cylinder, self-supporting, automatic ink¬
ing, hand-hammered, double-action, triple-plated press, and
have also paid the rent a month in advance.
Beyond the shadow of a doubt this places the Optimist
office head and shoulders above all competitors, and gives it
first place in point of equipment in the State. It is in a
class by itself even among the newspapers of the world. —
Jamestown Optimist.
POOR HOTEL SERVICE.
The story is being told of two traveling men who found
themselves one evening unable to find sleeping accommoda¬
tions at the only hotel in the village, and took refuge in the
church edifice, utilizing the cushioned pews for a night’s
rest.
The continued ringing of the church bell in the early
morning caused the assembling of the populace, wondering
at the commotion. At last two of the bravest entered the
church, to be greeted with the remark:
“ It takes ah — of a time for you to answer our bell !
Send up two cocktails to pew 17 and be quick about it! ” —
Ideal Power.
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THE NEVINS-CHURCH PRESS, IRVINGTON-ON-
THE-HUDSON.
[HE traveler up the glorious Hudson looks
out for “ Sunny Side,” the famous home
of Washington Irving, at Irvington-on-
the-Hudson. But just before the boat
passes Irvington he sees a long, artis¬
tically designed structure, suggesting by
its classic lines a public building erected
in a park, with a beautiful setting of noble
trees as a background. The light gray of the building-
makes it stand out strong against the green background.
It is a building designed by Stanford White, and which
he referred to as the best thing he ever did. It is the home
of the Nevins-Church Press, and was built by John Bris-
ben Walker for the Cosmopolitan Magazine. The motive
And so he built this beautiful building, 279 feet long and
75 feet wide, and of great strength of construction, with
perfect lighting, so necessary for fine presswork. There is
a tunnel leading from the Hudson River Railroad tracks to
the basement of the building, and elevators to carry the
heavy boxes of paper to the pressroom floor. So careful
was Stanford White that nothing should mar the artistic
exterior, that he placed the chimneys in the domes of the
building where they are hidden by surrounding balustrades
of fireproof material.
A. B. FROST “ SHOOTING IN FRANCE. ”
A. B. Frost’s best-known pictures were shooting pic¬
tures published in a portfolio many years ago. He has
recently been living in France and in the April Scribner's
will appear a number of most characteristic drawings by
him showing the picturesqueness of “ Shooting in France.”
Farmer-Zehr Company, Engravers.
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT, ARCHITECTURALLY, IN THE WORLD.
The home of the Nevins-Church Press, Irvington, New York.
which inspired Mr. Walker to have constructed this mag¬
nificent structure was, he says, this:
Watching from day to day the sick list of an establish¬
ment as large as that of the Cosmopolitan, and hearing-
stories of the narrow quarters and many discomforts to
which employees are subjected, the suggestion came one
day, “ Why is all this necessary? ”
Why should the workers of to-day cling to bad-smelling
city canons, these skimpy rooms, so expensive in rentals, so
badly lighted that work is done imperfectly and eyesight
itself destroyed, from which the worker goes home to
unhealthful flats of still narrower dimensions, where his
children grow up in a sickly way, with such play as they can
find under the horses’ feet in the streets?
There are beautiful hillsides on the Hudson, where
every breath of air is fragrant and life-giving, and that
within fifty minutes of the heart of the city.
1-7
UP IN THE AIR.
I guess the time it takes to set,
I guess the paper, too ;
I guess the ink — it may be black
Or yellow, red or blue.
I guess the binding, and I guess
To make my figures much the less,
But where my profit comes I guess
I can not tell, can you ?
GERMAN AND AMERICAN CITIES CONTRASTED.
Frederic C. Howe, a high authority on city government,
writes in the April Scribner’s of “ The German and the
American City,” contrasting- their methods of government
and showing the remarkable way in which German cities
are planning for the future, believing that they are to be
the centers of the best civilization.
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Written for The Inland Printer.
PROBLEMS IN PRINTING-OFFICE MANAGEMENT.
BY A. J. CLARK.
>HAT you goin’ to do with the mug who sits
complacent, and with a superior equip¬
ment of machinery and brains, is able to
make money in the printin’ business at
prices that would send the ordinary dub
to the poorh ouse?
“ I have in mind a guy who blows into
a well-organized town and puts the asso¬
ciation of master printers agin just this kind of a proposi¬
tion. He says, ‘ I’m goin’ alone, and I don’t want no help
from any association whatever. I want to run my business
my way. I want to make my own prices and be free of any
affiliation with anybody.’
“But the association people says: ‘Here, Mr. Man,
we’ve perfected a good organization in this city and have
put in ten years of elaborate scheming, much brain fag
and many dollars to make it right. It works like a top, and
we get a price for our work that we have demonstrated is
necessary so that every one in the business can make a
profit.’ Now, they continues, ‘ If it’s good for us it’s good
for you, and we want you to jine up with us. Here is the
schedule of prices you must charge, and if you’ll sign this
application we’ll put you through to-night.’
Not so fast,’ says the mug. ‘Just leave your dope-
sheet here. I’ll look her over and if you come around next
week I’ll tell you how I like it.’
“And so he takes the dope, and after a while when the
association guy calls on him he says: ‘I’ve looked your
dope-sheet over,’ he says, ‘ and I conclude that if you can’t
do printin’ for less money than that, with a good margin of
profit, you’ve missed your callin’, and the whiles you fellers
have been askin’ these exorbitant prices, fifty per cent of
this town’s printin’ has been goin’ to the big city down the
way,’ he says. ‘ I’m goin’ to bring that work back,’ he says,
‘ watch me ! ’
“ Well, they argues with him, and wheedles him and
threatens him, but they’s nothin’ doing. He comes back at
them like this, ‘ You fellers are workin’ with out-of-date
machines, and bum methods. They ain’t any one of you
makin’ a noise like a print-shop, while they’s live printers in
the big town down the way,’ he says, ‘ who could take even
the bum dumps you got and push twice the business out of
them with half the expense.’
“ ‘ Now,’ he says, ‘ I’ve got a printin’ joint that is the
result of more mental disturbance than could ever eke its
way through your palsied intellects. It’s equipped with the
latest labor-savin’ stuff and I’m layin’ bets that my unit of
cost could crawl through yours without making a percept-
able hole. Then for why should I handicap myself with an
antideluvian tariff such as you springs on me? Not on your
tintype,’ he says, ‘ I’m goin’ after business my way and I’m
goin’ to be plenty busy even if I only get the stuff you’ve
drove away.’
“ The association printers bein’ much disturbed at this
ultimatum, holds a conclave and in diverse and sundry ways
tries to put the hooks into the mug. They puts it up to the
foundry not to sell him any type, and the paper man will
be boycotted if he sells the mug any paper, but it ‘ availeth
them not,’ as the poet says. The mug buys paper in car
lots and works three shifts in his joint the whiles the other
shops lay idle and hold more conclaves. What you goin’ to
do with a mug like that? ”
This is another emanation from “ Old Bill,” who, noting
the downfall of Rafferty and Sykes, has cut the booze, and
pokes incessantly into print-shop problems, that in his saner
and better days would be no concern of his.
Rafferty’s new shop that shone resplendent with a gilt
sign proclaiming “ Excelsior,” and an office girl with fluffy
hair and big eyes is of the dim and distant past. Rafferty
found that a good solicitor was not necessarily a success as
a manufacturer, and that getting in work was a cinch as
compared with getting it out. In the old time Rafferty
could bring in his big business each day and the burden of
getting it out fell on the “ old man.” Rafferty never fully
realized why the “ old man ” was a misanthrope, and wrin¬
kled like a mummy, until he put “ Excelsior ” over his own
door and had to pay “ big money to dubs.”
“ In figuring,” continued Old Bill, “ that an association
and cost systems are necessary adjuncts to quick profits in
the printin’ business, I looks with great regret on the mug
who holds aloof from them advantages, until I hears about
this case where one shop is able and willing to do busi¬
ness on a closer margin than any competitor can afford, I
inquires what’s the answer? ”
“ Looks to me,” ventures the fat linotyper, “ as though
the rest of the shops in that town would have to get a
move on, worm the fellow’s system out of him, buy some
new machines, and get close. They had a combination in
restraint of trade anyhow and it’s a cinch that the house
that makes the low price will get the business.
“ It’s probable, however, that there is more to this fel¬
low than mere price-cutting; likely he will set a new pace
in that town not alone on price but on quality. He’ll have
one of those live joints where printing is ‘ done while you
wait,’ and believe me, there’s no manufactured thing that
the public waits so impatiently for as printing. The shop
that can give a man his job ‘ to-day ’ is not going to beg
long for business, neither will it have to do work for
nothing.
“ To own a shop of this kind means lots of quick machin¬
ery, quick men and live management. It means that every¬
body in the institution must be ‘ Johnny-on-the-spot ’ all the
time; live, nifty, wide-awake people who don’t cry every
time a hard job comes in, but snap at trouble like a saccha¬
rine cousin grabs for a nut.”
“ Whatever that is,” said Bill. “ But I guess that’s the
answer. It’s a sure thing they’s many ways to own a print-
shop so it’ll make some money, as for instance, see the
variety of dumps you run agin in any old town. The
bright, snappy kind like the mergansfieler just mentioned,
where they do fair work quick. The old fogy joint where
everybody wears specs and they still use wooden quoins;
and the ‘ art shop ’ where there’s never no rush, and spend
half their time making samples to send to The Inland
Printer, and half their stock is smut sheets.
“ It’s getting so if a feller jumps out and gets into a new
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job it takes him six months to learn his trade over again.
They’s so many and diverse ways to print.
“ In one shop a pressman wears a high collar, he has a
kit of tools like a surgeon — a micrometer, vignette punch, a
pair of dividers and a microscope; and a make-ready is as
serious an operation as removing an appendix, while in the
next shop a pair of overalls, a broken jack-knife and a small
ax fits him out fine to practice his profession.
“ I’m wonderin’ what happens to the pressman who
stays ten years in one job and then goes out to look for a
new situation. He’ll run agin presses that are as near
akin to the ones he knows as a sausage machine, and he
won’t know if the form goes in the end or the middle. He’ll
tell the feeder to wash up for red ink and the kid’ll light a
cigarette, throw a bunch of benzine in the fountain, push a
button, and zip! the press washes itself.”
“A print-shop,” resumed the linotyper, who had waited
impatiently for Bill to finish, “ has no business keeping any
employee ten years; they ought to shift him once in a while
for his own good as well as theirs. A man who stays long
in one job gets rusty and out of touch with the world, and
he’s bound to lose in efficiency. He has a little gamut of
knowledge that makes it possible for him to get along, but
he don’t stack up with the man whose wits are sharpened
by knocking his head against the angle of a new press. A
type-sticker sets all his jobs in one kind of type until it’s
worn down to the second nick, and a pressman has about
three easy color-schemes that he works in rotation until
everybody’s printing looks alike. It’s almost a sure bet
that you can put a new man in the place of one who has
held a ten-year job, and get a better and larger output.”
“ Sure,” said Bill, “ a mug’s got no license to stick
around one job till he rots; and me, I’ve always moved
before I got fired; but what’s a guy goin’ to do if he’s got
a family and a pretty bungalo like they prints in The
Inland Printer with a sign on ’em sayin’ ‘ this is the house
owned by Bill Kirkland, artistic pressman, Los Angeles,’
and seven kids? ”
“Move the family, too,” answered the linotyper; it’ll
do them good also.”
Questions pertaining to proofreading are solicited and will
be promptly answered in this department. Replies can not be
made by mail.
A Question of Number.
P. B. W., Decatur, Illinois, asks: “ Is it right to speak
of dramatic readings with musical accompaniments, or
should it be accompaniment? ”
Answer. — If we wish to conform to usage in this case,
accompaniment is better. Such is the only form of the
expression that I remember hearing or seeing. Logical
defense is easily found for either singular or plural, and
the choice is one for which I can give no absolute gram¬
matical reason. Each reading must have an individual
accompaniment, and a number of these are accompani¬
ments, just as a number of the performances accompanied
are readings. Consequently no grammatical error occurs
in the use of the plural. However, usage has settled on the
singular, and in such use the word stands in a sense that
groups the individual acts collectively as one action. This
could be done just as reasonably with the other kind of
action, and we might speak of dramatic reading with
musical accompaniment. But I should make it dramatic
readings with musical accompaniment, because that is the
form commonly used.
Careful Action and Expression.
This topic is suggested by an occurrence which would
not be noticed here except for the opportunity to point a
lesson probably needed by a vast majority of people, em¬
phatically including the one who is trying to — no, not to
teach it, but to indicate it. “ Spiritus Asper ” wrote to the
editor of the magazine that Mr. Teall used the word aspira¬
tion incorrectly, and it was thought to be important to
advise our readers not to accept his dictum hastily. Now
“ Spiritus Asper ” writes again to the editor, devoting
nearly all of his letter to assertions almost foreign to his
subject, but in a few words withdrawing- his first saying
about erroneous use. The one he criticized made no pre¬
tense of being a phonologist, but did say, as is now acknowl¬
edged, that he used the disputed word correctly. Yet the
letter-writer says rather emphatically that he will go to
other sources for his phonology. He is not requested to do
otherwise. Now almost too much has been said about this.
It is a case wherein both parties have been somewhat lack¬
ing in carefulness and hasty in expression. Phonology is a
subject not amenable to haste and never adequately eluci¬
dated by a sciolist, though most sciolists fondly imagine
that they are scientists. Any abstruse subject demands
concentration and careful verification even from scholarly
persons; in fact, no one who is truly scholarly will indulge
in hasty or ill-considered expression. It would pay all of us
to cultivate carefulness. If “ Spiritus Asper ” had been
as careful in writing his last letter as he might have been,
it would probably not have been printed with omission
where he meant emission, and there would have been no
such absurdity as “ diacritive ” in it. If the critic whose
work caused Mr. Teall to write a short letter to the editor
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had been properly careful, he would not have said that Mr.
Teall spoke of indispensable prefixes when the book criti¬
cized said inseparable prefixes. Maybe it was just as well
for his victim, though, for the letter it evoked led to the
letter-writer’s engagement to victimize others each month
in this magazine, which he has done for nearly twenty
years. It must have been carelessness that caused the
printing of an author’s name as Norman in a paragraph
about his book, when the book had the name, in large capi¬
tals, Morris. No writer can afford to be careless in writing,
and no proofreader can afford to be careless in reading.
Simple Proof-marks.
Lexico, New York, sends this: “ The matter of a sim¬
plification of proofreaders’ marks is brought up from time
to time, as if it were of some importance what marks should
be made on a proof sheet. Is not the object of reading proof
to indicate all changes thereon in the clearest possible man¬
ner? Some marks are conventionally used and recognized,
but none are standard or authorized. Some people will not
use ‘ dele,’ ‘ deletd,’ or its symbol, but insist on the words
‘ strike out ’; they will not have ‘ stet,’ but use ‘ let it stand.’
I have, in the matter of spacing, often used a stroke /
where words were wrongly joined, and a tie to ‘ set up ’
fragments wrongly spaced. The same thing / may be
used in margin, and gives the printer his cue readily. Abso¬
lute clearness, however, is imperative. I remember once
writing ‘ capital ’ hastily upon a proof, where I should have
written cap.|italic. No revise was shown, and, much to
my disgust, the word capital was inserted, making a sen¬
tence something like this: ‘She was a refined, capital
Christian woman,’ instead of ‘ She was a refined Christian
woman.’ In almost every office there are literal-minded
people. They ‘ see the right, but still the wrong pursue.’
We must cater to these people by taking our motto from
Habakkuk, second chapter, ‘ Make it plain upon tables, that
he may run that readeth it.’ ”
Ansiver. — We use this word in its conventional place,
although what we say is not all an answer, as there is but
one question in the letter, and that one implies its answer.
Of course every mark on a proof should be absolutely clear.
The statement that no proofreading marks are standard or
authorized seems hasty, as the editor’s impression is that
many are both standard and authorized. Probably what
was really the basis of that remark is the fact that, with
perfect clearness of indication, the use of these standard
and authorized marks need not be demanded on authors’
proofs. Regular proofreaders will always use them —
some with conservation, and some with lavish profusion.
The marking indicated for spacing seems excellent. In
such a case the only demand is that attention be called to
the place where the spacing is wrong. With that fact
pointed out for him, no compositor could fail in knowing
what to do, no matter what kind of mark did the pointing.
It might be a better simplification just to draw a straight
line under the part for correction and make a space-mark
in the margin.
Collective Nouns and Number.
C. E. H., Vinita, Oklahoma, writes: “ The question has
arisen in our office as to whether it is proper to designate
the Leader Printing Company, publishers, or the Leader
Printing Company, publisher. This is to be used on a letter¬
head which gives the names of the stockholders in the com¬
pany as well as the name of the company. Please state
which form is right and why it is so.”
Answer. — In common with many other questions in
grammar, this one can not be answered dogmatically. Nei¬
ther form is absolutely wrong, so that only the other can be
called right. But one is much better than the other, and
the better one in this case is publishers, the reason being
that the thought, both of the writer and of the reader,
dwells on the plurality of members of the company rather
than on the singularity of the company as a corporate
aggregate. This is emphasized in this case by the accom¬
paniment of the stockholders’ names. Our choice as answer
to the question is strongly in favor of publishers, not pub¬
lisher. Answering the question simply for the particular
instance of which it is asked is hardly sufficient in such a
case. So many possibilities are involved in the general sub¬
ject — as to the choice between singular and plural verbs to
be used with collective nouns as nominatives or subjects —
that attention is called to the peculiar conditions influ¬
encing the choice. Grammarians are nearly unanimous in
stating that the plural verb is sometimes demanded by the
quality of thought to be expressed, and that the singular
verb is the only proper form for use at other times. What
is true of a firm — or corporation — name is also true of
any similar collective noun. When the idea for expression
contemplates the whole body as one unified aggregation, the
singular verb should be used. When the idea is that of the
members of the body acting as individuals, the verb should
be plural. Very often no one but the writer can positively
distinguish sufficiently to say justifiably that the verb used
is wrong, though in some cases such criticism would be
proper. Here is what William Chauncey Fowler said:
“ When a verb has for its subject a collective noun, it can
agree with it either in the singular or plural number; as,
‘ The council is or are unanimous;’ ‘ The company was or
were collected.’ When the collective noun indicates unity,
a singular verb should be used; when it indicates plurality,
a plural verb should be used.” He gives as examples of
correct use: “An army was led through the wilderness
against him,” “After the battle the army were scattered
through the provinces,” “ The committee has brought in a
report,” and “ The committee were divided in their opin¬
ions.”
FILLERS.
The man who works hard enough boosting his own busi¬
ness will have no time left to knock his competitor.
Don’t make the mistake of thinking the man believes
what you say simply because he does not call you a liar.
It is no trouble to grin when you win. It is trying to
grin when you lose that makes your jaws feel like you had
the mumps.
Many a man tries to hide his ignorance behind the
shower of words.
Always do your best. Possibly the best you can do is
none too good.
The sympathy that does not take off its coat and get
busy never amounts to much.
The kick that comes from the fellow you have helped is
the one that leaves a real sore spot.
The great trouble with most people is that they want to
furnish the advice and have you do the work. — The Kansas
Magazine.
COLLECT THE LIVING THE WORLD OWES YOU.
The world may owe you a living, but unless you go out
and collect it you might as well consider it a bad debt. —
St. Louis Star.
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BY JOHN S. THOMPSON.
The experiences of composing-machine operators, machinists
and users are solicited with the object of the widest possible
dissemination of knowledge concerning the best methods of
getting results.
Metal Mixing and Refining,
J. F. M. writes : “ Have you any book that gives full
directions for making type-metal from new metal and for
refining the wastes or dross and for testing the quality of
type-metal now on the market? ”
Answer. — There is no altogether reliable book on this
particular subject. The January, 1910, number of The
Inland Printer contained an article covering this subject
under the heading, “ Talks on Typecasting,” which will
probably give you the information you require.
Type-metal,
J. T. K., of Adams, Massachusetts, writes: “ To settle
a very lengthy dispute, I wish you would inform me as to
what type is made of — just what is used in the making of
it.”
Answer.' — ■ Type-metal is composed of lead, antimony,
tin, and sometimes a small amount of copper. The com¬
pound varies, there being no fixed standard as to the quan¬
tity of each metal used. About sixty per cent is lead, twen¬
ty-five per cent antimony, and fifteen per cent tin.
Slugs Are Porous.
A Massachusetts operator writes : “ Can you tell me
what causes the porous part on the enclosed slugs? The
crucible is new and the lock-up seems to be all right. I
have tried about everything, but the hole will not leave.
Any suggestions that would help me out will be greatly
appreciated.”
Answer. — Reduce the temperature a little. Increase the
stress of the pump-lever spring and put in a new plunger.
Put auxiliary vents in the mouthpiece and also clean out
all the jets and old cross-vents. Open the hole on the side
of the well. This can be done with the end of the pot-mouth
wiper.
How to Restore Keyrods.
A West Virginia operator writes: “ In changing maga¬
zines the other night on a Model No. 3 machine the opera¬
tor, who was a beginner, pulled the keyrod locking bar out
before he connected the ends to the verges and unlocked
the verges. The consequence was that all the reeds dropped,
and as I had never been up against such a thing, had a
hard time getting the reeds high enough so as to insert the
keyboard locking bar, after which I put the reeds in place.
Please give me information as to the proper and correct
way in which to remedy such a case if I should run up
against it again.”
Answer. — First examine the front of the magazine and
remove all matrices protruding, and note if all of those
behind the back pawl are in a uniformly even line. Turn
the verge lock just as it would be turned to lock verges.
Push in the keyboard lock; should it meet with an obstruc¬
tion, turn the keyboard rolls so as to cause the offending
cam yokes to move out of the way. Connect the keyrods as
usual. You should go through the foregoing operation just
for the experience, as it will take but five minutes to clean
up the matrices that fall out. On a Model 1 machine the
operation is quite similar, excepting that the verges are
locked with a wire above the shoulder of the back pawl.
To do this the magazine is raised about four inches and the
verges are drawn down a few at a time as wire is inserted.
Matrices Damaged by Duplex Rail.
A Wisconsin operator asks: “ Will you please tell me
what causes the smashing of the lower ear of enclosed
matrices? Sometimes they will smash when line is short or
when line is just right.”
Answer. — The matrices were damaged by the duplex
rail in the first elevator. The cause may be any of the fol¬
lowing: The right end of the back jaw may be deflected
back, allowing too little support for the matrix ear. The
spring pawls, one or both, may not be holding the upper
ears of the matrices in the jaws. The carriage may not be
going far enough. (Unlikely, however.) The machine may
start before the line is fully inside the pawls. The long
finger may be bent. The carriage may move too rapidly to
the left. It may be possible that your line is really too
tight. Measure assembler. It should be a thin space less
than the face length of your slug. The duplex rail on the
right end may not be properly supporting the matrices.
See that it has a free and full movement.
Oiling.
A letter from a Michigan operator is as follows : “ In
your opinion how often should a linotype machine be oiled,
and what does The Inland Printer Technical School teach
in that regard? Will you kindly give me your opinion and
any other information that you can regarding the question
asked? ”
Answer. — In the matter of oiling a linotype machine
some judgment should be displayed by the operator. The
oil-cups having waste should be kept filled. The two cups
close to the pot should have attention twice a week, if it is
found that the oil runs too freely. If the one oiling keeps
the waste saturated, that is sufficient. If the machine is
oiled once a week, one drop in each hole, we believe that is
sufficient. The distributor screws scarcely need such fre¬
quent oiling, but if given, should be attended with care;
otherwise oil will get on the threads and cause matrix trou¬
bles. It is needless to say that the operator is the one who
should do the oiling. If left to a boy it is either overdone
or partly neglected. Usually a half hour is given once a
week for the proper oiling of the parts. About fifteen min¬
utes each day aside from this for wiping and caring of the
machine; this does not include time required to make neces¬
sary repairs or alterations, such as cleaning magazine and
matrices, facing up mouthpiece or the removing of that
part. A machine requires continuous care, and to have it
work to its highest efficiency should have the constant and
regular attention of the operator.
Trimming-knives.
A Missouri operator writes : “ I want to tell you of a
little trouble we are having with our trimming-knives.
When changed to trim from one measure to another, they
always cut the slug crooked. Am constantly compelled to
set them so that they will caliper correctly. For instance:
Will set them to trim a ten-point slug (.140) thirteen ems
wide, which it will do accurately. Then if we change to,
say, twelve-point, twenty-six ems wide, it will invariably
trim them crooked. Exercise great care in setting them and
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have them caliper exactly, but scarcely ever do they retain
their accuracy in changing from one size to another. After
setting the knives so that they caliper correctly, you under¬
stand we make the changes by means, of the wedge adjust¬
ment, raising or lowering this as the occasion may require.”
Answer. — Set your knife on the longest slug, say twen¬
ty-six ems, and then when you change to narrow measure
see if any change in the relative thickness occurs. It should
not occur, but, supposing it does, it may mean that the
knife is not sharp enough or the screws and spring-plates
that hold it are not acting properly. It may be necessary
to remove the block and take off the knife. If this is done,
oil slightly the underside of the knife and of the brass wash¬
ers that are under the screw-heads. Also oil the wedge
where it has contact with the knife. In assembling the
parts and attaching them, see that the top and bottom
adjusting screws are turned out flush with the right knife
before you tighten the large screws on the block that holds
it in place. Reset the right knife on twelve-point, twenty-
six ems, and then try it again on thirteen ems ten-point.
Repairing Damaged Matrices.
Perry E. Kent, linotype machinist and inventor of the
Kent matrix reshaper, writes: “ I note in your February
issue, on page 730, under heading of ‘ Machine Composi¬
tion,’ the query from a Minnesota linotype operator who
asks regarding the difficulties of the distributor clogging,
and gives several of the usual symptoms, etc. Now, I am
interested in the Linotype and in helping all who have the
usual tribulations in connection with its use, and your
Machine Composition Department of every issue greatly
interests me. Kindly allow me, therefore, to take exception
to that part of the reply to the inquiry where it says, ‘ Do
not allow them (the matrices) to be placed in the magazine
again.’ There has been recently placed upon the market a
little tool styled the linotype matrix reshaper, which is
especially intended and peculiarly adapted to help out the
machinist or machinist-operator in just such occasions as
the correspondent describes, and saves the proprietor the
waste of throwing away the matrices (which he virtually
does if they are discarded), and the operator or machinist
the mortification of not being able to make the distributor
work satisfactorily, and also the annoyance and delays of
such occurrences. What your reply ought to have been, or
included, should have read something like this, in place of
the sentence quoted: ‘ The Kent matrix reshaper will assist
you greatly in distributor troubles; it can be procured from
the Mergenthaler Linotype Company, or branches, the
Inland Type Foundry, or branches, the Wesel Manufactur¬
ing Company, or branches, and is rapidly coming into use in
our best establishments.’ It would seem for the best inter¬
ests of those who look to the columns of your valuable
journal for good advice that the latest improvements be at
least suggested to them. There’s a guarantee behind it.”
Bruised Characters on Slugs.
A letter from a California operator is as follows: “ I
am sending you herewith a six-point slug. You will notice
that the letter ‘ r ’ at the end of the first word, and the letter
‘ e ’ at the end of the second word seem to be damaged or
raised up at the right side. You will also notice that the
other letters in the two words are perfect. Should these
damaged letters have been placed in the body of the words
instead of at the ends, they would have been perfect also.
It is only when occurring at the end of words that they seem
damaged. I keep my spacebands in first-class condition,
cleaning with graphite every day, and seeing to it that no
metal adheres to them. This, however, seems to make no
difference with the damaged letters. I would be pleased to
learn through your columns what is the probable cause of
this. It occurs also on eight-point and ten-point as well as
six-point, though not to so great an extent. As my office
insists on absolute perfection in slugs, I have to find a solu¬
tion for this trouble.”
Answer. — The damage to the slug comes from a move¬
ment of the matrix line which occurs just as the disk is
being withdrawn from the line of matrices. To trace the
trouble we suggest the following: See that your pump-
stop spring is not too strong. It should be only stiff enough
to return the right vise jaw to place. See that the first-
elevator gibs (left) are close enough to give but the slight¬
est play to the elevator sidewise. The elevator slide should
be oiled and should have freedom of movement up and
down. Set the yielding finger in the elevator jaws snug
against the line after it is justified, and if there is a clamp¬
ing screw, bring it to a bearing. If not, then expand the
finger and replace it. The added friction may tend to pre¬
vent a sidewise movement of the matrices after the casting
operation has taken place. We believe that you will pre¬
vent a recurrence of the trouble if you follow closely the
foregoing instructions. You will notice that the trouble
occurs on short lines or those having but a few words. Try
a run-over line ending in “ tion then quad out and recast
several slugs and examine the face of the slugs. Try a full
line with the same ending and you will note that there is no
damage. There should be no trouble after you prevent the
movement of the line to the left.
Good Work with “Twin Slugs. ”
Walter Ballenger, machinist-operator, in charge of the
linotype plant of the E. W. Stephens Publishing Company,
Columbia, Missouri, writes: “We have just finished print¬
ing the Revised Statutes of Oklahoma. The length of the
slug was thirty-two ems, therefore requiring the use of
twin slugs. The matter was composed on five machines
and the slugs were of good enough height to print without
a make-ready. How is that for results? ”
Answer. — Such results speak highly for the condition
in which this plant is kept and prove that, in the hands of
competent workmen, the most difficult composition can be
done on the Linotype.
Slugs Stick In Mold.
The following is from a Western operator: “ I am hav¬
ing some trouble. Second elevator seats firmly in its deliv¬
ery of matrices to the distributor, but now and then it fails
to ‘come after the matrices’; fails to come down at all.
It leaves its seat and starts; gets one-quarter of an inch
and does not come farther. Does not seem to hang; nothing
seems to be tight, for as soon as I go back of the machine
and pull it back in its seat it will start down (as soon as I
release the ‘ hook ’ which keeps it from falling) . Can you
get enough from this for a diagnosis and give me a remedy?
Once in a while the distributor shifter will mix up with it.
Seem to interlock each other as they begin to do their part;
that is, shifter coming out and second elevator coming down.
Got caught several times to-day. There is another trouble
I had this morning. Slug would not eject. First elevator
went up all way when I noticed stoppage. Looked for trou¬
ble. Could not seem to see it at once. Tried to back up
machine; would not work either backward or forward;
noticed slug, then what I thought was trouble. First eleva¬
tor would not move, and seemed to stick at highest upward
movement. How can I get slug out? Tried using ejector
lever, but seemed to be unusually tight after managing to
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‘ budge ’ the machine that much, so I could try that method.
Did finally get it out about half an inch but was balked
again, as it refused to come further, and as I could only see
part the way in through there, it seemed to be wedged up
against something solid. How should I overcome difficulties
of this kind? And how will I get machine to come around
so I can drive out slug. As mold-disk is in (or nearly, I do
not know which) position of ejecting, and as it seems to be
accessible in a way, would it be well to loosen screw which
holds the liners to allow slug to be forced out? Matter eight¬
een ems, six-point slug. Am using Model No. 2 machine,
last patent, 1905. Seems like machine has lacked attention
all over. Awful dirty. Too much oil. Fairly swims in it,
then it seems to be crude oil as well.”
Answer. — We judge from your description that the diffi¬
culties will be easily overcome. In the case of the second
elevator not descending, slightly oil the guide block of the
second elevator at the top and increase the stress of the
starting spring. This should remedy the trouble at once if
it is just as you have described it. The guide block is
where the second-elevator lever straddles a piece of steel,
near the distributor box. The starting- spring is about
twelve inches long and is near the first-elevator cam, but
stop in the meantime to allow a cast of metal to enter the
mold. This will usually end the matter. If this trouble
recurs frequently, clean your pot-plunger and keep the
metal to proper height so the slugs will be more solid. As
to the oily condition of the machine, it will do no harm to
clean it, especially the distributor screws, which should be
cleaned with a clean cloth and gasoline. It probably has
enough oil for some time to come.
Recent Patents on Composing Machinery.
Type Composer. — Walter Chipperfield, Romford, Eng. Filed July 1,
1910. Issued February 7, 1911. No. 983,350.
Type Caster and Composer. — li. P. Link and A. C. Morgan, London,
Eng., assignors to Uni-Typebar, Ltd., London, Eng. Filed March 17, 1910.
Issued February 21, 1911. No. 984,947.
WHY HE WAS BIG.
A very tall and muscular man went through the office
and out.
“ Fine physique,” remarked a visitor. “ Prize fighter, is
he? ”
“ No,” was the answer. “ That’s the art editor. No, we
don’t select them because they know anything about art.
BIG GAME IN CANADA.— GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
Photographs by R. R. Sallows, Goderich, Ontario.
inside the frame under the cam shaft. If the second-eleva¬
tor bar strikes the distributor shifter, you should oil the
shifter slide a trifle, just so it works freely. Your descrip¬
tion of a “ stuck ” slug does not seem to tally with the con¬
ditions present when such is the case. Note the following-
relative positions which are always present when a “ stuck ”
slug occurs: (1) The first elevator is up. (2) The sec¬
ond elevator is down. (3) The line is completely shifted.
(4) It is possible to back the cams far enough to raise the
ejector pawl. All the foregoing conditions are always pres¬
ent with a stuck slug. When any one of these is absent
you may somewhat suspect that it is not a “ stuck ” slug
that is stopping the machine. If you really have a “ stuck ”
slug proceed as follows: (1) Push back the controlling
lever. (2) Back the cams a trifle — just far enough to
raise the ejector pawl and move it back of the lug. (3)
Draw out controlling lever and allow machine to reach nor¬
mal position, when the vise can be taken down and the slug-
examined. If it extends out moi-e than one-quarter of an
inch, break off all outside of the mold; then close the vise
and vise jaws and start the machine, holding out the pump-
We get them good and strong, so they can lick the engraver
and make him do things over when he hasn’t done them to
our liking.” — Chicago Inter Ocean.
A WAIL.
BY JOHN LYMAN GUNDY.
I’d like to take my little craft
And sail somewhere, away
From all the moochers and the dubs
Who lurk along the way
Of life, and take a needed rest —
Get my spinebones straightened up
And give the absent cure a test.
Most any humble spot would do
Where I could hibernate a year or two
On land or sea — on foreign strand
Climbing mounts to beat the band,
Or whereso’er that 1 might streak
A thousand leagues from Battle Creek.
From he who runs the food con biz —
The monk who treats the rheumatiz,
The land-boom guy and all his ilk.
Who get the cush by gouge and bilk.
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The assistance of pressmen is desired in the solution of the
problems of the pressroom in an endeavor to reduce the various
processes to an exact science.
Tinting Ultramarine.
(842.) In reducing ultramarine blue to a lighter tone
use magnesia or zinc white rather than white of a lead base,
as this latter pigment on combining with the blue tends to
give a dark shade to the tint on account of the free sulphur
in the blue.
Gluing Cardboard to the Platen.
(845.) “ How can I make cardboard adhere to the
platen? Have tried gluing strawboard, but it does not
hold.”
Answer. — Clean the platen with gasoline or alcohol.
Apply a smooth coating of hot fish-glue to a thin mill-
board or a thick blankboard, depending on the require¬
ments, rub down and allow it to set for a short time before
using.
Gloss Finish on Postals.
(840.) “ Please explain the method used in giving a
high-gloss finish to postal cards. I notice that in bending
them they crack and the glossy material appears to peel off.
Can this work be produced on a platen press? ”
Answer. — The glossy finish is applied in a thin sheet to
the cards before they are cut. All cards of this class are
imported, as far as we can learn. American cards are
glossed by varnishing on a special machine. This operation
is completed before the cards are cut. The Chambers
Brothers Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, makes a
dependable varnishing machine.
To Prevent Offset.
(839.) A Western pressman asks: “Please inform
me what Eastern pressmen use in their black and colored
inks to prevent offset and to save slip-sheeting.”
Ansiver. — There are various mediums handled by ink-
makers and dealers in ink specialties warranted to prevent
offset. In a measure these compounds make good, but they
must be used with discretion. We know of no absolute pre¬
ventive for offset by ink manipulation. The causes are
so diverse, being governed by weather conditions, speed of
machine, nature of stock, and various other details, that the
pressman must apply remedies to fit the condition.
Brass Plate on Platen.
(844. “We find it necessary to cut out cartoons occa¬
sionally on our platen press. The steel rules on cutting
through the board pasted on the platen mar its surface,
besides blunting the edge of the rule. This we wish to
avoid. We understand that a brass plate is used some¬
times on the platen. Please inform us regarding the method
of applying the plate.”
Answer. — A piece of brass about one-sixteenth inch
thick and nearly the size of your platen may be used. With
a prick-punch, mark points about three-eighths inch in from
each corner of the plate. Clamp the plate on the platen and
drill a hole at each point marked. The holes need not be
more than one-half inch deep. Remove the clamps and tap
the holes for screws, use one-quarter-inch flatheads and
have the brass plate countersunk, so the heads are about
one sixty-fourth inch below the surface. The attaching of
this plate makes it necessary to alter the impression to cor¬
respond.
Type- wash.
(848.) A Mexican printer sends the following query:
“ I have a booklet from you yclept ‘ Fact for Printers,’ in
which I find the following recipe for a type-wash : sal soda,
6 pounds; qualia bark, 2 pounds; sal ammoniac, 3 pounds;
hot water, 12 gallons. Boil ten minutes, allow to cool and
strain through cloth. None of the supply houses can sup¬
ply me with qualia bark nor give me information about it,
and my scientific friends are equally in the dark in regard
to its nature and origin. You can no doubt enlighten me.”
Answer. — Qualia bark is the common soap bark; the
term is a corruption of quillal. This saponaceous bark is
taken from a tree indigenous to Chili and may be purchased
in Chicago in lots of one hundred pounds at 12% cents per
pound; in five-pound lots at 17 cents.
Ink Drying Slowly.
(841.) Submits a carton printed in bronze-blue ink on
white stock. The ink lacks the luster that is characteristic
of good bronze-blue and an excess of color is carried with
insufficient impression. The query explains the trouble
experienced by the printer. “ The enclosed specimen has
been printed a week and has not dried sufficiently to enable
us to glue up without smutting. Will you advise us of the
cause of the trouble; whether the fault is with ink, or was
the impression too light? We have more or less trouble
with our ink-drying, although we use driers in the ink. The
inkmaker claims that the stock varies more or less, so that
the same ink might dry all right one time and not another.”
Answer. — As the type and border are heavy a strong
impression should be used. Less ink may then be carried
and it will dry relatively quicker than where light impres¬
sion is used and an excess of ink. Bronze-blue usually dries
readily without the use of driers, however, depending some¬
what on the nature and absorbency of the stock, for as the
ink-dealer says, the variations in stock will cause a corre¬
sponding variation in the drying time of inks. In work of
this character use a firm impression and ink only sufficient
to give full color. If a good grade of bronze-blue is used it
will scarcely require a drier. The ink should dry over
night sufficiently to allow gluing up the following day.
Tympan Pulling out.
(843.) “ Can you tell me the probable reason for the
tympan-sheet on my drum cylinder pulling out? The sheet
pulls from under the grippers and even tears. This machine
had been badly neglected before I secured it, and I am try¬
ing to fix it up. I found that the bearers were about two
points low and have made them type-high.
Answer. — If the tympan pulls out after you have
brought the bearers to proper height it is likely that the
cylinder bearers are not in firm contact with the bed bear¬
ers and that you are carrying too much packing. Test the
amount of packing carried by placing a straight-edge or a
column-rule on the tympan with the end over the cylinder
bearer; when pressed tightly it should almost touch the
cylinder bearers. If it is found that too much packing is
carried, reduce it until there are but about three sheets of
news above the edge of bearers, as tested before. Then test
the contact of cylinder and bed bearers when news form is
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on the press by placing- a narrow strip of paper on each bed
bearer and turning the cylinder until the strips are in con¬
tact with the cylinder; when in this position they should
be held firmly. The cylinder must be brought down until
this is accomplished. If the press is badly out of order it
would be a stroke of economy to have a competent press
machinist put it in good order, rather than to experiment
with it yourself. If it only requires adjusting, the cost will
not be great.
Embossed Blotter.
(846.) Submits a dark-green blotter on which is em¬
bossed without printing an eighteen-point condensed gothic
line, placed about the center. The counter-die causes a
halo to appear around the raised letters where it has con¬
tact with the blotter by smoothing out the matt surface.
This could have been somewhat minimized by scraping
down the edges so they would not appear quite so harsh and
irregular in form. It does not, however, detract from the
appearance of the line. This novel manner of advertising
is more attractive than if the line were printed. A two-
point raised line around the edge of the blotter, leaving
about eighteen points’ margin, would have been but little
more trouble in the make-ready and would have given a
finish to the work.
Die-stamping or Embossing.
(847.) Submits an envelope having two lines in raised
letters, in red ink, stamped on the flap. The printer desires
to know if he can produce this kind of work on an ordinary
type-press, and if so what is the procedure. As this work
is a specimen of die-stamping he will not be able to more
than approximate it by printing and embossing, making
two impressions of the job. The average printer can not
compete with those operating die-stamping presses in pro¬
ducing high-class stationery for business and social use.
However, a very neat job may be produced on type-presses
which will have both the finish and relief of die-stamping,
but must be done in two impressions. Some tasty work of
this kind has come to our notice, which is produced on the
best grade of bond-paper and printed in a special gloss ink.
The sharpness of the relief of the fine lines and the smooth
and unbroken surface of the solids show excellent work in
engraving and embossing. The brightness and luster of
the colored inks give the finishing touches to an artistic
piece of wox-k. The foregoing is not a description of an
imaginary specimen of embossing, but of any job in which
the best effort of each department is exerted. Furnish the
pressman with a set of plates in which the embossing-plate
will be an exact register with the printing-plate, give him
the best paper and inks, allow him adequate time to get the
best out of the material in hand, and the result will not be
disappointing. We would urge every printer to try his
hand at embossing, for the work is not difficult, allowing
that he has a press that is reasonably strong and will regis¬
ter. Have the engraver furnish a sample desigm for his
own letter-head or envelope; for instance, one that will give
white letters in relief which could be applied to envelope,
letter-head and card alike. The form is locked up with the
plate, a trifle below the center, the chase is fastened securely
from sidewise movement, a piece of manila is pasted on the
platen, and, after the rollers are removed, an impression is
taken which if it shows at all will be very light. This gives
the location for attaching the embossing compound, which
is the counter or force used to give the raised letters; after
several impressions are taken on the composition, its plas¬
tic nature causes it to enter fully into the interstices in the
die and form a relief of the design which when sufficiently
hard forces the paper into the die and produces the relief
desired. The edge of the counter-die is trimmed or scraped
so as to avoid giving a rough appearance in the work, and
to concentrate the force more on the part thrown in relief.
If the desigm is to be printed, and the letters are to be in
relief, the printing is done from an electro or a zinc or
copper plate, which will register with the die — providing
the printer has the foresight to use seasoned stock and
keeps it covered after printing, so that no stretching or
contraction will take place before the embossing-plate is
applied. It is obvious that accurate feeding will be neces¬
sary on both forms. A full description of the various proc¬
esses is contained in “A Practical Guide to Embossing and
Die-stamping.” Price $1.50, postpaid. Boards, 78 pages.
The Inland Printer Company, Chicago.
A PRINTER’S HOME.
Residence of Harvey L. Jacoby, foreman, composing-room, Lutheran Publication Society,
Northmont, New Jersey.
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Under this head inquiries regarding all practical details of
bookbinding will be answered as fully as possible. The opinions
and experiences of bookbinders are solicited as an aid to making
this department of value to the trade.
Celluloid Cement.
(104.) A. E. S. writes: “ We have frequent calls for
novelties containing' celluloid. It would be a great con¬
venience to be able to use some sort of cement that could be
depended on to stick. We had a sample sent us from a
manufacturer, but do not care to invest in large quantities
for the little we need.”
Answer. — Put 3 ounces spirits of camphor into a bottle
containing 4 ounces of alcohol; dissolve in this 2 ounces of
shellac. When required heat in a hot-water bath and apply
while hot. This will stick to any material.
For binding celluloid edges together, moisten with a
mixture 3 parts of alcohol to 4 parts of ether. That will
soften up the material so that when lapped together and
left under slight pressure for twenty-four hours a perfect
joint is procured.
Difficulties with Lined Catalogue Covers.
(103.) The following letter describes very fully the
trouble experienced by many catalogue printers:
“As you are aware, there is a strong tendency on the
part of catalogue buyers of the highest grade lines of books
with sewed backs and full pasted end-sheets. The problem
facing the printer in this connection is to decide what kind
of stock to select for cover and inside lining that may be
glued together with the least tendency to curling or warp¬
ing. Other things to be decided are whether to use glue or
paste, and how the grain of the stock should run when
cutting the covers. We have experienced difficulty in get¬
ting cover-stocks under these conditions to come out with
reasonable perfection, and in consulting on the subject
with other binders of greater experience than ours, we learn
that they have similar trouble. We would appreciate any
information you might have at your disposal regarding this
tendency to curl, or if you have none, can you refer us to
some person or firm who you think is authority on this
matter? ”
Answer. — A considerable number of jobs of this kind
have come within the writer’s personal experience, and on
receipt of the above quoted letter, over two hundred dum¬
mies were made up of the various cover-stocks suitable for
the purpose. This was done to try out the different adhe¬
sives, grains, finishes and combinations of weights, etc. For
these experiments there were used thin glue, thin and thick
paste, fish-glue and also a mixture of glue and paste. After
pasting up, the dummies were laid out on the tables to dry.
More than a month has passed since the work was done
and in the meantime they have been in pile and single, in
basement and near steam coils. Where thin paste had been
used wrinkles appeared near the back. The cover lined up
with glue became stiff and puckered in spots. The best
results came from thick paste that had been strained
through super and spread on sparingly. When used in that
way no moisture penetrated into the books. If light weight
body-stock is used it is better to insert dry-sheets between
the book and the front and back end-sheets. Perfect results
were obtained where the end-sheets and covers were of
equal weight and finish and with grain parallel with the
book-back.
Where the grains ran across the back in the inside or
outside stock, covers warped in toward the end. Some
stocks used in the test gave better results than others, which
had a tendency to wavelike buckling near the back.
Badly warped, convexed covers resulted when a hard-
finished outside was lined with a soft, lighter weight inside,
and concave warping was caused by lining a soft-finished
outside with a hard-finished cover-stock of the same weight.
From this it will be seen that book-paper and cover-stock
can not be lined together with any assurance of success,
where there is a difference in weight or finish.
There are other causes that contribute to buckling. For
instance: if the sections of the catalogue are made up of
sixteen pages of thin stock instead of thirty-twos there will
be too much swelling in the back. The sewing machines
can take any thread from No. 24 to 40, but the best result
for paper-covered books is from the finest thread that can
be run successfully.
A book containing straight thirty-two-page sections or
inserted double sixteens sewed with No. 40 thread will come
out flat from the smashing machine, can be covered without
swelling, pasted up without buckling and trimmed without
breaking out. It is also the only sure way of maintaining
square backs.
Half-bound Spring-back Binding.
Sewing, make-up and half-bound, tight-back bindings
were described in the March number. The half-bound
spring back differs in detail even in sewing. When intended
for spring back, regardless of what kind, be it three-quar¬
ters, ends and bands, extra or full leather, a special heavy
kettle-stitch twine is set in at each end of the book when the
second section is sewed. When one thread is wrapped in a
half-hitch around another across the back, as explained
before, the constant opening and closing of the book on the
spring back will gradually cause the cutting of the thread.
The extra twine is therefore inserted and the half-hitch
taken around it and the thread loop below at the same time.
It also stiffens the back where the wear is the hardest. The
ends of the cords are left to extend on each side about an
inch, so that they can be fanned out and pasted down on the
sides. The book is taken from the sewing-bench to be for¬
warded, which means that it passes from one operation to
another with intervals between each for pressing and dry¬
ing. The first operation is to paste in a cotton strip between
the book and the end-sheet on both the front and back.
Second, it is trimmed on front edge only. Third, it is glued
up with thin hot glue well rubbed in with a stub brush.
It is rounded by means of gradual taps from a broad¬
faced hammer on each side of the backbone, alternately
from the center of the back upward, moving rapidly from
end to end, the left arm and hand meanwhile manipulating
the book by a steady pressure and a slightly rolling motion
forward. Fourth, the fly-leaves are glued and folded double,
bringing the edges even with the back over the bands. Tin
or zinc plates are inserted under each of these half leaves,
after which the book is put into a standing press, where it
is left under full pressure over night. The whole book is
shoved in between the boards while in press. Fifth, it is
taken out of press and strapped. Pieces of flesher, sheep
or roan are cut a little wider than the distance between the
bands on which the book is sewed. These should be long
enough to extend about two inches on each side over the
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back. The straps are glued with thin glue, the book back is
pasted and the straps stretched over. All rubbing is done
with the edge of folder from the center of the strap toward
the bands on which the book is sewed and in oblique move¬
ments right and left up over the sides. The edges of the
straps should be pared before gluing. A coat of thin paste
is applied over the straps and a folder used to rub out all
surplus glue and paste from the book and straps. When
this is completed, the book should have clean, tight-drawn
straps, showing the sections through the leather. It should
be left to dry again for a day between boards, still retain¬
ing the tins as driers. Sixth, the ends are trimmed off.
If the book has over two hundred pages the front should be
filled in and the lower part of the back supported. The
fore-edge should be turned toward the shearing motion of
the knife. Strawboard or paper scraps can be utilized for
the purpose. The edges should be colored or marbled.
Marbling is an art that takes a long experience to master,
therefore it is employed but little in blank-book jobwork.
The color used most frequently is a deep medium green.
Sometimes red, blue, brown or black is required. These
colors can be obtained in powder form and are soluble in
water. Where ruling is done, ink colors can be utilized.
The best method of applying the color-fluid is by means of
an ordinary sash-brush that can be bought in any paint
store. The fore-edge should be colored before the ends are
trimmed off. The best result is obtained where the brush¬
strokes are long and quick, avoiding doubling or splicing. In
other words, the edge should not become dry in spots while
being colored. When working the ends the strokes should
be from the back and carried beyond the fore-edge in order
to avoid staining the corners a darker shade.
Where orders are few, boards should be made up as soon
as size and thickness are ascertained. Tarboards are the
most reliable, if the Davy brand is considered too expensive.
“ Sherman ” will serve the purpose better than the ordinary
cloth board. The thickness of the boards should be made
up in proportion to the size of the book. For a book of 200
pages, 28 demy, one No. 20 and one No. 35 or 40 would be
enough; whereas an 800-page 54 superroyal would need
one No. 15, one No. 20 and a No. 35, and if the book has
more pages the boards should be heavier, but not heavy
enough to make it look clumsy. They should be cut large
enough to trim on front and both ends in cutting machine
when fitted on the books. The thinnest board should be left
loose about three inches from the back, so that it can be
opened and bent out for gluing to receive the tongue, to
allow for clean trimming in the cutting machine.
When measuring the squares the board should be placed
in position by inserting the tongue into the split edge of the
boards, using the joint rod as a gage between the back and
the board. If the book is a cap 300 pages, a thin cap rod,
laid flat side down on the tongue even with the back of the
end-sheet, will give the proper width for joint. Joint rods
are made to fit various thicknesses of the different sizes,
such as cap, medium and superroyal. The joint of a
medium eight-quire would be both wider and deeper than a
cap four-quire. Headbands add nothing to the strength,
but are sometimes put on in order to make a better founda¬
tion for head-setting. The stiff strip on each side composed
of end-paper bands and straps serves as a tongue for inser¬
tion into the split side of the cover-board. Each tongue is
divided into three parts, by cutting slits on the outside of
the first and last bands. These two end-tabs are not
inserted into the boards, but left loose until the final pasting
up of the end-sheets when the book is finished. When
attaching the boards, fairly thick glue should be used on
the boards to prevent them slipping while being pressed.
Queries regarding process engraving, and suggestions and
experiences of engravers and printers are solicited for this de¬
partment. Our technical research laboratory is prepared to inves¬
tigate and report on matters submitted. For terms for this service
address The Inland Printer Company.
Alcohol Pure and Denatured.
This question is asked in Process Work: “ Can any one
give me a method of testing alcohol which is suspected of
being denatured? ”
Answer. — The simplest method of determining if a sam¬
ple of alcohol is denatured or not is by the addition of a
little water to a small portion of the alcohol being tested.
Should it be denatured a turbidity is at once noticed. This
is due to the presence of a mineral oil. The addition of
water to pure alcohol produces no turbidity. Generally
there is a distinct odor to denatured alcohol sufficient for
one to detect the difference between the two.
"Annual Convention of the International Association
of Photoengravers.
Cincinnati will get the next convention of the Inter¬
national Association of Photoengravers. This matter has
been finally determined by the Executive Committee of the
association, who gave full consideration to the interests of
Chicago and Atlantic City, both of which places have been
warmly advocated as suitable locations for the general
gathering. The meeting will be held on Monday and Tues¬
day, June 26 and 27, with headquarters at the Sinton Hotel.
The plans for this meeting are well under way, and it is
anticipated that the publicity concerning the cost system
and the successful introduction of the Denham method into
the plants of a number of members of the Association will
be the principal topic to be discussed at this convention.
The Cincinnati engravers have entered enthusiastically
into the arrangements that are necessary for the meeting,
and while, of course, the time will be principally given over
to business sessions, there will be plenty of opportunity for
a trip “ Over the Rhine.”
Southern Photoengravers ’ Meeting.
The first conference of Southern photoengravers was
held at Birmingham, Alabama, on February 24 and 25.
Engravers from Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Louisiana
and Alabama were in attendance and a considerable amount
of enthusiasm developed as the merits of the cost systems
were explained. Mr. Denham gave his familiar lecture
accompanied by stereopticon views and several of the South¬
ern men announced before leaving Birmingham that it was
their intention to adopt the Denham system. In addition
to the talk on the cost system very interesting sessions were
held, covering morning and afternoon meetings of the two
days of the gathering.
The program of the meeting was as follows:
Address of welcome, R. W. Massey, president, Birming¬
ham Chamber of Commerce; “ Cooperation,” H. C. C. Stiles,
president, International Association of Photoengravers;
“ Stern Cost Facts,” F. P. Bush, Bush-Krebs Company,
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Louisville; “ Cost Systems,” Robert S. Denham, Cleve¬
land, Ohio; “ Warm Greetings from the Cold North,”
W. H. Wrigley, of the Wrigley Engraving Company,
Atlanta; “ Helpful Hints,” R. W. Ewing, of Roberts &
Son, Birmingham; “ Trade Evils,” H. C. Grelle, of the
Grelle-Egerton Engraving Company, New Orleans; “ Cut
Values,” L. L. Gamble, of the Brandon Printing & Engra¬
ving Company, Nashville.
Turning Negatives Trouble.
In the January Inland Printer, page 573, a difficulty
in turning negatives was described and a suggestion given
as to the cause of the trouble, which occurs when negatives
have been “ cut ” and intensified and when turned show
glossy spots on the glass side and lack of contact in those
glossy spots when printed on metal. Mr. George Roes, of
the Royal Engraving Company, New York, gives this as his
explanation of the cause and remedy for the trouble: “ In
the January number you ask for information as to the cause
of glossy spots and swelled spots in half-tone negatives
after they are turned. One cause of this trouble I have
found to be underexposure, and not from intensification.
Another source of trouble is the collodion, where there has
been more iodide of ammonium used than iodide of cad¬
mium. One way out of the difficulty is to flow a clean piece
of glass with plain stripping collodion and immediately
place it under running water and wash until all traces of
alcohol and ether have disappeared. Now take the glossy
negative and lay it very carefully on the wet collodion and
squeegee it down. Dry it until all the blue tint disappeai’s,
and you will find all gloss and unevenness gone.”
Roller for Re-inking.
J. W. C., Springfield, Massachusetts, asks where he can
buy a hard roller for rolling up half-tones, after the first
bite, so the dots can get a better protection and he can melt
the ink and let it run down the sides of the lines.
Answer. — This method of etching is not practiced on
this side of the Atlantic, and is not recommended, for the
reason that the resulting etching by such a method is not as
clean as can be had by the powdering method in common
use here. Still, there are times when a smooth and hard
roller is useful in reinking the surface of the dots so that
they can take on more powder and be better protected
against the acid. For this purpose an old and hard com¬
position roller with surface in perfect condition is as good
as any roller. Some use a worn smooth skin leather roller
for the same purpose. In Europe they use a glazed roller,
and this is the way a writer in Process Work recommends
its preparation : Take 4 ounces orange shellac and dis¬
solve in 20 ounces alcohol. Filter and pour the varnish
into a narrow tray long enough to take the roller to be
coated. Now take the roller, which must be an old nap
roller with the nap all worn off and one that has got dry
and hard, and immerse it in the varnish, rolling it around
until an even coating is had on the roller. Dry quickly over
a covered stove, taking care to keep the roller revolving
from the time you take it out of the varnish until it is dry.
If this is done properly you will have a roller that will
answer for deep etching. The roller should be cleaned with
turpentine before and after use.
Copying Illustrations Without a Camera.
L. DeV., St. Elizabeth College, Convent Station, New
Jersey, wants to know: “ Is there a process by which an
amateur photographer can reproduce in facsimile maps and
drawings without a camera? The maps and drawings are
in rare old books in our library. We have plenty of cam¬
eras, but all are too small, for some of the maps are 10 by 13
inches in size. Only about twenty-five copies are required
and photographic copies will answer the purpose.”
Answer. — If the maps and drawings have no printed or
other matter on the sheets containing them then the prob¬
lem is easily solved. A strong printing-frame will be
required, larger than the size of the largest map. Remove
the maps carefully from the books containing them; they
can be pasted back in place again without injury to them.
In a darkroom place a map face up in the printing-frame
and lay on it a sheet of a glossy “ contrast ” velox or similar
paper. Expose to light, the time to be determined by trial,
and develop this “ contrast ” paper in a hydrochinon or
glycin developer. You will thus get a paper negative from
which you can make positive prints in the printing-frame,
using the same sensitive paper and developer. Should the
mape have printed matter on the back, Charles R. King sug¬
gests this method for reproduction, which he calls “ Radiog-
BANQUET OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN PHOTOENGRAVERS, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 18,
AT WHICH A COST CONGRESS WAS INITIATED.
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raphy.” Place the “ contrast ” sensitive paper in the print¬
ing-frame first, lay the map face down on it and expose to
light. The principle of the procedure is that the light going-
through the sensitive paper is reflected back from the white
paper on which the map is printed, but where the black
lines of the map are there is no reflection; consequently
there is more action on the sensitive film where the light is
reflected and a faint negative print is the result. The whiter
the paper, of course, the better. In case the maps are
newly printed, they can be put face to face with the sensi¬
tive paper for a couple of days in a darkroom, when the
exudations from the resin in the ink will act on the sensi¬
tive film so that the image can be developed as a positive.
A Flying Pholoen^raver.
Many printers began as fly-boys, one has risen to be a
fly-man. He is William P. Gary, of Paterson, New Jersey.
Gary is also a skilled photoengraver, who has invented and
constructed with his own hands a non-collapsible aeroplane,
in which he has made a couple of flights. The circular con¬
struction is twenty feet in diameter, made of bent hemlock
william p. Gary’s flying-machine.
strips, on which is stretched specially prepared Irish linen
nine feet wide. The gasoline tank and radiator are in the
center of the circle, while the fifty-horse-power engine is in
front. Directly under the engine is the driver’s seat. Mr.
Gary told the writer that what he is striving for is to con-
STARTING TO FLY.
struct an aeroplane that will by its construction take care
of the lateral balance, and at the same time prevent the
machine from landing too abruptly, even though the aviator
went asleep. “ If I had only the desire to fly,” he added,
“ I would build a machine of the Curtis type, but my ambi¬
tion is to make aviation safe for ninety-nine out of every
one hundred persons, instead of for one out of every one
thousand. Personally I don’t care for publicity, but if the
notice in The Inland Printer should by chance reach those
who would assist me financially, I would appreciate it very
much, for God knows, or ought to, that a pressman’s salary
is inadequate to carry on extensive experiments in flying
machines and at the same time support a family.” Gary is
a practical genius. He began as a printer, then undertook
presswork, in which he is a master. While working as a
pressman he studied and became a skilled photoengraver
while waiting for the plates to come from the stereotyper.
After hours he undertook and completed a $10,000 house
for himself and family without losing a day as a pressman.
He is still a young man, and if he can succeed in making a
flying machine that the operator can go to sleep in and the
mechanism will automatically balance itself in the air,
printers and photoengravers will certainly buy them so that
they may cool off after the day’s work is done.
Saalbur^’s Rotary Photogravure.
Interest in rotary photogravure is on the increase, to
judge from the queries that reach this department. Here is
a portion of Mr. Saalburg’s description of his method from
the British patent, just published: “ I first make a nega¬
tive from the picture or object to be reproduced. Then a
positive transparency from this negative, doing any neces¬
sary retouching on this positive. Next ordinary commer¬
cial carbon tissue is sensitized with bichromate in the usual
manner, and squeegeed on a glass plate, from which, when
dry, it is stripped. This carbon tissue is exposed under a
single-line screen of about 135 lines to the inch for one-
quarter the time required for the positive. A second print
is made from the screen at right angles to the first print.
After the screen lines have been printed on the carbon
tissue the tissue is exposed under the positive. The exposed
carbon tissue is then squeegeed on to a carefully cleaned
copper cylinder, and the backing stripped off, leaving the
gelatin film of the carbon tissue adhering to the metal sur¬
face. By the application of warm water the soluble gela¬
tin is washed off, leaving the negative of the picture in
gelatin on the surface of the cylinder. After covering with
asphalt all portions of the cylinder not to be etched, the
cylinder is slowly turned in an etching bath of perchlorid
of iron and etched in the usual manner that photogravure
plates are etched. The positive of the picture is thus sunk
into the cylinder, but is divided up into rectangular cells by
the screen lines. These cells are of different depths accord¬
ing as they represent the shadows or other tones of the pic¬
ture. The etched cylinder is placed in a rotary printing-
press. In printing the picture, ink is applied to the cylinder
in sufficient quantity to fill all the cells between the screen
lines. The surplus ink is then scraped off by the revolution
of the cylinder against a sharp steel blade, which fits closely
against the cylinder, and which is moved back and forth
across the cylinder in a direction parallel to the axis of the
cylinder. The impression cylinder is twice the diameter of
the printing cylinder, so that the printing cylinder can have
two revolutions between each printing operation. A web of
paper is used, and it is printed on without being dampened.”
John Swain & Son, London.
The American photoengraver visiting London should see
Columbia House, the present home of Swains, the engra¬
vers. It was in 1859 the firm began. John Swain had made
himself famous as the engraver of the John Leech draw¬
ings for Punch, as Joseph Swain did later through the
engraving of Sir John Tenniel’s cartoons for the same pub¬
lication, for Tenniel stuck stubbornly to wood engraving,
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and he made nearly two thousand cartoons, all of which
passed through Joseph Swain’s hands. It is now nearly
forty years ago since John Swain, then one of the leading
wood engravers of London, foresaw that there was a pos¬
sibility that photomechanical methods of engraving might
supplant the wood block, so he started a small studio where
photoengraving might be experimented with. To-day the
whole building is given over to photo-process work, while
HOME OF JOHN SWAIN & SON, LTD., LONDON, ENGLAND.
only portion of a floor is reserved for the “ wood peckers.”
A recent visitor says: “ Columbia House is a noble edifice,
nobly furnitured and garnished, base to roof. You pinch
yourself when you enter. Is it a dream? That handsome
carved doorway, those wide circling counters, desks and
benches, all of American oak, that spacious and handsomely
appointed waiting-room, that room for travelers, and the
more secluded rooms for the directing chief, Mr. Dargarvel,
and the secretary. All of which seem the proper setting for
some great bank. The equipment of the plant includes
cameras from 23 by 26 inches down; Dallmeyer, Steinheil,
Ross, Penrose and Cooke lenses; Royle-Richards engraving
machines; a number of Levy and other etching machines;
Royle and Wesel routers and bevelers; Pritchard’s pneu¬
matic printing-frames; Shniedewend proof presses and all
the up-to-date machinery that makes processwork profitable.
Colorwork is an important branch of their work and so is
photolithography and the preparation of plates for the
offset press.”
A REMOVER OF THINGS.
An exchange says that alcohol will remove grass stains
from summer clothes. The exchange is right. It will also
remove summer clothes and also spring and winter clothes,
not only from the man who drinks it, but also from his wife
and children. It will remove household furniture from the
house and eatables from the pantry; the smiles from the
face of his wife, and the happiness from his home. As a
remover of things, alcohol has few equals. — The Alamo¬
gordo News.
PRINTING.
It is not what printing costs in time, paper and ink
that should determine its value, but the service it renders
to the man that buys it.
A TALK ON PAPER.
BY ALEXANDER THOMSON.
Adapted from an address delivered before the Ben Franklin Club, of
Cincinnati, Ohio, December 29, 1910.
HAVE been asked to tell you this evening
something about the manufacture of pa¬
per. The time is necessarily limited and
brevity compels me to make what I have
to say suggestive rather than explanatory.
I feel to-night that a distinct opportunity
is opened to the paper trade to clear up
many points which have long been mis¬
understood by the printing trade.
It is a truism to state that most friction between the
producer and consumer in any industry is due to misunder¬
standing on the part of the consumer, which the producer
neglects to explain or perhaps is too poor a salesman to
clear up.
Confidence must always be the best accelerator of trade
relations which are to be conducted on a large scale and on
an honest basis.
Cost Accounting and Trade Customs.
It is my opinion that the businesses of producing and
printing paper are among the cleanest and most honorably
conducted lines of enterprise in the country to-day, but I
also believe that both industries have been suffering from
the same affliction, that is, producing a manufactured arti¬
cle under severe competition, without adequate knowledge
of cost in some cases, and without proper regulations or
trades customs in others.
Standardized Rules of Trade Avoid Sharp Dealing
and Haggling.
The legitimate parts of each industry can not fail to
benefit by the standardizing of the rules of trade customs
of the other branches. Opportunity for talent to display
itself in more artistic products will be greater in a direct
ratio as the necessity for sharp dealing and haggling,
together with the speculative end of each business, as a
condition of existence, is removed.
The several branches of the paper manufacturers have
each gradually built up a set of trades customs applying to
the necessities of their different lines of manufacture.
These trades customs consist of a selection of rules which,
in most cases, were instituted by some one mill and which,
by their evident merit, have been gradually adopted by all
their competitors; they have been finally codified into a con¬
crete set of trades customs applying to each branch of the
paper manufacturing industry.
Most of these rules carry the reason for their existence
with their mere recital, however, as some of them may
appear arbitrary to the unsophisticated layman whose
acquaintance with the producing end of the art is limited.
How Customs Became Established in the Paper Trade.
I will endeavor to explain the reason for the more impor¬
tant of these measures.
Almost the first trades custom that was tacitly adopted
by the various mills was the one which pertained to a mini¬
mum basis of weight. In the earlier days when profits were
large and organizations less efficient, it was not realized
that there was a unit basis of weight which was the cheap¬
est per ton to manufacture, although any one can readily
see for himself that, given an endless traveling wire cloth
on which a uniform quantity of pulp is poured, that the
only way paper can be made from this “ stuff ” is to elimi¬
nate the water from it.
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Heavy Paper, Slower Production ; Light Paper,
Greater Waste.
As there is a definite limit to the fineness of the wire
cloth which can be used for each particular branch of paper¬
making, it is therefore axiomatic that the quantity of water
eliminated per minute from the “ stuff ” on this wire cloth
depends upon the mesh of the wire. A basis of economy is
therefore established on each particular quality of paper,
the rapidity of eliminating the water from the pulp estab¬
lishing that base. Hence, if the weight of the paper is
unduly increased, the speed of the machine must be slack¬
ened in order to allow the water to percolate or drain, thus
lessening the production proportionally; reversely, it is
also true that when the basis of weight is lighter than the
economic one, we carry on our wire apron a smaller amount
of “ stuff ” or pulp than we could successfully form or weave
into a sheet of paper (our labor cost, the power required
and overhead expense remain the same, while the waste is
considerably increased owing to the decreased ability of the
lighter sheet to withstand the severity of the process) .
Minimum Weight Varies with Different Grades.
The minimum basis of weight varies in different grades
of paper, partly because certain varieties, such as writings
and bonds, are inherently of stronger finish than others
and therefore carry a smaller percentage of waste in manu¬
facture; also because these same papers are invariably
higher in price than most other grades and therefore the
ratio of labor cost and fixed charges to selling price is less.
For example, a sheet such as blotting paper is so loose
and “ free on the wire ” as to make it producible on the
paper machine in heavy weights which are unobtainable in
other grades, consequently there is no difficulty in pro¬
ducing paper of this formation in almost any basis of
weight.
Factors Determining the Minimum Basis of Weight.
Therefore, to determine the minimum basis of weight
of any paper, the factors to be considered are :
First. The grade of the sheet and the price at which it
is to be sold.
Second. The formation which must be obtained.
Third. The “ free ” or “ slow ” nature of the materials
used, meaning the ease with which the water can be
extracted from them, and this can be varied to a vast extent
by manipulation in the beating or preparatory process.
Cost Accounting and Competition.
The varying factors stated influence the cost of produc¬
tion, and just as the printers’ cost congresses have been
attempting to set a definite and equitable price on so funda¬
mental a part of their industry as the cost of machine com¬
position, so have the various paper mills endeavored by
maintaining a minimum weight basis to standardize the
parts of their industry which should have nothing to do with
competition, but which if left undecided would lead rapidly
toward demoralization.
True competition should be on the basis of quality, price
and service, and should not consist of haggling on points
essential to any particular branch of manufacture; it is
far more important for printers to spend their time looking-
for new business than in a more or less profitable attempt
to get a slight reduction on an order out of some jobber’s
stock.
The Question of Overruns and Underruns.
The next trade custom which has seemed to work a hard¬
ship on the printer is the one which obliges him to accept
overruns and underruns.
The book paper mills are less arbitrary about this than
the coating mills, for the obvious reason that in uncoated
papers there is far less opportunity for trouble in this
direction, as the papers are produced with very few opera¬
tions as compared with a coated sheet, and the chance for
good or bad luck making an excessive over or under run is
reduced to a minimum. The average runs for book paper
ALEXANDER THOMSON.
are also larger and the orders are produced more often
under contracts calling for regular deliveries of a given
size and weight.
In producing an order of coated paper, mill men never
know until after the stock is cut off, sorted and finally
counted, how much stock they are going to have to send to
their customer. The element of “ seconds ” and waste can
not be gaged in any other manner than by the final count.
If it were not for this fact, we could readily forestall an
over or under run by cutting an overrun into the nearest
stock size, or running up a small additional quantity on an
underrun.
Increased Processes Increase Waste Percentage.
In producing coated or enameled papers, we have in¬
creased the number of processes by five over those that a
sheet of machine-finished book or bond must pass through,
and we have an average waste of nearly twenty per cent,
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which means that when we have an order for 100 reams of
paper, we must order raw stock for 120 reams. We have
also a large number of special shades to be matched, con¬
sequently must mix up different quantities of specially tinted
enamel for each lot which departs from a standard shade.
This, and the constantly varying waste factor, have made
it imperative that a trades custom should prescribe the
amount of over or under run which must be considered a
good delivery.
The Factor of Safety in Preventing Underruns.
The mills were forced to make a larger factor of safety
in this clause of trades customs than might otherwise seem
necessary on account of the surprising fact that printers
complain more bitterly over an underrun than an overrun,
unless the overrun be too great. You must realize that as
it is impossible to make up a ream or two shortage on any
special order, therefore we must make sure of the full quan¬
tity ordered, which indicates that anything above normal
good luck gives us an overrun.
If the paper is of special shade, size, finish or bulk, we
must for our own protection send this overrun to the printer
and demand a liberal factor of safety on small orders.
Stock Papers Safest for Small Orders.
I feel that if convenience were consulted as often as pos¬
sible and the taste of your customers as little as possible on
these small items, it might often be profitable to use a stock
sheet with safety.
I say this with due consideration of the fact that print¬
ers have “ troubles of their own ” of a similar nature and
that an underrun means a loss to them on account of the
fact that their composition, make-ready, etc., are unchang¬
ing factors, and that unless they get the full run they fig¬
ured on, their profit disappears.
Stock Papers and the Changing Sizes of Catalogues
and Other Advertising Matter.
It has been suggested to me that perhaps the stock sizes
now produced in many grades of paper are not keeping pace
with the changing sizes in catalogues and other advertising
matter. I hoped to give this matter adequate attention in
this paper, but I am really appalled at finding the subject
a great deal bigger than I thought.
When it is considered that one additional stock size
means several additional stock weights in this size, and that
an adequate stock of each weight and size must be carried
by each mill and each jobber making or handling this grade,
and in addition, this investment must be repeated by each
mill and jobber in every grade of a similar nature, it imme¬
diately becomes apparent that a new size introduced to the
trade would necessitate the withdrawal of an old one.
It is entirely reasonable to suppose that some of the
sizes now considered as stock by the trade are antiquated
and that considerable waste might be saved by the addition
of a new standard size.
A Question for the National Association of
Ben Franklin Clubs.
I believe that the best and only way to determine the
merits of this case would be by the cooperation of a national
association of Ben Franklin Clubs and the American Pulp
and Paper Association. The matter is too large to be han¬
dled by any one mill or any one club, and the above is the
only way that a new size could be immediately determined
upon and universally adopted.
As an illustration of this, I will call to your attention
the fact that at the mills I represent, there is carried as
standard stock, sixteen entirely separate grades of paper
(exclusive of cardboards) in thirteen distinct sizes and
about thirty-five colors and shades, and these are carried in
each standard weight, amounting to seventy-four weights
in all.
When you know that it requires in the neighborhood of
fifty thousand reams of paper to equip this one mill with
an adequate stock and also that the jobbers who draw their
supplies from this mill have always on hand at least double
this amount, or about one hundred thousand reams, it is
readily apparent that a new stock size of paper must be
thoroughly considered before final adoption.
Why the Water-mark?
Doubtless most of us have asked ourselves — “ Why a
water-mark? ” and also doubtless no two of us would return
exactly the same reply.
The only legitimate purpose I can see for a water-mark
in a sheet of paper is that of decoration, for surely no
manufacturer would dare to say that the superior quality
which he claims for his bond or ledger or writing is not
immediately manifest in the sheet itself by tearing or
erasing or printing or other examination tests.
Manufacturers who produce papers which are never
water-marked seem fairly well able to establish and main¬
tain a slowly acquired reputation for quality, against their
less meritorious competitors — - and lose it quickly when the
quality declines.
The fact of the matter is that water-marking papers
too often causes their sale on the basic fact of the water¬
mark instead of on the intrinsic worth of the sheet, whereas
the mere fact that the words “ Old Dampening Bond ” or
some similar name appears in the sheet may mean that the
old dampening people used to make good papers, while a
critical examination of the “ old dampening ” sheet might
show that it was equal in no single respect to what it used
to be, or to other papers of equal price — in other words,
the water-mark may have prevented a critical examination.
A sheet of paper not water-marked has to make its way
on its own merits, and I am sure you will agree with me
that this is as it should be.
I therefore must repeat that I believe the only legitimate
use of a water-mark is for decorative purposes.
Papers Water-marked in “Reverse.”
It is an unfortunate fact that practically all the water¬
marked papers which I have examined are water-marked
in reverse — that is, the letters read backward when viewed
from the “ felt ” side of the paper. This means that the
real effect of our American water-marking is to make every
printer either print on the “ wire ” or wrong side of the
paper in order to have the water-marking read correctly
from the printed side, or else he must print on the “ felt ”
or proper printing side of the sheet and have the lettering
appear in reverse to his customer when the work is exam¬
ined toward the light from the printed side.
Matching Duplicate Orders “ Exactly.”
Another of our “ small ” manufacturing difficulties
comes when we get an order for a standard grade of paper
with a sample attached of what we made last year, with
instructions “ to match it exactly.” Of course, no piece of j
paper ever made can be kept for one year without changing
(not necessarily fading) in color, and equally, of course, the
mill can only proceed to make the order under the same
formula as before, with the result that it is not exactly “ the
same as last year,” but if the mill (any mill) did otherwise,
it would soon have no reputation whatever for uniformity
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113
of product, because of the necessity to change the formula
every time an attempt (you note I say attempt) is made
to repeat an order or to match an original sample. Such a
course would only result in increasing the manufacturing
cost of paper about twenty-five per cent, and the mills
would not average anything like as uniform a product as
they now produce.
Distinction Between “Fading” and “Chan^in^”
of Paper.
You will notice that I make a distinction between the
words “ changing ” and “ fading ” of papers, and the dif¬
ference is real. By changing, I mean the altering of the
shade or appearance of a sheet of paper by a basic change
in the fibers themselves; these will invariably turn yellow
with age, slowly in linens, rapidly in news, so that even if
we had coloring matters which were absolutely non-fading
and could be used commercially, the papers so tinted would
appear faded because as they turn yellow they would also
tend to turn green if of a bluish shade, and brownish if
of a red shade or tint. Of course, this action would not be
so rapid in papers wherein these unalterable colors were
used, as in the cheaper varieties tinted with anilines.
Natural Shades Most Desirable to Avoid Changing
or Fading.
The best remedy the printers have against the changing
or fading of papers is to order them in the natural shade,
which means that no coloring matter has been added to the
pulp, and therefore the only alteration which could take
place in the shade of the paper would be the yellowing which
comes with age and which is never unsightly and always
uniform, not being dependent on exposure to light.
Up to a very few years ago all white papers were made
natural, but according to tradition, some washlady dropped
her bluing into a beater of pulp and the paper world imme¬
diately adopted the bluish tint.
I believe that the time will come when there will be a
reaction which will swing us rapidly toward the natural
tone, in the super and M. F. papers, as they would be more
beautiful and durable.
The coated papers particularly are valued for brilliancy
of color-tone, and I therefox-e must except them, because
coated papers are invariably used for half-tone printing
and half-tones usually need all the contrast they can get.
Therefore coated papers should be as white (that is, as free
from green or yellow cast) as possible. Green or yellow
both tend to reduce contrast in either a printing-ink or a
printing-paper, and consequently should be as nearly as
possible absent from both.
The Fourdrinier Machine and the Grain of Paper.
A man named Fourdrinier changed the papermaking
world from a definitely limited to an almost unlimited pos¬
sibility of production when he conceived the idea, in the
eighteenth century, of making the process of manufacture
continuous by substituting for the poor little ash-sifter of
a papermaker’s “ mold,” an endless wire cloth and shook the
machine to felt the “ stuff.” Unfortunately, neither Mr.
Fourdrinier nor any other mechanically minded paper-
machine manufacturer has ever shown us how to do one
thing that every hand-made laborer in the old days did with¬
out knowing it, and that is, make a sheet of paper that has
no grain and is therefore equally strong both in folding
and tearing quality either way of the sheet; the reason for
this is that the workman had no difficulty in shaking his
mold forward and backward, as well as sideways, while the
paper machine “ wet end ” can only be shaken sideways
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(because of the process being continuous, any shake back¬
ward would pull the sheet in two) ; consequently our very
best practice to-day will still leave more of the fibers point¬
ing along the machine than across it, and the paper
naturally tears strongest in the way there are most fibers
pointing.
Papers and cardboards made on a “ cylinder machine ”
which has no shake at all can be recognized most readily in
this way, as they have scarcely any strength longitudinally.
We have still actively at work in our employ a man,
Thomas Wrenn by name, who has been a paper-machine
tender for over fifty years and this man has seen practi¬
cally all the development of modern papermaking.
Forty-five years ago he was making paper by hand in
England, and in order to show the exact difference between
a hand-made sheet and the machine-made, I have asked him
to make for you some sheets of hand-made paper, using
pulp from the chest which would afterward flow onto the
machine and become “ machine-finished ” book.
There should be no other difference between the two
sheets than what is produced by the two processes.
Hand-made Paper and Laid Paper.
I have never seen this experiment before, and believe
you will decide that the “ hand-made ” paper is not worth
the extra cost which would have to be charged for it,
although it is undoubtedly better in many ways, especially
in the matter of folding either way and having greater bulk
for a given weight.
During the eai'liest days of papermaking by hand, what
is now known as “ laid ” was the only formation known,
because the skill of the wire-cloth manufacturer was appar¬
ently not equal to producing a wire having both a close warp
and woof, so the “ chains ” were put in at intervals in the
woof to keep the wax-p wires uniformly separated.
After the production of wires as now used, the laid
mark has become in reality a water-mark, as it is put in,
after the sheet is formed, by a “ dandy-roll,” just like any
other water-mark, and is probably the only water-mark
used in this country for strictly decorative purposes.
What Constitutes a “ Grade ” of Paper?
What constitutes a “ grade ” of paper? When does news
cease to be news and become book paper, and when does it
shake the husk of “ bookdom ” and emerge as a fully devel¬
oped “ linen ledger ”?
Alas, in many cases, book is only book when the mind of
the victim (pardon me, I mean customer) is calmed into the
fatuous belief that it is “ book,” and the frontier of “ news-
dom ” is safely past; and that book paper, even if it is
“ No. 4 ” book, has been deposited on his doorstep, with no
more identifying marks on the “ wrappers ” than if it were
any other unclaimed foundling.
Whose fault is this, you may ask, and I must answer
you in all good faith, nobody’s fault, because it is every¬
body’s fault; the fault of papers being sold on water-marks
instead of on formulas, upon reputation instead of the pur¬
chaser’s own better judgment.
Water-marks and Reputations.
Water-marks, and reputations I might almost say,
amount to superstition in too many cases, with the sad result
that the line between animal and vegetable, or between
righteousness and sin, are broad and well-defined equators
compared to the line between news and book, and so on up in
our ascending chain of “ grades.”
What remedy has the average printer against this bewil¬
dering chaos of grades?
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None that is immediate, except the exercise of good
judgment, for the chaos is not intentional either on the part
of the mill or the honest jobber, and nothing but coopera¬
tion can better it.
Papermakingj an Art and Not a Science.
This chaos is the result of the fact that papermaking is
an art, and is not, and I believe never will be, an exact
science.
There are two reasons for this, first, that the personal
equation enters into the art to an enormous extent, the
skill of the operators being always the determining factor
of final success; second, that there are so many physical
and mechanical factors which must also be taken into
account that it is impossible for the same paper machine,
running on the same order, using the same materials and
operated by the same men, to produce a sheet of paper that
is mechanically accurate in the sense that drop forgings or
type are accurate.
Individuality in Production.
I repeat that while mechanical accuracy is impossible,
commercial accuracy is not, and neither is artistic perfec¬
tion beyond the reach of well equipped and properly organ¬
ized mills.
Just as the signature of any one of us here to-night is
never twice the same, yet nevertheless is always so charac¬
teristic of the man who wrote it as to be practically beyond
the reach of imitation, so may the product of any mill have
characteristics, giving its papers special values for special
purposes, and it seems to me that the printer’s best hope
lies in a familiarity with these papers and their application
to the various phases of his own business.
Bond Papers.
What is “ Bond ” paper? Does the word “ Bond ” on a
case denote a special price or formula or color, or has the
word degenerated so that “ Bond ” means a finish? It
seems to me that to-day any sheet of paper with a color,
crackle and a strong tear, provided it also has a medium
rough finish, may be a sheet of “ Bond ” paper, whether it
be manufactured from one substance or another and also
providing the case has been correctly stenciled, otherwise
the rose by some other name might smell as sweet, and white
manila almost as fittingly decorate the receptacle.
Manila Papers.
This word “ Manila ” used to have a significant mean¬
ing, but if there were to-day a pure-food law for paper,
many of us would discover that our paper digestion had
been sadly mistreated.
Manila paper literally should mean paper that is made
from the fiber of manila hemp; to-day it means in every
mind paper that is strong enough for the purpose and hav¬
ing the yellow color, and I suppose this degeneration took
place on account of the universal clamor for a sheet “ just
a little bit cheaper,” for strong papers can be made from
other and cheaper fibers, but they are not really and truly
“ Manila.”
Everybody knows this and also the other facts I have
recited, and after all not a great number are deceived or
injured by these “ near’ems,” nevertheless they are inju¬
rious to the standing of our two industries, and I sincerely
wish, and I am sure others wish the same, that the name of
a sheet of paper could designate its quality and formula
exactly to the same extent as the words engraved on a dollar
bill invariably represent one hundred cents.
At Chicopee, Massachusetts, on February 17, Albert Bon¬
neville, New England representative of Sigmund Ullman
Company. Mr. Bonneville’s death was tragically sudden,
and was the result of heart failure. He had just reached
his home in Chicopee and was engaged in unpacking his
ALBERT BONNEVILLE.
grip, when he fell forward and died within a few minutes.
Mr. Bonneville was connected with the Sigmund Ullman
Company for thirteen years, and his genial personality and
frank business methods won him friends wherever he had
business relations. The funeral services were held at Chi¬
copee on February 20 and were largely attended by rela¬
tives, friends and members of the Sigmund Ullman Com¬
pany. Interment was at Montreal, Canada, where Mr.
Bonneville was born.
THE EVILS OF GUESSTIMATING.
When a producer stakes his chance of loss or profit
upon a guess he becomes a gambler. He not only jeopar¬
dizes his own interests, but the interests of his family,
his competitor (who must strive to meet his unfair prices),
and the interests of the trade at large, which he is help¬
ing to demoralize by his speculation. When he fails the
whole industrial fabric is affected by both the act and
record of failure, and he not infrequently carries down
with him other institutions, entailing great losses upon
hundreds, or thousands, of people who had no idea that
their interests were bound up with his.- — Bulletin Interna¬
tional Association of Photoengravers.
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WHY SPRUCE WOOD FOR MAKING NEWS¬
PRINT PAPER?
ETHELBERT STEWART, IN CHICAGO “ DAILY NEWS.”
JN the one hand we have paper manufac¬
turers who assert that the supply of
spruce wood in the United States is being-
exhausted; that its growth is so slow that
a new yield will require two if not three
generations to realize upon; that with the
exhaustion of spruce as a pulp wood the
paper industry must necessarily become
extinct in the United States. On the other hand, other
papermakers of wide experience and good standing assert
that spruce is not essential to papermaking; that paper
can be made from a variety of trees, some of them making
even better pulp than spruce.
One class of manufacturers is referred to by the other
as the “ spruce crazy crowd,” while the advocates of spruce
retort that the others do not know what they are talking
about. Therefore an answer must be had to the question,
“ Why Spruce? ”
Cellulose, or the vegetable fiber from which paper is
made, is to the vegetable world what the bones are to the
animal world. The tiny shreds are covered with resinous
and other nonfibrous material, just as the bones are covered
possible the modern wide sheet, high-speed Fourdrinier
machine and the modern high-speed machines make spruce
pulp necessary for their economic use. Their use means the
difference in production between a slow twenty-ton machine
and a fast fifty-ton machine with only a slight increase in
wages per machine hour and a vastly decreased labor cost
per ton of finished product. By using a slightly higher per¬
centage of sulphite pulp, say twenty-five per cent spruce
sulphite and seventy-five per cent spruce ground-wood pulp,
a “ mat ” can be had which will stand a 600-feet-per-minute
speed on a Fourdrinier machine.
When finished this paper will stand the terrific speed of
the modern printing-press without tearing or pulling in two.
Not only does news-print paper made from spruce take ink
better and show a better surface for printing cuts, but it is
doubtful if a paper of the thickness and weight of modern
news paper could stand the strain of the modern printing-
press and be made from all wood other than spruce or at
anything like even the present prices of print paper.
There would seem, therefore, to be some justification for
the “ spruce mad ” news-print paper manufacturer. In the
manufacture of book papers, even all-wood book papers,
spruce is not so important; in many of the grades of paper
its use is unnecessary and wasteful. Since other fibers and
pulps are as available for use in other grades of paper, it
GROUP OP GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, OTTAWA, CANADA.
Copyright, Canada, 1911, by W. R. Lancefield.
with muscular and fleshy tissue. Being the anatomy or
skeleton structure of vegetation, or of the vegetable world,
all vegetation contains cellulose fiber, more or less; hence
paper can be made from any vegetation. The questions
presented are the percentage of its total volume that a
given wood will yield in cellulose fiber; the length, texture
and “ matting ” quality of that fiber when extracted, and
the printing quality of the paper when produced.
Spruce yields more usable pulp per cord of wood than
any other available wood. While any estimate or figures of
yield in pulp per cord of wood can be only relative, since
small wood will produce more “ shims ” or waste than larger
wood, nevertheless, wood of reasonable size will produce
from 1,700 to 1,800 pounds of screened mechanically ground
pulp, fine enough for news-print paper manufacture, per
rough cord of spruce.
The quality of the pulp is especially adapted to high¬
speed papermaking machines. Formerly paper was made
from birch, poplar, balsam, pine, almost anything in fact,
but the machines ran 80 to 100 inch rolls at a speed rate of
250 to 300 feet a minute. To-day a really up-to-date news¬
print machine runs a sheet 166 inches wide and has a speed
of from 575 to 600 feet a minute and will produce fifty to
fifty-five tons of finished paper in twenty-four hours. It is
apparent, therefore, that a strong pulp is necessary to
stand this pull. The fiber must be long, strong and of a
quality that will “ mat ” well and thoroughly.
Spruce pulp fills this need. In short, spruce pulp makes
would seem to be wise to leave spruce to the news-print
manufacturers. So far as the spruce supply can be released
from drafts upon it by other grades of paper, and thus
added to the supply for news-print paper, so far can the day
of the necessary substitution of a new and probably more
expensive raw material be postponed.
Approximately eight thousand copies of our ordinary
sized daily newspapers can be got from a ton of paper. It
takes one and one-half cords of spruce to make a ton of
paper. About five tons of paper come from the average
acre of spruce lands, once chopped over; that is, no trees
under eight inches in diameter are cut. In a city like Chi¬
cago four hundred tons of paper a day are consumed.
When we realize that The Daily News prints a good
many acres of average spruce woodlands a day and that the
newspapers of the United States print well over one thou¬
sand acres a day, while the news-print paper manufactur¬
ers in the United States alone are transforming 860 acres
daily into news-print paper, to say nothing of the other
kinds of paper produced from this variety of wood, or of
the quantities of it sawed into lumber, used for telegraph
and telephone poles and railroad ties, we begin to get a
glimpse of the importance of conserving our spruce lands
and those of Canada as well. We also begin to realize the
need of using every inducement to have papers other than
news-print made of wood other than spruce, and to check
as much as possible the use of spruce in lumber, poles,
posts and ties.
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Who Pays for Idle Presses?
A correspondent writes: “Among the foolish questions
I am prompted to ask, this one is a puzzle to me. I heard a
printer state that he had walked up and down his press¬
room and worried about the number of his presses that
were standing idle. He said he could have kept them run¬
ning if he had met the prices that some other printers were
making, but that he had determined that he would not turn
a wheel unless he got his price. He stated that his presses
were idle for a long time, but at the end of the year he
showed a better balance-sheet than he had shown in the
years he had kept his presses at work on competitive prices.
Now if a press or any number of presses stand idle for a
considerable time who should pay for the presses lying idle,
and what amount should be charged to any account, and
what account should the lost time be charged to? When
work does come in is it right that any proportion of that
lost time should be charged as part of the cost of doing the
work? If not, how does the printer recoup himself and
show a better balance-sheet in running, say, half time unless
he charges an unusual profit? ”
The painter estimates his time and paint and brushes,
adds his profit and is content. The artist puts his soul in
his work and his price is that at which he values himself
and the years of toil that have perfected his genius.
Between these two extremes the graphic arts ebb and flow
in dealing with the buying public.
Backbone.
A great need of the craft is backbone. The exhorta¬
tions to install cost systems, in which we have as pioneer
and member of the chorus sang the song lustily for the last
few years, are well enough. When a man knows his costs
there is no excuse for his doing work without a profit. But
there is the old desire to get the job by hook or by crook.
This imp is always present and urging “ Cut those figures;
they are all right, but, something will occur while the job is
running that will allow you to make even. It never hap¬
pened before, but it will this time; so cut, get the job and
keep the office going.” The tempter’s plea is especially
strong, because it is in keeping with life-long practice, and
old habits die hard. But this one must be put to rest if a
cost system is to accomplish more than a tithe of what is
possible. To know that one is taking work at a loss is
worse than to do it in a state of blissful ignorance. There
is the mental distress of knowing that a job is going
through which will, barring a miracle, prove a loser, and
the pricks of conscience that tell one this is a transaction
that would be reprobated in a competitor. These consti¬
tute pai’t of the ogre worry that enervates more than work.
As is usually the case, this dallying with what is straight¬
forward and right is very poor business. If the job hap¬
pens to be a large one, while it is being done it may be the
means of preventing the securement of profitable work. If
an attempt is made to get even by “ skimping,” there is
likely to be dissatisfaction and a disgruntled customer on
the rampage, which is about as direful a single-handed
calamity as could befall a printery in the competitive field.
Trimming a correctly made estimate is a bad business in
the concrete and in the abstract is ethically wrong.
H ow Much Type Can a Printer Set? and How Long
Should It Take Him to Set a Business Card
or Bill-head?
Anthony Laurie, of New York city, wants to know how
many ems a compositor can set in an hour, straight matter,
also a two-thirder, and what is the average time it takes
to set both a business card and bill-head of, say, ten lines,
all job-type.
Answer. — Fifteen or twenty years ago when type was
set by hand, for a day of ten hours the printer who dis¬
tributed his case and set and corrected six thousand ems
was doing work of a high average. The two-thirder was
not expected to do any less, for some two-thirders could set
type much faster than some journeymen. How long it
would take printers to do this same work now we have no
means of telling, for it depends on the amount of practice
the compositor has in setting straight matter. Business
cards and bill-heads may take from twenty minutes to two
hours or more — dependent on the copy, the condition of the
office material and the skill of the printer in being able to
get a good effect by direct and simple typography. Some
two-thirders are better printers than some journeymen, so
it is not possible to make a comparison. It depends on the
particular two-thirder or the particular journeyman who
does the work. But printers make estimates on the time it
will take to do work. If they bid too high they lose the
work, if they guess too low they lose money. No one knows
how long it will take to do a job until it is finished. You
have the privilege of guessing and of backing your guess
with a price, if you do a competitive business.
The Employer’s Salary and Profits.
Is there not a prevalent confusion of ideas as to the
meaning of profits? Before profits accrue to employers
they must first draw salaries for services, if they perform
the services themselves, or, if they have ceased to be
actively connected with their businesses, they must pay
salaries to their substitutes. Salaries, whether for pro¬
prietors or their substitutes, must be included in costs.
What is left, if any, after all costs have been met, are
profits. Profit is unalloyed surplus. The advantage an
employer has over a salaried employee is that, in addition
to salary, he may also draw profits as compensation for the
possible disadvantage of having to accept losses. Real
profits in all lines of business are scarcer than is generally
understood. — American Bulletin.
Do Good Work — Get a Just Price.
A man told me the other day, says the Reflector, of Jef¬
fersonville, Indiana, that he was a patron of printing-offices
to a considerable extent. He ordered sixty thousand copies
of a certain small job at a small office. The bill was $17.
Some time later he placed a similar order with a large city
firm and paid $51 for fifty thousand copies. Quite a differ¬
ence, eh? Well, one man owned a small, insignificant shop
in the country and he will never own any other kind of a
place. The other man employs a lot of people at good wages
and he is growing — business is expanding. The man in
the country is doing his work at cost and when his living
is paid there is no surplus to build up with and there never
will be. He is hurting himself and all others who would
ask a reasonable profit for their product. The man in the
country paid perhaps $12 to furnish stock and labor aside
from his own, and for his work, his per cent of fuel, light,
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water, rent, insurance, wear and tear on type and machin¬
ery, profit, etc., he got $5. It took him about three days to
get out that job and other work had to wait on it. Indeed,
he was a cheap worker. Possibly the city man asked too
much because he knew that he could get it, but the other
fellow asked too little because he didn’t. I want to make
this point. If your work is good you must ask a fair price
and nobody will kick. If your work is not good no price
will be fair, so learn to do your work just a little better than
any other fellow can do it and you will not have to take too
low a price for it.
No Feet to Stand on Anyway.
A correspondent writing to The Inland Printer says
that a good many printers take no interest in the cost
agitation and are inclined to laugh at the troubles that
befall the man who installs a cost system. A printer who
bravely faces the conditions that tend to keep the trade in
an unprofitable state and labors to find out the reasons in
his own plant will have some trouble, but he will overcome
them and be a bigger and a better printer and man for the
pains he has taken. The relative positions of the two kinds
of men are typified according to our correspondent in the
following’ verses by T. A. Daly in the Catholic Standard and
Times :
Da Colda Feet.
Da heggarman across da way
Ees happy as can be ;
He laugh an’ weenk bayeause he theenk
He gotta joke on me.
O ! my, 0 ! my, how cold eet ees
For stan’ on deesa street !
Da weends blow like dey gona freeze
Da shoes upon your feet.
I nevva see een deesa town
So fierce da weentra storm ;
I keepa hoppin’ up an’ down
For mak’ my feeta warm.
But beggarman across da way
He stan’ against da wall,
So like eet was a summer day ;
He ees no cold at all.
Ees justa box een fronta heem
For hold hees teena cup,
But he bayhava so eet seem
A stove for warm heem up.
An’ evra time he look an’ see
How colda man am I,
He justa weenk an’ laugh at me
So like he gona die !
An‘ so I leave dees fruita stan’
An’ wallca ’cross da street
For see how ees dees beggarman
Can keep so warma feet.
I look, an’ dere I see da legs
Dat prop heem by da wall
Ees notheeng more dan wooden pegs —
He got no feet at all !
Eef colda feet should mak’ you swear
An’ growl so bad as me,
I bat your life you would no care
So mooch eef you could see
Da beggarman across da way,
So happy as can be,
Dat laugh an’ weenk bayeause he theenk
He gotta joke on me !
Ch icajjo Franklinites Dine.
More than three hundred persons participated in the
sixth annual festivity of the Ben Franklin Club of Chicago,
which was held on the evening of March 18, at the Audito¬
rium Hotel. The program of songs bore the legend “Ladies’
Night,” and the attendance of the fair sex justified the
committee taking the chance. By general consent the affair
was declared the best ever held by the club, the one feature
that did not come up to expectation being the chorus¬
singing.
Thomas M. Ball was toastmaster and managed the feast-
of-reason end of the evening with his usual aplomb and
finesse. He spoke of the work of the club when introducing
its president and chief sponsor, W. J. Hartman. That gen-
THOMAS M. BALL, TOASTMASTER.
tleman reminded his hearers of the immense influence of
the printed page and referred to the high position the
industry occupied in Chicago, when measured by the volume
and material value of its product. He outlined modern
Franklinism, saying that all the printer wants is a fair
price, so that he may ride in automobiles as well as his cus¬
tomers.
Mrs. Henry Solomon, honorary president of Chicago
Council of Jewish Women, spoke of “ Woman in the Civic
Life.” She said that in Chicago women constituted the
leisure class, and it was logical and proper that they should
be in the forefront in such works as beautifying the city,
looking after the interests of the defective and dependent,
and exerting their great influence for the general uplift.
Mrs. Solomon remarked that she had attended like gather¬
ings of followers of other industries, and noticed that they
all disavowed owning automobiles, so she was interested in
knowing who really own the luxurious vehicles that are to^
be seen everywhere.
The Very Rev. Francis C. Kelley, D. D., president of
Catholic Church Extension Society and editor of Extension
magazine, was assigned the hackneyed subject, “Ben Frank-
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lin.” The reverend gentleman got out of the beaten path
and gave his auditors new information about the printer-
diplomat, etc. Doctor Kelley expressed the belief that while
Franklin was not wholly the product of his times, yet the
stirring Revolutionary period gave him his lasting fame.
If he were living to-day, he would in all probability be a
journalist, as among the devotees of that profession there
are many Franklins, but modern conditions do not encour¬
age their development. Doctor Kelley thought the reputa¬
tion of the subject of his toast would not have fared so well
had he lived in these days of widely disseminated knowledge
and undue haste.
The committee displayed cosmopolitanism in arranging
the program, for Jewess and priest were followed by Prof.
Shailer Mathews, dean of the divinity school of the Uni¬
versity of Chicago, and editor of the World To-Day maga¬
zine. Dean Mathews discoursed on “ The Human Element
in Business,” and took a roseate view of the future. Busi¬
ness was the way men did things. Conflicts that are labeled
wars between capital and labor are not disputes between
those elements at all, but rather conflicts between people.
He declared that more and more men are inclined to look at
“ the other side ” when engaged in controversy. Fifteen
or twenty years ago we spoke of the “ economic man.”
Well-informed people no longer refer to the workers in that
manner, but recognize that they are human beings. In
Doctor Mathews’ opinion we are going to become richer
and richer. Confidence is the foundation of business suc¬
cess, and as men grow to trust each other more, greater
stability will be given to trade, insuring greater returns
and ultimately a more equitable distribution of the wealth
produced.
President Wheeler, of the Chicago Association of Com¬
merce, told of what that organization had done and intended
to do for the great inland metropolis, and the gathering dis¬
persed with the customary demonstrations that attest to an
enjoyable evening having been spent.
Can a Small Shop Do Work Cheaper than the Larfje
Shop ?
BY C. H. ARMSTRONG, OF WICHITA.*
Clinging about the structure of the printing industry
like ivy to an ancient wall is the traditional belief that the
advantage in price-making lies with the small establish¬
ment, and to this belief are largely due the great number of
small plants and the ready eagerness with which the ambi¬
tious workman leaves a job which pays him comfortable
and fairly certain wages and crowds into the field of busi¬
ness with a handful of type and a platen press.
It may not be out of order to say here that my own con¬
clusions on this question have been reached mostly by prac¬
tical experience in small shops, my own being in that class;
hence I am holding no brief for the large shop, but merely
stating some views that have forced themselves upon me
while rubbing against the daily problems of business.
Comparisons such as are invited by this topic should be
settled by statistics, but it would be very difficult to compile
figures which would give a definite answer, for the small
shop is, as a rule, notoriously lacking in statistical records,
and it is only recently that the large shops have been able
or willing to give to the trade figures which would have a
practical value in determining costs.
In order to bring this matter quickly and directly before
you, I have prepared a chart showing the monthly expendi¬
ture that one might expect to find in a shop representing
* Paper read before the Southwestern Printers’ Cost Congress, Wichita,
Kansas.
an investment of $1,000 and doing the general run of com¬
mercial printing, the business being well established, with
enough orders coming in to keep it busy the year around.
We will presume that the work in this shop is done by the
proprietor and an apprentice, both of whom work, as neces¬
sity may require, at all the operations of the shop, from
typesetting to trimming and wrapping the finished job, and
that they have an efficient system for handling work which
will reduce waste material and waste time to the minimum.
Any man who has the ability and industry to success¬
fully operate such a plant can command a salary of at least
$90 per month in any city of the United States, as an
employee, and in this case we will place the manager’s sal¬
ary at that figure; while a capable apprentice in this shop
is certainly worth $45.
The expenses are estimated as averages of the various
small shops, and where some may find fault with them as
too high, I anticipate that others of you will say they are
too low.
ILLUSTRATION.
Value of plant, $1,000; operating nine hours a day.
Monthly Expense.
Rent . $ 15.00
Taxes and insurance . 3.00
Depreciation and interest . 13.00
Light, heat, water . 5.00
Power . 5.00
Office supplies and postage . 5.00
Telephone . 2.50
Advertising and donations.. . 7.50
Job inks, rollers, gasoline, oils, repairs, etc . 12.00
Bad debts, spoiled work . 10.00
Total . $ 78.00
Proprietor’s salary . 90.00
Apprentice . 45.00
Pay-roll . $135.00
Proprietor’s salable hours . 117
Apprentice’s salable hours . 175
The proprietor of such a shop takes orders, keeps
accounts, collects, entertains customers, and performs all
the fifty-seven varieties — and then some — -of duties re¬
quired to conduct his business, besides superintending his
shop and perhaps distributing type, making repairs, etc.,
none of this time being chargeable direct to any of his
customers. The boy may be a very industrious youth,
but, granting that he is the ideal apprentice, he still must
spend considerable time in cleaning up, running occasional
errands, handling stock, looking after the light and heat
and answering the questions of customers while the pro¬
prietor is out, and under the most favorable conditions at
least one-fourth of his time will be lost, leaving three-
fourths of his time chargeable. Therefore, we have, out of
a total number of 234 working hours each, 117 chargeable
hours credited to the proprietor and 175 chargeable hours
credited to the apprentice.
Whatever reasonable method you may prefer to adopt
for applying the overhead expense of $78 to the cost of the
hour sold, the result will surprise you if you have never
analyzed similar figures from your own business. The
American Cost Commission advises distributing the over¬
head expense on the basis of pay-roll plus direct depart¬
ment expense, but keeping in mind the difficulty with which
separate department records could be maintained in a shop
of this character, and the further difficulty of keeping sepa¬
rate the time which the proprietor spends in non-productive
labor in the shop and that which he spends in office work
and outside work, we will for convenience divide this $78
equally between the man and the boy. This may seem like
guesswork, but if you will investigate you will find that by
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dividing the proprietor’s time and transferring- the correct
proportion of his salary to overhead expense, and then
redistributing it on the pay-roll basis, you have taken a
more complicated and more exact method, without mate¬
rially changing the hour cost in this shop.
The proprietor’s time has then cost $90 plus one-half of
$78, a total of $129 for 117 hours sold, or a cost of $1.10
per hour. The boy’s time cost $45 plus one-half of $78,
total $84 for 175 chargeable hours, or 48 cents per hour.
FIGURES ARE MINIMUM.
These I would regard as minimum figures in this ideal
small shop, and I doubt if the proprietor would be safe in
figuring so low. An increase of business, necessitating an
increase of force, brings with it an increase of lost time
and a greater overhead expense, and the cost per hour will
hover near the same old figure.
Of course, I do not ask you to accept the figures of this
little illustration as standard in your own business, but if
they set you to analyzing your items of expenditure, and
your own costs, they will have helped a little to advance the
purpose of this convention.
The small printer who says, as you have frequently
heard him say, “ Oh, I can turn out work cheaply; my
expense is very small,” is deluding himself. Because his
non-chargeable time, depreciation and several other items
of cost do not appear to stare him in the face Saturday
night he does not realize their existence. As a matter of
fact, the small printer has an expense as large in propor¬
tion to volume of business as his neighbor with a hundred
thousand dollar plant, and if he sells his product at the
absurdly low figures which have prevailed in many shops
he does so at the expense of his own salary and profits.
Conditions are widely different in small shops as in
large ones. Better facilities, better workmen, better man¬
agement, a more regular volume of work, are all factors
which help to keep down costs, but I do not believe that any
small-shop proprietor can analyze his own business along
the lines given in this illustration and then go out and sell
composition for 50 or 60 cents an hour and presswork for
25 to 40 cents an hour without realizing in his own soul
that he is robbing himself and is an unhonored philan¬
thropist, donating the results of his toil to others.
REFLECTION WILL DISSIPATE DREAM.
Now if the proprietor-printer has absorbed some ideas
of this sort into his system, let him reflect when he spends
an hour jogging and padding a job that in the big shop this
work is done by a girl who draws perhaps 15 cents an hour;
when he is making ready a job on his press let him recol¬
lect that in the big shop this work is done by a man whose
wages are perhaps two-thirds the amount our proprietor-
friend should draw, and a few hours spent in such reflec¬
tion will tend to dissipate the dream that he can take work
at prices away below those of the big shop and still buy a
building lot with the profit on each order.
The future of the small shop is not by any means hope¬
less. There are many customers who prefer to deal directly
with the man who does the work. There are also lines of
printing in which a capable small printer can specialize
and build up a profitable trade. The newspaper-job shop
in the smaller town has a field all its own and it should be
a profitable one. And then there are men who can not work
successfully for other men and who are at their best when
then can do their own work in their own way. There are
many reasons for the existence of the small shop, but cer¬
tainly the man who goes into such an enterprise should go
with his eyes wide open to the conditions existing in this
business.
For the intelligent, capable printer to do business on a
basis which leaves out of consideration the value of his own
time and the importance of his reputation as a successful
man in the community is to start on a road that leads to
humiliation and financial distress, and yet the procession
of men who have done this is pitifully long. They have for
years paid a profit to their employees, the supply man and
the landlord, but none to themselves.
We of the small shops have traveled in the dark long
enough. Let us make the best use possible of the light that
is being shed upon the questions of cost and efficiency so
that we may walk with sure footing in the future.
One International Organization.
For several years there have been sporadic efforts to
establish one international organization for employing
printers. Now a positive move has been made in that direc¬
tion, and another step is in contemplation, which will
develop at the Cost Commission meeting to be held in New
York. At the last cost congress the commission was
instructed to investigate and report on the subject. Since
then the officers of the United Typothetae have been prose¬
cuting a vigorous campaign to gather in members and
organize new Typothetae. A measure of success has
attended this campaign, but there are printers who seri¬
ously object to the Typothetae for one reason or another.
Some contend that this feeling is strong enough to pre¬
clude the Typothetae being a success as an international
organization. Of course President Lee and his colleagues
dissent from this view. It is but proper to say that in all
this clash of opinion there is little if anything of bitterness
— that all are imbued with the idea that an international
organization is needed and must be formed.
Among those who doubt the availability of the Typoth¬
etae to fill the gap are many Franklin Club men. And
prominent among these is William J. Hartman, of Chicago.
During February Mr. Hartman sent out about one hundred
circulars asking the recipients to attend a meeting in Chi¬
cago for the purpose of discussing the feasibility of form¬
ing a national organization.
The meeting was held at the Auditorium Hotel, Chicago,
Illinois, on Saturday, March 18. Besides Mr. Hartman and
John J. Miller, of Chicago, the following cities were repre¬
sented : R. F. Deacon, of St. Louis, who represented that
city as well as Springfield, Sedalia, and Joplin, Missouri;
M. C. Rotier, Herman H. Beyer, Paul M. Nahmers and Ber¬
nard Cannon, Milwaukee; H. C. Wedekemper and H. C.
Shanks, Louisville; and H. R. Curtis, St. Paul. In calling
the meeting to order Mr. Hartman said he had thirty replies
to his circular from other cities, and, with the exception of
Des Moines and Minneapolis, all were in favor of a new
international organization. The discussion that followed
took a wide range. One gentleman said the Typothetae was
the logical and practical solution of the organization’s
problem. Another was just as sure that, to have anything
with a prospect of success, connection with the Typothetae
should be avoided. Some wanted to embrace supplymen,
others to leave them in the outer darkness; practically all
would taboo the “ labor question.”
Before adjournment for lunch, a proposition was made
to proceed with the organization of an international asso¬
ciation, and it seemed to be favorably received. When the
gentlemen reassembled after lunch Mr. Hartman opposed
the proposal on the ground that it would be unfair to the
other organizations to move so rapidly. This view found
favor, for the meeting adopted the following:
“ That it is the sense of this meeting that one inter¬
national organization be formed of the employing printers
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of the United States, Mexico and Canada, the purposes of
which shall be:
“(a) To encourage a spirit of friendly relationship
between all employing printers and allied trades throughout
the country; to secure concert of action for the general
improvement and betterment of the printing trade; and to
spread this influence internationally through the establish¬
ment of local organizations.
“(b) To meet at stated periods for discussion and dis¬
semination of reliable information relative to the best meth¬
ods of conducting the printing business from the standpoint
of practical experience and the demands of approved busi¬
ness ethics.
“(c) To create a wider knowledge of the elements of
cost and what constitutes a proper remuneration for the
service rendered, to the end that competition may be more
honorable and just, therefore more satisfactory.
“(d) To at no time in discussion attempt to regulate
its membership in the matter of labor control, or price of
printing; the organization to be purely a social, protective
and educational institution.
“(e) To employ experts to install the ‘ Standard Cost¬
finding System’ — uniform in its application — in the offices
of the employers.
“(f) To maintain a credit bureau for the collection and
dissemination of credit information.
“(g) To create a permanent legislative council to look
after the interests of the industry in all legislative matters.
“ (k) To foster, maintain and further the formation of
mutual fire-insurance companies for the printing and allied
industries.
“(i) To adopt one standard code of ethics and trade
customs.
“ (k) To bring about and establish better trade rela¬
tions between all the interests involved.
“ (l) To establish a court of honor to which can be
referred any problem that may arise in the regular way of
business.”
This resolution was ordered sent to all employing print¬
ers’ associations for action and comment. Replies should be
sent to the Chairman of the International Cost Congress,
J. A. Morgan, 11 South Water street, Chicago, Illinois.
The Executive Committee of the Cost Commission con¬
templates holding a meeting in New York for the purpose
of discussing and investigating the feasibility of forming
one international organization, and those attending the Chi¬
cago gathering are going to be heard. On motion of Messrs.
Curtis and Deacon, Mr. Hartman was instructed to urge
and secure the attendance of representatives of Ben Frank¬
lin clubs when the clans gather in New York, which at this
writing is expected to be held about the middle of April.
Chairman J. A. Morgan said the Executive Committee had
no program; it would be content if it were successful in
solving the problem after listening to the chief officers of
existing organizations, all of whom had been invited to the
parley.
“ RECENT TENDENCIES IN MARINE PAINTING. ”
Birge Harrison, himself a painter, reviews in the April
Scribner’s some “ Recent Tendencies in Marine Painting,”
and illustrates his article with reproductions of some of
the best work of Winslow Homer, Waugh, Dougherty,
Carlsen and others.
If a laborer wishes to bring forth a finished product he
must first -perfect his tools. — Confucius .
Brief mention of men and events associated with the printing!
and allied industries will he published under this heading!* Items
for this department should be sent before the tenth day ©f the
month*
Working for Civic Improvements.
The Third Assembly District Council of Queen’s County
Allied Printing Trades recently memorialized the local civic
bodies to join in an effort to bring about better facilities for
pleasure and enjoyment in Forest Park, New York. The
printers want drinking-fountains, park benches, paths,
playgrounds for children, better lighting facilities, comfort
stations and an athletic field.
The Old and the New in Advertising.
An interesting lecture was recently delivered before the
Poor Richard Club of Philadelphia, by Justin McCarthy,
advertising manager of the Brooklyn Store of that city.
Using lantern-slides, Mr. McCarthy contrasted the old
advertising methods with those of to-day. Photographs of
advertisements taken from newspapers of a hundred years
ago were shown, giving an idea of the progress made dur¬
ing the century.
Freight Trains for Second-class Matter.
According to a dispatch from Washington, Postmaster-
General Hitchcock has worked out a scheme for trans¬
porting magazines and bulky second-class mail matter by
fast freight instead of postal cars. It is stated that Mr.
Hitchcock, through this plan, hopes to save the department
a considerable sum of money annually, although officials
admit the service will be inferior and that publishers will
have to make earlier delivery to the postoffice.
Evolution of Typography.
E. George Lindstrom, president of Jamestown Typo¬
graphical Union, No. 105, recently addressed the Methodist
Brotherhood in First M. E. Church, Jamestown, New York,
on “ Evolution of Typography.” In a surprisingly con¬
densed form, Mr. Lindstrom traversed the field of record¬
ing thought in the earliest known periods down to the pres¬
ent time, concluding with a definition of the terms “ print¬
er’s devil,” “ hell-box,” “ live stone,” “ dead stone ” and
“ type-lice.”
Tramp Printers Make Home in Vault.
Two tramp printers — George Chambers and Michael
Tierney — -from Buffalo, struck Sparkhill, New York, last
November, and when their money gave out, they looked
around for the cheapest lodging-place. Going to the Rock¬
land Cemetery, they selected the Tabor family vault as
a desirable resting-place, on account of the advantages
afforded in the way of seclusion and uninterrupted quiet.
With scraps of carpet their bed was made on two moldy
coffins, and the back doors of benevolent housewives in the
neighborhhood solved the question of a dining-room for
their new and exclusive hotel. According to the New York
Tribune, Justice Bauer, of Nyack, was not satisfied with
the selection made by the printers ( probably believing that
the dampness of the vault was a menace to their health)
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and recently ordered a change of climate for three months.
Mr. Chambers will rusticate at the Kings county peniten¬
tiary, and the Rockland county jail was chosen as the most
suitable health resort for Mr. Tierney.
In Memory of Editor Bohn.
The Hotel World, published at Chicago, recently devoted
an entire number to the memory of its late editor, John J.
Bohn, who on February 21 was killed by a speeding auto¬
mobile. On the editorial page of the memoriam number,
appeared an article written by Mr. Bohn for the issue in
which his death was announced. The editorial offered
advice to hotel men on how to achieve greater success. The
number also contained the funeral oration by Dr. M. M.
Mangasarian and tributes from many friends, as well as
letters to members of the bereaved family. Mr. Bohn had
been editor of the Hotel World since 1885.
Rider Withdrawn.
The rider tacked on to the Postoffice Appropriation Bill,
raising the postal rates on magazines and periodicals 3
cents a pound, met such a storm of disapproval from the
people and their progressive representatives that it was
withdrawn in order that the appropriation bill might be
passed before adjournment. Senator Cummins had given
notice that he proposed to talk the bill to death if the rider
were insisted on, and the administration retreated grace¬
fully, the rider being replaced by a resolution calling for a
full investigation of the Postoffice Department, especially
in reference to second-class matter.
Haverhill Employing Printers Organize.
Under the name of Haverhill Master Printers’ Associa¬
tion, the commercial printers of Haverhill, Massachusetts,
and vicinity have united for the improvement of conditions
surrounding the trade in that territory. Practically every
printing-house in Haverhill has been enrolled in the mem¬
bership of the new organization, and it is intended that the
association shall collect for its members reliable informa¬
tion relative to the best methods of conducting the printing
industry from the standpoint of practical experience, and
protect the interests of its members and their customers
through the establishment of a correct knowledge of the
elements of cost.
“ Safety ” Paper to Prevent Check-raising.
Crooks are to receive a severe setback if a new inven¬
tion in paper will do what is claimed for it. According to
a dispatch in the Paper Dealer, the Wisconsin Bankers’
Association has made arrangements with paper manufac¬
turers to make paper which is said to resist all efforts at
check-raising. It is stated that if this paper is touched by
a sharp instrument or acid after it is written upon it
becomes discolored, or otherwise shows immediately that
an effort has been made to tamper with the writing. The
new paper is to be used for all bank drafts and bank checks
of members of the association and will bear a water-mark
and emblem of that organization.
Remarkable Pluck of a Press Feeder.
The following item is taken from the New York Press
of March 14, and is reprinted here because of the remark¬
able pluck shown by a boy of sixteen who had been severely
injured while feeding a printing-press:
“When an ambulance was carrying William Hall, six¬
teen years old, his right arm torn after being caught in a
printing-press, to Bellevue Hospital last night, the boy
leaned out of the rear of the wagon, waved his left hand to
his companions in the printing-shop, No. 142 East Twenty-
fifth street, and called cheerily he soon would be back. His
smile and pluckiness remained with him in the hospital,,
even when the surgeons told him he would have to lose his
arm.
“ Hall was operating a press when his arm was caught
in the machinery and drawn in up to the elbow. Other
employees backed up the press, released the boy and called
an ambulance. When Doctor Biram arrived he found Hall
smiling and assuring his frightened companions he was all
right, although two of the boy’s fingers had been cut off
and his arm torn terribly.”
Stamp-envelope Contract Let.
On March 9 Postmaster-General Hitchcock affixed his
signature to the contract for the manufacture and printing
of stamped envelopes and stamped newspaper wrappers.
The contract is for four years and was made with Myron C.
Taylor, president of the Mercantile Corporation, of New
York city. The Tou Velle Bill, prohibiting the Government
from printing names and addresses on stamped envelopes,
passed the lower house of Congress by practically a unani¬
mous vote, but failed to reach a vote in the Senate, and the
Postmaster-General was therefore left free to close the con¬
tract for another four-year term.
Seeking New Ideas.
E. W. Houser, president of the well-known Barnes-
Crosby Company, of Chicago, sailed for Europe on March 2
on the Amerika. His itinerary includes Berlin, Vienna,
Munich, Leipsic, Paris and London, which will afford him
an opportunity to investigate the development of color-
plate making, in which he is particularly interested. Mr.
Houser served as chairman of the Central West Photo¬
engravers’ Cost Congress, and intends to embrace this
opportunity to look into the business methods prevailing
across seas in the engraving and allied industries. His
friends expect him to return about the end of April.
Some Salt Lake City Toasts.
Employing printers of Salt Lake City gave a banquet at
the Commercial Club on March 4, at which the following
interesting toasts were given :
“ Why ‘ Old Crow ’ Increases the Efficiency of Linotype
Metal,” by W. G. Romney.
“ Why Brigham Young Built the Lake So Far from
Town,” by D. R. Lyon.
“ Why the Printers of Ogden Closed the Gambling
Houses,” by A. L. Scoville.
“ Why Do ‘ Supply Men ’ Always Smoke Cigarettes? ”
by R. V. Brown.
“ Do Peach Skins Make Good Covers for Magazines? ”
by Jess Earl.
“ Should Compositors Take Shooting-sticks on a Hunt¬
ing Trip? ” by H. W. Dennett.
“ Should a Demi-tasse be Furnished the Front Office
Working Overtime? ” by C. P. Jennings.
J. A. Morgan, of Chicago, chairman of the Printers^
International Cost Congress, and F. I. Ellick, of Omaha,
who were returning from the Pacific Coast Cost Congress,
held at Portland, Oregon, were the guests of honor. “ What
the International Cost Congress Has Done ” was inter¬
estingly shown by Mr. Morgan, and Mr. Ellick spoke on
Elementary Cost-finding Systems.”
“Devils” Together — Now Political Opponents.
Down in Mississippi two old-time printers — Dr. Frank
E. Smith and J. W. Power- — who served their printer’s
“ devilship ” together and afterward worked side by side as
journeyman printers, are lined up against each other as
contenders for the office of secretary of state. Both woi’ked
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on the old Jackson Clarion, which was the property of Mr.
Power’s father, and which afterward was merged with the
Ledger. It is said that they always have been and still are
close personal friends.
Pressmen to Meet at Home.
The next annual convention of the International Print¬
ing- Pressmen and Assistants’ Union will be held at Rogers-
ville, Tennessee, near Hale Springs, the location of the
Pressmen’s International Sanatorium and Technical School,
now in course of building. Work on the separate structures
is nearing completion, and it is expected that by June,
the month of the convention, the institution will present an
interesting study for the delegates who will come from all
parts of the United States and Canada.
Printers “ Playing by Ear. ”
In a recent issue of the Wichita (Kan.) Eagle appeared
two stories of a pair of Wichita’s young ladies, with pho¬
tograph reproductions. But the cuts got mixed in the hands
of the make-up, with the result that each appeared in the
wrong story and over the wrong name. In making an
explanation the editor says:
“ In making up a paper, the make-up man has proofs of
the pictures, ‘ guide-lines ’ and ‘ cut-lines,’ all contrived as
an insurance against errors, but there are sometimes com¬
binations of circumstances which no insurance protects.
Railroads provide their trains with red lights, and whistles,
and bells, and air-brakes, and many other methods of insur¬
ing against accidents; yet railroad accidents are not rare.
Instead of following cut-proof and guide-line directions
like a musician reading music, printers and make-up men
have a habit, when they are in a hurry, of ‘ playing by
ear.’ ”
Newspaper Strike at Chicago.
Journeyman printers employed on the Hearst news¬
papers in Chicago went on strike late in February because
of the refusal of the management to pay operators on the
basis of a 13%-em column. The Chicago American and the
Chicago Examiner, the papers affected, recently changed
their system of wage payments to conform with the con¬
tract made some time ago with the local American Pub¬
lishers’ Association, of which they are members. This con¬
tract calls for a bonus system on the Linotype. The col¬
umns of these two papers are 12%o picas wide, and the
management offered to pay on a basis of 13-picas measure¬
ment, but the chapel and executive committee of the local
union, backed by the president, decided that 13% picas con¬
stituted the minimum newspaper measurement for Chicago.
The managers then agreed to place in escrow an amount
equivalent to the difference in measurement until a decision
could be secured from the standing board. But this was
refused and an ultimatum issued to pay the demands or the
men would strike. The management would not accede,
claiming the action to be most arbitrary and in direct viola¬
tion of the agreement to arbitrate all differences. The men
thereupon struck. As the Examiner was able to issue only
four pages the following morning, all other morning papers
were limited to the same number of pages, in accordance
with an agreement between members of the Publishers’
Association. Four pages were also issued by all evening-
newspapers.
Declaring the strike “ unauthorized, illegal and without
warrant,” President Lynch, of the International Typo¬
graphical Union, ordered the men back to work immedi¬
ately. A meeting of the local union was called and in con¬
sideration of the attitude of President Lynch the men were
ordered to resume work at once. The meeting passed a
motion requesting President Lynch to come to Chicago and
take charge of the matter.
While the strike was not ordered by either the local or
international unions, it had the unanimous sanction of the
executive committee and president of Chicago Typograph¬
ical Union, No. 16, who claimed it was a case of nonpay¬
ment of wages, thereby giving the chapel full power to act.
The matter is now in the hands of the International offi¬
cers for adjustment.
Eclipse Electrotype & Engraving Company of Cleve¬
land Announces Its Removal to Larger Quarters.
The Eclipse Electrotype & Engraving Company, of
Cleveland, Ohio, has been compelled to move to larger
premises owing to increase of business. On March 6 the
company began sending out post-cards announcing that the
move would be made on the first day of April. The last
card was mailed on March 30. The series is reproduced
herewith. A special and interesting feature of this method
POST-CARDS ANNOUNCING THE REMOVAL OF THE ECLIPSE ELECTROTYPE
& ENGRAVING COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO.
Each card is a caricature of a member of the staff.
of advertising is that each card contains a caricature of
some member of the company’s staff. If the company
keeps on expanding at this rate it will have to get out six
months in advance with its cards for the next move if it
proposes to immortalize its attaches in a similar manner.
A Boost for Cleaner “Copy.”
The Ben Franklin Club of Minneapolis has heartily
sanctioned the educational campaign recently launched by
the Minnesota Bankers’ Association. It is contended that
printers are confronted with an almost “ insurmountable
wall of ignorance ” in the “ copy ” of many customers, and
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that as the printer is held responsible for grammar and
spelling-, the bankers’ efforts in behalf of better education
will be especially welcomed by printing-trades craftsmen.
A Goose Farm Prospectus.
H. G. Bogart, president of the Artcraft Company, of
Cleveland, Ohio, takes exception to the credit given to
Hancock Brothers, of San Francisco, in the article in the
February Inland Printer, by Miss Virginia Fish, on
“ Humor in Advertising.”
In 1909, as stated, when the Artcraft concern was oper¬
ating the Central Engraving Company, it copyrighted and
issued a very finely executed booklet prospectus of a “ Goose
Farm.” It was embossed in gold, printed in colors and tints
and well illustrated with all the humorous bits that Miss
Fish says she missed in the Hancock version. In justice to
Hancock Brothers it must be said that this prospectus has
been copied in various publications and so has become com¬
mon property. The blotters that Hancock Brothers got out
were written up without their knowledge or consent. It was
a good thing and they passed it along. At any rate the Art¬
craft, erstwhile the Central Engraving Company, created
it, and we are glad they did and we are sure that Hancock
Brothers are glad and we know that Miss Fish is, for every
one has made a little on the deal, and the Artcraft Com¬
pany has this notice which it might not have gotten, any¬
way at this time, out of a job that was printed in 1909.
Send along some more samples, Brother Hancock.
Cleveland, Ohio, February 20, 1911.
The Inland Printer, 120 Sherman street,
Chicago, Illinois:
Gentlemen, — The article in your February num¬
ber regarding the “ Goose Farm Prospectus,” which
was used as advertising material by Hancock Bros.,
makes us feel as though we had met an old friend.
We published this matter in practically the same
form in 1909. So far as we know it was original
with us, but it does seem strange that any one else
would get so near to this idea without some special
inspiration. We agree with Hancock Bros, that it is
good advertising, and are glad to learn that it has
lost none of its effectiveness by being published a
second time. If this is original with the party fea¬
turing the advertising in your magazine, we have no
objection, but we would consider it rather nervy to
draw their inspiration from a former publication and
feature it in such a prominent way as publication in
your magazine is bound to secure.
With malice toward none and charity toward all,
we are, Very truly yours,
The Artcraft Company,
H. G. Bogart, President.
P. S. — We are mailing a copy as published by
us in 1909, at which time we were operating the
Central Engraving Company.
Printers’ Union to Join Chamber of Commerce.
The Colorado Springs (Col.) Typographical Union has
decided to make application for membership in the Chamber
of Commerce of that city. This probably is the first
instance of a trade union taking the position that it would
be desirable formally to join forces with commercial bodies
in the upbuilding of a municipality, and the action of Colo¬
rado Springs printers may be the means of starting a new
movement which will open a broader field of usefulness for
union-labor organizations. At a regular meeting on March
5 the printers adopted the following preamble and resolu¬
tion :
Whereas, The various civic bodies of Colorado Springs have recently
amalgamated and formed themselves into one central organization called
the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, whose object is the upbuilding
and betterment of the whole community, membership wherein is urged on
all individuals, corporations and organizations who desire this community
to take rank with cities of similar resources throughout the country ; be it
Resolved, That Colorado Springs Typographical Union, No. 82, desiring
to remain in the forefront of progressive movements in this city, and
realizing its obligations to its members and their families, hereby decrees,
in regular meeting assembled, that the officers of this union be instructed
to make immediate application for membership in said Colorado Springs
Chamber of Commerce.
General Notes.
The California House of Representatives recently passed a bill requiring
that the state printer be appointed by the governor.
At a recent meeting of the Boston Typographical Union, the proposed
increase of postal rates on magazines was condemned and woman suffrage
approved.
According to recent dispatches, the Tennessee legislature will be asked
to vote an annual appropriation of from $10,000 to $25,000 to assist in
maintaining the printing pressmen’s international home at Hale Springs,
Tenn.
Oulla & Morrow, Anderson, S. C., have taken over the printing depart¬
ment of the Printing & Stationery Company, that city, and have merged
their business with their own, which is one of the largest and most sub¬
stantial in the State.
The Government Printing Office will have little trouble hereafter in
collecting accounts from senators and representatives who want their
speeches printed for distribution among constituents. Provision was made
in the last session of Congress for deducting the amount from monthly
salaries when payment was refused.
Under the auspices of the Canadian Press Association, a conference of
Western Ontario employing printers was held at Guelph recently to discuss
the cost system. Hal B. Donly, of the Simeoe Reformer, and John M.
Imrie, of the Printer and Publisher, Toronto, instructed those in attend¬
ance on the new system adopted at the annual meeting last spring,.
The suit of the Valley Paper Company, of Massachusetts, against Pub¬
lic Printer Donnelly was dismissed recently by Justice Gould of the Dis¬
trict of Columbia Supreme Court. Charges had been brought by the paper
concern alleging favoritism in awarding contracts for paper at the Govern¬
ment Printing Office. In denying the injunction sought, the court declared
the charges had no foundation.
The Federal Bank Note Company is a new Chicago concern. L. G.
Muller, well known as a contributor to the Chicago Tribune on the subject
of salesmanship, is at the head of the new organization. H. A. Planz,
who for thirty years was vice-president of the Western Bank Note Company,
is vice-president and treasurer, and H. R. Planz is secretary. The company
will do a general lithographing and steel-plate engraving business. Its
offices are located at 620-626 Federal street.
Mr. Charles E. Mandelick, who has occupied an important position for
many years in the general office of the Sprague Electric Company. New York
city, as commercial and sales engineer, and also a specialist on motor appli¬
cations and special electric control of printing-press machinery, is now
connected with the Charles Schweinler Press, of New York city, the largest
plant of its kind, devoted exclusively to the production of monthly maga¬
zines and weekly periodicals of large circulation.
Recent Incorporations.
The Spartanburg Printing Company, Spartanburg, S. C. Capital, $6,000.
S. A. Nettles, president.
Keystone Press, St. Paul, Minn. Capital, $10,000. Incorporators:
F. A. Stewart, J. Reiter, G. W. Taylor.
Hirth Publishing Company, Columbia, Mo. Capital, $20,000. Incor¬
porators: W. Hirth, L. Hirth, B. C. Clark.
Fisher & Klein Printing Company, Chicago, Ill. Capital, $2,500. Incor¬
porators: J. Klein, A. D. Weiner, C. M. Sly.
Chronicle Publishing Company, Lexington, Ky. Capital, $11,000. Incor¬
porators: E. D. Veach, T. M. Owsley, J. Ivrum.
Les Sports Publishing Company, Newark, N. J. Capital, $50,000. Incor¬
porators : M. S. Borden, W. II. Borden, C. J. Smith.
The Granger Mercantile Company, Granger, Tex. Capital, $30,000.
Incorporators: J. B. Murrali, R. H. Murrah, W. L. Lee.
Pearson & Marsh, Inc. (printing and publishing), Boston, Mass. Capi¬
tal, $50,000. Incorporators: J. A. Marsh, J. D. Pearson.
The Petroleum Publishing Company, St. Louis, Mo. Capital, $5,000.
Incorporators: W. D. O’Neill, C. B. O’Neill, J. S. Leahy.
Utility Printing & Publishing Company, New York city. Capital,
$50,000. Incorporators : C. A. Lewis, J. J. O’Brien, W. D. Steele.
Eaton & Gettinger (printing and engraving), New York city. Capital,
$50,000. Incorporators: L. E. Eaton, W. Gettinger, F. B. Howard.
Temple Printing & Office Appliance Company, Temple, Tex. Capital,
$7,700. Incorporators: J. F. Crouch, W. E. Matthews, A. C. Bristow.
Richmond Historical Publishing Corporation, Richmond, Va. Capital,
$10,000. Incorporators: R. L. Freear, L. B. Freear, W. B. Kimberlay.
Moreau Brothers, Freehold (printing and publishing), Trenton, N. J.
Capital, $10,000. Incorporators: A. L. Moreau, A. Moreau, M. E. Moreau.
E. H. Beach Company (printers and publishers), East Orange, N. J.
Capital, $50,000. Incorporators: H. H. Picking, C. O. Geyer, F. E. Ruggles.
The Harrison Printing & Advertising Company, Union City, Ind. Capi¬
tal, $10,000. Incorporators: D. Harrison, W. E. Harrison, M. B. Harrison.
Chattanooga Electrotype & Engraving Company, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Capital, $5,000. Incorporators: W. S. Griscom, W. H. Davies, W. H.
Shepherd.
Polytechnic Collegians’ Corporation (printing and publishing), New York
city. Capital, $100,000. Incorporators: J. T. Westernman, W. H. Jewell,
A. J. Sullivan.
The Phoenix Printing Company, Columbus, Ohio. Capital, $60,000.
Incorporators : F. P. Merritt, F. C. Richter, J. C. Spangler, G. B. Nutter,
E. W. Brinker.
Long Island Democrat Company (printing and publishing), Jamaica,
N. Y. Capital, $25,000. Incorporators: II. S. Rushmore, D. N. Raynor,
J. C. Rushmore.
The Social Labor Publishing Company, Charleston, W. Va. Capital,
$5,000. Incorporators: D. R. Draper, J. F. Lewis’, P. N. Wiggins, G. Gehr-
ken, C. H. Boswell.
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This department is exclusively for paid business announce¬
ments of advertisers, and for paid descriptions of articles,
machinery and products recently introduced for the use of print¬
ers and the printing trades. Responsibility for all statements
published hereunder rests with the advertiser solely.
TAPLEY ADJUSTABLE HAND-TRUCKS.
The J. F. Tapley Company, of 531 West Thirty-seventh
street, New York city, announces that its platform adjust¬
able hand-truck should not be confused with the Miller
Truck Company, of Philadelphia. The J. F. Tapley Com¬
pany owns and manufactures hand-trucks vastly different
from the Miller Incline Truck.
INKMAKERS ESTABLISH NEW BRANCH.
The Sigmund Ullman Company, the printing-ink manu¬
facturer, has established a branch at 104 St. Clair avenue,
N. W., Cleveland, Ohio. This has been made necessary on
account of the constantly increasing business of this well-
known concern. The new branch is fully equipped and well
organized and a large patronage is anticipated by the com¬
pany.
THE “HUMANA” AUTOMATIC FEEDER.
Mr. C. T. Smith announces his recent connection with
Mr. Matthias Plum, of Newark, New Jersey, as Western
sales manager, with offices at 1508 Fisher building, Chicago.
Mr. Plum manufactures an automatic feed for job presses
known as the “ Humana ” automatic feeder. Either Mr.
Smith or Mr. Plum will be glad to supply full particulars
to any printer interested in adding to his equipment an
automatic feeder.
BASOLIO INK AND COLOR COMPANY.
In order to take care of its rapidly increasing business,
the Basolio Ink and Color Company, the New York litho¬
graphic and printing inkmaker, has secured manufacturing
property covering five city lots, 100 by 125, located at 516
to 524 West Twenty-fifth street, that city, which will give
the company more than forty-four thousand square feet of
floor-space. The dry-color and ink-grinding plants will be
greatly enlarged. The main offices will be located at the
same address.
C. E. M. MILLER INCLINE TRUCKS.
An item in the March Inland Printer stated that the
interests of the Miller Truck Company, of Philadelphia,
had been disposed of to the J. F. Tapley Company, of New
York. This information was supposed to come from head¬
quarters, but no such deal has been executed or contem¬
plated. C. E. M. Miller manufactures incline trucks for
showrooms and factories at 561 West Fifty-seventh street,
New York city, and the Miller Truck Company has its busi¬
ness at 513 Cherry street, Philadelphia. These conceims
have business connections, but are not in any way allied
with the J. F. Tapley Company. We are glad to make this
correction in the interests of the concerns named in avoid¬
ing confusion.
THE PARKER, THOMAS & TUCKER PAPER COMPANY
INCREASES ITS MEMBERSHIP.
The Parker, Thomas & Tucker Paper Company, of Chi¬
cago, announces that Mr. Edward J. Schmidt, until recently
associated with the J. W. Butler Paper Company, and who
is president of the Bartlett State Bank, of Bartlett, Illinois,
has purchased an interest in the company and has been
elected vice-president. Mr. Schmidt will devote his time to
the mill and purchasing department of the company and
Mr. Parker will give his exclusive attention to the sales
branch. The company has made remarkable progress in
the two years of its existence, much of which success is due
to each individual member being a practical paperman of
many years’ experience.
WINNERS OF THE AULT & WIBORG NAME CONTEST.
In line with the announcement made by the Ault &
Wiborg Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, for a suitable name
to be accepted by the company for its new production
called the “Wonder Black ” we are now advised that nearly
2,600 suggestions were received and the following prizes
were awarded:
First prize — Mr. Thomas Hardy, St. Thomas, Ont.,
Canada; name suggested: “ X. L. All,” $200.
Second prize — Mr. John Forbes, Newark, New Jersey;
name suggested : “ Surprise,” $100.
Third prize — Mr. James H. Peterson, Rockville Center,
New York; name suggested: “Kwikset,” $50.
By reference to the special printed insert appearing in
this journal in the front section you will note the Ault &
Wiborg Company has made official announcement of the
above awards.
PERFECTED OILED TYMPAN-PAPER.
The Robertson Paper Company, of Bellows Falls, Ver-
ment, is placing on the market its line of oiled tympan-
paper, made particularly for the use of printers on either
rotary or flat presses as a tympan or draw-sheet. It is manu¬
factured with a careful regard for the exacting* demands of
this work. This paper has been on the market for a number
of years, extensively used by the printing trade, and plans
are now under way for a campaign of publicity to cover
the printing field in a most thorough manner. This tympan-
paper bears the reputation of having unusual strength to
withstand severe strain, is of uniform thickness, requires
no oiling, resists offset, and by its use a sharp, clean impres¬
sion can be made from type or cuts. This paper does not
get fuzzy in use, and either side can be used with equally
satisfactory results. The Robertson Paper Company will
be glad to send users of presses specimens of its perfected
tympan-paper with information as to nearest point where
same can be obtained, together with prices, etc.
THE WANNER MACHINERY COMPANY.
The Wanner Machinery Company, with offices and fac¬
tory at 184-192 East Congress street, Chicago, announces
several new additions to its special lines, chiefly: the Allen
Ink Vibrator and the New American Auto Falcon Job
Platen Press. The company also carries a complete line of
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bookbinders’ standard and special machines, together with
sectional blocks, and new rebuilt printing machinery. Mr.
A. F. Wanner for many years was connected with A. F.
Wanner & Co., of 340-342 Dearborn street, Chicago.
NEW CUTTER AND GREASER FEEDER.
The United Printing Machinery Company, 246 Summer
street, Boston, Massachusetts, has just placed on the mar¬
ket its new cutter and creaser feeder that can be attached
to all sizes of cutting and creasing presses as shown in the
accompanying illustration. This new device removes all
danger to the operator, materially increases the output over
the present method of hand feeding and completely solves
the problem of waste of stock. The company will be glad
application. The discussion of induction-motor design pre¬
sented in a pamphlet (Bulletin 126) recently issued by the
Crocker-Wheeler Company, of Ampere, New Jersey, is
therefore of vital interest to every person in any way inter¬
ested in the application of motor drive to industrial machin¬
ery. It is handsomely illustrated throughout with half-tone
engravings which show many interesting applications as
well as presenting the details of construction of the
machines themselves.
NEW HAND TIME STAMP.
The Reliable Time Stamp Company, of 1-3 West Broad¬
way, New York city, has recently placed on the market its
new design known as the “ Reliable Hand Time Stamp,”
UNITED PRINTING MACHINERY COMPANY’S NEW CUTTER AND CREASER FEEDER.
to hear from those interested, and information can be had
either from the general offices at Boston or from the West¬
ern agent, Williams-Lloyd Machinery Company, 124 Fed¬
eral street, Chicago, Ill.
POLYPHASE INDUCTION MOTORS.
Improved operating conditions and increased efficiency
have been brought about in widely different industries
through the introduction of the polyphase induction motor.
Its extreme simplicity of construction makes it practically
“ fool-proof,” and the possibility of using it in connection
with a high-tension transmission system has contributed
materially in reducing the cost of delivered power.
In textile mills, woodworking plants and other places
when a small spark may easily cause an explosion or
dangerous conflagration, squirrel-cage induction motors
may be used with perfect safety, as their construction
involves no sliding contacts.
There are, however, many characteristics inherent in
induction motors that are not found in any other machine
in the market and that must be taken into account in apply¬
ing the motors to industrial apparatus. On the proper con¬
sideration of these features depends the success of the
and it should be of interest to printers, engravers, electro¬
typers and allied industries where a reliable record as to
time, correspondence, job-tickets, etc., is necessary. The
stamp prints through a ribbon and in a straight line —
month, date, year, minute, a.m. and p.M. The company has
recently added an attachment to its stamp of especial
importance to those maintaining a time or cost system.
The manufacturer will be glad to supply further particulars
upon request.
IMPORTANT CHANGES IN PASSENGER DEPART¬
MENT GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM.
On account of the resignation of George W. Vaux, Mr.
Harry G. Elliott has been appointed General Passenger
Agent at Montreal, and is succeeded in Chicago by Mr. J. D.
McDonald as Assistant General Passenger Agent.
Mr. McDonald has a wide acquaintance with the railway
and newspaper fraternity, having for many years repre¬
sented his company at Buffalo as agent in charge at Niagara
Frontier, and for the past eight years as District Passenger
Agent at Toronto, where his territory embraced the High¬
lands of Ontario resorts, including Muskoka, Lake of Bays,
Temagami and the Cobalt region.
Mr. McDonald was secretary of the Entertainment Com-
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mittee at Buffalo during- the meeting of the American Asso¬
ciation of General Passenger Agents there, prior to opening
of Pan-American Exposition; was one of George T. Bell’s
aids in looking after the General Passenger Agents at their
Portland (Me.) trip, and also two years ago when they
had two special trains to the Canada resorts.
Mr. McDonald’s territory embraces what is known as
the Western Division, being that portion of the Grand
Trunk Railway System lying west of Detroit and Port
Huron, and also all territory west of Chicago to the Pacific
Coast and southwest to the Gulf of Mexico.
for the third prize the same set in nickel-plated steel was
given. The winners are to be congratulated upon the
results of their efforts.
PRESSROOM SPECIALTIES BY MONTGOMERY
BROTHERS COMPANY.
Montgomery Brothers Company, St. Paul, Minnesota,
announces a number of very efficient printing-shop devices.
Among the important accessories is its “ Economic ” Model
VICTORIA DOLBLE-INKING GEAR.
Mr. Frank Nossel, 38 Park Row, New York city, United
States representative of the Victoria press, furnishes the
following information regarding the double-inking gear
attachment of the Victoria. It has proved itself to be the
most perfect inking gear on to-day’s market. On the
Victoria Press Model 5 the inking
of the form is effected as follows:
When the four form rollers with
the two small steel riders are in
contact with the main cylinder,
they receive their charge of ink.
Just before the moment the car¬
riage moves downward, the two
upper form rollers, also the small
steel riders, are tripped by a sim¬
ple lifting device and remain in
this position till the carriage has
passed the
form and the
two lower ink¬
ers, which
touch the form,
have come in
contact with
the two rota¬
ting steel dis¬
tributing roll¬
ers below the
form. Here,
the said riders, by coming again in contact with the two
lower inkers, transfer their surplus of ink to the form rol¬
lers, and by this means, together with the revolving on the
two steel distributors, the two lower inkers thus receive
an even film of fresh ink, and whatever marks left by the
form are taken out. On the upward journey of the car¬
riage the two riders are lifted and the two upper form
rollers, which did not ink on the way down, are released.
The form receives now a full charge of ink of the four
form rollers.
By this method the form is actually inked by six rollers,
each going over the form only once. Practical printers will
admit that this is the most efficient device for inking large
and difficult tint-blocks, half-tones and color-plates at a
single rolling. _
VICTORIA DOUBLE-INKING GEAR.
STAR TOOL CONTEST PRIZES AWARDED.
In compliance with the decision of the judges in the
cover-page contest held by the Star Tool Manufacturing-
Company, the prizes have been sent to the winners. These
prizes are very attractive, the first one consisting of three
German-silver Star composing-sticks and one twelve-inch
German-silver line-gage, the set enclosed in a neat case.
The second prize consisted of the same set in brass, while
“ ECONOMIC ” — MODEL F CYLINDER ROLLER-HOLDER.
F Cylinder Roller Holder. This holder is manufactured to
fit around supporting columns in the pressroom, and holds
sixteen cylinder-press rollers. This style of roller-holder
makes it possible to utilize space in the pressroom which
otherwise could not be used. As shown in the illustration
it can be attached to any column. The company also
manufactures job-press roller-holders mounted on movable
stands made of cast iron, holding rollers in perpendicular
position. This style occupies about 12 inches of space and
can be moved about the pressroom. The Model E Cylin-
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der Roller Holder is made up for wall purposes, having auto¬
matic spring lock for each roller, and is made to hold twelve
cylinder-press rollers. The Montgomery Brothers Company
is also agent for Hamilton’s Platen Press Brake. This
brake, as illustrated, is known to be easily controlled by
the hand near the feeding-table, is quick and positive in
its operation, and is so constructed as to guarantee not
to spring the fly-wheel of the press. It is shipped with full
instructions how to attach to job press, and greatly im¬
proves the efficiency of a press. The concern also manu¬
factures a pressfeeder’s adjustable seat. Full particulars
regarding any of the above print-shop devices will be
gladly supplied by the manufacturer.
This company also makes an announcement of consid¬
erable interest to newspaper publishers. It is the adoption
of a matrix arrangement consisting of six alphabets, roman,
italic, and boldface, to be used with the double-matrix fig¬
ures for inserting prices in sizes from eighteen to thirty-
six point. A similar arrangement consisting of only four
alphabets has been in use for some time, and the new one
has been perfected to amply meet the requirements of large
department-store advertisers.
The increase in the number of machines installed in
newspaper plants during the past year has been greater
than at any other time and further improvements in matrix
and other equipment to facilitate department-store adver¬
tising composition are being made.
THE BECKETT PAPER COMPANY AT THE CHICAGO
BUSINESS SHOW.
One of the attractions at the business show recently held
in Chicago was the exhibit of the Beckett Paper Company.
In connection with the Chicago Embossing Company, an
illustration of the effectiveness of the Buckeye line of cover-
papers for catalogues, etc., was shown, an embossing
machine doing the demonstrating at the booth. Numerous
designs were embossed on various cover-papers, one of
which we show herewith in reproduction. The original was
printed in a dark gray, on gray stock, and heavily embossed.
THE PROGRESSIVE MONOTYPE.
The new specimen-book of the Monotype has just been
completed and has been sent to its many customers through¬
out the country during the present month. This book shows
some of the most attractive roman and italic faces for book-
work and boldfaces for catalogue and advertising work
which have ever been offered to users of composing ma¬
chines, including quite a number of distinctive faces which
have never before been cut in this country.
The new book has been issued in a very attractive form,
8% by 10% inches in size, and each of the series of faces,
which are complete in all of the sizes from six to thirty-six
point, inclusive, are printed on one signature. This enables
printers and publishers to make quick and accurate com¬
parisons with all of the various point sizes of one series
with any similar faces. The Monotype Company now offers
upward of 850 fonts on its matrix library and has in addi¬
tion over 600 fonts of figures and a splendid variety of
original borders and decorative ornaments.
Some prominent New York book and magazine publish¬
ers have already made arrangements to use some of the
new and exclusive faces in their publications.
THE LINO-TABLER IN GREAT BRITAIN.
An extremely difficult feat in matrix-making, requiring
specially constructed punching machines of great precision,
and at one time practically given up as impossible of per¬
fection, has just been successfully performed by the
Lino-Tabler Company.
As is generally known, the “ shoulder height ” on
English-built linotype machines varies several thou¬
sandths from that of American machines, and as it
was desired to avoid manufacturing the Lino-Tabler
rule in more than the standard height adopted at the
outset of the company’s operations, experiments have been
carried on for several weeks, under Inventor Stevenson’s
direction, with the object in view of producing an English
matrix with which American-height Lino-Tabler rule might
be used.
The illustration reveals sufficient detail to make clear
to the skilled machinist-operator a most interesting phase
in the development of the Lino-Tabler’s sphere of useful¬
ness, as the difference in height was the only bar to the
general adoption of the system throughout the United
Kingdom and its dependencies.
JAMES WHITE PAPER COMPANY IN TEMPORARY
QUARTERS.
Fire broke out on the premises of the James White
Paper Company, Monroe street, Chicago, on the morning
of March 24. The reports at time of this notice are that
the buildings and contents are a total loss. The company
is at present established at 185 Market street, Chicago,
and is prepared to meet all orders promptly. That spirit
of cooperation which is so distinctive of Chicago was
abundantly evidenced by the paper trade to the James
White Paper Company in the loss it sustained, and little
if any embarrassment will be caused to the business of the
company.
THE ONLY WAY FOR HER.
When Gertrude Hoffman and her company were playing-
in Cincinnati, one of her “ broilers ” who had unknowingly
stopped at a boarding-house in Pittsburg where there had
been smallpox, went up to a physician to be vaccinated.
She was very anxious to have it where the scar wouldn’t
show or be exposed when she appeared on the stage.
“Ah, yes,” said the M. D., stroking his beard. “ What
is your business? ”
“ Why, I’m with Gertrude Hoffman. One of her danc¬
ing girls, you know.”
“ Well,” said the man of medicine, as he laid down the
virus, “ I guess if that’s the case you’ll have to take it
internally.” — Ideal Power.
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WANT ADVERTISEMENTS.
Prices for this department: 40 cents for each ten words or less; mini¬
mum charge, 80 cents. Under “ Situations Wanted,” 25 cents for each ten
■words or less; minimum charge, 50 cents. Address to be counted. Price
invariably the same whether one or more insertions are taken. Cash must
accompany the order to insure insertion in current number. The
insertion of ads. received in Chicago later than the 15th of the
month preceding publication not guaranteed.
BOOKS.
“ COST OF PRINTING,” by F. W. Baltes, presents a system of accounting
which has been in successful operation for many years,, is suitable for
large or small printing-offices, and is a safeguard against errors, omissions or
losses ; its use makes it absolutely certain that no work can pass through
the office without being charged, and its actual cost in all details shown.
74 pages, 6% by 10 inches, cloth, $1.50. THE INLAND PRINTER COM¬
PANY, Chicago.
PAPER PURCHASERS’ GUIDE, by Edward Siebs. Contains list of all bond,
flat, linen, ledger, cover, manila and writing papers carried in stock by
Chicago dealers, with full and broken package prices. Every buyer of paper
should have one. 25 cents. THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
PRACTICAL FACTS FOR PRINTERS, by Lee A. Riley ; just what its name
indicates ; compiled by a practical man, and said to be the most prac¬
tical little book ever offered to the trade ; 50 cents. THE INLAND
PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
PRICES FOR PRINTING, by F. AY. Baltes. Complete cost system and
selling prices. Adapted to any locality. Pocket size. $1 by mail.
THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
SIMPLEX TYPE COMPUTER, by J. L. Kelman. Tells instantly the number
of picas or ems there are in any width, and the number of lines per inch
in length of any type, from 5% to 12 point. Gives accurately and quickly
the number of ems contained in any size of composition, either by picas or
square inches, in all the different sizes of body-type, and the nearest
approximate weight of metal per 1,000 ems, if set by Linotype or Monotvpe
machine. Price, $1.50. THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY. Chicago."
THE RUBAIYAT OF MIRZA MEM’N, published by Henry Olendorf Shepard,
Chicago, is modeled on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ; the delicate
imagery of old Omar has been preserved in this modern Rubaiyat, and there
are new gems that give it high place in the estimation of competent critics ;
as a gift-book nothing is more appropriate ; the binding is superb, the text
is artistically set on white plate paper, the illustrations are half-tones, from
original paintings, hand-tooled; size of books, 7% by 9% inches, art vellum
cloth, combination white and purple, or full purple, $1.50 ; edition de luxe,
red or brown India ooze leather, $4; pocket edition, 3 by 5 % . 76 pages,
bound in blue cloth, lettered in gold on front and back, complete in every
way except the illustrations, with full explanatory notes and exhaustive
index, 50 cents. THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
TO LOVERS OF ART PRINTING — A limited edition of 200 numbered
copies of Gray’s “ Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,” designed
hand-lettered and illuminated in water-colors by F. J. Trezise. Printed
from plates on imported hand-made paper and durably and artistically
bound. Price, boxed, $2 postpaid. THE INLAND PRINTER CO., Chicago.
VEST-POCKET MANUAL OF PRINTING, a full and concise explanation of
the technical points in the printing trade, for the use of the printer and
his patrons ; contains rules for punctuation and capitalization, style, mark¬
ing proof, make-up of book, sizes of books, sizes of the untrimmed leaf,
number of words in a square inch, diagrams of imposition, and much other
valuable information not always at hand when wanted ; 50 cents. THE
INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
1,000 EMS” gives the accurate measurements of all bodv-types ; price,
$1. V. L. R. SIMMONS, Cadillac, Mich.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
BARGAIN for experienced printer, newspaper man or canvasser with $500
cash and good habits, in the famous “ Lackawanna ” valley (the richest
and most popular valley in America) ; city of 19,000 ; plant is fully
equipped lor jobbing ; only one newspaper in city. D 244.
FOR SALE — A complete printing plant located in one of the most pros¬
perous cities in the country ; business over $50,000 a year ; here is an
opportunity to step into an old-established, going business that will make
25 per cent on the investment outside of liberal salarv ; will require
$15,000 to $20,000. D 259.
FOR SALE — - Controlling interest in a book, job and stamp plant cen¬
trally located in capital city ; an excellent opportunity for parties with
the cash; reason of selling — change of business. D 239.
FOR SALE — Job office at almost your own price ; a bargain for some
one ; now doing good business ; 2 presses, cutter, etc. ; speak quick.
W. J. BRAY, Ware, Mass.
FOR SALE — Newspaper and job printing business on main line of C. P.
R., in best new town in Alberta; good for clear profit of $250 per
month: price, $3,000, half to two-thirds cash, terms on balance; plant,
which includes cylinder press and gasoline engine, cost over $2,500 ; rea¬
son for selling: proprietor has other interests demanding undivided atten¬
tion. Address P. O. BOX 1485, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
MICHIGAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR SALE — A good paying weekly
country paper and job office in nice farming town of 1,000 population
in north central Michigan ; only office in town ; a $1.25 paper with 1,000
circulation ; advertising over $1,600, and jobwork over $1,500 in 1910 ;
net income of over $1,500 ; $4,000 — $1,000 down and balance on easy
terms ; poor health the reason for selling. D 256.
PRESIDENT-MANAGER of printing concern in Birmingham, Ala., indus¬
trial center of the South, capitalized at $15,000, wishes to dispose of
his holdings ; business paid 28 per cent dividend last year ; member Ben
Franklin Club and Typothetas, and using standard uniform cost-finding
system ; a real opportunity. Address BOX 753, Birmingham, Ala.
PRINTING PLANT FOR SALE — Doing good business, chance for more;
other business requires owner’s time ; part cash, part work ; live busi¬
ness city more than 20,000 inhabitants. D 243.
THE ARANSAS PASS (Tex.) Progress offered for sale; located at new
Government harbor on Texas coast ; a good business proposition and
well-equipped office. Do not write unless you have the money to buy.
W. H. VERNON, Owner, Aransas Pass, Tex.
THE LARGEST AND BEST-equipped printing plant and electrotype foundry
in an eastern city of 85,000 for sale at a reasonable price and on easy
terms ; a population of 325,000 within a radius of 20 miles ; run by
present proprietor more than 30 years. D 965.
WE ACT AS AN EXCHANGE for used printing machinery ; small commis¬
sion basis for selling only ; if you want to buy or sell, let us know
your wants ; you can not go wrong ; get our proposition. U. S. MACHIN¬
ERY EXCHANGE, 25 Liberty st., New York.
Publishing.
GOOD MECHANICAL MONTHLY MAGAZINE can be bought for about
$15,000; a valuable property for a man who understands how to push a
specialized journal. HARRIS-DIBBLE COMPANY, 71 West 23d st.. New
York.
ENGRAVING METHODS.
MAKE CUTS — $1 will place a Multiplate and engraving process into any
newspaper office and aid the unskilled in making nice cuts, half-tone
effect ; easy, quick, cheap ; guaranteed ; specimens free. M. T. McKIN-
LEY, Winona, Minn.
FOR SALE.
A TYPEWRITER WITH LINOTYPE KEYBOARD, for printers and linotype
operators; special prices: $45, $50; easy payments; fully guaran¬
teed; established 1908. BUCKNER LINO-TYPEWRITER CO., Oakland, Cal.
BOOKBINDERS’ MACHINERY; rebuilt Nos. 3 and 4 Smyth book-sewing
machines, thoroughly overhauled and in first-class order. JOSEPH E.
SMYTH, 132 Federal st., Chicago.
FOR SALE CHEAP — Two sets of new-style Wesel blocks, 27 by 41, with
improved hooks. D 271.
FOR SALE — Cottrell cylinder press, bed 31 by 46, tapeless delivery, good
condition ; your own price. PRINTER, 27 Beekman st., New York.
FOR SALE — F. C. Nunemacher plant, bankrupt ; big bargains in all
kinds of machinery, type and equipment ; must be sold quick. Write
for circular and' price-list. F. P. BUSH, Selling Agent, 408 W. Main st.,
Louisville, Ivy.
FOR SALE — One slightly used hot-air stereotyping outfit, with all equip¬
ments, cheap ; owner discontinued stereotyping. Write for particulars.
C. A. BARRINGER, 612 33d st., Newport News, Va.
FOR SALE — Seybold Duplex trimmer. H. C. ISAACS, 10 Bleecker st.,
New York.
FOR SALE — Victor power-embossing press ; takes a die 4 by 9 inches ;
will sell at sacrifice for quick sale ; also one hand embosser. HAM-
MAR MFG. CO., 170 Madison st., Chicago, Ill.
LARGE CYLINDER PRESS FOR SALE, 12 years’ use, 44 by 60 Whitlock,
4-roller, tapeless fly delivery, does good half-tone work, with or without
3-horse Lundell electric motor and controller, these new ; easy terms for
about $1,000, and warranted; also Polhemus double cabinet and 10 fonts
DeVinne Condensed, series of Engravers’ Roman, Lining Gothic and other
good type, practically new. COCHRANE PUBLISHING CO., Tribune bldg.,
New York.
GOl
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Last a Success !
OTYP^ combines perfect working qualities with a brilliant, smooth, finished appearance. We shall be glad
w , v, ~ - to cjernonstrate this fact to any interested printer by shipping a one-pound can on approval. Light
Gold, Deep Gold, Copper and Aluminum — $3.00 per pound. Liberal discounts to jobbers.
JAS. H. FURMAN,
Manufactured by THE CANADIAN BRONZE POWDER WORKS
Montreal — Toronto — Valleyfield.
Sols Agent sad Distributor
la tbe United States ;
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LITHOGRAPHED STOCK CERTIFICATES, coupon bonds, etc. ; exclusive
attractive designs ; special trade prices and samples on application.
PIONEER COMPANY, St. Paul, Minn. Founded 1849.
HELP WANTED.
Advertising Men.
AN EXPERIENCED combination “ scheme ” man and high-grade copy
writer is wanted by well-known advertising and trade-promotion agency ;
must be strikingly original, must know merchandising and be able to
originate and execute profitable selling campaigns direct to trade ; must
also be able to write newspaper and magazine copy, make suggestions for
illustrations, and must be posted on printing papers, colorwork, and be
able to get up out-of-the-ordinary dummies for direct advertising ; we want
a man who has earned a good salary, who can earn more, and who, if
capable, will make a permanent connection ; prefer one familiar with
automobile trade; in replying, state qualifications fully, previous connec¬
tions, and, if possible, send comprehensive samples of work and interview
will be arranged for. D 240.
Artists.
WANTED — Commercial artist ; good at photo retouching ; permanent
position. D 241.
Bookbinders.
FAST, ALL-AROUND FORWARDER AND FINISHER for a good, small
Pacific coast city ; steady work, 8 hours. D 264.
Compositors.
WANTED — First-class job compositor or make-up man ; position perma¬
nent ; union shop. FORT WAYNE PRINTING CO., Fort Wayne, Ind.
Engravers.
WANTED — A half-tone finisher who can reetch ; also an all-around com¬
mercial artist. KNOXVILLE ENGRAVING CO., Knoxville, Tenn.
Foremen, Managers and Superintendents.
WANTED — Superintendent for printing plant doing high-grade catalogue
work ; must be able to secure highest efficiency of compositors, press¬
men and artists ; plant of $250,000 annual output. REPUBLICAN PUB¬
LISHING COMPANY, Hamilton Ohio.
Mis cellaneous.
WANTED — Printer who wants to learn the art of manufacturing chemistry.
HOLLY MANUFACTURING CO., 8 South 15th st., St. Louis, Mo.
Pressmen.
WANTED — A first-class non-union cylinder pressman ; one experienced on
fine half-tone and colorwork preferred ; good wages and steady position
to right man ; answer, giving references as to character and ability. D 938.
Salesmen.
HIGH-GRADE CATALOGUE printing and engraving salesman wanted by
Pennsylvania house to travel Middle States ; must be experienced and
able to produce. D 270.
WANTED ■ — Salesman (city) for printing house in thriving southern city ;
fine opportunity for party who will make good. D 813.
INSTRUCTION.
A BEGINNER on the Mergenthaler will find the THALER KEYBOARD
invaluable ; the operator out of practice will find it just the thing he
needs ; exact touch, bell announces finish of line ; 22-page instruction book.
When ordering, state which layout you want — No. 1, without fractions ;
No. 2, two-letter with commercial fractions, two-letter without commercial
fractions, standard Junior, German. THALER KEYBOARD COMPANY, 505
“ P ” st., N. W., Washington, D. C. ; also all agencies Mergenthaler Lino¬
type Company. Price, $4.
A LINOTYPE SCHOOL AT HOME — The Eclipse Keyboard, with complete
instruction course, for $3, positively the best value on the market ;
movable spring-steel keys, enamel-painted ; detachable copyholder ; 22-page
instruction book ; diagrams showing 12 keyboard layouts ; the Eclipse is
made with the following layouts: No. 1, standard, without fractions;
No. 2, standard, with fractions; No. 11, two-letter, with fractions;
No. 12, two-letter, without fractions ; circular on request. ECLIPSE
KEYBOARD COMPANY, 117 S. Bonner st., Dayton, Ohio. Guaranteed as
advertised or money refunded.
N. E. LINOTYPE SCHOOL, 7 Dix place, Boston, Mass. Four-machine plant,
run solely as school ; liberal hours, thorough instruction ; our grad¬
uates succeed. Write for particulars before deciding.
LINOTYPE INSTRUCTION — A thorough operator-machinist course of 9
weeks for $80 ; instruction given day or night ; 6 Linotypes ; high-
salaried instructors ; employment bureau ; hundreds of successful grad¬
uates. Write for prospectus and dates of next openings. EMPIRE MER¬
GENTHALER LINOTYPE SCHOOL, 419 First av., New York city.
LINOTYPE PLANT.
INSTALL LINOTYPE — Parties having machine and complete linotype
equipment would like to install same in newspaper or job office, using
at least product of two shifts. D 253.
MACHINIST-OPERATOR desires location for machine plant to do com¬
position for trade ; correspondence solicited from publishers. D 258.
SITUATIONS WANTED.
Bookbinders.
BOOKBINDER — : First-class man, finisher, forwarder, stamper and marbler,
wants position. D 132.
Compositors.
TYPOGRAPHICAL ARTIST wishes steady position with thoroughly
equipped plant doing the highest-grade work (booklet preferred) ; will
handle entire job, sketch layout and give closest estimate for approval
before execution ; expert knowledge all methods composition. BELL, “ The
Palms,” Brattleboro, Vt.
Engravers.
COLOR OPERATOR desires to make a change ; negatives made direct by
either emulsion or dry plates ; perfect results guaranteed. D 866.
Foremen, Managers and Superintendents.
MANAGER OR SUPERINTENDENT, well qualified to produce a high
standard of printing promptly and economically, desires engagement.
D 263.
PRINTING SUPERINTENDENT OR MANAGER, “up” on all required
points, now in charge of fine plant, will change ; costs, systems, sales,
estimating and advertising. Write me. D 222.
SITUATION WANTED as foreman of composing-room by practical man
with years of experience ; know good work and how to do it, under¬
stand loose-leaf business ; hard worker, abstainer ; western State preferred.
P. O. BOX 991, Benton Harbor, Mich.
SUPERINTENDENT AND MANAGER, for personal reasons, wishes to
change ; 16 years in present position ; experienced in general printing
and binding of the better grades ; Typothetae connections preferred ; will
accept salary and commission basis ; references given ; prefer New Eng¬
land. D 266.
UP-TO-DATE PRINTER with experience as superintendent, manager and
foreman desires permanent location ; evening paper, book or job ; office
organizer, disciplinarian ; excellent references ; married. C 219.
Operators and Machinists.
LADY LINOTYPE OPERATOR desires change; office with one or two
machines preferred ; 6 years’ experience ; non-union ; references.
E. F., Box 586, Minneapolis, Minn.
LINOTYPE MACHINIST — Thorough mechanic, capable of putting any
plant on a highly productive basis ; union. D 218.
LINOTYPE OPERATOR desires change ; book, job or news ; fast, clean,
thoroughly competent, union. D 254.
MACHINIST-OPERATOR — Capable of getting first-class results from any
plant ; union, married. D 265.
Pressmen.
CYLINDER AND ROTARY PRESSMAN, accustomed to especially built
presses for manufacturing purposes, wishes to make change ; corre¬
spondence solicited. D 262.
FIRST-CLASS CITY PRESSMAN, tired of overtime, seeks change ; abso¬
lutely sober and reliable, married; record — nearly 12 years with one
firm and 4 % years with present firm ; references and samples furnished ;
moderate wages accepted from firm guaranteeing little or no overtime.
D 261.
FIRST-CLASS PRESSMAN, experienced on high-grade catalogue and color-
work, seeks immediate change ; references proving ability, reliability
and sobriety. D 260.
H/l A 1^17 by attaching NEW CENTURY FOUNTAINS
lyl 1^. r. 1V|I #1 y Pj J to your jobbers. The perfection of fountains. Will increase
press output from 3,000 to 5,000 a day on steady runs. No readjusting
after washup or when changing impressions. One-screw ink feed. One-screw roller contact. Will not mark the print.
Minimizes danger of offset by reason of uniform inking. Can be taken apart in a few seconds, with the fingers, without
screw-driver or wrench. Will do the work of a long fountain without its disadvantages. It is a producer of RESULTS —
More Impressions and Better Work. For Chandler & Price , Challenge, and all Gordon Presses,
Get a descriptive circular from your dealer or send to us. THE WAGNER MFG. CO., Scranton, Pa.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Bookbinders’ and Printers’ Machinery.
DEXTER FOLDER COMPANY. Pearl River, N. Y. Folding machines, auto¬
matic feeders for presses, folders and ruling machines. 2-12
Bookbinders’ Supplies.
SLADE, HIPP & MELOY, Inepd., 139 Lake st., Chicago. Also paper-box
makers’ supplies. 1-12
Book Dies.
BRASS BOOK STAMPS and embossing dies of all descriptions. CHICAGO
EMBOSSING CO., 126 Union st., Chicago. tf
Calendar Manufacturers.
COMPLETE AND ARTISTIC LINES of high-embossed calendar subjects.
German make excelled, with prices that insure business. CHICAGO
EMBOSSING CO., 126 Union st., Chicago, Ill. tf
HEAVY EMBOSSED bas-relief calendars. America’s classiest line. Black
and white, three-color and hand-tinted. H. E. SMITH CO., Indianapolis,
Ind. 12-11
Case-making and Embossing.
SHEPARD, THE H. 0., CO., 624-632 Sherman st., Chicago. Write for esti¬
mates. 1-12
Chase Manufacturers.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, Chicago. Electric-welded steel
chases. 7-11
Chicago Embossing Company.
EMBOSSERS of quality. Calendar backs, catalogue covers, menu tablets,
announcement covers, etc. CHICAGO EMBOSSING CO., 126 N. Union
st., Chicago. tf
Copper and Zinc Prepared for Half-tone and Zinc Etching.
AMERICAN STEEL & COPPERPLATE COMPANY, THE. 116 Nassau st.,
New York; 114 Federal st., Chicago; Mermod-Jaccard bldg., St. Louis,
Mo. Satin-finish plates. 6-11
Cost Systems and Installations.
COST SYSTEMS designed and installed to meet every condition in the
graphic trades. IV rite for booklet, “ The Science of Cost Finding.”
THE ROBERT S. DENHAM CO., 342 Caxton bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. 10-11
Counters.
HART, R. A., Battle Creek, Mich. Counters for job-presses, book-stitchers,
etc., without springs. Also paper joggers, “ Giant ” Gordon press-brakes.
Printers’ form trucks. 5-11
Cylinder Presses.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, 183-187 Monroe st., Chicago. Bab¬
cock drums, two-revolution and fast new presses. Also rebuilt machines.
7-11
Electrotypers and Stereotypers.
H. F. McCAFFERTY CO., nickeltyping and fine half-tone work, 141 East
25th st., New York. Phone, 5286 Madison Square. 3-12
Electrotypers’ and Stereotypers’ Machinery.
HOE, R., & CO., New York and London. Manufacturers of printing, stereo¬
typing and electrotyping machinery. Chicago offices, 143 Dearborn st.
11-11
THE OSTRANDER-SEYMOUR CO., General Offices, Tribune bldg., Chicago.
Eastern Office, 38 Park Row, New York. Send for catalogue. 1-12
WILLIAMS-LLOYD MACHINERY COMPANY, office and salesrooms, 124-
126-128 Federal st., Chicago. Eastern representatives ; United Printing
Machinery Company, Boston-New York. 2-11
Embossers and Engravers — Copper and Steel.
FREUND, WM., & SONS, est. 1865. Steel and copper plate engravers and
printers, steel-die makers and embossers. Write for samples and esti¬
mates. 16-20 East Randolph st., Chicago. (See advt.) 3-11
Embossing Composition.
STEWART’S EMBOSSING BOARD — Easv to use, hardens like iron; 6 by 9
inches; 3 for 40c, 6 for 60c, 12 for $1, postpaid. THE INLAND
PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
Embossing Dies.
EMBOSSING DIES THAT EMBOSS. We are specialists in this line. Every
job tested upon completion before leaving the plant. CHICAGO EMBOSS¬
ING CO., 126 N. Union st., Chicago, Ill. tf
YOUNG, WM. R., 121-123 N. Sixth st., Philadelphia, Pa. Printing and
embossing dies, brass, steel, zinc ; first-class workmanship. 6-11
Engraving Methods.
ANYBODY CAN MAKE CUTS with my simple transferring and etching
process ; nice cuts from prints, drawings, photos are easily and quickly
made by the unskilled on common sheet zinc ; price of process, $1 ; all
material costs at any drug store about 75 cents. Circulars and specimens
for stamp. THOMAS M. DAY, Box 12, Windfall, Ind. 6-11
Gummed Papers.
IDEAL COATED PAPER CO., Brookfield, Mass. Imported and domestic
guaranteed non-curling gummed papers. 5-11
JONES, SAMUEL, & CO., Waverly Park, N. J. Our specialty is Non¬
curling Gummed Paper. Stocks in every city. 2-12
Gummed Tape in Rolls and Rapid Sealing Machine.
JAMES D. McLAURIN & CO., INC., 63 Park Row, New York city. “ Bull¬
dog ” and “Blue Ribbon” brands gummed tape. Every inch guaran¬
teed to stick. 6-11
Ink Manufacturers.
AMERICAN PRINTING INK CO., 2314-2324 IV . Kinzie st., Chicago. 3-12
Job Presses.
GOLDING MFG. CO., Franklin, Mass. Golding Jobbers, $200-$600 ; Em¬
bosser, $300-$400 ; Pearl, $70-$214 ; Roll-feed Duplex, Triplex. 8-11
Machine Work.
CUMMINGS MACHINE COMPANY, 238 William st., New York. Estimates
given on automatic machinery, bone-hardening, grinding and jobbing.
Up-to-date plant ; highest-grade work done with accuracy and despatch.
1-12
Machinery.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, Chicago. New; rebuilt. 7-11
Mercantile Agency.
THE TYPO MERCANTILE AGENCY, General Offices, 160 Broadway, New
York ; Western Office, 184 La Salle st., Chicago. The Trade Agency of
the Paper, Book, Stationery, Printing and Publishing Trade. 7-11
Motors and Accessories for Printing Machinery.
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC COMPANY, 527 W. 34th st., New York. Electric
equipments for printing-presses and allied machines a specialty. 3-12
Paper Cutters.
DEXTER FOLDER CO., Pearl River, N. Y., manufacturers of automatic-
clamp cutting machines that are powerful, durable and efficient. 2-12
GOLDING MFG. C'O., Franklin, Mass. Lever. $130-$200 ; Power, $240-
$600 ; Auto-clamp, $450-$600 ; Pearl, $40-$77 ; Card, $8-$40. 8-11
OSWEGO MACHINE WORKS, Oswego, New York. The Oswego, Brown &
Carver and Ontario — Cutters exclusively. 4-11
SHNIEDEWEND, PAUL, & CO., 631 W. Jackson blvd., Chicago. 7-11
Photoengravers.
BLOMGREN BROTHERS & CO., 76-82 Sherman st., Chicago. Photo, half¬
tone, wood engraving and electrotyping. 11-11
SHEPARD, THE HENRY O., CO., illustrators, engravers and electrotypers,
3-color process plates. 624-632 Sherman st., Chicago. 12-11
Photoengravers’ Machinery and Supplies.
THE OSTRANDER-SEYMOUR CO., General Offices, Tribune bldg., Chicago.
Eastern Office, 38 Park Row, New York. Send for catalogue. 1-12.
“Cr amain -Gold” Non- Tarnishing
A tested and proven Metal Leaf — soft, pliable, brilliant, easy
working, and less than half as expensive as genuine Gold Leaf.
- Samples and prices on request -
Remember, “ Cramain-Gold ” has been PROVEN successful.
MANUFACTURED BY
CRAMER & MAINZER - Fuerth, Bavaria
SOLE AGENT AND DISTRIBUTOR IN THE UNITED STATES
JAMES H. FURMAN
186 N. La Salle Street - Chicago, 111.
100 William Street - - - New York
Reputable representatives wanted In all principal cities
THE INLAND PRINTER
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WILLIAMS- LLOYD MACHINERY COMPANY, headquarters for photoengra¬
vers’ supplies. Office and salesrooms: 124-126-128 Federal st., Chicago.
Eastern representatives: United Printing Machinery Co., Boston-New York.
Printers’ Supplies.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPIXDLER, 168-170 W. Monroe st., Chicago.
7-11
Photoengravers’ Screens.
LEVY, MAX, Wayne av., and Berkeley st., Wayne Junction. Philadelphia,
Pa. 3-12
Presses.
GOSS PRINTING PRESS COMPANY, 16th st. and Ashland av., Chicago,
manufacturers newspaper perfecting presses and special rotary printing
machinery. 1-12
HOE, R., & CO., New York and London. Manufacturers of printing, stereo¬
typing and electrotyping machinery. Chicago office, 143 Dearborn st.
THOMSON, JOHN, PRESS COMPANY, 253 Broadway, New York; Fisher
bldg., Chicago ; factory, Long Island City, New York. 10-11
Printers' Rollers and Roller Composition.
BINGHAM’S, SAM’L, SON MFG. CO.. 316-318 S. Canal st., Chicago ; also
514-518 Clark av., St. Louis; First av. and Ross st., Pittsburg: 706
Baltimore av., Kansas City; 52-54 S. Forsythe st., Atlanta, Ga. : 151-153
Kentucky av., Indianapolis; 675 Elm st.. Dallas, Tex.; 135 Michigan st.,
Milwaukee, Wis. ; 919-921 4th st.. So., Minneapolis, Minn. ; 609-611 Chest¬
nut st., Des Moines, Iowa. 3-12
BINGHAM BROTHERS COMPANY, 406 Pearl st., New York ; also 521
Cherry st., Philadelphia. 10-11
Proof Presses for Photoentjravers and Printers.
SHNIEDEWEND, PAUL, & CO., 631 IV. Jackson blvd., Chicago. 7-11
Show Cards.
SHOW CARDS AND COUNTER CARDS. Cut-outs that attract attention.
High-class in every particular. CHICAGO EMBOSSING CO., 126 N.
LTnion st., Chicago, Ill. tf
Stereotyping Outfits.
A COLD SIMPLEX STEREOTYPING OUTFIT, $19 and up, produces the
finest book and job plates, and your type is not in danger of being ruined
by heat, simple, better, quicker, safer, easier on the type, and costs no
more than papier-mache ; also two engraving methods costing only $5 with
materials, by which engraved plates are cast in stereo metal from drawings
made on cardboard. “ Ready-to-use ” cold matrix sheets, $1. HENRY
KAHRS, 240 E. 33d st., New York city. 5-11
Ty pefounders.
AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS CO., original designs, greatest output, most
complete selection. Dealer in wood type, printing machinery and print¬
ers’ supplies of all kinds. Send to nearest house for latest type specimens.
Houses — Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore. Washington, D. C.,
Richmond, Buffalo, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago,
Kansas City, Indianapolis, Denver, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Port¬
land, Spokane, Seattle, Vancouver. 8-11
BUCKIE PRINTERS’ ROLLER CO., 396-398 S. Clark st., Chicago ; Detroit,
Mich. ; St. Paul, Minn. ; printers’ rollers and tablet composition. 6-11
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, Chicago. Superior copper-mixed
type. 7-11
MILWAUKEE PRINTERS’ ROLLER CO.. 372 Milwaukee st., Milwaukee,
Wis. Printers’ rollers and tablet composition. 1-12
AVILD & STEVENS, INC., 5 Purchase st., cor. High, Boston, Mass. Estab¬
lished 1850. 2-12
HANSEN, H. C., TYPE FOUNDRY (established 1872), 190-192 Congress
st., Boston; 43 Centre st., and 15 Elm st., New York. 11-11
INLAND TYPE FOUNDRY Standard Line type and printers’ supplies, St.
Louis, New York and Chicago. 11-11
QUICK ON
Megill’s Patent
SPRING TONGUE GAUGE PINS
$1.20 perdoz. with extra tongues.
Your Job Press Slow
Without The Megill Gauges ?
Ask for booklet about our Gauge that automatically sets the sheet
to perfect register after the human hand has done all it can.
E. L. MEGILL, Manufacturer
60 Duane Street, New York
No glue — No sticky fingers — Clean work — Hurry work — Best work
VISE GRIP
Megill’s Patent
DOUBLE -GRIP GAUGES
$1.25 set of 3 with extra tongues.
Repairing
OF
Printers’ and Lithographers’
Machinery
Erecting and Overhauling all
over the country
The B. & A. Machine Works
317*319 South Clinton Street, CHICAGO
WASTE
RARER
IS WORTH 30 CENTS PER CWT.
AND UP.
SAVE
YOURS
WITH A
HAND-BALING
PRESS
Circular F-64
Sullivan Machinery Co.
122 S. Michigan Avenue - CHICAGO
Bind your Inland Printers
Hnm# with an ARNOLD SECURITY BINDER
•» M t IV Artistic Simple Durable
NO TOOLS, PUNCHING OR STITCHING- — TOUR HANDS THE ONLY TOOLS
THE “ARNOLD SECURITY BINDER” is the modern method of keeping your magazines
together and in good condition. It has the finished appearance of a bound book and is the ideal
magazine cabinet, keeping the magazines fresh and in consecutive order. It can be used as a
permanent binding or emptied and refilled as the magazines become out of date. A magazine can be
inserted or removed at any time without disturbing the others.
Binder for One Volume, six issues, $1.00 Two Binders, covering full year, $1.80
Address, THE INLAND PRINTER . 120-130 Sherman Street, CHICAGO
X RUN FOR
YOUR MONEY’
GET OUT YOUR BUSINESS STATIONERY NOW AND WRITE:
"HERRICK, — Here’s a quarter for the 4 HERRICK
CUT BOOKS showing 400 good one and two color
cuts for my blotters, folders, mailing cards, etc. If I
don’t like the books you’re to send back my quarter.”
ISN’T THAT FAIR ?
Then send on your 25c.; you can take it off the first $5.50 order.
The books will give you a lot of valuable advertising ideas.
THE HERRICK PRESS, 626 So. Michigan Ave., Chicago
YVE MAKE DRAWINGS OF ALL KINDS. WRITE US.
DURANT
COUNTERS
may not be the cheapest, but
they are the least expensive.
Honest comparison with other makes proves their superior
fitness for printers’ use.
Excellent low-priced attachments for all job presses.
To be had of any printers’ supply house, or write us
for details.
The W. N. Durant Co. Milwaukee, Wis.
IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A TRADE WITH THE
FRENCH PRINTERS
SEND YOUR CATALOGUES AND TERMS TO THE
FONDERIE CASLON
(PARIS BRANCH)
THE LEADING IMPORTERS OF
AMERICAN MACHINERY
FOR THE FRENCH PRINTING TRADE.
(Shipping Agents: The American Express Company.)
FONDERIE CASLON, 13, Rue Satnte Cecile, PARIS
Cast by Experts. 35 Cents a pound.
Your old type taken at 8 Cents per
pound F. O. B. Winona. Send for
sample, test it yourself. You can
be the judge. No better type made at any price.
PEERLESS TYPE FOUNDRY' - Winona, Minnesota
TYPE
R.R.B. Padding Glue
Whiter, stronger and more flexible
than any other. Try it.
ROBT. R. BURRAGE
83 Gold Street, NEW YORK
How to Make Money in
tne Printing Business
<fi
By Paul Nathan
IVE value and “charge
the price’’ might be an
answer to this question;
but there is a very complete
and comprehensive answer
in Paul Nathan’s book of 288
pages, bearing this title, and
every progressive printer should
own the volume. The book gives
full details and information on
the highest authority — Experi¬
ence. It tells how a man made
money out of Printing — a thing
we all are anxious to do. You
need this book; send the order
now. Here is a glimpse into the table of its contents :
Starting an Office, What Class of Customers to Seek, How to
Develop Business, Writing Advertising Matter, Taking Orders,
Advertising, How to Talk to Customers, The Cost of Produ¬
cing Printing, Estimating, Acquiring Money, Price Cutting, Com¬
petitors, Profit and How It Should Be Figured, Buying, Doing
Good Printing, The Composing Room, The Press Room, The
Business Office, Bookkeeping, Management of Employees, The
Employee’s Opportunity, Danger in Ventures, Systematic Saving.
Second Edition. 288 pages, cloil i; gilt stamped. Size. 9' x 5%".
Price, postpaid, $3.00. Send remittance with order.
Inland Printer Co., 120-130 Sherman St., Chicago
MR. PRINTER OR PUBLISHER
{^LEAN YOUR CUTS, not with a preparation, but an equipment which renews and im-
^ proves any cut, new or old. The Johnson Cut Cleaning and Polishing Outfit cleans
between and around the points of a half-tone, so that the cut shows up clear and sharp.
The cost is moderate. Any responsible printer is invited to satisfy himself of these claims
before paying. There is nothing like it. Call for one to-day at my expense. Write Dept. H.
J. FRANK JOHNSON, :: :: Battle Creek, Michigan
yl Modern Monthly —
yill About TATE'R
Cfc
7She PAPER
DEALER
HE PAPER DEALER
gives the wanted information
on the general and technical sub¬
ject of
It will enable the printer to keep
posted on paper, to buy advanta¬
geously, and to save money on his
paper purchases. No dollar could
be spent more profitably for a year’s reading.
Printed on enamel book paper.
THIS SPECIAL OFFER
Includes 1911 and 1912 at the very special rate of
$1.50 instead of $2.00. This is an opportunity
worth while. Proves an investment, not an expense
to printers.
Uhe PAPER. DEALER
164 WEST WASHINGTON STREET, CHICAGO
— CRAMER’S NEW — -
Process Dry- Plates and
Filters ‘Direct1* Three=color Work
Not an experiment but an accomplished fact.
Thoroughly tested in practical work before being advertised.
Full details in our new booklet “ DRY-PLATES AND COLOR-
FILTERS FOR TRICHROMATIC WORK,” containing
more complete practical information than any other book yet
published. This booklet sent free to photoengravers on request.
G. CRAMER DRY-PLATE COMPANY, St. Louis, Mo.
AS PRINTERS’ ADS Do bring orders — hun-
dreds of printers are proving this with my service of
3-color cuts and wording. Easy to print
in any shop. 12th year. Samples Free.
CHAS.L. STILES, COLUMBUS, O.
THE GOVERNMENT STANDARD
KEYBOARD PAPER. Perforatioa.
for the MONOTYPE MACHINE
COLONIAL COMPANY, Mechanic Falls, Maine
PRINTERS — -You can not afford to purchase new or rebuilt Printers’
Machinery, exchange or sell your old without consulting us.
DRISCOLL & FLETCHER Frk‘erBs’f"i0c>h^7 WorkSs
PRESS CONTROLLERS
MONITOR AUT?ystem
Fills All Requirements of Most Exacting Printers.
MONITOR CONTROLLER COMPANY
106 South Gay Street, BALTIMORE, MD.
“THE CHINESE PUZZLE”
Carbon Paper seems a Chinese puzzle to most buyers when it comes to
quality and the proper price to pay. Some buyers look wise and purchase Carbon
Paper- from a superficial examination; usually they are wiser after the grease and
grit have left a smudgy recollection. The proper way to buy Carbon Paper is to get
samples and test them out at your leisure. We help you out with samples, instruct
you with a descriptive price-list. No time like the present. Just ask and see how
quickly we will answer.
WHITFIELD CARBON PAPER WORKS
346 Broadway, New York
SUMMER ROLLERS
WE MAKE
THE BEST
THAT CAN
BE MADE
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
We use the latest up-to-date GATLING GUN
system in casting, with the finest steel moulds,
and make solid, perfect rollers by the best
formulas.
Established 1868. Cincinnati is sufficient
address in writing or shipping.
Paper Testing
We have facilities for making chemical, microscopical and
physical tests of paper promptly and at reasonable prices.
We can be of service to the purchaser by showing him
whether he is getting what he has specified.
We can be of service to the manufacturer in disputes where
the report of a third party is likely to be more effective.
Electrical Testing Laboratories
BOTH STREET and EAST END AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY
The Central Ohio Paper Co.
COLUMBUS, OHIO.
CL Exclusive manufacturers of the Famous Swan
Linen paper for high-class Stationery and “Swans-
down” Enamel Paper. Gives any book a finished
look. Write for dummies. Prompt shipments.
“Swan Delights Whoever Writes.8*
“Roudhind” for the Trade
JhLsL'LJ' 1.8 sK 1-11. Jl M SgL We have put in a ROUGHING
MACHINE, and should be
pleased to fill orders from those desiring this class of work. Three-color half¬
tone pictures, gold-bronze printing, and, in fact, high-grade work of any
character, is much improved by giving it this stippled effect. All work
given prompt attention. Prices on application. Correspondence invited.
THE HENRY O. SHEPARD COMPANY
120“ 130 Sherman Street
CHICAGO
Learn PHOTOGRAPHY, PHOTO-ENGRAVING ©r
THREE-COLOR WORK.
Photographers and Engravers earn to $50 per week. Only
college in the world where these paying professions are taught successfully.
Established seventeen years. Endorsed by International Association of
Photo-Engravers and Photographers’ Association of Illinois. Terms easy ;
living inexpensive. Graduates assisted in securing good positions. Write
for catalogue, and specify course in which you are interested.
ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF PHOTOGRAPHY or I 881 Wabasli Avenue,
BISSELL COLLEGE OF PHOTO-ENGRAVING S Effingham, 111.
L. H. Bissell, President.
INK GLOSS
The kind of gloss that you can add
to any kind of printing inks and
make them print extremely glossy
on any kind of paper. It makes no
difference whether it is rough jiaper or the finest coated stock.
It saves you that “extra impression,” and also, to a large extent,
prevents offsetting. These are broad statements, but are attested to every
day by printers who use my Ink Gloss.
$1.00 per lb., sample 25c.
a H/f TQl 'T' /A WT A ITT Manufacturer of Ink Specialties
HAjyil 1 vfil AUL1/ 798 Ml. Prospect Ave., Newark, N. J.
L„, - - - - - - - - — - - - - - - -
Quick
Stringing
Saves
Time.
Universal
Loop Ad¬
justable
from 14
to of
an inch,
Wire Loop
Is the cheapest and best device for
“Stringing” Catalogues, Directories,
Telephone Books, Prices Current, etc.
Look Better and Won’t Break or Wear Out!
Let us send sample and quote you
prices.
WIRE LOOP MFG. CO.
(Successors to Universal Wire Loop Co.)
75 Shelby Street
DETROIT .... MICHIGAN
PATENTED
This cut illustrates one
of the various sizes of
hangers for books % to
2 inches in thickness.
133
FOR PRINTERS
Best Detergent for cleaning and preserving Rollers.
One
Minute
One Man
and one
of our
Economy
Steel Tiering
Machines
is all that is
necessary to
lift that 600
lb. case, roll
or bale 10
feet.
Let’s get busy.
Economy Engineering Co.
415 S. Washtenaw Ave.
Chicago, Ill.
CtfKVkJr Standard t
JTlur GOODS !
AT RIGHT PRICE*) i
~ MANUFACTURERS' j
and DEALERS in
VVLS, CHEMICALS AMMO j
IS for the G R APH 1C . ARTS [
Copper and Zinc Plates
MACHINE GROUND AND POLISHED
CELEBRATED SATIN FINISH BRAND
FOR PHOT O.j ENGRAVING AND ETCHING
MANUFACTURED BY
The American Steel & Copper Plate Co.
116 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y.
We cater to the Printing Trade
in making the most up-to-date
= line of =
Pencil and Pen
Carbons
for any Carbon Copy work.
Also all Supplies for Printing Form Letters.
MITTAG & VOLGER, Inc.
PARK RIDGE, NEW JERSEY
MANUFACTURERS FOR THE TRADE ONLY
Linsol Colors
FOR TONING PRINTING INKS
Do not retard the drying
Black and Colored Bases
Colors for Offset Inks
WILLIAMS BROS. & CO.
Hounslow, England
Are Guaranteed to Remain Transparent,
are Deep and Do Not Smudge.
= Write for Catalogue -
®l)c American ^basing jTlacfhne Co.
164-168 Rano St., Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A.
IMPORTANT !
DO YOU USE THE
BLATCHFORD
QUALITY METALS?
More than 800 new customers
ordered Blatchford Metals in 1909.
E.W. BLATCHFORD CO.
Chicago
230 N. Clinton St.
New York
3 Beekman St.
Control Your Press
by a Single Push-button
You can locate a General Electric Motor and
Controller out of the way under the press and
still obtain complete control from a number
of points by means of push-button stations
placed wherever desired. This saves time
and paper and makes press-running safer.
WRITE FOR FULL INFORMATION.
General Electric Company
Largest Electrical Manufacturer in the World
Principal Office: Schenectady, N. Y.
CARBON
BLACK
MADE BY
Godfrey L. Cabot
940-941 OLD SOUTH BUILDING
BOSTON, MASS.
ECLIPSE. DIAMOND.
:lf. b. b. b. acme.
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Does Your VV^ork Advertise Your Skop?
Every piece of your work should tell whoever sees it, that back of it is an up-to-the-minute printer. If you spend
good money for fine half-tones and modern type and then use them on anything but the best paper, you miss a chance —
and the customer who is familiar with the unique results of Cameo will Ifnoiv it. The soft, velvety surface of Cameo
gives results so much better than any other paper, that even the inexpert appreciate them.
CAMEO PLATE
COATED BOOK
White and Sepia
If you want to get the very best results with Cameo, note these few suggestions.
Use deeply etched half-tone plates, about 150 screen is best. Make your overlay on slightly thicker paper than for
regular coated. Build up an even grading from high lights to solids. The impression should be heavy, but only such
as will insure unbroken screen and even contact. Ink should be of fairly heavy body, one that will not run too freely,
and a greater amount of ordinary cut ink should be carried than for glossy papers. The richest effect that can be obtained
from one printing comes from the use of doubletone ink on Cameo Plate. Of this ink less is required than for glossy
paper. There is no trouble from “ picking."
CAMEO is the best stock for all half-tones except those intended to show polished and mechanical subjects in
microscopic detail.
Use Cameo paper according to these instructions and every half-tone job you run will bring you prestige.
Send for Samt>le-boo1(.
S. D. WARREN £3 CO., 160 Devonshire St., Boston Mass.
Manufacturers ot the Best in Staple Lines of Coated and Uncoated Book Papers.
Pressroom Efficiency
in many cases is mainly a matter of plate mounting, because the maximum
output of any press printing from plates can be secured only with Rouse
Unit System Bases and Register Hooks — the system that eliminates all
waste time in making up, making ready and registering ; the system that
permits the quickest change in plates, the narrowest possible margins, and
a permanent make-ready.
The Rouse Unit System of Bases and Register Hooks does all this —
and more — it reduces the waiting time of your presses to the last degree,
and insures the greatest output as well as the best work.
Don’t be deceived—
Compare the goods!
The unprecedented success of our Climax and Combination Register
Hooks has led some manufacturers to imitate them. Don’t be deceived,
don’t spend another dollar for hooks of any kind until you have compared
the Climax and Combination with the imitations — then buy the best.
SOLD BY DEALERS EVERYWHERE — MADE ONLY BY
H. B. ROUSE & CO., Chicago
2214-2216 WARD STREET
“THE REGISTER HOOK PEOPLE”
New York Machinery Co., 101 Beekman Street, New York City
SPECIAL AGENTS
135
Jaenecke’s Printing
INKS
Are the Kind That Satisfy
We make all kinds for all grades of printing. If
you are not entirely satisfied with the appearance
of your work, you will make no mistake in putting
your ink problems up to us. A postal will bring
specimen sheets
DEPENDABLE INKS
and
UNIFORM QUALITY
at the
RIGHT PRICE
NEW YORK
PHILADELPHIA
ST. LOUIS
DETROIT
PITTSBURG
Main Office and Works — NEWARK, N. J.
THE JAENECKE PRINTING INK CO.
CHICAGO OFFICE : 351 Dearborn Street
136
Boston Model 1
Five-wheel machine to automatically
number from 1 to 99999
N? 12357
FACSIMILE IMPRESSION
Boston Model 2, six-wheel, S7.50
Boston Model
WETTER
THE BEST LOW-PRICE
Numbering
Machine
Detail of construction guarantees
SIZE, 15/ie x 1% Inches. long life to machine.
CARRIED IN STOCK BY ALL BRANCHES OF THE
AmericanType Founders Co.
SPECIAL MACHINES DESIGNED FOR ROTARY PRESSES.
The Rapid Punch and
Stabber
Punches holes up
to f-inch diame¬
ter from one to
ten inch centers.
The price is just
right. W ork-
manship and ma¬
terial the best.
The machine you
have been looking
for.
Ask for Circular.
Commercial Sales & Manufacturing Co.
Oberlin, Ohio
Eagle Printing Ink Co.
24 Cliff Street :: New York
«L Manufacturers of the Eagle
Brand Two-Color, Three-
Color and Quad Inks for Wet
Printing. Inks that retain
their Full Color Value when
printed on Multicolor presses.
Western Branch : Factory :
705 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago. Jersey City,N. J.
Our papers are supplied in fine wedding stationery, visiting cards, and other specialties by Eaton, Crane & Pike Co., Pittsfield,
Mass., and 225 Fifth Avenue, New York, whose boxes containing our goods bear the word CRANE’S.
137
Western States
envelopes are
Sure Stick
Envelopes
— higher cut and bet¬
ter gummed than any
that are jobbed, insur¬
ing you against all pos¬
sibility of kicks because
of opening up. And
that’s only one of the
features made possible
by machinery built in
our own factory. You
need to know the other
points such as cutting
more envelopes to the
sheet — our ingenious
system of economy in
making envelopes from
sheets printed by you
from our layouts — our
plan of insuring abso¬
lute match between
envelopes and station¬
ery— and half a dozen
other exclusive kinds
of specialization that
mean better service
and better quality for
you and your trade
alike. Today is the
day to write us.
A STRAIGHT - FROM - THE - FACTORY
proposition put squarely up to you
t on the “try before you buy” basis —
a proposition founded on perfected service
and promising you these vital advantages:
Envelopes of Better Quality
No Bands
Boxes packed without
usual bands. Saves
you at least 5 cents
per thousand in labor
Non-Soiling
Boxes
Always remaining
clean during storage
and handling
Your Own
Label
Keeping your name
instead of jobber’s
before your customers
at the Same or Better Prices
— that is the boiled down story of the test
we tell you to make today. Isn’t it the best
of good business for you to find out for
sure — without risk or obligation — just
what we can save you and just how far we
can go in giving you a better deal on your
envelope supply — regular and special —
than you can get from your jobbing houses?
“Make Us Make Good”
Give us your specifications in a letter today
and we’ll get back at you with the samples ^
and quotations that will clinch every claim.
Western States Envelope Co
Milwaukee
TRe Factory that protects
Printer and Lithographer
\mvmmi <J)Amrnfadmin^ (Swipowu
THE TAG MAKERS
1.
Q. Who invented the Shipping Tag of to-day~ ?
Arts. E. W. Dennison, Founder of i 5011 ©M<1 I HijtCwlHti I KJ 3 0.
Q. What is the Dennison “ P ” Quality Standard Tag ?
Ans. It is a Tag made of the strongest all-rope stock and will withstand rough handling
and trying weather conditions. The use of a “ P ” Quality' Tag insures the
safe delivery' of the shipment.
Q. Why should a printer supply his trade with “P” Tags?
Ans. Because their use means a satisfied customer, a re-order and a greater profit
on the job.
Q. What plan should be followed by~ the printer who recognizes the value of
tags of quality ?
Ans. He should keep a few thousand of the No. 4 P, No. 5 P, No. 6 P and No. 7 P tags
on his stock shelves to supply immediate demand. This sort of stock is bound
to turn over quickly.
SAMPLES c/4ND PRICES ON REQUEST
^k/nm&on 3^\la » 1 11 fvic 1 1 1 x i i kj Soinpan ij
BOSTON
26 Franklin Street
NEW YORK
15 John Street
15 W. 27th Street
THE TAG MAKERS
PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO
1007 Chestnut Street 62 E. Randolph Street
ST. LOUIS
413 N. Fourth Street
139
Cultivating the
Canadian Field
You bridge the boundary line and give a Canadian flavor to your
products when you keep in touch with the printers and publishers of
Canada through their own - — and only — home trade paper.
Your general advertising literature is prepared primarily for the
printers of the United States — and the printers of Canada are well
aware of this fact.
But when you use their own home paper your message is direct to
and solely for the printers and publishers of Canada. Figuratively
speaking, you grip them by the shoulder and say, “This is a message
to go u. It is your business we are after. ’ ’
And the printers and publishers of Canada will read your message
thus presented. We offer you “educated” circulation, for every month
in a regular department and occasionally through special articles we
demonstrate the value of our advertising pages as an educative, cost-
reducing force.
If you are endeavoring to cultivate trade with the printers and pub¬
lishers of Canada and are overlooking their own home trade paper,
you are neglecting one of the best means to the end you have in view.
Will you do this longer when you can secure such an efficient adjunct
to your present methods of cultivation at our low advertising rates ?
Write to-day for sample copy and rate-card, addressing your letter
to
Printer and Publisher of Canada
143-149 University Avenue Toronto, Canada
140
Have you a copy of our folder
giving complete details of the
‘‘Strathmore Quality”
Prize Contest
If not, ask your “STRATHMORE QUALITY” agent
for one or write us — and submit your designs early.
We have a complete new edition of the “STRATHMORE
QUALITY” Sample-books in preparation; and desire a
new set of designs for the “STRATHMORE
QUALITY Cover Book.
We are offering cash prizes aggregating $500.00 for the
best fourteen designs of cover work submitted for this book —
prizes ranging from $50 down to $10. Sixty-nine designs
in all are required — the other fifty -five chosen receiving
Honorary Mention. Designs are desired in two, three,
four and five printings — full details and conditions of all of
which are given in the folder.
Work may be submitted on any stock whatever, but must be
suitable for reproduction in the “STRATHMORE
QUALITY” Cover Book. If you wish sheets for proving,
same will be furnished free on request from any of these
stocks which will be used in the book:
Old Stratford Parchment Cover Rhododendron Cover
Strathmore Chameleon Cover Old Cloister Cover
Rhododendron Folding Bristol Alexis Folding Bristol
Rhododendron Duplex Bristol Alexis Cover
Rhododendron Box Cover-Paper Tapestry Cover
Adirondack Cover
The contest will close August 1 , 1911
T7fie Strathmore Quality TMoills
Mittinea^ue Paper Company
Mittinea^ue, Mass., U.S.A. y
FIRE RIftK DECREASED
BY USING A LOGEMANN STEEL BALER
Besides decreasing your fire risk, you bale your waste paper, preparing it for ship¬
ment, which creates a value of from $10.00 to $45.00 per ton. There is a large
accumulation of such waste in your business which should be turned into money.
A Baling Press will pay for itself in a short time. We build the most rapid, powerful
and economical Baler on the market, requiring only 35 x 24 inches floor space.
They are built for permanency and can not get out of order. Send for catalogue.
OGEMANN BROTHERS CO.
290 Oregon Street, MILWAUKEE, WIS.
DECIDEDLY the best paper
ever produced at a medium price.
Our claim proven by inspection
of samples, furnished upon request.
Parker, Thomas & Tucker Paper Co.
514 to 522 Sherman Street, Chicago
Headquarters for Photo-Engravers’ Supplies
Williams-Lloyd Machinery Co.
124-126-128 Federal St., CHICAGO
Manufacturers of a Complete Line of
Electrotyping , Stereotyping and
Photo - Engraving
Machinery
We make a specialty of installing complete outfits. Estimates
and specifications furnished on request. Send for Catalogue.
- Eastern Representative =
UNITED PRINTING MACHINERY COMPANY
246 Summer Street, Boston :: 12 Spruce Street, New York
The Clinching Proof
of Quality- Service
lies in the fact that, where once used, the
printer never changes — simply reorders.
The Improved
Universal Press
needs little introduction or praise. It was de¬
signed to give to the printer the fullest measure
of satisfaction and its purpose has been recognized and fully accomplished.
In all points — in efficiency, speed and durability the “ Universal ” has
stood the test.
Is specially adapted to high-class work — such as half¬
tone, four-color work, embossing, cutting and creasing
The National Machine Company, Manufacturers
Hartford, Connecticut
Sole Canadian Agents — MILLER & RICHARD, Toronto and Winnipeg
Latest
Balance Feature
Platen Dwell
Clutch Drive
Motor Attachment
(Unexcelled)
Prouty
Obtainable through any Reliable Dealer.
- MANUFACTURED ONLY BY -
Boston Printing Press
& Machinery Co.
Office and Factory
EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASS.
“Ideal Multiplex”
Automatic Numbering Machine
Indispensable to the printer. Thoroughly reliable.
Has 5 movements — repeat, consecutive,
duplicate, triplicate and quadruplicate.
Made entirely of metal, self-inking, fully guaranteed
and sent on 10 days’ free trial to responsible printers.
PRICE
$7.50
Style and Size.
123456
Cushman & Denison Mfg. Co., 240-242 W. 23d St., New York City
James White Paper Co.
Trade-Mark
REGISTERED U. S. PATENT OFFICE.
COVER AND BOOK
PAPERS
219 W. MONROE ST. - - - CHICAGO
YOU GAN PROVE
Process plates in absolute
register, or a full page of a
newspaper, on the POTTER
PROOF PRESS, as well as
everything between this wide
range, quickly and perfectly.
It is the press you need and
the one you will eventually
purchase. Every progressive
printer should have our liter¬
ature concerning this press, as
well as a sample proof in three
colors, from process plates,
proved on the Potter. No
obligation — just ask for it now.
Sold by Responsible Dealers
MANUFACTURED BY
A. F. WANNER & CO.
New No. 516-518-520 So. Dearborn St. Chicago
143
While You Are at It
— -Get the Best
If you are on the market for
equipment to manufacture
Printers’ Rollers
Our new system will interest you, and,
mark you — at the right prices.
Our machinery embraces improvements
on weak features of others — therefore,
the life and satisfactory service of Roller-
making Machinery depends upon how
built.
Let us submit our small or large plant
outfits. We also build and design special
machinery. We carry, ready for quick
shipment, repair parts for the Geo. P.
Gordon Presses.
Louis Kreiter & Company
313 South Clinton Street : Chicago, Ill.
Dinse, Page
& Company
Electrotypes
Nickeltypes
= AND — — ==
Stereotypes
725-733 S. LASALLE ST.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
TELEPHONE, HARRISON 7185
ACCURACY AND SPEED
WRITE OUR
“SERVICE
BUREAU”
is a combination in wire
stitchers to be found only in
“BREHMER” machines.
SIMPLICITY of con¬
struction explains the
small cost of renewal
parts.
Over 30,000 in use
No. 33. For Booklet and other General
Printers’ Stitching.
No. 58. For heavier work up to 54-inch. Can be fitted with
special gauge for Calendar Work.
CHARLES BECK COMPANY
609 CHESTNUT STREET
PHILADELPHIA
144
THE HUBER-HODGMAN
PRINTING PRESS
THE HODGMAN
THE New Hodgman Press must be seen to be appreciated. The top of the bed
being only thirty-four inches from the floor, all sizes, you can readily see how
much easier to put on the form. This press has five tracks — one under each
bearer and one directly under the center where the cumbersome and heavy rack
hangers and shoes are placed on other machines. The new movement Hodgman has
no shoes or rack hangers, and in their place is a four-inch track, giving a rigid im¬
pression. The new driving mechanism, doing away with the shoes and rack
hangers, is the most durable and powerful reverse ever used on any press, elim¬
inating vibration and noise and giving great speed. The new cylinder lift gives
absolutely rigid impression. We are having unstinted praises from every user. This
machine is up to date with many new features that appeal to the users. It will
take you but a few minutes to place your own estimate on its merits. See it, and
know the value of this modern printing press — the fastest speed and most durable
in construction built.
VAN ALLENS & BOUGHTON
17 to 23 Rose St. and 1 35 William St., New York.
Factory —Taunton, Mass.
Agent, England, WESTERN Office, 343 S. Dearborn Street,
P. LAWRENCE PRINTING MACHINERY CO., Ltd. H. W. THORNTON, Manager,
57 Shoe Lane, London, E. C. Telephone, Harrison 801. CHICAGO
1-10
145
J
Use Your Own Card
as
No matter who your customers are, you can always get their
interest by detaching one of your
Peerless Patent Book Form Cards
and showing them the smooth edge, and the perfect cleanliness
and handiness which is characteristic of them only.
Once they have seen the card and have had an explanation of the ultimate econ¬
omy and pleasure of their use as against a loose card , you have a sure and abiding
customer. And remember that if he comes to you for his cards he will come to
you for the other printing and engraving he may need.
A trade-winner for itself , it brings other trade to you, because a user of the
Peerless Card judges your other printing or engraving by the printing or en¬
graving on these cards, and their style, finish, quality and economy. If it will
establish the quality of your shop, you want it, just as a trade asset.
Send for a sample tab of the cards , detach them for yourself ;
show them to one or two of your present customers and see
how impressed both of you become with them. If they
impress you they will impress others. See them for yourself.
The John B. Wiggins Company
Engravers, Plate Printers, Die Embossers
7-9 East Adams Street Chicago
There Is But One
Process
— that process, the ability to execute
quick and satisfactory Electrotyping.
Our entire plant is fully equipped
with new and modern
machinery
and it goes without saying that our facilities, in
the hands of expert workmen , enable us to handle
your work with absolute satisfaction. ’Phone
Main 1611 and we will call for your business.
American Electrotype Co.
24-30 South Clinton St.
Chicago
AY vv' EHifion of" o in'
JVo.f^O CafaJocf of 1
FRATERNAL
AND OTHER
SOCIETY
EMBLEMS
RAILROAD AND EXPRESS TRADE MARKS
Every Printer should have a copy.
The fact that you can
furnish these cuts will secure
[you many a good order.
Sent postpaid for 25 cents in I
stamps. Worth dot- mCXl
tars to any printer.
&
Stock Cut Dept.
THEHAWTIN ENGRAVING COMPANY
DESIGNERS. ENGRAVERS AND ELEC1R0TYPERS
147 FIFTH AVEHUE CHICAGO.
A Book
With One Hundred
Title-Pages
From the same copy one hundred different
title-pages were set by as many good com¬
positors in this country and abroad. These
have been carefully printed in two colors
on good paper from the original electro¬
types and handsomely bound in a volume
of 232 pages , Sx7 inches in size . Here
is an inexhaustible mine of suggestions for
every compositor and it costs only a dollar.
Your money back if you do not find it
worth double the price.
In sending your order for above book
mention The Inland Printer and you
'will receive free a handsome calendar
for iqi I , as well as a sample copy of
THE PRINTING ART, the “Fashion-
plate of Printerdom,” the most beauti¬
ful as well as the most practical
magazine published in the field of the
graphic arts.
The Printing Art
146
American
Model 30
W 12345
Impression of Figures.
Steel throughout
Model 31 — 6 wheels • . $6.00
A STRICTLY HIGH-GRADE MACHINE COMBINING STRENGTH
AND SIMPLICITY OF CONSTRUCTION WITH
ABSOLUTE ACCURACY
NEW
DESIGN
5
WHEELS
AMERICAN ^“mbc-ing
ii — i — m Machine Lo.
291-295 Essex Street 169 W. Washington Street
BROOKLYN, N.Y. CHICAGO, ILL.
For Sale by Dealers
Everywhere
American
Model 30
m*
Parts Released for Cleaning and Oiling.
Steel Throughout
Model 31 — 6 wheels . . $6.00
Every Printer should have
our Free Samples of
COMMENCEMENT
Programs, Invitations,
Diplomas, Class Pins
For 1911
The Samples are now ready for distribution and will be
sent PREPAID FREE upon request. These samples
will enable you to secure the orders from the GRADU¬
ATING CLASSES of the high schools, etc.
Send your request to-day, even though you do not
need the Samples until a later date, and we will reserve
a set for you.
CALENDARS Advertising Purposes jj
Here is the opportunity you are looking for. It will
increase your earnings. Your Advertising Merchant will
buy if you show him our samples, because they are care¬
fully designed for advertising purposes. NOW is the time
to solicit Calendar business. Write for our Proposition
if interested.
Don’t Guess
At the size Motor required for that
press. Write for our Printers’ Guide,
which tells you just what size and speed
motor to install.
The proper motor will be cheaper to buy
and cheaper to operate. To specify
properly, requires special experience.
We have that — twenty-one years of it.
The Triumph Electric Go.
Cincinnati, Ohio
BRANCHES IN ALL LARGE CITIES
iamstj ICfiirn'r
WRITES WELL
RULES WELL
ERASES WELL
To those who desire a high-grade ledger at
a moderate price, we recommend DANISH
LEDGER. Send for new sample-book.
LIST OF AGENTS
Miller & Wright Paper Co., New York City
Donaldson Paper Co., Harrisburg, Pa.
The R. H Thompson Co., Buffalo, New York.
O. W. Bradley Paper Co., St. Louis, Mo.
Tileston & Livermore Co., Boston, Mass.
B. F. Bond Paper Co., Baltimore, Md.
Crescent Paper Co., Indianapolis, Ind.
The Chope Stevens Paper Co., Detroit, Mich.
Wilkinson Brothers & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
The Hudson Valley Paper Co., Albany, N. Y
MANUFACTURED BY
B. D. RISING PAPER CO.
HOUSATONIC, BERKSHIRE COUNTY,
MASSACHUSETTS.
When Y ou Stop
to Think
What can be accomplished by this new process,
you can not get away from the one conclusion
— it’s a wonder!
Here is How to Save Time and Expense
Cuts without a camera, direct from pencil or ink draw¬
ing ; tint-blocks quickly and easily made to register under
half-tone and line; either uniform or graduated.
The photoengravers, artists, lithographers and
offset printers should make it their business to at
once look into this proposition, because it is of
especial importance and benefit to them.
Lithographers and offset printers will find to
their surprise an unequaled process of transfer.
It dissolves in hot water, leaving perfect details
of work on stone.
To the photoengraver it is indispensable, because
of its economical and rapid features, by reason of its
producing a zinc or copper relief plate without the
use of a camera or photographic plate.
A trial is the best way to prove these statements.
Write us.
The Norwich Film
LEFRANC & CIE, London and Paris. Norwich, Conn.
148
^ The Bond For The Printer Who Says “Show Me” r
Marquette Bond
is a “service-quality” paper having unusual range of practical uses and offers a
rare opportunity of dependable bond stock to the printer or user at a price
nothing short of a bargain. For lithographic, offset or general printing,
MARQUETTE BOND is without competition — all points of merit considered.
It has the proper snap, surface and wearing body found in bond papers for which
double the price is asked.
Supplies a quality of bond-paper distinction. It’s better than the ordinary; still
the price is right. A better lithograph, offset or general printing bond paper
was never manufactured.
We carry a full line in all sizes and weights, white and eight colors, for immediate
shipment, including a 13-lb. folio, also white and in eight colors.
Marquette Bond has the snap, crackle and finish found
in some bonds sold at almost double our price.
Swig art Paper Company
653-655 South Fifth Avenue , Chicago, III,
any A
-ja
Accuracy, Durability and
Ease in Operation
are a few of the many important and inter¬
esting features to be found in our
Steel Die and Plate
Stamping Presses
They are built along lines of up-to-
the-minute, dependable press — the
paramount accomplishment, speed,
accuracy and character of its output.
It inks, wipes, polishes and prints at one
operation from a die or plate, 5x9 inches,
at a speed of 1,500 impressions per hour.
We emboss center of a sheet 18 x 27 inches.
Write for full particulars , prices , terms, etc.
IV e manufacture two smaller sizes of press.
The Modern Machine Co.
Southwestern Agents BELLEVILLE .... ILLINOIS
VENNEY PRINTERS’ SUPPLY CO., 150 S. Ervay St., Dallas, Tex.
149
MEISEL PRESS &
MFG. COMPANY
Factory: 944 to 948 Dorchester Avenue
BOSTON, MASS.
It’s the Big Output at Low Cost
that interests the printer. We build presses to
suit any requirements. Competition demands
immense production in the finished product —
presses that print one or both sides of web in
one or more colors, number or perforate one or
both ways, punch, interleave and deliver prod¬
uct cut to size in flat or folded sheets or slit
and rewound in rolls. We design and build
Special Presses to order
One of our Perfecting Ro¬
tary Sheet Presses, printing
2 colors top and one color
reverse side.
THE MECHANICAL
APPLIANCE CO.
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
FOR
LINOTYPES
INDIVIDUAL
MOTORS
TO DRIVE
ANY
MACHINE
WATSON
MULTIPOLAR
MOTORS
WATSON Motors fit the
machine. We manufacture
highest grade Motors for all
classes of machinery used by
Printers and Engravers.
Convenient, Powerful, Dur¬
able, Economical.
“Cut out the Belts.”
NO
BELTS
That Stand Out!
WE MANUFACTURE
and guarantee News¬
paper and Magazine ad¬
vertising plates. Booklet and Catalog
printing plates that print up sharp
and clear.
We ship direct to publications
and care for patterns.
Our capacity, 60,000 column
inches plate matter a day.
ADVERTISERS'
ELECTROTYPING
COMPANY
501-509 Plymouth Place
CHICAGO
Land the Gum Tape Business
BY
INTRODUCING
IN YOUR LOCALITY
THE “SIMPLE” MOISTENER
Price, $1 25
SAMPLE
EXPRESS PAID
The only absolutely perfect, fool-proof tape machine
ever invented. Holds 800-foot rolls, works any size tape
up to 2 inches wide. No directions necessary. Everlast¬
ing. Made of 22 wire gauge steel, enameled. Do not delay,
send $1.25 for machine and jobbers’ prices.
State your selling experience.
FRANK G. SHUMAN
Inventor and Manufactwrer
A 39 River Street :: :: CHICAGO
There’s False Economy
in putting all your money into the body of a catalog — then
“stint” on cover-stock.
CORDOVA SUPER COVER
Insures the desired lasting service and protection to catalogs,
booklets, or large directories. Samples will prove our quality claims. Why not look them over?
Detroit Sulphite Pulp & Paper Co., Detroit, Michigan
Makers of Papers of Strength
“RICHMOND A AC.D MOTORS
OUR TYPE “RE”
Squirrel cage, constant speed
motors for line shaft drive or for
direct connection to cutters and
other machines not requiring
variable speed.
©pr lirlpnimfr
RICHMOND, VA.
145 Chambers Street, NEW YORK CITY
176 Federal Street, BOSTON, MASS.
322 Monadnock Block. CHICAGO, ILL.
1011 Chestnut St., Room 626, PHILA., PA.
T o Envelope Manufacturers
Subscriber having opportunity to use in trade,
in connection with other established business, a
considerable numberof envelopes, would be pleased
to get in communication with manufacturers who
are in position to quote lowest spot cash prices in
case lots, for a complete line of these goods.
Manufacturers who are inclined to consider
above, and will submit samples and prices, kindly
addrCSS’ D-251 , Inland Printer
Hamilton’s Platen Press Brake
With this brake added to your job press you provide protection
both to press and operator. This brake is controlled by the impres¬
sion throw-off lever. Brake can be applied quickly, easily and with
positive effect and control. Its method of attachment (see illustra¬
tion) insures against springing the fly-wheel. Any press owner can
quickly add this device to a press. Is inexpensive — therefore ought
to be in use on all your job presses.
Economic Cylinder Press Roller Holder
This style roller holder means a great saving of space and conve¬
nience about the pressroom. Holds sixteen cylinder-press rollers.
We manufacture these roller racks in most any conceivable shape to
meet the requirements of any space. Our Model B job-press roller
holder occupies about 12 inches of space, is made on cast-iron stand,
holding roller in perpendicular position, and stand can be had either
with or without legs. There is a great saving of time, as well as pro¬
tection to rollers, where our system is installed. Ask for booklet,
giving compete information, prices, sizes, etc.
Did you read our March advertisement? The job or cylinder press is incomplete without our new Feeder’s Seat. Better
investigate — better still, get one, try it
MONTGOMERY BROTHERS COMPANY, St. Paul, Minnesota
151
This Book Sent Free for
Two New Subscriptions
to The Graphic Arts
EVERY man who has worked his way
up in the printing business will be
interested in “ASTIR,” by John
Adams Thayer. This book is the life
story of a man who began work at the
case. The chapter headings tell the story
of his experiences.
Chapter CONTENTS Page
1 A Publisher at Thirteen .... 1
2 A Union Printer . 19
3 Typefounding before the Trust . . 39
4 On the Road from Texas to Maine 55
5 A Type Expert in Philadelphia . . 77
6 Advertising Manager of “The La¬
dies' Home Journal *' . 97
7 A Month and a Day with Munsey . 123
8 A Year with a Newspaper .... 153
9 Bleaching a Black Sheep .... 177
10 The Fight for Clean Advertising . 191
11 My Master Stroke in Advertising . 207
12 Publishing “ Everybody’s '' • . . 223
13 The Discovery of Tom Lawson . . 247
14 Divorced — with Alimony .... 271
OUR OFFER — Send $5.00 for two yearly subscriptionst
at $2.50 each, to THE GRAPHIC ARTS, and we will send
a copy of * Astir ’’ free. For a single subscription to THE
GRAPHIC ARTS at $2.50 and $1.00 additional — $3.50
sent at one time we will send you a copy of “Astir."
Send in your order to-day.
NATIONAL ARTS PUBLISHING GO.
200 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts
The HEXAGON
Universal Saw and Trimmer with Router and
Jig Saw Attachment Makes
a Complete Machine
A CIRCULAR SAW
and Trimmer with
gauge from 1 to 50
picas and our linotype slug
holder to cut plates, fur¬
niture, rules and linotype
slugs to accurate point
measure.
A Jig Saw for inside mor¬
tises for insertions and all
regular sawing.
A Radial Arm Router for
routing out plates for color
work and cutting out high
parts of electrotypes.
A Beveling Attachment
for beveling plates on edges
for tacks and patent plate
hooks or undercut bevel.
Furnished as individual
machines or in a complete
combination the attachments of which are readily and quickly
taken off or swung to one side, enabling the printer to do many
kinds of work.
Our confidence in this machine is so great that axe are prepared
to give you a thirty days' free trial. If at the end of that
time you are not fully satisfied axith it, you can return it at
our expense. Send for booklet.
HEXAGON TOOL COMPANY
DOVER, N. H.
NEW YORK: 321 Pear! Si.
CHICAGO: 1241 State St.
Why Waste Power on
Short Run Work?
Let us prove to j’ou how our “ STANDARD ” Motors will elimi¬
nate all waste, give you more efficient power and add dollars to
your profit account.
There is not a machine in your printing establishment that can
not be operated at a lower cost by one of our “ STANDARD ”
Motors. Hundreds of printers are now operating their job presses,
news presses, linotype machines, typecasting machines, rulers,
binders, staplers, etc., at a big saving with
Robbins &Myers
Our big factory has been specialized on small motors — one-
thirtieth to fifteen horse-power — for more than sixteen years. We
have built up a world-wide reputation for our “ STANDARD ” Motors
because of their high efficiency, reliability and economy of power.
Central power stations everywhere recommend them.
Let our experts u-ork for you FREE! Write us as to your power
conditions — how and where you use it — and let our experts help
you solve your power problem. Write us to-day.
The Robbins & Myers Co.
Factory and Genera! Offices :
1325 Lagonda Avenue
Springfield, Ohio
BRANCHES:
New York, 145 Chambers
street; Chicago, 320 Monad-
nock block ; Philadelphia,
1109 Arch street ; Boston,
176 Federal street; Cleve¬
land, 140S West Third street,
N. W. ; New Orleans, 312
Carondelet street ; St. Louis,
1120 Pine street; Kansas
City, 930 Wyandotte street.
152
THE HOME OF
mm
MAKERS OF
HALF-TONES
ZINC ETCHINGS
COLOR PLATES
ILLUSTRATIONS
ELECTROTYPES
THREE COLOR
PROCESS PLATES
AND
WALTON PROCESS
MUSIC PLATES
The Inland*Walton Engraving Co.
120-130 SHERMAN STREET
CHICAGO
THE HENRY O. SHEPARD CO. ENGRAVING DEPARTMENT,
SUCCESSOR
The BEST and LARGEST GERMAN TRADE JOURNAL for
the PRINTING TRADES on the EUROPEAN CONTINENT
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Advertisements, The Typography of — No.
Ill (illustrated) . 66
Advertising Rates, How to Increase . 94
Anderson, Jos. M., Co., Print-shop of the (il¬
lustrated) . 50
Apprentice Printers’ Technical Club — No. V
(illustrated) . 57
A Wail (poem) . 103
Boiling It Down By Inference . 04
Bookbinding :
Celluloid Cement . 106
Half-bound Spring-back Binding . 106
Lined Catalogue Covers, Difficulties with.. 106
Business Notices:
Ault & Wiborg Name Contest, Winners of
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Basolio Ink & Color Company . 124
Beckett Paper Company at the Chicago
Business Show, The . 127
Cutter and Creaser Feeder, New . 125
Hand Time Stamp, New... . 125
“ Humana ” Automatic Feeder, The . 124
Inkmakers Establish New Branch . 124
Miller, C. E. M., Incline Trucks . 124
Monotype, The Progressive . 127
Montgomery Brothers Company, Pressroom
Specialties by (illustrated) . 126
Parker, Thomas & Tucker Paper Company
Increases Its Membership . 124
Passenger Department Grand Trunk Rail¬
way System, Important Changes in... 125
Perfected Oiled Tympan-paper . 124
Polyphase Induction Motors . 125
Star Tool-contest Prizes Awarded . 126
Tapley Adjustable Hand-trucks . 124
Victoria Double-inking Gear (illustrated) . 126
Wanner Machinery Company, The . 124
Cheap-john and the Trusts . 64
Consider the Plumber . 70
Contributed Articles :
Advertising Rates, How to Increase . 94
Anderson, Jos. M., Co., Print-shop of the
(illustrated) . 50
Apprentice Printers’ Technical Club — No.
V (illustrated) . 57
Counting-room and the Workroom, The... 49
Landing An Order, Two Ways of . 52
Language Whims and Fallacies — No. XIV 55
Nevins-Chureh Press, The, Irvington-on-the-
Hudson (illustrated) . 97
Problems in Printing-office Management
(illustrated) . 98
Typography of Advertisements, The — No.
Ill (illustrated) . 66
Correspondence :
Catalogues Wanted . 72
Compounding Words . 72
Division of Words . 73
Records of Evil-doing Not Wanted by the
Public . 72
“ Typography of Advertisements ” . 72
Cost and Method :
Backbone . 116
Can a Small Shop Do Work Cheaper than
the Large Shop? . 118.
Chicago Franklinites Dine . 117
Do Good Work — Get a Just Price . 116
Employer’s Salary and Profits, The . 116
How Much Type Can a Printer Set? . 116
No Feet to Stand On Anyway . 117
One International Organization . 119
Who Pays for Idle Presses? . 116
Counting-room and the Workroom, The . 49
Depreciating Business . 56
Editorial :
Cheap-john and the Trusts . 64
Color from a Scientific Standpoint . 61
Educating Journeymen in Costs . 65
Inviolability of Contracts . 63
Lavish Expenditure for Printing . 61
Legislation Affecting the Printing Trade. . . 64
Overhead Expense of the G. P. 0 . 62
Revelation for Printers . 62
Spirit of Cooperation . 62
OF CONTENTS — APRIL
PAGE
The Future Buyer of Printing . 61
Educating Journeymen in Costs . 65
Foreign Graphic Circles, Incidents in . 75
Frost, A. B.. “ Shooting in France ” . 97
Gentle Touch, The . 65
German and American Cities Contrasted . 97
G. P. O., Overhead Expense of the . 62
Green Sailor, The . 52
Hero, The (poem) . 84
Illustrations :
An Old “Turk” . 75
A “ Turkish ” Camp . 75
Big Game in Canada — Grand Trank Rail¬
way . 103
Ducks . 77
Ellick, F. 1 . 63
Fox and Geese . 77
Group of Government Buildings, Ottawa,
Canada . 115
Hunters’ Joys in Canada — Grand Trunk
Railway . 95
I. T. U. Course and the “ Doubting Thomas ” 60
Light Housekeeping . 71
Parliamentary Library, Ottawa, Canada... 65
Photoengravers Banqueting at Chicago.... 108
Printer’s Avocation, A . 70
? . 54
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Spring in Canada — Grand Trunk Railway 74
Where Timber Is Cheap . 75
Inviolability of Contracts . 63
Job Composition . 81
“ Kinks ” :
Brass Circles Moving in a Form, To Pre¬
vent (illustrated) . 80
Distributing Box for Figures, A (illus¬
trated) . 80
Gummed Labels . 80
How I Made a Triangle (illustrated) . SO
How to Lay Out an Envelope Form (illus¬
trated) . 79
Registering a Form of Linotype Pages (il¬
lustrated) . 78
Setting a Line of Type Around the Inside
of a Circle (illustrated) . 79
Landing an Order, Two Ways of . 52
Language Whims and Fallacies — No. XIV.. 55
Legislation Affecting the Printing Trade. ... 64
Machine Composition :
Bruised Characters on Slugs . 102
Composing Machinery, Recent Patents on.. 103
Keyrods, How to Restore . 101
Matrices Damaged by Duplex Rail . 101
Metal Mixing and Refining . 101
Oiling . 101
Repairing Damaged Matrices . 102
Slugs Are Porous . 101
Slugs Stick in Mold . 102
Trimming-knives . 101
“Twin Slugs,” Good Work with . 102
Type-metal . 101
Magazines, Direct Tax on . 89
Near-spring Feeling, That . 89
Nevins-Chureh Press, The, Irvington-on-the-
Hudson (illustrated) . 97
Newspaper Circulation at Sea . 80
Newspaper Work:
Adapting Old Borders to New Ads. (illus¬
trated) . 92
Ad. -setting .Contest No. 31 . 90
Advertising, Big Course in . 91
Automobile Runs a Daily Newspaper . 91
Changes of Ownership . 94
Deaths . 94
Florida Newspaper Men to Meet . 93
Journalism, Many Students of . 92
Junction City Republic, Honors to the (il¬
lustrated! . 91
Legislative Reporting, Talk on . 92
“ Merchants’ Big Bargain Day ” (illus¬
trated) . 93
New Publications . 93
Newspaper Criticisms . 93
One More Christmas Issue . 91
Suspensions . 94
PRINTERS, CHI
1911.
PAGE
Thirty Columns of Ads. in Fourteen Hours 92
Troubles of a Publisher . 92
University of Wisconsin, New York Editor
Lectures at . 91
ObiTuarv :
Bonneville, Albert (illustrated) . 114
Old-time Trade Note, An . 84
Paper, A Talk on . 110
Paper Bottles, Ready to Make . 70
Poor Hotel Service . 96
Pressroom :
Brass Plate on Platen . 104
Die-stamping or Embossing . 105
Embossed Blotter . .• . 105
Gloss Finish on Postals . 104
Gluing Cardboard to the Platen . 104
Ink Drying Slowly . 104
Offset, To Prevent . 104
Tinting Ultramarine . 104
Tympan Pulling Out . 104
Type-wash . 104
Printers’ Homes :
Jacoby, Harvey L . 105
Liddicoatt, E. .1 . 89-
Meenam, W. .1 . 84
Printing-office Management, Problems in (il¬
lustrated) . 9S
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Copying Illustrations without a Camera... 108
Flying Photoengraver, A (illustrated).... 109
International Association of Photoengra¬
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Roller for Reinking . 108
Saalburg’s Rotary Photogravure . 109
Southern Photoengravers’ Meeting . 107
Swain & Son, John, London (illustrated).. 109
Turning Negatives Trouble . 108
Profiting by Others . 52
Proofroom :
Careful Action and Expression . 99
Collective Nouns and Number . 100
Question of Number, A . 99
Simple Proof-iparks . 100
Proud Editor, A . 96
“Recent Tendencies in Marine Painting”... 120
Revelation for Printers . 62
Rule-twister, A Pioneer (illustrated) . 70
Specimen Review . S5
Spelling and Pronunciation . 84
Trade Notes:
Boost for Cleaner “ Copy,” A . 122
“ Devils ” Together — Now Political Op¬
ponents . 121
Eclipse Electrotype & Engraving Company
of Cleveland Announces Removal (il¬
lustrated) . 122
Evolution of Typography . 120-
Freight Trains for Second-class Matter. . . . 120
General Notes . 123
Goose Farm Prospectus, A . 123
Haverhill Employing Printers Organize.... 121
In Memory of Editor Bohn . 121-
Newspaper Strike at Chicago . 122
Old and the New in Advertising, The . 120
Pressmen to Meet at Home . 122
Printers “Playing by Ear” . 122
Printers’ Union to Join Chamber of Com¬
merce . 123
Recent Incorporations . 123
Remarkable Pluck of a Pressfeeder . 121
Rider Withdrawn . 121
“ Safety ” Paper to Prevent Check-raising. 121
Seeking New Ideas . 121
Some Salt Lake City Toasts . 121
Stamp-envelope Contract Let . 121
Tramp Printers Make Home in Vault . 120
Working for Civic Improvements . 120
Up in the Air . 97
Well, Weill, Llllook at this Spellllling ! (poem) 56
Why He Was Big . 103
Why Sprucewood for Making News-print
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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.
PAGE
Acme Staple Co . 26
Advertisers’ Electrotyping Co . 150
Albemarle Paper Mfg. Co . 18
American Electrotype Co . 146
American Numbering Machine Co . 147
American Shading Machine Co . 134
American Steel & Copper Plate Co . 134
American Type Founders Co . 157
Anderson, C. F., Co . 26
Auld, Hampton . 133
Ault & Wiborg Co . 8
Auto Falcon & Waite Die Press Co . . ... 37
B. & A. Machine Works . 131
Babcock Printing Press Mfg. Co . 19
Barnhart Bros. & Spindler . 19
Beck, Charles, Co . 144
Beckett Paper Co . 10
Bingham’s, Sam’l, Son Mfg. Co . 46
Bissell College of Photoengraving . 133
Blatchford, E. W., Co . 134
Boston Printing Press & Machinery Co . 143
Brown Folding Machine Co . 43
Burrage, Robert R . 132
Burton’s, A. G., Son . 24
Butler, J. W., Paper Co . 1-3
Cabot, Godfrey L . 134
Calcuiagraph Co . 22
Carver, C. R., Co . 34
Central Ohio Paper Co . 133
Challenge Machinery Co . 22
Chambers Bros. Co . 38
Chandler & Price Co . 45
Chicago Lino-Tabler Co . Insert
Chicago Roller Co . 147
Cleveland Folding Machine Co . 20
Coes, Loring, & Co . 39
Colonial Co . j,. . . . 133
Commercial Sales & Mfg. Co . 137
Cottrell, C. B., & Sons Co . 48
Cramer, G., Dry Plate Co . 133
Crane, Z. & W. M . 137
Cushman & Denison Mfg. Co..... . 143
Dennison Mfg. Co . 139
Detroit Sulphite Pulp & Paper Co . 151
Dexter Folder Co . 14-15
Dick, Rev. Robert, Estate . 38
Dinse, Page & Co . 144
Driscoll & Fletcher . 133
Duplex Printing Press Co . 17
Durant, W. N., Co . 132
Eagle Printing Ink Co . 137
Economy Engineering Co . 134
Electrical Testing Laboratories . 133
Freund, Win., & Sons . 40
PAGE
Fuchs & Lang Mfg. Co . 16
Fuller, E. C., Co . 35
Furman, James II . 128, 130
General Electric Co . 134
Globe Engraving & Electrotype Co . 34
Golding Mfg. Co . 32
Goss Printing Press Co . 25
Gould & Eberhardt . 30
Hamilton Mfg. Co . 8
Hampshire Paper Co . 9
Handy Press Co . 30
Harris Automatic Press Co . 7
Hawtin Engraving Co . 146
Hellmuth, Charles . 28
Hempel, H. A . 38
Herrick Press . 132
Hexagon Tool Co . 152
Hickok, W. O., Mfg. Co . 30
Hoe, R„ & Co . 11
Hoole Machine & Engraving Works . 26
Huber, J. M . 42
Inland-Walton Engraving Co . 153
Jaenecke Printing Ink Co . 136
Johnson, J. Frank . 132
Juengst, Geo., & Sons . 47
Juergens Bros. Co . 21
Justrite Mfg. Co . 26
Isavmor Automatic Press Co . 4
Ividder Press Co . 18
Kimble Electric Co . 20
Ivnowlton Bros . 2
Kreiter, Louis, & Co . 144
Lanston Monotype Machine Co . 5
Latham Machinery Co . 13
Levey, Fred’k H., Co . 21
Logemann Bros. Co . 142
Mechanical Appliance Co . 150
Megill, E. L . 131
Meisel Press & Mfg. Co . 150
Mergenthaler Linotype Co . Cover
Miehle Printing Press & Mfg. Co . Cover
Miller Saw-Trimmer Co . 6
Mittag & Volger . 134
Mittineague Paper Co . 141
Modem Machine Co . 149
Monitor Controller Co . 133
Montgomery Bros. Co . 151
Murray Engraving Co . 147
National Colortype Co . 18
National Electrotype Co . 42
National Machine Co . 142
National Steel & Copper Plate Co . 134
Niagara Paper Mills . 32
Norwich Film . 148
PAGE
Nossel, Frank . 156
Oswego Machine Works . 31
Parker, Thomas & Tucker Paper Co . 142
Parsons Trading Co . 45
Paterson, Wm . 36
Peerless Electric Co . 28
Peerless Printing Press Co . 41
Peerless Type Foundry . 132
Queen City Printing Ink Co . 12
Redington, F. B., Co . 157
Regina Co . 36
Richmond Electric Co . 151
Rising, B. D., Paper Co . 148
Robbins & Myers Co . 152
Robertson Paper Co . 30
Rouse, H. B., & Co . 135
Rowe, James . 42
Scott, Walter, & Co . 29
Seybold Machine Co . 27
Shepard, Henry O., Co . Insert, 133
Sheridan, T. W. & C. B., Co . 23
Shniedewend, Paul, & Co . 21
Shuman, Frank G . 150
Sprague Electric Co . 45
Star Engravers’ Supply Co . 134
Star Tool Mfg. Co . 24
Stiles," Chas. L . 133
Sullivan Machinery Co . 131
Swigart Paper Co . 149
Swink Printing Press Co . 40
Tarcolin . 134
Tatum, Sam’l C., Co . 28
Thalmann Printing Ink Co . 24
Thomson, John, Press Co . 33
Triumph Electric Co . 147
Ullman, Sigmund, Co . Cover
Universal Automatic Type-casting Machine Co . 41
Van Allens & Boughton . 145
Van Bibber Roller Co . 133
"Wagner Mfg. Co . 129
Wanner, A. F., & Co . 143
Warren, S. D.. & Co . 135
Watzelhan & Speyer . 42
West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co . 48
Western States Envelope Co . 138
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co . 40
Wetter Numbering Machine Co . 137
White, James, Paper Co . 143
Whitfield Carbon Paper Works . 133
Whitlock Printing Press Mfg. Co . 44
Wiggins, John B., Co . 146
Williams Bros. Co . 134
Williams-Lloyd Machinery Co . 142
Wire Loop Mfg. Co . 133
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A Years Record
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Omaha, Neb.
of 4,300 ems per hour. This covered
every class of work, from a grocer’s
statement to the finest book and cata¬
logue composition. The record was
kept under the ordinary working con¬
ditions of the office.
A. I. ROOT, Inc., operate three Linotypes.
They rank among the leading job printers of the
Middle West, and maintain a high reputation for
superior printing. Their experience is most con¬
vincing evidence that
The Linotype Way Is the Only Way
MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY
TRIBUNE BUILDING, NEW YORK
SAN FRANCESCO: 638-646 Sacramento St.
CHICAGO: 1100 S. Wabash A*e.
NEW ORLEANS: 332 Camp St.
BUENOSAIRES - Moffaumn & Stock,
Emile Lambert
MELBOURNE
SYDNEY, N.S.W.
WELLINGTON, N. Z.
MEXICO CITY. MEX.
RIO JANEIRO
HAVANA - Francisco Arredondo
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Up: V T| The following is a list of
|£^|l|0 Miehle Presses
■ Si illl *^*PPe^ during the month of
wMIEw February . . 1911
THIS LIST SHOWS THE CONTINUED DEMAND FOR MIEHLE PRESSES.
The Reynolds- Parker Co . ...Sherman, Tex. .
J. & F. Straus Co. . . . Cleveland, Ohio
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Appeal Publishing Co . Atlanta, Ga. . . .
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Homewood Press . . .Chicago, Ill. ...
Previously purchased lour Miehles.
St. Louis, Mo. .
Federal Printing Co . New York city. ..
Previously purchased thirty-two Miehles.
Aull Brothers Paper & Box Co.. . .Dayton, Ohio _
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Dittman-Steidinger Co . . . New York city _
Previously purchased lour Miehles.
W. D. Hoard Co.. . . Ft Atkinson, Wis.
Previously purchased one Miehle.
W. R. Picard . . . St. Louis, Mo —
The Sidney Ptg. & Pub. Co.. . - Sidney, Ohio
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Garber Publishing Co . ...Ashland, Ohio _
G. M. Haldane . . . Strathroy, Ont. . . .
Benson Printing Co . Nashville, Tenn. .,
Fddbrcsh-Bowman Ptg. Co.
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Win. Green . . . . . .New York city . 2
Previously purchased nine Miehles.
Arts & Crafts Pub. Co.. . Pittsburg, Pa . 1
The Hayner Distilling Co . . . Dayton, Ohio . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Irving-Pitt Mfg. Co . , . . Cincinnati, Ohio — 2
Gould & Lang . . Chicago, Ill. . . . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
A. Wohlfeld . . . Magdeburg, Germany 2
Previously purchased twelve Miehles.
War Ministry .................... Madrid, Spain . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
T. G. Robinson . . Portland, Ore . 1
Anderson & Duniway Co.. . . . Portland, Ore . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Genosseaschafts-Druckerei _ .Vienna, Austria . 1
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co . . . Chicago, Ill . 3
Previously purchased forty-eight Miehles.
Wright & Witte Co... . ..Chicago, I1L . 2
Previously purchased two Miehles.
The M. J. O’Malley Co. . . Springfield, Mass. ... T
The F. A. Bassette Co... . Springfield, Mass. ... 1
Previously purchased five Miehles.
The American Publishers Co . Norwalk, Ohio ..... 1
Previously purchased four Miehles.
The Alvord & Peters Co . Sandusky, Ohio 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Vienna, Austria ..... 2
Previously purchased one Miehle.
J. A. McFadden . . Kansas City, Me..
Jones Brothers Co . . . Brooklyn, N. Y _
Previously purchased two Miehles.
The J. R. Watkins Medical Co . Winona, Minn. . . .
Previously purchased five Miehles.
Commercial Lith. & Ptg. Co . Savannah, Ga. -
The Smith-Brooks Ptg;. Co... . Denver, Colo. _
Previously purchased thirteen Miehles.
Buschart Bros. Ptg. Co . ...St. Louis, Mo .
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Wm. Hibbert & Sons. _ _ _ Trenton, N. J. . . . .
Ohio State Reformatory..... . Mansfield, Ohio ..
H. M. Plimpton & Co . . Norwood, Mass. ..
Previously purchased sixteen Miehles.
American Sales Book Co . Elmira, N. Y —
Previously purchased eleven Miehles.
Baltimore City Ptg. & Bdg. Co.. . .Baltimore, Md. . . .
Previously purchased one Miehle.
B. J. Johnson Soap Co.... . .Milwaukee, Wis. .,
Previously purchased one Miehle.
P. F. Pettibone & Co . Chicago, Ill .
Previously purchased thirteen Miehles.
Galewski & Dac . . Warsaw, Russia ..
A. H. Sickler Co . . . .Philadelphia, Pa. . .
Previously purchased six Miehles.
Henry Clinch . . . Fresno, Cal. .
Van Dyck Co . . ..New Haven, Conn.
Previously purchased three Miehles.
The National Paper Box Co . Toledo, Ohio ....
Merwin-Hughes Co. . .....Lowell, Mass. ...
The Egry Register Co . . Dayton, Ohio .
Previously purchased one Miehle.
The Cheltenham Press. .V;. . Indianapolis, Ind. .
P.reviously purchased four Miehles.
Chris. Reteser’s Soehne. . Vienna, Austria . 2
Previously purchased four Miehles.
C. W.- Gordon..... . . . .San Jose, Tex . . 1
Michigan Carton Co.... . Battle Creek, Mich., 1
Previously purchased five Miehles.
Tucker-Kenworthy Co . Chicago, Ill . 4
Previously purchased five Miehles.
Combe Printing Co . . ..St. Joseph, Mo...... 4
George B. Fryer
Wm. J. Doraan.
Previously purchased three Miehles.
1911, 75 Miehle Presses
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Supremacy in
Catalog Printing
You can easily establish a
reputation for distinctive catalog work. No
matter what your facilities, how great your experi¬
ence, or what may be your skill in planning artistic, atten¬
tion-compelling catalog effects, you cannot do justice to yourself
or your clients when you use ordinary, flimsy, unserviceable cover-
papers. Kamargo Mills Covers enable you to do better, cheaper, more
satisfactory, and more profitable work. With them you can attain unusually
striking and beautiful effects, combined with unequalled serviceability. Their use
makes your work easier, enables you to make more money and build up a better,
bigger business in your catalog and booklet department.
Kamargo Mills
FOUNDED 1808
Catalog Covers
The wide variety of wonderfully rich tones, shades and grades opens up new possibilities in catalog
treatment. The Kamargo Mills line includes covers adapted to every kind of catalog, booklet, dainty
folder or brochure. Your particular customers will be delighted with Kamargo Mills Covers — satis¬
fied with the work and with the price you can quote them. <1 Our extensive advertising campaign
is educating business firms and advertising managers to specify Kamargo Mills Covers. In
SYSTEM alone we are using twelve pages in 1911 — reaching over 100,000 executives — probably
500,000 cover-paper purchasers. This helps you increase your catalog business, wins you new
customers when you use Kamargo Mills Covers.
Our Sample-Book Is Full of Money-Making Suggestions
The Kamargo Mills Samples de Luxe suggest many new and striking effects
in cover-stock and catalog treatment. It is a valuable, helpful exhibit of
novel catalog possibilities. It will pay you to examine it — to learn the
profit-making, business-building opportunities of Kamargo Mills
Covers. This Sample-book with terms and prices and name of
nearest distributor is yours on request.
WRITE US ON YOUR LETTER -HEAD
TO-DAY
Knowlton Bros •, Inc.
Cover Dept. B
Watertown New York
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The New
Scientific Management
endorses the Monotype system of machine
composition because
The Monotype separates the two
radically different elements of ma¬
chine composition — keyboarding,
which requires the concentrated
attention of the compositor as a
safeguard to clean proofs and in¬
creased production; and casting,
which with the Monotype is en¬
tirely automatic.
The Monotype supplies for the
smallest possible cost the greatest
variety and a sufficient quantity of
the printer’s most important tools
— type and spacing material; this
eliminates looking for sorts, lost
motion, and effects a real scientific
saving.
The Monotype keyboard is the
same as the scientific or universal
typewriter keyboard. The sim¬
plest and the fastest fingering ar¬
rangement which has ever been
devised.
The Monotype casts one type at
a time from any combination of
matrices, simplifying all necessary
corrections, which are made by a
workman and not by a machine.
The Monotype standardizes body
size and type line for all faces.
The Monotype is the high qual¬
ity machine whose product always
commands the selling price that
bears a profit.
The Monotype is the entering wedge to the scientific com¬
posing room. Let us tell you more about the scientific way.
3500 machines in daily
use on all kinds of work
Lanston Monotype Machine Co.
Philadelphia
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The Seybold 20th Century
Automatic Cutting Machine
SEYBOLD PATENTS
REAR SIDE VIEW— 38-in., 44-in. and 50-in. Sizes.
The above illustration affords an excellent idea of the Automatic Clamp Friction
Device, one of the many original Seybold construction features contained in the Twentieth
Century Cutter. Extending, as it does, the full width of the machine and driving both
ends of the clamp simultaneously from a central position, absolutely uniform pressure
throughout the entire surface of the clamp is assured and guaranteed.
Simple and convenient provision for adjusting the friction device and regulating the
clamping pressure to meet actual requirements, is an incidental but desirable feature.
Please ask for our little booklet “Testimony” and full particulars.
THE SEYBOLD MACHINE CO.
Makers of Highest Grade Machinery for Bookbinders, Printers, Lithographers, Paper Mills,
Paper Houses, Paper-Box Makers, etc.
Embracing — Cutting Machines, in a great variety of styles and sizes, Book Trimmers, Die-Cutting Presses, Rotary
Board Cutters, Table Shears, Corner Cutters, Knife Grinders, Book Compressors, Book Smashers,
Standing Presses, Backing Machines, Bench Stampers; a complete line of Embossing
Machines equipped with and without mechanical Inking and Feeding devices.
Home Office and Factory, DAYTON, OHIO, U. S. A.
BRANCHES: New York, 70 Duane Street; Chicago, 310 Dearborn Street.
AGENCIES: J. H. Schroeter & Bro., Atlanta, Ga.; J. L. Morrison Co., Toronto, Out.; Toronto Type Foundry Co., Ltd., Winnipeg, Man.;
Keystone Type Foundry of California, 638 Mission St., San Francisco, Cal.
Barnhart Type Foundry Co., 258 Commerce St., Dallas, Tex.
164
The 28x42 Two-Color Harris
WHY buy a large single-color, fifteen hundred per hour flat-bed
cylinder press, when you can buy a two-color Harris Auto¬
matic, four thousand per hour rotary press which will enable
you to turn out as good a job of printing as you can get off of any
printing press built and at more than double the speed, with four
times the output?
Harris Automatic Printing Presses
Now Built in:
28x42 Two-color 25x38 Two-color 28x34 Two-color
28x42 Single-color 25x38 Single-color 28x34 Single-color
22 x 30 T wo-color 15x18 T wo-color
22 x 30 Single-color 15x18 Single-color
Thirty Other Models for Special Purposes
Write for Particulars to
The Harris Automatic Press Co.
CHICAGO OFFICE
Manhattan Building
FACTORY
NILES, OHIO
NEW YORK OFFICE
1579 Fulton
Hudson Terminal Building
165
Reliable
Printers*
Rollers
Sami Binghams Son
Mfg. Co.
CHICAGO
316=318 South Canal Street
PITTSBURG
First Avenue and Ross Street
ST. LOUIS
514 = 516 ClarK Avenue
KANSAS CITY
706 Baltimore Avenue
ATLANTA
52=54 So. Forsyth Street
INDIANAPOLIS
151 = 153 Kentucky Avenue
DALLAS
675 Elm Street
MILWAUKEE
133 = 135 Michigan Street
MINNEAPOLIS
719=721 Fourth St., So.
DES MOINES
609=611 Chestnut Street
166
THE BABCOCK PRINTING PRESS MANUFACTURING CO., NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT
New York Office, 38 Park Row. John Haddon & Co. Agents, London. Miller & Richard, Canadian Agents, Toronto, Ontario.
BARNHART BROS. & SPINDLER, WESTERN AGENTS, 168-172 WEST MONROE ST., CHICAGO
Great Western Type Foundry, Kansas City, Missouri : Great Western Type Foundry. Omaha, Nebraska; Minnesota Type Foundry Co., St. Paul, Minnesota ; St.
Louis Printers Supply Co., St. Louis, Missouri; Southern Printers Supply Co.. Washington, District Columbia; The Barnhart Type Foundry Co., Dallas, Texas.
National Paper & Type Co. , City of Mexico, Vera Cruz, Monterrey, and Havana, Cuba. On the Pacific Coast — Pacific Printers Supply Company, Seattle, Wash.
The Babcock Optimus
The Babcock Optimus
The Optimus bed motion is one of the finest appli¬
cations of power ever made. It is correct, the simplest
and strongest mechanism used for operating a printing
press bed. It has the easy directness of a short shaft
with a driving pulley at one end and a star-gear at the
other. A device of balls and sockets, made a part of
the shaft, permits one end of the shaft to be deflected
so that in one direction it drives the bed above the rack
and is below it in the other. It is a compact, rotary,
primary motion, operating harmoniously with the
matchless precision that gives unvarying register be¬
tween bed and cylinder, produces runs of three-quarters
of a million with the plates still good, and all with un¬
exampled endurance to itself.
There is but one rack, one point of propulsive thrust.
At each end of the rack is a large steel ball which
the star-gear receives in a corresponding socket, grasp¬
ing it much as a human hand grasps a baseball, the
broad contact covering half of the ball’s surface. Re¬
verse is made while these are together, resulting in
the bed being stopped and reversed with a perfect
crank action. There is no looseness or lost motion; the
reverse is smooth and easy. Balls and socket are hard¬
ened steel, ground to perfect fit. Old machines reverse
as quietly as new, with perfect bed-and-cylinder register.
The star-gear shoes are hardened steel, small, and
All there is of the Optimus Driving Motion.
So precise in action that 800, 000 impressions have been made from one set
of plates on a 63-inch machine.
accurately curved to fit the roll. They are bolted in
position, and wear for years. Shoes, balls, sockets and
rack are made by specially invented machines of un¬
erring performance. _
The bed driving rack is at the center of the load, not
at the center of the bed. It is placed where it should
be, and where it is correct mechanically. It occupies
small space, keeps the bed low, and makes room for an
Socket in star-gear grasping ball at end of rack.
One of the great improvements in flat bed presses. Bed reversed by
perfect crank motion.
impression girt twice as strong as any other, giving us
the most rigid press known.
The air-spring is readily adjusted without tool. The
piston is at extreme end of bed where its utility is
the greatest.
There is but one mechanical principle that is best
for a given purpose. The Optimus ball and socket drive
embodies the basic element for best operating a recip¬
rocating bed. It has been practically unchanged for a
dozen years. Long tried under the tremendous tests of
modern printing it is a solid guaranty for the most vital
point in a press. The force of this is impressive when
one recalls that perhaps fifty rival devices in like
machines have come and gone in these years; each has
been widely proclaimed, proved insufficient, and been
cast aside for some other, just as loudly commended,
but promising no greater stability.
The Optimus bed motion is covered broadly by pat¬
ents, unequivocally confirming new principles and new
mechanisms. Every fault and weakness use has
shown have been eliminated. We have a correct
mechanism, strong, simple, fast, durable. Not a single
user has complained of it. No ball and socket motion
has shown appreciable wear, cost one user one cent
or made him trouble.
SET IN AUTHORS ROMAN
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NOTE. — 6,000 of these sheets (a heavy cut form on coated
paper, size 38x54) were worked and turned the same day
without slip-sheeting. “ This is going some.” Of course, you
are interested, so write us regarding “Quickset” Halftone
Black, and we will send sample sheet.
PHILIP RUXTON, Inc.
290 Broadway, New York
158 E. Harrison St., Chicago, Ill.
168
The Queen City Printing Ink Co.
•CINCINNATI • CHICAGO - BOSTON • PHILADELPHIA-
•KANSASCITY • MINNEAPOLIS • DALLAS •
DUAL-TONE DARK VERDURE GREEN, 5924.
The Queen City Printing Ink Company
CINCINNATI = CHICAGO - BOSTON = PHILADELPHIA
KANSAS CITY, MO. = MINNEAPOLIS = DALLAS
The Feeder Question Solved
PRODUCES MORE WORK THAN FIVE JOBBERS.
The Kavmor Automatic Press Company
Office and Showrooms, 346 Broadway, New York
Westers* Agency — S. SALISBURY* 431 Dearborn St., Chicago* III. Eastern Agency — RICHARD PRESTON* 167 Oliver St.* Boston* Mass.
Southern and Southwestern Agency — DOBSON PRINTERS* SUPPLY CO.* Atlanta* Ga.
Canadian Agents — MILLER & RICHARD* Toronto* Can. Pacific Coast Agents — BRINTNALL & BICKFORD* San Francisco, Cal.
- ► THE KAVMOR ◄ - *
High-speed Automatic Platen Press
Built in Two Sizes, 11x17 and 14x20.
FEEDS, PRINTS and DELIVERS all grades of paper from French Folio to Boxboard '
at speeds up to
5,000 Impressions per Hour !
Flat
Type
Forms
Electros
not
necessary
Ordinary
Flat
Electros
when desired
(not curved)
Perfect
Registry
Requires only
two horse¬
power.
Requires no
machinist
Short runs
handled
quickly
Self-
Feeding
Self-
Delivering
Less
Wages
Less
Waste
Inking
Distribution
unsurpassed
Costs no more
to operate.
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CROSS
=Continuous=
FEEDERS
They Run Mobile
You Load
You are not getting the highest efficiency from your presses or folders
unless you are getting an output of 100 per cent of the running time.
The Continuous System of Automatic Feeding
is the way to do it. We have the proofs that such results are regularly
obtained.
DEXTER FOLDER COMPANY
NEW YORK CHICAGO BOSTON PHILADELPHIA SAN FRANCISCO
Canadian Agents: The J. L. Morrison Co., Toronto, Can. Southern Agents: Dodson Printers’ Supply Co., Atlanta, Ga.
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/{.Folds
THE DEXTER
JOBBING BOOK
AND PAMPHLET
FOLDER N?190
<3 ,Vg e
A Profit Producer
Bindery conditions vary widely.
Equipment must be nicely balanced
between the extremes of the business
to be taken care of. Thus the Dexter
No. 190 Jobbing Folder, embrac¬
ing the widest range of general job
work, holds central position as a
Profit Producer. It is the type of
machine that is always busy — that
will often take overflow from
special types and also pick up
many combinations not
possible on other styles of
machines.
IV rite for descriptive booklet
and set of dummies
DEXTER FOLDER CO.
200 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK
BOSTON CHICAGO PHILADELPHIA SAN FRANCISCO ATL
Factory: Pearl River, New York
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And cuts work as accurately as the reliable BROWN & CARVER Hand Clamp
Cutter. It has the new double shear motion.
This pictures only one of the ninety sizes and styles of cutters that are made at Oswego as
a specialty. Each Oswego-made Cutter, from the little 16-inch Oswego Bench Cutter up to the
large 7-ton Brown & Carver Automatic Clamp Cutter, has at least three points of excellence on
Oswego Cutters only. Ask about the Vertical Stroke Attachments for cutting shapes.
It will give us pleasure to receive your request for our new book No. 8, containing valuable
suggestions derived from over a third of a century’s experience making cutting machines exclusively.
Won’t you give us that pleasure ?
OSWEGO MACHINE WORKS
NIEL GRAY, Jr., Proprietor
OSWEGO, N.Y.
THE BROWN & CARVER AUTO.
TRIPLES PRODUCTION
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LATHAM’S MONITOR
MACHINES for the Bindery
LATHAM MACHINERY COMPANY
NEW YORK, 8 Reade St.
CHICAGO, 306-312 South Canal St. boston, 220 Devonshire St.
Rear View Monitor Extra Heavy Power Perforator Showing
Receiving Box and Back Roll Delivery
Monitor Paging and Numbering Machine
THE special hardened die
is so hard that it will
cut glass.
Driven perpendicularly,
making a clean-cut perforation.
Needles in perfect line with
center of side rods.
Made in fourteen styles and
sizes for power, foot, or with
motor attached.
The stripper is positive and
will not spring.
Eeed-gaugeis rigid, accurate
and speedy. Can he adjusted
for any size and style of work.
EVERY motion is positive. The
automatic spring impression
allows the operator to place stock
under the head up to one-half inch
thickness, and the printing impression
will adjust itself automatically to every
thickness down to a single sheet. The
head is heavier and more substantially
built than any on the market. The cone
bearings take up all lost motion. The
heads are dustproof. There is absolutely
no backlash at any speed. It has the
fewest working parts. The Monitor is
the quickest and easiest to operate by
foot-power.
We Manufacture Everything for the Complete Bindery
Wire Stitchers, Punching Machines, Embossers,
Job Backers, Standing Presses, Etc.
173
New Model No. 3 Smyth
Book-Sewing Machine
THE popular machine for edition work, catalogues, school books,
pamphlets, etc. Performs several styles of sewing — will braid over
tape, sew through tape with or without braiding, or sew without tape or
twine. No preparation of the work necessary before sewing.
Its fine construction, interchangeable parts, simplicity and rapid
operation, have made it the most popular machine for Bookbinders the
world over. Will produce from 25 to 40 per cent more work than any
other make of machines.
Other sizes to suit every requirement.
- WRITE FOR PARTICULARS - - - - - - —
E. C. FULLER COMPANY
FISHER BUILDING, CHICAGO 28 READE STREET, NEW YORK
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ESTABLISHED 1830
Paper Knives
are just enough better to warrant inquiry
if you do not already know about them.
“New Process” quality. New package.
“ COES ” warrant (that’s different) better service and
No Price Advance!
In other words, our customers get the benefit of all
improvements at no cost to them.
LORING COES & CO., Inc.
DEPARTMENT COES WRENCH CO.
WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.
New York Office — W. E. ROBBINS, 21 Murray Street
Phone, 6866 Barclay
COES RECORDS
First to use Micrometer in Knife work . 1890
First to absolutely refuse to join the Trust . . 1893
First to use special steels for paper work . 1894
First to use a special package . 1901
First to print and sell by a “printed in figures®9 Price-list . 1904
First to make first-class Knives, any kind . 1830 to 1903
COES is Always Best!
TRAOC MAR« ^ TRADEMARK g _ ^ »>, TRADE MARK, ^ .A TRAOC MAftR,
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To Would-be Purchasers
of Gathering Machines:
We would strongly advise all
parties contemplating the pur¬
chase of Gathering Machines to
examine carefully our claims
covered by Patent No. 761,469,
covering calipering or detecting
devices for signature Gathering
Machines. Without the use of
such patented device no practical
Gathering Machine can be built.
This patent has been sustained by
the United States Circuit Court
of Appeals.
Geo. Juengst & Sons
Croton Falls , New York
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CINCINNATI NEW YORK CHICAGO
ST. LOUIS BUFFALO PHILADELPHIA
MINNEAPOLIS SAN FRANCISCO
TORONTO HAVANA CITY or MEXICO
BUENOS AIRES PARIS LONDON
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When You Buy a New Press
WALTER SCOTT & COMPANY
DAVID J. SCOTT, General Manager
Main Office and Factory: PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, U. S. A.
NEW YORK, 41 Park Row CHICAGO, Monadnock Block
THE SCOTT ALL-SIZE ROTARY PRESS
is an every-hour, every-day press for the printer because it does not limit
the users to a set size. You do not have to depend upon a certain size
publication or catalogue, because the SCOTT ALL-SIZE ROTARY
PRESSES are made to do various kinds of high-class satisfactory printing.
We make presses in various sizes up to a sheet as large as 46 by 70
and add a color equipment if desired.
If you contemplate increasing your facilities you will make a great
mistake by not first investigating the general utility merits of our
ROTARY PRESSES.
They are mechanically perfect, combining all features necessary to
fulfill the discriminating requirements of the careful buyer.
Let us send you full particulars, or better still, ask for personal
interview of a near-by SCOTT representative.
Pnncidpr ( 1st) Future Service in Cost of Production
^ ^ _ _ (2d) General Utility and Efficiency
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A Card for Progressive
Printers
Appearance of Our Neat
Cards in Case
Every printer knows the business that pays best, that affords the largest
profits and the surest pay, is high-class work. Cheap printing invariably is for
cheap customers — a not altogether desirable patronage.
Peerless Patent Book Form Cards
do not appeal to cheap customers. Users of these cards are the strongest, most
wide-awake, most progressive, most up-to-date men of a community. These cards
need only to be brought to the attention of such men to make them users.
Surely every progressive printer wants and desires to hold such customers. Here
is the way. Supply them with these famous cards, and they will supply you
with a patronage you may have sought for for years. There is no word picture
that carries an adequate idea of these cards. They must have been seen and used
to be appreciated. You will appreciate them the instant you examine them.
Send for a sample book to-day and satisfy yourself that the edges are absolutely
smooth — mechanically perfect — even though they are detached one
by one from the book or tabo
Send to-day. Ask for our suggestion how to use them
as the best trade-builder progressive printers can find
The John B. Wiggins Company
Established 1857
Engravers, Plate Printers, Die Embossers
52-54 East Adams Street Chicago
HOOLE MACHINE &
ENGRAVING WORKS
29-33 Prospect Street 111 Washington Street
= BROOKLYN, N. Y. —
“BOOLE”
Paging
and
Numbering
Machine
==^=^^=: Manufacturers of '
End Name, Numbering* Paging and
Bookbinders' Machinery and Finishing
Tools of all kinds.
ELAPSED TIME
is what you buy from your employees. Do you knoiu that
you get what you pay them for?
ELAPSED TIME
enters into every operation of every product of your plant.
Do you know what it costs you?
Knowledge — accurate information — not someone’s
guess — of the Elapsed Time you receive and distribute
will enable you to stop leaks, increase production without
an increase of expense, and enlarge your profits.
THE GALGULAGRAPH
records Elapsed Time. It also records the time-of-day,
but that is of lesser importance.
Ask for our booklet, “Accurate Cost Records” —
it’s free.
Calculagraph Company 146NewwYork ci!yding
178
OPERATE YOUR PRESSES
WITH
SPRAGUE
ELECTRIC MOTORS AND CONTROLLERS
COMPACT
EFFICIENT
RELIABLE
DURABLE
EASILY FULFILL
MOST EXACTING
REQUIREMENTS
OUR INSTALLATION LIST SHOULD PROVE SIGNIFICANT
With motor drive a press is only consuming power when in actual use; and shafting, belts and gears are eliminated
to a great extent. Actual power cost is reduced 15% to 50%. Floor space is economized and the great flexibility of
this type of drive makes the arrangement of presses for best light a simple matter.
We will furnish equipment specifications free of obligation on your part.
Ask for Illustrated Bulletin No. 22Q4
Sprague Electric Company
General Offices : 527-531 West 34th Street, New York City
Branch Offices: Chicago St. Louis Milwaukee Boston Philadelphia
Baltimore
Atlanta
San Francisco
Seattle
Pittsburg
. : ( ; .
alftones and Electros From Halft
The Best the World Has Ever Seen
comparison, is y
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The evidence of a 400-line “ Globetype ” (160,000 dots to the square inch) the halftone and electro
407-425 Dearborn Street, - | CHICAGO
We make designs, drawings, halftones, zinc etchings, wood and wax engravings, copper, nickel and steel electro- I
types, but — we do no printing. Our scale of prices is the most complete, comprehensive and consistent ever
issued. With it on your desk the necessity for correspondence is practically eliminated.
This advertisement is printed from a steel “ GLOBETYPE ”
179
CAPACITY
When a half super-royal platen press will turn out
work as good or better than the modern commercial
cylinder press — and at the same time maintain a speed of
1800 impressions per hour continuously — allowing it to
be profitably employed on envelopes and the general line of
commercial work, how should its capacity be designated?
A half super-royal platen press to do this must have a
capacity of 15x21, 13x19, 12x18 and 10x15 with practically
all the speed qualities that these smaller dimensions imply.
This is exactly what we guarantee for capacity in
the half super-royal
Golding Jobber
This subject is interestingly treated from a practical
standpoint in our booklet,
For the Man Who Pays
We wish all printers to have a copy of the book. It is free.
GOLDING MFG. COMPANY, Franklin, Mass.
The FOLDER WITHOUT A FAULT
Folder Efficiency means harmony and economy. It means satisfaction and a safe investment. We make
no claims beyond what our machine will do — and such claims we back up to the letter.
The Cleveland Folding Machine
Is the Only Folder That Does
Not Use Tapes, Knives, Cams,
Changeable Gears in Folding
Perfect in register and 50% faster than other Folders.
Has range from 19 x 36 to 3 x 4 in parallel.
Folds and delivers 4s, 6s, 8s, 10s, 12s, 14s and 16s,
single or in gangs.
Also regular 4s, 8s and 16s, book folds, from sheets
19 x 25 down to where the last fold is not less
than 2x/2 x 3 in.
Makes accordion — and a number of other — folds that
can not be made on any other folder.
INSTALLED ON A THIRTY DAYS’ TRIAL
on an unconditional guarantee of absolute satis¬
faction.
Write for a complete set of sample folds.
The Cleveland Folding Machine Co.
Cleveland, Ohio
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Profits or Losses are
Made in the Shop—
and it is the backwoods methods that help
to make losses, while modern up-to-date
devices stop the leakage and cause increased
opportunity of working at a decreased cost.
ILe Star Composing Stick
“ Tools of Quality for Particular Printers ”
lends a helping hand to the compositor by
reason of its many advantages over the
old style composing stick in that it pleases
the user and enables the compositor to do
double the amount of work at one-half
the exertion and time.
BEST KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS POPULAR STICK— MADE IN ALL
POPULAR SIZES. IT PROPES ITS WORTH AT A SINGLE TEST.
FOR SALE BY SUPPLY HOUSES GENERALLY
The Star Tool Mfg. Company
17 West Washington Street Springfield, Ohio
See that this label is on each ream.
One of the latest additions to our list of water-marked
“CARAVEL” QUALITIES is our
No. 585 TITANIC BOND
and it has already made its mark. Y ou will profit by
examining this quality.
It is a good Bond Paper at a price that will enable
you to do big business.
We supply it in case lots of 500 lb. in stock sizes,
weights and colors. Special sizes and weights in quan¬
tities of not less than 1,000 lb.
Write to us for sample book , stating your requirements.
PARSONS TRADING COMPANY
20 Vesey Street . NEW YORK
London, Sydney, Melbourne, Wellington, Havana, Mexico, D. F.,
Buenos Aires, Bombay, Cape Town.
Cable Address for all Offices — “ Partracom.”
BRONZING MACHINES
FOR LITHOGRAPHERS AND PRINTERS
GUARANTEED IN EVERY RESPECT
Stone-grinding
Machines,
OTHER specialties
manufactured and
imported by us:
Reducing Machines,
Bronze
Powders
Ruling Machines,
Parks’ Renowned
Litho. Hand
Steel Rules and
Straight-edges,
Lithographic Inks,
Lithographic Stones
and Supplies.
€j[ Sole Agents for the
United States and Can¬
ada for the genuine
ColumbiaTransfer Pa¬
pers — none genuine
without the water-mark
on every sheet.
MANUFACTURED BY
ROBERT MAYER C& CO.
19 EAST 2 1ST STREET, NEW YORK
Factory— Hoboken, N.J. San Francisco
Chicago Office — Monon Bldg., 440 S. Dearborn St
We do Repairing
Patented April 5, 1904
Patented May 30, 1905
Patented April 7, 1906
Other patents pending.
181
Suit Dismissed
The United States Circuit Court for
the Southern District of New York
dismissed the suit instituted against
Watzelhan & Speyer, representing the
Mechanical Chalk Relief
Overlay Process
for alleged infringement of the Gilbert,
Harris Co.’s metallic overlay, rendering
decision decidedly against the Gdbert,
Harris Co.
The Mechanical Chalk Relief Over¬
lay Process now stands pre-eminent over
all known overlay methods, both hand
and mechanical.
For Further Information, Samples, Etc., Address
WATZELHAN SPEYER
183 William St., New York
VICTORIA PLATEN PRESSES
Embody valuable improvements
and advantages not to be found
in any other make.
Most powerful construction.
Unequaled ink distribution and
fresh ink supply below the form.
Actually , 6 Rollers Ink Only Once.
Carriage operated without cam
in main gear-wheel.
Adjustable roller trucks.
Roller separating device.
VICTORIA PLATEN
PRESS MFG. Company
FRANK NOSSEL
38 Park Row New York
Special Model V. Size 16 x 21 5-8 inches.
Over 6,000 Machines in Operation. “Investigate its Merits ”
STEEL PLATE TRANSFER PRESS
For Transferring Impressions from Hardened Steel Plates or Rolls
USED BY THE FOLLOWING CONCERNS
Bureau of Engraving & Printing, Washington
American Bank Note Co., New York -
John A. Lowell Bank Note Co., Boston -
Western Bank Note Co., Chicago
Thos. MacDonald, Genoa .
E. A. Wright Bank Note Co., Philadelphia
Richter & Co., Naples .
20 Machines
12
1
2
2
1
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Fred’kH. Levey Co.
- New York ■
Manufacturers of High Grade
Printing Inks
E make a specialty of Inks
for Magazine and Cata¬
logue work. The Ladies '
Home Journal , Saturday
Evening Post , Scribner' s,
McClure' s, Cosmopolitan ,
Woman' s Home Companion , Strand, Amer¬
ican, Frank Leslie' s Publications , Review
of Reviews , and many others, are printed
with Inks made by us. Our Colored
Inks for Process Printing, both wet and
dry, are pronounced by Expert Printers
the best made.
FRED’K H. LEVEY, President CHAS. BISPHAM LEVEY, Treasurer
CHAS. E. NEWTON, Vice-President WM. S. BATE, Secretary
NEW YORK, 59 Beekman St. CHICAGO, 357 Dearborn St.
SAN FRANCISCO, 653 Battery St. SEATTLE, 411 Occidental Ave.
All Successful
Engravers z
Reliance Photo-
Engravers’’
Proof
Press
Exclusively
ONE VITAL
REASON which
EXPLAINS
their SUCCESS
IV rite for further informa¬
tion to the manufacturers.
Paul Shniedewend & Co.
627 IV . Jackson ' Boulevard , Chicago
Also sold by Williams -Lloyd Machinery Co., Chicago ; Geo. Russell Reed
Co., San Francisco and Seattle; Toronto Type Foundry Co., Canada; A. IV .
Penrose & Co., London, Eng.; Klimsch Co-, Frankfurt am M., Ger.;
New York Machinery Co., 101 Beekman St., New York City.
SOLD ALSO BY ALL DEALERS
THINGS WE DO
„ of Myy deacHpliorv,
evTvd fof every purpose, ir\
PEN AND INK orWASN.
./bC Lr,TTOR.r 1 toad s.
Catalogs, Covers,
ORj
Ad
tp
MECHANICAL DRAWINGS
from Blue Prints or Pencil Sketches.
BIRDS -EYE VIEWS.®B
RETOUCHING PHOTOGRAPHS.
Half-tones. Zinc Etchings
Color. Work of everv'
description, in Two. Three
or more colors. Wood
Engraving. Wax Engraving.
Electrotyping. Steelotyping,
Nickeltyping. Stereotyping
Commercial Photographing.
JUDRGENS BROS GD.
16? Adames Street.. Cm c ago.
The Only Proof Press
Which
Positively
“ Shows Up"
DEFECTIVE 1 , rTTrnC
and LOW / LETTERS
before forms reach
PRESSROOM
SAVES
IMMENSE \ TIME &
AMOUNT of] MONEY
INVALUABLE
Shniedewend Printers’ Proof Press, with to / PRINTERS AND
Rack and Pinion Bed Movement and ALL 1 LINOTYPE USERS
“Tympan-on-thc-Platen” Device.
(Patents applied for)
Send for further information and prices to
Paul Shniedewend & Co.
627 W. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago
Manufacturers
SOLD ALSO BY ALL DEALERS
and
New York Machinery Co., 101 Beekman St., New York City.
183
CHAPMAN
ELECTRIC NEUTRALIZER
GUARANTEED to remove trouble caused the printer by
STATIC ELECTRICITY
WILL
SAVE IN
PRODUCTION
AND
SLIP-SHEETING
ALONE
THE
ORIGINAL
COST OF
INSTALLATION
IN A
SHORT TIME
WILL
PREVENT
OFFSET AND
PRACTICALLY
ELIMINATE
THE
NECESSITY
OF SLIP¬
SHEETING.
HAS THE
ENDORSEMENT
OF ALL THE
LARGEST
PRINTERS IN
THIS AND
FOREIGN
COUNTRIES
The installation of the Chapman Electric Neutralizer will overcome the
difficulties due to static electricity and permit the up-to-date printer to keep
his pressroom at a temperature conducive to the good health and spirits of
Employer and Employee.
SOLE SELLING AGENTS
UNITED PRINTING MACHINERY CO.
246 Summer Street, BOSTON 12-14 Spruce Street, NEW YORK
Western Agent
WILLI AMS-LLO YD MACHINERY COMPANY
626 Federal Street, CHICAGO
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where art is supreme in the character of the paper
you use, speaks louder and with a more permanent
effect than any other method of publicity or
introduction*
We carry unique papers of a novelty grade,
highly different iroiii the average— a quality for
the elect— in
BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS
A vast array in unique colors, sizes, weights, etc*
- Lasher & Lathrop ST, LOUIS, MO. , -
Lasher & Lathrop COLUMBUS, OHIO -
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The Paper Mills’ Co. NEW ORLEANS, LA
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New GOSS “ACME ” Straightline Two-Roll Rotary Perfecting Press
New GOSS High-Speed Sextuple Press
— No. 160
Is built and guaranteed to run at a speed of 36,000 per hour for each delivery, for the full run.
Prints 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48 pages.
All products up to 24 pages can be made in one section (book form).
SPECIAL
Plates can be put on without removing ink rollers.
Patented ink fountains; screws all at one end of fountains
(regular piano key action).
All roller sockets automatically locked.
FEATURES
No ribbons whatever when collecting.
Design prevents breaking of webs.
Entirely new HIGH-SPEED PATENTED FOLDING AND
DELIVERING DEVICE.
No. 3-D
Made to print either 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 pages in book form.
Constructed so that it can be arranged to print either two or three extra colors, at a slight expense.
It is practically a single-plate machine, thus saving time in not having to make duplicate plates.
Plates are cast from our regular standard stereotype machinery.
■ - PATENTED AND MANUFACTURED BY = - —
THE GOSS PRINTING PRESS CO.
16th St. and Ashland Ave., Chicago, Ill.
New York Office: London Office:
1 Madison Ave., Metropolitan Bldg., New York City. 93 Fleet Street, London, E. C., England.
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A TRIAL ORDER WILL MAKE YOU A
PERMANENT USER OF
— PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHIC —
INKS
MANUFACTURED BY THE
®l?alntamt Printing Sink (fin.
212 Olive Street, ST. LOUIS, MO.
= DEPOTS ■ ■ --
711 S. Dearborn Street. ....... CHICAGO, ILL.
400 Broadway ....... .. KANSAS CITY, MO.
535 Magazine Street ...... NEW ORLEANS, LA.
1509 Jackson Street .......... OMAHA, NEB.
222 North Second Street .... NASHVILLE, TENN.
73 Union Avenue . . MEMPHIS, TENN.
Full Equipments of the Latest and Most Improved
ROLLER=MAKING
MACHINERY FURNISHED
ESTIMATES FOR LARGE OR SMALL OUTFITS
A MODERN OUTFIT FOR LARGE PRINTERS
JAMES ROWE
241=247 South Jefferson St„ CHICAGO, ILL.
LINOTYPE & MACHINERY COMPANY, Ltd., European Agents,
189 Fleet Street, London, England
Why Do They Imitate ?
If the ORIGINAL is not worthy
of imitation , why do they con¬
tinue to imitate, then condemn
the imitated?
For years the PEERLESS PER¬
FORATOR has stood as a model for
imitators. It has stood all tests. Its
rapid, perfect work, clean and thorough
perforation and its wide range in thick¬
ness of stock, supplies the printer with
all that can be desired.
SELLING AGENTS
GANE BROS. & CO. . . .
T. W. & C. B. SHERIDAN .
S. KOCHANSKI .
MIDDOWS BROS .
. . CHICAGO, ILL.
( CHICAGO, ILL.
• '/ LONDON, ENG.
BERLIN, GERMANY
. SYDNEY, N. S. W.
Manufactured by
A. G. BURTON'S SON
118 to 124 South Clinton Street
CHICAGO, ILL., U. S. A,
28 Reade St., NEW YORK [ Sole Eastern Agents
THE J. L. MORRISON CO., Sole Agents for Canada
JOHN DICKINSON & CO.,
Agents for South Africa and India
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OFFSET PRINTING
AND THE
HOE ROTARY OFFSET PRESS
SUITED FOR ANY MAKE OF AUTOMATIC FEEDER
OFFSET printing is the newest product of the printer, and the Hoe
Rotary Offset Press is, like all other Hoe machines, the finest product
of the manufacturer’s skill in meeting the printer’s demands. This we can
prove to you, and that it will produce more and better work at less cost
than any other machine of the kind made.
You Take No Risk with a Hoe
R. HOE & CO., 504-520 Grand Street, New York City
7 Water St 143 Dearborn St. 160 St. James St. 109-112 Borough Road 8 Rue de Chateaudun
Boston, Mass. Chicago, Ill. Montreal, Can. London, S. E., Eng. Paris, France
187
188
The Heart, yes, the very Soul of the Two-Revolution Press
System is The Bed Motion, whose salient features must be
exactness , strength , simplicity.
Register, Speed, Life of plates and type, Smoothness of opera¬
tion, Durability, all depend upon The Bed Motion.
The Premier
has a Bed Motion which is probably the superior of any and all
others. No Premier user has ever known there was a bed motion
in the machine so far as any trouble or fault in it was concerned.
LET US TELL YOU ABOUT IT.
AGENCIES
Chicago, St. Louis, Cleveland, Cincin¬
nati, Detroit, Minneapolis, Kansas
City, Denver, Los Angeles, San Fran¬
cisco, Spokane, Seattle, Dallas —
American Type Founders Co.
Atlanta, Ga. — Messrs. J. H. Schroeter
& Bro., 133 Central Ave.
Toronto, Ont.— Messrs. M anton Bros.,
105 Elizabeth St.
Halifax, N. S.— Printers’ Supplies,
Ltd., 27 Bedford Row.
London, Eng. — Messrs. T. W. & C. B.
Sheridan, 65-69 Mt. Pleasant, E. C.
Sydney, N. S. W.— Messrs. Parsons &
Whitmore, Challis House, Martin
Place.
The WHITLOCK PRINTING-PRESS
MANUFACTURING COMPANY
DERBY, CONN.
NEW YORK, 23d Street and Broadway
Fuller (Flatiron) Building
BOSTON, 510 Weld Building, 176 Federal Street
189
Make More Money!
“A penny saved
is apenny earned.”
There’s enough
pennies in your
waste-paper basket
to pay your rent.
Why throw away
yourscrap accumu¬
lation when the
paper mills want
it at attractive
prices?
Bale them in
“The Handy” Paper Baling Press
and you add to your income — keep your premises
cleaner — avoid disaster from fire.
“The Handy” Baling Press is the handiest press made.
Substantially built of the best kiln-dried maple, natural
finish. Makes a bale weighing from 100 to 750 lbs.,
according to size of press. Bale easily and quickly re¬
moved. Press requires very little floor space. A mighty
good investment for any business house. Made in five
sizes, $40, $50, $65, $75 and $85. Write for full de¬
scription. Offices in Principal Cities in Middle West.
The Handy Press Go.
251-263 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
New Ideas in Attractive
Advertising
The printer should examine this big line of BLOTTING
PAPERS.
The WORLD, HOLLYWOOD and RELIANCE suggest
big advertising possibilities.
VIENNA MOIRE (in colors) and Plate Finish, the acme
of art basis.
Our DIRECTOIRE, a novelty of exquisite patterns.
ALBEMARLE
HALF-TONE BLOTTING
a new creation, having surface for half-tone or color process
printing and lithographing. Made in white and five colors.
Samples of our entire line will be mailed upon request.
The Albemarle Paper Mfg. Co.
Makers of Blotting Richmond, Virginia
Edwards, Dunlop & Co., Ltd., Sydney and Brisbane, Sole Agents for Australia
Thirty Thousand Pounds of Type
Nuernberger- Rettig Typecaster
For One Chicago Printery was cast by
them on one NUERNBERGER-RETTIG
TYPE-CASTING MACHINE. Most of
the above was small sizes and was old
foundry type recast.
What was it worth as old metal ?
What is it worth as new usable type, equal to
foundry quality ?
WHY NOT RECAST YOUR DEAD TYPE INTO
TYPE SPACES— QUADS— LOGOS— BORDERS
SIX TO FORTY-EIGHT POINT SEND FOR SAMPLES
COMPOSITYPE MATS CAN BE USED
Universal Automatic Type-Casting
Machine Company
321-323 North Sheldon Street :: :: CHICAGO
190
Wherever Peerless
Gem Paper Cutters
are used, there’s but one sentiment :
“Built for years of hard service —
suits me; none better.”
“Peerless” satisfaction is made pos¬
sible through experience, right material
and dependable construction.
FOR SALE BY THE PRINCIPAL
DEALERS in the UNITED STATES
Peerless Printing Press
Company
70 Jackson Street
THE CRANSTON WORKS
Palmyra, N. Y., U. S. A.
Pressroom Efficiency
in many cases is mainly a matter of plate mounting, because the maximum
output of any press printing from plates can be secured only with Rouse
Unit System Bases and Register Hooks — -the system that eliminates all
waste time in making up, making ready and registering; the system that
permits the quickest change in plates, the narrowest possible margins, and
a permanent make-ready.
The Rouse Unit System of Bases and Register Hooks does all this —
and more — it reduces the waiting time of your presses to the last degree,
and insures the greatest output as well as the best work.
Don’t be deceived—
Compare the goods!
The unprecedented success of our Climax and Combination Register
Hooks has led some manufacturers to imitate them. Don’t be deceived,
don’t spend another dollar for hooks of any kind until you have compared
the Climax and Combination with the imitations — then buy the best.
SOLD BY DEALERS EVERYWHERE— MADE ONLY BY
H. B. ROUSE & CO., Chicago
2214-2216 WARD STREET
“THE REGISTER HOOK PEOPLE”
New York Machinery Co., 101 Beekman Street, New York City
SPECIAL AGENTS
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Equip Your Plants With
Modern Conveniences
and you will increase the quality and quantity of your outfit at decreased
cost of production. If you are ambitious to be the best printer in your
locality you must modernize your methods. These devices are by no means
luxuries, but when examined or placed in use, they will be found indispensable
Economic Model E Cylinder Roller Holder
This automatic rol¬
ler-holder (like shown
in illustration) is the
most serviceable and
convenient holder now
manufactured. Requires
practically no space
except that which pro¬
jects from wall ; al¬
ways out of the way,
clean and handy for
washing purposes. It
is made up of a base
and wall bracket, hav-
i n g an automatic
spring lock for each
roller. By the use of
this holder rollers can
be put in a very
limited space. This
style holder is made
to be placed against
the wall. It is made ex¬
pressly for cylinder
rollers. Is now used
extensively by printers,
w h o pronounce the
automatic roller-holder
the most practical and
serviceable holder on
to-day’s market.
The Montgomery Job Press Feeder’s Seat
If the feeder of a
job press could realize
the comfort to be de¬
rived from the use of
our removable and ad¬
justable feeders’ seat,
he would investigate
and be the user of one
every day. It is made
adjustable to any rea¬
sonable height, the
seat support being
made so as to fit into
a metal socket in the
floor, and can be
easily removed while
making ready or from
one press to another,
according to desire.
It is made of the very
best tested steel and
iron, nicely finished,
decorated, etc. The
resiliency had in this
seat supplies rest to
the user, thereby pro¬
moting good health
and efficiency. The
price is so reasonable
that no feeder or
printer ought to be
without this equip¬
ment.
Economic
This holder is fast be¬
coming popular among
printers who find it most
convenient to place then-
rollers in a holder to fit
around supporting columns
in the pressroom. As
many as sixteen cylinder-
press rollers can be con¬
veniently stored in this
style holder, and it makes
it possible to utilize space
in the pressroom which
would not otherwise be
used. This style provides
a great saving of space
and convenience about the
pressroom. Printers who
are cramped for space find
our Economic Model F
just what they want.
Model F Cylinder Roller Holder
Economic Model B Job Press Roller
Holder
We manufacture roller-
holders in almost any style
or size to fit the require¬
ments of the small or
large printing plants.
Model B is especially con¬
venient and suitable by
reason of its being con¬
structed on rollers, enabling
the pressman to move
from one press to another
or about the building.
Note the sanitary and
cleanly methods and pro¬
tection afforded by the use
of our Model B. Made of
cast iron, with holes
drilled to the size of the
core in rollers, holding
rollers in perpendicular
position. Our holders
make the washing of rol¬
lers very easy. Require
very small space. This
stand is manufactured
either with or without
legs.
If interested — send for particulars about the Hamilton Platen Press Brake
MONTGOMERY BROTHERS GO., St. Paul, Minn.
192
The New Buckeye Sample Bool(, together with cover suggestions
for any special jobs you may have on hand, may be had by writing
direct to the mill. Ask also for the “Buckeye Announcements ”
if you are not already receiving them.
THE BECKETT PAPER CO
Makers of Good Paper
in HAMILTON, OHIO, since 1848
hi ijgf - -
e
ones
Greatest
^/fctveriisimp
dAfedium
I ’HE present number and character of dealers
who sell Buckeye Covers is an impressive
tribute to the constantly increasing popularity of
“The Worlds Greatest Advertising Medium.”
The houses listed below are the representative
“square dealers” in their respective territories, and
the squarest of all the square deals they offer you
is Buckeye Cover.
BALTIMORE, Dobler & Mudge.
BOSTON, The Arnold-Roberts Co.
BOISE CITY, Idaho Paper Co.
BUFFALO, The Ailing & Cory Co.
CHATTANOOGA, Archer Paper Co.
CHICAGO, James White Paper Co.
J.W. Butler Paper Co. ("Paradox" Cover)
CINCINNATI, The Chatfield& Woods Co.
The Diem & Wing Paper Co.
The Whitaker Paper Co.
The Cincinnati Cordage &
Paper Co.
CLEVELAND, The Union Paper &
Twine Co.
COLUMBUS, The Central Ohio Paper Co.
DAYTON, The Keogh & Rike Paper Co.
DENVER, The Peters Paper Co.
DES MOINES, The Carpenter Paper Co.
DETROIT, The Union Paper & Twine Co.
INDIANAPOLIS, { L^P^er Co.^'
KANSAS CITY, MO.. Graham Paper Co.
LOS ANGELES, Zellerbach Paper Co.
MIDDLETOWN, O., The Sabin Robbins
Paper Co.
MILWAUKEE. The E. A. Bouer Co.
MINNEAPOLIS. McClellan Paper Co.
MONTREAL, Howard Smith Paper Co.,
Limited
NASHVILLE. Graham Paper Co.
NEW ORLEANS, E. C. Palmer & Co.
NEW YORK, Henry Lindenmeyr & Sons.
OAKLAND, CAL., Zellerbach Paper Co.
OMAHA, The Carpenter Paper Co.
PHILADELPHIA, Garrett- Buchanan Co.
piTTcm i itr1 J Phe Ailing & Corj Co.
miSHtKb, , TheChatfield& Woods Co.
PORTLAND, ORE., Pacific Paper Co.
RICHMOND, VA., Richmond Paper
Manufacturing Co.
ROCHESTER, The Ailing & Cory Co.
ST. LOUIS, Graham Paper Co.
ST. PAUL, Wright, Barrett & Stilwell Co.
SALT LAKE CITY, Carpenter Paper
Co. of Utah.
SAN FRANCISCO, Zellerbach Paper Co.
FOREIGN SELLING AGENTS.
Henry Lindenmeyr & Sons, London, Eng.
2-3
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uet
THE CHAMBERS
Paper Folding Machines
No. 440 Drop-Roll Jobber has range from 35x48 to 14x21 inches.
THE PRICE IS IN THE MACHINE.
CHAMBERS BROTHERS CO.
Fifty-second and Media Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Robert Dick
MAILER
Combines the three great
essentials to the publisher :
SPEED — SIMPLICITY —
DURABILITY. § Experts
address with our machines
8,556 papers in one hour.
<1 SO SIMPLE a month’s
practice will enable ANY
operator to address 3,000
an hour. Manufactured
in inch and half inch sizes
from two to five inches.
: . . = For further information, address . — =
Rev. ROBERT DICK ESTATE - 139 W. Tupper St., Buffalo, N. Y.
“The Best Quoins
on Earth”
HempePs 4 ‘Monarch” (Self-locking Quoin)
and HempePs “Improved”
Look for the trade-mark. It is on every package of Genuine Hempel Quoins,
and guarantees the quality.
— ON SALE AT ALL REPUTABLE DEALERS
H. A. HEMPEL Buffalo, N.Y.
Gold Medal awarded Hempel
at Paris Exposition 1 900.
Highest award at Pan American
Exposition 1901.
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I’M called ! What do you know about that? A gazabo from Chicago — a pressman, mind you — came over
the other day, slapped me on the wrist, and says, real sassy like : “ I’m the original Missourian — show me ! ”
Did I show him ? Leave it to me.
As a preliminary to the big show, I took him out to the testingroom, where (lucky) there happened to be six
No. 2’s on the floor, ready for testing. Buzz — z — zip ! Click — ity — click ! Bing ! I shoved the controller
over to the twenty-five hundred mark and, say — you’d ought to have seen that bunch of “Ponies” hit the grit.
Quite casual like, I mentioned the speed — -twenty-five hundred. Mr. “Johnnie Wise” looked at me rather
pityingly, then reached for his Ingersol ■ — -wouldn’t fall for it until he’d timed ’em himself- — they were doing it so
nice and easy-like, you know. After timing ’em two or three times to make sure, he put up his old turnip, never
saying a word, but I couldn’t help seeing that his respect for the STONEMETZ had gone up about fifty points.
Never mind, old kiddo, says I to myself. I’ve got you slippin’. Before I get through I’ll have you hooked right. Taking him
upstairs where a couple of STONEMETZ PRESSES are kept rigged up for just this purpose, we proceeded to get busy. And, say —
the tests that “piker” framed up — everything from a light hair-line-rule form for testing register up to a big mixed form of half-tones and
type for demonstrating “squeeze,” ink distribution, etc.
Now, I don’t want to make it too strong, and I won’t say that he put me up against anything so very unreasonable, when you come to dope
it all out — nothing more than a press should do to enable a fellow to turn out work to the best advantage. Anyhow, he was convinced that the
STONEMETZ would deliver the goods and afterward proved himself a prince by going home
and putting in a plug that brought a STONEMETZ order from the “ old man.”
All I’m kicking about now is that I can’t get a “call ” from a few more of you
Chicago fellows. If you can’t come over here, drop in at our Chicago showrooms and
take a peek. That’ll only cost a “white chip” for car fare, and Rerick, our Chicago man¬
ager, will stand for a smoke, I /(now that. Anyhow, send for the STONEMETZ printed
matter — that’ll help some.
The Challenge Machinery Co.
Grand Haven, Mich., U. S. A.
Salesroom and Warehouse: 124 S. Fifth Ave., Chicago.
One Printer in Chicago Made
$6,000 LastYear
With Two Machines, Printing
Letters Exclusively.
You can do likewise. The local
printer can build up an immensely
profitable side line by printing
perfect imitation letters, circulars,
etc., with this automatic letter
machine.
It is substantially built, its action
is as accurate as the best watch. It
prints 7^ by 13 on 9 by 14 paper ;
speed 5,400 per hour at full speed
and 1,500 per hour at lowest speed.
It produces smooth, clean, match-
able copies — the interlocking type
and patent resilient chase does the
work. Motor driven from light
circuit, cost but one cent per hour;
is fool-proof, any office boy can
h indie it ; easy and simple paper feed,
no adjustment, except pressure and
margins; is equipped with auto¬
matic ribbon reverse and automatic
paper jogger which sets from postal
card to 81 by 13.
This press is made to use any
type, electros, zincs or woodcuts
without cutting or bending. Any¬
thing type high fits the chase and
produces perfect work.
Send for descriptive matter, price, and full particulars.
AUTOMATIC LETTER MACHINE COMPANY, 39 W. Adams Street, Chicago, III.
195
Hamilton’s
■ * * ■ MODERNIZED ■ ■ ■ *
COMPOSING-ROOM
FURNITURE
A VITAL FORCE IN COST REDUCTION
There was a time, and not so very long ago, when the ordinary Printers’ Common Case Stand
and the Square Leg Stone Frame were the cheapest articles of composing-room equipment to be
had. They were the best because there was nothing else obtainable.
But now! think of using such furniture in an up-to-date office. Yet, thousands are still sold;
we make them and they are sold to printers at close to cost, but it is the most expensive investment
a printer can make.
These articles will cost the printer from $5.00 to $10.00 each at the start. Every Common
Stand and Square Leg Stone Frame will cost him more than that each year — in waste of space,
50 to 100%, in loss of composing-room labor, 25 to 50%.
A modern Composing-room Cabinet will cost the printer from $75.00 to $90.00 net, but that’s
the end of it. Such a piece of furniture will not assess the printer each year several times the
cost in loss of floor space and labor. On the other hand, it pays him dividends amounting to about
100% of cost each year.
A printer will pay several hundred dollars for a press — one man works at it. He pays the
price because there is no press obtainable at $5.00 to $10.00 that will do the work. Yet he will pay
$5.00 for a Common Stand and $10.00 for a Square Leg Stone Frame — each article accommoda¬
ting two workmen, and the printer will congratulate himself that he is economizing.
There are thousands of printing-office proprietors who will tell the superintendent that the
composing-room equipment is good enough. The superintendent usually knows better. These
printers need a bomb to awaken them from their Rip Van Winkle sleep. Many of them will see
the light a little late in the game.
Hundreds of composing-rooms have already been re-eqnipped. Each day sees a new convert to
the idea of modernized composing-room furniture.
W© are
interested
in the ques¬
tion of Modern¬
ized Furniture and
we would like to have
your representative show
us a floor plan of our compos¬
ing-room as you would rearrange
it, with a view to our installing such
furniture as you can show us would soon
be paid for in the saving accomplished.
Name .
Street and No .
City . State .
Hav^you a copy of “Composing-room Economy”? .
If you are interested, fill out the attached coupon and send it to us, or to your dealer, ask for a
copy of “Composing-room Economy,” showing floor plans of thirty-two modernized composing-
rooms in some of the leading printing plants in the United States.
THE HAMILTON MFG. CO.
Main Office and Factories .
Eastern Office and Warehouse
TWO RIVERS, WIS.
. . RAHWAY, N. J.
ALL PROMINENT DEALERS SELL HAMILTON GOODS
A VALUABLE LINE GAUGE, graduated by picas and nonpareils, mailed
free to every inquiring printer.
OUR NEW CATALOG OF SPECIAL FURNITURE IS NOW READY
2* Waite Die and Plate Press
Noted for its superior quality
of work, its strength and dura¬
bility and its low cost of oper¬
ation.
Uses 35% lighter weight wiping
paper than that required on any
other die press, consequently will
wear the die or plate less than
any other die press.
The only die press which will give
hair-line register at full speed.
Sizes : 6x 10 in., 5 x 9 in., 4x8 in., 3x5 in., 2x4 in.
E.A. Wright. president. Joseph Wright, vice pbes. E.A. Wright. Jr.,s«cy. *t«bas.
ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COMPANY
Gentlemen: — March 27, 1911.
We herewith send you settlement in full for the 6x10 Die and Plate Press, ****this being the third of your
Waite Die Presses which we have installed and have paid for after an exhaustive trial.
The 6x10 press is, and has been, running to our entire satisfaction. It is a splendid machine, and owing to
its size, deep jaw space, tremendous power and rigidity of impression, we are enabled to do a class of work on it
that can not be done on any other die press in our plant, and we have several of them of various makes.
Very truly yours,
E. A. WRIGHT BANK NOTE CO.
Auto Falcon & Waite Die Press Co., Ltd.
New York Life Building, 346 Broadway, New York
Factory : Dover, N. H.
197
It gives double wear
where necessary -
To fully appreciate the real TYMPAN, you
should ask us for free samples ; then com¬
pare our specially manufactured TYMPAN
and satisfy yourself of its super-strength.
Swederope PlatineTympan
is a product made up from a knowledge of
what the printer requires, is made to wear
where the wearing qualities are important.
Detroit Sulphite Pulp & Paper Co.
Makers of Papers of Strength
DETROIT . MICHIGAN
Dinse, Page
& Company
Electrotypes
Nickeltypes
■ -- . = AND — =====
Stereotypes
725-733 S. LASALLE ST.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
TELEPHONE, HARRISON 718S
»
ACCURACY AND SPEED
is a combination in wire
stitchers to be found only in
“BREHMER” machines.
Over 30,000 in use
WRITE OUR
“SERVICE
BUREAU”
SIMPLICITY of con¬
struction explains the
small cost of renewal
parts.
No. 33. For Booklet and other General
Printers’ Stitching.
No. 58. For heavier work up to %-inch. Can be fitted with
special gauge for Calendar Work.
CHARLES BECK COMPANY
609 CHESTNUT STREET
PHILADELPHIA
198
199
Sheridan’s New Model
Manufacturers of Paper Cutters, Book Trimmers, Die Presses, Embossers, Smashers,
Inkers, and a complete line of Printers’ and Bookbinders’ Machinery
NEW YORK ... 56 Duane Street
CHICAGO . . 17 So. Franklin Street
LONDON . . 65-69 Mount Pleasant
T. W. & C. B. SHERIDAN CO.
Automatic Clamp — Improved— Up to Date
Write for Particulars, Prices and Terms
200
€JJ “ Listen ! ” When a competitor is noth¬
ing but an imitator he should be a “Jap”
and steal name-plate and all.
€(I “Listen!” Those who imitate and
never originate are simply back
numbers. They are never up with the
procession.
€[[ “Listen!” We have originated all up-
to-date improvements in paper-folding
machinery during the past thirty years.
It is our one and only specialty.
Brown Folding Machine Company
Erie, Pa.
NEW YORK, 38 Park Row CHICAGO, 345 Rand-McNally Bldg.
ATLANTA, GA., J. H. Schroeter & Bro.
201
HERE IS CONVENIENCE AND FIRE PROTECTION FOR YOUR PRINTING PLANT
Send for Booklet
For Sale by leading printers’ supply houses and hardware dealers,
or write us direct for circulars and prices.
The Justrite Mfg. Co., 332 S. Clinton Street, CHICAGO
CANADIAN AGENTS '! N1'r/L™ Wlnn|peg and Toromo
\ GEO. M. STEWART, Montreal
Patented,
l^Justrite Oily Waste Can
OPEN WITH THE FOOT
A convenience that makes it easier to throw oily waste in the can than to stick it
under a bench — that keeps your plant clean and orderly and cultivates neatness among
your employees.
An effective fire protection that keeps all the dangerous oily-soaked waste
in non-leaking cans under tight-closing lids, thus reducing the danger of spon¬
taneous combustion and stray matches.
Absolutely no desire on part of workmen to block cover open. No springs to
get out of order. Always closed when not in use.
Each can hears the official label of the National Board of Fire
Underwriters, which insures you protection against the so-called
approved inferior waste cans, _
Patented in
United States
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Uses Fine and Coarse
Staples.
Binds to %-inch .
Has Automatic
Clinching and
Anti-clogging De¬
vices.
Equipped with both
Flat and Saddle¬
back Tables.
Holds 250 Staples at
a charge.
Wire Staple
Binder
Has served its
purpose in promi¬
nent printing es¬
tablishments for
many years.
Acme Staple Co.
LIMITED
112 North Ninth Street
CAMDEN, N. J.
The Best of
Its Kind
THE ACME
There Is But One
Process
— that process, the ability to execute
quick and satisfactory Electrotyping.
Our entire plant is fully equipped
with new and modern
machinery
and it goes without saying that our facilities, in
the hands of expert workmen , enable us to handle
your work with absolute satisfaction. ’Phone
Main 1611 and we will call for your business.
American Electrotype Co.
24-30 South Clinton St.
Chicago
As to the value of other things,
most men differ. Concerning the
Anderson Bundling Press
all have the same opinion.
The high pressure produced and the ease of obtaining it, is ONE reason
why so many ANDERSON BUNDLING PRESSES are used. Many
binderies have from two to twelve.
W rite for List of Users in your locality — -
C. F. ANDERSON & CO. 394-398 Clark St., CHICAGO
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TO GUARD AGAINST
the POSSIBILITY,,/ WEAR
has always been one of the chief aims in the manufacture of the Chand¬
ler & Price Gordon Presses. The very best material and workmanship
and a high standard in the construction of every part have made them
famous for their durability. It is carrying out this policy that an important
improvement is being placed upon the
THE CHANDLER &
PRICE CO. 9 Cleveland, O.
THE illustration shows the hardened steel segment
now being placed in the raceway of the large gear
cam wheel.
Owing to the fact that the cam roller and stud run¬
ning inside the raceway is hidden from view, and there¬
fore often neglected when the press is being oiled, the
roller sometimes, instead of revolving as it should, sticks
to the stud and slides in the raceway, cutting out the
wall of the cam and causing a disagreeable noise in
the operation of the press. This may also develop a slight
flutter in the platen.
To guard against this possibility of wear, the steel
segment is now being placed in the gear wheel, the roller
itself now receiving the wear in case it should stick and
slide, and may be renewed at slight cost and inconve¬
nience, as compared with the purchase of a new large
gear cam wheel.
Presses in use having worn cams can be permanently
repaired by purchasing a new large gear cam wheel with
a hardened steel segment.
ASK FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS
Chandler & Price
Gordon Presses
consisting of a hardened steel seg¬
ment, which reinforces and pro¬
longs the life of the Large Gear Cam
Wheel (illustrated and described
herewith).
Future purchasers of the Chandler
& Price Gordon Press will receive
the benefit of this improvement
without additional expense, and this
is only another indication of the
manufacturers’ desire to place on the
market the best of all Platen Presses,
at moderate cost.
For Sale by
Dealers
203
THE TRUTH
About the Autopress
H. Gintzler, Buffalo, X. Y., kept record of
Autopress performance for 20 weeks. Aver¬
age output 3,472 impressions per hour.
The Burrow Press, Pensacola, Fla., say their
average output on the Autopress is 30,000
per day.
X. C. Tompkins, Atlanta, Ga., says the Auto-
press is giving such satisfaction that he will
soon need another.
The Times Mirror Ptg. & Binding' House,
Los Angeles, Cal., say the Autopress is a
money-maker for any print-shop.
J. B. Judson, of Gloversville, X. Y., is getting
4,500 an hour with hair-line register.
Chas. S. Beelman, of Fremont, Ohio, says he
ran 10,000 impressions from big half-tone
form in 2 hours and 10 minutes without
spoiling more than 6 sheets.
Frank Smith, Trenton, X. J., says he produced
20,000 impressions on the Autopress in 5
hours with an operator of only 4 days’
experience.
The Loose Leaf Binder Co., of Kalamazoo,
Mich., say that one set of electrotypes
showed no wear after a run of 200,000
impressions.
The Gill Printing Co., of Mobile, Ala., say that
all kinds of work look alike to the Auto-
press — long runs, short runs, good stock
or bad, large forms or small.
Chas. H. Ballou, Utica, X. Y., says the Auto¬
press does neat, clean work better and
faster than he ever saw it done before.
H. R. Melster, Jacksonville, Fla., sent draft
with order to insure quick delivery.
Hennegen & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, say they
got 42,000 impressions in 8 hours, including
make-ready and 4 form changes. They
have 2 Autopresses and want more.
Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn, X. Y., after many
months’ use of their two Autopresses say
the results in output and quality improve
all the time — they got 5,400 impressions
an hour with gold ink on one occasion.
The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga,
Tenn., say the Autopress is the greatest
piece of job press machinery on the market
■ — bar none.
Xaegele Ptg. Co., Helena, Mont., say they
don’t know how they ever got along with¬
out the Autopress. They ran 10,000 bill
forms in two colors, 5,000 cards, two sides,
and 20,000 circulars, work and turn, all in
one day.
Prudential Insurance Co., Xewark, X. J., ran
34,000 impressions in 7\ hours and never
strained a nut. They have five Autopresses.
J. W. Shumate, Lebanon, Ind., says that the
man who turns down the Autopress will
make the mistake of his life.
The Peck Press, Xew York City (cranks on
statistics), say they turned out 1,957,657
impressions with 197 make-readies in 929
hours, averaging over 2,100 imp. per hour.
The Cascade Ptg. Co., Everett, Wash., say
they are better satisfied with the Auto¬
press every day — turning out in one day
29,120 impressions, with two make-readies
and three press changes.
The London Adv. Co., London, Canada, say
they think there’s nothing like the Auto¬
press; that it is in
fact the greatest
money-maker among
printing presses.
The Citizen Printing
Co., South Omaha,
4, Xeb., say the Auto-
1 press does as much
as any 4 jobbers on
the market, and for
half-tone work it is
equal to any 4-roller
cylinder press.
The Autopress is a Wonder
It is a small, compactly built cylinder job press with automatic feed and
a speed of 5,000 an hour. It automatically handles any kind of paper
in cut sheets generally used in commercial printing, in sizes up to 1 1 x17
inches and in weight from French folio to 140-lb. cardboard. Has the
finest ink distribution ever invented, the resulting Work equaling that of a
four-roller cylinder press. Hair-line register. Also handles envelopes
from 5% -inch up, automatically (with Special Envelope Feed) at from
3,500 to 5,000 an hour.
Sales are made on full guaranty.
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THE TRUTH
About the
Rosenthal Bros., of Chicago, bought one Auto¬
press, then another, and still want two
more. They say “that no press can earn
as much for them as the Autopress.”
Allison Coupon Co., of Indianapolis,
Ind., bought an Autopress, then another,
saying: “Eight job presses could not do
the work of two Autopresses in our plant.”
Weldon, Williams & Lick, of Fort Smith, Ark.,
bought one Autopress, then another, saying :
“We have been boosting the Autopress as
a money-maker.”
Rosenthal & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, have
two Autopresses — want two more, saying:
“It’s the only press for the printer.”
Geo. D. Bone & Son, of New Haven, Conn.,
say: “We have put the press through
severe tests and each time it has made
good. It has surpassed your claims.”
The Gazette, of Montreal. Canada, says : “The
Autopress is a very valuable little machine
and we consider that, as compared with
presses generally, it ranks to hold its place
very well as a money-maker.”
N. Allen Lindsay & Co., of Marblehead,
Mass., say: “We like the Autopress better
as time goes on and expect to put in
another.”
The Essex Press, of Newark, N. J., say: “The
Autopress proved highly satisfactory.”
Germania Fire Insurance Co., of New
York City, says: “The Autopress gives
more than expected satisfaction and we are
more than pleased with the results.”
Alabama Paper & Printing Co., of Bir¬
mingham, Ala., say: “You may refer any
printer to us and be
sure of our giving your
machine the recom¬
mendation it so justly
deserves.”
Guide Printing & Publish¬
ing Co., of Brooklyn,
N. Y., have two Auto¬
presses in operation,
and say “that the
presses absolutely came
up to their expecta¬
tions.”
Autopress
New York Life Insurance Co., of New
York, installed one Autopress, then another,
throwing out some jobbers and some cylin¬
der presses.
Latimer Press, New York, say: “The Auto¬
press is undoubtedly the most profitable
job -printing machine we ever had.”
American Druggists’ Syndicate, of L. I. City,
N. Y., say: “Our daily runs averaged for
one month 38,342 — 8 hours a day.”
W. H. Coyle & Co., of Houston, Texas, says:
“It’s a money-maker. The best yet.”
J. P. Correll, of the Sunday Call, Easton, Pa.,
says: “The Autopress is the machine that
is indispensable in every well-equipped
printing plant.”
M. P. Exline Co., Dallas, Tex., say: “We have
had various runs on widely different amounts
and on paper ranging from 8 to 24 pounds
folio, all of which have been delivered to
the jogger at a high rate of speed per hour —
even beyond what we dared expect, and
on all, the quality exceeded our expecta¬
tions.”
Haininille Process Mfg. Co., of Birming¬
ham, Ala., say they have put the Autopress
through some strenuous tests, that it has
satisfied them in every expectation, and
that it will save real money on pay-roll.
Win. B. Burford, of Indianapolis, Ind., who
installed two Autopresses, says: “We are
pleased with their working. They are cer¬
tainly great producers and we take great
pleasure in recommending them to our
friends. Want more if you have larger sizes.
There are hundreds of Autopresses in operation throughout the
United States. The above are merely examples of what users say.
Install an Autopress N O W and join the money-ma1(ers or you will let the other fellow gel
ahead of you. You owe it to yourself to l(now all about the Aulopress. A postal card
will bring you the information. OUR OUTPUT HAS BEEN INCREASED
THREE TIMES WITHIN A YEAR. FOR THE TIME
BEING AT LEAST YOU CAN GET QUICKER
DELIVERY. Write to-day.
M. D. KOPPLE, President
299 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
CHICAGO BOSTON FACTORY ATLANTA TORONTO
SAN FRANCISCO college point. l. i. LONDON
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I
Good-
to the Old Lock-Up
ISN’T it about time for you to shake yourself free from the
flimsy insecurity of your old lock-up methods — the shaky,
unstable hodge-podge of wedges and plugs by which your forms are
coaxed to an uncertain “lift?” Unworkmanlike, unprofitable, unsafe —
and escape is as easy for you today as a year from today. Are you
going to wait until you face the hour when your foreman and make-up
man throw down and tell you that they’re through — unless they can have
their cuts, slugs and rules brought to point measure by
The Miller Saw-T rimmer
- will you still stick to the losing game when you find you can’t get new men
to go on the job without their making the same demand for proper tools?
Be beforehand. The Miller will pay for itself from the jump
off, because it increases efficiency. It is a cutter and
trimmer combined, performing both operations in
one movement. It does its work on cuts, slugs,
rule, leads, furniture and every other component
of a printer’s form, all to exact point measurement
in every dimension. Everything cut on the Miller
comes out true to points— justifying squarely, solidly,
instantly, without resort to flimsy patchwork.
Pocket its
Earnings During A
Months’ Free Trial
'AKE us up today
on our proposal
to put a Miller into your shop for thirty days
at our risk. You have only to say so if you
don’t want it to stay. Call your stenographer
now while the spirit moves you.
Patented
April 9th,
1901, a n c
May 18th, 1909.
Other patents "
pending.
The Miller Saw
Trimmers are
fully covered by
U. S. and foreign
patents and pend¬
ing applications,
controlled exclu¬
sively by Miller-
Saw-T rimmerCo.
who will vigor¬
ously protect
its rights
therein.
Miller Saw-Trimmer
Co., Alma , Mich.
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The Swink High-Grade Press
Embodies every feature demanded by the
discriminating printer
Its register is ab¬
solute, impression
certain, and the
construction is
absolutely depend¬
able, compact,
simple and fool¬
proof. Built for
hard service.
Speed, per hour,
2,400. No better
Two-Revolution
press made — and
the price is right.
w
The Swink Printing Press Company,
Factory and General Offices
DELPHOS, OHIO
The HEXAGON
Universal Saw and Trimmer with Router and
Jig Saw Attachment Makes
a Complete Machine
A CIRCULAR SAW
and Trimmer with
gauge from 1 to 50
picas and our linotype slug
holder to cut plates, fur¬
niture, rules and linotype
slugs to accurate point
measure.
A Jig Saw for inside mor¬
tises for insertions and all
regular sawing.
A Radial Arm Router for
routing out plates for color
work and cutting out high
parts of electrotypes.
A Beveling Attachment
for beveling plates on edges
for tacks and patent plate
hooks or undercut bevel.
Furnished as individual
machines or in a complete
combination the attachments of which are readily and quickly
taken off or swung to one side, enabling the printer to do many
kinds of work.
Our confidence in this machine is so great that we are prepared
to give you a thirty days' free trial. If at the end of that
time you are not fully satisfied with it, you can return it at
our expense. Send for booklet.
HEXAGON TOOL COMPANY
Don’t Guess
At the size Motor required for that
press. Write for our Printers’ Guide,
which tells you just what size and speed
motor to install.
The proper motor will be cheaper to huy
and cheaper to operate. To specify
properly, requires special experience.
We have that — twenty-one years of it.
The Triumph Electric Go.
Cincinnati, Ohio
DOVER, N. H.
NEW YORK: 321 Pearl St.
CHICAGO: 1241 State St.
BRANCHES IN ALL LARGE CITIES
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I
The Printer Should
Use a Paper
— that meets the requirements of what the customer demands and expects.
The average consumer or customer is not an expert judge of what constitutes
the best paper in point of quality or effect, and the printer who would maintain his
reputation, please his customers and become known and established as the one
dependable print-shop for high-grade work, can not afford to deceive his customers
with a coated book paper calculated to act as a substitute in order to meet a price.
A Quality That Leaves Nothing to Be Desired
Years of study and preparation have enabled us to manufacture a perfect, always
uniform enamel book, and the handsome commercial catalogues, booklets and.pub-
lications produced on this paper stand as a final and complete demonstration of what
VELVO- ENAMEL will do for the printer. For the quality offered and the char¬
acter of work that can be produced, this paper is far in the lead, and its price makes
it a proposition worth the investigation of every printer who would be interested in
knowing of the best at the right price.
We carry the largest stock of Enamel Book, S. & S. C., and Machine Finish
Book Paper in Chicago, ready for quick delivery, in case lots or more,
in standard sizes and weights.
West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co.
(Incorporated)
General Offices: 200 Fifth Avenue, New York
Western Sales Office: Printers’ Building, Sherman and Polk Sts., Chicago
Mills at Tyrone, Pa.; Piedmont, W. Va.; Luke, Md.; Davis, W. Va.; Covington, Va.; Duncan
Mills, Mechanicsville, N. Y.; Williamsburg, Pa.
Cable Address: “ Pulpmont, New York.” A. I. and A. B. C. Codes Used.
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and
Still
Doing
Good
Work
“THE WEEKLY RECORD”
New Madrid, Mo.
C. B. Cottrell & Sons Co.,
New York, N. Y.
Dear Sirs We are glad to make the
following statement concerning the
Cottrell Drum Cylinder Press. Our
Press gives now, and always has given
excellent service, when properly han¬
dled. It is 39 years old, and although
several parts are worn and need replac¬
ing, the press is doing as good work as
when new. It is simple and easy to re¬
pair. We cheerfully recommend the
Cottrell Drum Cylinder Press, especial¬
ly for the country newspaper. We are
sending you under separate cover a
copy of last week’s ‘“Record" printed
on our press.
Yours truly,
W m . H. Moore
November 22d, 1909
“GERMANTOWN GUIDE”
Germantown, Pa.
C. B. Cottrell & Sons Co.,
41 Park Row, New York
Gentlemen: — We send you herewith
a copy of the “Guide” which is printed
on a Cottrell Press purchased in 1870
from the old firm of McKellar, Smith &
Jordan, and which has been in constant
use ever since. It has done some of the
finest work and is in good condition to¬
day. It affords me a great deal of pleas¬
ure to introduce callers to our “old and
well tried friend, the Cottrell Press.”
Yours truly,
The Germantown Guide
Years’
Continuous Service
SERVICE OF 40 YEARS is not exceptional — it is
to be expected from Cottrell Presses, because the
design is right, the material best suited for the
purpose, and the labor the best that can be ob¬
tained. That the Cottrell Single Revolution is
the acknowledged leader in its field is proven by
the number of users and the number who acknowledge its
superiority. The letters on this page are taken from a special
booklet and are only two of many. Better send for catalogue.
C. B. Cottrell & Sons Co.
25 Madison Square, N. MANUFACTURERS 279 Dearborn St.
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printer wants, and give it to him.
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the trade with care and accuracy.
The printer who is not equipped
to do these classes of work should
give us a trial. We are sure our
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Copyright, 1911, The Inland Printer Company.
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Printers and Binders,
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THE LEADING TRADE JOURNAL OF THE WORLD IN THE PRINTING AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES.
Vol. XLVII. No. 2.
MAY, 1911.
Terms
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Foreign, $3.85 per year.
Canada, $3.60 per year.
THE WORK OF THE ESTIMATOR.
BY ARTHUR Iv. TAYLOR.
NQUESTIONABLY the most
important part of the office-
work in conducting a print¬
ing business is making esti¬
mates of the cost of work for
customers and prospective
customers. The estimator, in
his capacity of making prices,
stands between the producer
and consumer — in his keep¬
ing is the financial success or
failure of the business.
The estimator should be a man so well versed
and grounded in actual practical knowledge of the
different operations, rather than one who theorizes
only, that he knows the short cuts, the efficient
methods that result in the work being produced
with the least expenditure for labor and material.
In this way only is he able to make his own work
productive. An extravagantly figured price gen¬
erally loses the job, the estimator’s time is wasted
and the establishment may unnecessarily gain a
reputation for prohibitive prices. A carefully
thought out and figured price represents a proposi¬
tion in which you can have confidence ; if you lose
the job you do not regretfully wish that you could
refigure it. If you secure the work, the manner of
its manufacture is already virtually planned, and
the ultimate profit of the operation is the measure
of the estimator’s skill in determining in advance
the labor and material that go into the finished
work, considering the organization and equipment
with which he has to deal.
It is the estimator’s duty to make an analysis
2-4
of each job on which he has to figure. If the stock
is not specified by the customer, it usually devolves
upon him to use his judgment to select the material
best fitted for the needs of the work in question.
He has to weigh carefully in his mind whether this
particular customer is a man of sufficient dis¬
crimination to appreciate stock that is above the
average in quality, and who will be willing to pay
accordingly, or perchance he belongs to that very
large class that prefers to permit saving in first
cost to outweigh any other consideration.
When the question of stock is determined, the
next problem is to see that it is furnished in such
sizes as to cut to best advantage. Here comes into
play the exercise of nice judgment, balancing the
cost of electrotypes and presswork against that of
stock, but more frequently the balancing of elec¬
trotyping with impressions of presswork.
As it frequently happens that jobs are worked
two-up, and forms may back themselves and be cut
apart, one of the most frequent errors in calcu¬
lating the cost of stock is to figure one-half as much
as required or double the quantity. Those who
have been estimating for a long period become so
experienced that they will feel intuitively that the
figure is wrong when either of these errors has
been made, but when a great number of items rep¬
resenting many operations are called for, even this
safeguard does not always warn us. A simple
balance that is now on the market, with a gradu¬
ated scale indicating the weight of five hundred
sheets, comes in very usefully here. By weighing
your dummy an instant’s calculation will tell you
whether you have made a vital error as to the quan-
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THE INLAND PRINTER
tity of stock. Some of the most careful estimators
have found this instrument a very welcome aid to
accuracy.
The indiscriminate making of estimates is a
trade abuse that represents no small portion of the
cost of doing business. We have it in our own
hands absolutely to correct this condition, and
great work in this direction is being done by the
different organizations of employing printers
throughout the country, but much yet remains to
be accomplished in this direction that can be done
by individual effort.
It can not be too strongly impressed upon
employing printers that we are not called upon
to comply with every request for a quotation.
Instead of immediately going to work at figuring
every time we are approached for a price it will
pay us well to give serious consideration to the
precise kind of proposition presented. There is
nothing much more depressing than figuring on
bids that you instinctively feel are simply a waste
of time, and as you naturally are unable to bring
to bear on such work your best efforts, it tends to
lower the standard of all your figuring.
There are many perfectly sound reasons why
you may politely decline to furnish estimates. The
job may represent one for which you feel that you
are not especially well fitted, and you may not wish
to increase your facilities in that direction. It is
conceivable to some enlightened minds to be good
business to decline seeking this order, and further,
that it might not bring on any serious manifesta¬
tions of nature’s forces should you direct the per¬
son asking the price to some other printer who may
be making a specialty of this particular kind of
work. Notwithstanding the ancient trade atti¬
tude in matters of this kind, such a course may
result in your doing three desirable things: you
may save some of your own valuable time — you
may be doing a service to the one seeking the
price — and you may make a friend of one in the
trade who may perchance some time return the
compliment.
You may have reason to believe a piece of work
presented to you for estimate is being likewise
hawked around to every Tom, Dick and Harry in
town for prices, and will go to the lowest bidder
with but scant consideration as to the question of
quality of the finished work. You feel morally
certain that you run no chance at all of securing
the work at a fair figure. Is there any good reason
why you should not state the case plainly but cour¬
teously to the man who is willing to take a part of
the time of a dozen different printers in the hope of
making for himself what perchance represents an
error of judgment on the part of the lowest bidder?
You can tell him with the clearest conscience
and a rising pride in your own spunk that, while
you may be able to give him a little better work or
somewhat superior service to some of your com¬
petitors from whom he will get a price, you feel so
certain your price for this work and service will
not be the lowest that you will have to ask him to
excuse you from the competition.
Suppose a man comes to you for a price on a
proposition, and you know that you would not
credit him under any circumstances. Is there any
reason why the question of terms should not be
raised immediately? If he is unable to make sat¬
isfactory arrangements for paying, is there any
reason why you should waste your time figuring?
It is decidedly the part of good business judg¬
ment to place too high a valuation on your own
time to be willing to waste it in unprofitable figur¬
ing, and by weeding out the unattractive proposi¬
tions offered you more time is made for the con¬
sideration of those that are desirable.
LD-TIME PRINTING
had the merit of care and
thoroughness in execu¬
tion. Modern methods
demanding speed have lost much
that characterized the work of
past ages. The Wycliffe Shop,
where we do printing, ourselves,
is a small shop, and the work we do is
looked after personally. We make print¬
ing according to the best traditions and we
use modern methods to give greater force
and beauty to the conceptions of our taste.
For “ Something Different ” consult
THE WYCLIFFE SHOP
ADVERTISING SUGGESTION.
PERFECT PEACE.
Doctor — Madam, your husband needs a perfect rest.
One of you must travel. — Exchange.
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Written for The Inland Printer.
HOW ELECTRIC LAMP LABELS ARE MADE.
BY GILBERT P. FARRAR.
EARLY every one connected
with the printing- business is
at times asked to explain how
various forms of specially
printed matter are produced.
Unless the follower of
printing is connected with the
company producing them, it is
not an easy matter to unfold
the mysteries surrounding some of the various spe¬
cial lines, because it is usually as astonishing to
those inside the craft as to those outside.
Take, for instance, the tiny, various shaped and
sized labels found on incandescent bulbs, or as
they are usually called, electric lights.
These labels are printed in one, two or three
colors, cut, counted and delivered for from 10 to
30 cents a thousand ! Think that over.
Yet there is more money in this class of work
for the people who do it than in any other branch
of the printing business.
The price varies according to the quantity, the
size, and the number of colors. Some lamp com¬
panies use many millions a year, where others use
only a few hundred thousand, or a few thousand.
There is one company that orders these labels in
forty-million lots.
Strange as it may seem, there are only two or
three — possibly four — concerns who do this class
of work. Why? Because the company doing this
work has to do lots of it to make money; and as
one of them can produce as many as a million
labels a day, it can easily be seen that they can keep
pace with those making the globes.
There are many kinds of electric-lamp labels.
Some are used to show the brand of the lamp, some
to show the voltage and wattage, and others are
used to give the patent dates or license.
The license labels are not gummed and are
placed between the wires inside the globe on some
special lines of globes. These labels are printed on
both sides of the sheet.
Then there are several sizes for labels. Some
are used on large Tungsten globes ; some on small,
round Gem globes, and others on the several regu¬
lation-sized electric globes.
But when several sizes are used on the same
brand lamp, the same style label is printed in the
different sizes.
When a new brand of globe is placed on the
market, the maker has the label company submit a
sketch for labels to be used on the globes. When
the sketch is approved, the artist makes the draw¬
ing for the label four times the size of the finished
label. An engraving is then made one-half the
size of the drawing.
This engraving is locked up with a point guide
on each side, put on a job press and about two hun¬
dred proofs printed. The proofs are now trimmed
close to the guide lines and pasted on a large card
double the size of the sheet to be printed. This
card is ruled with guide lines, so that when the
proofs are put on, the labels will be straight and an
equal distance from each other.
The gummed paper on which these labels are
usually printed comes 17 by 22 inches, and the card
on which the proofs are pasted holds 100, 200 and
sometimes 300 of these proofs, according to the
size of the label and the size of sheet to be used;
whether a half sheet of 17 by 22, a quarter sheet,
or an eighth sheet. From this card a zinc etching
is made one-half size, which brings the label down
to the right size (the original drawing having been
made four times the size of copy) . The zinc etch¬
ing is then put on press and the labels printed to
accurate register.
In handling the gummed paper on press, it is
necessary to roll back, or break the corners, in
order to make the sheet lay flat and come up to
the guides without sliding over. After this, the
gummed sheets are jogged up evenly, padded on
all four sides to insure each label being exactly one
above the other and thus avoid cutting into the
label.
The labels are cut with steel dies made the same
size and style of the-.sketch, allowing about a thirty-
second of an inch margin all around and sometimes
blending right into the printed matter, giving a
white-on-black effect. The die can be operated in
almost any kind of an automatic or controlled
punching machine; although most of these ma¬
chines are made for the purpose.
To assure accurate counting, they are padded
in lots of 100 ; and if each sheet has 100 labels on
it, when the whole sheet or lot is cut, there are
10,000 labels, which are put in a small pasteboard
box and marked with a sample of the label and the
quantity.
The voltage labels, on which only figures
appear, are set up in type and evenly spaced to
suit size of label and the size of sheet; the other
operations are the same.
On all sheets a sufficient margin is left between
each label to afford easy punching without draw¬
ing or sagging the row next to it.
NOT EASY.
“ What is the hardest work you do? ”
“ My hardest work,” replied Senator Sorghum, “ is try¬
ing to look like my photograph and talk like my speeches
when I get back to my home town.” — Washington Star.
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THE TYPOGRAPHY OF ADVERTISEMENTS.
NO. IV. - BY F. J. TREZISE.
“ Love not too many faces. Even Solomon failed when he set his head
upon a plurality of favorites. ”
ON CHOOSING THE TYPE.
IAT the advertisement de¬
pends largely for its effective¬
ness upon the type in which it
is set none will question. The
general design and the read¬
ability of the type are the
things which attract the atten¬
tion. Carefully prepared
copy is, of course, necessary
to good advertising, but before one reads even the
most alluring advertisement his attention must be
attracted to it in some way. This is accomplished
by good design and pleasing type-faces. The
printer who can, taking into consideration the
effect of design and type upon the optic nerve, set
advertisements in such manner that they are not
only pleasing to read, but even seem to invite a
We are all aware of the fact that
some types are easier to read than
others — that some book pages, be¬
cause of the type in which they are
set, invite a reading, while others
are more or less displeasing — even
repulsive in appearance. The eye
takes to the one page readily and
easily, while it must be forced to
read the other ; and the desirable
thing in typography is that in form
and type the advertisement shall be
attractive to the eye. We must,
then, use the type that is the most
easily read, and it naturally follows
that the Roman types, either old-
style or modern, are, because of
their constant use, the most easily
read by the average person. Even
though the bold-face types be of the
same general design as the Roman
Fig. 20. — The ordinary roman letter is the
most easily read by the normal eye. Compare
with Figs. 21 and 22.
reading, is enabled to produce the kind of adver¬
tising typography that really counts, for, after all
is said and done, it is the form, or typographical
appearance, of the advertisement, that first attracts
the eye.
We are all aware of the fact that some types
are easier to read than others — that some book-
pages, because of the type in which they are set,
invite a reading, while others are more or less dis¬
pleasing — even repulsive in appearance. The eye
takes to the former readily and easily, while it
must be forced to read the latter — and the desir¬
able thing in advertising-typography is that in
form and type the advertisement shall be attract¬
ive to the eye, and read without effort.
We are all aware of the fact
that some types are easier to
read than others — that some
book pages, because of the
type in which they are set,
invite a reading, while others
are more or less displeasing
— even repulsive in appear¬
ance. The eye takes to the
one page readily and easily,
while it must be forced to
read the other ; and the de¬
sirable thing in typography
is that in form and type the
advertisement shall be at¬
tractive to the eye. We must,
then, use the type that is the
most easily read, and it natu¬
rally follows that the Roman
types, either the old-style or
modern, are, because of their
Fig. 21. — Even though this type is bold and
strong in tone it is not as easily read as the type
shown in Fig. 20.
We must, then, use the type that is the most
easily read. This, of course, is the roman letter.
Centuries of its use, together with the fact that
from our earliest associations we are constantly
confronted by the roman letter, make its reading
seem natural. Then, too, the fact remains that
despite all attempts, no one has as yet been enabled
to produce a letter-form which in legibility and
distribution of color is superior, or even equal, to
the classic roman letter of the Renaissance.
To illustrate this, consider for a moment Figs.
20, 21 and 22. Fig. 20 is set in ten-point Caslon
Old-style, Fig. 21 in ten-point Caslon Bold and
Fig. 22 in ten-point Hearst. Of the three, the
first one is the most easily read by the normal eye.
Fig. 21, because of its general resemblance in
design to the ordinary roman letter, perhaps
comes next in legibility, while Fig. 22, departing
as it does from the standard roman forms, is the
least legible of them all.
An interesting point in this connection, and
one which proves conclusively the greater legibil¬
ity of the plain roman type-faces, is the fact that
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proofreaders, while able to grasp words, and even
groups of words, in reading proof on matter set in
ordinary roman type, will, in reading matter set in
display type, spell out the words letter by letter,
their unfamiliarity with the forms making them
less sure of correctness in their reading.
“ But,” some one says, “ the heavier and bolder
type-faces furnish a greater contrast to the white
of the paper, and therefore should be the easier to
read.”
It is true that a greater contrast of color is fur¬
nished in the use of the bolder type-faces, but to
force these greater contrasts on the eye is to lit¬
erally club it into reading the text, whether or no.
Are the salesman’s statements of better selling
value because they are shouted loudly in direct
contrast to the quiet of the office? There may be,
and undoubtedly are, some on whom this force is
necessary, but to those who are sufficiently edu¬
cated and intelligent to be reached through the
appeal of the advertisement, the quiet dignity of
We are all aware of the
fact that some types are
easier to read than others
— that some book pages,
because of the type in
which they are set, invite
a reading, while others are
more or less displeasing —
even repulsive in appear¬
ance. The eye takes to
the one page readily and
easily, while it must be
forced to read the other ;
and the desirable thing
in typography is that in
form and type the ad¬
vertisement shall be at¬
tractive to the eye. We
must, then, use the type
that is the most easily
read, and it naturally
Fig. 22. — Another form of heavy display type
which is less legible than the ordinary roman
shown in Fig. 20.
the salesman’s statements made in well-modulated
tones will be more attractive.
The strong contrasts are not desirable as a
regular thing. Red and green form, as do the
other combinations of complementary colors, vio¬
lent contrasts — but a very little of these color
combinations is sufficient to the average person.
As we become educated and civilized and grow
in refinement our appreciation of the more sub¬
dued and broken colors increases, and we prefer
these hues to the strong raw primary colors so
pleasing to the savage. And as our appreciation
of colors grows more refined, so also does our
regard for the lighter, more delicate type-faces,
and we no longer care to be clubbed into reading a
thing through the use of brutally large and black
letters.
Our big advertisers appreciate this. One of
the most extensively advertised industries of
Fig. 23. — A page that is legible and pleasing
to the eye, showing that “ display ” type is not
necessary to good advertising.
to-day is the automobile industry. All of the abil¬
ity and skill that can be produced is brought to
bear upon the construction of automobile adver¬
tisements, and it is a noticeable fact that in their
typography, and especially of late, the old-style
types play the leading part, the heavy job-faces
being conspicuous by their absence. This is shown
in Fig. 23, a page advertisement from one of the
popular magazines. One can not but note the ease
with which a page of this kind is read, and the
absence of the “ screaming ” heavy-faced letters.
A comparison of Figs. 24 and 25 will still better
illustrate this point. In the former, we have large,
black letters of various designs, even the text mat¬
ter being set in a display letter. The whole adver¬
tisement is confusing and forbidding, and offers
nothing pleasing to attract the eye. In Fig. 25, the
use of the plain roman types gives a page that is
easily read, and does not offend by its heavy color.
True, the advertisement shown in Fig. 24 is handi¬
capped by an illustration of unusual shape, but
that this is not responsible for the objectionable
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features noted is shown in the fact that they are
most apparent at the top of the advertisement
where the shape of the cut is of no influence.
Another point of interest to the compositor is
the manner in which the small type in Fig. 25 has
been set in two columns, rather than in long lines
across the page. This is desirable where ordinary
body-type is used, as scientists tell us that the eye
does not readily take in a line that is more than
approximately three and one-half inches in length.
We come, then, to the position that the roman
are essential to posters, window-cards, etc. — which
are to be read at a distance — but in the pages of
a magazine, to be read at close range, they are, to
say the least, offensive.
This, of course, does not apply to the heavy¬
faced types in the smaller sizes. In small adver¬
tisements which contain a large amount of matter,
and in which the largest type-face that can be used
is in the neighborhood of twelve or fourteen point,
it is, of course, necessary to resort to the boldfaced
letters in order to gain the desired prominence.
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yourself in advance against the dangers of skidding, and the
annoyances of tire-changing by the old laborious way
Don’t stop short of the best for your own car — equip it right
now with the preferred equipment of America's best cars:
Firestone
NON-SKID = Quick-Detachable
TIRES = DEMOUNTABLE RIMS
pRESTONE NON-SKIDS ENSURE
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Tougher rubber and
it than on the tread of
tire — more miles of
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rubber — absolute safety
from skid accident All fot
only about 6% higher
price than the ^regular
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hanging them.
THE FIRESTONE TIRE &
RUBBER CO., Akron, 0
Fig. 24. — Here the use of “ display ” letters
results in a page that is confusing to the eye
and hard to read. Compare with Fig. 25.
Fig. 25. — A pleasing advertisement that is
easily read. One does not feel the need for other
type-faces in order to get a proper display.
Compare with Fig. 24.
types, because of their admitted excellence of
design, as well as their constant use -in other fields,
are the easiest read by the normal eye.
Of the roman type-faces, we have the old-style
and the modern. As to the relative legibility of
the two there is something to be said on both sides,
but, generally speaking, they are equally good. The
old-style letter, especially the Caslon, is at its best
on antique papers, the coated papers lending them¬
selves better to the use of the modern type-faces.
The fact, however, that some modern type-faces
contain characteristics peculiar to the old-style,
and vice versa, to such a degree that even some
printers are confused as to their classification,
indicates that the choice between them is largely
a matter of personal opinion.
In the interest of good printing we must sin¬
cerely hope for the speedy coming of the day when
most of the boldfaced roman types will be elimi¬
nated from our magazine pages. We have no par¬
ticular fault to find with heavy job-faces. They
“ But,” asks some one, “ how are we to secure
a proper display for some lines if we don’t use
heavy type-faces?” In nearly every case this can
be accomplished by a variety in the sizes used for
the different parts of the advertisements, although
slightly heavier faces are sometimes desirable.
Display is a relative proposition, and of course if
the text matter of an advertisement is set in bold¬
faced type, the bringing out or emphasizing of cer¬
tain lines will necessitate the use of still bolder
and larger faces. In a consideration of Fig. 25,
though, one does not feel the need of a heavier
type-face for the display — the larger sizes of the
roman capitals being sufficient for all the neces¬
sary prominence.
Generally speaking, lower-case should be used
in advertisement composition, rather than capitals.
A dignified formal announcement may be effect¬
ively typed in roman capitals — but the advertise¬
ment, which should be set in a letter that will
easily lead the eye from one line to the other with-
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out effort, is at its best in the lower-case. Com¬
pare, for illustration, the advertisements shown in
Figs. 26 and 27. In the former the use of all capi¬
tals has resulted in an advertisement which must
be studied out rather than read at a glance, while
in the latter the lower-case is read without effort.
TAILOR-MADE
CLOTHING
EQUAL TO THE VERY
BEST IN STYLE
FIT AND
FINISH
SURE TRADE MAKERS
SNAPPY STYLES IN SUITS AND OVERCOATS
FOR FALL AND WINTER, 1909
READY FOR YOUR INSPECTION
A. DINKELSPEIL CO.
COR. N. ST. PAUL AND ANDREWS STS.
ROCHESTER, N. Y
NEW YORK SALESROOM 821-823 BROADWAY
Fig. 26. — The use of all capitals has resulted in an advertisement
which must be studied out rather than read at a glance.
Even this legibility would be a trifle enhanced by
a slight spacing between lines.
Display lines set in lower-case are to be pre¬
ferred to those set in capitals for the same reason
that plain roman type is preferable to other faces
— they are more easily read by the average person.
And an advertisement set all in lower-case pre-
FI E way you look,
and, still more, the way
you feel, depends on the shoes you
wear.
In our Selz Royal Blue shoes you get
looks and comfort; and more of both for
the money than in any other shoes sold.
Selz shoes $3 to $6.
Leon’s
Selz Royal Blue Stores
Northwest comer Clark and Madison
51 W. Madison 106 S. Clark 4 S. Dfearbom
Southeast comer Dearborn and Van Buren
Fig. 27. — An advertisement set in all lower-case is read without effort.
serves a harmony of shape not found in the adver¬
tisement in which lines of capitals are used. In
the consideration of this point, however, one must
not overlook the design as a whole, and where the
general appearance of the advertisement can be
improved by the addition of a line of capitals it
would be useless to argue for its omission in order
to procure a complete harmony of shape.
Shall the gothic letter (called in the printing-
office text) be used in the composition of adver¬
tisements? This is a question which is frequently
asked, and one which has brought out much differ¬
ence of opinion. While of course the gothic letter
is not nearly as readable as is the roman form,
and its use in quantities such as a full page or even
a large group of lines would result in an illegibility
detrimental to the best advertising results, the set¬
ting of a line or two in this form of letter is at
times not only permissible, but even desirable, the
decorative effect gained by its use being a pleasing
variation from the plainer roman.
We note with much satisfaction the passing of
the lining gothics from our advertising pages.
While these letter forms are, without question,
easily read and desirable at times in the smaller
sizes, we can not but feel that in the larger sizes
they are crude and without beauty.
A summing up of the foregoing, then, brings
us to these conclusions :
That the roman type, either modern or old-
style, is the easiest for the normal eye to read,
because this is the letter-form with which the eye
is the most familiar.
That the heavier roman faces, although not
more readable than the lighter types, are offensive
to the eye because of their strong color.
That proper display ordinarily can be gained
by variation in the sizes of the same series.
That an advertisement set in all lower-case is
more easily read than one set in all capitals.
That display lines which are set in lower-case
are more easily read than those which are set in
capitals.
That a complete harmony of shapes is attained
where an advertisement is set in all lower-case of
one series.
AN APPEAL TO REASON.
This is the season for planting seed,
'Tis also the printers’ time of need ;
Sow radish seed, and lettuce, too.
Pay the printers whatever is due.
Go build yourself an onion bed,
Remember the printer must be fed ;
Sow several rows of early peas,
Pay for last year paper, please.
Dig up around each strawberry vine,
If you want the Review, drop us a line ;
Plant some potatoes to put in the hash.
Remember the printer is short of cash.
Fix up a hill or so of beans,
With the editor divide your means ;
Of watermelons you’ll need a patch —
The editor’s pants needs one to match.
— Reeseville (Wis.) Review.
AN INVENTOR’S SUBSTITUTE.
“ Do you think that our Joe’s inventions will work? ”
asked Mrs. Corne. “I hope so,” answered her husband;
“ I know well that Joe won’t.”
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WORDS AND THEIR WAYS.
BY P. HORACE TEALL.
ORDS and their ways are
worthy of much more careful
study by proofreaders than
the proofreaders usually make
of them, although many read¬
ers certainly know very well
the difference between good
and poor uses of words. The
kind of study meant here
would be hard to define, if not impossible to delimi¬
tate effectively, and is better left for personal
determination. Pressing need of more care is
shown by a common misuse of a word, which seems
to be spreading rather than subsiding. How often
we see the mistake that was made by the reporter
who wrote of “ the houses that comprise the row,”
and the other who mentioned “ the companies that
comprise the regiment.” Of course the members
of anything compose the aggregate, and the houses
and companies do not comprise, but are themselves
comprised. Every proofreader should unhesi¬
tatingly correct this misuse at sight.
A strong incentive to word-study was thus
expressed by Lindley Murray: “It may indeed
be justly asserted that many of the differences in
opinion amongst men, with the disputes, conten¬
tions, and alienations of heart, which have too
often proceeded from such differences, have been
occasioned by a want of proper skill in the connec¬
tion and meaning of words, and by a tenacious
misapplication of language.” This was written in
the eighteenth century, but it is just as true in the
twentieth century. Murray said many other things
that have not ceased to be true, although other
methods of presenting the same truths have super¬
seded his method. One of his statements in defense
of certain grammatical opinions differing from
those of other grammarians is worthy of recall¬
ing: “A principle may be warrantably adopted,
and carried to a precise convenient extent, with¬
out subjecting its supporters to the charge of
inconsistency, for not pursuing it beyond the line
of use and propriety.”
A great difficulty, and the one probably most
prominent in Murray’s thought in writing the first
sentence quoted from him above, lies in the varia¬
tion in personal understanding of certain words.
Probably no thought can not be unmistakably
expressed, but many sentences are written and
spoken so that, although perfectly clear in the
author’s mind, they are misunderstood by the
reader or hearer, largely through differing asso¬
ciations attaching to some word or words. This
difficulty can not always be overcome by sugges¬
tion of change, but often the thoughtful and stu¬
dious proofreader might be helpful in this way;
nay, he often is so helpful, but not often enough.
We must not forget that the proofreader is handi¬
capped by circumstances beyond his control, espe¬
cially the disinclination of many authors to have
their writing “ meddled with.” Although authors
are just like other people, some courteous and
thankful for such favors from proofreaders and
some not only ungrateful, but almost sure to be
offended by the least “ presumption,” as they call
it, it is an unfortunate fact that the unpleasant
ones are so many that naturally proofreaders are
inclined to do only what is demanded of them.
Nevertheless, the proofreader will surely find it
profitable to be well equipped in knowledge and
understanding, especially of the proper use of lan¬
guage. We wish here simply to offer a few thoughts
that seem fitted for helpfulness, mostly through
suggestiveness.
We find in William Chauncey Fowler’s “ Eng¬
lish in its Elements and Forms” the saying that
“ the leading men in the greater or smaller com¬
munities, the editors of periodicals, and authors
generally, should exercise the same guardian care
over it [language] which they do over the opinions
which it is used to express.” Yet Dr. Fowler,
whose work is largely logical as well as gram¬
matical, says : “ Language is imperfect because
the term in a proposition, if it has any meaning in
the mind of the speaker, has a different one from
what it has in the mind of the hearer,” obviously
reversing the order of speaker and hearer. He
gives one example of what he calls imperfection :
“ The phrase beast of burden might, to one mind,
mean a horse; to another, a mule; to another, a
camel.” He loses from his thought the vital dif¬
ferentiation that, while the phrase might connote
a particular animal, it can mean only what it says
perfectly, some animal. The person who attaches
a concrete meaning to an abstract phrase does not
thereby vitiate the perfection of the phrase as an
entity of expression. He merely shows imperfec¬
tion in his own mentality.
“ It should be added,” continues Dr. Fowler,
“ that there is great vagueness in the common use
of language, which, in practice, increases its imper¬
fection as a medium of thought.” Here a truth is
strikingly exemplified in its own expression, since
it is indisputably true that many printed sentences
are not as clear as they should be, so that different
readers get different impressions of their mean¬
ing. Probably no writer is altogether free from
vagueness of expression, and such vagueness is
mainly the natural outcome of vagueness of
thought. Dr. Fowler’s thought shows this, in
attributing imperfection to the language, when
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the only imperfection is in the use of the language.
The world may be challenged to point out a vague
or imperfect sentence whose intention could not
be clearly and perfectly expressed. Thus the imper¬
fection is not plainly in the language as a medium,
but almost entirely in the mental equipment of
those who use it.
Words have many ways of differing in the
sense they convey, and they often will be vaguely
construed by those who fail in recognizing these
differences, which are usually solvable by means
of their context. We have space for only two
examples, which may be sufficient to typify a com¬
mon failure in understanding, resulting mostly
from hasty conclusion. Recently a prominent
newspaper was brought to task for saying that a
show “ opened on a certain day,” the critic insist¬
ing that it could not have been “ on ” a day. Thus
one of the absolutely settled idioms of the language
was nullified for one person simply because he
would not take time to think of any meaning of the
word on except the literal physical one that is com¬
monest in its use. Another newspaper asserted
that tireless was not a decently usable word,
though it had been commonly used for centuries,
and is no more objectionable than other words
never objected to, as resistless, ceaseless, etc.
These are not ideally made etymologically, but
they show, by their unquestioned acceptance, that
etymological fitness is not the only test by which
such acceptance may be secured.
THE PROOFREADER.
BY DEWEY AUSTIN COBB.
I wrote my program, set my dates, assigned
Each actor to the part he was to take;
I chose my printer, paper, and the kind
Of type I thought the fairest sheet would make.
With every resource of the printer’s art
The work was done. Then back to me one day
It came — so changed it almost broke my heart;
For Fate corrects our proofs her own grim way.
PARTING WHITE AND BLUE.
At an important state function in London blue tickets
were issued to persons in high rank, admitting them to that
part of the hall reserved for members of the royal family.
Less distinguished guests were given white tickets. Through
some mistake an important public man received a blue card
while his wife received a white one.
When the couple reached the audience chamber there
began the trouble, inasmuch as the lady firmly declined to
be separated from her husband. An aide endeavored to
reason with her, pointing out the dreadful consequences
that would follow a mingling of blue and white.
“ How absurd ! ” exclaimed the lady. “ What do you
take us for — a seidlitz powder? ”
She was permitted to enter with her husband. — Ex.
A LITERARY DISPUTE.
Richard Le Gallienne, the noted poet, said at a dinner at
the Hotel Westminster, in New York:
“ Literary disputes are interesting if properly con¬
ducted. Too many of them, however, are suggestive of the
Shakespearean dispute in Tin Can.
“ Professor Bill Billus, of the Tin Can Dancing Acad¬
emy, delivered a lecture in the Lone Hand saloon, and in the
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course of his argument recited ‘ The Boy Stood on the Burn¬
ing Deck,’ a gem, he declared, from Shakespeare’s ‘ Othello.’
“ But an interrupter arose and strode forward.
“ ‘ I am a Boston gent,’ said the interrupter, ‘ and I
certify that no Shakespeare never wrote that piece.’
“ ‘ Friend,’ said Professor Billus, gently, ‘ I can convince
you that he done so.’
“ ‘ Convince away,’ said the Bostonian, skeptically.
“ So Professor Billus led off with his right foot and fol¬
lowed up the argument with a brass cuspidor, falling in
the subsequent clinch on top.
“ ‘ Who writ the piece? ’ he shouted, as he pummeled his
opponent steadily.
“ ‘ Shakespeare,’ the Bostonian answered in smothered
tones from beneath.
“ ‘Are you sure? ’ asked the professor.
“ ‘ Dead sure,’ was the reply. ‘ I seen him do it.’ ”
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Written for The Inland Printer.
TIME!
BY 0. A. HARTMAN.
HERE was a gathering of
printers held recently in New
York — linotype operators,
hand-men, proofreaders and
two foremen of large news¬
paper plants, and while they
were in a reminiscent mood the
subject turned to the idiosyn-
cracies of the individual print¬
ers different ones had known. A foreman of an
office employing perhaps one hundred men, said :
“We are all thoroughly familiar with the man in
the printing-office who is always the last to get to
his case in the morning, the last to return to his
work from lunch, and who frequently ‘ has busi¬
ness down-stairs ’ during the day where he man¬
ages to dispose of from ten to twenty minutes of
the employer’s time.”
It is true that this class of man does exist but
fortunately for the trade his numbers are few,
and we believe that he belongs to that old school
of printers to whom time was never the very
essence of the contract. Latter-day progressive¬
ness, with its batteries of quick-firing machines of
all kinds, and Johnny-on-the-minutiveness, have
all combined to sound the everlasting requiem of
him who would leave to the last minute that which
should have been anticipated rather than deferred.
Our old friend is the target for the shafts of
sarcasm hurled by his fellow laborers; he is the
despair of those in authority, because even though
he may be a good workman when “on the job,” he
is forever getting there ; the other men soon weary
of his dilatoriness, and then complaints are forth¬
coming that he has a “ preferred sit ” because the
“ boss ” permits him to do that which, if every
man in the place did, would soon disrupt the best
organized establishment.
The printers of the present time who are work¬
ing eight hours daily under proper sanitary con¬
ditions are willing and anxious to give, perhaps,
just a little bit more in labor than they receive in
wages. The average man is at his post and ready
to pitch in at the call of “ Time ! ” and to give the
best, in thought and knowledge, that is in him,
whether his work be mechanical or mental.
Every man must realize the full importance of
his job. The idea that a minute or five minutes,
here and there, makes no difference, is a fallacy;
nobody plays so small a part in the world that he
can afford to “ shy ” his work on that theory. As
competition grows keener year by year, and the
business grows more complicated, the employer,
the superintendent and the foreman of every large
establishment depend more and more on the rank
and file, and as the men rise to their responsibility,
so likewise will the employer, in turn, be ready to
divide profits with more equality and possibly more
liberality.
A SPRING IDYLL.
Half-tone from drawing' by Jos. Futterer, printed in four colors by
Brend’amour, Simhart & Co., Munich, Germany.
THE PESSIMIST ON COSTS.
He told just how he found his cost,
How on each job he never lost.
Nor cared he for the stony stare
Of his abhorred eompetitaire
Across him at the festive board
While loud applause his periods scored.
His rival made a discount sheet —
In whispered accents, low, discreet,
Unto his neighbor this he said :
“ That skate would take a widow’s bread.
He took a job from me last eve,
The price he made would make you grieve.
And then he comes up here and blows —
How thej' can stand him, heaven knows.
I won’t come here, you bet, no more,
These fellers make me good and sore.”
STONE AND WOOD.
He rejoiced in the pleasing name of Wood, and he prided
himself on his jokes and smart repartee. One day he met a
friend whose name was Stone, and naturally a name like
that was too good a chance to miss.
“ Good morning, Mr. Stone,” he said, pleasantly; “ and
how is Mrs. Stone and all the little pebbles? ”
“ Quite well, thank you, Mr. Wood; and how is Mrs.
Wood and all the little splinters? ”
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Written for The Inland Printer.
A FOREMAN’S RESOURCEFULNESS.
BY L. A. HORNSTEIN.
,UT in Colorado there is a job-
office which has a reputation
for doing a fine quality of
printing. The office is a com¬
paratively small one, and only
one Linotype is in use in it, so
necessarily the machine must
do a diversity of work. Re¬
cently the foreman had an
opportunity to demonstrate his resourcefulness in
the use of the materials and machinery at his com¬
mand.
He had occasion to lock up for the cylinder
press a form of counter checks. The form con-
just as if he were setting type, carried the line to
the operator, who stopped on his ten-point job long
enough to insert the six-point line in the assembler,
lock the machine, and make sixteen casts of the
six-point line automatically — the entire operation
consuming not more than five minutes. Then he
resumed work on the ten-point job in hand.
The foreman thus had his sixteen lines in hand,
ready for insertion in the mortises. True, they
were on ten-point twenty-four-em slugs, but it
was the work of only a few minutes at the lead-
cutter to reduce them to the required length ; and
as to the slug being ten-point, that was rather an
advantage than otherwise, as it left less space to
fill with other material. Thus, in ten to fifteen
minutes at the outside, a piece of work was accom¬
plished that possibly would have taken from two to
three hours otherwise.
Thla Blotter was set on our Linotype machines — No job too difficult for our expert workmen
BLOTTER SET ON THE LINOTYPE MACHINE.
Designed by Pcrcival Shea, manager of the Arizona Daily Star , Tucson, Arizona ;
composition by J. W. Hopkins.
sisted of sixteen electrotype plates, each about 4 by
6 inches. In the upper left-hand corner of each
plate was a rectangular mortise for the insertion
of a nonpareil line, as follows :
Form No. 110.— 100M — 9-14-08.
To have set this line sixteen times and then to
have inserted and justified it in the sixteen respect¬
ive mortises would have consumed considerable
time. Every printer knows what a tedious task
the filling of mortises is, and also how the average
journeyman hates it; and after the form is locked
up and on the press, every pressman has had his
experiences with the quads, spaces, leads and slugs
working up — no matter how accurately they may
have been justified originally — causing endless
annoyance and waste of valuable time for both
man and machine.
The foreman in this office was a man who used
his wits, however. The Linotype happened to be
busy at the time on ten-point twenty-four ems
wide. This made no difference to the ingenious
foreman, who went to the six-point matrix tray,
assembled the matrices for the above line in a stick,
THE INTERNATIONAL PRINTING TRADES BUREAU.
The latest statistics issued regarding the unions con¬
nected with the International Printing Trades Bureau,
whose office is at Stuttgart, give the following organiza¬
tions, their membership and their wealth on January 1,
1910:
Membership. Wealth.
1. German Printers’ Union . 59,027 $1,816,774.43
2. Austrian Association of Printers’ Unions . 14,856 495,142.27
3. Italian Printers’ Union . 12,216 118,116.77
4. French Typographic Federation . 11,453 44,341.94
5. Hungarian Printers’ Mutual Benefit Associa¬
tion . 6,575 169,849.65
6. Swedish Typographical Union . 5,949
7. Danish Typographical Union . 3,470 104,462.41
8. Belgian Printers’ Union . 3,245 4,022.31
9. Swiss Typographical Union . 3,139 142,586.28
10. Norwegian Central Union of Printers . 1,882 45,904.08
11. Finnish Typographical Union . 1,626 19,315.44
12. Typographical Union of Romanic Switzerland. 817 15,193.93
13. Rumanian Gutenberg Printers’ Union . 424 8,858.70
14. Croatian Printers’ Union . 382 23,8S7.80
15. Bulgarian Typographical Union . 300 2,698.14
16. Typographical Society of Servia . 227 2,311.18
17. Typographical Society of Bosnia and Herze¬
govina . 166 4,097.97
18. Luxemburg Printers’ Union . 126 2,926.85
Total . 125,880 $3,020,490.25
The total income during 1909 was $1,484,555.70 and the
total expenditure $1,268,528.50, making a total gain of
$216,027.20.
:
A REMINISCENCE — THE OLD-TIME SUB-ST ARVER,
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A. H. McQuilkin, Editor.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
This is the time of year when everybody begins
to cheer up — except the printer who has no cost¬
finding system.
Even the two-or-three-man shop has a busi¬
ness-office expense, and if the customer isn’t paying
it, the boss is donating it to the public.
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Vol. XLVII. MAY, 1911. No. 2.
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FOREIGN AGENTS.
W. H. Beers, 40 St. .John street, London, E. C., England.
John Hadiion & Co., Bouverie House, Salisbury square, Fleet street, London,
E. C., England.
Raithby, Lawrence & Co. (Limited), De Montfort Press, Leicester, England.
Raithby, Lawrence & Co. (Limited), Tlianet House, 231 Strand, London,
W. C., England.
Penrose & Co., 109 Farringdon Road, London, E. C., England.
Wm. Dawson & Sons, Cannon House, Breams buildings, London, E. C.,
England.
Alex. Cowan & Sons (Limited) , General Agents, Melbourne, Sydney and
Adelaide, Australia.
Alex. Cowan & Sons (Limited), Wellington, New Zealand.
F. T. Wimble & Co., 87 Clarence street, Sydney, N. S. W.
G. Hedeler, Niimbergerstrasse 18, Leipsic, Germany.
H. Calmels, 150 Boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris, France.
John Dickinson & Co. (Limited), Capetown and Johannesburg, South Africa.
A. Oudshoorn. 179 rue de Paris, Charenton, France.
Jean Van Overstraeten, 3 rue Villa Hermosa, Brussels, Belgium.
If the time ever shall come when employing
printers will harmonize on organization plans, the
man who points the way should have his name
recorded in the Hall of Fame.
Our old friend, Dull Season, will be along in a
month or so. Cogitate on the problem now and
determine to put in a cost system in the breathing
spell. Good advice? Ask the man who has one.
Champ Clark is in the saddle. Whether he
shall ride into the White House depends largely on
how well he profited by observing the “ horrible
examples ” of the last Congress, some of whom
were in favor of putting a tax on education.
Being the Greeley centenary, the United Ty-
pothetse of America is going West this year. By
unanimous vote the executive committee decided
to hold the twenty-fifth annual convention at Den¬
ver on September 4, 5, 6 and 7. There is a very
active local Typothetse at the capital of the Cen¬
tennial State, and the probabilities are that the
Typothetse will have the time of its life.
Down in Houston, Texas, the employing print¬
ers have been taking stock, and a Galveston paper
says they are going to raise prices. The stock¬
taking divulged the usual condition of affairs.
Where there had been profit, the money had been
reinvested in the plant, and printers’ fortunes were
found to be expressed in rapidly depreciating type
and machinery. As was the case in St. Paul and
Minneapolis, the printing-buying public of Hous¬
ton is learning more about the trade than some of
its most ardent devotees knew a few years ago.
The good people of Quebec are sure they have
a printing scandal on their hands. The provincial
government had a book printed for which it paid
about $4,100. Another firm said it would have
done the work for $2,000, and still another put the
figure at $1,600, while a third thought the job
worth a little over $5,000. On the face of it, this
looks suspicious, but to those who know the ways
of printerdom it is all clear enough, and the proba-
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bilities are that the government was not over¬
charged. The disparities in prices do not indicate
dishonesty so much as they do lack of scientific
methods in estimating.
Few business men have the opportunity for
advertising that the printer has. The automobile
manufacturer, for example, may show you a pic¬
ture of his machine, and give you a description of
it, but only in limited instances can he show you
the article itself. With the printer it is different.
The literature which he sends out not only con¬
tains his message, but is in itself an example of
what his product is. He may claim in his argu¬
ments in a booklet that he can do good work, but
the booklet itself is the thing that proves or dis¬
proves the argument. With this opportunity his,
and his alone, for effective advertising, the printer
should see that he makes the most of it.
Printers, and especially those in the large
cities, are lax in their reading of technical works
pertaining to their craft. True, the larger print¬
ing houses tend to create specialists who do noth¬
ing except certain circumscribed duties, and these
specialists feel that, as long as they have no oppor¬
tunity of doing any other kind of work, there is no
necessity for their knowing anything outside of
their specialty. This is a mistake. Aside from the
old saying that a man should always keep himself
fitted for the position above him, we have evidence
of its being a false position in the men who are
constantly scurrying around to get information on
stonework, jobwork, etc., in order that they may
accept more desirable positions which have been
offered them. Because a man is working on tar¬
iffs, it does not follow that he should know nothing
about the other branches of composing-room work.
Educational institutions, from the public
school to the great university, are paying more and
more attention to the development of esthetic
tastes. The methods employed make the graphic
arts play a considerable part in this education.
Its effects are becoming visible in publications of
all kinds, including fiction. Publishers’ announce¬
ments show that an increasingly large number of
books are illustrated by the photogravure and
color processes. Competition in the publishing
field is intense, and there is a constant striving for
something better. But competition is not alone
responsible for the change; nor is the answer
found in a material cheapening of photogravure
production. The change must be ascribed in part
to a rapidly growing artistic sense that demands
something more sensuous than is possible in half¬
tone work. This manifestation of “ high living ”
does not presage the eclipse of the half-tone under
existing conditions, for the growth of estheticism
includes all classes, and those who now have little
appreciation of what we call “ good printing ” soon
will be demanding that quality.
“ The printing business seems to have gone
‘ bump,’ ” was the remark of a person connected
with winding up the affairs of a Louisville office —
the second Kentucky concern to fail and receive
considerable newspaper comment. Why has it
gone bump? Our information is that work has
been plentiful in the Kentucky metropolis. Ordi¬
narily, failures are attributable to lack of capital,
inadequate facilities, want of patronage or incom¬
petency. If the latter reason be applied to print¬
ers it will surely comprehend the rankest phase of
incompetency — doing work for less than cost.
There is no dearth of competition in the commer¬
cial-printing field, but the application of business
principles with necessary backbone can greatly
minimize what of evil there is in that condition.
We have been prone to say “Let them go ahead;
the sheriff will get ‘ em,’ ” and so forth and so on.
The sheriff gets some of them, no doubt, but it
doesn’t seem to relieve the situation, for frequently
out of the ruins of a fair-sized house several small
ones arise. If this indicates anything, it indicates
that prevailing conditions can not be left to cure
themselves, but that the evils must be eradicated
by educational processes, long and dreary as is that
road.
Our opening article this month is worthy the
attention of those interested in the important work
of estimating, and everybody is vitally interested
in that subject. Around estimating cluster some
of the greatest of debilitating evils that beset the
craft. Therefore any contribution that tends to
put that work on a more orderly basis is to be wel¬
comed. Mr. Taylor has a talent for writing easily
and entertainingly on dry subjects, and we have
his promise to favor us with a series of articles on
several phases of business management. He is a
student of the efficiency methods developed by
Frederick W. Taylor, H. T. Gantt and others, and
may be expected to write in the light of the best
thought that is now being bestowed on the prob¬
lems of production. It will be interesting to see
how what we may call “ efficiency” can be applied
in up-to-date printing establishments. So far as
we have observed, Messrs. Gantt and Taylor have
achieved their notable successes in handling labor
of a somewhat lower grade than usually is found
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in graphic-arts establishments. The more men¬
tal activity an industry requires, the greater the
amount of healthful criticism there will be. It may
be talk — at times annoying and trifling — but it
tends to uncover the shortest and best way of doing
things. -
Investigating Second-class Mail.
The threat of the current Congress to repeal
the bill appropriating $50,000 for investigating the
cost of handling second-class mail not only por¬
tends the abandonment of that inquiry but indi¬
cates that Congress does not believe existing condi¬
tions should be disturbed. It seems to us that there
are excellent reasons for reaching that conclusion.
President Taft says that the Penrose-Overstreet
Postal Commission spent $250,000 investigating
affairs. In its report this commission declared
that —
(1) “Within a definite radius second-class
matter, separated and consigned in packages of
medium-size to one address (as most publications
are), can be transported with apparent profit at
the rate of 1 cent a pound,” that
(2) “Any higher rate will drive many publish¬
ers to the wall and it is impossible to increase the
rate to any extent worth the attempt,” that
(3) “ Subscribers are getting the advantage of
the low rate,” and that
(4) “ No sane man will deny that second-class
matter is the immediate cause of great quantities
of first-class matter.”
Knowing the disposition toward second-class
rates of some of the commissioners, we are forced
to the opinion that only the most incontrovertible
proof caused them to report as they did. Is there
any rational ground for supposing that a new com¬
mission composed of novices in postal matters will
find new facts, after a lapse of three or four years?
The “ Peanut ” Thinker.
There was a time when prejudice against trades
unions, among some employing printers, was a
source of danger to harmonious relations between
employer and employee. And to a degree it still is
the case. In this day, however, the chief danger
from this species of prejudice comes from a
narrow-minded antipathy among some members
of trades unions for employing printers’ associa¬
tions. Of course, the intelligent journeyman
printer is gratified to learn that the employers are
getting closer together. He understands the mean¬
ing of cooperation and knows that the better
organized the employers, the better it will be for
his organization. But the “ peanut ” union man is
continually being disturbed by nightmares. He
sees great clouds of organized employers threat¬
ening the very existence of his union, and he never
loses an opportunity to condemn associations of
publishers and employing printers.
But this prejudice is a temporary institution.
The evolutionary process will sooner or later wipe
it out, and journeymen and employers will in the
future be congratulating one another on the suc¬
cess which has attended each other’s movement
for the complete organization of the trade’s mem¬
bership. —
The Road to Printorlal Success.
If an inventory were taken of the failures in
the printing trade, it undoubtedly would be found
that the great majority of them had made price
rather than quality their chief concern. The
printer who begins his business career with the
idea that he will be able to overcome his competi¬
tors with lower prices is doomed to failure at the
start. The world already is full to overflowing
with the products of men who measure their out¬
put by the yard, or pound, or thousand. To suc¬
ceed in this maddening scramble for the almighty
dollar is the work of a Hercules. And when riches
are achieved, the empty shell of success is the only
reward.
But even if the accumulation of money be
accepted as one form of success, the surest road to
that goal, in the printing business, is through the
performance of good work. The field is not over¬
crowded — in fact there is a crying need for better
printing in every nook and corner of the globe,
and while craftsmen are falling over one another
in a rush for orders of shoddy and meaningless
printing, on the other side of the street there is a
rich harvest for printers who choose to put charac¬
ter into their work — giving to the patron a service
which shall be measured, not by its bulk, but rather
by its power to gain and hold the attention of
intelligent men and women.
A HAND-MADE ELECTION CARD.
mm
Ther ar 2 thingz I lik in a Rooster— Th’ kro that iz in him
an’ the spurz he baks up the kro with.— Josh Billings.
Photograph by R. R. Sallows, Goderich, Ontario.
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Written lor The Inland Printer.
APPRENTICE PRINTERS’ TECHNICAL CLUB.
NO. VI. - BY W. E. STEVENS,
Assistant Instructor, Inland Printer Technical School.
This department is devoted entirely to the interests of appren¬
tices, and the subjects taken up are selected for their immedi¬
ate practical value* Correspondence is invited. Specimens of
apprentices’ work will be criticized by personal letter. Address
all communications to Apprentice Printers* Technical Club, 624-
632 Sherman street, Chicago.
through A modern composing-room — Continued.
) doubt all of you have heard
the expression “ he keeps his
eyes peeled.” This is used in a
figurative sense, and doesn’t
mean that this person’s eyes
are any different physically
from those of other people. It
means that he is a close ob¬
server — that he sees with his
mind, through his eyes. Try and recall some one
who has been spoken of in this way or pick out
some one to whom you think the expression would
apply, then ask yourself the reason for such a
choice. The answer will be that this person has a
markedly distinctive faculty for searching for, get¬
ting hold of and hanging on to ideas and sugges¬
tions. Now that’s just what I want you to do when
you read the articles in this department — be
observing — keep your eyes peeled. Limited space
Fig. 26. — ■ Planer.
will not allow of an exhaustive treatise on the
different subjects taken up; therefore you should
supplement such reading with a little research
work of your own. In this way you train and
develop the power of observation, and that power
is one of the greatest assets a boy can have. Genius
and Talent are synonymous with Observation.
Don’t simply read with your eyes and at the
2-5
same time have your mind on other things, but
instead banish all outside thoughts and let your
mind read with your eyes. Any simpleton can
behold an object — a chair for instance — but it
takes a wiser person to tell what kind of. wood the
chair is made of, what color it is, how the pieces
are joined together, etc.
Now to resume our trip through a composing-
room.
Well, Johnny, if you’re through looking at those
roller-bearers we’ll go over and watch the “ stone-
men ” work. These men arrange type-pages and
lock them up together so that when printed the
sheets will fold correctly. The laying out of the
pages is called imposition. What — call them
“ impostors ” ! Your idea is, that because men
who do composition are called compositors, those
Fig. 27. — Proof planer.
who do imposition should be called impositors?
Well, the idea is all right, but I’m afraid it would
be a hard matter to change the name from stone-
men to impositors, and, furthermore, it is ques¬
tionable as to whether the change would be of any
advantage.
Yonder son of the Village Blacksmith who is so
industriously hammering type-pages is, in print¬
ers’ language, “ planing a form.” The idea is to push
down level all type, cuts and rules without injuring
the material, but this fellow seems to have a mis¬
conception of the idea. Even though you seem to
do everything wrong, I believe, Johnny, you would
know better than to pound type in such a manner.
That particular style of a “ hammer,” as you
call it, is made entirely of hickory wood and is
known to printers as a mallet (Fig. 24). There
are other kinds of mallets made, some of lignum-
vitse (an extremely tough, hard wood from tropical
South America), others of solid rubber molded
over an iron core, and still others of rolled rawhide
with a wooden handle; but they are all used for
the same purpose — planing forms and pounding
proofs. The method of pounding a proof I will
explain later.
Here is another very popular mallet called a
rawhide-hound mallet (Fig. 25). The advantage
of this kind over the plain hickory wood is that
the rawhide bindings on each end prevent the wood
from splitting.
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In planing a form, a piece of wood, or a planer
(Fig. 26), as it is called, is laid on the pages and
struck with a mallet, thereby leveling the print¬
ing surface. These planers are usually made of
maple wood, and, as you can see, the upper part
of each side is grooved so as to facilitate handling
them. Before using a planer one should be very
careful to wipe the face so as to remove all par¬
ticles of dirt or metal; such particles adhering
would injure the type. Another precaution is to
Fig. 28. — • Quoins and quoin key.
always lay a planer on its side, thus keeping the
face as free from dirt as possible.
This planer that you think looks like an
enlarged blackboard eraser is a proof planer (Fig.
27). It differs from a type planer in that the
face is covered with felt. Just step over to the
next imposing-stone and you can see for what
purpose it is used. The form you see on the stone
is altogether too large to be accommodated on the
bed of a proof press; therefore a method is em¬
ployed which is called “ pounding ” a proof. Now
watch how the man does it. First he inks the
entire form and lays over it a sheet of paper
which has been dampened on one side with a
sponge, keeping the dampened side up. The proof
planer is then placed on a page and pounded until
a heavy impression is obtained. Page after page
is gone over this way until the entire form is fin¬
ished, after which the paper is gently pulled off
and there’s the proof. Interesting, isn’t it?
These little wedge-shaped affairs are called
quoins (Fig. 28). They are used for the purpose
of locking up pages inside a chase. After laying
out the pages correctly and putting the required
furniture or reglets between and around them,
these quoins are placed in certain positions and
locked together with a quoin-key in this manner
(see Fig. 28) . Care should be taken not to lock the
quoins directly against the side of a chase, for
then they are likely to slip, loosening up the pages
and sometimes causing a lot of damage. If a reglet
or a piece of furniture can not be placed between
the quoins and the chase a strip of cardboard
should be used.
Now we will go along a little further and exam¬
ine some of the tools that the compositors use.
This machine is called a lead and rule cutter
(Fig. 29). On this cutter any thickness of leads
or slugs up to twelve points can be easily cut and
brass rule up to six points in thickness can be cut
as well. On the largest sizes ten-point brass rule
can be cut nicely. Some of the most improved cut¬
ters are equipped with a micrometer or point gage,
which can be accurately set from six points to
forty-five picas by points. The bed gages of all
these machines are graduated by picas.
This machine is called a mitering machine
(Fig. 30) . It is used for mitering the ends of rules
so they will join together nicely. Any size of brass
or metal rule can be handled. The top plate,
against which the rule rests, can be moved around
and set to any angle. The machine is mounted in a
wooden box, which catches the shavings, and at
the front end is an emery-board on which burrs
can be rubbed off the rules.
This “brass pan,” as you call it, is a galley
(Fig. 31). There are a number of different kinds
of galleys, called newspaper galleys, linotype gal¬
leys, job and book galleys and storage galleys, but
they are all used for the purpose of holding type
or type-pages.
Here we have a composing-stick (Fig. 32), or
a “ stick,” as it is commonly called. This is one of
Fig. 29. — Lead and rule cutter.
the most recent sticks on the market and, as you
can see, it can be adjusted to picas or nonpareils
and rigidly secured in these positions. Composing-
sticks are used in setting up type to different meas¬
ures and one should be very careful not to drop
them on the floor or to strain the knee (that part
which is movable) by tight spacing. Such Care¬
lessness spoils their accuracy and causes more or
less trouble.
There are many different kinds of composing-
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sticks made, but outside of the news stick they all
have a sliding knee and practically the only differ¬
ence between them is in the way the knee locks.
News sticks are small, just fitting the hand nicely,
and are either made in one piece or the knee is set
stationary to a thirteen or thirteen and one-half
pica measure — the usual widths of news columns.
Fig. 30. — Mitering machine.
This long, wooden stick is called a broadside or
poster stick (Fig. 33). It is used for setting type,
usually large sizes, in extremely wide measures.
Note that in this stick the knee is fastened by a
screw.
These tweezers (Fig. 34), as they are called,
are very useful in correcting tabular matter, but
in the hands of a careless compositor are danger-
Fig. 31.— Galley.
ous to type-faces. In pulling out type with the
tweezers there is always the danger of a slip, and
this generally means a spoiled type. Good work¬
men find very little use for tweezers other than
making corrections in tabular matter, where the
short measures and rulework will not admit of
lifting lines with the fingers or on a rule.
Fig. 32. — • Composing-stick.
Here are two hand rollers (Fig. 35) . They are
used for inking up type-pages before proving
them. As you can see, the large roller is controlled
by two handles while the small roller has but one.
Rollers should always be kept free from dirt, for
unclean rollers cause a poor distribution of ink,
therefore poor proofs.
TO APPRENTICES.
The envelope corner-card shown in Fig. 1 is the work
of Mr. Joseph M. Cassady, an apprentice printer of Spo¬
kane, Washington. Mr. Cassady has worked at the trade
only three years, but during that time he has acquired a
Fig. 33. — Broadside or poster stick.
knowledge of display composition which might well be
envied by some older men who have “ served their time ”
and are now full-fledged journeymen.
Out of a number of designs which Mr. Cassady sent to
this department for criticism, I selected the corner-card
for reproduction as it suggests certain changes for improve¬
ment, a discussion of which might perhaps be interesting
to readers of this department.
The original design was run in two colors — bronze-red
and dark blue — on white stock. On the principle that a
design should contain a much greater proportion of the
cool color, there is an excess of the warm color — red —
used. By running the panel rules, “ The Tribune ” line,
Fig. 34. — Tweezers.
the proof-press decoration and the word “ Printing ” in
the bright color, a flashy, showy effect is obtained which is
rather displeasing.
My first suggestion would be to cut out some of this
color by omitting the heavy panel rules and in their stead
placing parallel rules of a weight which will harmonize in
tone with the type-matter. By so doing- the panel can be
run in the cold color — blue — and it will serve as a very
pleasing, harmonious frame; holding the entire design
together nicely and not forcing itself upon the attention,
nor hindering the reading of the message.
The next point for correction is a too wide spacing
between words in “ The Tribune ” line. In setting text
type one should be careful not to allow too much space
between words, lines or letters. If this is not observed a
line is broken up into spots of color instead of keeping an
even tone. With the panel form changed, the top of the
upper panel could be filled by setting the main line in a
larger size of text type.
When setting up the postoffice and State it is always
well to keep these names together. There is no rule which
says that it is wrong to separate them, but as a personal
Fig. 35. — - Hand rollers.
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opinion and from an observation of high-class commercial
printing1 I believe this point is well made. A larger type-
size for the line “ New Hampton, Iowa,” would square up
nicely with the line above.
The group above the proof-press decoration is rather
unbalanced and could be improved by setting the lines
“ $1.50 per Annum ” and “ Published Wednesdays ” in a
larger type-size; centering all the lines and securing a
more symmetrical appearance.
The lower group could be improved by setting the lines
in a pendant form, which is the most pleasing in typog-
Sl;c tHrihunc
NEW HAMPTON IOWA
Our Advertising draws Business
as well as Attention
A well equipped Job Plant in
connection. SEE US about that
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raphy. To produce this form and allow' plenty of white
space around, it is necessary to set the word “ Printing ”
in roman instead of text type. This, however, does not
harm the effectiveness of the group.
Fig. 2 shows a resetting of the corner-card design, and
in this all the suggestions for improvements are shown.
Study the resetting closely — comparing it with the origi¬
nal design — and remember that any designs you care to
send to this department will be criticized very carefully
through personal letter.
The questions asked below are given as a test.
It would be a good idea to write the answers as
best you can and then, to verify these answers,
refer to the descriptions given in The Inland
Printer for April.
What is a galley-cabinet? What is a galley-rack? What
is a “stone”? What are chases used for? Can you
explain the difference between an ordinary form-truck and
a printers’ patent form-truck? What is a form-rack?
What are roller-bearers?
In the March issue an error went through this
department which the writer now hastens to cor¬
rect before any damage is done. Older printers
will understand it as an oversight, but not so the
boys, for whom these articles are written.
In speaking of some professional stationery
being set in all capitals, type-faces such as Bran¬
don, Blair and Engravers Old English were men¬
tioned as being cut for this purpose. Engravers
Old English is a text type, and the illegibility of
text capitals prohibits their being used together
to form words. The writer should have said
Engravers Roman.
The text or gothic capitals were originally
designed to furnish decorative “ spots ” in a page,
and hence were exceedingly complicated.
(To be continued.)
EDITORS AT SEA.
The editor of the Optimist, a monthly published on
board the U. S. S. Connecticut, flagship of the United States
Atlantic fleet, for the “ interest of you, him and me,” which
concatenation of personal pronouns rings like the sign of a
South Clark street Chink merchant, invites criticism of the
publication from The Inland Printer. The Optimist is
a neat and newsy paper, and with a little better ink and
a little more squeeze on the press would print a little clearer.
It has several inserts from half-tones printed in sepia that
are very interesting and very well done. We note that
Fig. 2.
another sea-going editor, who conducts the Bluejacket, has
fallen on the Optimist pessimistically and the Optimist
“ comes back” after the ideal manner, thus:
A CRITICISM ON CRITICISM.
We note in the March issue of the Bluejacket a rather severe and
unjust criticism of The Optimist, to which the publishers of this publica¬
tion take exception.
As published in our editorial columns each month we invite criticisms
and suggestions for improvement. We do not, however, invite any unjust
criticisms by editor critics who place themselves on high pinnacles of
knowledge, and represent things about this publication that are not so.
The editor of the Bluejacket apparently has the idea that it is binding on
him that he should maintain a special column in his paper to criticize
the efforts of printers on board ship who are endeavoring to publish a
ship’s paper under almost insurmountable difficulties.
We would like for the criticizing editor of the Bluejacket to kindly give
an explanation of the reasons that prompted him to make this unwarranted
attack on this publication. Surely it was not through ignorance, for a
man that has published a paper as long as the editor of the Bluejacket
should certainly be able to distinguish between a woodcut and a half-tone
or an electrotype. As regards zinc etchings, appearing in this paper, there
are only two, the cover-design and the word Optimist, at the head of the
editorial column.
We have not, however, made the mistake of printing things that should
appear in verse form as prose, as is noticed on page 215 of the last issue
of the Bluejacket regarding the recent catastrophe on the Delaware. Such
mistakes as this tend to destroy euphony and ruin what would otherwise
be good articles.
Bury your little “ hammer,” or at least use it in a judicious manner,
refraining, if possible, from using it to the detriment of any one ; also
pay a little more attention to the edification of your own publication,
rather than attempt to discourage the honest efforts of others.
The Publishers.
PUT ON THE DEFENSIVE.
A distinguished novelist recently found himself travel¬
ing in a train with two very talkative women. Having
recognized him from his published portraits, they opened
fire upon him in regard to his novels, praising them in a
manner which was unendurable to the sensitive author.
Presently the train entered a tunnel, and in the darkness
the novelist raised the back of his hand to his lips and
kissed it soundly. When light had returned he found the
two women regarding one another in icy silence.
Addressing them with great suavity, he said: “Ah,
ladies, the one regret of my life will be that I shall never
know which of you it was that kissed me ! ” — Ideas.
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INCIDENTS IN FOREIGN GRAPHIC CIRCLES.
BY OCR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
GERMANY.
The founder and publisher of the Berlin Papier-Zeitung
(Paper Journal), Dr. Carl Hoffman, on March 2 attained
his seventy-fifth year, still fresh in body and mind.
The city administration of Halle a. S. is about to estab¬
lish a municipal bookbindery, and hopes by doing- so to save
15,000 marks ($2,850) annually. This will no doubt prove
a vain hope.
The Academy for Experiment and Instruction in Pho¬
tography, Engraving and Processwork at Munich intends
to use a part of its new building for a museum of photog¬
raphy and reproductive processes.
At a meeting held in Cologne, the paper manufacturers
of western Germany resolved to raise the price of all varie¬
ties of wrapping and packing paper, thus following the
example of the paper manufacturers of southern Germany.
The Art Trades School at Frankfurt a. M. on April 3
opened a new division for the graphic arts, with two classes
in typography and lithography. These sections, together
with the necessary tools and machinery, will be housed in a
new building just completed for the Art Trades School.
The Mutual Benefit Association of the German Book-
dealers and Bookshop Employees on April 2 attained its
seventy-fifth year. It was started in 1836 with 207 mem¬
bers. Up to now it has expended nearly 1,500,000 marks
($360,000) in benefits. At present its assets amount to
800,000 marks ($192,000).
The Zeitung of Frankfurt a. M. has adopted the new
Mertens process of printing its illustrated pages. The pic¬
tures are printed on separate cylinders before the paper
reaches the cylinders which print the text. The process is
of an intaglio nature, the ink being wiped off the high parts,
remaining in the depressions, to be transferred to the paper
as in steel and copper plate printing.
Appertaining to the present effort of the advocates of
the Latin (Antiqua) types to induce the government to
restrict the use of the German (Fraktur) types, comes a
letter from Dr. Friedrich Solger, of the University of
Pekin, China, wherein he says: “The idea that it is
extremely difficult to learn two alphabets, of twenty-five
letters each, is quite amusing in this country, where every
cultured person sees a distinction in knowing how to read
at least five thousand word-signs.”
Doctor Merten’s process for the autotypic illustration
of newspapers, mentioned several times in The Inland
Printer, has now a competitor in a printing method
invented by Doctor Robert Faber, of Magdeburg. This
process, which applies on rotary presses, is said to print at
a much greater speed though with results somewhat less
fine than the Mertens process. Patents have been applied
for and the right to make the necessary machinery assigned
to the noted press-building house of Konig & Bauer, at
Wurzburg.
The recently formed association of photo and heliotype
printing concerns has entered into an agreement with the
workmen of their trade, in regard to a wage-scale, the one
heretofore existing having terminated, which gave cause to
fear trouble and strikes. Up to January 1, 1913, a day’s
work will be eight and one-half hours and after that date
eight hours. The minimum wage was raised 2 marks and
is now 27 marks ($6.42) a week. The first hour of over¬
time is to be reckoned at an advance of twenty-five per cent,
the following ones thirty-three per cent, and Sunday work
fifty per cent. One apprentice is permitted for one to five
journeymen. The new scale is to be in force until Decem¬
ber 31, 1915. In consequence of this agreement, the photo¬
printers of Berlin, who had already tendered their resigna¬
tions, withdrew them.
In connection with the contest in Germany between the
advocates of the German (Fraktur) and the Latin or
Roman (Antiqua) alphabetic styles, Prof. Dr. Jaensch, of
Berlin-Halensee, offers a prize of 1,000 marks for a solution
of the letter problem. Through appropriate scientific and
indisputable physical tests it is to be determined what basic
properties governing the easy and quick readability of a
universal alphabet, especially for printing, are worthy of
consideration, and which letter-forms in present use have
the most of these properties. Everybody is invited to com¬
pete for the prize.
The well-known Genzseh & Heyse typefoundry, of Ham¬
burg, which was the leader in introducing in Germany a
system of uniformly lining types, has bought the E. J.
Genzseh typefoundry, of Munich, and will continue it there
as a branch of the main house. About eleven years ago,
Herr Hermann Genzseh, the present head of the Hamburg
house, made a tour of the American typefoundries, to gather
what good points he could find in their practice. As a result,
immediately upon his return he started to work on a lining
system, based upon the principles outlined by Mr. N. J.
Werner and followed with such success by the American
and Inland typefoundries. He had some trouble overcoming
trade jealousies, but finally conquered, and now Germany
has a universal system, called “ Die Deutsch Normal-
Schriftlinie.”
The noted printing and publishing house of B. G. Teub-
ner, of Leipsic, with a branch at Dresden, on March 3 cele¬
brated the attainment of its one hundredth year. It
employs in the two cities 950 persons, 41 cylinder presses,
1 rotary and 126 auxiliary machines. The present yearly
output from its presses is 68,500,000 sheets of printed
paper. The house publishes the Dresden Journal (now in
its sixty-fifth year) , also since 1831 at Leipsic the Konig-
liche Leipzinger Zeitung, a journal started in 1660. Among
its other periodicals is the popular illustrated Daheim and
Der Bazar (the forerunner of the American Harper's
Bazar). Since 1850 it has been publishing the “Biblio¬
theca Teubneriana,” which now comprises 550 volumes, by
250 authors. It also publishes a series of scientific works,
“Aus Natur und Geisteswelt ” (“ From the Realms of
Nature and Intellect”), at present having 350 volumes,
and another series, “ Kultur der Gegenwart” (“Modern
Civilization ”) , which will reach 80 volumes. In addition to
numerous minor publications, it issues an “ Encyclopadie
der Mathematischen Wissenschaften” (Encyclopedia of
the Mathematic Sciences) . In honor of its century the
Teubner house issued a superbly printed complete catalogue
and a history of the concern.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The late Sir William Agnew, proprietor of Punch, left
an estate valued at £1,353,592 ($6,587,723) . It may well be
supposed that he did not gain all this wealth by providing
humor for the English people.
A London compositor, Mr. J. R. Haworth, who died,
recently, aged nearly ninety, has an odd record. By rigor¬
ous self-denial, at times depriving himself of the barest
necessaries of life, he had managed to save and donate to
the Printers’ Pension Corporation £1,600 ($7,784) in cash,
besides endowing a home at Wood Green at a cost of £300
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($1,460). He had another hobby, which was bell-ringing,
because of which at his death a peal was rung in his honor
at St. Paul’s Cathedral, by the Ancient Society of College
Youths.
A day-class in typography for apprentices has been
started at the Municipal Technical Institute at Belfast, Ire¬
land. It began with sixteen entrants and is held every
Tuesday from 2:30 to 6:30 P.M.
The railway-ticket printing-office of J. R. Williams &
Co., at Liverpool, was destroyed by fire, February 25. The
loss is about $140,000. Some one hundred and fifty work¬
people were thrown out of employment by it.
The plant of the printing and publishing firm of Billing,
Son & Co., of Birmingham, was almost entirely destroyed
by a recent fire. The loss reaches $25,000. About four
hundred people were thrown out of work as a consequence.
Because twenty-two of their pressmen laid down their
work immediately after “ giving notice,” Waterlow & Sons,
of London, brought suit against them for damages. It
appeared in court that they had stopped so soon because
they were asked to do work which seemed to come from
another printing-office where the men were out on a strike.
They were each fined two weeks’ wages and 7 shillings costs.
The City and Guilds of London Institute, in its last
annual report, states that the number of students in typog¬
raphy and lithography for 1910 was 2,194, against 1,835 for
the preceding year. The examiners again lament over the
“ very indifferent spelling ” of many of the candidates in
the typography section; and they will likely continue to
thus lament as long as English orthography remains as it
now is.
The struggle between the master printers of London
and their employees, instead of being a contest over a
shorter work-day, has developed, it seems, into an “ open-
shop ” question so far as one-third of the printing-shops
are concerned. Two-thirds or more of the offices have
granted the fifty-hour week to their employees, and now the
work in hand is to induce the remaining ones to do likewise
and return some 1,200 workers who, at last accounts, are
still out, to their former places. This probably will be a
matter of time, just as it was with the recalcitrant print¬
ing-offices in the United States when the eight-hour strug¬
gle was going on there. The Printing World terms the
outcome “ a sweeping victory ” for the workmen, and
advises the houses which are still holding back to “ yield
voluntarily and with a good grace.” The Caxton Magazine
calls it “ a clear win for London,” and chides the masters
for the tactless handling of their side of the struggle. To
aid the movement, the lithographers employed in the now
“ open ” houses went out on strike, February 25, that is,
handed in their resignations. Though the unions of the
provincial cities and towns desisted at the last moment from
pressing the demand for a shorter work-day, it can not be
said that they are entirely acquiescent. There is still more
or less agitation going on among them. The masters have
in instances conceded fifty-one hours, but with fifty hours
ruling in London it is not likely that this will be satisfac¬
tory. To keep its members and the public informed as to
the progress of affairs, the London Society of Compositors
started a paper called The Daily Herald, issued every day
except Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. It may be added
that the weekly contribution of its members to the strike
fund has been reduced from 5 shillings to 3 shillings ($1.20
to 75 cents) .
FRANCE.
The Syndicate of Constructors of Printing Machinery
of France has arranged for an international exposition of
machinery used in the graphic arts, to be shown actually at
work. It will be open from July 2 to 25 next, within which
time the Master Printers’ Union of France will hold this
year’s congress.
M. Michel, the head of the largest photogravure and
galvanoplastic house in France, died last February. He
was the first (about fifty years ago) to produce electro¬
types for French newspapers and magazines. His sons will
continue the business.
The compositors on the Parisian morning papers have
at last succeeded in inducing the street railway companies
to have their latest night cars leave the printing-house dis¬
trict at 2:30 A.M., to facilitate their early return to their
homes. The offices being all centered in one neighborhood,
this concession to the printers was an easy matter.
M. Joanne, who belonged to the staff of the noted
Hachette publishing house, is celebrated in France just as
is Biidecker in Germany, for it was he who got up the
excellent French guidebooks published by the Hachette
house. M. Joanne has now retired from active work. This
gave occasion for his employers to honor him with a big
farewell banquet.
The National Printing Office of France, which was
established by King Louis XIII., in 1640, is about to move
into the new buildings erected for it. The expenditures
for these, reaching to 12,000,000 francs ($2,316,000), have
given cause to much scandal and recrimination. The com¬
mission having in charge their construction was composed
of government officials and legislators, technical men hav¬
ing been entirely overlooked in its appointment.
The contest between the “ reformers ” and the “ rad¬
icals ” at the recent election for members of the Central
Committee of the French Typographical Federation was
decided in favor of the former, the members in office being
reelected by a large majority. The proofreaders and press¬
men up to a year ago had separate unions, but now belong
to sections subordinate to the federation. These proofread¬
ers and pressmen, it is said, are the most radical of the
Parisian “ radicals.”
The French government has been making inquiry in
manufacturing and trade circles as to the advisability of
having another international exposition at Paris, in 1920.
To this it received a great number of discouraging- replies.
The book-trades syndicates in particular made known their
unwillingness to participate, being tired of continually
making exhibits which were productive of no material bene¬
fit. The printers and publishers expressed themselves as
preferring expositions which were restricted to but one
industrial line.
ITALY.
Last year 6,788 different books were published in Italy.
Only 21 were English, but there were 65 translations from
this language.
The fifteenth International Press Congress will be held
this year at Rome, on May 4. King Victor Emanuel has
invited the participants to a reception in the gardens of the
Quirinal.
A recent international contest for prizes offered by
II Risorgimento Grafico, published at Milan, for the best
composed modern title-pages, seems to have evoked but lit¬
tle interest among the craft, as only six entries were made,
none of which was deserving of the first prize. This does
not give evidence of enterprise or spirit among the com¬
positors of southern Europe, especially as the best entry
made was by a German, who received an “ encourage¬
ment ” prize of 50 lire ($10). However, II Risorgimento
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Grafico will repeat the prize offer and give the craft of its
vicinage another opportunity to show its ability. By the
way, this periodical is among the handsomest ones which
reach your correspondent’s desk and reflects much credit
upon those producing it.
At the recent congress of Italian trade unions it was
agreed that composing machines were to be operated only
by compositors who had gone through their apprenticeship
and that the monotype casters should be worked only by
professional typefounders. War was declared against estab¬
lishments which undertake to do mechanical composition
for others.
After long agitation in a number of Italian cities,
accompanied by more or less of striking, a wage-scale was
agreed upon in March, at Rome, by the master printers and
their employees. It will be in force until March, 1917, and
fixes the following minimum wages : Compositors working
on time, nine hours per day, 28 lire ($5.40) per week;
pressmen, 35 lire ($6.75) per week; compositors by the
piece, 56 centissimi (11 cents) per one thousand letters.
The rate for machine compositors remains as before, 8 lire
($1.55) per day of seven hours. Overtime is rated at an
advance of twenty per cent before and seventy-five per cent
after midnight; on holidays at thirty-three per cent
advance. Bookbinders receive 27 lire ($5.21) and helpers
21 lire ($4.05) per week. The most important point gained
by the employees is a nine-hour day.
BELGIUM.
The family of M. Van den Brcek, of Brussels, has given
to the International Press Museum of that city an exten¬
sive collection of old newspapers, comprising more than
forty thousand different titles, among them numerous pub¬
lications of the years 1798, 1848 and 1871, which have
especial historic interest.
A BOOK-SCHOOL has been started at Brussels by a num¬
ber of specialists, under the direction of M. 0. Grojean, in
the Musee du Livre. The first course was given in March
and April and comprised four lectures each by five instruct¬
ors, who treated the history and technic of books, bibliog¬
raphy, libraries and paleography. The next course will be
started next October. Entrance to the lectures is free.
A Belgian artist and writer, M. Charles Doudelet, has
been laboring some twenty years on a work, which he calls
“La Beaute du Livre ” (“ The Beauty of the Book ”). It
is a history of the art of bookmaking in all countries and
in all ages, from the earliest to the present. In order to
arouse a proper interest and help secure subscriptions to
enable him to publish it, he made a select exhibit from the
fifteen hundred plates which are to be used in illustrating
it. The exhibit was made in the rooms of the Maison du
Livre, at Brussels.
RUSSIA.
The Douma recently passed a bill making Russia an
adherent of the Berne Copyright Convention.
A wealthy Russian, whose name is not given in the
report (possibly unpronounceable if it were), sent out the
invitations to attend his golden wedding on cards made of
pure rolled gold. The reading-matter and ornamentation
were inlaid with enamel. Each card weighed twenty grams
and the two hundred cards used are said to have cost nearly
$4,800.
SWITZERLAND.
The Berne International Copyright Convention —
established to protect literary, artistic and photographic
works — will this year attain its first quarter century of
existence, having been inaugurated September 9, 1886. Six¬
teen countries now belong to it. If a copyright is obtained
in any one of these countries it holds good in all the others
of the convention. The larger countries which do not yet
belong to it are Austria, Hungary, Portugal, Greece and
nearly all of America. Russia and Holland have recently
joined.
HOLLAND.
According to the Weekblad voor den Boekdrukker, the
old and noted printing-office of Ch. Enschede, at Harlem,
has obtained orders from Germany for the printing of six¬
teen “standard works.” Mr. Enschede says: “We print
for large German publishers standard works with types
which they can obtain nowhere else. We printed the ‘ Nibe-
lungen Not ’ with the original Unger types, of which we
are the sole possessors and which are now desired in Ger¬
many.” In addition M. Enschede makes a remark that
many other printers may well take heed of: “ We do not
print for nothing. Whoever comes to us must pay well.
But that is for me not the main point. My desire is to pro¬
duce only worthy things in a worthy manner.”
SPAIN.
The Cortes, on reassembling on March 2, had presented
to it a report of the two trials of Ferrer, who was executed
in 1909. This report was printed by the Journal des
Seances office and extends to ten or more volumes (7,840
pages). Two thousand reams of paper were called for and
the contract with the printers allowed only one month for
the completion of the work. Sixteen hands worked day and
night to get the volumes out on time.
BOHEMIA.
A graphic trades bank has been organized at Prague,
with a capital of 2,000,000 crowns ($400,000), of which one-
fourth was subscribed for at once.
The strike of the lithographers at Prague, which was
begun November 28 of last year, was ended March 1, by an
agreement between masters and men. A new wage-scale
was adopted, which shortens the work-day one-half hour
every two years. The new scale is to be in force until 1917.
CHINA.
With the beginning of this year the most prominent
German paper in eastern Asia, the Ostasiatische Lloyd,
entered upon its twenty-fifth year.
Among a foreign or European population in Shanghai
of 6,293 persons there are but 33 compositors and pressmen
and 33 journalists who are not natives.
BULGARIA.
The lockout of the printers at Sofia has been ended
through concessions made by both sides of the controversy.
The existing wage-scale remains unchanged and the work¬
men have temporarily desisted from pressing their demands.
The masters propose to meet in the near future to arrange
a general wage-scale for the whole of Bulgaria.
TURKEY.
A movement is on foot at Constantinople, fostered by
the Ottoman Typographical Union, by which it is intended
to establish a minimum scale of wages, an eight-hour day,
a five-hour night and a limitation of child labor.
FINLAND.
The strike of the Finnish printers, which has lasted
since January 1, is now ended in eleven provincial towns,
having failed of its purpose. The men returned to work
under the old terms.
HUNGARY.
On March 2 the city of Budapest assumed the billpost¬
ing privileges of the community as a municipal monopoly.
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While our columns are always open for the discussion of any
relevant subject, we do not necessarily indorse the opinions of
contributors. Anonymous letters will not be noticed ; therefore,
correspondents will please dive their names — not necessarily for
publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. All letters of more
than one thousand words will be subject to revision.
THE QUESTION OF “STYLE.”
To the Editor: Brooklyn, N. Y., April 3, 1911.
While the bosses are busy in trying to find out what the
printing they do costs them, and how to get the price from
the public that they think they ought to have, there are
some of the employing printers who have been investigating
why some printers are able to do work for so much less than
they are able to do it. I am a practical printer, I never was
foreman or boss nor have I ever run an office for myself on
the side. I have just plugged along doing my work as well
as I could, and I have seldom been out of a job. Printers
at the case and machine can see what is going on all right
in the printing game, but they do not care to butt in with
any remarks, but I am prompted to suggest that if there
were a little more management and a little less talk about
management there would be more efficiency. There is noth¬
ing that will take the ambition out of a printer quicker
than having to do work over that should have been done
right in the first place, and the most frequent cause for
doing work twice is the observance of the office bogey,
“ style.” Every proofreader that comes along has some bug
about “ the English language ” and wants to reform or
deform the style. I know an office that has changed styles
steadily in the past ten years so that there is neither head
nor tail to the jumble of inconsistencies. The records of
past proofreaders are seen in some of the quiddities that
have been allowed to remain by the successors who have
been keen on some particular fad of their own to the exclu¬
sion of all else.
There is more leakage of profits around the boggling
methods of running the proofroom than any other that has
come under my observation. Comp.
APRIL COVER-DESIGN OF THE INLAND PRINTER.
To the Editor: Pasadena, Cal., April 10, 1911.
I feel that I must speak a good word for your cover-
design for April. It is most appropriate and illustrates the
situation exactly. There are two printers facing each other,
puffed out to the fullest extent trying to put on a good
front, and looking daggers at each other. The artist also
puts in just a sprig of peacocks’ tails to show their “ nat¬
ural pride.” The backbone of each is all doubled up under
him instead of being straight and stiff. All this time the
plums are dropping- — each succeeding one larger than the
last, and neither is getting any. How true to life!
Eugene A. Grant.
[The interpretation of the allegory worked out by the
imagination of our correspondent is very interesting. The
artist, Mr. F. J. Trezise, worked better than he knew, while
simply intent in applying to decorative purposes the motif
of the sea-horse, the small hippocampoid fish having a head
and body resembling a horse. Artists have at various times
this motif, and W. W. Denslow, the well-known artist-
designer and author of children’s books, used it for his
mark or totem. There are many forms of the sea-horse
species, but the one conventionalized in the design is the one
common to the American Atlantic coast. It attains a length
of about three inches. A curious feature of the male sea¬
horse is that it has an abdominal pouch in which it hatches
the eggs. But Mr. Grant sees in all this that it is just
“ horse and horse ” with the printers. — Editor.
SOMETHING ABOUT “MOTHER’S DAY.’’
To the Editor: Philadelphia, Pa., JMarch 25, 1911.
One day of the whole year for the whole world to honor
“ Mother ” — or her memory — through loving thought, let¬
ter, visit, gift, or good deed.
Are you with us in celebrating this international holi¬
day of all creeds, classes, races and countries?
Men and nations may differ as to the fitness of many
holidays, but all will surely unite in a movement to exalt the
home and motherhood in a way that adds to the integrity
of domestic and national life.
Last May some thirty of our governors asked citizens
(through proclamations or otherwise) to observe Mother’s
Day. Over 50 (1910-11) governors have indorsed the day.
The wonderful national celebration in the United States
was effected by newspapers, governors, mayors and heads
of organizations officially asking for observance.
Through ministerial unions, and state and city Sunday-
school superintendents, churches and religious organiza¬
tions were reached.
Through state and city superintendents of schools, day
schools and colleges were interested.
All celebrated through special exercises and the dis¬
tribution and wearing of the “ international memory flower
of mother and home ” — the white carnation.
Patriotic and fraternal societies attended Mother’s Day
church exercises in a body wearing the white floral badge.
Railroads, business houses and clubs gave the white
flower to customers and employees. “ Shut-ins ” in hos¬
pitals, homes and prisons were also given the memory
flower.
An official program and badge are being gotten out for
churches, Sunday-schools, societies and day schools, etc.
We want every one to celebrate. Can not you help?
Anna Jarvis.
Founder of “ Mother's Day.”
[Miss Jarvis states in a private letter that there are no
funds back of “ Mother’s Day ” — simply her own limited
efforts and the mother-loving hearts of all classes. The
Inland Printer makes its contribution to the work in the
frontispiece in this issue. At the time of writing, Governor
Deneen, of Illinois, issued a proclamation designating Sun¬
day, May 14, as “ Mother’s Day,” and asking that the
day be properly observed in the churches by appropriate
addresses. The proclamation follows :
The inauguration last year of the observance of Mother’s Day met with
the hearty approval of all who appreciate the uplifting and ennobling
ideals which center around the name of mother. The influence of these
ideals upon our private, social and public life has been elevating and puri¬
fying, and the custom of setting apart annually a day in which, in churches
and other places of public gathering, sermons and addresses may be deliv¬
ered upon themes commemorative of the debt of gratitude we owe to the
mothers of the country for the sentiment of affectionate loyalty and devo¬
tion which their lives have everywhere illustrated, and in which their
example is one of the best heritages our country possesses, is one which
can not be too much honored.
I therefore hereby designate Sunday, May 14, 1911, as Mother’s Day,
and urge the citizens of Illinois to spend a portion of the day in a manner
suited to express the appreciation of our citizens of the lofty sentiment
for which it- stands.]
THE INLAND PRINTER
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A VOICE FROM THE RANKS.
To the Editor: Buckhannon, W. Va., April 7, 1911.
One result of the agitation of the question of printing
costs has been to bring more prominently into the limelight
that historical figure, “ the country printer,” and much
good advice along the line of cost finding has been given
him by the leaders in the art preservative. This subject
of cost finding is far reaching in its scope, and is of vital
importance to the worker in the small towns and villages,
and I have not a word to say in disparagement of the wis¬
dom emanating from those who speak from years ripe with
experience. But, before this millennium of equal and just
prices arrives, we have one obstacle to overcome. The
country printer must improve his work before hoping to
participate in the benefits derived from any method of cost
finding. The fact can not be successfully denied that, in
view of its quality — or, rather, lack of it — the bulk of
the work produced by country printing-offices is “ dear at
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any time.” Take notice, I say the bulk of the printing, for
there are many notable exceptions, and I am confident that
the work produced by these shops is improving in char¬
acter.
Before going further, I desire to state that I am proud
to number myself among the “ country printers,” and am at
present employed in what is commonly called a “ one-man
job department,” in connection with a country newspaper.
For more than eighteen years I have worked in one capacity
or another, from “ devil ” to manager, in the smaller towns
and cities.
I have often thought, when reading with interest the
learned discussions of the problems which confront the
country printer, that these printers should take a more
active part in these talkfests which concern their welfare.
The value of words of instruction from these leaders should
not be underestimated, but often a word from a private in
the ranks will fire his comrades with renewed courage and
enthusiasm, and with this hope, and a full knowledge of my
own shortcomings, I submit a few of my ideas; and,
because I am one of the rank and file, I trust I will be par¬
doned for narrating herein some of my personal expe¬
riences.
Given a reasonable amount of modern equipment and a
thorough knowledge of its use, there is no reason under the
sun why the printer in the small shop can not turn out work
equal to that produced anywhere. In fact, I hold there are
many reasons why the work of these shops should be supe¬
rior to that of the larger offices.
Of course, the small printer must realize his limitations.
He can not engage in catalogue and book work on an exten¬
sive scale, equipped with a 10 by 15 Gordon press. Work
too large for his plant he should either turn away or “ job
out ” on a commission basis.
The deplorable fact that, taken as a whole, the work of
the country printing-office is not up to the standard, is not
because the office is small. That the “ little fellows ” can
do good work is constantly being demonstrated. As a
striking proof of this assertion, we may take the many
printing contests that have recently been conducted by the
various trade publications, typefounders, papermakers,
manufacturers and others. It is gratifying to note that
printers from the smaller shops are almost invariably
among the winners. These contests should be encouraged.
They are the means of stimulating the country printer with
interest and enthusiasm. Here the “ big fellows ” and the
“ little ones ” meet on a common level. It’s “ a fair field and
no favors.”
On all sides we hear the plaint of the printer in the
small town — “lack of material.” To this timeworn
excuse, fellow printer, I reply that if your employer does
not supply you with the proper facilities for executing good
work, it’s probably your own fault.
Wake up! Show him what you can do. Prove to him
that he can make more money by investing more with the
typefoundries; that a new series of type occasionally is
just as essential as the paper-stock he is compelled to buy.
If you can talk him into a small outlay for new material,
demonstrate your ability to use it. If you can’t do this, he
doesn’t need new material as badly as he needs a new
printer. And if you prove that you are capable of getting
results and he still refuses your request for necessary mate¬
rial, you need a new boss, and in all likelihood will expe¬
rience little difficulty in securing a better job.
Do not misconstrue my sentiments in regard to the
woeful lack of equipment in many country printing-offices.
How great this lack is can be realized only by one who has
“ been the rounds.” Many good workmen are seriously
handicapped in this respect.
The wonder accomplished by some of the old fellows,
equipped with a single font of type, makes fine reading, but
their day is long since done. To-day, to execute typography
of the better sort, a few series of modern typefaces — not
a great many, but plenty of each size — brass rule and a
few well-selected ornaments, are absolute necessities. The
compositor thus equipped, who is in love with his work,
who is continually striving to attain greater efficiency, can
scarcely fail in his object.
We often hear of printers who have a “ knack ” of doing
attractive work. My humble opinion in this matter is like
that expressed by the Irishman who had gone to the circus
and for the first time beheld the giraffe — “ there is no
such d — n thing.” The printer who has thoroughly mas¬
tered his trade unquestionably finds it easier to arrange
type, rule and ornaments into artistic designs, his “ knack ”
being acquired only by years of careful and studious appli¬
cation.
The man who detests his work will never succeed. This
is particularly true of the printer. If you, fellow printer,
have no love for the business, if you do not delight in exam¬
ining and studying the beautiful designs which come under
your observation; if you have never experienced the joy
of turning out an attractive piece of work and saying to
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yourself, confidently “ it is good ” — if, in short, your
thoughts never rise higher than the revolution of the hands
upon the dial of the clock and your little weekly stipend —
you’d better quit the business, you’ve missed your calling.
If the country printer who would win success will work
more with his head, he will find the work of his hands
immeasurably lightened. Don’t try to clean off the job-
hook in a day. Take time to plan each job with an eye to
the best results obtainable with the material at hand. Use
your imagination in your work. When setting a job, let
your mind rest for a moment on specimens you have seen,
and decide what size of a certain series you would use if
you had it — perhaps you will have it some day, then you’ll
know how to use it.
Don’t be afraid to take pencil and paper and roughly
“ lay out ” a job before setting up the form.
Spend your spare time in study. If the boss throws the
typefounders’ specimens into the waste-basket, dig ’em out
and look ’em over. Familiarize yourself with the modern
type-faces.
The trade journal is a priceless boon to the country
printer, and he who is ambitious should take advantage of
the aid it offers him. Especially instructive are the depart¬
ments devoted to the review of specimens, and while the
criticisms offered are not always flattering, in such cases
they resemble a dose of calomel — not pleasant to take, but
just what your system needs.
I shall never forget a solar-plexus handed me some years
ago by a prominent critic, whose opinions I value highly.
At the time I was conducting a small shop in a little manu¬
facturing town. I had just awakened to the possibilities
of color-printing, but was totally without experience in this
branch of work. Nothing daunted, however, I conceived the
idea of printing a folder in colors to “ stimulate trade.” I
dug up a four-color cut, previously used by my predecessor
on a blotter, wrote a line of reading-matter to fit the illus¬
tration, and proceeded to print my “ design.” When the
job was completed, not being altogether satisfied with its
appearance, I mailed one to the above-mentioned critic for
review in the department he conducted in one of the lead¬
ing printers’ magazines. Now, the colors I had selected for
this particular job were brilliant grass green, green tint,
black and bright red. The body of the folder, which was
set in a light-faced letter (Camelot, I believe) , was printed
in the faded-green tint and surrounded by a heavy twelve-
point border in the bright red! I will not harrow your
feelings by repeating the review accorded this “ artistic
specimen,” but it was the kindest act the critic could have
performed for me, and resulted in the improvement of the
quality of my work. In looking back, I have only one fault
to find with the advice he gave me. In concluding his
remai’ks he said, in effect, “ until you have a more thorough
knowledge of color, stick to black ink.” This advice was
like the admonition to “ hang your clothes on a hickory
limb, but don’t go near the water ” — and history does not
state that the daughter ever learned to swim.
This severe arraignment of my maiden effort at color-
work put me on my mettle, and while, so far as work for my
customers was concerned, I did “ stick to black ink ” for
some time, I registered a vow that I would one day show
this heartless critic I was capable of turning out present¬
able colorwork. To this end I devoted my spare time to
experiment and study. I never overlooked an opportunity
to scan the work of others. I am still learning, but to-day
this same critic occasionally says some nice things about
my work, and his corrections, which I welcome, are usually
of the milder sort.
Strange though it may seem, the main stumbling-block
in the pathway of the progressive country printer is the
customer for whom he works. Often these patrons of the
small shops will not permit the printer to produce their
work in a striking or original manner, but insist upon his
duplicating antiquated forms they have used half a century.
The only remedy in such a case is to educate the customer.
The power of suggestion, patience and tact are hard to
withstand. Never tire of talking quality. Make it sti’ong!
If you can overcome the “ boneheadedness ” of one of these
“ fossils,” and gain his consent to let you use your own
ideas in printing his copy, make good on the job, if you must
work overtime to get the desired results. He will eventu¬
ally give you free reign on all his work.
If your specimens receive favorable mention in the trade
journals, don’t hide your light under a bushel — show these
comments to your dubious customer. It will increase his
respect for your ability to know that others speak well of
your work; and if, perchance, a specimen of his printed
matter is reproduced, he will take as much pride in the
fact as yourself.
In this matter of dealing personally with his customers,
the country printer has an immense advantage over those
who have their work “ laid out ” for them, and who seldom
see the customer unless there is a “ kick coming.”
In the smaller towns, the printer comes in daily contact
with every patron of his shop. He knows their likes and
dislikes. He knows pretty well, in advance, the sort of
printed matter that will appeal to each.
The country printer “ lays out ” his own design, sets the
type, takes the proof, reads and corrects it and locks up
the form, being at perfect liberty, at any stage of the work,
to correct or improve, immune from the animosity of stone-
man or pressman; for, forsooth, he is compositor, proof¬
reader, stoneman and pressman, rolled into one! And I tell
you, brothers, I pity the printer who has never experienced
the pleasure of following up a piece of work from the time
the copy is in his hands until he wraps up the completed
job. Then — good, bad, or indifferent — it is his own crea¬
tion !
On the whole, there are many ameliorations to the life
of the country printer. True it is, in most cases, he does
not receive as much for his labor as his city brother, but,
on the other hand, his wants are fewer, his tastes simpler;
and, in recent years, there has been a marked improve¬
ment as regards wages paid in small towns.
The country printer has more time for study, less to
draw his attention from his work. Above all, he has, in
abundance, one of God’s greatest gifts — pure, fresh air,
while all about him, to aid and inspire him as he toils,
abound color-schemes devised by the greatest of all artists
— Mother Nature. P. H. Lorentz.
WHAT DO YOU CARE?
Estimating is a guess —
One makes it more.
Another less ;
But what care you,
If more or less,
The printing from our printing-press
Wins for you trade
And brings success.
HEREDITY.
They were jollying the man about his enormous appetite,
but he kept “ putting away,” undisturbed by the taunts.
Finally he said in defense, “ Well, you see, I take after both
my father and my mother. One ate a long while and the
other ate a great deal.”
THE INLAND PRINTER
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BY O. F. BYXBEE.
Editors and publishers of newspapers desiring criticism or
notice of new features in their papers, rate-cards, procuring
of subscriptions and advertisements, carrier systems, etc., are
requested to send all letters, papers, etc., bearing on these
subjects, to O. F. Byxbee, 4727 Malden street, Chicago. If
criticism is desired, a specific request must be made by letter
or postal card.
Ad. -setting Contest No. 31.
When this number of The Inland Printer reaches its
readers Ad.-setting Contest No. 31 will be drawing to a
close, but there still will be time to enter. Look up the copy
in the April issue, read the rules and conditions, and get in
your specimens before May 10. The pleasure and profit to
be derived are well worth the effort.
Aftermath of Contest No. 30.
It will be remembered that the ad. used for The Inland
Printer’s Ad.-setting Contest No. 30 was submitted by a
New Jersey compositor. Since the contest closed I received
steward of the hospital, who is editor, says: “ Those of our
readers who expected to find our columns teeming with
literary and news topics will be disappointed. The mere
suggestion of the name at the head of the paper solves that
question. But we have not left any effort undone to make
it what it was intended to be — a publication made up by
all sorts of people to amuse and instruct all sorts of other
people.” The Lemon is a six-column quarto and is well
patronized by local advertisers.
A Special Industrial Edition from Arkansas.
What may be accomplished in a small office was demon¬
strated by the Russellville (Ark.) Courier-Democrat when
it published a twenty-four page “ Special Industrial Edi¬
tion ” in March. There was very little display advertising,
but practically the entire number was made up of special
business write-ups. J. A. Livingston, the publisher, writes
that all the work on this edition was composed on a Junior
Linotype by one young lady operator, and the entire edition
turned out in just three weeks in addition to the general
run of work.
An Easter and Automobile Edition.
Publishers who are interested in seeing just what good
presswork on a weekly paper really is should send a dime or
two to E. Lowry’s Sons, publishers of the Gibson (Ill.)
Courier, for a copy of their “ Special Easter and Automo¬
bile Edition.” Without good presswork, the best ads. and
most careful make-up may be easily spoiled, but where all
A Book of Style
FALL and WINTER 1910-11
Is Yours for the Asking
#IT Our Catalogue, with its handsome
3 1 illustrations, is ready for distribu¬
tion. It is an absolute authority on
correct dress for this Fall and Winter.
A guide for you in the selection of
your outer garments. Drop us a post¬
al and we will send it by return mail.
The
David Straus Company
681-687 Broad Street, Newark, N. J.
A Book of Style
Fall and Winter, 1910-11
Is Yours for the Asking
OUR catalogue, with its handsome
illustrations, is ready for distribution.
It is an absolute authority on correct
dress for this Fall and Winter. A
guide for you in the selection of
your outer garments. Drop us a postal
and we will send it by return mail.
The David Straus Company
681-687 Broad Street
Newark, N. J.
A Book of Style
FALL & WINTER 1910-1911
Is Yours for the Asking
Our Catalogue with its handsome illus¬
trations is ready for distribution. It is
an absolute authority on correct dress
for this Fall and Winter. A guide for
you in the selection of your outergar-
inents.
Drop us a postal and we will send
it by return mail.
The David Straus Co.
681-687 Broad Street
NEWARK. N. J.
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3.
Two of the winning ads. in Contest No. 30 and the original ad., set before the contest was announced.
a letter from this compositor, H. E. Shrope, of the Wash¬
ington (N. J.) Star, enclosing a clipping of the ad. as he
set it before the contest was announced. This appeared in
the Star on September 22, 1910. He writes, “ In mailing
this to you I wish to point out that this specimen was gotten
up without the thought of competition, but with the usual
hustle to get the ad. in type.” I am reproducing this,
together with two of the winning ads. No. 1 was given first
place by the contestants, No. 2 first place by Mr. Hall, of
the International Correspondence Schools, while No. 3 is
Mr. Shrope’s ad. It is evident that he came very near set¬
ting it in exactly the same style as those accepted by the
judges as the best form for the ad.
“The Bugville Lemon.’’
From the Milwaukee Hospital for the Insane, Wauwa¬
tosa, Wisconsin, comes a new paper, the Bugville Lemon,
“ a publication for the coming generation.” John Falbe,
three of these good qualities are combined the result is well
worth studying. This special issue of the Courier was a
combination of well-set ads. and carefully made up plate
and type matter. The regular issues of the Courier are
equally creditable, although they are still running ads. on
the first page. An interesting feature is “ The Week’s Bill
of Fare,” which is a summary of the contents of each par¬
ticular issue.
Municipal Ownership of Newspapers.
Mayor James R. Hanna, of Des Moines, Iowa, recently
received a letter from Parker H. Sercombe, founder of the
Bureau of Science of Thinking, of Chicago, urging the
exclusive municipal ownership of daily newspapers. Mr.
Sercombe’s plan contemplates daily educational papers to
be conducted under the auspices of the educational depart¬
ment of the city, the editors to be appointed the same as the
principals of the schools, their duties to be strictly non-
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partisan and to serve the public in a strictly educational
capacity, just as do the principals and superintendents of
schools.
Another Little Ad. -setting Contest.
Readers of this department will remember an ad. which
I reproduced in the March issue and asked three compos¬
itors to reset along their own ideas. These ads. did not
reach me in time for use in the April number, but I am
showing them herewith. No. 5 is the work of J. L. Frazier,
Lawrence, Kansas; No. 6 was set by C. E. Holbrook, Bos¬
ton; No. 7 comes from the office of the Lewistown (Mont.)
Profitable Easter Edition.
It is surprising how comparatively few publishers take
advantage of the opportunity for special Easter numbers —
that is, compared with those who get out holiday numbers.
Only a few such issues were received, but those which made
a special feature of such a number are liberally patronized
by advertisers. The Easter number of the Greenwood
(S. C.) Index consisted of forty-four pages and cover, and
the advertising was enough to make any publisher envious
— full pages and half pages galore. Advertising just pre¬
ceding Christmas hardly needs the additional incentive of
Opening
ANNOUNCEMENT
Open Tuesday, January 3, 1911
with a full supply of fresh, up-to-¬
date Groceries at the lowest
city prices for cash.
HOME SUPPLY COMPANY
Opening Announcement Opening Announcement
HOME SUPPLY CO.
Opens Tuesday, Jan. 3rd \ 1911
- With a Full Supply of -
Fresh Up to Date Groceries rl&fcc!***
260 B Street-’Phone 87 Wethmpooa and CsH&ob, Prep*.
No. 5.
No. 7.
OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT
i
Opening Announcement «
HOME SUPPLY COMPANY |
[Wotherspoon and Cdrlson, ptops.J <
Home Supply Company
WORTHEllSPOON & CARLSEX. Props.
SKSSs 260 B Street jgg}
Open TUESDAY, Jan. 3, 191 1
Open Tuesday January 3, 1911 wifh a full supply of %
FRESH UP-TO-DATE |
GROCERIES l
WITH A FULL SUPPLY OF FRESH
Up-to-Date Groceries
At the lowest city prices for cash J
260 B Street PROMPT DELIVERY Phone 87 |
.at Lowest City Prices for Cash
No. 6. No. 8.
An ad. reproduced from the March issue and three attempts to improve it.
News ; while No. 8 is the original setting as reproduced in
the March issue. Mr. Frazier, in sending his ad., writes as
follows :
0. F. Byxbee, Chicago:
My Dear Sir, — Complying with your request in the March Inland
Printer 1 enclose herewith a resetting of the ad. This is handled as I
should have handled it had it come to me in the regular run of the day’s
work. If I am any judge of correct ad. composition, Mr. Adams erred in
trying to bring out too many things. Glancing over the ad. as he has set
it, one’s attention is drawn in so many directions that he fails to see any¬
thing, figuratively speaking. Then, too, the white space is awkward, espe¬
cially so at either side of the word “ groceries.” A plain rule border would
have proved another improvement. My resetting may appear too “ jobby,”
but in an ad. of this sort I think the compositor is allowed more liberty
in that direction. I have placed “ prompt delivery ” in the rules for a
twofold reason : first, I think it adds interest, or, in other words, is
“ different ” ; and second, its nature permits of some prominence. The
shape of the ad. is against it, in my opinion. Two columns, six inches,
would give the compositor added opportunities.
• Yours very truly,
J. L. Frazier.
All three of these ads. are good, in regard to typograph¬
ical effect at least. No. 6 comes nearest to bringing out the
proper line, but should have given some prominence to
“ Up-to-date Groceries.” The ideal arrangement, which
would bring out the most important things and attract
the most attention, would have been to make “ Opening
Announcement ” the most prominent, setting it in one line,
giving secondary prominence to “ Up-to-date Groceries,”
and placing “ Home Supply Company ” at the bottom, as
was done in No. 6.
a special issue, but in the springtime the extra incentive
does not come amiss. The spring months are good adver¬
tising months and a little extra effort and a little extra
inducement are all that is needed to bring them in.
New English Paper in Shanghai.
The China Weekly Record is the name of a new weekly
newspaper, printed in the English language and published
at Shanghai. J. L. Cowen is editor and A. M. True is man¬
ager. It consists of forty three-column pages and cover,
carries no advertising, is filled with the news of the world,
well edited and nicely printed.
A Nebraska Illustrated Edition.
Four pages of photographs of places of business, resi¬
dences and the principal attractions of Madison were pub¬
lished in the supplement of an “ Illustrated Edition ” of the
Madison (Neb.) Post. This special issue served to awaken
the interest of local merchants in the advertising columns
and proved a popular number with subscribers.
Six Years on a Cash Basis.
Six years ago Will A. Holford purchased the Garland
(Tex.) News and inaugurated the plan of paying cash
for what he needed and demanding cash for his adver¬
tising space and subscriptions. In doing this, he says he
considered that, first, self-respect demanded it, and, second,
that the business men would appreciate the change. The
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present appearance of the News indicates that Editor Hol-
ford was right. The paper is filled with good, substantial
advertising, and, in addition to this, a new building is
being erected for the exclusive use of the News on one of
the most prominent corners of the town.
Boosting Home Merchants.
It is unusual for a newspaper to refuse large advertis¬
ing contracts, with the cash behind them, simply out of
loyalty to home merchants. The Rockford (Ill.) Register-
Gazette is receiving letters of commendation from its local
merchants for this course. As the paper says itself, “ It
takes nerve, independence, loyalty to refuse a $700 adver¬
tising order at full rates solely from a desire to protect
local merchants from outside competition; only a paper
that is especially strong in its home field can afford to do
it.” One of its big advertisers said: “ You certainly stood
by Rockford when you turned down that large Chicago
advertising order the other day. It showed the right spirit
on the part of the Register-Gazette. It ought also to set
Rockford merchants to thinking that advertising must pay,
or an outside concern wouldn’t want to buy space in a
Rockford daily.” The Register-Gazette has grown steadily
for years through its sound, broad-minded attitude on all
questions pertaining to the welfare of its home town, and
as a result boasts of an average paid circulation for the
first three months of 1911 of 8,702.
How a Pied Form Was Replaced.
When the devil drops a form it is declared inexcusable
in a country newspaper office, but when a printer-editor
stands a form up against the side of the press, and sticks
his foot through it while chasing an imaginary type-louse,
ONE WAY TO REPLACE A PIED FORM.
the regrets thereof are sufficient punishment, and it is not
necessary to replace it. At least that is evidently the
reasoning of the Pittsford (Mich.) Reporter. Only a col¬
umn and a half of page 4 of a recent issue could be saved,
and Glen Whipple, who was working about the press at
the time of the accident, filled up the remaining five and
one-half columns with, “ Excuse us this week, please; pi."
A Golden Anniversary Number.
“ Volume LI, No. 1,” of the Marin Journal, San Rafael,
California, was its “ Fiftieth Anniversary Number.” It
consisted of twenty pages, printed on enameled paper and
was profusely illustrated with scenes from Marin county.
Like all western publications, it is imbued with the “ boost ”
spirit, and depicts the attractions of its vicinity in a most
inviting manner.
Good Ad. Display.
Now and then a printer gets into the “ ad.-writing
game,” as expressed by J. F. Stevens, of Springfield, Illi¬
nois, who submits No. 4 as an example of his work. The
printer, with his practical knowledge of type values, makes
the very best kind of an ad.-writer, providing he has abili¬
ties along this line. Mr. Stevens’ ad. is a good example of
this. There is no profusion of panels, and yet there is
enough to break up the monotony of the ad. without going
The John Bressmer
No. 4.
Good work by a printer-ad. -writer.
to extreme. The main display lines and the secondary lines
all stand out nicely. The arrangement of panels at the
bottom is a unique conception. By breaking up the ad. in
this way Mr. Stevens was able to give much greater promi¬
nence to all three sections than he could have done by any
other arrangement. Other ads. submitted for criticism
are the following :
Daily News , Lewistown, Montana. — Your ads. show good judgment and
there is nothing about the three you send to criticize.
A. H. Tebbin, Arizona Republican, Phcenix. — I would be glad to repro¬
duce your double-page ad. if it were not so large, as it is exceptionally
well balanced throughout.
Dennis Brazell, Granbury (Tex.) Graphic-Democrat. — Your five-column
ad. is well balanced and is weak in only one place — you should avoid
running two or more condensed lines together. Not only that, but the
seven lines, all in caps., at the top, was poor judgment. You could have
made better display of these lines if you had omitted the catch-line, “ at.”
H. Emmet Green, Anthony, Kansas. — As usual, your ads. are set in good
taste. That of F. E. Pirtle & Co. is very neat, so far as typographical
effect is concerned, but the display is directed to the wrong people. The
second border-rule on the ad. of the Firestone-Hoopes Department Store
could have been emitted to advantage, as it detracts from the display at
the top.
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The Seattle Times Is “ It. ”
In an attractive circular the Seattle Times shows the
growth of bank deposits and the population of Seattle, and
also the growth in circulation of the Times, in the past
ten years. The latter has grown from 3,000 copies daily
(no Sunday edition) to 66,000 copies on week days and
84,000 on Sundays. One of the pages of this circular is
As The Seattle National Bank leads the Pacific
Northwest, so
THE SEATTLE
DAILY AND SUNDAY TIMES
leads the newspapers
of that same section.
It is
Out of debt.
Run by its owners.
Owned by newspaper men.
Independent.
Alive.
It owns
A big plant.
Bonds.
Real estate.
It carries
The most advertising at the lowest rate per
thousand copies.
Over a million lines a month so far in 1910.
The advertising of The Seattle National Bank,
as well as of other banks and financial in¬
stitutions.
It maintains
Advertising rates according to card.
A net paid circulation, without using pre¬
miums, schemes or bargain days.
It reaches
In Seattle more people than the net paid city
circulation of Seattle’s other two newspa¬
pers combined.
It has
The honor of being the only Seattle newspa¬
per to have its circulation examined by
certified public accountants and that ex¬
amination published.
HOW THE SEATTLE “ TIMES ” ADVERTISES “ ITSELF.”
reproduced, as it demonstrates that the Times is “ It.”
Please note that “ it is ” — “ it owns ” — “ it carries ” —
“ it maintains ” — “ it reaches ” — “ it has.” Perhaps there
are a few more “ its,” but if so they were overlooked.
Newspaper Criticisms.
The following papers were received, together with
requests for criticism, and brief suggestions are made for
their improvement:
Western Star, Bay of Islands, Newfoundland. — The first and fourth
pages of the issue before me lack color. Most of the ads. are good, but
that of S. D. Blandford is an exception. There are no less than seven faces
of type used in this ad. and the display is nearly all the same size. There
is an inclination toward these defects in many of the ads., but it is more
pronounced in this particular instance.
Clark (S. D.) Pilot Review. — The Review has greatly improved since it
was last criticized. Ads. are exceptionally attractive and there is little
room for further suggestions. Of course, it would be much better to
remove all advertising from the first page, and possibly you can arrange
to do this after a few months. Watch the register on your presswork, and
in the make-up avoid running the last line of a paragraph at the top of a
column.
Badger Banner, Black River Falls, Wisconsin. — It is necessary to get
down to the minor details to find anything to criticize about the Banner,
as it is not only mechanically, but editorially and reportorially, a paper well
deserving of commendation. The department of “ Brief News Items from
All Over the County,” covering a big list of towns, shows that the local
reporters have been well instructed in what constitutes news. The date
line under each of these headings seems superfluous — why not have the
correspondents write with the understanding that their letters are to appear
as if written on the date of publication? The headings on the first page
of the issue of March 23 are better than those of March 16, as they are
not in adjoining columns. If the first part of the heads in the second and
seventh columns had been one line only, the appearance would have been
much better, as it would have avoided the third parts coming opposite each
other.
Canisteo (N. Y.) Times. — You ask for “ suggestions for general and
broad improvement in policy.” The only broad improvement I would sug¬
gest is the elimination of paid readers from the first page and the relega¬
tion of the Castoria display readers to the regular display columns. Your
first page is exceptionally neat and well arranged, and only lacks the elimi¬
nation of paid matter to place it above criticism. Good presswork adds
materially to the attractive appearance of the paper, but it lacks register.
In the heading, “ South Canisteo News,” why not abbreviate “ South,”
thus: “So. Canisteo,” and avoid dividing the word?
New Publications.
Aurora, Ore. — Observer. A. M. Adams.
Hammond, Ind. — Searchlight. Virginia Brooks.
New York, N. Y. — The Player Piano (trade paper). J. Early Wood,
publisher.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Florida Staatz-Gazette. Edward Fleicher, of Chi¬
cago, editor.
Jerome, Idaho. — Lincoln County Times. L. T. Alexander, formerly pub¬
lisher of the Monticello (Iowa) Jones County Times.
Changes of Ownership.
Mason, Tex. — Herald. Sold to S. F. Bethel.
Elmore, Minn. — Eye. Sold to L. M. Mithun.
Sturgis, Mioh. — Journal. Sold to E. A. Ferrier.
Modesto, Cal. — News. Sold to Perigo & Spencer.
Pittsford, Mich. — Reporter. Sold to Whipple Bros.
Berlin, Pa. — Gleaner. Consolidated with the Record.
Pulaski, Tenn. — Record. Sold to Laps D. McCord, Jr.
Paonia, Colo. — Booster. C. L. Oliver to I. T. Hanold.
Cobden, Ont. — Sun. F. B. Elliott to J. A. P. Hayden.
Mattoon, Ill. — - Commercial. Consolidated with the Star.
Milbank, S. D. — Review. II. F. Denton to W. S. Dolan.
Dodgeville, Wis. — Sun-Republic. Sold to R. M. Vordale.
Wagner, S. D. — New Era. Consolidated with the Leader.
Balcarres, Sask. — News. B. N. Woodhull to L. M. Small.
Swedesboro, N. J. — ■ News. G. W. Pither to W. K. Sloan.
Kanapolis, Kan. — Journal. Iv. L. Griffith to S. S. Rozelle.
Beloit, Wis. — Free Press. D. H. Foster to J. S. Hubbard.
Hot Springs, S. D. — Times-FIerald. Sold to A. J. Schaeffer.
Enterprise, Kan. — Push. Morris Patton to C. R. Hamilton.
Frankfort, Ky. — State Journal. Consolidated with the News.
Nyack, N. Y. — Daily Star. Sold to Major G. M. Camochan.
Henderson, N. C. — Gold Leaf. T. R. Manning to P. T. Way.
Ravenna, Ohio. — Democrat. J. S. Wilhelm to W. A. Weygandt.
Goldfield, Nev.' — Daily News. Consolidated with the Daily Tribune.
Ludington, Mich. — Daily News. Consolidated with the Record-Appeal.
Preston, Pa. — Times. F. E. Tripp sold half interest to J. W. Skinner.
Geneva, Ohio. — Free Press-Times. J. D. Field & Brother to J. J. Par-
shall.
Sturgis, Mich. — Times-Democrat. H. O. Eldridge to F. A. Russell, of
Albion.
Tiverton, Ont. — Watchman. A. N. McClure to H. E. Steincamp, of
Detroit.
Meyersdale, Pa. — Commercial. Sold to Rev. A. M. Shaer, of Cata-
wissa. Pa.
Saskatoon, Sask. — Saturday Press. Herman, Armstrong & McLeod to
George R. Belton.
New Hartford, Conn. — Tribune. Consolidated with Farmington Valley
Herald, of Bristol.
Camden, Ind. — Expositor. Sold to the Camden Printing Company,
Arthur Ritchey, manager.
Kirksville, Mo. — Daily Express. Walter Ridgway sold interest to his
partner, Edward E. Swain.
Keene, N. H. — Cheshire Republican. Interest sold to Charles F. Kelley,
of the Bellows Falls Times.
Charleston, W. Va. — Virginia Free Press. Mrs. W. W. B. Gallaher to
ex-Senator William Campbell.
Shreveport, La. — Journal (daily). Sold to a company of local business
men, who have incorporated the Journal Publishing Company, with a capi¬
tal of $50,000.
San Antonio, Tex. — Light and Gazette. Sold to Col. Charles S. Diehl,
former assistant manager of the Associated Press, and Harry L. Beach, who
has been superintendent of the Central Division of the Associated Press.
Linden (Ala.) Reporter; Shipshewana (Ind.) Sun; Bancroft (Mich.)
Commercial; West Point (Va.) Weekly News; Beattie (Kan.) Eagle;
Knobnoster (Mo.) Gem; Altus (Olsla.) Democrat; Clark (S. D.) Republi¬
can-Courier; Louise (Tex.) News; Wayne (W. Va.) News; Maiden Rock
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(Wis.) Press; Westby (Wis.) Times; Holstein (Can.) Leader; Carthage
(N. Y.) Republican ; Baker City (Ore.) Herald; Belton (Tex.) Journal-
Reporter; Heame (Tex.) Democrat.
Suspensions.
Griffen, Ga. — Herald.
Viroqua, Wis. — Republican.
Marshalltown, Iowa. — Daily Herald.
Deaths.
Dallas, Tex. — Charles G. White, head of the White Engraving Company.
London, Eng. — Charles Frederick Moberly Bell, managing director of the
London Times.
New York, N. Y. — • Thomas T. Williams, treasurer of the New York
Evening Journal Publishing Company.
Philadelphia, Pa. — Craige Lippincott, president of the J. B. Lippincott
Company, the well-known publishing house. (Suicide.)
Lebanon, Pa. — Jacob G. Schropp, widely known printer and newspaper
man, and for twenty years part owner of the Daily News.
Woodland, Cal. — Robert Lee, one of the oldest and best-known printers
and newspaper men in California. He was a prominent Odd Fellow.
Philadelphia, Pa. — Robert Stewart Davis, former war correspondent and
founder of the Philadelphia Call , an evening newspaper, now out of exist¬
ence.
Chicago, Ill. — Frank D. Harmon, head of the Harmon Printing Com¬
pany, Leavenworth, Kan. (Mr. Harmon was undergoing medical treatment
in Chicago.)
Houston, Tex. — John K. Dunn, traveling salesman for the Inland Type
Foundry. He was a practical printer, and was well known to the trades
throughout Texas and the Southwest.
Albion, N. Y. — John H. Denio, an old-time printer and newspaper man.
He was ninety-three years old. His father was also a printer and had pub¬
lished a paper at Greenfield, N. Y., in 1800.
’Chicago, Ill. — William H. Pool, president of the William H. Pool
Printing & Binding Company. (Mr. Pool's death occurred at Biloxi, Miss.,
where he had gone in quest of better health.)
Burlington, Iowa. — William H. Whelan, secretary and treasurer of
Acres, Blackmar & Co., printers. He was prominent in the Masonic order
and a former exalted ruler of the local order of Elks.
Syracuse. N. Y. — ■ John Maloney, well-known journeyman printer. He
was known as “ senator,” and it is said that at one time he knew more
about local and state politics than any man in Syracuse.
Carbondale, Ill. — John H. Barton, for fifty years publisher of newspapers
in southern Illinois. He established newspapers at Cairo, Anna and Car¬
bondale, and conducted the Carbondale Herald until August, 1910.
New York, N. Y. — - Andrew Little, for many years a member of the firm
of Farmer & Little, typefounders. He was a member of the Mechanics’
Society, the Northwestern Dispensary, the New York Historical Society and
the Lotos Club.
Boston, Mass. — Charles G. Wilkins, a proofreader at the Municipal
Printing Plant since its foundation, and a former New England organizer
of the International Typographical Union. He was a native of England
and had served with the English army in India.
Newark, N. J. — - Francis E. Bingham, employed in the composing-room
of the Boston Herald for upward of twenty-six years. Returning to this
city, his old home, for the past five years he had been with the Newark
News. Mr. Bingham was a veteran of the Civil War and a charter mem¬
ber of the local typographical union.
Chicago, Ill. — Cornelius McAuliff, for fifteen years managing editor of
the Record-Herald. Relating what took place during the closing hours of
his life at the Michael Reese Hospital, the Record-Herald says: “His
strength was gone. He could not regain it. The fever attacked him and
in the fancies that were formed by the veils that were thus cast over his
immediate surroundings he was back ‘ at the desk.’ Once more he was
‘ getting out the paper.’ His family were the ‘ staff.’ The physicians, with
the instruments, and the nurses were the boys in the composing-room. He
pulled himself up on his pillow and read the proofs and the copy and he
weighed some of the great stories of a decade ago. He marked an angle
here to be featured. And he demanded an out-of-town investigation there.
He wanted this ‘ played up.’ He wanted better style in another article
and more care in the working of that ‘ crime story.’ He lived in the past.
Yesterday he was in the composing-room. Everything was on the table —
not a ‘ six cap ’ to be set. The forms were ready. It was close to the
deadline. The angel of death ‘ locked the forms,’ and he was no more.”
JUST HIS LUCK.
Mayor Magee, of Pittsburg, was talking about an obsti¬
nate man. “ He is ‘ sot ’ in his ways,” said the Mayor.
“ He is as bad as the old planter of history. An old planter
in the palmy days before the war was blown up in a steam¬
boat accident on the Mississippi. They fished him out
unconscious. At the end of an hour’s manipulation he came
to. * Where am I? ’ he asked, lifting his head feebly. ‘ Safe
on shore,’ the doctor told him. ‘ Which side of the river? ’
he inquired. ‘ The Iowa side,’ the doctor replied. The
planter frowned. He looked at the turbid yellow stream.
Then he said: ‘ Just my luck to land in a prohibition State.
Chuck me in again.’ ” — Denver News.
Questions pertaining to proofreading are solicited and will
be promptly answered in this department. Replies can not be
made by mail.
Repetition of Articles and of Prepositions.
J. W. L., Anderson, Indiana, has had to wait for an
answer because his letter was mislaid, about like the old
lady’s spectacles when she had them raised above her eyes.
The letter rested in the department editor’s pocket, and
when looked for in its proper place it could not be found.
Here it is: “ Would you use the bracketed articles in these
sentences? ‘ While discoursing on the power, [the] univer¬
sality of the gospel, he mentioned many historical events,’
etc. ‘ Who gave to the earth the power and [the] wisdom
to produce such things? ’ ‘ In his talk on industry he
referred to such creatures as the ant, [the] bee, and [the]
beaver.’ Hard and fast rules calling for repetition in such
cases are common in grammars and rhetorics, but are they
really justified by good usage? Also, I am sometimes per¬
plexed about the repetition of prepositions. Is it required
in the following sentence? ‘ Thus, the great principles of
love, justice, truth, and purity form the foundation.’ If
you consider these points sufficiently important please give
them a thorough discussion. How would you write Bible
reading, Bible lesson, and testimony meeting? ”
Answer. — The articles in question should be used,
though the difference between use and non-use in the sen¬
tences quoted is almost negligible. Hard and fast rules
could not be common in books without a foundation in good
usage. Grammars and rhetorics are good only when they
record and explain the best usage. In sentences where
either method has an effect that is not modified or changed
by the other method of construction, neither one can prop¬
erly be called wrong. Sometimes the repetition of articles
is demanded by the nature of the intended expression, and
sometimes it is not demanded, even if the sense be really
better expressed by the repetition. Only the difference
between the two kinds of expression can be pointed out,
and the choice must be left for individual decision. No
better treatment of the subject is known to the present
writer than that in the Standard Dictionary, in the section
“ Faulty Diction,” page 2266: “ Two or more words con¬
nected by ‘ and ’ referring to different things should each
have the article; when they denote the same thing, the
article is commonly used with the first only; as, ‘ Christ,
the prophet, priest, and king.’ If we say ‘ The painter and
the sculptor should understand anatomy,’ we imply that the
arts of sculpture and of painting are the province of differ¬
ent persons; but we say ‘Michelangelo, the sculptor and
painter,’ since Michelangelo was both sculptor and painter.”
The need for repetition of prepositions is the same as that
for articles. It (repetition) seems hardly necessary in the
sentence quoted. As to the terms asked about at the close
of the letter, the one of whom the question is asked prefers
a hyphen in each. His preference, however, is consciously
opposed to prevailing practice. Most people would write
the terms each as two words. No one’s opinion can influ¬
ence any other persons in such a case except those who
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already think, in general, the same way that he does. Some
grammarians say — notably John Earle says — that merely
placing one noun before another always converts the first
of the two into an adjective. Henry Sweet tells us that
when he remarked that cannon in cannon-shot is not an
adjective, a prominent teacher and writer of grammar said
that of course it is not, and another equally prominent said
that of course it is. The present writer agrees with Sweet
that cannon in such use has no meaning or function other
than its bare naming one; cannon is one noun, shot is
another, and cannon-shot is a third, made by compounding
the two simples. The three terms of the question are in the
same category with cannon-shot; but they are words about
which no one ever need worry, as they are beyond misunder¬
standing in any form.
As and So.
P. L., New York, is shocked by “ bad grammar,” seen in
writing by the editor of this department, of which he
writes : “ Only a few minutes before I read your article in
this month’s Inland Printer I had occasion to compliment
my boy, age 7, first year in school, upon his excellent use of
a certain phrase. What he said was, ‘ The boy said that he
can’t run so fast as I.’ I then said to my wife, ‘ Whether
the boy does it consciously or unconsciously, he has used the
word so where ordinarily one would use as, and which he
used correctly.’ Then I read your article, and read ‘ was
not really as bad as he said it was,’ throwing cold water on
what I had been taught — - the affirmative takes as, while
the negative takes so. I should like to see that explained.”
Answer.- — fudged by what our correspondent was
taught, which used to be very commonly taught, no explana¬
tion can be made, except that the expression in the article
was incorrect. Recent explanations of some of my doings
and sayings have been unfortunate, especially one that
elicited the remark that “ It is certainly amusing how he
crawls out from under. Any old way, just so he emerges.”
This case is somewhat similar to the one of which that was
said. In that instance a word had been used in an appro¬
priate general sense and objected to as not correctly so used,
apparently because the critic did not know it in any but a
limited technical sense. In this instance a word was used
in a way contrary to a teaching that has had wide currency,
but one that has never been universal and is less adhered to
now than ever before. Words can not successfully be
restricted in use by differentiation between affirmative
and negative sentences, except words that are essentially
affirmative and negative, as are yes and no. Proper dis¬
tinction between as and so depends on the difference in their
meaning. Such difference is not apparent except as a mat¬
ter of implication. Both are words of comparison, no spe¬
cial degree being implied when as is used, but a consid¬
erable though indefinite degree or amount being implied
when so is used. This is my personal feeling, but not a
solecism by any means. The same kind of mistake has
been made in teaching that at should be used in speaking
of small places and in with reference to large places, as in
saying that a person lives at West New York, and that one
lives in New York. How can one always know whether a
place is large or small? How many people know the dif¬
ference between West New York and New York? How do
we know the dividing line between large and small? No
one has ever named one, to my knowledge. But let us
return to our muttons. The best explanation I know of the
proprieties with regard to as and so is given in the Faulty
Diction department of the Standard Dictionary, as follows:
“A shade of difference in their meanings, as strictly used in
comparisons, is often neglected. So ... as suggests that,
in the comparison of the persons or things mentioned, there
is present in the mind of the speaker a consciousness of a
considerable degree of the quality considered; as ... as
does not carry this impression. In ‘John is not as tall as
James ’ there is no implication that the speaker regards
either John or James as tall; there is merely a comparison
of their heights. So, too, in ‘ John is not as old as James ’
there is merely a comparison of ages. But if one says
‘ John is not so tall as James,’ though the ‘ so ’ is not empha¬
sized, there is understood usually to be a reference more or
less distinct to something uncommon in the height of James
as compared with the stature of other men or of other boys
of his age; the speaker regards James as being tall.” This
is not offered as justification or apology for the expression
seen in my writing, nor as a means of crawling out. I
frankly acknowledge that I consider so in that use a little
better than as, but not simply because the clause was nega¬
tive. Another frank acknowledgment may be made, that
life is too short to bother with such close trimming when
circumstances do not demand it.
THE LITTLE WHITE DOG THAT NEVER WAS.
“ Tell me a story, father, dear,”
Said Helen to me one day ; „
And climbing my knee she cuddled down
In her own delightful way.
So I made up a story as best I could,
Of a house in a peaceful vale,
A boy named John and a little white dog —
A dog with a curly tail.
It was my undoing, for Helen, dear,
Fell in love with the dog right then,
And now, each time that she greets me home,
I must tell of the dog again.
Surely no doggie was ever bom
That had such a wild career.
That got in so many scraps and fights.
And conjured such joy or fear.
As a puppy he fell in the pail of milk,
And I fancy I hear him yell
When he switched his tail in the hot grape juice
Of the jelly that would not “ jell.”
The Shanghai rooster has thrashed him twice.
He’s been butted by the ram,
His nose has been full of hedgehog quills,
And his toes pinched by a clam.
Once he was lost in a woodchuck’s hole,
And once in a hollow tree
Where he found the honey, and also found
That a dog shouldn’t try to bee.
He has battled polecats and fought with dogs,
Been tossed by the brindle bull,
Kicked by the mare and stoned by tramps,
Till his cup of woe was full.
But then he has done such noble deeds —
Has rounded the frightened sheep,
And once found a little lost baby girl
In the swamp, where she fell asleep.
And the more adventures that Carlo has,
The more must papa invent,
Till my mind is a very dog kennel of tales
And my fancy warped and bent.
Often I wish that my Helen’s love
For the little white dog might pale,
For I haven’t the courage to kill that dog — -
The dog with the curly tail.
— Thomas Newcomb, in New York Sun.
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In this series of articles the problems of job composition
will be discussed, and illustrated with numerous examples.
These discussions and examples will be specialized and treated
as exhaustively as possible, the examples bein^ criticized on
fundamental principles — the basis of all art expression. By
this method the printer will develop his taste and skill, not on
mere dogmatic assertion, but on recognized and clearly defined
laws.
Personalities Among Compositors — Henry A. Anger.
“ It is a mistake to try for the strikingly original — for
after a few months it is likely to look queer to you, and I
feel that the real test of quality in publicity printing is its
power to withstand the ravages of time. Paneling and con¬
tortions have no art merit and
certainly no commercial value
— simplicity is the true meas¬
ure of commercial value.”
In the above statement is
found the key-note of the
success of Henry A. Anger,
of Seattle, as a commercial
printer — for Anger is a suc¬
cess. As a producer of typog¬
raphy that is sane — that not
only measures up to the best
in appearance but is gotten
together in such manner as
will leave profit to the house
— he has few equals, no
superiors. His work is known
wherever the trade-journals
go, he having been unusually
successful in typographical
contests, as well as passing
his good stuff along for re¬
view.
And so, because of the in¬
dividuality of his work, we as
printers are interested in the
man. Passing over the ques¬
tions of his birthplace and
early life, and allowing the
reader to guess at his age
from the portrait shown here¬
with, we are vitally inter¬
ested in finding out just what
kind of training and expe¬
rience has enabled him to pro¬
duce typography that is suffi¬
ciently distinctive to place him among those known as the
successful ones.
Henry A. Anger did not waste the days of his oppor¬
tunity. When opportunity knocked at his door, he already
had the door half open. And it happened in this way: In
the rule-twisting days of the early nineties Anger, who had
just reached the point where he could handle reprint jobs
2-6
and lock up small forms, was employed in the Times office,
at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where his older brother Will, then
considered a “ crackerjack ” as an art printer, was also
employed. Well, Brother Will, because of this reputation,
received an offer to go to Appleton, same State, and not
being inclined at that time to make a change, he suggested
that Henry go. Here was opportunity with a cap. 0 — too
good a thing to lose — and Henry grabbed it as it went by.
First, however, he tackled the “ boss ” for a raise of from
$5 to $6 a week, but there was “ nothing doing.” And so,
as Billy Anger, the art printer, he headed for Appleton,
trusting that hard work, study, a helping pressman, and
lots of luck, might pull him through.
And they did, even though it was a “ tight squeak.”
The mail-carrier who “ made ” the Appleton office in
which Anger was employed was none other than Brick
Pomeroy, formerly a swift on the Times. Of course he
knew the Anger brothers, and caught on to the joke at
once, but urged the youngster to “ put on a big front and
plug.”
At the end of three or four months, after Anger had a
chance to settle down, Pomeroy met the boss of the print-
shop at one of those old-times-after-the-show-in-front-of-
the-bar-lunches, and incidentally asked him:
“ Say, Sam, how do you
like the new man? ”
And when the boss finally
recovered from laughing, he
replied : “ That sure was a
package of the queer; but
the best of it all is, that while
I was figuring out to drop him
he was digging — digging to
beat the band — and by the
time I got next to a man of
reputation, the kid was com¬
ing along fine; so I guess he’s
a fixture.”
And so the plan had won.
Putting up a big front and
plugging — with especial em¬
phasis on the latter — had
made him a “ regular.”
Two years later, Anger
returned to Oshkosh and
entered the employ of W. M.
Castle. That this association
was productive of much good
to him is shown in the fol¬
lowing appreciative words re¬
garding Mr. Castle.
“ I often saw him stand
with hands folded behind him
(just like Napoleon) admir¬
ing the nice work he had
framed, and at such times he
would look so pleasant and
kind that I decided that good
work was the secret of con¬
tentment in his case, and if it
could turn such a trick for him, that was the route for me —
but I am still in hot pursuit. To him directly belongs the
credit for making me careful in execution and stingy with
bright colors.”
Then Anger, like so many others had done before him,
began to think of the big cities, and to wonder how he could
“ get in.” This resulted in his printing fifty extra sheets,
HENRY A. ANGER.
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all on the same paper and size, of every good job from his
frame and gathering them into specimen-books, to be judi¬
ciously used where returns might reasonably be expected.
One of these books “fell into” the hands of Ed. T. Ralph, of
The Inland Printer, who soon had Anger in correspond¬
ence with Earhart & Richardson, of Cincinnati, widely
known as the makers of the “ Color Printer ” and the
“ Harmonizer.”
The correspondence stage having been successfully
passed, Anger found himself, one fine September morning,
climbing the stairs to the offices of Earhart & Richardson,
on the eighth floor. Climbing the stairs? you say. Yes; for
Anger, fresh from the brush, was afraid of the elevators.
(I wonder how many more of us can recall, in that period
Fio. 1. — A design of the period when Anger’s sole idea was for
something “ original.” A decided contrast to the simplicity of his
later work.
of our migration from the small town to the city, our fear
of elevators and other modern improvements.)
And so, armed with a little patent-leather satchel and
the confidence which had succeeded in landing the job in
Appleton, Anger invaded the Earhart & Richardson plant,
his confidence, however, diminishing with the thought that
this time he would be compelled to make good right from
the start.
As he entered the office, which to him looked like a bank,
and saw the furnishings, the walls covered with handsome
work artistically framed, and several customers in line, his
heart sank. He took one good look and instinctively his
hand went to his pocket, feeling for a quarter with which
to wire home for a return ticket. As he edged toward the
door a voice said, “ Who are you, and what can I do for
you?” To which Anger, when he could get his voice,
replied, “ I am the man from Oshkosh, and I guess I’ll go
back ! ”
Here, too, many of us can recall the time when, sur¬
rounded by unfamiliar faces and unfamiliar scenes, we were
on the verge of “ going back.”
About this time Alexander Stewart, now instructor at
the North End Union School for Apprentices in Boston,
The Electronet Blanket
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heat the blanket to an even temperature of
about 135 degrees, and the heat is main¬
tained. There is no chance of shock, or of
being burned. The heat is mild, even, and
has wonderful curative qualities.
The Electronet Blanket is very light in
weight, and as flexible as a cotton quilt.
You can easily carry it about in a suit case
with your traveling articles Spread it out
over the sheet on your bed, turn on the
current, and crawl under. In two or three
minutes the mild warmth of it has pene¬
trated your entire body You feel as snug
as a bug in a rug. The heat can be in¬
creased by putting a light coverlet on top
of the Electronet Blanket to prevent radia¬
tion, and you can regulate the warmth in
this way to suit yourself. When too warm
for comfort, throw off the current by press¬
ing the button, which can be done without
getting up. The Electronet Blanket is
warmer than many pounds of woolen blan¬
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Besides, the effects of the magnetic heat
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Then a hot bath, followed by a night of
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A series of old-style roman, with italic to match, is all the equipment
he really needs.
issued a portfolio of his efforts, and to the text-matter in
that work Mr. Anger attributes a decision to get right in
and hustle harder than ever to be something more than a
union-scale printer.
The next ten years found the subject of our sketch in
many large offices, from the lakes to the gulf and from the
HEN YOU HAVE
about determined
to put some ginger
and snap into your
business, to increase
your profits — listen,
increase tbe profits —
to REACH the people who should
be using your commodities, this is
the time we can serve you — demon¬
strate the business-getting possi¬
bilities of the original and catchy
advertising designs, illustrations
and also advertiser’s copy, from -
it’s always ready, just needs the
touch of magic (which we have) to
turn it loose on its business-bring¬
ing career. Don’t wait, get this
pencil to help you — now. You’ll
be satisfied — say when
that Pencil
Sergeants
it's full of lead —
In his unusual placing of groups of type and decorative material
Anger secures most pleasing results: originality in colors.
Atlantic to the Pacific. It was during this period, and in
Denver, that he passed through that trying period when
one’s whole desire is for something strikingly original.
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243
This he refers to as the period of “ fearfully and wonder¬
fully made ” jobs. Several of these jobs were successful in
contests of various kinds, and one of the most elaborate of
them is shown in Fig'. 1.
have no art merit and certainly no commercial value —
simplicity is the true measure of commercial value.”
Ever a student of things typographical, Anger viewed
with more than ordinary interest the launching of the I. T.
^HurnsideHatHhops
Third and James Street
Fourth and Union Street
SEATTLE
A letter-head design combining a decorative effect with a simple treatment.
Seattle gjgouttg Hen^ Bftrtettan
BOARD of DIRECTORS
T. S. Lippy, President
H. C. Ewing, Vice President
A. Burroughs, Secretary
James A. Cathcart, Treasurer
L. J. Colman A. Robinson
A. S. Burwell James A. Moore
Dr. J. B. Eagleson Watson Allen
Dr. E. C. Kilbourne Austin E. Griffiths
Wm. M. Calhoun C. H. Kiehl
Wm. M. Lewis C. R. Collins
Jas. B. Murphy Dr. P. W. Willis
ARN. S. ALLEN. General Secretary
Ube STAFF
A. G. Douthitt, Physical Director
H. A. Woodcock, Educational Director
Ethan S. Smith, Director Secretarial Training
John E. Rieke, Financial Secretary
L. G. Nichols, Associate Educational Director
Geo. D. Swan, Religious Work Director
Ciias. A. Seeger, Assistant Secretary
C has. G. Norman, Assistant Secretary
Tracy Strong. Boys’ Work Director
E. II. Lee, Assistant Physical Director
A. E. Wolf, Membership Secretary
M. J. Farr, Assistant Secretary
T. L. Terry, Assistant Secretary
Ernest W. Preston, Employment Director
F. G. Moran, Associate Boys’ Secretary
C. A. Aiken, Student Assistant, Physical Dept.
P. J. Flagg, Student Assistant, Business Office
B. V. Widney, Assistant Secretary Boys’ Dept.
Another letter-head design, showing an unusually good handling of a large amount of text and also a pleasing
use of initial letters.
Regarding this desire for originality Mr. Anger says:
“ I recall, with not a little amusement, an article I once
wrote in relation to the distribution of points in a cover
contest. It was my idea that half the total number of
points should go for originality. My views are now reversed.
It is a mistake to try for the strikingly original — for after
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a few months it is likely to look queer to you, and I feel that
the real test of quality in publicity printing is its power to
withstand the ravages of time. Paneling and contortions
U. Course of Instruction in Printing. He not only viewed
it, but he got in and helped, to the extent of organizing a
class of fifty members in Seattle. Of the work of the Course,
he says:
“ The Course taught me to seek classification ; to study
text; discern purpose; consider character of reader ; adapt
seasonability, and then 'strive for a symbol of expression
through paper of proper texture and color; ink in harmony;
type, initials and border having something in common; and
above all, I learned to practice restraint along the decora¬
tive route. HoW to decide was once hard work; the I. T. U.
Course made it simple and easy.”
For the past five years Mr. Anger has been in charge of
the “ creative end ” at the Ivy Press, Seattle, with a free
hand from the conception to completion of the work, and
with the characteristic spirit of the West he says: “In
Seattle I have found the city of my heart, and am willing to
play the string out right here, trusting some day to be some¬
thing more than just working for others.”
So much for Anger himself; now about his work- — for
therein is exemplified the results of these years of study
and experience in what might be termed the college of hard
knocks.
Some typographers “ holler ” loudly for simplicity and
then proceed to get their stuff up in such manner as to
almost convince one that simplicity is the farthest from
their thoughts. Not so Anger, when he says simplicity he
means it — and does it. He doesn’t require a typefoundry
behind him to make his work distinctive. Given a series of
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old-style, with perhaps italic to match, and he asks for
nothing more. True he occasionally uses other faces, but
the old-style predominates. It will also be noted, from the
reproductions of his work shown herewith, that he is not
on very intimate terms with the ornament case.
While Anger’s work conforms thoroughly to the princi¬
ples of good desigm, one fails to note in it any suggestions
Salesmanship
LECTURE 1911
Topics and Speakers
1. — “The Business of Selling”
F. W. PETTYGROVE
Manager for J. A Folger & Co.
2. — “The Personality of the Salesman”
GEO. R. ANDREWS
Manager for The Burroughs Adding Machine Co.
3 — "The Will as a Factor in Success”
DR E. O SISSON
Professor of Education University of Washington
4. — “Experience of a Traveling Salesman”
C E. SHEPARD
Salesman for J A. Folger & Co.
5 — “Knowing Your Line”
THOMAS KLEINOGEL
Manager Armour & Co.
6.— “The Art of Salesmanship”
C. D. BOWLES
President the Bowles Co
7. — "Salesmanship in the Life Insurance Business”
MALCOM HUGHES
Manager for the Travelers Insurance Co.
8. — “The Qualities of a Successful Salesman"
W L. RHODES
Manager P. & B. Paint Co.
9. — “The Psychology of the Sale”
FRANK WATSON
Kennewick Highlands Orchard Co.
10 — "Making a Sale”
C. E. HIGGINS
Sale Manager The Sumner Iron Works
11. — “The Salesman in His Relation to His House”
J. E. PINKHAM
Lumber Broker
12. — “The Retail Salesman”
CHAS. MORSE
Manager Stone 6r Fisher Co.
13. — “The Salesman as a Business Builder”
' E. G. ANDERSON
President Western Dry Goods Co.
Even ordinary program pages may be most effectively
typed in plain roman.
of a studied effect. It looks as though it were spontaneous
— just happened to come right — and one exclaims, “ How
simple and easy! ” But to create a carefully wrought out
arrangement that will show nothing of the labor involved
therein is the highest type of designing.
In addition to the reproductions shown herewith, sev¬
eral of Mr. Anger’s designs will be found in the typograph¬
ical insert in this issue. Detailed comment on these various
specimens is unnecessary, as they speak for themselves.
CAN YOU STAND SITTING?
Wife — Phew! I really don’t see how you can stand
sitting in such a hot office.
Hub — One can not stand sitting in any kind of an office,
my love. — Boston Transcript.
“ YO HO AND A BOTTLE OF RUM. ”
We take the following from the Optimist, published on
board the U. S. S. Connecticut, explanatory of the vicissi¬
tudes of the “ printer at sea ” :
PRINTERS IN THE NAVY.
Recently while looking over a copy of The Bluejacket I came across an
article on the pay and advancement of yeomen in the service, written by
a yeoman, first class, who probably had prospects of being rated chief
y reman in the near future. He suggested that yeomen should be given the
opportunity and preference over civilians to fill vacancies that occur from
time to time in the rank of paymaster’s clerk in the navy, and be attached
to and kept aboard one ship as long as possible, instead of being detached
with the paymaster with whom he has been serving. Now this yeoman
is looking out for his future and for that of his brother yeomen, which
is very good ; I hope he succeeds, but don’t you think and know that
there are other ratings in the service who are more in need and more
entitled to advancement and opportunities for such than the yeomen
branch? Let me cite a few rates: painters, sailmakers’ mates, plumbers
and fitters, shipfitters, blacksmiths, coppersmiths and boilermakers, all of
the above ratings can not attain anything higher than first-class rates ;
then we have the printer, who is the lowest-paid artificer in the service,
and yet he must be familiar with all branches of his trade to draw the
pay of a second-class petty officer. He must be a compositor, which is the
leading branch of the trade in civilian life, paying from $3 to $5.50 per
day ; he must be a pressman, which pays from $2.50 to $5 per day ; he
must be a bookbinder, which pays from $3 to $6 per day ; he must be
a stockeutter, which pays from 40 to 90 cents per hour — the last-men¬
tioned branch paying as much and more in one week of forty-eight hours
as a printer in the service receives in one month of thirty days ; in other
words, a printer in the service must work five times as many hours as
one branch of the trade in civilian life does for the same amount of pay.
Now don’t you think that a yeoman has enough advancement compared
to that of a printer in the service? My friend yeoman, you don’t stop
to think long enough ! Don’t you know that you have everything, com¬
pared to what a printer has? He saves one-third to one-half of your work,
and yet you are dissatisfied with your lot ; you have higher pay and you
are educated at the yeomen school at the expense of the Government, while
a printer must have his education and knowledge of the trade (which
requires four years of hard work as an apprentice) before he comes into
the service to get even a chance for that rate. Be satisfied with what you
have, instead of kicking, and give a more deserving rate a chance.
The writer of this article learned his trade before he enlisted in the
navy and knows what he is writing about ; he considers himself a “ short-
timer,” having about five months to serve on his first enlistment, and he
does not intend to reenlist, so that, should the pay of printers in the navy
be increased to even as much as $77 per month (the pay of a chief petty
officer), he would not benefit by the increase. John J. Ciu.es,
Printer, United States Navy.
QUEER BOOKKEEPER.
“ It’s curious to observe,” says a Maryland man, “ the
manner in which many illiterate persons prosper. I once
had business that took me at intervals to a certain place on
the eastern shore. On one occasion I went into a store
there, the proprietor of which could neither read nor write.
While I was there a man came in — - evidently a regular
customer.
“ I owe you some money, don’t I? ” he inquired.
The storekeeper went to the door and turned it around
so that the back was visible.
“ Yes,” said he, “ you owe me for a cheese.”
“ Cheese! ” exclaimed the customer. “ I don’t owe you
for any cheese.”
The storekeeper gave another look at the door.
“ You’re right,” said he. “ It’s a grindstone.” I didn’t
see that dot in the middle.”
SHE TRIED THEM ALL.
Louise — You don’t mean to say that you have been out
skating all the afternoon ! I should think you’d be awfully
tired. I suppose there was no place where ^you could sit
down.
Loraine — Oh, yes, there were places all over the pond.
I used them all, I guess. — The Westerner.
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Under this head will be briefly reviewed brochures, booklets
and specimens of printing sent in for criticism. Literature sub¬
mitted for this purpose should be marked " For Criticism, ** and
directed to The Inland Printer Company, Chicago.
Postage on packages containing specimens must not be in¬
cluded in packages of specimens, unless letter postage is placed
on the entire package.
Chas. T. Burgess, St. Louis, Missouri. — Your folder for April is very
pleasing in design and the colors which you have used harmonize very
nicely.
From the Kalkhoff Company, New York, we have received an interesting
weekly calendar, the chief feature of which is an excellent reproduction
of the United States battle-ship fleet, and entitled “ The Peacemakers.”
A calendar from the Manz Engraving Company, Chicago, for April and
May, shows an attractive three-color illustration from a drawing by J. C.
Leyendecker. Needless to say, the colorwork and general designs are exceed¬
ingly good.
Claud Councill, Deport, Texas. — The letter-head design is very neat
and tasty, the decorative border harmonizing well with the italic letter,
both in shape and tone. The spacing between words in the main line should
be equalized.
Frank D. Starr, Riverside, California. — The program which you have
sent for criticism is very neat, and the fact that you have used but one
series of type throughout adds much to its attractiveness. We find nothing
whatever in the arrangement of this program to call for a criticism.
Alvin E. Mowrey, with the Vanango Printing Company, Franklin, Penn¬
sylvania, sends in some excellent commercial specimens for criticism. With
the exception of a rather too bright orange on the premium certificate, we
find nothing whatever in this work which calls for suggestions for improve¬
ment.
John McCormick, Troy, New York. — The booklet, entitled “ Allen
Quality,” is unusually pleasing in arrangement, and in the selection of
colors is very satisfactory. We have no criticism to offer on this work, as
it is thoroughly in keeping with the work which we have formerly received
from you.
From the Varsity Press, Berkeley, California, we are in receipt of an
unusually interesting business card of which we show a reproduction. The
original is on dark-brown deckle-edged stock, a heavy line being embossed
An attractive card, by The Varsity Press, Berkeley, California.
as a border and the text-matter being printed on light-brown deckle-edged
stock and tipped on in the corner. The result is an unusually attractive
card.
N. W. Dreyfuss, San Francisco, California. — The commercial specimens
are unusually attractive, the pleasing placing of the various groups of type
and decoration, together with your use of the geometric ornaments, making
them quite unusual. The color combinations on all of them are good and
we have no criticism whatever to make on the way the typography is han¬
dled. We like unusually well the leaflet, entitled “ Thoughts,” although
personally we would prefer to see a good color, rather than the silver
bronze used for the background, as the latter gives an unpleasant effect
when held at certain angles
Hartzell’s Print Shop, Altoona, Pennsylvania. — The bill-head arrange¬
ment is very good, although personally we do not care for the bronze, and
would prefer a color instead. Wherever bronze is used it must be held at
a certain angle in order that the unpleasant effect due to the reflection
may be avoided.
Fred W. Foster, Escondido, California. — The card is unusual in
arrangement and well handled, although we think that the color combina¬
tion shows hardly enough contrast. Had you given this a little more con¬
sideration it would have had more advertising value than the combination
which you have used.
We show herewith a reproduction of an exceptionally neat and tasty
folder which announces the withdrawal of Mr. Bruce Rogers from the
Riverside Press, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mr. Rogers will hereafter
BELMONT • MASSACHUSETTS
x or fifteen years Mr. Bruce Rogers has designed
and supervised the production of the finer books
issued from The Riverside Press , Cambridge , by
Messrs. Houghton Mifflin Company.
'.' Leaving their employ on the first of April , 1911,
Mr. Rogers will thereafter engage in the making
of designs, not only for the details of book decora¬
tion, viz., covers, title-pages, initials, vignettes,
and other page-ornaments, but also for a wider
variety of uses, among which may be named book¬
plates, letter-heads, type-faces, type-ornaments,
and fine bindings. He will also undertake larger
commissions for the arrangement and supervision
of printing.
'.'In cooperation with The Riverside Press he will
be at liberty to make use of the special types and
ornaments collected and designed by him while
there, and will be prepared to submit specimens
and estimates for privately printed books and
the finer grades of printing for publishers and
advertisers.
Handsome folder, which announces the withdrawal of Mr. Bruce
Rogers from the Riverside Press.
engage in the making of designs, not only for the details of book decora¬
tion, etc., but will undertake larger commissions for the arrangement and
supervision of fine printing. The dignified simplicity of the announcement
shown herewith is thoroughly in keeping with what may be termed the
general style of Mr. Rogers’ work.
Chas. Woterbury, Elkhorn, Wisconsin. — The bank statement is well
gotten up and leaves but little opportunity for criticism. We would sug¬
gest that perhaps the use of a lighter green, made by the addition of a
little yellow, would form a more pleasing contrast to the black and give a
better color combination.
II. D. Pedlar, Oxbow, Saskatchewan. — The cover-page is, in general,
well handled and does not offer much opportunity for criticism. Perhaps
the putting of the words, “ Garden Center of Southeastern Saskatchewan,
the Land of Opportunity,” all in the same size type would have made it a
trifle less confusing than it now is. It is also a question whether the
dropping of the type-matter, which follows the ornament, closer to the bot¬
tom of the page would not be desirable, as the text rather crowds the
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ornament both above and below. This latter, however, is more in the
nature of a personal opinion than of criticism of the page.
From the Britton Printing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, we are in receipt
of a large package of specimens of Lyceum bureau printing. The specimens
are well handled, the typographical arrangements being very pleasing.
Another exceptionally handsome booklet has been received from the
Northern Pacific Railway, having been gotten out to advertise the annual
rose festival in Portland, Oregon. The cover is an excellent design in gold
will make possible a trip to the Annual Rose Festival at
comparatively small cost. Regular Summer Tourist fares are
effective June 1st to September 30th, with special reductions
June 5, 6, 10 to 22, and June 27 to July 5, inclusive, on
account of numerous conventions and events on the Pacific
Coast.
En route, via the Northern Pacific, one should see
Yellowstone National Park, the nation’s great scenic health
and pleasure resort, entering through Gardiner Gateway, the
official entrance, reached only by thi3 line. Full informa¬
tion may be obtained from any of the Northern Pacific
representatives listed on another page.
“See America First” is our final word. See the
k fertile Northwest especially. Learn of the products
and the advantages of this territory' to the home-
seeker. Ask for illustrated folder, “Through the
Fertile Northwest.”
Page thirteen
Page from a handsome booklet, by the Northern Pacific Railway.
and colors, with an unusually attractive reproduction in half-tone with
the rose as the central feature. The balance of the book is well printed
in colors, with excellent half-tones and suitable border decorations. We
show herewith one of the inner pages as an illustration of the adaptability
of ornament and text.
John L. Chestnutt, Kansas City, Missouri. — The Christmas specimen
is well handled throughout, the border which you have used harmonizing
most pleasingly witli the text letter which has been used for the heading.
The cover to which you refer in the letter did not accompany the package,
and we should be pleased to criticize it if you could send us another copy.
The Standard Printing Company, Greeley, Colorado. — The large cards
are all well handled and very pleasing in design. The one containing the
monogram in green ink is unusually good, the panel arrangement being
satisfactory and the breaking-up of the spaces conforming thoroughly with
the principles of proportion in design.
The H. M. Downs Printing Companj", Fitchburg, Massachusetts. — The
current number of “ Printing Tips ” is well handled and the text is inter¬
esting. We would suggest, however, that a light tint used as a background
for the half-tones would be more satisfactory, as the tint which you have
used is rather dark and strong in tone.
The Daily Express, Chickasha, Oklahoma. — The blotters would have
been much better in appearance if you had confined yourself to some simple
design and to fewer type-faces. The arrangement as it now stands shows a
complicated effect, due to the fact that there are too many type groups.
We would also suggest that you avoid the use of hairline rules, either for
panel or underscoring, as they rarely, if ever, print a solid, unbroken line.
From H. M. Davis, manager of the advertising department of the
Sprague Electric Company, New York, we have received a copy of its latest
catalogue of fans. The cover is an attractive design in colors and the inner
pages are well printed in a dark green with huff border, the latter, how¬
ever, being just a trifle strong for the best effect.
A. H. Cote, Springfield, Massachusetts. — The colorwork on the large
card is very satisfactory, but we would suggest that the use of lower-case
for the text-matter would result in a greater legibility than the card now
shows with so many of the lines set in italic caps. We would also suggest
that you use a little letter-spacing between the words in the main line.
F. Trigg, Adelaide, South Australia. — The “ Wayzgoose ” program is
interesting in arrangement and the colors are very satisfactory. We would
suggest, however, that where rules are not in the best of condition their
use be avoided as far as possible, as the unsightly joints which bad rules
show detract very much from the appearance of any piece of printed matter.
Leon Lester, Kinsley, Kansas. — The card is very attractive, and you
have shown much ingenuity in your manufacture of decoration. The colors
are harmonious, although, perhaps, the use of a slightly lighter green would
give a more pleasing contrast with the black than does the dark green
which you have used. The typographical arrangement is also very satis¬
factory.
From Bronson W’oolley, sales manager of the Express Publishing & Print¬
ing Company, Toledo, Ohio, we have received a copy of “ Express — ions,”
the house organ of this company. It is one of the handsomest booklets of
this kind we have received for some time, and contains many excellent
A page from “ Express — - ions,” the house organ of the Express
Publishing & Printing Company, Toledo, Ohio.
illustrations of typography and color printing, many of them being the
original designs tipped onto the various pages. Among the many interest¬
ing designs shown therein is one on the booklet cover in black and red, a
reproduction of which we show herewith. “ Express — ions ” consists of
twenty pages and cover and is 10 by 12 inches in size.
Harry E. Shrope, Washington, New Jersey. — The specimens are well
handled, although in the note-head for G. T. Smith we note that your spa¬
cing between words in the feature line is not at all even, and would suggest
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that you take into consideration the shapes of the letters on either side of
the space when placing the space between words. It is also noticeable in
the same line on the envelope corner-card. The large envelopes are both
well handled, and the colors are good.
P. H. Lorentz, Buckhannon, West Virginia. — The commercial specimens
are, as usual, very good, and we find little opportunity for a criticism as
to the manner in which they are handled. The cover-page for “ Pharos ”
is unusually pleasing and a good arrangement of a small amount of matter.
We show a reproduction of it herewith.
SEJjp JJljaros
dlii
1
March
1911
A pleasing cover-page, by P. II. Lorentz, Buckhannon, West Virginia.
The calendar for the Cross Paper Folder Company, Boston, consisting
of six mounts tied together with a silk cord, on each of the mounts being
tipped a handsome reproduction in three colors, with calendar and adver¬
tising matter printed underneath, is most pleasing. These color specimens
are excellent, both in the subjects and in the manner in which they are
handled.
From Chester A. Lyle, instructor in the Howard University School of
Printing, Washington, D. C., we have received a package of unusually inter¬
esting commercial specimens. The work is characterized throughout by
neat, clean typography and excellent color combinations. We show here¬
with the title-page of a program which shows an interesting use of stock
borders.
Adolph Lehmann, San Francisco, California. — The motto-card is a very
interesting piece of text and is well printed. We have no criticism what¬
ever to offer on the manner in which it is handled. The leaving of the
lines ragged at the right-hand side in order to allow an even spacing
between words is a pleasing innovation and gives an excellent color to the
page as a whole.
H. Wolkenhorst, Kansas City, Missouri. — The Westmoreland booklet
is one of the most attractive pieces of work of this kind which we have
received in some time. The illustrations are all excellently well handled,
and the color combinations are unusually pleasing. This, together with the
simplicity of the typography, makes it a booklet which should be effective
as an advertising proposition.
A. H. Finn, Detroit, Michigan. — The commercial specimens from the
Franklin Press are well handled and show a careful regard for design and
color. The menu for the banquet is unusually neat and tasty, while the
large catalogue for motor trucks is one of the most pleasing books of its
kind which we have received for some time, the half-tone work and the
arrangement of colors being unusually good.
John A. Smith, Carmi, Illinois. — - We would suggest that the use of
single rules for your letter-head would be an improvement, and we would
also suggest that underneath both of the lines you use a single rule, slightly
heavier in tone, rather than the two light ones. This would not make such
a confusion of lines underneath the name. We would also suggest just a
trifle less space between words in the feature lines.
Bernard Martin, North Manchester, Indiana. — The cover-page of the
announcement is very unique and shows a clever originality on your part.
AVe would suggest that, inasmuch as the two pages on the inside remain
facing each other after the leaflet is open, that they be made right-and-left
pages, by placing the border on the left hand at the other side, rather
than having the border at the right side on both pages.
J. B. Cosgrove, St. Augustine, Florida. — Of the two blotters, we pre¬
fer the one on which a light blue has been used, as it gives a much better
effect to the cut of the building. Personally, however, we do not care for
the combination of yellow and orange and would prefer to see the heavy
rule on the outside in another color, or at least made much lighter, so that
the orange would not conflict so strongly with the yellow.
The McCormick Press, AA'ichita, Kansas. — The tenth anniversary num¬
ber of your house organ, “ Impressions,” is at hand, and we find it unus¬
ually interesting. AA'e have little criticism to offer, but would suggest that
perhaps the running of the rules and the cuts in the lower corners in a
little stronger color would be an improvement, as at present the cuts are
barely legible. The book is very interesting and should prove unusually
good advertising.
From the Henry 0. Shepard Company, Chicago, we have received a copy
of a catalogue of AYolfe-Linde Refrigerator and Ice-making Machinery,
manufactured by Fred AV. AVolf Company, Chicago. The catalogue is
printed in brown and black, the most noticeable feature of the work being
Cover of a handsome catalogue, by the Henry 0. Shepard Company,
Chicago.
the excellent manner in which the half-tone illustrations are handled. The
cover is handsomely embossed in colors on brown stock, a half-tone printed
in a blanked panel adding much to its appearance. AA'e show herewith a
reproduction.
Edw. E. Bailey, Centre Hall, Pennsylvania. — Your specimens are very
well arranged, although we note on one or two of them a tendency to
use type-faces which are rather large. This refers particularly to the
bill-head for the Grand A'iew Poultry Farm. AA'e think that if you had
used smaller type-faces, giving a little more opportunity for white space,
this heading would have been very much better. On the first page of
the program for the Grain Show we would suggest that, instead of cen¬
tering the center group of type between the top and bottom one, you
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place it slightly above the center, on an imaginary line which would give
three parts to the space above the group and five parts below. This would
cause it to conform more thoroughly to the principles of proportion which
should be followed in all good designs.
Fred C. Williams, Chicago. — The page design is complicated, in that
it has too many separate groups scattered over it, and the fact that you
have used several different series of type does not add anything to its
stock, it forms an unusual and pleasing combination. The other designs
are good, especially the cover-page design on brown stock.
R. C. Williamson, Des Moines, Iowa. — The commercial specimens which
you have sent are very pleasing, and we would especially comment on
the unusual and artistic color combination which you have selected for these
designs. The program of the Cost Congress is an especially attractive
piece of work, both in design and color. On the motto-card tipped on the
<©ranb Woofcmrn ISall
GIVEN BY
.itSaii for jfllQan
Camp
M . W. OF A.
+
Friday Evening, Feb. 17, 1911
EIGHT O'CLOCK
^etgljborbooti J^all
67th and May Streets
TICKETS 25c EACH
BLAKE’S ORCHESTRA
«ranb Brill bo Jorrattr Eram
GRAND WOODMEN
BALL
GIVEN BY
MAN for MAN CAMP
M w. of A.
Grand Drill by Forester Team
FRIDAY EVENING, FEB. 17th, 1911
EIGHT O’CLOCK, at
NEIGHBORHOOD HALL
67th and May Streets
TICKETS 25c EACH •: BLAKE’S ORCHESTRA
In the original (A) the dividing of the text into too many groups results in a complicated design, and there are too many type-faces.
The simple design shown in B, in but one series, with italic to match, is more pleasing.
appearance — rather it detracts. Gathering the text-matter into a few
groups and using but one or two series would be an improvement, and we
have indicated this in the resetting which we show herewith.
Package label, by H. Emmet Green, Anthony, Kansas. Original
in colors.
H. Emmett Green, Anthony, Kansas. — Of the specimens which you
have sent in we find the package label the most interesting, and we show
herewith a reproduction of it. Printed in yellow-green and black on white
background we would suggest a little lighter green, as it would contrast
more pleasingly with the black and not make such a strong spot at one end
of the card.
Eric Peterson, Fort Wayne, Indiana. — The specimens are all excellent
in design and we find nothing whatever in them to criticize. We would
especially congratulate you upon the excellent effect which you have secured
in the combination of colors and stock on the letter-head and envelope
for the Singmaster Printing Company. This is one of the most pleasing
sets of commercial stationery that we have received for some time.
Laurel Chronicle, Laurel, Mississippi. — All of these arrangements are
very satisfactory, and the only change that we would suggest in them
would be the use of an orange or red-orange, rather than the red which
you have used in combination with the black. Of the three arrangements,
we like best the one which shows the name of the paper set in text type,
although on this letter-head we would suggest the addition of a pica
beneath the line at the top of the design.
A. C. Roberts, Lincoln, Nebraska. — The commercial specimens are all
excellent in design and color and we would especially congratulate you upon
the good use which you have made of the old-style type in your commercial
stationery. The letter-head for the Lincoln Linotype Company is especially
pleasing, although we would suggest that perhaps the use of roman caps,
for the words “ Linotype Composition ” would be preferable to the intro¬
duction of the italic series into the design.
E. D. Blacet, Painesville, Ohio. — The first page of your announcement
would be improved in appearance if you would arrange it in such a manner
that the heaviest of the two groups would be in the upper part of the page,
rather than in the lower part. A design in which the heavier group is in
the lower part of a page always has the appearance of being upside down,
due to the fact that we generally consider a design on a printed page as
hanging from the top rather than being built up from the bottom. We
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would also suggest that you avoid using condensed and extended types on
the same page or in the same group, as there is no shape harmony between
them. One should consider the job as a whole when deciding upon the
type to be used thereon, and on a page the shape of this one we would
suggest that the type more nearly square would be preferable to the con¬
densed face which you have used for most of the text.
E. D. Blacet, Painesville, Ohio. — The letter-head is well arranged and
we see little opportunity for improvement. As a matter of preserving the
harmony of shapes between the various lines, we would suggest that per¬
haps the use of a roman letter in the place of the italic for the date line
and the line following the name of the firm would be preferable. As a
usual thing, commercial stationery of this kind kept in one series is better
and more pleasing than where two or three different series are used.
The Arteraft Company, Cleveland, Ohio. — The enamel-ware booklet is
a unique arrangement and the cover is especially good. We think, however,
if you had used black ink for the half-tone illustrations the effect would
have been much more satisfactory, even though the color which you have
used represents in a way the actual colors of the goods. We also think
that if the gray were made a trifle darker the added legibility would be
desirable without in any way spoiling the color combination.
$ I
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SONG SERVICE
BY THE
HOWARD UNIVERSITY CHOIR
RANKIN MEMORIAL CHAPEL
WASHINGTON, D. C.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FEBRUARY NINETEENTH, 4:30 P. M.
MDCCCCXI
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d University Press. Washington. D. C.
An interesting use of stock borders. From Chester A.
Washington, D. C.
Lyle,
C. A. Mann, Huron, South Dakota. — - The commercial specimens are well
handled throughout and we find little in them which offers opportunity for
criticism. We would suggest, however, a more careful spacing between
words, and would call your attention to the spacing in the main line of the
letter-head for the Huron Marble & Granite Works, as the space between
the last two words of this line is considerably more than that between any
other two words. We would suggest that where large type-faces are used
in combination with text- faces that roman is preferable to lining gothic
or other types of a similar design. The great difference in shape between
the lining gothic and the text letter is not as noticeable nor as objection¬
able where the smaller sizes of the lining gothic are used, but where the
larger sizes are used in combination with the text letter the difference in
shape is quite apparent and is not pleasing.
The Hershey Press, Hershey, Pennsylvania. — The specimens are, in gen¬
eral, very well arranged, and we find but little in them to criticize. We
would suggest, however, that where the squaring-up of lines necessitates
extensive spacing, as shown in the heading, “ A Few Thoughts for Your
Consideration,” the use of another form rather than a squared-up group would
be preferable. If you had used a slightly heavier rule on the cover-page for
the Teachers’ District Educational Meeting it would have harmonized much
better in tone with the heavy type-face shown on the page. On the
announcement page for the millinery house we would suggest that a simple,
plain announcement, even though it were set in straight paragraph form
in one size of type, would be fully as legible and infinitely more pleasing
than the arrangement which you have used, as the latter, consisting of
lines of caps, and lower-case of various sizes, no two succeeding ones being
alike, is rather confusing and hard to read.
R. W. Shepherd, Portsmouth, Virginia. — All of the cards which you
have submitted show an unusually good use of borders. The color combina¬
tion in the large card is especially pleasing, although we do not care for
the combination used on any of the Easter cards. The one which has the
border in violet is perhaps the most pleasing and appropriate for this par¬
ticular occasion, but if you had used a real dark green with this violet,
rather than the blue, we think the effect would have been very much better.
Roy A. Bast, Clark, South Dakota. — The most noticeable feature of the
specimens which you have submitted is a tendency to use rules, both for
borders and for underscoring, which are either too light or too heavy in
tone to harmonize properly with the type-faces with which they are used.
We would also suggest that where you use red and black as a color com¬
bination the red should incline toward the orange, in order that it may
contrast more pleasingly with the black than does the red of a blue hue.
We would also suggest that where the text letter is used the space between
words should be rather smaller than where the roman or italic letters are
used. The text letter is in design condensed, and for this reason the space
both between words and lines should be small. We would also suggest
that, wherever possible, you keep your commercial stationery in one or,
at the most, two series of type, taking care that if two series are used
they be such faces as will harmonize one with the other. On some of the
commercial stationery we note that you have used three type-faces and
that they are widely different in shape. This refers especially to the note-
head for D. J. Quinn.
Oliver Blevins, English, Indiana. — We would suggest that you confine
your commercial stationery, as far as possible, to one or two series of type,
rather than using three or four as you have done on the note-head for
Christian Atz. In addition to this, the type-faces which are used should
harmonize with each other both in shape and in tone. Light-faced lines
should not be combined with heavy black ones, neither should condensed
letters be combined with extended ones. The letter-spacing which has been
necessary in order to square up the lines in the panels at the end of this
note-head detracts much from its legibility, and the centering of the lines
without the letter-spacing would have been more satisfactory. We would
also suggest that you avoid the use of punctuation points at the ends of
lines in display matter. We note that you have a tendency to place con¬
siderable space between lines on these display pages rather than crowding
them close together. This applies particularly to the title-pages on the
announcements for the two banks. In both of these cases the omission of
most of the space between the lines forming the names of the banks, thus
drawing the names together in close groups, would be more satisfactory.
•T. A. Reid, St. Louis, Missouri. — We are in receipt of a copy of the
book, entitled “ The Greater Belleville,” and would make a suggestion or
two as to its typographical appearance. While the cover is very pleasing in
design, we would suggest that the rules which underscore the various lines
be made of the same length as the lines, rather than longer. The title-page
would have been greatly improved if smaller type had been used, as it is
too much like a poster in appearance. The advertising pages are not
pleasing, due to the fact that the rules and borders which are used to sep¬
arate the various advertisements are in many cases so strong that they over¬
shadow the type-matter and detract from the advertising value of the
various groups. Then, too, the use of a too g’reat variety of type-faces on
the different pages results in a confusing appearance which would have
been avoided if the whole advertising section had been confined to but two
or three series. Where an effort is made to make each of a half-dozen
advertisements the most prominent, the result is usually a black page that
is not pleasing in tone and one which gives no more prominence to the
advertisements than if a lighter type were used.
?
“ Before I wear a harem skirt,”
She sweetly murmured, “ tell me, please,
If I shall, every time I sit.
Be forced to hitch it up so it
Will not get baggy at the knees.”
— S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Ilerald.
SERMONS IN STONES.
“ This paper,” remarked an Irishwoman to her husband
as she sat at tea, “ says that some feller says there be ser¬
mons in stones. Phwat d’yez think av that? ” “ Oi dunno
about the sermons,” replied the good man, “ but many a
good ar-rgument has coom out uv a brick, Oi’m thinkin’.”
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!
There is always a best way to do a thing if
it be but to boil an egg. — Emerson.
This department is designed to record methods of shorten¬
ing labor and of overcoming difficult problems in printing. The
methods used by printers to accomplish any piece of work re¬
corded here are open to discussion. Contributions are solicited.
Thumb-indexing a Book.
The advantages of having certain books, such as refer¬
ence-books, catalogues, etc., thumb-indexed will appeal to
every one who ever has occasion to consult such volumes for
information in a hurry. Few published books come indexed
in this manner, and considerable time is lost in looking for
information contained therein that could be saved if they
were properly thumb-indexed.
The following simple method of thumb-indexing will be
found very satisfactory :
Procure a small-sized paper clip of the type shown in
the engraving and remove the two small jaws, saving the
spring. Procure a piece of %-inch pipe, and for a distance
of about % of an inch file it down on the outside until a
slight shoulder is for-med. The spring of the clip is then
opened slightly and sprung on the pipe as illustrated. This
forms our cutting tool, after an edge has been put on the
end of the spring. This can be done on an oil or carborun¬
dum stone. The spring will be found to take a very sharp
cutting edge and to hold it well. Before cutting the edges
of the book, go through the latter and place a paper marker
at the subject matter you desire to index; and having
decided on your subjects, you can best arrange your cuts.
The length of the book from the top to bottom of the page,
and the width of your cutter, of course, determine the num¬
ber of indexes you can get in line; but having arrived at
the bottom of the page, start at the top again, and continue
so through the book.
To cut, proceed as follows: Suppose you wish to locate
the information on page 15. Open your book at the desired
page and close to the top, if it is the first index, mark where
your first cut comes. Hold pages 1 to 14 flat, and cut back
toward page 1, care being taken that the cut is not made in
a vertical direction, but out toward the edge of the cover.
The latter, of course, must not be cut into, and if the first
cut is close to the first page, a thin piece of wood should be
inserted to protect the cover. The depth of the cut from
the edge in should be regulated by the number of char¬
acters to be written in the index. The next mark is now
taken, and a similar cut made at the next page to be
indexed, lower down on the page. A glance at a thumb-
indexed dictionary will show at once how the cuts are made.
If the cutter is kept sharp and the cut is made with one
blow of the hammer, the edges will be perfectly smooth;
but should they become irregular, they can be smoothed
down by rubbing the thumb-slot with fine sandpaper on a
round pencil, the leaves being held close together in the
meantime. — J. W. C., in Scientific American.
Color-printing on Silk.
Close register work on silk may be accomplished by tack¬
ing each piece lightly with fine thread on sheets of card¬
board cut slightly larger than the piece to be printed.
Pieces of cork arranged to strike an exposed place on the
silk will prevent the possibility of the silk moving on the
card under pressure of the form. Vivid effects can be pro¬
duced in this way on badges and the like, and the effect will
more than repay for the time consumed in preparing the
stock by tacking, or, as the dressmaker would say, basting
the silk on the card. — Printing Trade News.
Perforating Gummed Paper.
In using a round-hole perforator on gummed stock it is
well to run an oiled sheet after about every hundred per¬
forations. This cleans the needles and the holes of particles
of gum and saves wear on the machine. To properly pre¬
pare this oiled sheet it is only necessary to take a sheet of
document manila or other absorbent paper and treat it to a
bath in paraffin oil till it is thoroughly soaked, then lay it
between zinc sheets or some place where it will not dry out,
when it will be ready for use. After perforating this oiled
sheet a few times it is well to run a few sheets of waste to
remove the superfluous oil. This will clean out the gum and
save the wear on the machine. — Printing Trade News.
To Reduce Gold and Aluminum Ink.
For this purpose there is nothing better known than
amyl acetate, sometimes called banana oil or pear oil from
its peculiar odor. It is a powerful solvent, quite generally
used by painters to digest and act as a vehicle for the
various bronze powders. Indeed, any printer may mix his
own superior gold or aluminum ink with good bronze pow¬
ders and acetate of amyl. Such an ink well mixed and dis¬
tributed and used in a warm room will cause these trouble¬
some inks to print smoothly without piling up on the rollers
and filling up the form. Nothing better than this same
banana oil to cut dry and extremely hard ink of any sort
from type and cuts. Let it stand on them a minute, brush
it off, and complete the cleaning with benzin.
Printing on Glass.
Many easy dollars may be earned by printers every¬
where, by using the following process in making slides for
moving-picture theaters, window-signs for stores, putting
lettering on photographers’ plates and various other ways
that suggest themselves in different localities.
Set up the form in type as you would for any job to be
printed on the press. Ink up the form the way you would
in taking an ordinary proof. Care should be taken so as
not to bear down too hard, getting ink on the shoulder of
the type. Next take a clean roller, or the same one, washed
up, and roll over the type. Here again care should be taken
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and not bear down too hard on the roller or let it slip. Now
take the roller and run it over the glass. This transfers or
off-sets on the glass. The design, or reading-matter, is now
reversed; turn it over and look at it from the other side
and your work appears complete, right side up.
In making signs on windows put it on from the inside;
white ink shows up very good on store windows, although
any color or colors may be used. In making slides for
moving-picture theaters black ink is most desirable. Half¬
tones or any kind of cuts can be used as well as type. — -
H. P. Smith.
Laying out a Printing-office.
S. E. B., Plymouth, Indiana, submits the accompanying
diagram of his printing-office; the dimensions are given and
the location of the presses. He says his plan is to attach
the line-shaft to the wall about seven feet high instead of
putting it on the ceiling. Wants suggestion for a better
You can now begin the game of rearranging the floor
and planning where the various articles should go. When
you have all the equipment satisfactorily placed, glue or
paste the pieces of cardboard where the articles they repre¬
sent are to go on the floor or mark in the spaces with
various-colored inks or crayon.
Layout for Upper Case.
R. E. Kenny, during the past thirteen years advertising
manager of the Parlin & Orendorff Company, Canton, Illi¬
nois, calls the attention of The Inland Printer to a method
of laying a cap. case. The article appeared in the Prac¬
tical Printer in September, 1907, and as time-saving is now
more than ever the order of the day, it will bear repetition.
“About fifteen years ago I opened a job-printing office,
and in laying the cap. cases I reversed the regular order by
commencing the alphabet in the lower row and working up
New Addition
The shafting will be attached to this wall and each machine faced to the wall. There will be three separate shafts — - one for two
cylinders, one for jobbers, folder and stitcher and one for Linotype. Shafting will be attached about 7 feet high on wall.
method of arranging his shop. Back of the presses he pro¬
poses to have the stones, stands of type, etc. Says he does
not want to make any mistake in arranging and systema¬
tizing the shop, and wants to make it so that he can turn
out the most work with men and machinery.
We do not approve of the placing of the line-shaft on
the wall for several reasons. First: If the wall is brick,
it will be quite difficult and expensive to attach. Second:
If placed seven feet from the floor, it will make it difficult
to drive the jack-shafts and cause a loss of space as a con¬
sequence. Our recommendation would be to install indi¬
vidual motors. The first cost would be greater, but so much
would be economized in power that it would save the differ¬
ence in a short time.
As a sequence of cost finding, printers are planning
much more carefully than in the past for greater efficiency
in the arrangement of machines, presses, cases, cabinets,
stones, etc.
It is an interesting study to play checkers with a floor
plan. Take a sheet of quadrille-ruled paper, and let each
square represent a square foot. The dimensions, angles,
curves, etc., of any flooi’-space may be drawn in pencil or
ink — the squares in the ruled form preserving the dimen¬
sions accurately. Staircases, windows, chimneys, elevators
can be accurately placed by lines drawn from one square or
fraction of a square to another square or fraction of a
square. Now take an inventory of all the equipment and
the dimensions of each article making up the equipment.
Take pieces of cardboard. Different-colored cardboard may
be used to distinguish each style of article that makes up
the equipment. Cut these to the dimensions of the article
to be placed on the floor— -making the scale of measure¬
ment the same as the square of the quadrille-ruled paper.
to the fourth row. After actual experience all these years I
am in a position to demonstrate that this layout is an
improvement over the universal practice. I will give figures
to verify my claims.
“ Inland
Type
Foundry
scheme
for body-letter,
100-
pound roman font
1st row.
2d row.
3d row.
4 th row.
Oz.
Oz.
Oz.
Oz.
A
. 8
H .
. 7
P .
. . . 6
X .
2
B
I .
. 6
Q .
. .. 2%
Y .
4%
c
. 7%
K .
. 4
1! .
■ 7%
Z .
2
D
. 6
L .
. 6
S .
. . . 8
J .
4%
E
. 9%
M .
. 7%
T .
• 9%
U .
5
F
. 5
N .
. 7%
V .
. . . 3
& .
5
G
. 5%
0 .
. 7%
W .
46%
45%
43%
23
“ I have taken the Inland Type Foundry specimen-book,
showing the quantity of each capital letter furnished, using
a 100-pound font as a basis, and divided them according to
the layout of the four rows of a cap. case used for the capi¬
tal letters.
“ The lower row in my layout, from A to G, contains 46 V2
ounces of type (per 100 pounds) against 23 ounces in the
upper row, or more than twice as much type as in the row
nearest the compositor. The second and third rows merely
change places with each other, although the difference in
amount of type carried in these two rows is in favor of my
scheme.
“ The percentage of type actually used in ordinary com¬
position is greater in the row containing the letters A to G
than the figures indicate, for any compositor of experience
knows that he will clean out the A to G boxes long before
the supply of X, Y, Z, J and U is exhausted.
“A careful measurement of the cap. case will show that
when in a tilted position on the stand, the fourth row is six
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inches farther away from the compositor and five inches
higher than the lower row.
“ For a practical demonstration, let all your compositors
of average height stand up to their cases and notice the
extra step or the extra twist to the shoulder they give every
time they reach for a letter in the fourth row of the cap.
case.
“ Thirty-nine cap. E’s, an average-sized cap. letter, of
modern roman body-type, weigh one ounce. On this basis
IMPROVED LAY OF THE CAP. CASE.
the lower row, A to G, 46% ounces, contains 1,844 letters.
The upper row, X to &, 23 ounces, contains 897 letters. It
is readily apparent that in setting up approximately 100
pounds of six-point body-type, the compositor’s arm travels
917 times more to the A to G than to the X to & row, and in
the general printing business this means 917 movements six
inches farther away and five inches higher than I use in
setting the same amount of type.
“ This system is a time-saver and is easier on the com¬
positors, and as I had about twelve years’ experience on the
case before opening a shop of my own, I can speak from
experience under both the old and my own system.
In order to be consistent, the caps, in all job, italic and
triple cases are laid on the same plan, and I have been using
it so long that I have almost forgotten there was any other
way of laying a cap. case.”
Casting Angle Quads in a Stick.
A job came into the shop the other day that required the
use of angle quads. We had none in the shop and I was at
a loss what to do. Finally I decided to make them, but I
A— Metal Furniture.
B — Angle Quads.
A and A1 — Rule.
B— Metal furniture to hold up rule for bottom of circle.
C — Metal furniture to make mortise in circle.
D — Bottom half of circle
E — Top half of circle.
HOW TO CAST ANGLE-QUADS.
had no mold. I was “ stuck ” again. Then an idea came to
me. I took a piece of metal furniture the size of the angle
I wanted and locked it in a composing-stick. Then I got
some hot metal from the composing machine and poured it
into the angles that were left at the corner of the stick.
When the metal was cool I unlocked the stick, and after a
little filing I had angle quads good enough for any purpose.
Angles of all shapes and sizes can be made in this way in a
very short time. Note that when lead furniture is used the
molten metal must not be too hot or it will melt the furni¬
ture. Just have it hot enough to scorch paper. — L. W. 0.
To Make Circle Quads.
I made a set of circle quads in twenty minutes by setting
the stick the measure of my circle. Then bending a piece of
rule (A), and putting another rule (A 1) across, I put in
metal furniture (B) to hold it firm, and metal furniture
(C) to form the mortise at the bottom half of the circle.
I poured hot metal into the mold thus made. After it was
cold I unlocked the stick and had the upper and lower
halves cast at once. — L. W. O.
MONTSERRAT/'’ THE SACRED MOUNTAIN OF SPAIN.
From water-color by Dudley C. Watson.
SIGN IN HOTEL IN GOLDROADS, ARIZ.
Ladies
Ready to wear garments
Room 43.
— B. L. T., in Chicago Tribune.
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The assistance of pressmen is desired in the solution of the
problems of the pressroom in an endeavor to reduce the various
processes to an exact science.
Offset Ink.
(860.) “ Is offset ink anything like ordinary printers’
ink or is a special grade required? ”
Answer. — The two inks are made of the same constitu¬
ents, but of different proportions. In offset and other litho
inks there is a maximum of pigment and a minimum of
vehicle, and the carrier of the pigment is a stronger var¬
nish than in ordinary half-tone or letterpress ink. This ink
is as a result dense in body and has great covering capacity.
A solid line in commercial work from the offset press has
quite a similar appearance to a line from an engraved speci¬
men; the ink appears to be piled on thick and irregular.
A critical examination without the magnifier does not reveal
any such condition.
Rubber for Platen Press.
(858.) “ Please inform me how to apply the thin rub¬
ber used on platen presses when printing an envelope?
Where can the rubber be procured? ”
Answer. — The rubber may be secured through type¬
founders or printers’ supply houses. If the envelope to be
printed is but a small corner-card form, a strip of rubber a
trifle wider than the form may be used. To apply it, have a
tympan of news stock, about six sheets; take an impression
and mark place for the guides; raise top bales and place
end of rubber, then clamp it. Now raise lower bale and
stretch the rubber a trifle so it will be taut. Secure it
under the lower bale. Attach guides and make form ready.
If the rubber is occasionally rubbed with French chalk it
will permit the envelopes to be fed with greater facility.
Work-and-turn Job Smutting.
(863.) Submits an order blank on bond paper, printed
on two sides. In backing up the form it is evident that the
ink was not dry; also a surplus of ink is used. Unable to
judge the grade used, but it is apparently suitable for the
grade of stock. The make-ready is adequate. The ques¬
tion the printer raised is as follows: “ The enclosed sheet
printed in our job department is not satisfactory. Would
like to know why the printing showed through and if there
is any way to overcome it on this same grade of paper. Let
us know through your columns.”
Answer. — We judge that the form was backed up before
it was dry enough to handle; this caused some ink to be
deposited on the tympan to be again taken up by another
sheet; this trouble increased as the run continued. If the
run were short and it had to be backed up at once then you
should have carried much less color. On the first time
through you could have carried about two sheets of print
more in the tympan, which, with less ink, would have given
good results; on the second time through remove two sheets
from the tympan and carry a trifle more ink; this would
compensate to some extent the loss of impression. The
tympan should of course be oiled. Some pressmen rub mag¬
nesia or cornstarch on the tympan when the form is being
backed, as this prevents some of the offset. Another remedy
for offset may be found by applying to the various ink-
dealers that carry special inks or compounds to prevent
smutting on rush jobs. Note the advertisements of ink-
dealers and ask for their specialties.
Danger to Health from Bronzing.
(859.) It is quite possible that in a short time there
will be no hand-bronzing permitted in workrooms, except in
the case of preparing proofs and specimens on very limited
runs. The new laws enacted lately by state legislatures
covering occupational ills tend to inhibit all work of this
character that can be done by mechanical means. As it is
at pi-esent the greater number of large shops are equipped
with bronzing machines, placed in some cases in bronzing-
rooms, these rooms well ventilated by exhaust drafts. In
England the laws are much more strict and are rigidly
enforced regarding bronzing. They require employers to
furnish clothing and toilet facilities, and other strict rules
are laid down to conserve the health of the workers. The
contrast is very sharply drawn in respect to the state laws
enacted in this country and those in force in England con¬
cerning occupational diseases.
Applying Gum to Printed Slips.
(865.) Submits a banking slip 2Vz by 314 inches,
printed on one side. The back is to have a quarter-inch
band of gum applied to the narrow end. This printer’s
query is as follows: “ The enclosed slip is to be gummed
on the back edg;e as marked. How should I prepare my
paste and do the job on a platen press? The last time I
used mucilage and a great part of the work stuck together.
Will be pleased to have suggestions.”
Answer. — Have the stock cut so as to print four-on, the
sheet to be a trifle over 3% by 10 inches. When the black
is printed and dry, lock up a piece of eighteen-point plain
wood border high enough in the chase so the top edge of
the sheet can be taken hold of by the feeder while handling
the job. A hard tympan should be used and the bottom
guide may be placed about two points from the edge of the
rule. A mixture of mucilage and LePage’s fish-glue thinned
to working consistency, also fish-glue thinned to a body
like news ink, will work nicely. Dextrin such as is used
for gumming envelope flaps may be used, but if allowed to
get too dry will curl and cause trouble when cutting the
slips. The rollers should be medium and use sufficient of
the dextrin solution to give a fairly uniform coating to the
paper. The sheets as gummed should be laid out on a rack,
one lapping the other, so as to keep the gummed edge out of
contact. If the solution requires body, add magnesia in
small quantities. The work should dry without causing
adjacent sheets to adhere. The work should be gathered
and kept under light pressure as soon as it is found the
gum sets so the sheets will not adhere to one another.
Should the foregoing not prove satisfactory in any detail
write to Arabol Manufacturing Company, 100 William
street, New York, and ask for the grade of adhesive suited
for the work. Give full particulars and furnish sample.
Tetrachlorid of Carbon as a Fire Extinguisher.
(862.) An echo of the efforts of The Inland Printer
toward having a safer volatile detergent for printers’ use is
noted. The Chicago Record-Herald recently in referring to
the adaptability of this liquid as a fire-fighter said: “A
new fire-fighter has been introduced in the shape of carbon
tetrachlorid, a clear, colorless, volatile liquid, with an agree¬
able aromatic odor. It is non-inflammable and non-explo¬
sive, and its vapors readily extinguish fire. It comes in
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hundred-gallon drums, and smaller quantities are sold in
containers. Improved methods of manufacturing chlorid
and carbon disulphid make the new substance relatively
inexpensive.” About two years ago The Inland Printer
referred to all of the foregoing particulars and has since
urged the adoption of tetrachlorid of carbon for printers’
use. In matters of this nature the initiative must be taken
by employing printers’ boards, for it is obvious that the
underwriters will not.
Wrapping Felt on a Roller.
(887.) “ Will you please describe the method of re¬
wrapping a felt distributor roller for a drum-cylinder
press? ”
Answer. — Remove the old felt and clean the surface of
the roller first by scraping all the hard lumps of ink and
adhering particles of felt, then scrub it off with hot lye and
a brush. Dry it and take the strips of felt, and having
placed the roller in bearings, so as to allow it to turn, make
a preliminary wrapping of the felt around the roller to see
the angle you will have to start when the surface of the
roller is ready. When you have the proper angle arranged,
place one end of the felt on the roller and pass a twine
around it and bind it in the groove near the end; then turn
over the felt so as to allow a coating of hot glue to be applied
to the surface of the roller. This operation should be car¬
ried out as quickly as possible and should not be done in a
drafty place or the glue will chill before you are able to
lay on the felt and securely rub it down. As soon as the
felt is wrapped around so as the edge of the felt is in con¬
tact with the adjacent edge, as it is wound worm fashion,
rub it down vigorously by hand so as to give a firm contact
all over. The ends may then be secured by several wrap¬
pings with binders’ linen thread, or several strands of fine
copper wire may be bound around and secured by soldering,
finally smoothing off the sharp points with a file. The roller
should not be used until the next day, and before placing in
the machine it should be singed to remove the fuzzy par¬
ticles of fluff, which will otherwise be taken up by the roll¬
ers and finally reach the fountain. When applying ink
allow it to be fed from the fountain roller instead of apply¬
ing a large quantity and spreading it over with the ink-
knife. We believe that “ stockinet ” would answer the same
purpose as felt if applied with glue. This material is of
cotton and is woven in a tubular form, hence the name. It
is ribbed like hosiery and has a clinging nature. It is used
over a composition roller to apply ink to dies in the auto¬
matic die presses. The ink is applied very profusely, the
surplus being removed from the die by a roll of paper. In
its application to the automatic die press the stockinet is
not glued; it could, we believe, be applied to the use as
above stated.
Oxygen as an Element in Printed Matter.
(861.) Practically twenty parts of the atmosphere we
breathe is oxygen, this element of the air being the sup¬
porter of life. The relation this gas bears to printed matter
is various and diverse. Take for example a number of the
important pigments; their physical and chemical character¬
istics can be traced to the action of oxygen, and almost all
of the vehicles used in the making of printing-ink owe their
nature directly to the action of oxygen on vegetable oils. In
the production of the pigment known as zinc white, oxygen
plays an important part by combining with the metal zinc.
White lead is another example of a physical change due
to the combination of this gas with metallic lead. The well-
known earth colors, sienna and umber, contain a large per¬
centage of oxygen in the form of iron and manganese oxids,
also all chrome colors have a goodly element of oxygen in
their make-up. Oxidizing of linseed oil by the various
methods, such as boiling, aerating, ageing, ozonizing, or by
a mechanical mixture with oxids, which contribute their
oxygen to the oil, is one of the means by which this vital
element is utilized in the production of printing. Nor is
this all the use oxygen is to the printer. The natural or
the accelerated drying of inks is due wholly to oxygen, as
the other elements in our atmosphere are inert, or are of
a negative nature in this relation. The truth of this is
proved in that a printed sheet enclosed in a sealed com¬
partment at a normal temperature dries very slowly, while
if exposed to daylight and a somewhat higher temperature
the ink films rapidly and the drying continues unabated,
heat and light being accelerators to the catalytic action
which the oxygen induces. In every case where driers are
added to inks, or where drying is hastened by mechanical
means, it is due wholly to the action of oxygen. While this
gas is of great use to the printer it also causes great loss,
with but a small percentage of salvage to compensate. The
drying of inks in cans and the loss of metal in the form of
dross in typesetting and typecasting machines are examples
of the action of oxygen. The rusting of printers’ tools and
of unpainted parts of presses and other machinery show
where oxygen has been at work, increasing the overhead
expenses. The printers’ rollers deteriorate and the binders’
glue decomposes when acted on by this gas. Paper becomes
discolored and loses its tenacity, and sizing and enamel
become decomposed by its insidious action, and there is no
escape from it. We are surrounded by it and it is always
at work.
Rollers Running Hot on a Rotary Press.
(864.) A printer operating a number of well-known
rotary presses for printing circulars writes: “We have
considerable trouble with rollers on our presses. These
rollers were made for winter use, but run hot and melt or
begin to wear on the ends almost as soon as we start to use
same. We purposely had some of these rollers made hard
the same as for summer use, and on this the face cracked
and filled up with cuts, same as if knife had been used on
them. We wash our rollers entirely with machine oil, and
would like to know if this has any bad effect on them. Any
suggestions which you may be able to give us to lessen or
remedy this trouble will be greatly appreciated.”
Answer. — At this time when rollers go wrong we gen¬
erally consider that the fault lies with the operators or
pressmen. The reason is that as rollex’-makers are now so
familiar with the requirements of high-speed presses they
usually make the rollers to meet the set condition prevail¬
ing. However, in this case we believe that there may be cir¬
cumstances that have not been stated. These rollers, if
seasoned properly, set right, and the speed of the machine
not being greater than the pull of the ink should permit,
should not run hot. Of course it is quite plain that if the
job is on cheap paper and a soft ink is used, the machine
may be run quite rapidly, there being a minimum of friction
from the ink and pull of the rollers. But if a short, heavy
letterpress ink is used, the resistance is greater to the break¬
ing up of the ink and the friction-inducing heat causes a
softening of the rollers. On the ends where the supply of
ink is not augmented it tends to dry. This causes a greater
pull and breaks the composition out in small pieces. This
can be overcome in a measure by adding a few drops of
00 varnish or a trifle of vaseline. Or better yet, wash off the
ends. The cracking of hard rollers is due to the shrinking
of the surface. This possibly is due to the rollers being left
over night several times in a dry atmosphere. This tends
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BY A. HUGHMARK.
Under this head inquiries re^ardind all practical details of
bookbinding will be answered as fully as possible. The opinions
and experiences of bookbinders are solicited as an aid to making
this department of value to the trade.
Blank-book Binding — Continued.
Having attached the board, the next step in forward¬
ing is making- and fastening the spring-back. Measure the
width of the book with a strip of ledger paper about half
an inch wide laid across the back, marking it with the
thumb-nail. It will take some practice to get the back the
right size; therefore, it would be better for the novice to
take several measures, beginning with one that barely
takes the distance from the first to the last section, as
shown in the rounding. Cut off a piece of board No. 20 or
25, and about an inch long, for this experiment. Moisten it
in hot water and bend it into the shape of the back, and try
it on. This will show how much the curve shrinks the loose
back. The No. 20 being thicker shows this more clearly
than the No. 25. Move this experimental back section
over onto the joint on one side just enough to have the
edge on a horizontal line with the cover-board, and it can
be readily seen how much more has to be added to the other
side to make it right. This practice in proving the accuracy
of the original measure will be a lesson to remember when
marking off the widths of backs at any future time.
There are several reasons why backs must be of certain
proportional widths in addition to the actual curvature of
the sections. When not wide enough, there will be little or
no spring to the opening of the book, besides a flat joint is
unsightly and soon becomes flimsy. The back that is made
too wide flares out at the edges, and does not hug the book
closely; it binds when the book is opened and will wear off
the covering before the book has been in use to any extent,
owing to its projection above the covers.
The proper width having been ascertained, a strip of
Davy tarboard is cut accordingly, but somewhat longer
than the book. The ends are marked in conformity to the
length of the boards and then cut off squarely. The strip is
dipped in water and then warmed over a gas flame, moving
it back and forth quickly and turning it until the surface
assumes a uniform color. This steaming softens and tough¬
ens the board so it can be bent without cracking. It can be
shaped roughly over a pressrod, bar, shaft, or even a broom¬
stick stuck in the job backer, by manipulating it with the
hands. A forming-iron should be used to finish it up in. A
small, wooden tool-handle rounded on the end is useful for
this final shaping. When putting the back into the forming-
iron, especially if the book is a thin one, it is better to select
a larger groove and rub it evenly until it fits in snugly,
after which it is easy to finish up in a groove smaller than
the book, because it will open up to some extent when dry¬
ing. If the book is a large one the back should be rein¬
forced or lined with a piece of thin canvas or heavy ledger
paper. This is done by gluing the covering with the glue,
laying the back in the center and rubbing down with a
2-7
folder toward the edges, then turning in tight on both sides
and rubbing down on the inside in the forming-iron.
The loose back is fastened by gluing linen-paper straps
over each end and center so that the ends extend onto the
boards, bridging the joint grooves. Thick glue is best for
this because the straps can be stretched, forcing the back to
hug the book closely without slipping. The width of each
strap should be about one-fifth of the length of the back.
During this operation the book should be set into a hand
press or job backer with the back up; it will then be in a
firm position to work on.
Here begins the particular difference that distinguishes
each style of binding. Ends and bands, three-quarters;
full canvas or full sheep have bands; extras, full russias
and ends and fronts have hubs. Strawboard about No. 65
or 70 is most suitable for bands or hubs when cut across
the grain of the board. The width of these will vary accord¬
ing to the size of the book. A superroyal should have a
much wider band or hub than a cap book would have.
While there is no standard for the different widths, the
variation runs approximately from five-eighths for the cap
to an inch for the superroyal. The height will vary also
according to the thickness of the book. A three-piece band
may be high enough for a 200-page book, whereas it takes
five or more for a 1,000-page medium.
The back is pointed off with the dividers into five equal
spaces for ends and bands. When gluing on the bands the
band at the head is placed above the mark and the tail
band below the mark. This insures the equal distance at
both ends of the book. The second and third bands are
placed so as to cover their respective marks in the center.
While banding, the book is again placed in the press or job
backer, but this time the head of the book is raised and the
forwarder works from the end of the press; whereas in
fastening the back he works from the side. Having the
head of the book raised enables the workman to apply the
bands straight and the point marks are more easily seen.
For full sheep or three-quarter binding the back is divided
in five equal spaces, the same as before, but for these bind¬
ings the bands are all glued on above the marks which
makes the tail space wider by the width of one band and the
head space narrower.
To divide the back for an extra hub proceed as fol¬
lows: Mark off a half inch at each end of the back.
Divide the distance between these marks into five equal
spaces and we have then the short space A, and the five
longer which we will call one, two, three, four and five, and
another short one B. The foundations of the hubs are three
layers of strawboards glued on and fully covering spaces
one, three and five. On top of these foundations, four more
layers are glued, in spaces one and five. These layers
should be about one inch narrower than the others, so that
when set in the center a half-inch space is left on each side.
In other words, these hubs have two half-inch steps at
each end; one from the top to the base, another from the
base to the end of the back. The hub in space three or
center is built up by placing four half-inch strips on top of
the foundation, one-half inch from each end of it, forming
two steps at each end of this hub with an additional open¬
ing in the center. In all work on bands or hubs thick glue
should be used and a few strips glued off ahead so as to
allow the glue to tack. A long, flat stick can be used to
advantage, tapping the strips down as soon as placed in
position. After the bands have had time to dry, the ends
should be cut off. The best way to do this and not loosen
the bands is to lay the book so that the back projects over
the edge of the bench and with a thin, sharp knife held
horizontal with the board, cut toward the left; meanwhile
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supporting the band with the left thumb. A stick covered
with a piece of sandpaper should be used for finishing off
the cuts. If done properly the edge of the back and the
band ends will be on a level with the board, so that when
the book is covered the wear will be equally distributed.
Gold Leaf on Cover Stock.
(107.) A. B. M. enclosed samples of gold stamping on
Old Cloister cover with inquiry as to the cause of lack
in uniformity. He had used gilding powder as binding
mediums. Some impressions looked clear and others again
were weak, with a tendency to rub off.
Answer. — From the color of the gold it is evident that
there was not enough heat when the job was stamped. The
impression in white leaf also shows lack of heat, otherwise
it could not be rubbed off with the finger. Where stock
varies in thickness, as it did in this case, it is better to set
the impression strong enough for the thinner stock. The
thicker covers will have more impression than is necessary,
but that will not impair the sticking qualities of the leaf.
Stamping Gold on Labels.
(106.) P. W. S. writes that he has trouble with gold
leaf on glazed label stock. “ When I use a liquid compound
and stamp the leaf hot I never have any difficulty, but this
size discolors and curls label stock. I have also used metal-
leaf size for printing, but the gold picks off.”
Answer. — Finishing powder (gum sandarac) should be
used where albumen or shellac size stains. Dust the sur¬
face with cotton dipped in the powder. Take up gold leaf
on a piece of slightly greased tissue-paper and place the
leaf down on the prepared surface. This will keep the leaf
in position while handling and feeding. It is otherwise
likely to blow off or double up. Stamp with strong, hot
impression and wipe off. A good size is made by Fuchs
& Lang, which can be used for leaf in cold printing on
labelwork.
MRS. MARY A. KING DEAD.
Mrs. Mary A. King, known to almost every newspaper
man and newspaper printer in Chicago, and founder of
King’s restaurant, died on April 23, aged seventy-one years.
Mrs. King was the wife of a well-known printer — James
H. King — who at one time was superintendent of the old
Chicago Republican and later connected with the Inter
Ocean. When he died, in 1883, Mrs. King was left with
seven daughters and two sons, and with little means for
their support.
Having a wide acquaintance with newspaper men, she
concluded to start a business in preparing and carrying
lunches to the newspaper offices during working hours.
Her success was remarkable from the beginning, and in a
short time a small restaurant was established. This
became so popular, that larger quarters were necessary,
and she later opened King’s restaurant, in its present loca¬
tion, on Fifth avenue.
Seven daughters and one son survive her. Charles W.
King, who assisted his mother in building the business,
died about ten years ago. Among the daughters is Mrs.
Michael C. Colbert. Mr. Colbert is widely known among
union printers and employers, having been president of
Typographical Union No. 16 for three terms, and later
becoming an organizer for the International Union.
If you worry over the criticisms of the world — if you
fear your competitors — if you allow business depression
to depress your nervous system — you’ll be miserable. —
New England Character.
This department is designed particularly for the review of
technical publications pertaining to the printing industry. The
Inland Printer Company will receive and transmit orders for any
book or publication. A list of technical books kept in stock will
be found in the advertising pages.
From Ginn & Co., Boston, we have received a copy
of “ Latin for Beginners,” by Benjamin L. D’Ooge, the
mechanical quality of which will appeal to those who have
to do with printing. Clean in its make-up, well printed,
and with excellent zinc etchings which harmonize pleas¬
ingly in tone with the text, it forms an attractive book.
Not the least interesting feature is the use of excellent
three-color illustrations of incidents in keeping with the
subject.
A catalogue of high school and college text-books, pub¬
lished by Ginn & Co., Boston, is at hand and is a compre¬
hensive index of the publications of this company. Con¬
sisting of more than five hundred pages, it covers works on
English; Latin, Greek and Oriental languages; modern
foreign languages; history, political science and economics;
mathematics; natural science; commerce, industrial educa¬
tion, manual training and fine arts; psychology, philosophy
and education; and notebooks and supplies. It is well
printed and attractively bound in cloth.
Ueber den gegenwaertigen Stand der Galvanoplastik.
This twenty-eight page pamphlet, as its title indicates,
is a treatise on the present status of the art of electro¬
typing, being a reprint of a series of articles which
appeared in the Oesterreichische Faktoren-Z eitung . The
author as well as publisher of this work is Herr G. Frank,
of Vienna, Austria. In small compass he gives a very com¬
prehensive and instructive description of the various prac¬
tices now obtaining in electrotypy, including formulas for
battery systems, electrolytic baths and metal alloys. We
commend it to our German readers who are interested in
this art.
Announcement is made of the publication of a de luxe
edition of “ Posters,” by Charles Matlack Price. It consists
of a critical study of the development of poster design in
continental Europe, England and America, and contains
twenty-five poster miniatures in color and seventy-five full-
page reproductions in monotone. The book is printed from
type on Strathmore deckle-edge paper, with the poster
inserts hand-mounted. It is 8 by 11 inches in size and
bound in natural buckram, with gilt top and gold side and
back stamps. The edition is limited to 250 copies and the
price is $10. Published by Stoddard & Bricka, 114-116 East
Twenty-eighth street, New York.
A NEW CONTEST.
A new “ missing word ” contest has just appeared. It is
as follows: A good church deacon sat down on the pointed
end of a tack. He at once sprang up and said only two
words. The last was “ it.” Any one guessing the first word
and sending a dollar in cash will be entitled to this period¬
ical for one yeaiv — Walnuts and Wine.
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The experiences of composing-machine operators, machinists
and users are solicited with the object of the widest possible
dissemination of knowledge concerning the best methods of
getting results.
Electrically Heated Metal-pots.
The entire battery of fifty-six Linotypes in the com¬
posing-room of the New York World has its metal-pots
electrically heated. This apparatus was designed by Mr.
George Wagner, head machinist, and is said to give not
only better results but improves the atmosphere in the room
imported into the Dominion; sixty-five came from the United
States and one from England. The value of imports has
steadily grown from $5.9,474 in 1907 to $297,071 in 1910.
In Prince Edward Island only four newspapers out of
eleven have typesetting machines, and none are found in
job-offices.
To Linotype Beginners.
An old operator gives the following advice: “Intelli¬
gent reading of copy is the secret to speed on typesetting
machines. Scientific fingering of the keyboard undoubtedly
will help to increase speed and will materially decrease the
amount of exertion necessary, but an intelligent reader with
quick perception will become an expert operator in spite
of awkward fingering. On the other hand, no matter how
splendidly scientific his fingering of the keyboard may be,
an operator will never become expert who does not learn to
master his copy. The best advice that can be given to begin¬
ners on typesetting machines is as follows: Never set an
article, whether reprint or manuscript, without faithfully
carrying the sense of it from beginning to end. By follow-
LUNCH IN A CANADIAN LUMBER CAMP.
Photo by R. R. Sallows, Goderich, Canada.
to a great degree. The heating coils are placed between the
crucible and the jacket, and one group is applied to heating
the pot while another is applied to the mouthpiece. This
gives perfect control of the heat and a thermostat maintains
its uniformity.
Line-o-type or Lin-o-type.
A correspondent writes: “ Please state which is the cor¬
rect pronunciation of Linotype — line-o-type, or lin-o-type.”
Answer. — Although the Century Dictionary gives it
lin-o-type, the Mergenthaler Company is authority for the
pronunciation line-o-type, the word being a contraction of
the phrase “ line of type.”
Canada to Have Linotype and Typecasters Duty Free.
If the pending trade arrangement between the United
States and Canada goes through without change, linotype
machines and repairs, typecasters and supplies therefor
can be imported into Canada free of duty. The present
duty is twenty per cent ad valorem. During the fiscal year
ending March 31, 1910, there were sixty-six machines
ing this rule, in time it will be found comparatively easy to
decipher the worst manuscript quickly and correctly, and
punctuation will come to the operator without the least
effort, regardless of how the copy is prepared. In addition
to this, bad grammar, omissions and doublets will be
detected at once, and corrected with scarcely any loss of
time. Follow the above rule diligently and then note the
improvement in your speed as an operator. It will be a
welcome surprise.”
Metal.
A correspondent writes: “Would you kindly let me
know whether or not linotype or monotype metal can be
used with success in the making of ordinary stereotypes,
for short runs? ”
Answer. — -We have known of the use of linotype metal
for newspaper stereotypes, but rather doubt the wisdom of
such a course. However, if the stereotyper is capable of
producing a sharp plate without overheating the metal, we
can see no great objection, for it should stand up for as long
a run as slugs made on a linotype machine. Our advice is
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this, however: Do not mix the various metals, as they are
each made for a specific purpose. The ingredients vary in
quantity, thereby giving a different blend to each. We
believe that each of the two machines will produce a better
printing surface if the special metals are used.
A New Catalogue of Border Matrices.
The Mergenthaler Linotype Company has issued a forty-
eight page booklet of borders, showing over seven hundred
combinations of their borders. The display of border
designs from six, eight, ten and twelve point matrices is
very pleasing and a surprising number of tasty borders are
shown. The booklet is printed in orange and blue-black on
matt stock, with an antique cover. Machine users and those
interested may secure booklet on request.
Dry Cleaning of Plungers Dangerous to Health.
Recent legislation in several States has practically made
it unlawful to clean plungers of linotype machines indoors,
unless the cleaning can be carried on without causing the
metallic oxids to float in the air. It has commonly been the
practice of machinists to remove a plunger from the pot.
. “ MAN-EATING CANNIBAL/'
This gentleman is a genuine “ man-eating cannibal ” living in the
Marquisien Islands. Mr. George A. Tracy, of San Francisco, Com¬
missioner to Australia in the interest of the Panama Exposition,
vouches for his genuine character, and states that the gentleman has
expressed a preference for Chinamen. The photograph was made by
L. Gauthier, Papeete, Tahiti. His Homoniferousness is covered with
tatooed designs.
give it a knock on the floor near the machine and then pro¬
ceed to clean it with a wire brush, depositing the poisonous
oxids of lead and antimony on the floor to be later stirred
up in sweeping and to be inhaled by every one present. We
have heretofore recommended that plungers should be
cleaned with an oily rag and then, while oily, with a brush.
Better still, they should be cleaned in the open air, thus
minimizing risk of lead poisoning to machinists and oper¬
ators. The law does not refer specifically to linotype or
typecasting machines, but is made broad enough to cover
such operations and to the necessity of carrying off the gas
fumes from the metal-pots. In England the strict enforce¬
ment of a law relating to such practices has reduced the
death rate from lead poison, which was once very high, to
a comparatively insignificant figure. All cases are reported
monthly to the government, and infractions of the law are
severely dealt with.
Pump Cam Shows Wear.
A central New York operator-machinist asks: “ What
would cause what appears to be an unusual wear on the
cam surface that carries the roller of the pump lever? The
wear appears (standing behind the machine) on the left
side of the cam; about half of the surface presenting a sort
of granular appearance. Machine nearly four years in use.
Have always kept cams free from dust by frequent wiping
with a clean cloth. Roller on pump lever moves freely and
easily. Tension of the pump-lever spring same as when
machine was l’eceived from factory.”
Answer. — We can see no reason for the uneven wearing
of this cam. The roller could be removed and turned about
and allowed to operate, so as to give a different bearing on
the cam. Note if the contact is uniform, and allow the
roller to run in that way for a time to see if any change
takes place in the cam surface.
Defective Combinations of Matrices.
A New Jersey operator sends several lower-case “ n’s ”
and makes the following statement: “ These matrices will
not distribute in the proper channel. They fall in the ‘ i ’
channel and stop distributor screws. We have about six
of these matrices that act that way. When they get on the
distributor bar in place of being straight they hang in a
diagonal position. Is it the fault of the matrices and if so
what causes it? ”
Answer. — The matrices have defective combinations and
as a result drop too soon. Matrices so damaged should
be kept out and new sorts ordered. The second-elevator bar
and the distributor-box bar should be examined; if bruises
are found on the rails they should be removed by using a
fine file, this being the only way left, since the aforesaid
rails can not be again shaped to receive the matrices with¬
out marring their teeth. Hence the roughness on the edge
of the rails must be removed; otherwise other matrices will
give trouble.
Distributor Troubles.
A Georgia operator writes: “ We have recently put in
a new magazine and new back entrance of an improved pat¬
tern on our machine, which is an old Model No. 3. Since
putting it on we have had a great deal of trouble with the
distributor, and matrices are not falling right, but stopping
the distributor every few minutes. We have tried every
adjustment of the screws on the side of the magazine, and
have so far had little success in remedying the trouble.
Have slowed the distributor down, but it did very little
good. The matrices do not clog nor stop in the distributor
box.”
Ansxver. — Remove the entrance plate and run in about
ten lower-case “ e’s ” and turn the screws slowly by hand
and note where the “ e’s ” drop. In dropping, each matrix
should just clear the second guide. If the matrices drop
too far to your right, turn in on the screw on your right and
out on the screw on your left. Test again with the “ e ”
matrices. Note also how much space there is between the
bottom of the matrices suspended from the bar and the top
of the guides. There should be at least a good clearance.
If the matrices touch the guides, turn out on the screws
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that rest on the rod beneath the magazine near the top. If
the matrices do drop properly into the entrance and do not
leave the entrance. without binding, you should note how the
lower ends of the guides align with the top ends of the
channel plate. The matrices should pass freely from the
entrance to the magazine; this operation is not visible from
the back. You should raise the front curtain and guard
and examine as matrices are dropping. You have not stated
what kind of entrance you have attached to the magazine • — -
whether it is one that raises above the screws when chang¬
ing the magazine or whether it is the old style that remains
attached to the magazine when it is removed.
Distribution Screws Cut Matrix Ears.
A Missouri operator submits several matrices having
wear on the two upper and on the front lower ears. This
abrasion on the ears shows that the distributor screws are
forcing the matrix along on the upper rails, for that is the
only place where force can be exerted by the screws to the
degree necessary to produce the characteristic marks on
the matrix ears. This trouble suggests that the cause is
due to the front upper rail being deflected toward the back
rail. This is often done by the operator not turning fully
in on the distributor-box screw before removing the box,
causing the front rail to be forced downward over the lower
rail and bending it outward a trifle, thus reducing the space
between the rails and causing the matrices to bind as they
are moved forward by the screws onto the distributor bar.
It is a simple matter to test the distance between these rails.
Open the magazine entrance, back the machine until the
second-elevator bar leaves its seat, then turn in fully on the
box screw and remove the box. Place a matrix on the upper
rails and note if the rails bind the body beneath the upper
ears — they should not have more than a bare contact. If
you find that the matrix is bound tightly, you will know
that it is the front rail that is bent toward the back rail.
This rail should be carefully deflected the opposite way so
as to have the correct space as mentioned before. Another
possible point of interference is when the matrix reaches
the top of these rails. At this point the upper edge of the
matrix may bind on the narrow brass strip set into the dis¬
tributor bar. This condition can be ascertained only by
placing a matrix in the box, and with the belt off turn the
screws until the matrix is about one-eighth of an inch from
the left end of the top rails; then raise the back screw,
note the space between the top of the matrix ear and brass
strip. A clearance only is necessary. This is seldom found
out of adjustment. Raising the bar a trifle will remedy the
trouble.
Trouble with Tabular-system Slugs.
An Indiana operator writes as follows : “ I have been
having much trouble with the Rogers tabular system, in
keeping the slug type-high. After changing from the regu¬
lar run of the machine to the Rogers system I find the slug,
which regularly is type-high, exactly, becomes noticeably
higher, and when, perchance, the two have to be worked
together, the pressman has a time in making the job ready.
The extreme highness of the tabular slug is shown very per¬
ceptibly when foundry rule is run in tables — the rules can
not be seen and the slugs almost punch through the stock.
The fault in this case is not the foundry rule, for it is
brand-new, and has never been used. You see a machinist-
operator would have a never-ending job on his hands were
he to try to adjust his back knife each time the system of
the machines is required to be changed. I am using the
latest tabular matrices put out by the Mergenthaler Com¬
pany, eight-point No. 26. The recess in the matrix seems
to be properly beveled, and there should be no trouble in
pulling away from the mold-disk. I believe, however, that
this is not the cause of the pull, but on the other hand, the
fault lies with the spacebands alone. As no bevel is pos¬
sible on spacebands, they form, when the line is justified,
an absolutely square mortise in the slug. This can be illus¬
trated by taking a tabular slug and placing spacebands in
the mortises they have cast, and by slightly pushing the
“ FROM THE COOL SIDE OF THE WELL.”
Photo by R. R. Sallows, Goderich, Canada.
wedge upward to casting position, you will find that quite
an amount of resistance is offered when you attempt to
withdraw the bands. This, I believe, is responsible for the
pull from the mold-disk and the consequent extra highness
of the finished slug, as all that is pulled from the mold-disk
is certainly not trimmed by the back knife. I would be
greatly obliged to you for your theory of the matter, and
also for any suggestion you may offer as to the remedy to
apply.”
Answer. — We have on several occasions recommended
that the operator test the down stroke of the first elevator,
and if found to give more than one sixtv-fourth of an inch
raise during alignment, the down-stroke screw should be
turned down a trifle. The reason for this procedure is to
relieve the slug of the weight of the elevator when it
descends a trifle after the cast and immediately before the
slug is withdrawn by the disk from the line of matrices.
Leaky Mouthpiece.
A Montana operator writes: “ I have just noticed in the
back pages of ‘ The Mechanism of the Linotype ’ the offer
of The Inland Printer to help operators and machinists,
and am therefore writing to get your assistance. I am
operating a new Model 5 (just two months old) and within
the past week I have noticed a small leak on the keyboard
side of mouthpiece and also on the top of mouthpiece along
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the seam. I have temporarily covered the spots with stove
putty and I can continue operating, although an occasional
sprue of metal comes out, very small. Will you please tell
me what to do? I also wish to ask your opinion regarding
fastening the machine securely to the floor. Do you not
think this should be done? My machine simply rests on the
floor (overhead drive from gasoline engine) and the vibra¬
tion is great. As a result I have much distributor trouble.
Have had to take up belt from countershaft two inches.
The machine was installed by one of the company’s men,
and, of course, the fact that he left the machine without
A FULL-FLAVORED SMOKE.
Photo by R. R. Sallows, Goderich, Canada.
anchoring it is taken in preference to my suggestion that it
should be fastened securely. The lock-up was a little out
on the machine, but I remedied it and hardly think it could
affect the mouthpiece as stated above.”
Answer. — If the floor is shaky or insecure, brace it. If
the belt to the machine runs straight up from the machine,
we would advise a change, as it is not a proper way to
drive. If leaky, the mouthpiece should be removed, because
it is a difficult task to stop a leak without removing it.
Before removing the mouthpiece observe the position of the
jets on the bottom of a slug. If these jets are in proper
position then you may place a mark on the crucible in line
with the cross- vent out of the first jet. This man.- will be
a guide for the position of the mouthpiece when replacing
it. Remove the mouthpiece when the pot is hot and replace
it when the pot is cold. Drive against the left end of the
mouthpiece with a fairly heavy hammer. Hold a piece of
copper or brass against this end so that it will not be
bruised. Drive it toward keyboard until the gib is loose
enough to withdraw with pliers. As soon as it is out, dip it
into the hot metal and hold it there until the metal on the
inside edge is soft enough to wipe off clean with a cloth.
The whole surface must be clean and the jets free from
oxid or metal. Clean the surface of the crucible with a
sharp brass rule where the mouthpiece has contact, as it is
likely there will be a scale of red lead. To make a good job
out of it, the pot should be cold before applying the mouth¬
piece. There are several joint compounds. We find that
red lead, or red lead and graphite, or Dixon’s pipe-joint
compound are all right, but must be applied with the great¬
est care. If you use litharge and glycerin mixed so as to
form a thick paste about like stiff ink, it will give uniform
results. Five cents’ worth of litharge from a druggist and
sufficient glycerin to form this paste is enough. Spread
evenly and thinly over the back of the mouthpiece. The
mouthpiece may then be put in place cai-efully up to the
mark and so that the coated side will not rub on the cruci¬
ble until it is ready for the final contact. Push in the gib
and drive it in, tapping it lightly until it is firmly seated,
then continue the driving until the sound tells you that
there is no more yielding. When it is fully in, take a piece
of six-point brass rule and lay it edgeways on the gib and
drive the gib downward into the crucible as far as it will
go, then cut off the gib where it joins the crucible. Now
lightly ink the mold from end to end, close vise and allow
the cams to make a complete revolution. The ink on the
mouthpiece will show if there is uniformity of contact
between pot and mold. If not, adjustment is necessary.
Jaw Pawls.
V. R. C. asks the following questions: “(1) In sending
in a line of matrices to first elevator, the end matrix, if it
is a thin one or even the size of a lower-case “ e,” shoved
up in the gothic groove or falls from the elevator t is a
full line, but not so full that it stops the star-w The
long finger is a brand-new one, and goes over ti. left-
hand vise jaw and remains there snugly while the ne is
descending. What shall I do to it to make it right (2)
When a line has been cast and is drawing awry frc.n the
mold it seems to hold fast and sometimes stops the machine,
at the same time causing the last word being set at the
time to pi in the assembler. I don’t know how to fix that,
either. (3) How long should a pair of cam rollers last, if
taken care of?
Answer. — (1) Examine the jaw pawls. Both of these
pawls should extend inwardly to hold the matrix ears in the
jaws. Replace either or both if found defective. With a
matrix, measure the distance between the back and front
jaw; if the space is greater than a bare clearance the back
jaw should be placed under the stress of a clamp for a short
time to deflect it towrard the front jaw. Measure again and
continue treatment until this jaw is the normal distance
from the front jaw. The next thing to test will be the dis¬
tance the line-delivery carriage travels to the left. Push
back the controlling lever and release and allow the carriage
to move the full distance to the left into the first-elevator
jaws. Measure from outer edge of the first-elevator jaw
to the inside edge of the short finger of the line-delivery
carriage. This distance should be no greater than thirteen
thirty-seconds of an inch. While the carriage is in this
‘msition, examine the clearance of the stopping pawl from
stop lever; it should just barely clear, or have about one
sixty-fourth of an inch between edge of stop lever and
pawl. This adjustment, if incorrect, will cause matrices to
fail off of end of line. The trouble may be corrected by
adjusting the plate on the pawl. (2) The separation of
pot-mouth from base of mold is sometimes accompanied by
considerable resistance by the jets on the slug. The result¬
ant vibration to the machine may cause the trouble referred
to. You may test this by noting carefully as the pot with-
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draws from the disk and see if the vibration is present.
Then allow the cams to make a complete revolution without
casting a slug- for comparison. Should you find this to be
the cause, you can minimize the vibration by slightly
increasing the heat under the mouthpiece. This will tend
to decrease the length of the jet and allow a less violent
separation of mouthpiece and slug. If the whole machine
stops or slows down it is evidence that the belt which drives
the machine is too slack or that the power is not great
enough to pull the machine. If it were the clutch that
was slipping, the assembling and distributing mechanisms
would run without interruption, as they are driven inde¬
pendently. The main cam shaft only is driven through the
friction clutch. (3) A set of keyboard rubber rolls may
last several years if not softened on the ends from oil or
grooved by the cams. Do not use too much oil on the roller
bearings, and see that the keyrods have free upward move¬
ment and do not double up the springs thereon. Interfer¬
ence to the rise of the keyrods due to defective matrix ears
PORTRAITURE BY TYPESETTING MACHINE.
The specimens herewith reproduced from the pages of
the British and Colonial Printer and Stationer show the
versatility of typesetting machines. These portraits are
produced from slugs cast on a Typograph machine in Berlin,
Germany, from a series of border units giving three colorific
values. The shadows are given by a character having the
full-color value; the middle-tone character is one-fourth the
size of this unit, while the high lights are quadded out. The
copy for these portraits was prepared by F. Fuchs on quad-
ruled paper, the squares having the same size as the border
characters, making it an easy matter for the operator to
assemble the characters. Every line is composed of three
slugs, each having forty-five units. Work of this character
has been reproduced in these columns from time to time, the
product being of the linotype machine. Several years ago
specimens of similar work were produced from type by a
Vienna printer, Carl Hasol, “ stigmatype,” or point print-
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or other such interference is the most common cause for the
cutting of the keyboard rolls. A back-keyboard roll was
grooved deeply under the hyphen cam. On examination it
was found that the operator had sent away a tight line end¬
ing with a hyphen. This character had its lower back lug
damaged by the mold as a result. This bruise caused it to
lodge on the back pawl of the verge, thus interfering with
the upward movement of the verge and causing the cam to
bind on the roll as the yoke was being forced upward. The
grooved edge of the cam soon cut the roll as a result of
this interference to the movement of the keyrod. From the 1
foregoing incident it will be seen that tight lines indirectly
contribute toward the grooving of the keyboard rubber
rolls.
Recent Patents on Composing Machinery.
Keyboard Cam. — S. M. Lummus, Ocala, Fla. Filed March 1, 1910.
Issued March 21, 1911. No. 987,473.
Metal-pot Feeder. — J. G. Rauch, Slatington, Pa. Filed January 20,
1910. Issued March 21, 1911. No. 987,489.
Second Elevator. — J. Mayer, Berlin, Germany, assignor to Mergenthaler
Linotype Company, New York. Filed December 31, 1910. Issued March 28,
1911. No. 987,897.
ing, being the term applied to the process. This type was
cast on an em body one-fourth of a brevier in size and hav¬
ing four color-values or weights. It is obvious that these
methods are commercially valueless for illustration pur¬
poses, except in the way of advertising the exactness of slug
production.
OLD-TIME PRINTERS ELECT OFFICERS.
On Sunday afternoon, April 23, at 527 Plymouth court,
Chicago, the Old-Time Printers’ Association held its annual
meeting and elected the following officers: President,
Charles H. Philbrick; vice-president, John Canty; secre¬
tary and treasurer, William Mill. The following trustees
were elected: Fred K. Tracy, Peter Balken, Samuel K.
Parker, T. E. Bushnell, James L. Regan and James A.
Bond. A resolution was unanimously adopted opposing
attempts to increase the rate of postage on second-class
mail.
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Queries regarding process engraving, and suggestions and
experiences of engravers and printers are solicited for this de¬
partment. Our technical research laboratory is prepared to inves¬
tigate and report on matters submitted. For terms for this service
add ress The Inland Printer Company.
Offset-press Transfers.
James Furlong, Brooklyn, New York, asks: “In
making- transfers for the offset press would it not be suffi¬
cient for me to make an albumen print on zinc as usual and
then let the lithographer gum, roll up and pull the trans¬
fers to suit himself? ”
Answer. — Yes, this print will answer, with some lithog¬
raphers, providing you do not dust it with dragon’s-blood
and burn it in. Mr. Robert Vincent says that in England
it is customary for the photoengraver, after he has made the
albumen print on zinc, and has rolled it up with transfer
ink and developed it, to gum up the print well and then treat
it with what they call a “ doctor.” This doctor is a syrupy
solution made of turpentine with as much beeswax added
as it will soak up. This syrup is strained through muslin
and twenty per cent of powdered bitumen dissolved in it.
After the “ doctor ” has been rubbed well into the image
the surrounding film of scum is cleared away as usual with
nitric acid, the image is rolled up with transfer ink and
etched and you have what he calls a good fat print on zinc
suitable for pulling a great number of transfers either for
transference to the offset press or to stone.
Silver-bath Troubles.
“ Newspaper Photographer,” Baltimore, tells of a long-
continued trouble he has had with baths that fog. He has
attributed it to every chemical he uses both in the collodion
and in the bath, and changed them without getting rid of
the fog. To purify the bath it has been his custom to add
bicarbonate of soda or permanganate of potash to the bath
and put the bath in the light until it is cleared up, then
filter it, strengthen with nitrate of silver up to 40°, and
acidify with chemically pure nitric acid. The bath might
work well for a day or so when fog begins to show, which
no amount of acidifying would remedy. He begs for help.
Answer. — Instead of treating the impure bath with car¬
bonate of soda or permanganate of potash, procure a three-
gallon evaporating dish ; put into it a quart of water, then
pour the bath into this water. Filter out the iodids and
bromids that are now suspended in the bath. Boil the fil¬
tered bath down until it becomes a yellow pasty mass. Con¬
tinue the heat until it gives off brown fumes. Shut off the
heat from under the bath and, while the residue is cooling,
keep stirring it until it breaks up into particles like brown
sugar. Dissolve this sugarlike salt in the amount of dis¬
tilled water you require for the bath. Put it in the sun for
a few days until it is clear. Filter, strengthen with silver
up to 45°, test for alkalinity and, if alkaline, drop in a few
drops of chemically pure nitric acid until litmus paper turns
red, and you can be assured that if you have fogged plates
it is not due to the silver bath. See that the iron sulphate
for the developer is in clear green crystals, not covered with
a white powder. Keep the bath and developer cool and fog
should disappear. If it does not, ring up this department
again.
Hall-tone Screen Patents.
“ Old Engraver ” asked the writer recently if it were not
about time the patents on half-tone screens expired, so that
they might become lower in price?
Answer.- — L. E. and M. Levy received a patent on their
screen February 21, 1893, the patent number being 492,333.
So that it expired over a year ago. Their invention con¬
sisted in ruling through an etching ground on crystal plate
glass, etching the glass with either the fumes or liquid
of hydrofluoric acid. The etched depressions in the glass
were then filled in with lampblack and shellac, after, which
the etching ground was removed and a plain cover-glass
cemented to this etched glass with Canada balsam. Two
diagonally etched glasses were cemented together with
balsam and made the well-known cross-line screen. The
whole process craft is indebted to the Messrs. Levy for the
excellence of the screens which they made and it is to be
hoped will continue to make. Competition may enter the
field, for the rewards are great, though it is likely that the
eighteen years’ experience Mr. Levy has had in making
screens is his most valuable asset. Another patent on
screens, with lines of varying thickness, was granted to
Max Levy on June 19, 1894, which therefore has but a
month more of life. It is numbered 521,659. The invention
described in this later patent did not prove of much value.
Chalk Plates.
R. W. Jennings, Deadwood, writes: “ Won’t you tell me
over again how to make chalk plates? I used to make twem
out in the Philippines on instructions I found in your paper
and they worked bully. I have plumb forgotten how I did it
I know it was French chalk, gum arabic and water, but how
much of each I forget now.”
Answer. — A few days before this query arrived the
writer was chatting with Maurice Joyce in Washington,
D. C. Joyce was the original chalk-plate man, though he
called it “ kaolatype,” which he afterward sold to “ Mark
Twain,” who was convinced that it would be the process to
illustrate his books. This proved to be one of “ Twain’s ”
jokes. The process was patented several times later — each
time a joke on the Patent Office. Here is one of the pat¬
ented formulas, since expired and which any one is free to
use :
Silicate soda . 150 grains.
Silicate magnesia . 240 grains.
French chalk . % pound.
Barytes . 1 pound.
Distilled water . G ounces.
Dissolve the silicate of soda in the six ounces of water, then
add the magnesia and mix in thoroughly the other ingre-
dents. The above quantity is sufficient for a plate 5 by 8
inches. Bake as usual, remove the top crust and you will
find this to give a good, tough film.
Developing Albumen Prints on Zinc.
“ In developing line prints on zinc by the albumen proc¬
ess, especially those printed from dry-plate negatives, I
sometimes find the image difficult to get cleared.” This is
a statement made by a printer to our esteemed contem¬
porary, Process Work. The replies as to the causes of the
trouble fill over four columns and from them are condensed
the following: A weak negative will cause this trouble. If
the lines are clear glass, not much density is required in the
negative, but if the lines are somewhat veiled the exposure
required. to get sufficient light through them will be so much
IN QUIET WATERS.
From an oil painting by Carl R. Krafft, Palette and Chisel Club, Chicago.
Three-color half-tone and tint.
Engraved and printed by The Henry O. Shepard Company, Chicago.
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that the light penetrates the dense parts of the film sufficient
to render the albumen partly insoluble and the print will
not develop readily. Or, some causes of the trouble are:
Too close to the printing lamps for dry plates, dirty zinc,
too much ink on plate, negatives not dense enough, in a
hurry to develop, not using pure rectified turps for ink
causes ink to smear in development. Another suggestion
is to roll up the zinc with litho transfer ink instead of etch¬
ing ink. Other causes of the trouble may be making the
plate too hot when drying the sensitive solution, or it may
be overprinting. In this case, to clean the image and assist
development, the addition of a few drops of ammonia to the
developing bath may be used, though it must be remembered
that too much ammonia is injurious to the ink.
Photoengravers* Union No. 1.
The Photo Engravers’ Union Annual is at hand for the
eleventh time. It is issued yearly by the photoengravers of
New York, and contains, among other things, the names and
Annual and on the excellent judgment of its editor, who
reproduced from this department of The Inland Printer
eight columns of the sort of information photoengravers
should possess.
Lead Intensifier.
J. W. Cooper, New York, asks: “ Will you kindly help
me out in this matter of lead intensification. I use it in
place of copper and silver on account of its comparative
cheapness. My trouble with it is due to its unreliability.
Could you give me a formula for it? Another thing I would
like to mention: The water I use comes from a tank on the
roof and sometimes runs from the tap quite milky, though
it clears up after a short time. Would this water injure
the lead intensifier? Should I use ferrocyanid or ferri-
cyanid of potash? ”
Answer. — Ferrocyanid of potassium is a yellow chem¬
ical, while ferricyanid is red. What you want to use is the
latter, commonly known as red prussiate of potash. It is
A HOT-WEATHER SUGGESTION.
Photo by R. R. Sallows, Goderich, Canada.
portraits of the officers of the organization. For this year
they are: Peter J. Brady, president; Thomas Palmer, vice-
president; Chris. Ringston, second vice-president; George
Ulrich, recording secretary; Otto Bartels, financial secre¬
tary; R. Bostroem, assistant financial secretary; H. W.
Rosenthal, corresponding secretary; John T. Goebel, treas¬
urer; Ben Hines, sergeant-at-arms; W. Murphy, assistant
sergeant-at-arms, and Donald L. Fraser, business agent.
The headquarters of the organization is in one of the large
office buildings of Nassau street, New York, and the whole
appearance of the place indicates prosperity. What an
improvement it is over the days when the officers were over
a saloon. In March the secretary reported 1,260 members
at work with an average of but eight men unemployed ;
this lack of employment being frequently due to the men
themselves. Reports from all over the country state that
the engraving business this spring is better than was ever
known. Just one proof of this is shown in the fact that in
eight months sixty-two Axel Holmstrom etching machines
were sold in the United States, the engravers paying
$80,200 for them, and these time-saving machines were all
absorbed without the displacement of a single workman as
far as known. Union No. 1 is to be congratulated on this
better to mix it with distilled water and keep the solution
filtered while using. The water that you complain of as
being milky is simply charged with minute air bubbles.
They can be gotten rid of by boiling the water. Here is the
formula which the writer began to use over thirty years
ago and which has never failed to work well:
Distilled water . 50 ounces.
Ferricyanid of potash (red prussiate) . 3 ounces.
Nitrate of lead . 2 ounces.
Acetic acid . y2 ounce.
The beautiful cream-colored film which this gives must
be washed well before blackening with dilute solutions of
either sulphid of sodium or sulphid of ammonium, the
sodium by preference. Flowing with nitric acid solution,
one ounce to one hundred ounces water before blackening,
promotes clearness of the transparent parts.
Half-tones from Rough-surfaced Papers.
G. W. B., Boston, writes: “ In the making of negatives
for printing postal cards by the collotype process much of
the copy comes in the shape of brornid prints on rough
paper or platinotypes, also on rough paper. To get rid of
the grain in the paper I find it best to copy these photo¬
graphs in the open air so that light strikes on all sides of
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each grain on the paper. If it is done under a skylight, by
the light of a window or by artificial light, the rough appear¬
ance of the surface shows shockingly in the collotype. I
have found a good way to get rid of the grain in copying,
which I want to give to your readers in exchange for the
many valuable helps I have received from your department.
I coat a piece of crystal plate glass with a solution of gela¬
tin and squeegee the rough surfaced print on the glass and
let it dry there. Then I either photograph through the glass
or when the print strips off I photograph it, all the appear¬
ance of grain having almost disappeared. I talc or wax
the crystal plate glass to prevent the gelatin from drying
on it and lifting off the surface.”
Answer. — Many thanks for the information above. Mr.
George Brown, in The Process Monthly, suggests another
cure for the rough-surfaced print as follows: Rub the
print over with a mixture of artists’ magilp and terebene,
using a pad of soft rag. This will bring out the sunk-in
detail in the shadows and give a brilliance to the print that
will surprise those who have not tried the dodge before.
New York Photo engravers’ Dinner.
The last monthly meeting and dinner of the Photoengra-
vers’ League of New York was the most successful yet held.
There were twenty-seven diners, representing almost that
many of the leading engraving concerns of New York.
Mr. B. W. Wilson, the president of the League, presided
and introduced the speakers.
Mr. Charles Francis, president of the New York Print¬
ers’ League, made a most practical address on the value of
a general amalgamation of the printing and allied trades.
He said the Typothetse of the city of New York, the New
York Master Printers’ Association, the Printers’ Board of
Trade and the Printers’ League of America have all fed¬
erated and it was now proposed to bring in the photoen¬
gravers, electrotypers and bookbinders. He showed the
practical advantages of the federation already, chiefly in
the “ Wrong Font List,” which contained the names of 3,600
persons who were “ undesirable ” customers.
Mr. William Green, of the United Typothetse, agreed
with everything Mr. Francis had said. Then Mr. D. W.
Gregory, secretary of the Federation of Employing Print¬
ers, went into the benefits to be derived by amalgamation
on the part of the engravers with the allied trades.
Mr. William Kennedy Palmer, adjuster for the Photo-
engravers’ League, explained what steps had already been
taken toward uniting with the other bodies, and showed
the advantages of having all the members’ legal business
handled by a single firm who understood the business, and
by experience would know better how to handle the cases
peculiar to their trade.
Mr. S. H. Horgan was the last speaker. He talked on
shop economics for the processworker. In a trip which he
made from sea-level at New York to a mile above sea-level
at Denver he was welcomed to visit almost all the photo¬
engraving plants in the cities he passed through that he
might suggest improvements in their methods. He divided
the plants of the country into three classes, described their
peculiarities, without mentioning names, and then sug¬
gested how they could be made more sanitary.
The New York engravers have at last awakened to the
necessity of getting together on the matter of credits
chiefly, while costs are taking much of their attention.
They had delegates at the cost convention at the Hotel
Astor, New York. Mr. Ernest Hamel, the well-known
English engraver, was a guest at the dinner.
PRINTERS’ ERRORS.
One of our linotypists says we are mistaken in sup¬
posing that the newspaper compositor pays much attention
to a writer’s punctuation. Few writers know where to put
their “ stops.” The linotype operator, who has to correct
mistakes at his own expense, soon acquires the art of punc¬
tuation. In this he is little influenced by a writer’s idiosyn¬
crasies, but seeks to make clear the grammatical meaning.
On the whole he succeeds. With the compositor, punctua¬
tion, like spelling, is to some extent a mechanical process,
performed almost subconsciously. In a newspaper office an
operator who knows his business will produce his lines
three to a minute. In doing so he will watch his machine
and frequently carry on a conversation. A “ take ” of
thirty lines can be completed in this way, and the lynx-
eyed proofreader may not find a single error.
We must be fair to the compositor, and not judge his
capacity by the “ printers’ errors ” which sometimes get
into the newspaper. A speech delivered late at night comes
to the composing-room mutilated by the blue pencil. It is
cut up into small portions, and the compositor may not
know the name of the speaker or the theme. He may begin
his “ take ” in the middle of one paragraph and end it
before the close of another. If the manuscript is illegible
there is no context to guide him to the sense. In this way
errors are sometimes made, ridiculous enough when the
speech is completed, but clear and sensible in an isolated
sentence. Take an article and cover it up, leaving bare
only a few lines, and you will see how easy it is to make a
“ printers’ error.” — London Daily Chronicle.
PROGRESSIVE SOUTHERN NEWSPAPER.
The New Orleans Item has issued an attractive booklet
descriptive of its plant, editorial and business policy, etc.,
together with an interesting boost for New Orleans. The
booklet is entitled “A Live Oak — Suggesting the Southern
Standard of Newspaper Quality and Quantity,” and, in
drawing an analogy between the live oak and the news¬
paper, says in part:
Of the oak. man built his first houses ; of the oak he made his house¬
hold furniture and hewed the fuel that warmed him against the cold ; of
the oak he built his first navies to defend home and country. It is impos¬
sible for the Germanic race to disassociate the oak from the founding of its
most sacred, fundamental and enduring institutions — the family and the
rights of personal liberty.
A great daily newspaper, growing out of the common soil of humanity,
sustained by its strength and in turn offering its strength to the service of
humanity is, like the oak, inseparably linked with the progress of humanity,
through the associations of the past and the needs of the present, in the
maintenance of the most sacred institutions of the race.
The booklet consists of thirty-two pages and cover,
printed on coated paper, in black and green, and illustrated
with numerous half-tones showing the various departments
of the plant. It was arranged by the George Advertising
Simms Company, Incorporated, and printed by Dugazon &
Co., Limited.
THE EDITOR HIS OWN TYPESETTER.
An editor out West, who thinks the wages demanded by
compositors is an imposition, has discharged his hands, and
intends doing his own typesetting in the future: He says:
‘ owinG To the eXoRbiTant IFagEs dEmaNded by printeRs wE
hare Conc/udod To do ouR oTFn typesEtfing iN The fuTure; aoD
ai.tHougH wE never [eaRnfd Tqe BusJnEss we do not seE any
gReaT mysTeryeRy iN tHe aRt.” — The Optimist.
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Atchison Printers Organize Typothetae.
A branch of the United Typothetae of America was
organized at Atchison, Kansas, on March 27. An enthusi¬
astic meeting was held, and several out-of-town visitors
were present and made short addresses. The chief purpose
of the organization is to install the cost-finding system in
the printing plants of Atchison, and generally to establish
better business methods.
Getting Down to Business.
The master printers of Houston, Texas, according to a
special dispatch to the Galveston News, recently employed
an expert to investigate local conditions, and it was shown
that printing in that city was being sold at an actual loss.
Acting upon the report of this expert the job-printing- firms
have determined to increase their prices about twenty per
cent. This movement in Houston is general throughout the
country.
Southeastern Cost Congress.
The Printers’ Cost Congress of the Southeastern States
was in convention at Atlanta, Georgia, on April 20, 21 and
22. Delegates were present from Virginia, West Virginia,
Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor¬
gia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkan¬
sas. Printers of national prominence from every quarter of
the country addressed the sessions, and as this is written it
is said that great enthusiasm prevails relative to the sub¬
ject of cost-finding.
Modern Competition.
The dogma, “ competition is the life of trade,” puts
one employer against another, and makes business a war¬
fare, and each man’s interest antagonistic to his neighbor’s.
Better conditions are at hand, in which the interest of
each employing printer is found to be bound up in the
interest of all other printers. Recognition of mutuality of
interests evolves associations, discussion, education and
appreciation of the old and imperishable principle that “ an
employer is worthy of his hire.” Competition is being
advantageously transferred to the fields of improvement of
product and of good service — to building up rather than
dragging down ; with square-deal profits for every one.
We are at the beginning of a period in which it will be
said, “ Competition is the improver of quality.” — Amer¬
ican Bulletin.
State Typothetae for Iowa.
Employing printers from every part of Iowa met at
Des Moines on April 7-8 and organized a State Typothetae.
L. S. Hill, of the Lewis-Wallace Printing Company, called
the meeting to order, and E. T. Meredith, president of the
Commercial Club, made the address of welcome. On account
of the illness of Franklin V/. Heath, secretary of the United
Typothetse, H. E. Flagg, assistant secretary, took Mr.
Heath’s place on the program and conducted a school of
cost-system instruction. Lectures on this subject were given
by D. R. Moon, president of the Iowa Printers’ Credit Asso¬
ciation, of Des Moines, and Messrs. Wherry, Gillespie and
Neal, field men of the United Typothetse. J. A. Morgan,
vice-chairman of the American Printers’ Cost Commission,
also addressed the meeting. About 150 out-of-town printers
were present.
Making Estimates on Small Jobs.
It is idle to bemoan the fact that even large firms have
formed the habit of asking for figures on small jobs. The
printer has done his best to establish the custom by being a
persistent apostle of the gospel of cheapness. So indurated
has the trade become with this notion, that one crying out
the value of quality or of service has been like a voice in
the wilderness. Doubtless a long and weary way will have
to be traveled before the trade reaches a dignified position,
and mayhap it will never arrive at that goal. Far be it
from us to say aught against a man who hustles for busi¬
ness. What we protest against and what is a blight to the
trade is the great diversity in prices. When the buyer of
printing sees a difference of one hundred per cent in bids
on all classes of work, it is an urgent invitation to peddle
around any job, no matter how small. It pays to do it.
The disparity is not due to the hustle spirit — in ninety-
nine cases out of a hundred it is due to ignorance. If every
printer knew his costs and ascertained them by a correct
system, there would not be such a gap between the highest
and lowest figures on jobs. Until there is an effective
effort to get at least cost for the printer’s product, the
practice of seeking bids on every job will not only continue,
but be more generally observed.
Prices for Facsimile Typewritten Letters.
A. E. Powter, Montreal, Canada, writes:
“ In your March issue you give an extract from The
Boss Printer, Kansas City, regarding facsimile typewriting.
According to the figures shown there, printing one thou¬
sand letter-heads should be charged three dollars ($3), etc.
I do a great deal of this processwork in this city, and I
make up my charges as follows:
Composition, ordinarily two hours, at $1 per hour . $2.00
Lock-up . .50
Dressing'-on . .50
Presswork and ribbon . 2.00
Total . $5.00
“ The typewriting ribbon costs us, duty paid down here,
at least one dollar ($1) per thousand, and as it takes about
one hour and one-half for running off one thousand on the
platen press, I think one dollar ($1) for presswork very
low; therefore I think my price for high-class work, charg¬
ing five dollars ($5) per thousand, is a low price. I know
that there are cheaper processes, and possibly the figures in
your issue may apply to these. From my experience, I
believe the work turned out by a first-class pressman on a
platen press with the racket attachment is far superior to
the Multigraph or any other process.”
Typesetting- machine Man Guest of B. F. C.
At the weekly mid-day luncheon of the Chicago Ben
Franklin Club, on April 13, at Vogelsang’s restaurant, a
lively discussion took place concerning the cost per thousand
of machine composition. P. O. Pedersen, president of the
Linograph Manufacturing Company, of Minneapolis, Min¬
nesota, was the guest of honor, and addressed the club rela¬
tive to the merits of the Linograph, explaining in detail its
fine points and declaring that it was the best typesetting
machine on the market, notwithstanding that it sold for
$1,500. Mr. Pedersen said that his two brothers and him¬
self, the chief owners of the Linograph, were practical lino¬
type operators, and were therefore in a position to know
exactly what the Linograph would do. He said they had
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put $20,000 of their own money into the enterprise and
would put $20,000 additional into the business, which proved
their faith in the machine’s ultimate success. He also read
letters from cities in all parts of the world in which the
writers evinced great interest in the new machine, many
of them indicating a desire to act as selling representatives.
It was the consensus of opinion among the representa¬
tives of linotype houses that the cost of machine composi¬
tion per thousand ran well over 30 cents. Mr. Pedersen
stated that, with a two-machine plant of Linotypes, run¬
ning night and day, his experience had been that the cost
was about 39 cents.
Questions about Cost Accounting.
The Inland Printer has made arrangements with Mr.
M. J. Beckett, who is an accountant of long experience in
printing-office accounting, to answer questions that may be
submitted on the subject of cost-finding. There are num¬
berless kinks that may be obscure to printers, and it is pro¬
posed to open discussions in these columns and have a
“ Cost Congress ” that will go on permanent record for the
benefit of all. If any printer has what he fancies to be a
better way of doing his cost-finding we will be glad to have
him send it in and let the other fellow compare his method
with it. Mr. Beckett employs the Standard Cost System,
and is well versed in the other systems that are more or less
in vogue.
Wants to Know if there Is a Practical Cost System
for Country Plants.
J. B. M., Spencer, Iowa, wants to know if there is or if
there can be a practical cost system established in country
printing plants doing from $4,000 to $10,000 worth of busi¬
ness a year.
Answer, by M. J. Beckett. — Yes. Why not? Fourteen
years ago the writer asked this same question and got a
negative answer. Thousands of others asked the question
before and since, and many despaired of a satisfactory
answer. Up to ten years ago very little real effort had been
made by even the large shops along the line of scientific
cost-finding. The pressure of competition becoming greater
all the time, set men to thinking.
Agitation and research during the past nine or ten years
have brought into the limelight every sort of cost idea and
method, and by strict analysis of all the data there has been
evolved a science of costs from which have been constructed
at least three distinct cost systems — the percentage sys¬
tem, the hourly burden system, and a combination of the
two with the “ new machine wage ” idea.
The first in the field perhaps was the percentage system.
Under very simple and uniform conditions this system gives
a satisfactory result. It undertakes to recover the over¬
head or unknown expenses on the value of material and the
value of labor. Within certain limits this method is prac¬
tical and almost ideal, but when there is a departure from
these simple conditions, where costly and possibly auto¬
matic machinery is brought into the problem, the results
become more or less clouded unless handled by an expert.
While by this method it is possible to recover all of the over¬
head expenses, it does not follow that they are collected
from the right parties.
The hourly burden, or average hour system, is the one
adopted by the International Cost Congress and is coming
into most general use. This, also, is a simple system and is
adapted to the needs of the smallest or of the largest shops.
This method averages all the costs except of materials on
the value of the hour sold in each department. This method
has the advantage of bringing into prominence the delin¬
quency of a department, thus solving in a measure the effi¬
ciency problem as well as that of costs. This system is
susceptible of considerable refinement, but will serve the
needs of the present time admirably and lead up to a more
perfect plan in the near future. The data obtained for the
hour system during the next year or two and the improve¬
ments in bookkeeping following its adoption will pave the
way to an almost perfect cost system soon to follow.
The thing to do is for every printer, great and small, to
get busy and take the first steps toward installing a stand¬
ard cost system. If you have not the time or ability to do
it yourself, hire some one who can and go at it. It is neither
difficult nor expensive. Be sure you have a good founda¬
tion of bookkeeping to build upon, so that you will have
facts upon which to base your conclusions, because your
conclusions must be right or your cost wrong.
To know your costs right means backbone and profits.
You must have both or go out of business.
The country printer needs a cost system as much as the
city printer. Why not? The man doing $4,000 or less
or $10,000 or more a year needs to know the cost of every
job he sells. Why not? Is the country printer in business
simply for his health? Is he not looking for wealth? And
did anybody ever find wealth in a losing business? Are you
not losing on some jobs? Are you quite sure you are
making on any job? How can you tell, if you have not a
cost system? Oh, you have a little money ahead at the
end of the year! But how much of that is the depreciation
on your plant? How long can you live on your own fat?
It is altogether owing to how much fat you have. You may
be making money on your newspaper and losing on your
jobwork or vice versa. Wouldn't you like to drop the
“ losers ”? But you can’t if you don’t know which to drop.
A cost system will tell you instantly. Get one and get it
quick.
The Hour Cost in Chicago.
In speaking on this subject before a large attendance of
printers, Mr. Wray, secretary of the Ben Franklin Club of
Chicago, said :
“ The average hour cost in Chicago is fairly well known.
It was $1.18 in 1910; since then wages are increasing and
hours are decreasing, hence there has been an increase in
cost approximating ten per cent. In other words, the aver¬
age costs in Chicago composing-rooms run about $1.30 an
hour.
“ In spite of this fact printers are selling composition at
from 65 cents to $1.25 an hour. They are making up their
estimates on these bases. Objectionable expedients are fol¬
lowed in order that the quotations and charges may appear
low in the hourly rate.
“ It is time that the entire question should be settled for
Chicago printers, and while on this job of straightening out
a problem it is just as well to settle the matter right. To
do this it is necessary first of all to decide whether the
printers of Chicago desire to adopt a uniform cost rate —
especially for composition — and what that rate shall be.
The consideration of a uniform cost rate is permissible.
It is in composition that we find the greatest evidence of
guesswork and the greatest divergence in estimates and
charges. Strange to say that while this is true, it is also
true that the composition of a job is less liable to fluctuation
than some other operations. While one man may be more
speedy at the case than another, and can thus accomplish
greater results, a dozen compositors will average up about
the same in any shop, especially when a great variety of
composition is taken into account. A rapid job hand is apt
to be slow on catalogue-work and vice versa, and all-around
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fast men are not only scarce, but becoming less numerous
with the growth of certain conditions which tend to reduce
the output per man rather than to increase this output.
“All this — and much more might be said along- this
line — goes to show that there is an average rate for pro¬
duction in the composing-rooms of Chicago, and that it does
not vary very materially in any shop whether wages be
high or low, whether the days be long or short, whether men
are unattached or attached to any labor organization, or
whether the rents are oppressive or reasonable.
“ It is not necessary to go into items which make up the
cost per hour; the cost committee of the Ben Franklin Club
of Chicago has already done that; the American Printers’
Cost Commission has followed in its footsteps; the South¬
west Cost Congress, the Pacific Coast Cost Congress, and
numerous Ben Franklin Clubs all over the country have
gone into this matter fully, and proven to their own satis¬
faction that the Ben Franklin Club of Chicago when it
said that the average cost of composition was $1.18 was not
far from the exact mark. Some twenty cities have built up
reports of cost of composition, and with one exception all
are over $1 per hour in the composing-room, and the aver¬
age is about the same as Chicago costs for 1910, $1.18 per
hour. The possibility of reducing this is very slim indeed;
hence it should not be a difficult matter to get the printers
of Chicago to recognize some specific hour rate as standard.
The first question to decide is: Will the printers of Chi¬
cago adopt such a standard? The second question is:
What shall that standard be? One step leads to the other.
If the taking of these two steps toward advancement should
be deemed impracticable it may be pointed out that other
cities have taken both these steps, and what others can do in
the line of uplift should be comparatively easy for Chicago
to do. The taking of these steps is in line with common
sense, with sanity and with good business reason. And
further, the taking of these two steps forward means
greater safety for the printing industry of Chicago.
“ These two questions are in the hands of Chicago print¬
ers: Shall we adopt a uniform standard cost rate? If so,
what shall that uniform cost rate be?
“A letter from Oklahoma City states that in two shops
there, one twenty years old and the other about two years
old, the hour cost of composition is $1.78 and $1.32 per
hour, respectively. Many printers in Chicago state that
their composition costs are all the way from $1.40 to $2; in
Omaha one proprietor, who is an unusually successful
printer, recognizes that his hour costs are $1.51. Many
instances of this kind might be given, in all of which it can
be shown that known high costs in a printing-office do not
mean failure by any means, but more often mean success.”
Cost Keeping for Lithographers and Printers.
Otto Leubkert, of the American Audit Company, ad¬
dressed a convention of lithographers on “ The Accountant
in the Lithographers’ Business.” According to the National
Lithographer, the address provoked much interest in the
craft. There is so much of elemental truth well put in the
address that we produce this resume of it, though it is a
little old:
“ I take it you need no argument from me as to the
necessity of a proper accounting system followed up by
periodical visits from the accountant. But there is one
department of your business in which you find the great¬
est element of risk — namely, establishing the cost of your
product. So many elements enter into this question that a
cost system well laid out and conscientiously kept up is a
prime necessity. The establishment without it is in no posi¬
tion to compete for business with the concern that knows
what the finished product costs. To bid on work without
the proper data on which to base estimates is most apt to
lead to underbidding or overbidding by large margins — a
risky procedure for any concern.
“Aside from the direct financial effect, there is also a
desirable moral effect, for with a well-organized system of
cost accounts the individual employee feels the responsibil¬
ity resting upon him to be diligent and to exercise greater
economy in the use of materials. The workman has confi¬
dence in the manner in which the accounts are kept and is
less reluctant in accepting, as a fair and just basis for set¬
tling disputes, the results shown by the books.
“ Now, without going too much into detail, let us con¬
sider what constitutes cost: (1) manufacturing; (2) sell¬
ing; (3) general office.
“(1) Manufacturing. We find two classes of charges:
Direct — being the material and labor which go into the
finished product. Indirect (or overhead) — which are dis¬
tributed over the various products.
“ Direct charges. Every job should be charged with
the prime cost of all material used in same and the cost of
the labor which creates the product.
“ Indirect charges. Are divided as follows: Unproduc¬
tive labor, departmental expense, general factory expense.
“ Unproductive labor is that which does not enter into
the actual manufacture of the finished article, such as fore¬
man’s pay, etc. Every job should bear its proportion of
this expense.
“ Departmental expense. Here we have accessory sup¬
plies, heat, light, power, repairs, depreciation, taxes, insur¬
ance, etc., and these should be charged to the departments
and in turn to the jobs turned out.
“ General factory expense. These include all charges
common to all departments and not applicable to any one
department, such as salaries of factory superintendent and
his office staff, etc. Each department should bear its pro¬
portion of this expense.
“(2) Selling expense. This includes all outgo incident
to the sales end of the business, and a proper portion should
be taken care of by each job.
“(3) General office. This includes all expense incident
to the management and supervision of the business, such
as general office salaries, office supplies, etc., and each job
should bear its share of this burden of the business.
“ Now let us consider for a moment what effect well
grounded cost systems will have, if generally adopted, in
correcting the prevalent trade abuses.
“ Will the manufacturer continue the speculative practice
of submitting expensive sketches, when his records show
him that the aggregate of orders secured in a given period
in this way is exceeded by the cost of designs submitted
in the same period.
“ When he finds his legitimate profit diminished by a too
generous granting of credit and extensions of time of pay¬
ments — overlooking the fact that he pays for money to
carry such extensions and does not exact an adequate
quid pro quo — will he continue this practice which affects
not only his own business, but that of every competitor?
“ Will he continue to accede to every demand of his
big customer and shoulder all the burden and risk of the
pernicious split-order practice, conceding everything and
paying dearly for a very questionable privilege?
“ Nothing will bring home to the manufacturer more
effectively the results of such short-sighted policies than a
cost system, and as you are in business to make money — -
not the few per cent which you can get on the amount of
your capital if invested in straight mortgages or other
good securities, but many times as much for your energy,
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your brain, and your business sagacity — you will soon
come together, standardize the business practices, and get a
more nearly adequate result from your operations.
“ In a brief paper it is, of course, impossible to do more
than indicate the value of the services of a skilled account¬
ant in your business, but I trust my remarks have been
sufficiently clear to convince you that if you consult this
business doctor and follow out his prescriptions and direc¬
tions, you will be able to solve many questions which may
now cause some of you considerable anxiety and vexation.”
That St. Louis Resolution.
“ Might I ask,” writes a correspondent, “ what has been
done, so far, relative to the action taken by the Second
International Cost Congress looking to one central organ¬
ization for employing printers? In that congress there sat
members of every organization of master printers now in
for national organization, conceived by men wffio are well
informed as to what is wanted by the rank and file of
employing printers? An undoing of the cost congress
itself — the one agent which has made possible the cement¬
ing of the various bodies — is within the range of proba¬
bilities if the commission should misjudge the sentiment of
the trade.
“Aside from this phase of the situation, there is a
menacing danger to the one-organization movement. That
danger lies in the general trend toward a national organ¬
ization of the Ben Franklin Clubs. If a new national body
be brought into existence before a genuine effort is made to
bring the different associations together under the leader¬
ship of one national organization, we shall remain hope¬
lessly divided for another decade at least. And who is there
among employing printers so lacking in loyalty to the inter¬
ests of our business who would not give of his time and
PRINTING-OFFICES IN THE SMALL CITIES.
E. F. Barber is a tasteful and competent printer. He received his early training in
Asheville, North Carolina. He now owns the Barber Printery, at Winston-Salem, North
Carolina. Ilis building', 23 by 95, two stories, is being enlarged by an addition equal to
the original structure, giving him a total floor space of 9,000 square feet. The prosperity
that is indicated by the illustration comes from Barber knowing his costs and doing good
work and getting right prices.
existence. A resolution was passed, the aim of which was
to begin proceedings for a consolidation of the different
associations. This action was in harmony with a wide¬
spread desire for the speedy realization of a commanding
national body of commercial printers. The matter was
placed in the hands of the Cost Commission, with instruc¬
tions that, if in the opinion of the commissioners such an
association be feasible, the commission proceed at once to
the consummation of the idea.
“ I have a great respect for the members of the com¬
mission. Their ability and integrity are unquestioned, and
no doubt a sincere effort will be made to perform the diffi¬
cult task the congress has laid upon them. But I am of
opinion that, no matter how gravely and thoroughly the
members of the commission may weigh and discuss the
question, they will be illy equipped to present a report
embodying the wishes of a majority of American printers
unless the whole question is made a subject for general
discussion before the different local bodies of employing
printers.
“ When it is considered that this is one of the most
important subjects now agitating printerdom, is it wise to
go into our next cost congress without a well-defined plan
ability to prevent just such a result? Are we, students and
workers in the great art which has had so much to do with
the civilization of the world, mere children when confronted
with a plain business proposition? Surely the trade
descendants of Benjamin Franklin, who won everlasting
gratitude from his countrymen for his effective work in
conference, are not going to shun the making of an honest
effort to meet each other in a common cause!
“ What ought to be done during the next few months is
to make ‘ national organization ’ the chief topic for dis¬
cussion in all of the organizations. Several meetings should
be set apart for its consideration. And it would be greatly
to the credit of the craft if, later, joint conferences of the
different associations could be held in cities where more
than one organization is in existence. This is the demo¬
cratic way. More, it is the only way in which the commis¬
sion may hope to gain authoritative information as to what
plan will meet with the approval of the majority of Amer¬
ican printers.”
The art of saying appropriate words in a kindly way is
one that never goes out of fashion, never ceases to please,
and is within the reach of the humblest. — F. W. Faber.
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“ IS THE JOURNEYMAN INTERESTED IN COST
SYSTEMS?”
A very successful meeting of printing-trades journey¬
men was held under the auspices of the Los Angeles Allied
Printing Trades Council on Wednesday evening, April 12,
at which the cost system from the journeyman’s point of
view was discussed. About one hundred were present and
the interest displayed showed that this matter of costs was
reaching every department of the trade, and a knowledge
of the new science was eagerly sought by the mechanic as
well as by the employer. After a well-served lunch Mr.
Charles R. Vandevoort, who acted as chairman, introduced
Mr. George Stein, representative of the International Typo¬
graphical Union, who read a paper on
THE COST-FINDING SYSTEM.
The Uniform Standard Cost-finding System is a name
given to a method of ascertaining the cost of production of
printing by the International Cost Congress of Employing
Printers. This body held two annual meetings — the first
in Chicago in October, 1909, and the second in St. Louis in
October, 1910. The result of these meetings has been to
formulate rules, which if followed, will enable the man sell¬
ing printing to know just what it costs to produce it in his
shop, and knowing the cost, by adding what he thinks is a
reasonable profit, he is doing business in a safe and sane
manner.
To say that it was necessary for a congress of employ¬
ing printers to find and establish a system whereby the
printer could arrive at some scientific basis of estimating
and management seems absurd and ridiculous; but that is
just what had to be done to save the trade from the ruinous
competition born of ignorance of business principles. Those
of you who have been reading the trade publications dur¬
ing the last ten years are aware that much of their space is
taken up with criticism and censure of those who were doing
work at a cost not at all commensurate with the capi¬
tal, skill and intelligence required and demanded of those
engaged in the trade.
The cost system seeks to place our very ancient craft
in the list of those enterprises which are scientifically man¬
aged. A cost system properly applied will eliminate waste,
increase efficiency in the mechanical departments, give accu¬
rate statistics in the business office and improve conditions
generally so that all engaged in the trade will be benefited.
When the first cost congress decided to adopt a uniform
standard system, many ideas were presented to the com¬
mission which was appointed to work out the details. The
great mass of forms submitted by the printers throughout
the country were carefully examined and the best points
taken from all of them. The result is embodied in a series
of blank forms, which I have here and will try and explain.
Form No. 1 is an estimate blank. Here the job to be
printed is given full description and each item in the proc¬
ess of manufacture carefully charged, according to the
known cost, and totaled. A minimum profit of twenty-five
per cent is added to the cost of production. Thus a job that
costs $100 to produce ought to give the printer a profit of
$25.
Form No. 2 is an office record blank, which is filled in
after the customer has given the order and is preserved as
a permanent record.
Form No. 3 is an instruction ticket, usually printed on
a large manila envelope, and follows the job through the
plant. This is one of the blanks the journeyman and fore¬
man must handle and on it is given instructions as to type,
size, quantity, ink, paper, binding, etc.
Form No. 4 is a hand compositor’s daily time-ticket. It
is divided into five columns. In column 1 is given the num¬
ber of the job and the customer’s name; in column 2 the
work-day is divided into spaces of six minutes each, or
tenths of hours, thus introducing the decimal or metric
system of measurement; column 3 is for productive time,
which is time that can actually be charged to a job, such as
composition, author’s corrections, make-up and lock-up;
column 4 is for non-productive time, which is time that can
not be charged to a job, so must be charged to the depart¬
ment expense, and includes office corrections, distribution,
proofreading and miscellaneous work; column 5 notes the
kind of work performed.
Forms Nos. 5 and -5A are pressman’s and feeder’s daily
time-ticket, divided as the compositor’s ticket except that in
the productive-time column there is “ make-ready and run¬
ning,” and in the non-productive, “ wash-up and waiting
time.”
Form 5B is the bindery daily time-ticket, divided as the
pressman’s and feeder’s.
Form 5C is another form of daily time-card designed to
cover all departments, which has columns for job number,
job name, kind of work, and two columns for total of pro¬
ductive and non-productive time. On this card each opera¬
tion from the composing-room to the bindery has a dis¬
tinguishing number, ranging from 1 to 59, thus: 1 — hand
composition, 2 — office corrections, 3 — machine corrections,
4 — make-up, 5 — lock-up, 6 — ■ proofreading, 7 — altera¬
tions. Machine Composition : 8 — operating, 9 — casting,
3 — corrections. Pressroom: 10 — • make-ready, 11 — feed¬
ing, 59 — slip-sheeting, 32 — -bronzing. Bindery: 13 — fold¬
ing, 14 — machine folding, 15 — gathering, 16 — stitching,
17 — sewing, 18 — tipping and inserting, 19 — - covering,
20 — trimming, 21 — numbering, 22 — perforating, 23 — -
punching, 24 — tabbing, 25 — binding, 26 — jogging, 27 —
counting, 28 — inspecting, 29 — forwarding, 30 — finishing,
31 — stamping, 33 — ruling, 34 — cutting, 35 — packing,
59 — slip-sheeting, X — describe unusual work on back.
These numbers and the corresponding operation are printed
on each ticket, and it is only necessary to put down number
18 for instance instead of writing out “ tipping and insert¬
ing.” This blank is the one that is recommended by the
Cost Commission and will soon be in general use in the
trade. It also has the day divided into tenths of six min¬
utes each.
“ Productive ” and “ non-productive ” time are technical
terms that the cost system has introduced into the printing-
office vocabulary. This definition is given : “ Productive
time is the time chargeable directly to jobs. Non-product¬
ive time is the rest — time that can not be charged to any
particular job. If the foreman works on a job, charge that
time to the job. Time used in directing others is non¬
productive.” The reason for separating the time into pro¬
ductive and non-productive units is that employing print¬
ers are beginning to realize that every job should show a
profit, and productive time is the time that must earn the
money to pay every item of expense, so whatever time a
journeyman spends on a job should be charged to that job
and not shifted to some other to make a showing on the
time-ticket. Charging more time to a job than was spent
on it sometimes makes an estimator’s figures look foolish,
and charging less makes trouble for any one who will get
the job to do the second time if the order is repeated. These
tendencies also make the hour cost of the shop for that
department where this is done erroneous and prevent the
business office from getting accurate figures. So you see
the journeyman’s interest in this system is to cultivate
accuracy and thereby assist in arriving at true costs.
Form 6 is a daily summary blank and shows the busi-
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ness office the work performed by the mechanical depart¬
ments in units of productive and non-productive time each
day.
Form No. 7 is a summary for the month of the work per¬
formed by the mechanical departments in units of product¬
ive and non-productive time.
Form No. 8 is a department expense blank and shows
the petty cash expenditures of all departments. Used in
making a statement of costs.
Form No. 9 is a statement of cost blank, the basis for
arriving at the net cost per hour in each department and
ascertaining the net profit for the entire month on all com¬
pleted jobs.
If all of these blanks have been properly filled out, a
printer can determine just what it cost per hour for each
mechanical operation in his own shop, and if all the print¬
ers in a given town use the same cost system, the average
price per hour for that town can be accurately ascertained.
LOS ANGELES COST.
In Los Angeles many printers have been keeping this
cost system and the collective results have been tabulated as
follows :
Per Hour.
Hand composition . $1.20
Linotj'pe composition . 1.70
Monotype composition . 2.00
Cylinder presswork, $1.75 to . 2.25
Platen presswork . 1.00
Bookbinding1, “ A,” men’s work . 1.00
Bookbinding, “ B,” girls (machine) . 65
Bookbinding, “ C,” girls (hand) . 50
According to this table a printer in Los Angeles who is
estimating on a job must charge $1.20 for every hour a
hand compositor spends on it; $1 for every hour it is on a
platen press, and $1 for every hour a man in the bindery
spends on it. To these charges he must add his profit, and
only when he sticks to these figures is he getting proper
returns for his investment and the time and energy he puts
into his business. The cost, $1.20 per hour for hand com¬
position, $1 for platen presswork and $1 for binding, is the
journeyman’s wages per hour, plus the overhead charges.
The wages on the hand side in a Los Angeles job-composing
room average 45 cents per hour, and the overhead charges
are 75 cents per hour. In the same proportion these figures
hold good in every other department. Now, what are the
overhead expenses? The pay-roll for mechanics’ wages is
the only item excluded from overhead expenses. The over¬
head expenses are: rent, light, heat, power, insurance,
interest, depreciation, department direct expenses, bad
debts, spoiled work, taxes, advertising, office stationery and
postage.
Rent is charged according to floor-space occupied; thus,
if the bindery has twenty-five square feet and the rent is
$1 per square foot per month, the bindery is charged with
$25 rent per month. Light is charged according to amount
used by each department; heat in the same way, and power
according to the units of energy consumed. The insurance
of each department is based on premiums on policies accord¬
ing to inventory. Interest should be six per cent per annum
on the investment shown by the inventory. Ten per cent
per annum must be allowed for depreciation of machinery,
and twenty-five per cent for type. Department direct
expenses are the total of all expenses incurred by a depart¬
ment, which can not be charged to any particular job, and
include such things as repairs, supplies, oil, rags, benzin,
ink, etc. Bad debts are estimated to be one per cent of the
volume of yearly sales. Taxes are apportioned among the
departments in the same manner as rent. In the adver¬
tising account are placed such items as dead-head jobs,
entertainment tickets, and other advertising expenses.
Office stationery and postage are other overhead charges.
These overhead expenses, where they are not department
expenses, are charged under “ office ” and become a part of
the general expense of the plant.
To obtain the hour cost for each mechanical depart¬
ment for each month the overhead expenses are appor¬
tioned in proportion to the direct cost of these departments
in the following manner: If the overhead charges for the
month were $200, the composing-room expenses were $600,
and the pressroom expenses were $300, then the composing-
room would carry two-thirds of the overhead, or $133.33%;
and the pressroom one-third, or $66.66%. This would make
a total cost for the composing-room for one month of
$733.33%. If there were 700 productive or chargeable
hours during month and these 700 hours are divided into
733.33%, the answer would be 104 and the cost per hour
in the composing-room would be $1.04. The same arith¬
metic applies to the other departments.
By making each mechanical department bear its propor¬
tion of the overhead, the cost per hour for each mechanical
operation is obtained; and when this is known, estimates
can be written which will be based on known costs; and
when the costs are known, the man who sells below cost is
not a good business man and will sooner or later get to the
end of his resources.
Now, why does the cost system interest journeymen?
There are three main reasons why they should know all
about it. (1) It abolishes guesswork and introduces scien¬
tific methods in estimating. (2) It means organization and
better prices. (3) The journeyman will gain business
knowledge that will be useful when he becomes an employer.
There are other reasons that can be taken up at some future
time, but to-night we will have covered enough ground if
we can understand what the uniform standard cost-finding
system is, what its aims are, and what it means for the
future of the trade.
Until the introduction of cost systems, printers had
been in the habit of guessing what a job was worth, and
users of printing have always wondered why estimates
showed such a difference where the running expenses and
the equipment were similar, and printers have wondered
themselves how the fellow on the same block, who was pay¬
ing the same wages and had the same rent, was always
doing work at ruinously low prices. The reason for it was
that there was no method of knowing what a job would
cost, but with a cost system in every printing-office, large
and small, the estimator will have before him at all times
the truth about costs, and if he has the courage to face the
truth he can get a good living himself out of the business,
and be able to pay living wages to those he employs.
The cost system means organization, and where there is
organization, there are order and discipline. Where the.
employer and the employee are well organized there is
always an opportunity to discuss trade problems and be
mutually helpful. The cost system is a business school.
When the journeyman understands the business principles
of a cost system, we can get better cooperation between the
business office and the mechanical departments. With jour¬
neymen who have a knowledge of business, and employers
who have the courage to ask good prices, we can develop a
community of interests that will place the trade on a higher
plane, and make it a pleasant and profitable occupation for
all concerned. Good wages depend on good prices, and good
prices depend on good work by competent, satisfied mechan¬
ics, who take pride in the excellence of their finished prod¬
uct; and while we are waiting for the millennium let us learn
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what we can about this trade which must give us support
and let us make the best use of the knowledge gained.
There is one retarding element in the printing business
that will always stand in the way of better prices and bet¬
ter conditions. It is one that a knowledge of costs by jour¬
neymen will help to improve and eventually correct. The
greatest menace to the trade is the one-man shop owned by
the fellow who has no more business sense than a heathen
image. He is generally a compositor who has saved a few
hundred dollars and then during a period of idleness decided
that the business end of the game is the one that will make
him a sure winner. He shows his two hundred to a supply
man, who takes his money, lets the fledgling have a press
and a few fonts of type, secures a chattel mortgage and a
fire insurance policy and bids him godspeed to earn the
interest and the premium.
If he is in a town where good prices are obtainable he
makes his presence known by beginning to cut under the
prevailing standard. By working before the sun is up and
after the moon has set he finds that he is earning about as
much as he used to get for eight hours in his journeyman
days and imagines himself on the high road to business suc¬
cess. But the price-cutter never advances. His type wears
out and his presses need rebuilding. He knows nothing of
depreciation. His income is stationary or declining. He
pays himself a salary as a mechanic, ignoring the fact that
it’s worth something to be a boss. He has lots of work and
his establishment exhales an air of industry, but he is con¬
tinually losing ground because he is doing work without
knowing what it costs. When his creditors finally close him
up he leaves behind him quotations on printed matter that
make his former customers regard every cost-system printer
as a highway robber. Don’t start in business if you must
turn over to the supply man a mortgage and a fire-insur¬
ance policy to get a plant. Don’t open a shop until you
have capital enough to keep moving until you have built
up a good-paying trade. Don’t begin by being compositor,
pressman, feeder, bookbinder and errand boy. Don’t ask
any one to work more than eight hours. Don’t leave the
mechanical department and enter the selling field until you
have studied and mastered the cost system, and if you feel
that you are properly equipped be sure that you have the
courage to turn down a job that doesn’t show a profit.
Many of the most successful printers have had small
beginnings, but they had other qualities besides mere
mechanical ability. They were good enough business men
to understand that turning out large quantities of cheap
printing meant wear and tear to machinery and type out of
all proportion to the financial gain, and early in their
careers decided that to make $10 out of two jobs was more
sensible than to make the same amount out of four. If you
would succeed, study modern business methods. Lots of
good compositors and pressmen have failed in business
where a man with no technical knowledge has succeeded.
When you go in business make up your mind that part of
the day you are going to sit at a desk instead of working
in your shop, and the part so spent will be the most profit¬
able, if it is devoted to an examination of your cost records
and applying the knowledge they give you to the conduct
and management of your plant.
We have in the cost system information that the average
employer of to-day acquired only after years of experience.
It is of inestimable value to the craft and to the journey¬
man about to embark in business. It is a part of the trade.
It reaches into every department and every man in the
printing business should know all he can about it and make
the best use of the knowledge.
After reading the paper questions were asked and
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answered, and it was unanimously decided by those present
that the study of the cost systems should be continued and
another meeting will be held on Wednesday evening, May
10, to take up other phases of the question.
NEW EMPLOYERS’ ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE.
\.RNESTNESS was the distinctive quality
pervading those who assembled at the
Hotel Astor, New York, on April 17.
The feeling that one organization
should be formed was general. To han¬
dle or not to handle labor was the prob¬
lem in some minds, and expressions ran
all the way from determined and unend¬
ing opposition to unions to the belief that employers should
encourage them. The committee appointed to crystallize
the views of the conference decided to omit labor issues
and enumerated a list of the things it is believed an organ¬
ization could handle. The very logical plea that the United
Typothetae could do this as well as a new organization was
ignored on the ground that there were prejudices against
the present leader that prevented its becoming sufficiently
popular to meet the crying needs of the hour. So the con¬
ference decided to put in motion the machinery to formu¬
late a constitution and set of by-laws that will permit
existing organizations to get together and make a strong
appeal to the unorganized employing printers.
As chairman of the Cost Commission, J. A. Morgan,
of Chicago, read the call, the gist of which was that in
pursuance of instructions given by the Second Interna¬
tional Cost Congress the meeting was called for the pur¬
pose of endeavoring to organize one international body of
employing printers. He expressed the hope that when those
assembled separated, they would do so in a spirit of good
fellowship and with the pride of having accomplished some¬
thing. After this there was silence for a few moments,
when some one called on W. J. Hartman, of Chicago, for an
expression on the situation, saying that that gentleman had
been very prominent in the movement for one organization.
Mr. Hartman spoke briefly, saying that printers would not
join the Typothetae under the present name, and that exist¬
ing organizations have earned a certain prestige which
would prevent their absorption.
Mr. E. F. Hamm, of Chicago, said the trade was over¬
organized and those following it could accomplish more with
less energy if there were but one organization. He agreed
with Mr. Hartman as to the prejudice against the Typoth-
etas, but at the same time thought that if members of Ben
Franklin Clubs were really sincere in their desire to secure
a single international organization they should be willing to
yield quite as much as the Typothetse in order to attain the
end they had in view.
Charles Francis, of the Printers’ League, also agreed
with Mr. Hartman so far as the prejudice against the
Typothetae was concerned. He was of the opinion that in
the present temper of employing printers it was impossible
to organize an international association which would deal
with the labor question; nevertheless employing printers
could not avoid or evade the labor question. Some small
percentage of them could free themselves from unions, but
they could not get away from the influence of unionism.
So far as he was concerned he had no desire to operate an
open shop. He appreciated the fact that the Typothetse
had done a great deal of good work, but at the same time the
prejudice against that organization would not down, and
many of the people that progressive printers wished to
reach refused to affiliate with an organization having the
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name of the premier association. He thought that the fed¬
eration idea ought to be tried out, as the indications were it
would prove successful in New York.
A. E. Southworth, of Chicago, asserted no organization
would be able to attract all employing printers; the United
Typothetae was progressing satisfactorily. It might not be
making the progress that non-members desired, but its suc¬
cess in recent years was satisfactory to the members of the
organization, and anything the conference did would have
to be done along the line of permitting the greatest possible
liberty, for he would close his office before he would pay a
man who is worth only $18 a week more than that amount.
He thought those present would agree that the Typothetae
was serving a good purpose and that it tended to curb the
unions. In Chicago, said Mr. Southworth, the Employing
Printers’ Association dealt with the unions; gave them what
they asked, the sole gain being some extension of time,
which was secured by using the Typothetae as a club, declar¬
ing that if reasonable time were not granted the employers
they would go over to the Typothetae in a body — a threat
which had its effect on the unions.
Edward Carroll, Jr., of New York, claimed that the ques¬
tion before the gathering was not of very great importance,
as a national organization need not undertake to deal with
all sorts of questions. In New York the various organiza¬
tions had got together on the matter of credits and had
accomplished considerable without any regard as to whether
the people involved employed union or non-union workers.
The “ wrong-font list,” for instance, had given a great deal
of satisfaction; not a printer in New York had aught to
say against its publication. The recognition of union labor
was in its way an important proposition, but not at all vital,
for non-union establishments were compelled to pay prac¬
tically the same wages as union concerns. He thought that
a great deal could be accomplished by one international
organization, and trusted the projection of such an asso¬
ciation would not be hampered by silly objections about its
form or name.
Robert Schalkenbach, president of New York Typoth-
etae, said non-union offices had to pay the same wages as
union concerns, principally because they had to do so, for if
they did not they would drive their help into the unions.
He urged those attending the meeting to get together on as
many questions as possible, but expressed the opinion that
the United Typothetae of America is now doing all that a
new organization could do. If it could be demonstrated,
however, that better results would flow from a new associa¬
tion he would be quite willing to sacrifice the Typothetae,
even though it had the machinery and tools for accomplish¬
ing all that those in attendance desired.
Edward Carroll, Jr., of New York, contended that when
the Federal Government was formed, New York State had
its constitution and the machinery for government, but
other States did not care to adopt New York’s methods and
machinery, consequently there arose the United States of
America, and he opined that the printing trade was not of
necessity bound to accept the methods and machinery of
the Typothetae.
Fred L. Smith, of Minneapolis, reported that in his town
the Typothetae was really the organization, but at the same
time its members found it necessary to establish a Ben
Franklin Club in order to get all the printers in the com¬
munity imbued with the idea of selling their work for a
little more than cost.
Robert J. Hausauer, of Buffalo, said that the printers
of that town were in favor of an organization which would
take over the existing machinery and devote itself to the
pressing needs of handling the labor problem and dissemi¬
nating education. The Typothetae in Buffalo had not been
for all men, and the organization was therefore compelled
to form a Ben Franklin Club for the purpose of educating
the printers who would not join the Typothetae. Indeed,
said Mr. Hausauer, the very men that need to be reached
are those who are impervious to any argument that is
colored by Typothetae methods.
M. J. Sullivan, of Cincinnati, related that those inter¬
ested in his city were in favor of an organization for much
the same reason as given by Buffalo. In his opinion it
would be impossible to get Cincinnati printers to join the
Typothetae.
Claude Kimball, of Minneapolis, corroborated the views
of his colleague, and said that the Minneapolis Typothetae
voted $1,000 to boost the Ben Franklin movement for the
purpose of reaching men that would not be induced to work
with the Typothetae local.
R. T. Deacon, of St. Louis, said that the Typothetae was
in bad odor in his city. He had taken the pains to inter¬
view one of the most prominent members of the organiza¬
tion in that city, who told him that he was merely paying
dues in the hope that some more capable and popular asso¬
ciation would develop out of the present Typothetae. Mr.
Deacon also said he could make more money by conducting
a union shop than a non-union one, though others thought
to the contrary. In his opinion, however, any organization
that would appeal to the employing printers would have
to leave the labor issue with the individual employer, for
it would be impossible to induce some firms to pay for the
labor fights in which other firms might become embroiled.
Mr. Deacon voiced the view of the assemblage when he said
that the labor issue would have to be determined by indi¬
viduals, and the proposed association could not undertake
to handle the question.
Albert Finlay, of Boston, said no employers’ association
could be successful unless it handled the labor problem. He
derided the open shop that did not live up to union condi¬
tions, saying it was an imposition. Mr. Finlay outlined
the development of the Board of Trade idea in Boston,
which included all sorts of shops working under all sorts of
conditions, but expressed the belief that the United Typoth¬
etae of America was the best thing for the employing print¬
ers to tie to. He believed that the national organization
was sufficiently plastic to handle the labor proposition in a
capable manner. Mr. Finlay said that he had met the offi¬
cers of all the unions connected with the printing trades
and found them fair and square; the only objection to them
being that they were on the job sixty minutes to the hour
and twenty-four hours to the day.
E. Lawrence Fell, of Philadelphia, protested against the
idea that the Typothetae was a labor-baiting organization,
saying that sixty per cent of its members employed union¬
ists in whole or in part, and said even the labor people
would not desire to see the United Typothetae of America
wiped out of existence. He held that the Typothetae had in
the last few years been of particular value to the craft.
At the Detroit convention the defense fund was abolished,
and since that time the Typothetae could not fairly be desig¬
nated as a militant anti-union force. He cited the case of
Kansas City, where the Typothetae found the printing trade
in a demoralized condition, and left it with the largest
organization, proportionately, of any city in the country,
the members being thoroughly imbued with the idea that
thoroughgoing cooperation is the secret of solving printers’
troubles.
Here Mr. Carroll interjected to say that, notwithstand¬
ing all Mr. Fell had said concerning the Typothetae the fact
remained that employing printers would not join the organ-
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ization and he was of the opinion that the failure to do so
was the greatest reason for a new organization — one that
would be organized by sweeping the board clean and making
a new deal all around.
James H. Walden, George Seton Thompson, of Chicago,
and others said the standardization of labor conditions was
of prime importance, and for that and other reasons they
believed the unions should be encouraged by employers.
Mr. Francis, of New York, asserted that the history of
the Typothetae was one of which the organization should be
proud, and while he did not believe an employing printers’
association could be formed at this time which would under¬
take to handle all the problems presented, yet he believed
that the educational efforts should be of such a character
as to extend to the employees. He cited the fact when the
eight-hour day regulation was enforced by the Typograph¬
ical Union he went to his men and said that though he was
in favor of eight hours for a day’s work, he believed the
experiment in this country was ill-timed. It was not the
employers’ experiment, but expressly one of the employees,
and he told his men that they had to make good or he would
go to the wall. They have made good. Mr. Francis then
presented the following resolution, which was seconded by
Mr. Hamm, of Chicago:
Resolved, That a committee, consisting of two members
of each organization (to be appointed by each organization
here represented), shall formulate and submit to a meet¬
ing of this conference at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 18, a plan
for amalgamation into one organization of the present
employing printers’ associations.
This was adopted and the following were selected as
the committee:
Representing United Typothetse of America — Robert
Schalkenbach, New York, N. Y. ; Fred L. Smith, Minne¬
apolis, Minn. Representing the Printers’ League — Charles
Francis, New York, N. Y.; Edward Carroll, Jr., New
York, N. Y. Representing Ben Franklin Clubs — William
J. Hartman, Chicago, Ill.; M. J. Sullivan, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Representing Master Printers’ Association — J. Clyde
Oswald, and Charles G. McCoy, New York, N. Y. Rep¬
resenting Printers’ Board of Trade — Albert W. Finlay,
Boston, Mass.; Edmund Wolcott, New York, N. Y.
On Tuesday morning the committee — which organized
by electing Charles Francis, of the Printers’ League, as
chairman, and Fred P. Smith, of the New York Typothetse,
as secretary — presented its report, which, after some slight
amendment by the conference, was adopted as follows:
(1) That it is the sense of this meeting that one inter¬
national organization be formed of the employing printers
of the United States, Canada, and Mexico; the purpose of
which shall be :
(2) To encourage a spirit of friendly relationship be¬
tween all employing printers and allied trades throughout
the country; to secure concert of action for the general
improvement and betterment of the printing trade and to
spread this influence internationally through the establish¬
ment of local organizations.
(3) To meet at stated periods for discussion and dis¬
semination of reliable information relative to the best meth¬
ods of conducting the printing business from the stand¬
point of practical experience and the demands of approved
business ethics.
(4) To create a wider knowledge of the elements of cost
and what constitutes the proper remuneration for services
rendered, to the end that competition may be more hon¬
orable and just; therefore more satisfactory.
(5) That the members of this international association
may enter into contracts with unions locally or nationally,
subject, however, to the approval of this association; exist¬
ing contracts excepted.
(6) To employ experts to install “ standard cost-finding
system” — uniform in its application — in offices of the
employers.
(7) To maintain a credit bureau for the collection and
dissemination of credit information.
(8) To create a permanent legislative council to look
after the interests of the industry in all legislative matters.
(9) To foster, maintain and further the formation of
mutual insurance companies for the printing and allied
trades.
(10) To adopt one standard code of ethics and trade
customs.
(11) To bring about and establish better trade relations
between all the interests involved.
(12) To establish a court of honor to which can be
referred any problem that may arise in the regular way of
business.
We further recommend the appointment, as each organ¬
ization sees fit, of one member of each of the organizations
represented at this conference to draft a constitution and
by-laws to be submitted to the Executive Committee of the
Cost Committee and by them to the several organizations.
There was some discussion on the foregoing, but for the
most part it was much along the same lines as the talks
preceding the appointment of the committee. Colonel Cush¬
ing, of Boston, moved to substitute an appeal for all print¬
ers to join in the Typothetae. The motion was declared out
of order by the chair and the colonel did not renew it. The
Executive Committee of the Cost Commission will now
devote its attention to supervising the construction of a
constitution and by-laws in keeping with the pronouncement
of the conference.
Led by Mr. Hartman, the Chicagoans urged the Cost
Commission to hold the next cost congress at the western
metropolis. The usual reasons were advanced, but the mem¬
bers of the commission present maintained a reticence
worthy diplomats of the first class.
The names of those who attended the conference follow:
E. Lawrence Fell, Philadelphia, Pa.; John J. Miller,
Chicago, Ill.; R. T. Deacon, St. Louis, Mo.; George Seton
Thompson, Chicago, Ill; M. J. Sullivan, Cincinnati, Ohio;
Bernard B. Eisenberg, Cleveland, Ohio; Lillian DeM. Weiss,
New York, N. Y.; D. W. Gregory, New York, N. Y.; John
A. Morgan, Chicago, Ill.; Joseph Hays, Chicago, Ill.;
Edward Carroll, Jr., New York, N. Y.; Edward F. Hamm,
Chicago, Ill.; Charles F. McCoy, New York, N. Y. ; William
J. Hartman, Chicago, Ill.; John S. Watson, Jersey City,
N. J.; Frederick Alford, New York, N. Y.; A. M. Gloss-
brenner, Indianapolis, Ind.; Claude D. Kimball, Minne¬
apolis, Minn.; Fred L. Smith, Minneapolis, Minn.; Edward
L. Stone, Roanoke, Va.; Robert J. Hausauer, Buffalo, N. Y.;
William A. Jones, Buffalo, N. Y.; Arthur E. Southworth,
Chicago, Ill.; Robert Schalkenbach, New York, N. Y.;
Charles Paulus, New York, N. Y.; Albert W. Finlay, Bos¬
ton, Mass.; H. W. J. Meyer, Milwaukee, Wis. ; J. G.
Soulsby, of the Master Printer, Philadelphia, Pa.; James
H. Walden, Chicago, Ill.; H. C. Shanks, Louisville, Ky. ;
Franklin W. Heath, Philadelphia, Pa.; Charles Francis,
New York, N. Y. ; J. Clyde Oswald, American Printer,
New York, N. Y.; G. Fred Kalkhoff, New York, N. Y.;
W. B. Prescott, Inland Printer, Chicago, Ill.; Fred P.
Smith, New York, N. Y.; J. Stearns Cushing, Boston,
Mass.; Edmund Wolcott, New York, N. Y.
On Monday evening those attending the conference were
tendered an informal dinner at the Astor House, the host
being the employing printers of New York.
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Brief mention of men and events associatedjwith the printing
and allied industries will be published under this heading. Items
for this department should be sent before the tenth day of the
month.
J. P. Morgan Gets Printing Gem.
During his recent visit to Italy, J. Pierpont Morgan was
presented with a remarkable product of the printer’s art by
Ongania of Venice, one of the oldest of Italy’s publishing
houses. The specimen is in the nature of a book, extrava¬
gantly bound in leather, carved ivory, and inlaid gilded
Goes to Eight-hour Day.
Some time ago the printers employed by the Pictorial
Printing Company, of Aurora, Illinois, made application to
the management to have the length of work-day reduced
from ten to nine hours. When the announcement came
recently that, beginning with May 1, the shop would go to
an eight-hour basis with no decrease in wages, the men
were joyously surprised.
Gold Typo Button to Minister.
Louisville Typographical Union, at its April meeting,
presented to the Rev. Dr. W. N. Briney, pastor of the Broad¬
way Christian Church, and president of the Louisville Min¬
isterial Association, a solid gold button similar to those
worn by the members of the International Typographical
Union. Twenty years ago Doctor Briney was a member of
the printers’ organization, holding membership in Cin¬
cinnati Typographical Union, No. 3. Later he went to
Memphis, Tennessee, where he affiliated with the Memphis
union, and afterward entered the ministry. At the March
A PRINTER’S HOME.
Residence of EUvin M. Maynard, journeyman printer, 22 Goodwin avenue, Glens Falls,
New York.
metal with two circles of real pearls. This is wrapped in a
real lace cover, in the threads of which can be read “ To
J. P. Morgan, 1911.” The illustrations throughout the book
are of Venetian monuments. Each page bears the initials
“ J. P. M.” in monogram. It is said that Mr. Morgan
highly prizes the book and will place it among his art treas¬
ures.
Engraving Company in Heavy Loss.
Twenty-seven thousand dollars’ worth of publicity lit¬
erature for the city of Hamilton, Ontario, awaiting orders
for delivery by the Ontario Engraving Company, of that
city, was recently destroyed by fire in the plant of the com¬
pany. Dispatches state that the loss was not covered by
insurance.
Printers’ Names to Be Carved on Library Walls.
Names of historic printers to the number of thirty-four
are to be carved in the cartouches below the main-story win¬
dows of the New Central Library building at St. Louis,
Missouri. Inscriptions are also to be made of the cities in
which the presses were located, with dates. The names were
submitted by Cass Gilbert, architect, of New York, to John
F. Lee, chairman of the Building Committee.
meeting of the Louisville union Doctor Briney addressed
the members, relating his experiences as a printer of the
hand-set days. A committee is making arrangements for
him to address an open meeting at an early date on the
subject of “Arbitration.”
Doom of “ Shylocks ” at Bureau of Printing.
Director Ralph, of the Government Bureau of Printing
and Engraving, has determined to suppress for all time the
business of “ loan sharks ” in that institution. “ Ten per¬
centers ” must go, is the edict of the director. Recently an
employee of the Bureau confessed to having committed
forgery as a result of being driven to desperate straits
through the demand of the “ loan sharks ” into whose
clutches he had fallen. An investigation was made by
Director Ralph into the money-lending business in the
bureau, and four men who were found to have been loaning
money to their fellow employees at exorbitant rates were
suspended, and charges have been preferred against them
for the consideration of the civil-service commission. The
man arrested for forgery, according to Director Ralph,
was one of the best employees of the bureau, and was relia¬
ble in every way. Making a clean breast of his crime and
the condition that brought it about, he said, relieved him of
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a depth of misery, a burden of despair, the necessity of con¬
tinued wrong-doing, and a sense of utter shame and terror
of exposure, so terrible that he does not know how he stood
it so long.
Magazine Tax Gets a Setback.
Chairman Fitzgerald, of the Committee on Appropria¬
tions, of the lower House of Congress, has introduced a bill
repealing the law passed by the last Congress which appro¬
priates $50,000 for a special commission to investigate the
cost of transporting second-class mail matter. It is believed
that the Fitzgerald bill will receive a favorable vote in both
houses, and that the pet scheme of President Taft to place
an extra tax on magazines and periodicals is doomed.
Raze Printing-office of 1777.
According to a recent dispatch, workmen have begun
tearing down the old building on the southwest corner of
Market and Beaver streets, York, Pennsylvania, which in
1777 housed the then new nation’s modest Bureau of Print-
New Organization for Dubuque.
Employing printers of Dubuque, Iowa, on March 28,
organized the Dubuque Graphic Arts Association. Cost¬
finding is to be the chief theme of the new body, and it was
announced that the organization has no intention of antago¬
nizing printing-trades unions. A constitution and by-laws
were adopted and the following officers elected: President,
Lawrence Gonner; vice-president, William Luther; secre¬
tary, W. W. Moffatt; treasurer, L. C. Lubeck. Michael
Hardy was made chairman of the executive committee.
Following Lead of the Printers.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company has ar¬
ranged to build a tuberculosis sanitarium for the treatment
of its employees afflicted with the great white plague. The
institution will be located on Mount McGregor, near Sara¬
toga Springs, New York. Dr. S. Adolphus Knoff, chief
medical expert of the Metropolitan Company, in a letter of
introduction to Superintendent Deacon, of the Union Print-
A PRINTER’S HOME.
Residence of Joseph J. Rafter, manager, printing department, The Prudential Insurance
Company of America, Newark, New Jersey.
ing and Engraving. When the Continental Congress estab¬
lished itself at York, a printing-press originally owned by
Benjamin Franklin was brought along and installed in this
building. There the Pennsylvania Gazette, the official organ
of Congress, was printed for almost a year. All other
important government documents were issued from this
press, as well as an issue of $12,000,000 in notes, author¬
ized by Congress.
Pay Last Tribute to Percy Monroe.
Printers from many cities in the Middle Western States
paid a last tribute to Percy M. F. Monroe, at Springfield,
Ohio, recently, where the popular typo was laid to rest.
Mr. Monroe was favorably known to union printers in
every English-speaking country, and those who knew him
personally had an abiding affection for him. A great trav¬
eler, there was not a town or city in North America in
which he failed to find a welcome by personal friends he
had made during his various sojourns. If affectionate
remembrance have the power to carry happiness into the
great beyond, Percy Monroe should be enjoying a glorious
rest from his earthly labors.
ers’ Home, presented by Chief Architect Waid, of the insur¬
ance concern, says :
“ In order to benefit by the experience of the directors
and superintendents of sanatoria, Mr. Waid has decided to
visit as many as possible of the leading institutions. You,
my dear sir, as superintendent of the Union Printers’ Home,
which now ranks as one of the most important in this coun¬
try, will, I know, accord to my friend, Mr. Waid, not only a
most cordial reception, but that you will allow him to visit
your institution, will facilitate his studies and give him the
benefit of your own best experience as the head of a tuber¬
culosis sanatorium.”
American Printer now Mexican Insurrecto.
George Zimmerman, a well-known Lexington (Ky.)
printer, who worked for several years on the Leader of that
city, is a major in the Mexican insurrecto army under Gen¬
eral Madero. In a recent letter to William Hoagland, fore¬
man of the Leader, Mr. Zimmerman seems confident that
the insurrection will be successful. He says:
“ I was one of the three dynamite squad who escape^’
from Casas Grandes. Rest of Americans captured
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killed. President Madero personally promoted me from
lieutenant to major. Five times twenty thousand United
States soldiers can not maintain neutrality. I intend advo¬
cating raising of black flag in retaliation of Diaz’s procla¬
mation. We will win inside of ninety days. Give regards
to boys and tell them I will get them ‘ jobs ’ if they will
come down here.”
Printers Defend Sears-Roebuck Co.
During the recent Chicago municipal campaign, the
Daily Socialist made an attack on Charles E. Merriam
because of the support given him by Julius Rosen wald, of
Sears, Roebuck & Co. The article charged that the big-
mail-order house was a hater of union labor. The chapel
of the company’s printing department, composed entirely
of members of Typographical Union No. 16, made reply to
the char-ge in the form of the following resolution:
The Daily Socialist has made a most unwarranted and libelous attack
on Sears, Roebuck & Co., designating the firm as such a hater of union
labor that members of labor unions have not been able to organize in any
space of approximately two acres. A store and plant are
also maintained at Houston.
James A. Dorsey and Henry Dorsey are the president
and vice-president, respectively, and the aggressive and
progressive methods adopted by these gentlemen have been
the key to the great success achieved by the company.
In naming the equipment possessed by the Dorsey Print¬
ing Company, at the beginning of its career, we failed to
mention the biggest item of its capitalization — the motto
of the company — • as follows : “ Make what the trade
requires and make it better than any one else can make it.”
This idea, steadfastly adhered to by James A. and Henry
Dorsey, has been the cornerstone upon which its great suc¬
cess has been builded.
Printer’s Error Proves Benefaction.
The farmers of Ontario are deeply indebted to a printer
on the London Free Press who spelled it “ would ” instead
of “ should ” in a press report of a speech made by a Cana¬
dian statesman, according to the Free Press itself. The
A PRINTER’S HOME.
Residence of J. R. Howard, journeyman printer, 435 Riehl street, Waterloo, Iowa.
of the departments. We. members of Sears, Roebuck & Co. chapel of Chi¬
cago Typographical Union, No. 16, know that such a statement is untrue
as regards members of other unions employed by the concern.
Resolved, That we hereby enter our protest against such unfairness
toward a house that is disposed to be more than fair to members of our
union, and can not see how such a statement can be excused even in the
excitement of a political campaign.
Some time ago the Sears-Roebuck concern donated
$1,000 toward the building of the tuberculosis sanitarium
recently established by the International Printing Pressmen
and Assistants’ Union.
Marvelous Growth of a Dallas Concern.
Beginning business about twenty-six years ago in a
small second-story room, with an equipment of $150 in
cash, two old-style job presses and a few fonts of type, the
Dorsey Company, of Dallas, Texas, is to-day one of the
largest concerns of its kind in the United States, having a
capitalization of $1,000,000, with a business extending to
all parts of the country. Recently the company was reor¬
ganized, and the name changed from the Dorsey Printing-
Company to the Dorsey Company, the officers and stock¬
holders of the old concern taking full charge of the new
organization. In addition to the printing department the
company manufactures or sells a complete line of business
equipment goods, and in its building at Dallas has a floor-
Hon. Adam Beck had delivered an address in which he said
that legislation should be passed to provide power for the
farming communities from low-tension wires radiating in
all directions from the central power station. But the
printer (and who knows what great depth of thought and
foresight may not have laid hold of him?) instead of
making Mr. Beck say legislation should be passed, made
him say that it would be passed. And the wide circulation
of this report, it is admitted by Mr. Beck, was the responsi¬
ble agent for the passing of the bill making provision for
power for the “ farm ” in the Ontario legislature the past
session.
Tampering with Hot Metal.
Harry F. Sheldon, representing the Goss Printing Press
Company, of Chicago, recently related some of his interest¬
ing experiences while engaged in erecting presses in for¬
eign countries. An amusing example of the curiosity of the
aborigine came to Mr. Sheldon’s attention during his
sojourn in South Africa. As is the case with all modern
printing-presses, a Johannesburg equipment had several
tons of molten metal in readiness for the stereotyping
work. After the press had been erected and before Mr.
Sheldon went to lunch, he warned the Kaffirs, through an
interpreter, not to allow any water to come in contact with
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the hot metal. Upon his return, however, he discovered
several of the negroes dubiously plucking imbedded bits of
hot metal from their black skins. They had deliberately
poured water in the metal-pot just to see what would hap¬
pen, and they surely found out.
The Eclipse Electrotype & Engraving Company,
of Cleveland, Moves.
“ We worked in the old shop until 10 p.m. on Friday
night, March 31, and between that time and the following
Monday morning we moved our entire plant and fixtures.
On April 3, with the loss of only Saturday half work-day,
we were making electrotypes, nickeltypes, wood engravings,
half-tone engravings and line etchings, also all necessary
designs and drawings, and we transacted business in the
WE MOVED APRIL FIRST
counting-room as usual.” So writes Mr. Frank H. Clark,
president of the Eclipse Company. The company is now
located at 2041 East Third street, Cleveland, Ohio, occupy¬
ing two entire floors ox a new concrete building. The floors
are nearly square in shape with light on four sides. The
company sent out colored post-cards announcing its
removal and the artist worked in caricatures of the super¬
intendents of the different departments, salesmen, office
force, etc. A reproduction is shown, and particular atten¬
tion is directed to the high-power motor in spectacles at the
left giving a fine exhibition of how to push.
General Notes.
The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, will discontinue the fort¬
nightly issues of the Ladies’ Home Journal after May 15. The magazine
will be published once a month, as formerly.
George K. Leet, the new secretary to Judge Gary, chairman of the
United States Steel Corporation, at one time was a printers’ devil in the
office of the Commercial Printing Company, at Washington, D. C.
The Butterick Publishing Company, the big pattern concern, has
reached an agreement with the International Typographical Union, through
which the work of the company hereafter will be done by union printers.
At Fort Wayne, Indiana, S. F. Bowser & Co. have completed arrange¬
ments for the installation of a private printing plant of their own.
Charles E. Archer, formerly of the Archer Printing Company, will be in
charge. The Bowser concern consumes about $50,000 worth of printed mat¬
ter yearly.
The Werner plant, at Akron, Ohio, which was recently sold at receiv¬
er’s sale for $275,000, has reverted to the control of E. P. Werner and
associates. E. C. Brooks, the purchaser, is said to have been the agent of
Mr. Werner. A new corporation will be formed, under the name of the New
Werner Company.
The Fort Wayne Printing Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana, has begun
the erection of a new home. The building will be four stories high, and
will contain 45,000 square feet of floor space, to be devoted exclusively to
the printing business.
The subscription list of the Taylor-Trotwood Magazine, now defunct,
was recently taken over by Watson’s Magazine, published by the Jeffer¬
sonian Publishing Company, at Thomson, Georgia. ITafson.’s Magazine was
formerly published at Atlanta, but was moved to Thomson, where an exten¬
sive and up-to-date plant has been established for the publication of the
magazine and the Jeffersonian (weekly), as well as to engage in book pub¬
lishing and a general printing business.
Recent Incorporations.
The Ellis Printing Company, Louisville, Ky. Capital, $10,000. Incor¬
porators: H. H. Ellis, W. Koenig, J. W. Ellis.
Crouch & Lesser (printing), Baltimore, Md. Capital, $5,000. Incor¬
porators: E. Crouch, M. Lesser, J. F. Murbach.
Corsicana Printing Company, Corsicana, Tex. Capital, $5,000. Incor¬
porators: J. Garitty, D. N. Rice, W. V. Crockett.
Moll & Co. (printing and bookbinding), Louisville, Ky. Capital, $5,000.
Incorporators: P. Moll, A. S. Moll, R. E. Zuehort.
Harrisonburg Printing Corporation, Harrisonburg, Va. Capital, $20,000.
Incorporators: M. M. Jarman, W. W. Logan, S. Paul.
Enterprise Publishing Company, Frederick, Okla. Capital, $10,000.
Directors: J. M. Roark, A. A. Rogers, R. II. Wessel.
Indiana Electrotype Company, Indianapolis, Ind. Capital, $15,000.
Incorporators: C. A. Patterson, j. E. Fleck, J. B. Fleck.
Light Publishing Coumany, San Antonio, Tex. Capital, $100,000.
Incorporators: G. D. Robbins, 11. L. Steele, M. W. Davis.
Oceanic Publishing Company, Manhattan, N. Y. Capital, $25,000.
Incorporators: F. T. Carlton, M. J. Sweeney, J. J. Potter.
National Poultry Publishing Company, Fabius, N. Y. Capital, $50,000.
Incorporators: J. A. McDonnell, E. W. Dehler, E. L. Vezina.
Charles Day Company (genera) printing), Manhattan, N. Y. Capital,
$25,000. Incorporators: A. L. Day, H. T. Cook, G. B. Class.
Enterprise Printing & Publishing Company, Noblesville, Ind. Capital,
$10,000. Incorporators: E. E. Neal, C. S. Neal, Irene B. Neal.
The West Coast Publishing Company, Manhattan, N. Y. Capital,
$40,000. Incorporators: F. L. White, B. D. Wise, W. J. Mahon.
Aviation Topics Publishing Company, Manhattan, N. Y. Capital,
$25,000. Incorporators: J. W. Kays, W. R. Tallmadge, E. C. Kays.
Equity Publishing Company, Fargo, N. I). Capital, $10,000. Incorpor¬
ators: A. V. Swenson, J. M. Anderson, F. II. Squire, A. A. Trovaten.
Carnegie Publishing Company, Carnegie, Okla. Capital, $5,000. Incor¬
porators: J. H. Cunningham, C. C. Leech, P. Nesbitt, J. L. Wilson.
Roth & Langley (printing and publishing), Brooklyn, N. Y. Capital,
$50,000. Incorporators: A. B. Roth, W. O’D. Langley, W. 11. Rhodes.
Hildebrand-Crater Publishing Company, Greensboro, N. C. Capital.
$100,000. Incorporators: W. A. Hildebrand, G. B. Crater, C. H. McKnight.
The Ivins Printing & Publishing Company. Hoboken, N. J. Capital,
$100,000. Incorporators : A. C. Eppinger, H. Ivins, E. Le Clerc Vogt, Jr.
New Netherland Printing & Publishing Company, Paterson. N. J. Capi¬
tal, $50,000. Incorporators: C. Becling, Jr., J. Egberts, C. Kamer, Jr.,
J. de E. F. Van Folker, L. J. Van den Berg.
The Graphic, Ltd. (publishing), Campbellton. N. B., Can. Capital,
$7,000. Incorporators: II. B. Anslow, II. J. Currie, J. G. MeColl. Mary C.
Anslow, A. E. G. McKenzie.
Citizens’ Publishing Company, Bowman, N. D. Capital, $10,000. Incor¬
porators: E. P. Totten, H. A. Lombard, O. M. Young, C. M. Hjerleid,
R. T. Heywood.
City Publishing Company, Columbus, Ohio. Capital. $25,000. Incor¬
porators : C. C. Janes, C. S. Bash, A. E. Clark, E. E. Weibling, C. S.
Anderson.
Gitzendenner-Muller Company (manufacture printing machinery, etc.),
New York city. Capital, $15,000. Incorporators : F. Muller, W. II.
Brady, E. L. Austell.
The Dawning Light Printing & Publishing Company, Manhattan, N. Y.
Capital, $50,000. Incorporators: R. A. Maeurda, E. C. Marston, R. A.
Macurda, Jr.
Uprightgrain Printing Base Company (manufacturing printing devices),
Chicago, Ill. Capital, $30,000. Incorporators: J. W. Pitt, M. Hoge,
E. Strong.
SCIENTIFIC TESTING OF PAPER.
BY M. S. H.
How to determine the relative value of paper of various
classes is an important question to the paper consumer. In
very few commercial products are the variations in quality
and suitability as great as in paper, and the need for cor¬
rect methods of purchasing is very apparent. The quality
of paper can be very definitely expressed and determined
by numerical quantities, and in this connection there are
decided commercial advantages in systematic testing. Such
tests are a valuable assistant in making a purchase of
paper.
The successful business man wants and gets the best for
his money. He buys the right material for a given purpose,
not unnecessarily good and hence too expensive, nor inferior
and hence unsatisfactory. Paper should be no exception to
this practice.
The quality and value of paper can be determined very
exactly by chemical, microscopical and physical tests. It is
true that an expert after long experience may judge the
quality of a paper by the general appearance, color, etc.,
but he has no numerical expression of his results and the
chances are that he would fail to detect small and less
obvious, though important, differences. A paper expert
might pronounce two samples exactly alike and yet a test
and analyses might show a considerable difference in the
very qualities most important for the purpose for which the
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paper is to be used. Two samples of a very different “ feel ”
and appearance might show that for a particular purpose
they were equal in value, though one were much cheaper
than the other.
tain clauses which require tests and analyses of the paper
delivered to insure compliance with the requirements.
The price of a paper does not necessarily indicate the
quality, as frequent tests have shown. The following exam-
PAPER FIBERS MAGNIFIED.
SULPHITE WOOD AND GROUND WOOD. MANILA HEMP, JUTE AND SULPHITE WOOD.
The large consumer usually purchases his paper in one pie will illustrate the point. Four samples of a correspond-
of three ways. First by description or trade name, that is, ence paper were submitted for test with the following
ordering a certain paper from a certain manufacturer and results:
A VIEW OP PAPER-TESTING LABORATORT.
paying his price, on the theory that having been satisfac¬
tory for a particular purpose in the past it always will be
in the future. But how does a purchaser know that the
quality is being maintained? Tests made periodically as the
paper is received from the manufacturer detect much
smaller deviations from the standard that has been estab¬
lished than can be found by mere inspection.
The second method of purchase is to obtain bids and
samples and to place the order in accordance with an exam¬
ination of the samples and the price demanded. Could any
method of determining the relative merits of these samples
be more reliable and accurate than tests and analyses where
the various qualities are expressed numerically? After the
contract has been made, tests of the paper as it is delivered
will insure its being equal to the sample originally sub¬
mitted.
The third method is by specifications with or without
competitive bids. Specifications to be of value, must con-
Sample
No.
(a)
Thickness
Mils.
fb)
Bursting
Strength.
Lbs.
Ratio.
b : a
Fiber
Composition.
Price quoted.
1
1.9
31
1.6
Rag 75
Chem. Wood 25
$24.00
2
2.2
23
1.0
Rag 45
Chem. Wood 55
20.00
3
2.1
29
1.4
Rag 55
Chem. Wood 40
Esparto 5
21.00
4
2.3
24
1.0
Rag — trace
Chem. Wood 100
27.00
Paper's Nos. 1 and 4 were from different dealers. The
data show that No. 1, a lighter, stronger and probably more
durable paper (rag 75), was $3 cheaper than No. 4 with
practically no rag stock — entirely made of chemical wood.
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The appearance of these two samples gave no indication of
the great difference in quality.
A business house asked several dealers to submit sam¬
ples of envelopes suitable for mailing catalogues. It was
desired to obtain a tough envelope, because complaints had
been received about the previous supply reaching their des¬
tination in poor condition. Obviously the principal quality
tically identical in net strength and toughness although
the latter was nearly thirty per cent cheaper. It will also
be noted that the ratio of bursting strength to thickness was
practically the same for all except Sample No. 2, while the
results of the folding test vary from 160 to nearly 3,100.
Enormous quantities of wrapping-paper are used by
manufacturers and shippers, department stores, etc. In
OFFICE AND LABORATORIES.
necessary was toughness, and tests on a Schopper folding
machine would give a very good comparative measure of this
property. The results of such tests on the samples submit¬
ted were as follows :
Sample
No.
(al
Thickness
Mils.
(b)
Bursting
Strength.
Lbs.
Ratio.
b : a
No. of
Folds.*
Price
per M.
1
8.9
57.6
6.5
3095
810.50
2
6.3
45.3
7.2
1785
9.00
3
7.1
45.0
6.3
1445
11.50
4
6.1
41.2
6.7
1455
8.50
5
5.2
34.8
6.7
160
8.00
* Number of folds in a Schopper crumpling machine before rupture while
under a tension of 1 kilogram.
this case strength is the chief factor and such tests as fold¬
ing endurance, tensile strength and bursting strength would
aid greatly in selecting the most suitable paper.
Many difficulties often arise due to the failure of ink to
stick to coated papers, to poor results with half-tones, cor¬
rosion of metals wrapped in paper, spots in paper, tearing
during binding or soon after use and various other matters.
A chemical or fiber analysis will often throw light on spe¬
cial cases such as mentioned above.
Modern paper manufacturing has introduced many new
substances into paper, and the most expert buyer to-day
confessedly makes selections by guess rather than certainty.
Systematic testing in many cases would result in a
money-saving besides enabling the buyer to purchase intel¬
ligently and with the satisfaction of knowing he is buying
what he wants and not paying for anything too good for
SOME APPARATUS FOR TESTING PAPER.
These figures show that Sample No. 1 was the toughest, the purpose or too poor. The testing of paper is another
being over twice as tough as No. 3, which was ten per cent step toward the conservation and economy necessitated by
higher in price, and that Samples No. 3 and 4 were prac- the keen competition of modern business enterprises.
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This department is exclusively for paid business announce¬
ments of advertisers, and for paid descriptions of articles,
machinery and products recently introduced for the use of print¬
ers and the printing trades. Responsibility for all statements
published hereunder rests with the advertiser solely.
TUCKER FEEDER COMPANY MOVES.
Mr. J. V. Leitch, secretary of the Tucker Feeder Com¬
pany, with headquarters at 1 Madison avenue, New York
city, announces the removal of their offices to Suite 603
Pulitzer building, effective May 1.
JACKSONVILLE, ILL., LIKES EDITORS.
On April 18 Jacksonville, Illinois, elected its first mayor
under the commission form of government, and George W.
Davis, for eight years city editor of the Illinois Courier,
published at that place, was chosen as the chief executive.
H. H. Bancroft, the defeated candidate, and mayor for the
past two years, was formerly city editor of the Jackson¬
ville Journal. The new mayor was city clerk during Mayor
Bancroft’s administration.
REDINGTON COUNTER MODEL “D” INFRINGED.
Notices are being sent to the printing trade, advising it
that the Gordon-press attachment used in connection with
another press counter is an infringement of the Model “ D ”
Redington Counter, patented February 28, 1911, patent No.
985,448, manufactured by F. B. Redington Company, Chi¬
cago. The Redington counters and attachments are fully
covered by United States patents and the trade is cau¬
tioned against purchasing infringements.
GEORGE W. LOOP NOW WITH THE MONOTYPE
COMPANY.
George W. Loop, who for many years has been identified
with the type and printers’ supplies business in New York
city and the New England States, has recently become iden¬
tified with the New York office of the Lanston Monotype
Machine Company. Mr. Loop has a rare personality which
has made him many friends among the trade in the East,
and the Lanston Company is to be congratulated upon
securing the services of such an able representative.
THE AUTOPLATE COMPANY OF AMERICA.
The Autoplate Company of America has just been
formed, with a capital of $1,200,000, for the purpose of
doing a general business in stereotyping and other machin¬
ery. It has absorbed the Campbell Printing Press & Manu¬
facturing Company, of New York, and through it obtained
possession of the Autoplate and other valuable patents.
Henry A. Wise Wood, the inventor of the Autoplate
machine, is its president, and his brother, Benjamin Wood,
its secretary and treasurer. The offices of the Autoplate
Company of America will be at 1 Madison avenue, New
York city. Since their introduction Autoplate and Junior
Autoplate machines have completely revolutionized the
making of plates in the principal newspaper offices of the
world, and their manufacture has developed into an indus¬
try of great importance. The further development of
automatic appliances for the stereotyping foundry is the
especial object of this undertaking. As to the certainty of
its success the character of the men who comprise it is the
best guaranty.
UNIVERSAL SAW TRIMMER, ROUTER AND JIG-SAW.
The Hexagon Tool Company, with factory at Dover, New
Hampshire, and general sales office at 321 Pearl street, New
York city, in charge of Mr. Webbendorfer, have issued a
very attractive and interesting catalogue fully illustrating
and describing their Universal Saw Trimmer, Router and
Jig-saw. Mr. Webbendorfer will be glad to communicate
with or send this booklet to any printer desiring to add to
his equipment such machinery as will reduce cost and save
time in the composing-room.
THE REGINA COMPANY CONSOLIDATION.
The Regina Company, manufacturers of the New Era
Press, of which Mr. Henry Drouet is their genex-al sales
agent at No. 1 Madison avenue, New York city, announce
the consolidation of their various interests and offices with
headquarters second floor of the Marbridge building, Broad¬
way and Thirty-fourth street, New York city. This new
location will represent the assembly of all offices, general
offices, etc., including Mr. Henry Drouet’s staff. Mr. Drouet
also represents the Regina Vacuum Cleaner for printers.
Printers who use bronzing-powder can realize a great
saving by reason of the fact that this vacuum cleaner will
pick up the bronze powder so that it can be used again and
will also keep the bronzing-room in a clean condition. The
Regina Company will be pleased to hear from printers —
those desiring to be informed regarding their New Era
press and other Regina products.
EXPANSION PLATE-MOUNTING SYSTEM.
Below is shown a one-color reproduction of the title-page
of a pretty Expansion-system booklet, recently issued by
the Challenge Machinery Company, of Grand Haven, Michi¬
gan.
This booklet, in a clear, concise manner, enumerates
many of the advantages afforded by an Expansion-system
equipment and advances a trial proposition that the “ show-
me ” fellow can not well refuse. The proposition is
extended to any responsible, wide-awake printer who is
willing to be shown results. A postal addressed to the
Challenge Company will bring it.
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A BOOKLET ABOUT OFFSET INKS.
“ If Alois Senefelder could only see the specimen-sheets
of offset printing which we submit herewith his nimbus
would be jolted from its orthodox ecclesiastical angle.” So
says a circular which accompanies the booklet of offset inks
recently issued by Charles Evers Johnson & Co. And the
specimens would certainly be some surprise. Printed in
various colors of offset inks on various textures of book and
cover papers they reveal the attractive possibilities of offset
printing in a most satisfactory manner.
NEW FACTORY AND OFFICE ADDITION OF THE
MEISEL PRESS & MANUFACTURING CO.
The Meisel Press & Manufacturing Company, with
offices and factory at 944-948 Dorchester avenue, Boston,
Massachusetts, is now erecting a large two-story fire-proof
building in addition to its present plant, the new build¬
ing to be occupied by its designing and drafting depart¬
ments. It is interesting to note that this company has
for thirty-five years successfully constructed many suc¬
cessful automatic printing-presses for producing practical
the head-line, thus: “Your Job Press Slow Without the
Megill Gages? ” Those who know these gages of course
would not be misled, but those who do not are requested to
put on the exclamation point.
THE BURRAGE PADDING GLUES.
The distinction of being the only concern of its kind in
existence is certainly a novel one, yet this is the case with
Robert R. Burrage, manufacturer of Padding Glue, at 83
Gold street, New York.
Mr. Burrage has made a specialty of Padding Glue for
over seventeen years, and practically devotes his entire
attention to this branch of the glue business, making it the
main issue, instead of treating it as a side line as is done by
others.
DOUBLETONE INKS AND ULLMANINES.
In its new booklet of Doubletone inks and Ullmanines
the Sigmund Ullman Company has made an excellent show¬
ing. Printed on medium-priced stock, so that the printer
will have no difficulty in equaling, if not surpassing, the
A. G. STEVENSON, OF THE LINO-TABLEli COMPANY, EXTENDING HIMSELF ON ORDERS.
finished products in one operation of the press. Mr. Francis
Meisel, president of the company, is well-known authority
on special printing-press designing and construction; he is
well known throughout the United States as well as Eng¬
land and other foreign countries for his successful specialty
presses. This company manufactures presses for printing
one or more colors on one or both sides of the web, with
attachments for perforating, numbering, punching- and
delivering the product, slit and rewound in rolls or cut to
size in sheets folded lengthwise or accordeon folded in the
endless web; and also presses for printing two or three or
more webs for interleaved two or three-color paper products.
Specialty printing, where competition is the main factor, can
be made profitable and successful through the use of built
machinery to meet the special requirement, and printers can
be intelligently informed as to cost of any size or style
press made to order by writing to the Meisel Press & Manu¬
facturing Company.
MEGILL GAGES POSITIVE PROFIT MAKERS.
The head-line in the Megill advertisement last month
was not a question but a positive assertion. Whether the
compositor dove headlong into the wrong box, or the ques¬
tion-mark got too inquisitive and jumped into the exclama¬
tion box and was so stupefied by the shouting for MegilPs
goods that he was not able to get back again, is not known.
But it is a fact that there was a question-mark put after
effects secured, and gotten up in loose-leaf manner, to allow
the insertion of sheets showing new shades to be gotten out
from time to time, this book is one which will be of much use
in the print-shop.
A special feature of the book is the showing of “ Cameo
Art ” inks in black, brown and green, especially made for
the dull-finish papers now so much in demand and giving
the soft, atmospheric effect which rival photography.
MORRISON “PERFECTION” WIRE STITCHING
MACHINES FOR PAPER-BOX MAKING.
The Morrison “ Perfection ” Wire Stitching Machines
for book and pamphlet binding have been in use by the
trade for a number of years, giving very general satisfac¬
tion, and when the demand arose for machines to stitch
paper boxes a year or two ago the Morrison Company took
steps to provide machines for this purpose, based upon
its standard “ Perfection ” Stitchers, and embodying the
same features of strength and durability. These machines
for paper boxes have now been carefully and thoroughly
demonstrated by several customers, and the Morrison Com¬
pany feels justified in presenting the same to the paper-
box manufacturers as unquestionably the most satisfactory
stitchers that are now on the market for this purpose. These
machines are made in several sizes to meet the requirements.
There is also an attachment called an “ open head,” by
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which a folded shipping container can be fed through the
machine, not put in and then taken out, as is the case with
all other machines for doing this work.
Mr. F. C. Crofts, manager of the J. L. Morrison Com¬
pany, of Chicago, is giving his personal attention to this
paper-box division of the business, and would be pleased
to correspond with any one desiring information.
CHARLES S. MILLS, OUT FOR HIMSELF.
Probably no man is more widely or favorably known to
the printers, electrotypers, stereotypers and photoengra¬
vers of this country than is Mr. Charles S. Mills, who, up
to March 1, was the head salesman for the F. Wesel Manu¬
facturing Company.
CHARLES S. MILLS.
Mr. Mills has supplied the needs of the allied trades so
long that his ability as a trade-getter in the United States
and Canada is recognized by every one.
On March 1, Mr. Mills severed his connections with
the above firm, and purchased an interest in the Mecca
Machinery Company, of which he is now manager and
secretary. The selling department is in the New York
World Building, and the factory in Brooklyn, at 85-87
Adams street. The company manufactures the Victor
Automatic Newspaper Carriers, All-iron, Iron-and-wood,
and Wooden Composing-room Equipments, besides many
special stereotype, electrotype and photoengraving ma¬
chines. Mr. Mills will be actively in the field planning and
laying out newspaper and job plants. In this line he is
an acknowledged expert, having more of the greater news¬
paper composing-room plants to his credit than any other
man. His most recent work was planning the great equip¬
ment of the Pittsburg Press, and among other equipments
which are peculiarly Millsian in efficiency and economy of
space are those of the Atlanta Journal, Montreal Star,
Montreal La Presse, Boston Globe, New York Times, Bos¬
ton Traveler, Philadelphia Bulletin, Newark News and
many others. The Mecca Company has also several
specialties for the stereotyping departments of newspa¬
pers, electrotyping and photoengraving plants. Mr. Mills
announces that consultation and advice relating to labor
and space-saving printing-offices, photoengraving and ste¬
reotyping equipments are free to prospective buyers. The
manufacturing manager of the Mecca Machinery Com¬
pany and his assistants have had long experience together
with Mr. Mills in the manufacture of these special lines of
furniture and labor-saving machinery and the plant is well
equipped for this class of work.
MECHANICAL CHALK-RELIEF OVERLAY SUC¬
CESSFUL.
The suit of the Gilbert Harris Company, of Chicago,
Illinois, against Watzelhan & Speyer, of 183 William street,
New York, representing the Mechanical Chalk-relief Over¬
lay Process, for alleged infringement of the metallic over¬
lay, has been decided in favor of the defendants. Thus, as
per decision of the United States Circuit Court for the
Southern District of New York, the Mechanical Chalk-relief,
overlay stands preeminent above all known overlay meth¬
ods, both hand and mechanical.
MONTGOMERY CYLINDER AND JOB PRESS SEATS.
Montgomery Brothers Company, manufacturer of spe¬
cial pressroom equipment, at St. Paul, Minnesota, announces
a change just made in its adjustable and removable press
seat in that the seat is now adaptable for both cylinder and
job presses. The seat was primarily manufactured for the
use of job presses only, but owing to demands some slight
changes were incorporated whereby the seat can be used for
cylinder presses, job presses, also ruling machines. Illus¬
trated literature and full particulars will be forwarded
upon request to any printer interested.
IN THE MATTER OF MATRICES.
The most important consideration in buying a typecast¬
ing machine is the question of faces. Will the purchaser
be enabled to use the machine for any and all classes of
work? Can he be supplied with fonts or sorts whenever he
requires them and in sufficient variety and quantities for
his needs? It all depends.
The Mergenthaler Linotype Company, up to the present
time, has completed no less than six hundred different faces
of matrix fonts for use with its machine. The flexibility
and versatility of the Linotype as at present constructed,
together with the immense vai’iety of faces at the command
of every user, render it available for the most complicated
composition.
These matrices range in size from the smallest five-
point, for use in directory and similar work, to the large
forty-two-point faces adapted to newspaper display heads,
advertisements, etc.
Each individual matrix is a perfect product in itself.
Its marvelous accuracy is obtained only through the most
careful supervision of every process through which it passes
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on its way to completion. From the designing of the char¬
acter until its commercial production, each matrix passes
through about sixty distinct processes.
In order to keep the price of the finished product within
reasonable bounds, as well as to maintain the absolute
accuracy necessary, the work has been so systematized as
to reduce manufacturing cost to a minimum. To this end
several hundred thousand dollars are invested in special
tools and machinery for the making- of matrices at the
Mergenthaler factory. The economical production of this
vital feature of the Linotype has been achieved through the
invention of scores of machines, which are the exclusive
property of the company, and have been specially con¬
structed for the purpose.
The Mergenthaler Linotype Company has about a hun¬
dred million completed matrices in stock in America and
Europe. These matrices are practically at the command of
every user of a Linotype the world over. The stock of
matrices in this country alone represents an investment of
more than half a million dollars. This one item alone gives
the Linotype a commanding prestige in the field of auto¬
matic composing machines.
GOULD & EBERHARDT STEEL-PLATE TRANS¬
FER PRESS.
The accompanying half-tone illustrates a Steel-plate
Transfer Press as designed and manufactured by Gould &
Eberhardt, Newark, New Jersey. It is used for transfer¬
ring an original design from a flat plate to a soft-steel roll,
which roll is then hardened and used as a master roll for
transferring to any number of flat plates, then used for the
actual printing. It is also used for transferring separate
GOULD & EBERHARDT STEEL-PLATE TRANSFER PRESS.
•designs from original dies to the soft-steel rolls and thence
back to the flat plates as a complete design. This effects a
wonderful saving in time, as it enables several engravers
to work on various parts of a design at one time, which are
then assembled by means of the Transfer Press into a com¬
plete design.
This Transfer Press has many distinctive features which
are the result of many years of experience in building-
machines of this character. The guiding and alignment of
the main work-table are accomplished by the tongue and
groove principle in preference to the side-roller frame. This
eliminates all chances of inaccuracies and lack of proper
registering of lines due to springing of the parts. This
also enables us to secure a much stronger construction of
table and greater wearing and pressure-resisting surface
by making table a channel form its entire length. The ribs
are not cut out at the center as was formerly the practice.
The table is supported in front upon six tongue and
grooved hardened and ground steel rollers and upon two in
back. This gives a very smooth and floating motion to the
table. The top of the bed and bottom of the table which
come in direct contact with the roller are faced with heavy
unannealed tool-steel plates 5% inches wide, the tongues of
which are planed from the solid. These plates are securely
riveted in place, and planed very carefully to size. The
main-bed casting has our original elliptical form, giving-
strength where most needed.
The table may be actuated on one side by a large, deli¬
cately designed, yet strong mahogany rim hand-wheel
through a steel rack and gear. The latter can be disen¬
gaged at will by means of our patented eccentric lever¬
releasing arrangement, a very convenient method over pre¬
vious arrangements. When the rack and gear are disen¬
gaged the table can be operated by hand through means of
the hand-lever and stops on the left side of press.
The fulcrum block at end of main lever may be easily
adjusted by revolving counter-weight back or forward, thus
avoiding the necessity of removing intermediate connect¬
ing bar either increasing or decreasing the amount of lev¬
erage.
An accurate squaring-gage is always in position to set
roll, and another gage on the table to set the die. The
pressure-plate on table is 7 by IIV2 inches, made of tool
steel and is hardened and ground. It may be adjusted in
vertical, lateral, circular and tilted directions. All table
parts are unusually large and strongly proportioned and
circular index is arranged to avoid all lost motion.
The workmanship and accuracy employed are of the
highest character and the total weight is about 3,500
pounds. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing at Wash¬
ington has installed many of these machines, as have also
some of the leading bank-note companies of the United
States and foreign countries.
HOE’S GUTENBERG BIBLE BRINGS $50,000.
One of the seven vellum volumes of its kind in the
world — the Gutenberg Bible formerly owned by Robert
Hoe, the deceased printing-press manufacturer — was
recently purchased at sale of the Hoe Library in New York
for $50,000. The purchaser is Henry E. Huntington, of
California. The bidding for this precious work was
attended by the sharpest competition and finally brought,
it is said, the biggest price ever paid for a printed volume
in the history of man. “ The Book of St. Alban,” the first
English book in which color-printing was used, was also
sold to Mr. Huntington, the price paid being $12,000. The.
total sales of the Hoe Library for a single day amounted
to $134,866.
ANOTHER CURE FOR TUBERCULOSIS.
From Consul Ingram, at Bradford, England, comes the
report that the local press recently announced the acci¬
dental discovery of what appeared to be a cure for con¬
sumption. The cure is effected by means of ammoniated
gases generated in the production of maggots for fish-bait.
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WANT ADVERTISEMENTS.
Prices for this department: 40 cents for each ten words or less; mini¬
mum charge, 80 cents. Under “ Situations Wanted,” 25 cents for each ten
words or less ; minimum charge, 50 cents. Address to be counted. Price
invariably the same whether one or more insertions are taken. Cash must
accompany the order. The insertion of ads, received in Chicago
later than the 15th of the month preceding publication not ^uar«
anteed.
BOOKS.
“ COST OF PRINTING,” by F. W. Baltes, presents a system of accounting
which has been in successful operation for many years, is suitable for
large or small printing-offices, and is a safeguard against errors, omissions or
losses ; its use makes it absolutely certain that no work can pass through
the office without being charged, and its actual cost in all details shown.
74 pages, 6% by 10 inches, cloth, $1.50. THE INLAND PRINTER COM¬
PANY, Chicago.
PAPER PURCHASERS’ GUIDE, by Edward Siebs. Contains list of all bond,
flat, linen, ledger, cover, manila and writing papers carried in stock by
Chicago dealers, with full and broken package prices. Every buyer of paper
should have cue. 25 cents. THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
PRICES FOR PRINTING, by F. W. Baltes. Complete cost system and
selling prices. Adapted to any locality. Pocket size. $1 by mail.
THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
SIMPLEX TYPE COMPUTER, by J. L. Ivelman. Tells instantly the number
of picas or ems there are in any width, and the number of lines per inch
in length of any type, from 5% to 12 point. Gives accurately and quickly
the number of ems contained in any size of composition, either by picas or
square inches, in all the different sizes of body-type, and the nearest
approximate weight of metal per 1,000 ems. if set by Linotvpe or Monotvpe
machine. Price, $1.50. THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago. '
THE RUBAIYAT OF MIliZA MEM’N, published by Henry Olendorf Shepard,
Chicago, is modeled on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ; the delicate
imagery of old Omar has been preserved in this modern Rubaiyat, and there
are new gems that give it high place in the estimation of competent critics ;
as a gift-book nothing is more appropriate ; the binding is superb, the text
is artistically set on white plate paper, the illustrations are half-tones, from
original paintings, hand-tooled; size of books, 7% by 9% inches, art vellum
cloth, combination white and purple, or full purple. $1.50 ; edition de luxe,
red or brown India ooze leather, $4; pocket edition, 3 by 5%, 76 pages,
bound in blue cloth, lettered in gold on front and back, complete in every
wav except the illustrations, with full explanatory notes and exhaustive
index, 50 cents. THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
TO LOVERS OF ART PRINTING — A limited edition of 200 numbered
copies of Gray’s “ Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,” designed,
hand-lettered and illuminated in water-colors by F. J. Trezise. Printed
from plates on imported hand-made paper and durably and artistically
bound. Price, boxed, $2 postpaid. THE INLAND PRINTER CO., Chicago.
VEST-POCKET MANUAL OF PRINTING, a full and concise explanation of
the technical points in the printing trade, for the use of the printer and
his patrons ; contains rules for punctuation and capitalization, style, mark¬
ing proof, make-up of book, sizes of books, sizes of the untrimmed leaf,
number of words in a square inch, diagrams of imposition, and much other
valuable information not always at hand when wanted ; 50 cents. THE
INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
“ 1.000 EMS” gives the accurate measurements of all bodv-tvpes; price,
$1. V. L. R. SIMMONS, Cadillac, Mich.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
A MODERN, MEDIUM-SIZED printery and bindery, located in a city of
over 400,000 and doing a good and increasing business, is looking for a
competent, practical man, with a view of interesting him : although busi¬
ness is not in need of funds, and character and ability are the chief requi¬
sites, would insist on satisfactory person making some investment, not as
a matter of financial aid, but rather to stimulate his interest. Give full
particulars as to experience, age, present occupation and qualifications.
E 296.
FOR SALE — Controlling interest in a book, job and stamp plant cen¬
trally located in capital city ; an excellent opportunity for parties with
the cash ; reason for selling — change of business. E 239.
FOR SALE — Electrotype foundry ; individual motors on machines ; the
right equipment for publishing house or large printer. PECKHAM
'MACHINERY CO., 1 Madison av., New York city.
FOR SALE — The largest and best-equipped steel-die and copperplate print¬
ing plant in the city of San Francisco, Cal. Address E. E. CARRERAS,
547 Mission st.
FOR SALE — The only paper (independent) in southeast Missouri town of
1,800 ; a good proposition for party wanting to buy a first-class news¬
paper and job office; price, $3,000; $2,000 cash. D. BRIGHT, East
Prairie, Mo.
FOR SALE — Whole or part interest in a well-established modern printing
business operated by electric motors. For further particulars, address
E 314.
FOR THE BEST OF REASONS, two-Gordon Chicago print-shop; fine con¬
dition; a “going concern,” making money for me — will make it for
you; cheap rent; electric power; 12 years in' same location; $1,200 cash.
E 289.
I HAVE A STEADY, paying job-printing business — without soliciting and
practically no opposition — in a city of 10,000 in one of the wealthiest
counties in the State ; am going to sell ; investigate. No agents need
apply. L. A. SPRAGUE, Belvidere, Ill.
PRINTING-OFFICE IN CLEVELAND — Established 12 years; invoice
$8,000 ; sell for half for quick sale ; going South account health ;
must sell quick ; rare opportunity ; don’t answer unless you have $2,000
cash and mean business. E 294.
THE BEST PRINTING PLANT in the best place in the country can be
bought for less than invoice ; this plant has established a reputation for
none but the best work ; will bear closest inspection ; business increasing
every day ; best of reasons for selling ; a splendid money-maker that will
grow faster than any other plant in the country ; no “ hot air ” about
this, and $5,000 takes it. DC. 1 and 2 Bostic bldg., Muskogee, Okla.
Publishing.
WELL-COX DUCTF. I > MONTHLY — Excellent advertising patronage, makes
a good profit ; price, $20,000. HARRIS-DIBBLE COMPANY, Masonic
bldg., New York.
ENGRAVING METHODS.
ANYBODY CAN MAKE CUTS with my simple transferring and etching
process ; nice cuts from prints, drawings, photos are easily and quickly
made by the unskilled on common sheet zinc ; price of process, $1 ; all
material costs at any drug store about 75 cents. Circulars and specimens
for stamp. THOMAS M. DAY, Box 12, Windfall, Ind. 6-11
MAKE CUTS — Anybody can make multiplate half-tones easilj', quickly and
cheaply. Multiplate and revised process, $2 ; guaranteed ; specimens
free. M. T. McKINLEY, Winona, Minn.
FOR RENT.
LINOTYPE SPACE FOR RENT — Work sufficient to pay expenses. Apply
to Shattcck & McKay Co , 167 W. Monroe st., Chicago.
FOR SALE.
BOOKBINDERS' MACHINERY ; rebuilt Nos. 3 and 4 Smyth book-sewing
machines, thoroughly overhauled and in first-class order. JOSEPH E.
SMYTH, 634 Federal st., Chicago.
FOR SALE CHEAP — One Cottrell, 2-revolution cylinder press, 35 by 52,
4 big form rollers with vibrators, angle rollers and plate distribution,
rear delivery (tapeless), has air chambers; this press can be seen in oper¬
ation; 1 R. Hoe & Co. cylinder press, 21 by 23. THE PENNSYLVANIA
SOAP COMPANY, Lancaster, Pa.
FOR SALE — Complete electric-light and power outfit, suitable for printing
plant, consisting of one 35-horse Brownell boiler, one 25-horse Troy
engine, direct-connected with 15 K. W. Fairbanks-Morse direct-current gen¬
erator; also one 7% -ampere storage battery and complete equipment of
switchboard, etc. ; entire outfit is nearly new and was used for operating-
printing plant until a larger outfit was needed ; storage battery can be
stored when steam outfit is running, and used for light and power for
small machinery when steam outfit is not running; furnishes heat, light
and power very eheaplv ; will sell complete outfit at a bargain. KABLE
BROTHERS CO., Mt. Morris, 111.
FOR SALE — Cylinder press, Whitlock, rear delivery, 4-roller, excellent
order, with or without 3 H. P. Lundell motor; make me an offer; also
25 fonts new display type. COCHRANE, 68 West 96th st., New YTork.
FOR SALE — Nearly new Lanston Monotype keyboard and casting machine ;
guaranteed perfect condition : low price ; reasonable terms. THE
OKLAHOMAN, Oklahoma City, Okla.
FOR SALE — No. 10-K special Cottrell press; takes sheet 42% by 61
inches ; 4 form rollers, with vibrator ; in first-class condition, doing
A-l work at present time; to be replaced by larger press; can be seen
running. Make appointment with H. M. O’BRIEN, care Doubleday, Page
& Co., Garden City, N. Y.
FOR SALE — One Fuller 60-inch automatic pressfeeder. For particulars,
address GERMANIA PUB. CO., Milwaukee, Wis.
FOR SALE — Seybold Duplex trimmer. H. C. ISAACS, 10 Bleecker st.,
New York.
RADIAL-ARM ROUTER, ample size, speed, 10,000, almost new, for $80.
HANFORD PHOTOENGRAVING CO.. Hanford, Cal.
GOLD INK — At Last a Success !
OTYP^ combines perfect working qualities with a brilliant, smooth, finished appearance. We shall be glad
to demonstrate this fact to any interested printer by shipping a one-pound can on approval . Light
Gold, Deep Gold, Copper and Aluminum — $3.00 per pound. Liberal discounts to jobbers.
JAS. H. FURMAN,
Manufactured by THE CANADIAN BRONZE POWDER WORKS
Montreal — Toronto — Valley field.
Sol© Agent and Distributor
in tbe United States s
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HELP WANTED.
All-around Men.
JOB PRINTER — Experienced man not over 35 years; for small indus¬
trial plant in country ; give full particulars and pay expected. E 275.
Artists.
WANTED — First-class commercial artist, one who can do good retouching
Address, stating salary desired, UNITED ENGRAVING CO., St. Paul,
Minn.
Bookbinders.
WANTED — Folding-machine operator; steady work and good wages to the
right man. E 319.
Compositors.
COMPOSITORS — Competent compositors for all kinds of work, in particu¬
lar those having experience on ad. and other display work ; excellent
opportunities for advancement to right men. In reply give age, experience
and education. E 313.
FIRST-CLASS job printer wanted ; union ; steady position ; highest wages.
R. H. CONNOR & CO., Buffalo, N. Y.
WANTED — Compositor, rapid and thorough, to take charge of growing
specialty plant of national reputation ; one who will take a small finan¬
cial interest ; reference required and full investigation solicited. Ii 322.
Designer.
WANTED — An expert designer and maker of dummies for treatment of
catalogues ; a man of ideas who will plan covers, end-sheet decorations,
title-pages, iunning-heads, and general treatment of size, character, form of
binding of catalogue. Address THE REPUBLICAN PUBLISHING COM¬
PANY. Hamilton, Ohio.
Electrotypers.
EXPERIENCED ELECTROTYPER to take charge of small plant ; a good
opportunity for steady and competent man to become financially inter¬
ested in a growing concern. E 272.
Engravers.
WANTED — A competent man to take charge of the art and engraving
department of a large manufacturing firm in Kansas City ; good salary,
permanent position. E 301.
WANTED — First-class wood engraver for head of department ; a man who
can do drafting and sketching ; steady position and good salary to the
right man. E 302.
Foremen, Managers and Superintendents.
FOREMAN — Large office, employing at times 100, wishes assistant fore¬
man, with prospects of advancement : must be capable man, with all-
around experience, a hustler, accustomed to handling men ; unusually good
opportunity for ambitious man who knows he can make good ; in reply
state age and experience. E 312.
FOREMAN WANTED — In an up-to-date printing and binding establish¬
ment of medium size, located in the State of New York ; must have
thorough understanding of high-grade printing and be able to handle men ;
give full particulars as to age, wages, experience and references ; informa¬
tion must be complete, which will be treated confidentially. E 297.
PRINTING ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT wanted in a New York plant;
must be thoroughly practical and up-to-date in fine composition and
presswork, with executive ability, capable of handling men and getting out
product. Address, giving full particulars as to experience, age, etc., E 283,
care Inland Printer, New York city.
IVANTED — Foreman for composing-room in non-union office doing gen¬
eral line of book and commercial work, running 4 linotype and 3 mono¬
type machines ; must be thoroughly' competent, with executive ability to
handle a large force ; first-class references required ; steady position and
good wages to right party. BYRD PRINTING CO., Atlanta, 'Ga.
Operators and Machinists.
EMPIRE MERGFNTHALER LINOTYPE SCHOOL. 419 First av., New York.
SPECIAL RATES: 6 weeks, $50; 8 weeks, $65; 12 weeks, $80; 30
weeks, $150 ; good machines, expert instructors ; hundreds of graduates.
“ We Succeed Because Our Graduates Do.” Write for interesting pros¬
pectus.
"WANTED — Experienced Simplex typesetting-machine operators; steady
work, highest wages, 8-hour shop. M. M. ROTHSCHILD, 711 S. Dear¬
born st., Chicago.
Pressmen.
GORDON PRESSMEN WANTED — Good salary. Address WM. HE1SE
MFG. CO., 355 Union Park court, Chicago.
PRESSMAN — One capable of turning out the very highest class of half¬
tone printing. REPUBLICAN PUBLISHING CO., Hamilton, Ohio.
WANTED — First-class platen pressman to take charge of plant running
12 machines day' and night; first-class job for first-class man. E 295.
Rulers.
"WANTED - - First-class paper ruler ; steady position, good wages ; open
shop. THORNTON-LEVEY CO., Indianapolis, Ind.
Salesmen.
PRINTING-PRESS SALESMEN required by large manufacturing concern
in various good territories ; high-grade, experienced men, well connected
with trade, given preference ; give full information, in full confidence, first
letter. E 306.
SALESMAN IVANTED — Man familiar with newspaper or printing business
or having had experience in selling printing machinery, as outside sales¬
man or for office position with large company dealing exclusively with news¬
papers and printers; splendid opening for the right man. E 282.
"WANTED — A printing salesman familiar with high-class illustrated and
catalogue work ; exceptional opportunity' for first-class man. E 308.
WANTED — An experienced man to sell printing and lithographing ; to
the right man an opportunity will be given to acquire stock in the
corporation ; here is a chance for a high-grade man to connect with a com¬
pany having a well-established business that will bear the closest investiga¬
tion ; business is located in one of the best cities of the Middle West
within 100 miles of Chicago. E 274.
WANTED — Sales manager for well-equipped lithograph and printing-house
located in the Middle West ; must have thorough knowledge of the busi¬
ness and come highly recommended ; state salary. E 298.
WANTED — Salesman to sell high-grade machine-tool, vehicle and machin¬
ery catalogues ; must be a man of ideas and versed in printed-matter
campaigns, and able to lay out and direct such campaigns. Apply to THE
REPUBLICAN PUBLISHING CO., Hamilton, Ohio.
INSTRUCTION.
A BEGINNER on the Mergenthaler will find the THALER KEYBOARD
invaluable ; the operator out of practice will find it just the thing he
needs ; exact touch, bell announces finish of line ; 22-page instruction book.
When ordering, state which layout you want — No. 1, without fractions;
No. 2, two-letter with commercial fractions, two-letter without commercial
fractions, standard Junior, German. THALER KEYBOARD COMPANY. 505
“ P ” st.. N. W., Washington, D. C. ; also all agencies Mergenthaler Lino¬
type Company. Price, $4.
N. E. LINOTYPE SCHOOL. 7 Dix place, Boston, Mass. Four-machine plant,
run solely as school ; liberal hours, thorough instruction ; our grad¬
uates succeed. Write for particulars before deciding.
SITUATIONS WANTED.
Advertising Men.
ADVERTISING MAN — Can prepare copy and dummies and see work
through from printer to postoffice ; know type, paper, engravings, and
can produce results. E 293.
Electrotypers.
ELECTROTYPERS — Man of good appearance and education, familiar with
office details and capable of looking after outside work, with 10 years’
experience, desires position in New York city' or vicinity' ; has practical
experience as pressman. E 299, care Inland Piunter, Tribune bldg., New
York.
Engravers.
COMMERCIAL AND LINE PHOTOGRAPHER, also experience in collotype
and photogravure negatives; sober and reliable. E 50.
Foremen, Managers and Superintendents.
ATTENTION, MR. MANAGER — A young man of refinement and education,
backed by' 8 years’ practical printing experience with A-l houses, in
all branches of business from cost to mechanical end, is open to engage¬
ment ; past record ; ambitious, competent ; now serving as foreman ;
references ; investigate. E 304.
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED with house needing foreman or superin¬
tendent for composing-room; excellent references; can come by June 1.
E 279.
MAN, experienced in estimating and managing, would like position as man¬
ager or superintendent of first-class plant in New England or Middle
West. Address MANAGER, 61 Center st., Northampton, Mass.
PRINTER-FOREMAN — Strictly high-grade on catalogue, magazine, blank-
book and commercial printing ; 9 years foreman, 2 in present position ;
city shop ; best references ; union ; can estimate. E 309.
GUARANTEES LI N OTYPERS/1
i/4 LOWER TABULAR COST/$25l
288
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PRINTING SUPERINTENDENT, best, successful, widest experience, includ¬
ing costs, efficiency, estimating, sales, invites correspondence. E 222.
SUPERINTENDENT, with a reputation for producing high-class printing at
a profit, is open for engagement. E 263.
Operators and Machinists.
A-l JOB COMPOSITOR-LINOTYPE MACHINIST — Combination man. Mer-
genthaler factory graduate, all-around man, experienced make-up, jobber
and machinist-operator in New York city and Philadelphia offices ; fill time
(if necessary) as competent jobber and ad.-man, book-news make-up ;
desires permanent situation and advancement in growing town ; two or
more linotype plant preferred ; long distance, send transportation fare.
E 284.
LADY LINOTYPE OPERATOR desires change; office with one or two
machines preferred; 6 years’ experience; non-union; references.
E. F., Box 586, Minneapolis, Minn.
OPERATOR-MACHINIST — Fast, clean operator, several years’ experience,
sober, wants position in Canadian Northwest or Western States ; state
salary; fare from Chicago. E 273.
Pressmen.
A-l PRESSMAN, now foreman, wants to change; will go East or West;
nothing under $30 considered. E 119.
PRESSROOM FOREMAN desires position with first-class concern in New
York or vicinity doing fine cut and process work. E 300.
PRESSROOM FOREMAN, executive ability, reliable, temperate, experienced
on all grades of printing, desires position as foreman. E 234.
SITUATION WANTED — Pressman, A-l cylinder, 7 years’ experience on
high-grade work, union, sober and reliable. Address, stating particu¬
lars, CHAS. FREEDLUND, 930 W. Grove st., Bloomington, Ill.
SITUATION "WANTED — Pressman on job presses wishes steady position;
city or country ; $15. J. P. B., 37 Boyd av., Jersey City, N. J.
Proofreaders.
PROOFREADER, age 33, absolutely reliable, seeks position ; accustomed
to jobbing and high-class magazine work ; experienced in copy editing ;
nothing under $22 entertained ; excellent testimonials ; non-union. E 323.
.Salesmen.
A THOROUGHLY COMPETENT PRINTING SALESMAN, with a large
acquaintance in San Francisco, would like to represent a good printing-
house doing business or desiring to do business on the Pacific coast. E 285.
SALES MANAGER for a modem, progressive printing and engraving plant ;
am married, sober, reliable and thoroughly experienced, having worked
in all branches of the business ; been on the sales end for ten years ; pre¬
fer New Orleans or the South, but will consider a good proposition else¬
where if the prospects are right. E 287.
Stock Cutters.
PAPER-STOCK CUTTER-SHIPPING CLERK — Married man, familiar with
flats and book papers and all detail work in connection with paper¬
cutting, packing and shipping-department work, with experience above gen¬
eral average ; splendid executive ability ; unquestionable reference. E 286.
WANTED TO PURCHASE.
EMBOSSER WANTED — Secondhand Invincible No. 1 or a Standard King
hand embosser ; also a copper-plate press ; must be in good condition.
II. E. IRISH CO., Santa Cruz, Cal.
WANTED — Secondhand magazine for No. 1 Linotype; state price and
condition. Address MAGAZINE, Box 128, Xenia, Ohio.
WANTED — To buy secondhand half-tone photoengraving plant ; would
consider purchase of parts. THE TIMES, Portsmouth, Ohio.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Bookbinders’ and Printers’ Machinery.
DEXTER FOLDER COMPANY, Pearl River, N. Y. Folding machines, auto¬
matic feeders for presses, folders and ruling machines. 2-12
Bookbinders’ Supplies.
SLADE, HIPP & MELOY, Incpd., 157 W. Lake st., Chicago. Also paper-box
makers’ supplies. 1-12
Book Dies.
BRASS BOOK STAMPS and embossing dies of all descriptions. CHICAGO
EMBOSSING CO., 126 N. Union st., Chicago. tf
Calendar Manufacturers.
COMPLETE AND ARTISTIC LINES of high-embossed calendar subjects,
German make excelled, with prices that insure business. CHICAGO
EMBOSSING CO., 126 N. Union st., Chicago, Ill. tf
HEAVY EMBOSSED bas-relief calendars. America’s classiest line. Black
and white, three-color and hand-tinted. H. E. SMITH C'O., Indianapolis,
Ind. 12-11
Case-making and Embossing.
SHEPARD, THE H. 0., C'O., 632 Sherman st., Chicago. Write for esti¬
mates. 1-12
Chase Manufacturers.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, Chicago. Electric-welded steel
chases. 7-11
Chicago Embossing Company.
EMBOSSERS of quality. Calendar backs, catalogue covers, menu tablets,
announcement covers, etc. CHICAGO EMBOSSING CO., 126 N. Union
st., Chicago. tf
Copper and Zinc Prepared for Half-tone and Zinc Etching.
AMERICAN STEEL & COPPERPLATE COMPANY. THE. 116 Nassau st.,
New York; 610 Federal st., Chicago; Mermod-Jaccard bldg., St. Louis,
Mo. Satin-finish plates. 6-11
Cost Systems and Installations.
COST SYSTEMS designed rnd installed to meet every condition in the
graphic trades. Write for booklet, “ The Science of Cost Finding.”
THE ROBERT S. DENHAM CO., 342 Caxton bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. 10-11
Counters.
HART, R. A., Battle Creek, Mich. Counters for job-presses, book-stitchers,
etc., without springs. Also paper joggers, “ Giant ” Gordon press-brakes.
Printers’ form trucks. 5-11
Cylinder Presses.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, 168 IV. Monroe st., Chicago. Bab
cock drums, two-revolution and fast new presses. Also rebuilt machines
7-11
Electrotypers and Stereotypers.
H. F. McCAFFERTY CO., nickeltyping and fine half-tone work, 141 East
25th st., New York. Phone, 5286 Madison Square. 3-12
Electrotypers* and Stereotypers’ Machinery.
HOE, R., & CO.. New York and London. Manufacturers of printing, stereo¬
typing and electrotyping machinery. Chicago offices, 7 S. Dearborn st.
11-11
THE OSTRANDER-SEYMOUR CO.. General Offices, Tribune bldg., Chicago.
Eastern Office, 38 Park Row, New York. Send for catalogue. 1-12
WILLI AMS- LLOYD MACHINERY COMPANY", office and salesrooms, 124-
626 Federal st., Chicago. Eastern representatives ; Lmited Printing
Machinery Company, Boston-New- Yrork. 2-11
Embossers and Engravers — Copper and Steel.
FREUND, WM., & SONS, est. 1865. Steel and copper plate engravers and
printers, steel-die makers and embossers. Write for samples and esti¬
mates. 16-20 East Randolph st., Chicago. (See advt.) 3-11
Embossing Composition.
STEWART’S EMBOSSING BOARD — Easy to use, hardens like iron; 6 by 9
inches; 3 for 40c, 6 for 60c, 12 for $1, postpaid. THE INLAND
PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
Embossing Dies.
EMBOSSING DIES THAT EMBOSS. We are specialists in this line. Every
job tested upon completion before leaving the plant. CHICAGO EMBOSS¬
ING C’O., 126 N. Union st., Chicago, Ill. tf
YOUNG, WM. R., 121-123 N. Sixth st.. Philadelphia, Pa. Printing and
embossing dies, brass, steel, zinc; first-class workmanship. 6-11
Gummed Papers.
IDEAL COATED PAPER CO., Brookfield, Mass. Imported and domestic
guaranteed non-curling gummed papers. 5-11
JONES, SAMUEL, & CO., Waverly Park, N. J. Our specialty is Non¬
curling Gummed Paper. Stocks in every city. 2-12
“Cr amain-Gold” Non-T amishing
A tested and proven Metal Leaf — soft, pliable, brilliant, easy
working, and less than half as expensive as genuine Gold Leaf.
- Samples and prices on request — -
Remember, ‘ * Cr amain - Gold * * has been PROVEN successful.
MANUFACTURED BY
CRAMER & MAINZER - Fuerth, Bavaria
SOLE AGENT AND DISTRIBUTOR IN THE UNITED STATES
JAMES H. FURMAN
186 N. La Salle Street ... Chicago, III.
100 William Street .... New York
Hepistabl© representative® wanted In all principal ©ities
THE INLAND PRINTER
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Gummed Tape in Rolls and Rapid Sealing Machine.
JAMES D. McLAURIN & CO.. INC., 63 Park Row, New York city. “ Bull¬
dog ” and “ Blue Ribbon ” brands gummed tape. Every inch guaran¬
teed to stick. 6-11
Ink Manufacturers.
AMERICAN PRINTING INK CO., 2314-2324 W. Ivinzie st„ Chicago. 3-12
Job Presses.
GOLDING MFG. CO., Franklin, Mass. Golding Jobbers, $200-$600 ; Em¬
bosser, $300-$400 ; Pearl, $70-$214 ; Roll-feed Duplex. Triplex. 8-11
Machine Work.
CUMMINGS MACHINE COMPANY', 238 William st., New York. Estimates
given on automatic machinery, bone-hardening, grinding and jobbing.
Up-to-date plant ; highest-grade work done with accuracy and despatch.
Machinery.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, Chicago. New ; rebuilt. 7-11
Mercantile Agency.
THE TYPO MERCANTILE AGENCY, General Offices, 160 Broadway, New
York ; Western Office, 108 S. La Salle st., Chicago. The Trade Agency
of the Paper, Book, Stationery, Printing and Publishing Trade. 7-11
Motors and Accessories for Printing Machinery.
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC COMPANY, 527 W. 34th st., New York. Electric
equipments for printing-presses and allied machines a specialty. 3-12
Paper Cutters.
DEXTER FOLDER CO., Pearl River, N. Y'., manufacturers of automatic-
clamp cutting machines that are powerful, durable and efficient. 2-12
GOLDING MFG. CO., Franklin, Mass. Lever, $130-$200 ; Power. $210-
$600; Auto-clamp, $450-$600 ; Pearl, $40-$77 ; Card, $8-$40. 8-11
OSWEGO MACHINE WORKS, Oswego, New York. The Oswego, Brown &
Carver and Ontario — Cutters exclusively. 4-12
SHN1EDEWEND, PAUL, & CO., 631 W. Jackson blvd., Chicago. 7-11
Photoen^ravers.
BLOMGREN BROTHERS & CO., 512 Sherman st., Chicago. Photo, half¬
tone, wood engraving and electrotyping. 11-11
SHEPARD, THE HENRY O.. CO., illustrators, engravers and electrotypers,
3-color process plates. 632 Sherman st., Chicago. 12-11
Photoen^ravers’ Machinery and Supplies.
THE OSTRANDER-SEY’MOUR CO., General Offices, Tribune bldg., Chicago.
Eastern Office, 38 Park Row, New York. Send for catalogue. 1-12
YVILLIAMS-LLOYD MACHINERY COMPANY, headquarters for photoengra¬
vers’ supplies. Office and salesrooms: 626 Federal st., Chicago. Eastern
representatives: United Printing Machinery Co., Boston-New York. 2-12
Photoengravers’ Screens.
LEVY’, MAX, Wayne av. and Berkeley st., Wayne Junction. Philadelphia,
Pa. 3-12
Presses.
GOSS PRINTING PRESS COMPANY, 16th st. and Ashland av., Chicago,
manufacturers newspaper perfecting presses and special rotary printing
machinery. ’ 1-12
HOE, R., & CO., New York and London. Manufacturers of printing, stereo¬
typing and electrotvping machinery. Chicago office, 7 S. Dearborn st.
11-11
THOMSON, JOHN, PRESS COMPANY, 253 Broadway, New York; Fisher
bldg., Chicago; factory, Long Island City, New York. 10-11
Pressroom Utilities.
MR. PRINTER — If you are not using a tympan-gauge square you are los¬
ing money ; 25 cents ; all dealers.
Printers’ Rollers and Roller Composition.
BINGHAM’S, SAM’L, SON MFG. CO.. 316-318 S. Canal st., Chicago ; also
514-518 Clark av., St. Louis; First av. and Ross st., Pittsburg: 706
Baltimore av., Kansas City ; 52-54 S. Forsythe st.. Atlanta, Ga. ; 151-153
Kentucky av., Indianapolis; 675 Elm st., Dallas Tex.; 135 Michigan st.,
Milwaukee, YVis. ; 919-921 4th st.. So., Minneapolis, Minn. ; 609-611 Chest¬
nut st., Des Moines, Iowa. 3-12
BINGHAM BROTHERS COMPANY, 406 Pearl st., New York; also 521
Cherry st., Philadelphia. 10-11
BUCKIE PRINTERS’ ROLLER CO., 714 S. Clark st., Chicago; Detroit,
Mich. ; St. Paul, Minn. ; printers’ rollers and tablet composition. 6-11
MILWAUKEE PRINTERS’ ROLLER CO., 372 Milwaukee st., Milwaukee,
Wis. Printers’ rollers and tablet composition. 1-12
WILD & STEVENS, INC., 5 Purchase st., cor. High, Boston, Mass. Estab¬
lished 1850. 2-12
Printers’ Supplies.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, 168-170 W. Monroe st., Chicago.
7-11
Proof Presses for Photoengravers and Printers.
SHN1EDEWEND, PAUL, & CO., 631 W. Jackson blvd., Chicago. 7-11
Show Cards.
SHOW CARDS AND COUNTER CARDS. Cut-outs that attract attention.
High-class in every particular. CHICAGO EMBOSSING CO., 126 N.
Union st., Chicago, Ill. tf
Stereotyping Outfits.
A COLD SIMPLEX STEREOTYPING OUTFIT, $19 and up, produces the
finest book and job plates, and j’our type is not in danger of being ruined
by heat, simple, better, quicker, safer, easier on the type, and costs no
more than papier-mache ; also two engraving methods costing only $5 with
materials, by which engraved plates are cast in stereo metal from drawings
made on cardboard. “ Ready-to-use ” cold matrix sheets, $1. HENRY’
KAIIRS, 240 E. 33d st., New York city. 5-11
Typefounders.
AMERICAN TY’PEFOUNDERS CO., original designs, greatest output, most
complete selection. Dealer in wood type, printing machinery and print¬
ers’ supplies of all kinds. Send to nearest house for latest type specimens.
Houses — Boston, New Y’ork, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D. C.,
Richmond, Buffalo, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago,
Kansas City, Indianapolis, Denver, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Port¬
land, Spokane, Seattle, Vancouver. 8-11
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, Chicago. Superior copper-mixed
type. ■ 7-11
HANSEN, II. C., TYPE FOUNDRY (established 1872), 190-192 Congress
st., Boston; 43 Centre st. and 15 Elm st., New York. 11-11
INLAND TYPE. FOUNDRY', Standard Line type and printers’ supplies, St.
Louis, New York and Chicago. 11-11
QUICK ON
Your Job Press Slow
Without The Megill Gauges !
Ask for booklet about our Gauge that automatically sets the sheet
to perfect register after the human hand has done all it can.
E. L. MEGILL, Manufacturer
60 Duane Street, New York
No glue — A ro sticky fingers — Clean work — Uurry work — Best work
VISE GRIP
Megill’s Patent
SPRING TONGUE GAUGE PINS
$1.20 per doz. with extra tongues.
Megill’s Patent '
DOUBLE- GRIP GAUGES
$1.25 set of 3 with extra tongues.
Repairing
OF
Printers’ and Lithographers’
Machinery
Erecting and Overhauling all
over the country
The B. & A. Machine Works
317-319 South Clinton Street, CHICAGO
WASTE
RARER
IS WORTH 30 CENTS PER CWT.
AND UP.
SAVE
YOURS
WITH A
HAND-BALING
PRESS
Circular F-64
Sullivan Machinery Co.
122 S. Michigan Avenue • CHICAGO
THIRTY CENTS
At an added cost of thirty cents on a pound of ink
used, you can print any number of colors in one
impression. You will agree that you can not afford
to overlook this, provided it is true; it will only
cost you a letter of inquiry to get at the truth. An
inquiry accompanied by fifty cents will bring to
you, prepaid, a sample bottle sufficient to print
5,000 nine by eleven circulars. Address:
P. H. VAN DER BYL
801 Fullerton Bldg. St. Louis
- SOLE AGENT FOR -
Harpman’s Multi-Color Printing Preparation
X RUN FOR
YOUR MONEY'
GET OUT YOUR BUSINESS STATIONERY NOW AND WRITE:
“HERRICK —Here’S a quarter for the 4 HERRICK
CUT BOOKS showing 400 good one and two color
cuts for my blotters, folders, mailing cards, etc. If I
don’t like the books you’re to send back my quarter.”
ISN’T THAT FAIR ?
Then send on your 25c.; you can take it off the first $3.50 order.
The books will give you a lot of valuable advertising ideas.
THE HERRICK PRESS, 626 So. Michigan Ave., Chicago
WE MAKE DRAWINGS OF ALL KINDS. WRITE US.
DURANT
COUNTERS
may not be the cheapest, but
they are the least expensive.
Honest comparison with other makes proves their superior
fitness for printers’ use.
Excellent low-priced attachments for all job presses.
To be had of any printers’ supply house, or write us
for details.
The W. N. Durant Co. Milwaukee, Wis.
Read by British and Colonial Printers the IV orld over.
Iritish fruiter
Every issue contains information on trade matters by specialists.
Reproductions in colors and monochrome showing modern
methods of illustrating. All about New Machinery and Appli¬
ances. Trade notes form reliable guides to printers and allied
traders. Specimens of jobwork form original designs for
“ lifting.”
PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY.
$2 per Annum, post tree. Specimen Copy sent on receipt of 35 Cents.
- PUBLISHED BY -
RAITHBY, LAWRENCE Cr CO., Ltd.
LEICESTER and LONDON
THE BLACK-CLAWSON CO.
INK GRINDING MILLS with 3 Chilled Iron Rolls
HAMILTON, OHIO, U. S. A.
Builders
of
Sizes — 6x18, 9x24, 9x32, 9x36, 12x30 and 16x40 inches.
With or without Hoppers. Solid or Water-cooled Rolls.
Also build Paper and Pulp Mill Machinery, Platini Machines,# Saturating
Machinery and Special Machinery.
Are You About to Start a News¬
paper or Buy One Already Started f
IF SO, YOU SHOULD HAVE
ESTABLISHING
A NEWSPAPER
By O. F. BYXBEE
npHE latest work on this subject published.
■*- It is a handbook not only for the prospective
publisher, but includes suggestions for the financial
advancement of existing daily and weekly journals.
It is 5/4x8 inches in size, contains 114 pages, is
bound in cloth, and neatly printed. Sent postpaid
to any address on receipt of price, $1.00. Send at
once before edition is exhausted. Circular telling
all about it sent free.
THE INLAND PRINTER CO.
PUBLISHERS
1729 Tribune Building 632 Sherman Street
New York Chicago
MR. PRINTER OR PUBLISHER
/^LEAN YOUR CUTS, not with a preparation, but an equipment which renews and ira-
^ proves any cut, new or old. The Johnson Cut Cleaning and Polishing Outfit cleans
between and around the points of a half-tone, so that the cut shows up clear and sharp.
The cost is moderate. Any responsible printer is invited to satisfy himself of these claims
before paying. There is nothing like it. Call for one to-day at my expense. Write Dept. H,
J. FRANK JOHNSON, :: :: Battle Creek, Michigan
yl Modern Monthly—
yill About PATE'R
The paper dealer
gives the wanted information
on the general and technical sub-
iectof jpapcr
It will enable the printer to keep
posted on paper, to buy advanta¬
geously, and to save money on his
paper purchases. No dollar could
be spent more profitably for a year’s reading.
Printed on enamel book paper.
THIS SPECIAL OFFER
Includes 1911 and 1912 at the very special rate of
$1.50 instead of $2.00. This is an opportunity
worth while. Proves an investment, not an expense
to printers.
Uhe PAPER. DEALER
164 WEST WASHINGTON STREET. CHICAGO
290
— CRAMER’S NEW —
Process Dry= Plates and
Filters ‘‘Direct” Three-color Work
Not an experiment but an accomplished fact.
Thoroughly tested in practical work before being advertised.
Full details in our new booklet “ DRY-PLATES AND COLOR-
FILTERS FOR TRICHROMATIC WORK,” containing
more complete practical information than any other book yet
published. This booklet sent free to photoengravers on request.
G. CRAMER DRY-PLATE COMPANY, St. Louis, Mo.
AS PRINTERS’ ADS Do bring orders — hun¬
dreds of printers are proving this with my service of
3-color cuts and wording. Easy to print
in any shop. 12th year. Samples Free.
CHAS.L. STILES, COLUMBUS, O.
PRINTERS — - You can not afford to purchase new or rebuilt Printers’
Machinery, exchange or sell your old without consulting us.
DRISCOLL & FLETCHER Works*
PRESS CONTROLLERS
MONITOR AUTORUVne
Fills All Requirements of Most Exacting Printers.
MONITOR CONTROLLER COMPANY
106 South Gay Street, BALTIMORE. MD.
“A PRIZE PACKAGE”
Carbon Paper is one of the little big things that are continually cropping up. Why
not learn all there is to be known, so that you can talk to your customers intelli¬
gently? We will gladly show you, but must be asked first. Just try us now.
A package full of surprise is in store for you if you will ask us for our Carbon Paper
samples. We subdivide them intelligently and label so that none have trouble in
making a thorough test.
WHITFIELD CARBON PAPER WORKS
346 Broadway, New York
SUMMER ROLLERS
WE MAKE
THE BEST
THAT CAN
BE MADE
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
We use the latest up-to-date GATLING GUN
system in casting, with the finest steel moulds,
and make solid, perfect rollers by the best
formulas.
Established 1868. Cincinnati Is sufficient
address in writing or shipping.
Paper Testing*
We have facilities for making chemical, microscopical and
physical tests of paper promptly and at reasonable prices.
We can be of service to the purchaser by showing him
whether he is getting what he has specified.
We can be of service to the manufacturer in disputes where
the report of a third party is likely to be more effective.
Electrical Testing Laboratories
BOTH STREET and EAST END AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY
THE GOVERNMENT STANDARD
KEYBOARD PAPER. Perforation*
for the MONOTYPE MACHINE
COLONIAL COMPANY, Mechanic Falls, Maine
The Central Ohio Paper Co.
COLUMBUS, OHIO.
CL Exclusive manufacturers of the Famous Swan
Linen paper for high-class Stationery and “Swans-
down69 Enamel Paper. Gives any book a finished
look. Write for dummies. Prompt shipments.
“Swan Delights Whoever Writes.*9
ii
Roilrfhind” ^or the Trade
We have put in a ROUGHING
MACHINE, and should be
pleased to fill orders from those desiring this class of work. Three-color half¬
tone pictures, gold-bronze printing, and, in fact, high-grade work of any
character, is much improved by giving it this stippled effect. All work
given prompt attention. Prices on application. Correspondence invited.
THE HENRY O. SHEPARD COMPANY
632 Sherman Street CHICAGO
RUBBER STAMPS
AND SUPPLIES
FOE THE TRADE
YOUR customers will appreciate our prompt service.
Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Trade Discounts ”
The Barton Mfg. Co., 335 Broadway, N. Y.
Tympan Gauge Square
FOR QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY PLACING
THE GAUGE PINS ON A PLATEN PRESS.
Made of transparent celluloid, ruled in picas. Size,
3% x 8% inches.
By placing the square over the impression of the job on
the tympan in the proper position, and marking with a pen¬
cil along the left and lower edges, the gauges can be placed
correctly at once. Will save its cost in one day’s use.
Twenty-five cents, postpaid to any address.
THE INLAND PRINTER CO.
632 SHERMAN STREET
CHICAGO
Quick
Stringing
Saves
Time.
Universal
-We~-
Universal
Wire Loop
Is the cheapest and best device for
“Stringing” Catalogues, Directories,
Telephone Books, Prices Current, etc.
Look Better and Won't Break or Wear Out!
Let us send sample and quote you
prices.
WIRE LOOP MFG. CO.
(Successors to Universal Wire Loop Co.)
7S Shelby Street
DETROIT - - » - MICHIGAN
PATENTED
This cut illustrates one
of the various sizes of
hangers for books % to
2 inches in thickness.
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FOR PRINTERS
MOUty
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^JrCOLIN BoOKifrj
„ f DELETECHEMICAL COa
W/LUAM ST0Wk
Best Detergent for cleaning and preserving Rollers.
Copper and Zinc Plates
, MACHINE GROUND AND POLISHED
CELEBRATED SATIN FINISH BRAND
FOR PHOTO, r ENGRAVING AND ETCHING
MANUFACTURED BY
The American Steel & Copper Plate Co.
116 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y.
Vest-Pocket
Manual of
Printing
A full and con¬
cise explanation
of the technical
points in the
printing trade,
for the use of
the printer and
his patrons
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Punctuation : The Comma, Semicolon, Colon,
Period, Note of Interrogation, Exclamation Mark,
Hyphen, Marks of Parenthesis. Dash , Apostrophe
— Capitalization — Style: The Use and Non-use of
Figures, Anbreviations, Italicizing, Quotations —
Marked Proof — Corrected Proof — Proofreaders'
Marks— Make-up of a Book— Imposition and Sizes
of Books— Sizes of the Untrimmed Leaf— Type
Standard — Number of Words in a Square Inch —
Relative Sizes of Type — Explanation of the Point
System —Weight of Leads Required for any Work
— Number of Leads to the Pound — To Print Con¬
secutive Numbers— To Prevent Coated Paper from
Peeling— Engraving and Illustrating — Definitions
of the Principal Technical Terms Used in Fine
Bookbinding— Relative Values of Bindings— Direc¬
tion? for Securing Copyright — Correct Sizes of
Flat Writing Papers — Sizes of Ruled Paper —
Regular Envelope Sizes — Standard Sizes of News¬
papers — Leads for Newspapers— Newspaper Meas¬
urements — Imposition of Forms.
Convenient west- pocket size. Neatly bound
in leather , round corners ; S6 pages, 50 cts.
The Inland Printer Co.
1729 Tribune Bldg. 632 Sherman Street
NEW YORK CHICAGO
Polished Copper
for Half-tone and Color Processes
Polished Zinc
for Line Etching, Half-tone and
Ben Day Processes
Chemicals, Supplies
and Equipment
for the Shop, Gallery and Artroom
National Steel and
Copper Plate Co.
OFFICES AND STOCKROOMS
704-6 Pontiac Bldg., S42 S. Dearborn St., Chicago
1235 Tribune Bldg., City Hall Square, New York
214 Chestnut St. : : : St. Louis, Mo.
FACTORIES
1133-1143 West Lake Street : Chicago, III.
220-224 Taaffe Place : Brooklyn, New York
We cater to the Printing Trade
in making the most up-to-date
= line of =====
Pencil and Pen
Carbons
for any Carbon Copy work.
Also all Supplies for Printing Form Letters.
MITTAG & VOLGER, Inc.
PARK RIDGE, NEW JERSEY
MANUFACTURERS FOR THE TRADE ONLY
Linsol Colors
FOR TONING PRINTING INKS
Do not retard the drying
Black and Colored Bases
Colors for Offset Inks
WILLIAMS BROS. & GO.
Hounslow, England
Are Guaranteed to Remain Transparent ,
are Deep and Do Not Smudge.
Write for Catalogue =
Smmcan leaning; JHacIjme Cd.
164-168 Rano St.,, Buffalo, N.Y., U.S. A.
METALS
Linotype, Monotype, Stereotype
Special Mixtures
QUALITY
First, Last and All the Time.
E.W. Blatchford Co.
230 N. Clinton St. 5 Beekman St.
Chicago New York
Control Your Press
by a Single Push-button
You can locate a General Electric Motor and
Controller out of the way under the press and
still obtain complete control from a number
of points by means of push-button stations
placed wherever desired. This saves time
and paper and makes press-running safer.
WRITE FOR FULL INFORMATION.
General Electric Company
Largest Electrical Manufacturer in the World
Principal Office: Schenectady, N. Y.
1 CARBON
Gc
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| ELF
BLACK
MADE BY
sdfrey L. Cabot
40-94 1 OLD SOUTH BUILDING
BOSTON, MASS.
ECLIPSE. DIAMOND.
B. B. B. ACME.
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Cameo Results Build Prestige
The reputation of your shop must rise or fall hy the quality of its work. Un¬
usual printing results aren t accidents. They can only he produced hy the man who
knows how - — -by the man who is up-to-date. Cameo Plate has been a life-saver to
printers who were striving for richer, more striking results than they would get with
ordinary paper. Keep the quality of your work always up to the standard hy using
the “quality maker.
CAMEO
PAPER
White or Sepia
To get the very best results with Cameo, note these few suggestions.
HALF-TONE PLATES. The plates should be deeply etched. The screen
best adapted is 150 lines to the inch, although the surface is receptive to any
ordinary half-tones.
OVERLAYS. Should he cut on slightly thicker paper than required for
regular coated.
MAKE READY. Build up an even grading from high lights to solids.
INK. Should he of fairly heavy body, one which will not run too freely,
and a greater amount of ordinary cut ink must he carried than for glossy papers. The
richest effect that can he obtained in one printing comes from the use of double-tone
ink on Cameo Plate. Of this ink less is required than for glossy paper. There is
no trouble from “picking. Impression should be heavy, hut only such as will
ensure an unbroken screen and even contact.
Cameo is the best stock for all half-tones except those intended to show polished
and mechanical subjects in microscopic detail.
Use Cameo paper according to these instructions and every half-tone job you
run will bring you prestige.
Send for Sample-Boolf To-day.
S. D. WARREN & CO., 160 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass.
Manufacturers of the Best in Staple Lines of Coated and Uncoated Book Papers.
Boston, Mass.
Buffalo, N. Y. . .
Chicago, Ill. . . .
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Dallas, Tex.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Houston, Tex. . .
Kansas City, Mo.
Los Angeles, Cal.
New York City .
LIST OF DISTRIBUTORS
. . . The A. Storrs fe? Bement Co.
. The Ailing Cory Co.
. J. W. Butler Paper Co.
. Cleveland Paper Manufacturing Co.
. Kingsley Paper Co.
. . . . . Southwestern Paper Co.
. . . . Central Michigan Paper Co.
. Southwestern Paper Co.
. Interstate Paper Co.
. Blake, Moffitt Towne
Sole Agents, Henry Lindenmeyr & Sons
New York City (for Export only)
Milwaukee, Wis .
Philadelphia, Pa .
Pittsburg, Pa .
Portland, Me .
Portland, Ore .
Rochester, N. Y. .
San Francisco, Cal. . .
Seattle, Wash . . . .
Spokane, Wash .
Vancouver, B. C .
. National Paper & Type Co.
. . . . Standard Paper Co.
. . . Magarge & Green Co.
. . The Ailing 6? Cory Co.
. . . C. M. Rice Paper Co.
. . . . Blake, McFall Co.
. . The Ailing & Cory Co.
. Blake, Moffitt & Towne
. . , . Mutual Paper Co.
American Type Founders Co.
American Type Founders Co.
293
BY USING A LOGEMANN STEEL BALER
Besides decreasing your fire risk, you bale your waste paper, preparing it for ship¬
ment, which creates a value of from $10.00 to $45.00 per ton. There is a large
accumulation of such waste in your business which should be turned into money.
A Baling Press will pay for itself in a short time. We build the most rapid, powerful
and economical Baler on the market, requiring only 35 x 24 inches floor space.
They are built for permanency and can not get out of order. Send for catalogue.
LOGEMANN BROTHERS CO.
290 Oregon Street, MILWAUKEE, WIS.
“SHOW ME A PRESS PROOF”
You often get that request, and
even if you charge for it you can
hardly charge enough to cover
the actual cost.
The Potter
Proof Press
will give you the best kind of a
press proof in a fraction of the time
required on any other press. It will
show up defective material too.
The Linotype printer, the job
printer, the color printer and the
engraver, all need this machine.
You need it. Send to-day for full
information. Sold by all responsible dealers.
SOLE OWNERS AND MANUFACTURERS
. F. WANNER & GO.
So. Dearborn Street Chicago
294
Latest
Balance Feature
Platen Dwell
Clutch Drive
Motor Attachment
(Unexcelled)
“Prouty
Obtainable through any Reliable Dealer .
= MANUFACTURED ONLY BY ■ =
Boston Printing Press
& Machinery Co.
Office and Factory
EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASS.
James White Paper Co.
Trademark
REGISTERED U. S. PATENT OFFICE.
COVER AND BOOK
PAPERS
219 W. MONROE ST. - - - CHICAGO
Eagle Printing Ink Co.
24 Cliff Street :: New York
«L Manufacturers of the Eagle
Brand Two-Color, Three-
Color and Quad Inks for Wet
Printing. Inks that retain
their Full Color Valuewhen
printed on Multicolor presses.
Western Branch : Factory :
705 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago. Jersey City,N. J.
Christensen Automatic Wire
Stitcher Feeder <™
Many machines in operation, all
over the country.
Made for any range of saddle¬
back work you want to run.
Heads up the cover and inserts
before stitching on pamphlets.
Saves one-half the labor over old
hand method of inserting and
stitching pamphlets.
Installed and guaranteed to save
you money.
If it is not clear to you what this
machine can do, please ask us.
The Christensen Machine Company
Racine, Wisconsin
295
* Dr. Albert’s
Patented Lead Moulding
Process
is the one perfect and
satisfactory method of
ELECTROTYPING
especially adapted to half-tone and high-grade color-
work, and can be safely relied upon to reproduce the
original without loss in sharpness and detail.
We call for your work and execute it with the greatest
care, and deliveries are made promptly.
Telephone Harrison 765, or call and
examine specimens of our work.
NATIONAL ELECTROTYPE COMP’Y
626 Federal Street CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
FOR
LINOTYPES
WATSON
MULTIPOLAR
MOTORS
INDIVIDUAL
MOTORS
TO DRIVE
ANY
MACHINE
WATSON Motors fit the
machine. We manufacture
highest grade Motors for all
classes of machinery used by
Printers and Engravers.
Convenient, Powerful, Dur¬
able, Economical.
“Cut out the Belts.”
THE MECHANICAL
APPLIANCE CO.
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
If You Buy a
Carver Automatic Die Press
You Will Not Regret It
Size, 4y£ x 9 inches.
Because it is the most efficient for the greatest variety
of work.
Because it is the most economical to operate.
Because of its simplicity and durability of construction
and small cost for repairs.
Because it has the best record where operated with
presses of other makes.
Because it will stand investigation wherever used.
Because it is approved by all users and preferred.
Because it is unquestionably the best and cheapest in
the end.
Because it is built on merit, sold on merit and bought
for its merit.
Manufactured in the following sizes :
4V2 x 9, 3V2 x 8, 2V2 x 8, 2V2 x 4 inches, £y
C. R. Carver Company Ni w- ^
Canadian Agents : Export Agent, except Canada:
MILLER & RICHARD, Toronto and Winnipeg. PARSONS TRADING CO., Sydney, Mexico City and New York.
American
Model 30
W 12345
Impression of Figures.
Steel throughout
Model 31 — 6 wheels • . $6*00
A STRICTLY HIGH-GRADE MACHINE COMBINING STRENGTH
AND SIMPLICITY OF CONSTRUCTION WITH
ABSOLUTE ACCURACY
AMERICAN Numbering
— — i ii. Machine Co.
291-295 Essex Street 169 W. Washington Street
BROOKLYN, N.Y. CHICAGO, ILL.
For Sale by Dealers
Everywhere
American
Model 30
Parts Released for Cleaning and Oiling.
Steel Throughout
Model 31 — 6 wheels . . $6.00
“They Are
Goin^ Some”
Six hundred and twenty-two
Winji-Horton Mailers
were sold in 1910.
They were all sold sub¬
ject to approval, but not a
Mailer was returned.
They are carried in stock
at printers’ supply houses
throughout the United States
and Canada.
Full particulars supplied on re¬
quest to any agency, or
CHAUNCEY WING, Mfr., Greenfield, Mass.
Carnation Bond
White and Colors
An Exceptional Quality for 5^c per lb.
Send for Samples
Parker, Thomas & Tucker Paper Co.
514 to 522 Sherman Street, Chicago, 111.
297
“Kidder” Self -Feed Bed and Platen Presses
They Print from the Roll. They Print from Plates. They Print on One or Both Sides of the Paper in One to Four Colors
ONE OF OUR STANDARD STYLES
BUILT IN FOUR SIZES
WRITE FOR INFORMATION
KIDDER PRESS COMPANY, Main Office and Works: DOVER, N. H.
NEW YORK OFFICE : 261 BROADWAY
CANADA: The J. L. Morrison Co., Toronto
GREAT BRITAIN: John Haddon & Co., London
GIBBS-BROWER Co., Agents
For Careful Work, USE
Punches
Style D — With Direct-connected Motor.
They cut every hole absolutely clean, no matter what the
material used. Tremendously powerful — no vibration.
Last Long — Require Few Repairs — Consume Little Power.
The Tatum Punch with direct-connected motor repre¬
sents the highest achievement in paper punches.
Adjustment to any multiple may be made without removing the
idle heads.
Round shapes all interchangeable. Nineteen stock sizes. Special
shapes quickly furnished.
Be sure to get “TATUM” when buying a punch — any user is a
good reference. Five styles. Prices from $35 to $325.
- - = - Write for Catalogue A. -
THE SAM’L C. TATUM CO.
3310 Colerain Avenue
CINCINNATI, OHIO
Punch, with stripper and die.
298
THE HUBER-HODGMAN
PRINTING PRESS
PRINT-SIDE-UP DELIVERY IN OPERATION
ARE YOU GOING TO NEED A NEW PRESS SOON?
/“% If so, we desire to show you the new product of our factory. We have a new driving
mechanism that will produce at least 20 per cent more than any other machine of the
same size. This press has no shoes or heavy rack-hangers, makes very little noise and no
vibration. The bed is only 35 inches from the floor, any size; the cross-stay is solid. It has
every labor-saving device needed. When you trip the cylinder the fountain-roller is also
tripped. The good printer will readily see the merit of this feature. The register is perfect;
the cylinder-lifting mechanism is so rigid the press will never gutter. The size can be changed
from a four-roller to a three-roller in a few minutes. We have a number of these machines in
operation. Let us give you the names of some of the users, and write them and get an opinion
from a printer. We only ask you to examine it — your own judgment will be salesman
enough for us.
This machine is unequaled for speed, durability, lightness of power required, smoothness
of reversing mechanism, simplicity of construction. The new features are too many to
enumerate. Let us show them to you.
VAN ALLENS & BOUGHTON
iy to 23 Rose St. and I J5 IV illiam St., New York.
Factory — Taunton, Mass.
Agent, England,
P. LAWRENCE PRINTING MACHINERY CO., Ltd.
57 Shoe Lane, London, E. C.
Western Office, 277 Dearborn Street,
H. W. THORNTON, Manager,
Telephone, Harrison 801. CHICAGO
s
299
Hand
Bundling
Press
JVrite for
Prices
HICKOK
Paper- Ruling Machines
*■» Ruling Pens
‘Bookbinders ’ Machinery
The W. O. HICKOK MFC. CO.
HARRISBURG, PA., U. S. A.
Established 1844 Incorporated 1886
We Manufacture
Printers’ Roller
Machinery
on the basis of knowing the actual
requirements of to-day. If you con¬
template installing a plant, large or
small, we want to figure with you.
Our New System
will interest you, and, mark you — at
the right prices.
Our machinery embraces improvements
on weak features of others — therefore,
the life and satisfactory service of Roller-
making Machinery depends upon how
built.
We also build and design special
machinery. We carry, ready for quick
shipment, repair parts for the Geo. P.
Gordon Presses.
Louis Kreiter & Company
313 South Clinton Street : Chicago, Ill.
Inks that are used in every country where
printing is done.
itast Sc ©jitujrr
(Stritiattg
Manufacturing Agents for the United States,
Canada, Cuba, Mexico
Charles Hellmuth
Printing
and Lithographic
The World’s
Standard
Three and
F our Color
Process Inks
INKS
DRY COLORS. VARNISHES
SPECIAL
OFF-SET INKS
Originators
of Solvine
Gold Ink
worthy of
the name
New York
154-6-8 W. 18th Street
Hellmuth Building
Chicago
n r 605-7-9 S. Clark St.
Poole Bros. Building
Bi-Tones
that work
clean to the
last sheet
The “SIMPLE” Gum Tape Sealer
SIMPLE, PERFECT, FOOL-PROOF
DESCRIPTION — Size of Gum Tape Holder, 9^x13 inches. Made
of 22-gauge steel, black enameled and gold striped. 3 pieces only
(tape holder, moistener box and felt pad). Weight, complete, 23
ounces. Holds 800-foot rolls tape, any width up to 2 inches wide.
Moistens and cuts cloth or paper tape to any required length.
Nothing to get out of order, no screws or parts to lose.
Price,
AT ALL WHOLESALE PAPER
HOUSES OR STATIONERS
or sent express paid, to any address, with roll of 800-foot
1/4-inch Kraft tape, for $1.90. Gash with order.
FRANK G. SHUMAN, Inventor and Mfr.
337 River Street, CHICAGO
300
\
Roberts Numbering Machine Co.
Successor to The Bates Machine Co.
696-710 Jamaica Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
MODEL 27A
1ST? 12345
FOR GENERAL
JOB WORK
ABSOLUTELY
ACCURATE
FULLY
GUARANTEED
SIDE PLATES
WITHOUT SCREWS
ALWAYS IN STOCK
FAC SIMILE IMPRESSION
Size 1 1/2 x 1^io inches
FIVE-FIGURE WHEELS
ROBERTS’ MACHINES
UNEQUALLED RESULTS — MAXIMUM ECONOMY
View Showing Parts Detached
for Cleaning
NO SCREWS
To Number Either Forward
or Backward
/?clv£Ffyp#>
(Jl "print up”
Ask any
advertiser
XWE MANUFACTURE and
* * guarantee Newspaper and
Magazine advertising plates.
Booklet and. Catalog printingplates
that print up sharp and clear.
We ship direct to publications
and care for patterns.
Our capacity, 60,000 column
inches plate matter a day.
Adveptifpeb
cost no more than the ordi¬
nary kind of printing plate.
Advertisers’ Electrotyping Co.
501 to 509 Plymouth Place Chicago, Ill.
GALLY “UNIVERSAL”
Built in Five Sizes
From 20 x 30 in. to 30 x 44 in.
Cutters and Creasers
are universally known and accepted as reliable
“cost reducers” and high character of product.
For Cutting and Creasing
the M. Gaily “Universal” stands at the head
of its class.
Adapted for either stamping or paper-box cutting. Is so constructed as to insure economical maintenance
and operation, therefore must necessarily be a satisfactory press.
HT SUPPOSE YOU ASK FOR OUR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. THERE ARE
MANY OTHER MACHINES MENTIONED THAT WILL LIKELY INTEREST YOU
THE NATIONAL MACHINE COMPANY HARTFORbrCONN.
Sole Canadian Agents: MILLER & RICHARD, Toronto and Winnipeg.
301
To the Printer or Publisher—
These Facts Are Important!
Addressing Machines Have
Been on the Market for a
Number of Years, and at
the Present Time There Are
About a Dozen Concerns
Manufacturing Them
Addressing Machine
Facts
Worth Knowing
Have You Investigated These Points?
The prominent addressing machines have all used either metal cards or metal or rubber type in some form
from which to print their addresses.
These metal cards and metal plates have in recent years been adapted to be filed in card trays, and for this pur¬
pose special cards have been attached and the printing plate made as readable as possible, for the purpose of
combining card-index features with the addressing-machine system.
Very recently the Elliott Company, of Boston, have put on the market a fiber card, which they furnish in
colors and which are arranged with tabs for index purposes.
These cards are 4 l/2 inches long by 2 inches wide, and are about 1-16 inch thick.
They are filed 250 in a tray, and this tray is indexed, arranged, handled and referred to for index purposes.
In fact, this fiber card is nothing more nor less than an index card in texture, color, index, printability, leg¬
ibility, etc.
When concerns who use this fiber card as an index card wish to print addresses, they simply slide a tray of
the cards into the Elliott Addressing Machine and by means of a foot lever or an electric motor print addresses
on their envelopes, statements, office forms, etc., at the rate of sixty addresses per minute.
The machine automatically inks itself, changes addresses at each impression, and it is simply necessary for
the operator to sit and feed the printed articles.
These fiber cards are so inexpensive that when an address is changed it is not worth while to save the card,
and therefore a new card is used on which the corrected address is made.
The Elliott Company are now running a single automatic machine in their factory turning out 50,000 of
these cards each day, and are selling these cards to their customers at the list price of $ . 004 each.
Every Claim We Make We Will Back Up to the Letter
THE ELLIOTT ADDRESSING MACHINE CO.
We Have Offices All Over the World 101 Purchase Street, BOSTON, MASS.
302
Our papers are supplied in fine wedding stationery, visiting cards, and other specialties by Eaton, Crane & Pike Co., Pittsfield,
Mass., and 225 Fifth Avenue, New York, whose boxes containing our goods bear the word CRANE’S.
$15.50 a Week Increase
in Wages
A Chicago hand compositor got tired of working for the
then job scale of $19.50.
Within the last four years he made the plunge and became
a student at
Cfje Jnlanti printer Cetfmttal Jsidjool
Since that time his wages have risen steadily until now he is
earning $35 a week.
Not everybody can do so well. But any compositor can go part of the road
this man has traveled. There will be more machines than ever. Make up your mind
to catch on. This is the School that will show you how. It has the endorsement of
the International Typographical Union.
Send Postal for Booklet “Machine Composition’*
and learn all about the course and what the students say of it.
The Thompson Typecaster taught without extra charge.
Inland Printer Technical School
632 Sherman Street, Chicago, Ill.
303
A THOROUGHLY GOOD
RULING MACHINE
made better by adding many new attachments. One of tne
main features — the slack of cloth always at bottom, making
top perfectly tight. Any user of Piper ruling machine can
add this improvement at little cost.
These machines are guaranteed to
do perfect auork in eatery respect
Manufactured since 1863, hut with improvements
since 1910
WRITE FOR CATALOGUE
F. E. AND B. A. DEWEY
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
When you can be assured of an
ACCURATE COUNT
with a saving of time and money,
DON’T DELAY,
BUY A
Redington Counter
Model D for Gordon Presses
Model A for Cylinder Presses
PRICE $5, U. S. A.
Address your dealer or write direct
F.B.REDINGTON CO.
CHICAGO
“RICHMOND a.Ac.DmqPtors
There is a Richmond Motor to
meet every requirement of print-
shop or bindery. Our line of
constant and variable speed A. C.
Motors is the most complete
in this country. Send for Bulletin.
tip? lidpnonir dtlcrfrir tmnpang,
RICHMOND, VA.
14S Chambers Street, NEW YORK CITY
176 Federal Street, BOSTON. MASS.
322 Monadnock Block, CHICAGO, ILL.
1011 Chestnut St., Room 626, PHILA., PA.
LIST OF AGENTS
Samslj ICrium*
WRITES WELL
RULES WELL
ERASES WELL
To those who desire a high-grade ledger at
a moderate price, we recommend DANISH
LEDGER. Send for new sample-book.
Miller & Wright Paper Co., New York City
Donaldson Paper Co., Harrisburg, Pa.
The R. H. Thompson Co., Buffalo, New York.
O. W. Bradley Paper Co., St. Louis, Mo.
Tileston & Livermore Co., Boston, Mass.
B. F. Bond Paper Co., Baltimore, Md.
Crescent Paper Co., Indianapolis, Ind.
The Chope Stevens Paper Co., Detroit, Mich.
Wilkinson Brothers & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
The Hudson Valley Paper Co., Albany, N. Y
MANUFACTURED BY
B. D. RISING PAPER CO.
HOUSATONIC, BERKSHIRE COUNTY,
MASSACHUSETTS.
304
INKS THAT MAKE
DIVIDENDS
The printer must look out for cost of production,
and the greatest value in ink at the least price is the
first step toward true economy and profit.
Jaenecke’s Printing
INKS
have a known value — an established standard for
quality , and the “ANCHOR” trade-mark appear¬
ing on any package, barrel or can means a guarantee
that it contains ink of the very highest quality.
HAVE YOU OUR SPECIMEN BOOK?
It will interest you. Write for it.
ST. LOUIS
DETROIT
PITTSBURG
Main Office and Works — NEWARK, N. J.
THE JAENECKE PRINTING INK CO.
CHICAGO OFFICE: New Number, 531 S. Dearborn Street
Old Number, 351 Dearborn Street
2-10
305
EMBLEMATIC CARDS-INVITATIONS AND FOLDERS
We can supply you with a complete line of steel die Embossed Emblematic Cards, etc. Any combination of emblems, from
the Blue Lodge to the Shrine in the Masonic orders, also of various other Lodges, stamped in a rich gold and illuminated in the
correct colors. COMMENCEMENT PROGRAMS AND INVITATIONS
Our largest and most complete line of COMMENCEMENT SAMPLES is now ready. If you have not sent for it
DO IT NOW; it will assist you in securing the order from your local schools.
Makers of Embossed Commercial Stationery, Wedding
Invitations, Announcements, Business and Visiting Cards,
Fancy Stationery, Menu and Party Cards, Dance Programs.
A. STAUDER & CO., Trade Engravers and Stationers
231 N. Fifth Avenue, Chicago, Ill.
The Rapid Punch and Slabber
Punches holes up
to | -inch diame¬
ter from one to
ten inch centers.
The price is just
right. W ork-
manship and ma¬
terial the best.
The machine you
have been looking
for.
Ask for Circular.
Commercial Sales & Manufacturing Go.
Oberlin, Ohio
S. H. Horgan
IS SELLING
For the American Agents
Axel Holmstrom
ETCHING
MACHINES
The greatest improve¬
ment that has come
into the photo-engraving business since the intro¬
duction of half-tones.”
Ask him or write him about it at The Inland Printer Office,
Chicago, or Room 1729, Tribune Bldg., New York.
With every machine in the printing shop in¬
dividually driven by a Westinghouse Motor
there is no waste of power, as is the case when driving a large
amount of shafting and a large number of machines that are doing
no work. With individual drive when a machine is not work¬
ing it is not running, and when working consumes only the power
sufficient to run it. Furthermore, you can place your machines
exactly where wanted. We make motors specially adapted to
printing machinery, and can tell you just how to apply them.
Send for Circulars 1068 and 1118
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
Pittsburg, Pa.
Westinghouse Motors Driving Stitchers
STUDENT
AND MASTER
The American Printer is read with avidity by
students of good printing, ambitious journeymen,
enterprising proprietors, men and women who are
interested in learning more about good printing and how
to produce it. The masters of the printing business treasure
every number. The men who have achieved distinct suprem¬
acy in every branch of the printing and allied trades and are
looked up to as authorities, write us that they would not be,
without this magazine for many times its price, ir
THE AMERICAN PRINTER
teaches by precept and example. Ten or more departments on prac¬
tical features of printing and its fellow arts are regularly conducted
by experts. Hundreds of specimens of printing, photo-engraving and
photogravure are shown in its pages every year. Subscribers are
urged to send in their own work for reproduction and criticism.
Being the organ of the employing element in •
the printing business, The American Printer
is a most valuable advertising medium for
firms making and handling printer’s supplies
of any description.
Advertisers declare that it pays them better
than any other publication.
Writeusforratecard. You will findthecosf
of advertising in The American Printer
remarkably low when compared with re-
v suits secured from its use. Send 20c for
sample copy, or better yet, send $2 for
a year’s subscription; foreign $3.
OSWALD PUBLISHING CO.
mertcah
306
Wanner Machinery Co.
A, F. WANNER, Proprietor
Printers5 and Binders’ Machinery
AUTOMATIC
MACHINES
JOBBERS
CUTTERS
STITCHERS AND
PUNCHES
PERFORATORS
PROOF PRESSES
BLOCKS
MOTORS
FOLDERS
WOOD GOODS
WOOD TYPE
CYLINDERS
VIBRATOR
Falcon
Golding
Chandler & Price
Diamond
Chandler & Price
Monitor
Challenge
Gaily Universal
Advance
Reliance
Southworth
National Monitor Burton
Shniedewend Challenge
Vandercook Potter
Rouse Wesel Meisel
Wilson Challenge
Crocker-Wheeler Kimble
Mentges Anderson
Brown Hall Job
Hamilton Composing-room Furniture
Swink Stonemetz
Diamond Rebuilt
Allen Job Press Vibrator
215-223 W. Congress St., near Fifth Ave. CHICAGO, ILL.
Printers Can Meet
Competition and
Make Money
if they will equip their plants with
special machinery capable of “quantity-
runs” and “quality-work.” Printers
who make money in specialty printing
are those who equip their plants with
machinery for that purpose. No
printer can compete with the “big
fellows” and use an ordinary press.
Tell Us Your Printing
Troubles
the kind of specialty printing you are
interested in producing. One of our
adjustable Automatic Presses may do
your work in one operation. We
build presses to suit any requirements.
Meisel Press & Mfg. Company
Factory, 944 to 948 Dorchester Avenue
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Again We Say It:
“Kimble-ize Your Shop —
and PARALYZE Your
Power Bill
Kimble"
Printing Press
Motors
Are the only variable speed A. C. Motors in the world
that require no such hungry “ juice-eaters” as resistance
coils or other contrivances.
“A Touch of the Toe to Go Fast
or Slow”
Stop or reverse — all with one lever and all
without wasting a cent's worth of power.
KIMBLE A. C., VARIABLE SPEED, REVERS¬
IBLE MOTORS cut off or reduce the current BEFORE
it is metered, not afterward.
They deliver MORE POWER for LESS MONEY
than is possible with the best of ordinary motors, and they
give you a degree of efficiency from alternating current that
is supposed to belong only to direct current.
THE RIGHT MOTOR FOR EACH MACHINE:
Variable speed, single phase, A. C., friction
drive, Y h. p. to Yz h. p. for jobbers.
Same type, belt drive, Y h. p. to 2 h. p. for
extra large jobbers or ponies.
Variable or constant speed, polyphase, A. C.,
up to 10 h. p. for cylinder presses, cut¬
ters, folders, linotypes, stitchers, etc.
All made specially for the printer and all
GUARANTEED FOR TWO YEARS
Send for our proposition. We take all the risk; but we KNOW
Kimble Electric Co.
1125 Washington Blvd. Chicago
No.
4
Box
Machine
This new model, like all
“Perfection” Stitchers,
is Simple, Strong,
Durable
BUILT IN TWO
SIZES AND THREE
STYLES
MANUFACTURED BY
The J. L. Morrison
Company
534 So. Dearborn St.
Chicago
New York Toronto
London
Every Printer should have
our Free Samples of
COMMENCEMENT
Programs, Invitations,
Diplomas, Class Pins
For 1911
The Samples are now ready for distribution and will be
sent PREPAID FREE upon request. These samples
will enable you to secure the orders from the GRADU¬
ATING CLASSES of the high schools, etc.
Send your request to-day, even though you do not
need the Samples until a later date, and we will reserve
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TABLE OF CONTENTS — MAY,
1911
PAGE
Advertisements, The Typography of — No. IV
(illustrated) . 212
Advertising Suggestion . 217
An Appeal to Reason (poem) . 215
A New Contest . 258
Apprentice Printers’ Technical Club — No.
VI (illustrated) . . • 225
Bookbinding :
Blank-book Binding — Continued . 257
Gold Leaf on Cover-stock . 258
Stamping Gold on Labels . 258
Book Review . 258
Business Notices:
Autoplate Company of America, The . 282
Booklet About Offset Inks, A . 283
Burrage Padding Glues, The . 283
Doubletone Inks and Ullmanines . 283
Expansion Plate-mounting System (illus¬
trated) . 282
Gould & Eberhardt Steel-plate Transfer
Press (illustrated) . 285
Loop, George W., Now with the Monotype
Company . 282
Matter of Matrices, In the . 284
Mechanical Chalk-relief Overlay Successful. 284
Megill Gages Positive Profit-makers . 283
Meisel Press & Manufacturing Company,
New Factory and Office Addition of. . . 283
Mills, Charles S., Out for Himself . 284
Montgomery Cylinder and Job Press Seats. 284
Morrison “ Perfection ” Wire-stitching Ma¬
chines for Paper-box Making . 283
Redington Counter Model “ D ” Infringed . 282
Regina Company Consolidation, The . 282
Tucker Feeder Company Moves . 282
Universal Saw-trimmer, Router and Jig¬
saw . 282
Can You Stand Sitting? . 244
Contributed Articles:
Apprentice Printers’ Technical Club — No.
VI (illustrated) . 225
Foreman’s Resourcefulness, A . 219
How Electric-lamp Labels Are Made . 211
Scientific Testing of Paper (illustrated)... 279
Time 1 . 218
Typography of Advertisements, The — No.
IV (illustrated) . 212
Words and Their Ways . 216
Work of the Estimator, The . 209
Correspondence :
April Cover-design of The Inland Printer 232
Mothers’ Day, Something About . 232
Question of “ Style,” The . 232
Voice from the Ranks, A . 233
Cost and Method :
Atchison Printers Organize Typothetas . 267
Cost-keeping for Lithographers and Printers 269
Getting Down to Business . 267
Hour Cost in Chicago, The . 268
Making Estimates on Small Jobs . 267
Modem Competition . 267
Prices for Facsimile Typewritten Letters. . 267
Questions About Cost Accounting . 268
Southeastern Cost Congress . 267
State Typothetse for Iowa . 267
That St. Louis Resolution . 270
Typesetting-machine Man Guest of B. F. C. 267
Wants to Know If There Is a Practical
Cost System for Country Plants . 268
Editor His Own Typesetter, The . 266
Editorial :
Cause of “ Bumps ” in the Printing Busi¬
ness . 222
Development of Esthetic Tastes . 222
Frederick W. Taylor . 222
Investigating Second-class Mail . 223
“Peanut” Thinker, The . 223
Printers Lax in Reading Technical Works. 222
Printers’ Opportunity for Advertising . 222
Road to Printorial Success, The . 223
Editors at Sea . 228
Fast Feeding on a Gordon Press . 255
Foreign Graphic Circles, Incidents in . 229
Foreman’s Resourcefulness, A . 219
Heredity . 234
How Electric-lamp Labels Are Made . 211
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Illustrations :
Advertising Suggestion . 210
A Full-flavored Smoke . 262
A Hot-weather Suggestion . 265
A Reminiscence — The Old-time Sub-starver 224
A Spring Idyll . 218
Blotter Set on the Linotype Machine . 219
“ From the Cool Side of the Well ” . 261
Lunch in a Canadian Lumber Camp . 259
“ Man-eating ” Cannibal . 260
“ Montserrat,” the Sacred Mountain of
Spain . 252
Printing-offices in the Small Cities . 270
Stevenson, A. G . 283
Ther ar 2 things I lilt in a Rooster . 220
International Printing Trade Bureau, The. . . 219
Inventor’s Substitute, An . 215
“ Is the Journeyman Interested in Cost Sys¬
tems? ” . 271
Job Composition:
Anger, Henry A . 241
Just His Luck . 239
King, Mrs. Maiy A., Dead . 258
Kinks :
Casting Angle-quads in a Stick (illus¬
trated) . 252
Color-printing on Silk . 250
Laying Out a Printing-office (illustrated) . 251
Layout for Upper Case (illustrated) . 251
Perforating Gummed Paper . 250
Printing on Glass . 250
Thumb-indexing a Book (illustrated) . 250
To Make Circle Quads (illustrated) . 252
To Reduce Gold and Aluminum Ink . 250
Literary Dispute, A . 217
Love’s Limit (poem) . 256
Machine Composition:
Canada to Have Linotypes and Typecasters
Duty Free . 259
Defective Combinations of Matrices . 260
Distribution Screws Cut Matrix Ears . 261
Distributor Troubles . 260
Dry Cleaning of Plungers Dangerous to
Health . 260
Electrically Heated Metal-pots . 259
Jaw Pawls . 262
Leaky Mouthpiece . 261
Line-o-type or Lin-o-type . 259
Metal . 259
New Catalogue of Border Matrices, A . 260
Pump Cam Shows Wear . 260
Recent Patents on Composing Machinery. . 263
To Linotype Beginners . 259
Trouble with Tabular-system Slugs . 261
New Employers’ Organization Conference. . . . 273
Newspaper Work:
Ad. -setting Contest No. 31 . 235
Aftermath of Contest No. 30 . 235
Another Little Ad. -setting Contest . 236
Boosting Home Merchants . 237
Changes of Ownership . 238
Deaths . 239
Easter and Automobile Edition, An . 235
Golden Anniversary Number, A . 237
Good Ad. Display (illustrated) . 237
How a Pied Form Was Replaced (illus¬
trated) . 237
Municipal Ownership of Newspapers . 235
Nebraska Illustrated Edition, A . 236
New English Paper in Shanghai . 236
New Publications . 238
Newspaper Criticisms . 238
Profitable Easter Edition . 236
Six Years on a Cash Basis . 236
Special Industrial Edition from Arkansas,
A . 235
Suspensions . 239
“ The Bugville Lemon ” . 235
The Seattle Times Is “ It ” . 238
Not Easy . 211
Old-time Printers Elect Officers . 263
Parting White and Blue . 217
“ Peanut ” Thinker, The . 223
Perfect Peace . 210
Portraiture by Typesetting Machine (illus¬
trated) . 263
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Pressroom :
Applying Gum to Printed Slips . 253
Danger to Health from Bronzing . 253
Offset Ink . 253
Oxygen as an Element in Printed Matter. . 254
Rollers Running Hot on a Rotary Press. . . 254
Rubber for Platen Press . 253
Tetrachlorid of Carbon as a Fire Extin¬
guisher . 253
Work-and-turn Job Smutting . 253
Wrapping Felt on a Roller . 254
Printers’ Errors . 266
Printers’ Homes:
Howard, J. R . 278
Maynard, Elwin M . 276
Rafter, Joseph J . 277
Process Engraving:
Chalk Plates . 264
Developing Albumen Prints on Zinc . 264
Half-tone Screen Patents . 264
Half-tones from Rough-surfaced Papers.... 265
Lead Intensifier . 265
New York Photoengravers’ Dinner . 266
Offset-press Transfers . 264
Photoengravers’ Union, No. 1 . 265
Silver-bath Troubles . 264
Progressive Southern Newspaper . 266
Proofroom :
As and So . 240
Repetition of Articles and of Prepositions. 239
Put on the Defensive . 228
? . 249
Queer Bookkeeper . 244
Question Box:
Baseball Posters . 255
Bronzing Troubles . 256
Correction, A . 256
Eliminating Electricity . 255
Hand-coloring Post-cards . 256
“ Johnson’s Patent Process ” . 256
Learning Journalism . 255
Printing-office Inventory . 255
Printing on Edge of Directory . 256
Roller-making Machinery . 255
Road to Printorial Success, The . 223
Scientific Testing of Paper (illustrated) .... 279
Second-class Mail, Investigating . 223
Sermons in Stones . 249
She Tried Them All . 244
Sign in Hotel in Goldroads, Arizona . 252
Specimen Review . 245
Stone and Wood . 218
The Little White Dog That Never Was
(poem) . 240
The Pessimist on Cost (poem) . 218
The Proofreader (poem) . 217
Time . 218
Trade Notes :
American Printer Now Mexican Insurrecto. 277
Doom of “ Shylocks ” at Bureau of Print-
1I1t3 .
Eclipse Electrotype & Engraving Company,
of Cleveland, Moves . 279
Engraving Company in Heavy Loss . 276
Following Lead of the Printers . 277
General Notes . 279
Goes to Eight-hour Day . 276
Gold Typo Button to Minister . 276
Magazine Tax Gets a Setback . 277
Marvelous Growth of a Dallas Concern.... 278
Morgan, J. P., Gets Printing Gem . 276
New Organization for Dubuque . 277
Pay Last Tribute to Percy Monroe . 277
Printers Defend Sears-Roebuek Company.. 278
Printer’s Error Proves Benefaction . 278
Printers’ Names to Be Carved on Library
Walls . 276
Raze Printing-office of 1777 . 277
Recent Incorporations . 279
Tampering with Hot Metal . 278
What Do You Care? . 234
Words and Their Ways . 216
Work of the Estimator, The . 209
“ Yo Ho and a Bottle of Rum ” . 244
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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.
PAGE
Acme Staple Co . 202
Advertisers’ Electrotyping Co . 30i
Albemarle Paper Mfg. Co . 190
American Electrotype Co . 202
American Numbering Machine Co . 297
American Pressman . 318
American Printer . 306
American Shading Machine Co . 292
American Steel & Copper Plate Co . 292
American Type Founders Co . 297
Anderson, C. F., & Co . 202
Ault & Wiborg Co . 176
Auto Falcon & Waite Die Press Co . 197
Automatic Letter Machine Co . 195
Autopress Co . 204-205
B. & A. Machine Works . 289
Babcock Printing Press Mtg. Co . 167
Barnhart Bros. & Spindler . 167
Barton Mfg. Co . 291
Beck, Charles, Co . 198
Beckett Paper Co . 193
Bingham’s, Sam’l, Son Mfg. Co . 166
Blaek-Clawson Co . 290
Blatchford, E. W., Co . 292
Boston Printing Press & Machinery Co . 295
Brangs & Heinrich . 184
British Printer . 29u
Brown Folding Machine Co . 201
Burton’s, A. G., & Son . 186
Butler, J. W., Paper Co . 161
Cabot, Godfrey L . 292
Calculagraph Co . 178
Carver, C. R., Co . 296
Central Ohio Paper Co . 291
Challenge Machinery Co . 195
Chambers Bros. Co . 194
Chandler & Price Co . 203
Chicago Lino-Tabler Co . 287
Chicago Roller Co . 309
Christensen Machine Co . 295
Cleveland Folding Machine Co . 180
Coes, Loring, & Co . 175
Colonial Co . 291
Commercial Sales & Mfg. Co.' . 306
Cottrell, C. B., & Sons Co . 208
Cramer, G., Dry Plate Co . 291
Crane, Z..& W. M . 303
Crocker-McElwain Co . 315
Dennison Mfg. Co . 188
Detroit Sulphite Pulp & Paper Co . 198
Deutscher Buch- und Steindrucker . 318
Dewey, F. E. & B. A . 304
Dexter Folder Co . 170-171
Dick, Rev. Robert, Estate . 194
Dinse, Page & Co . 198
Driscoll & Fletcher . 291
Durant, W. N., Co . 290
Eagle Printing Ink Co . 295
Electrical Testing Laboratories . 291
Elliott Co . 302
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Franklin Co . 199
Fieie Kiinste . 318
Freund, Wm., & Sons . 309
Fuller, E. C., Co . 174
Furman, James H . 286, 288
General Electric Co . 292
Globe Engraving & Electrotype Co . 179
Golding Mfg. Co . 180
Goss Printing Press Co . 185
Gould & Eberhardt . 182
Graphic Arts . 312
Hamilton Mfg. Co . 196
Handy Press Co . 190
Harris Automatic Press Co . 165
Ilellmuth, Charles . 300
Hempel, H. A . 194
Herrick Press . 290
Hexagon Tool Co . 207
Hiekok, W. O., Mfg. Co . 300
Hoe. R.. & Co . 187
Iloole Machine & Engraving Works . 178
Horgan, S. H . 306
Inland Stationer . 312
I. T. U. Commission . 314
.Jaenecke Printing Ink Co . 305
Johnson, J. Frank . 290
•Juengst, Geo., & Sons . 176
Juergens Bros. Co . 183
Justrite Mfg. Co . 202
ICast & Ehinger . 300
Kavmor Automatic Press Co . 169
Keystone Type Foundry . Insert
Kidder Press Co . 298
Kimble Electric Co . 307
Knowlton Bros . 162
Ivreiter, Louis, & Co . 300
Lanston Monotype Machine Co . 163
Latham Machinery Co . 173
Levej% Fred’k H., Co . 183
Logemann Bros. Co . 294
Mayer, Robert, & Co . 181
Mechanical Appliance Co . 296
Megill, E. L . 289
Meisel Press & Mfg. Co . 307
Mergenthaler Linotype Co . Cover
Miehle Printing Press & Mfg. Co . Cover
Miller Saw-Trimmer Co . 206
Mittag & Volger . 292
Monitor Controller Co . 291
Montgomery Bros. Co . 192
Morrison, J. L., Co . 308
Murray Engraving Co . 308
National C'olortype Co . 308
National Electrotype Co . 296
National Lithographer . 318
National Machine Co . 301
National Printer Journalist . 312
National Printing Machinery Co . 310
National Steel & Copper Plate Co . 292
Norwich Film . 316
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Nossel, Frank . 182
Oswego Machine Works . 172
Paper Dealer . 290
Parker, Thomas & Tucker Paper Co . 297
Parsons Trading Co . 181
Peerless Electric Co . 30b
Peerless Printing Press Co . 191
Printer and Publisher . 313
Printing Art . 316
l’rocess Engravers’ Monthly . 318
Queen City Printing Ink Co . 168
Redington. F. B.. Co . 304
Regina Co . 311
Review Printing & Embossing Co . 294
Richmond Electric Co . 304
Rising, B. D., Paper Co . 304
Robbins & Myers Co . 316
Roberts Numbering Machine Co . 301
Rouse, H. B., & Co . 191
Rowe, James . 186
Ruxton, Philip . 168
Scott, Walter, & Co . 177
Seybold Machine Co . 164
Shepard, Henrv O., Co . Insert, 291, 317
Sheridan, T. W. & C. B., Co . 200
Shniedewend, Paul, & Co . 183
Shuman. Frank G . 300
Sprague Electric Co . 179
Star Engravers’ Supply Co . 292
Star Tool Mfg. Co . 181
Stauder. A., & Co . 306
Stiles, Chas. L . 291
Sullivan Machinery Co . 289
Swigart Paper Co . 320
Swink Printing Press Co . 207
Tareolin . 292
Tatum, Sam’l C., Co . 298
Thalmann Printing Ink Co . 186
Triumph Electric Co . 207
Ullman, Sigmund, Co . Cover
United Printing Machinery Co . 184
Universal Automatic Type-casting Machine Co. 190
Van Allens & Boughton . 299
I an Bibber Roller Co . , . 291
Van der Byl, P. H . 289
Wanner, A. F., & Co . 294
Wanner Machinery Co . 307
Want Advertisements . ' 286
Warren, S. D., & Co . 293
Watzelhan & Speyer . 182
Western States Envelope Co . 309
Westing-house Electric & Mfg. Co . 306
West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co . 20S
White, James, Paper Co . 295
Whitfield Carbon Paper Works . 291
Whitlock Printing Press Mfg. Co . 189
Wiggins, John B., Co . ITS
Williams Bros. Co . 292
Wing, Chauneey . 297
Wire Loop Mfg. Co . 291
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DISTRIBUTORS OF “BUTLER BRANDS'
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ESTABLISHED
1844
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JUN 8> 1911
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. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
. Kansas City, Missouri
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. Grand Rapids, Michigan
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(Export only)
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identified with the printing trade or allied industries,
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THE KEY PLATE TCQtHIS^ILL APPEAR IN AT LEAST ONE OF
THE PRINTING TRA^yC)UR^LS SEPTEMBER, 1911.
If you figure out fore THEN the correct wording of this page, it
will give you a tremigtidous advantage.
For youngi&fance, r I I I I I INI I I is SPEEDLIMIT,when
properly fillelFin.
Address, SPEEDLIMIT INK DEPARTMENT
The Queen City Printing Ink Co.
1925 South Street, CINCINNATI, OHIO
Sheridan’s New Model
Automatic Clamp— Improved— Up to Date
Write for Particulars, Prices and Terms
T. W. & C. B. SHERIDAN CO.
Manufacturers of Paper Cutters, Book Trimmers, Die Presses, Embossers, Smashers,
Inkers, and a complete line of Printers’ and Bookbinders’ Machinery
NEW YORK ... 56 Duane Street
CHICAGO . . 17 So. Franklin Street
LONDON . . 65-69 Mount Pleasant
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The Seybold 20th Century
Automatic Cutting Machine
SEYBOLD PATENTS
REAR SIDE VIEW — 38-in., 44-in. and 50-in. Sizes.
The above illustration affords an excellent idea of the Automatic Clamp Friction
Device, one of the many original Seybold construction features contained in the Twentieth
Century Cutter. Extending, as it does, the full width of the machine and driving both
ends of the clamp simultaneously from a central position, absolutely uniform pressure
throughout the entire surface of the clamp is assured and guaranteed.
Simple and convenient provision for adjusting the friction device and regulating the
clamping pressure to meet actual requirements, is an incidental but desirable feature.
Please ask lor our little booklet "Testimony1’* and full particulars.
THE SEYBOLD MACHINE CO.
Makers of Highest Grade Machinery for Bookbinders , Printers, Lithographers, Paper Mills,
Paper Houses, Paper-Box Makers, etc.
Embracing — Cutting Machines, in a great variety of styles and sizes, Book Trimmers, Die-Cutting Presses, Rotary
Board Cutters, Table Shears, Corner Cutters, Knife Grinders, Book Compressors, Book Smashers,
Standing Presses, Backing Machines, Bench Stampers; a complete line of Embossing
Machines equipped with and without mechanical Inking and Feeding devices.
Home Office and Factory, DAYTON, OHIO, U. S. A.
BRANCHES : New York, 70 Duane Street; Chicago, 426 S. Dearborn Street.
AGENCIES : J. H. Schroeter & Bro., Atlanta, Ga.; J. L. Morrison Co., Toronto, Ont.; Toronto Type Foundry Co., Ltd., Winnipeg, Man.;
Keystone Type Foundry of California, 638 Mission St., San- Francisco, Cal.
Barnhart Type Foundry Co., 258 Commerce St., Dallas, Tex.
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improvements at no cost to them.
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DEPARTMENT COES WRENCH CO.
WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.
New York Office — W. E. ROBBINS, 21 Murray Street
Phone, 6866 Barclay
COES RECORDS
First to use Micrometer in Knife work .....
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First to use special steels for paper work ....
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THE HIGH SPEED OSWEGO
AUTOMATIC CLAMP
Making 27 cuts a minute, is another one of the BROWN & CARVER line that has a
reliable clamp, and cuts fast and accurately
OSWEGO MACHINE WORKS
OSWEGO NEW YORK
OSWEGO W'inCH'
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This pictures only one of the ninety sizes and styles of cutters that are made at Oswego as
a specialty. Each Oswego-made Cutter, from the little 16-inch Oswego Bench Cutter up to the
large 7-ton Brown & Carver Automatic Clamp Cutter, has at least three points of excellence on
Oswego Cutters only. Ask about the Vertical Stroke Attachments for cutting shapes.
It will give us pleasure to receive your request for our new book No. 8, containing valuable
suggestions derived from over a third of a century’s experience making cutting machines exclusively.
Won’t you give us that pleasure ?
OSWEGO MACHINE WORKS
NIEL GRAY, Jr., Proprietor
OSWEGO, N. Y.
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THE BABCOCK PRINTING PRESS MANUFACTURING CO., NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT
Njw York Office, 38 Park Row. John Haddon & Co., Agents, London. Miller & Richard, Canadian Agents, Toronto, Ontario.
BARNHART BROS. & SPINDLER, WESTERN AGENTS, 168-172 WEST MONROE ST., CHICAGO
Great Western Type Foundry. Kansas City, Missouri: Great Western Type Foundry, Omaha, Nebraska: Minnesota Type Foundry Co., St. Paul, Minnesota : St.
Louis Printers Supply Co., St. Louis, Missouri: Southern Printers Supply Co., Washington, District Columbia: The Barnhart Type Foundry Co., Dallas, Texas;
National Paper & Type Co. , City of Mexico, VeraCruz, Monterrey, and Havana, Cuba. On the Pacific Coast — Pacific Printers Supply Company, Seattle, Wash.
The Babcock Optimus
The Babcock Optimus
The faults of the four-track arrangement bar it from
the Optimus. Every four-track press we ever saw gut¬
ters on heavy work. The Optimus is the only two- revo¬
lution that does not gutter no matter what the form.
Presses gutter be¬
cause they are weak.
Though not always
done, it is not very
difficult to make the
cylinder and its sup¬
ports sufficiently
strong. The bed sup¬
port is the real prob¬
lem, wherein the
tracks figure impor¬
tantly. Only the Op¬
timus has solved it.
One need not go
far to find an old Op¬
timus that today is
doing better work on
heavy forms than
any other press made
much later, and sup¬
posedly especially to
meet the condition.
The reason is in the
perfection of the Optimus bed supports. These are,
mainly, the heaviest and strongest impression girt in
use, and six tracks better calculated to enforce and
maintain rigidity than any others.
At no other point in the press is equality of bearing
of more vital concern than in the tracks. The usual
practice is the use of four tracks, each as long as the
full travel of the bed. It is impossible to accurately ad¬
just these tracks to compensate for wear. The middle
tracks wear faster than those outside; even if little, it
is enough to make trouble for the form and add time
to make-ready. As the wear cannot be corrected it
must grow worse. The condition is always aggravated
by a weak center-girt, and guttering is set up to ruin
forms and degrade work.
All Optimus presses, except ponies, have six tracks
under impression line — two long roller tracks and four
short wheel tracks. Each wheel track contains three
five-inch wheels, each wheel almost instantly adjustable;
and the two long tracks are more quickly and effect¬
ively corrected for wear than if they were a part of a
four-track device. The steel used is of our own special
analysis, a high
grade, best for the
purpose quality that
gives stubborn resist¬
ance to wear in this
trying service. There
is nothing better to
be used; it fits the
duty exactly.
The wheel track is
far more durable
than the same length
of roller track, and
will retain adjust¬
ment longer. The
wheels have three
times the wearing
surface of a straight
track as long as their
diameters. Three
wheels five inches in
diameter are equiva¬
lent to a track four
feet long. Four feet of straight track cannot be con¬
centrated under the impression line; but it is easily
possible to place at this point of intense strain a track
of wheels having four feet of track surface on their
circumferences. Why a wheel track is more durable
than any other device is quickly seen. In fact, the
advantage of wheels for this purpose has been recog¬
nized at all times by press builders; but the difficulty
in their use has been lack of accurate adjustment,
and this we have successfully accomplished, positively,
quickly, and simply.
The massive impression girt and the six patented
tracks, in conjunction with details of construction cal¬
culated to render all of supreme rigidity, give the Opti¬
mus a six-track support of sturdy structural integrity,
wholly unique in its matchless strength. The machine
is beyond the weakness of guttering, and does not grow
old as others do.
Tracks and Impression Girt of Optimus Press
The Babcock Optimus
SET IN AUTHORS ROMAN
ELAPSED TIME
is what you buy from your employees. Do you know that
you get what you pay them for ?
ELAPSED TIME
enters into every operation of every product of your plant.
Do you know what it costs you?
Knowledge — accurate information — not someone’s
guess — of the Elapsed Time you receive and distribute
will enable you to stop leaks, increase production without
an increase of expense, and enlarge your profits.
THE GALCULAGRAPH
records Elapsed Time. It also records the time-of-day,
but that is of lesser importance.
Ask for our booklet, “Accurate Cost Records” — •
it’s free.
Calculagraph Company 1wn™ York cinf",e
ACCURACY AND SPEED
is a combination in wire
stitchers to be found only in
“BREHMER” machines.
SIMPLICITY of con¬
struction explains the
small cost of renewal
parts.
WRITE OUR
“SERVICE
BUREAU”
Over 30,000 in use
No. 33. For Booklet and other Genera)
Printers’ Stitching.
No. 58, For heavier work up to %-inch. Can be fitted with
special gauge for Calendar Work.
CHARLES BECK COMPANY
609 CHESTNUT STREET
PHILADELPHIA
334
LATHAM MACHINERY COMPANY
306-312 So. Canal Street, CHICAGO
NEW YORK, 8 Reade Street BOSTON, 220 Devonshire Street
Are You Thinking of
Bindery?
Installing a
Monitor Rotary Creasing and Scoring
Machine.
Monitor Standard Foot-Power Perforator.
Let Latham Figure
with You
Complete Bindery
Outfits
Write for Estimates
Wire Stitchers Perforators
Punching Machines
Box Stitchers
Paging and Numbering Machines
Embossers
Standing Presses
Creasers
Job Backers Table Shears
etc., etc.
Thirty Thousand Pounds of Type
Nuernberger-Rettig Typecaster
For One Chicago Printery was cast by
them on one NUERNBERGER-RETTIG
TYPE-CASTING MACHINE. Most of
the above was small sizes and was old
foundry type recast.
What was it worth as old metal ?
What is it worth as new usable type, equal to
foundry quality ?
WHY NOT RECAST YOUR DEAD TYPE INTO
TYPE SPACES— QUADS— LOGOS— BORDERS
SIX TO FORTY-EIGHT POINT
SEND FOR SAMPLES
COMPOSITYPE MATS CAN BE USED
Universal Automatic Type-Casting
Machine Company
321-323 North Sheldon Street
CHICAGO
335
Samsf} Slriigpr
WRITES WELL
RULES WELL
ERASES WELL
To those who desire a high-grade ledger at
a moderate price, we recommend DANISH
LEDGER. Send for new sample-book.
LIST OF AGENTS
Miller & Wright Paper Co., New York City
Donaldson Paper Co., Harrisburg, Pa.
The R. H. Thompson Co., Buffalo, New York.
O. W. Bradley Paper Co., St. Louis, Mo.
Tileston & Livermore Co., Boston, Mass.
B. F. Bond Paper Co., Baltimore, Md.
Crescent Paper Co., Indianapolis, Ind.
The Chope Stevens Paper Co., Detroit, Mich.
Wilkinson Brothers & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
The Hudson Valley Paper Co., Albany, N. Y
MANUFACTURED BY
B. D. RISING PAPER CO.
HOUSATONIC, BERKSHIRE COUNTY,
MASSACHUSETTS.
Sell Your Waste Paper
to
the Mills
Write for full particulars
The Handy Press Co.
251-263 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
is the greatest little money-maker for retailers ever devised.
It bales your waste quickly, easily, economically. An
office boy can operate it.
It is built of the best kiln-dried maple, natural finish.
Makes a bale weighing from 100 to 750 lbs. Perfectly
easy to remove bale. Press occupies minimum floor space.
Made in five sizes, $40, $50, $65, $75 and $85.
They want it,
and are willing to
pay a good price
for it.
Selling waste
paper is 100%
profit. It costs you
nothing and brings
you enough to
practically pay
your rent.
“The Handy” Paper Baling Press
STEEL PLATE TRANSFER PRESS
For Transferring Impressions from Hardened Steel Plates or Rolls
USED BY THE FOLLOWING CONCERNS
Bureau of Engraving & Printing, Washington - 20 Machines
American Bank Note Co., New York 12
John A. Lowell Bank Note Co., Boston - 1
Western Bank Note Co., Chicago - - - 2
Thos. MacDonald, Genoa - -- -- - 2“
E. A. Wright Bank Note Co., Philadelphia 1 “
Richter & Co., Naples . 1 *'
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ST. LOUIS BUFFALO PHILADELPHIA
MINNEAPOLIS SAN FRANCISCO
TORONTO HAVANA ClTYor MEXICO
BUENOS AIRES PARIS LONDON
The Greatest Newspaper Press
Ever Built
Go and see this new machine in operation in the new plant of
THE WORCESTER TELEGRAM
WORCESTER, MASS.
you have no idea how fine a newspaper press can be built until you have inspected the new
SCOTT “Multi - Unit ” PRESS
SCOTT “MULTI-UNIT” DOUBLE-QUADRUPLE COMBINATION OCTUPLE PRESS
THE SACRAMENTO BEE
SACRAMENTO, CAL.
after a 15 months’ thorough investigation of every make and style of newspaper press, and after watching
every run of the WORCESTER TELEGRAM for a week, placed their order with us for a duplicate.
Mr. V. S. McClatchy, the publisher (who is also a director of the Associated Press) and Mr.W. H. James,
the business manager, who inspected the press, stated that it is the most perfectly designed, most carefully
and accurately constructed, and finest newspaper press built.
SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULARS, DETAILS, ETC., OF THIS NEW MACHINE TO
WALTER SCOTT & COMPANY
DAVID J. SCOTT, General Manager
PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, U. S. A.
NEW YORK OFFICE, 41 Park Row CHICAGO OFFICE, Monadnock Block
3-2
337
New Ideas in Attractive
Advertising
The printer should examine this big line of BLOTTING
PAPERS.
The WORLD, HOLLYWOOD and RELIANCE suggest
big advertising possibilities.
VIENNA MOIRE (in colors) and Plate Finish, the acme
of art basis.
Our DIRECTOIRE, a novelty of exquisite patterns.
ALBEMARLE
HALF-TONE BLOTTING
a new creation, having surface for half-tone or color process
printing and lithographing. Made in white and five colors.
Samples of our entire line will be mailed upon request.
The Albemarle Paper Mfg. Co.
Makers of Blotting Richmond, Virginia
Edwards, Dunlop & Co., Ltd., Sydney and Brisbane, Sole Agents for Australia
We Manufacture
Printers’ Roller
Machinery
on the basis of knowing the actual
requirements of to-day. If you con¬
template installing a plant, large or
small, we want to figure with you.
Our New System
will interest you, and, mark you — -at
the right prices.
Our machinery embraces improvements
on weak features of others — therefore,
the life and satisfactory service of Roller¬
making Machinery depends upon how
built.
We also build and design special
machinery. We carry, ready for quick
shipment, repair parts for the Geo. P.
Gordon Presses.
Louis Kreiter & Company
313 South Clinton Street : Chicago, Ill.
The HEXAGON
Universal Saw and Trimmer with Router and
Jig Saw Attachment Makes
a Complete Machine
A CIRCULAR SAW
and Trimmer with
gauge from 1 to 50
picas and our linotype slug
holder to cut plates, fur¬
niture, rules and linotype
slugs to accurate point
measure.
A Jig Saw for inside mor¬
tises for insertions and all
regular sawing.
A Radial Arm Router for
routing out plates for color
work and cutting out high
parts of electrotypes.
A Beveling Attachment
for beveling plates on edges
for tacks and patent plate
hooks or undercut bevel.
Furnished as individual
machines or in a complete
combination the attachments of which are readily and quickly
taken off or swung to one side, enabling the printer to do many
kinds of work.
Our confidence in this machine is so great that w are prepared
to give you a thirty days' free trial. If at the end of that
time you are not fully satisfied with it, you can return it at
our expense. Send for booklet.
HEXAGON TOOL COMPANY
NEW YORK: 321 Pearl St.
DOVER, N. H.
CHICAGO: 1241 State St.
A Special Motor for Every
Machine in Your Print-Shop
Our “ STANDARD ” Motors are now being used with
great success on Linotype machines, presses, cutters, binders,
staplers and similar machines.
Hundreds of printers have secured more efficient power serv¬
ice and at a much lower cost by installing
We have specialized on small motors — A to 15 horse-power
— for more than 16 years. The entire output of our big factory
is centered on this type of motors, making it possible to quote
the lowest prices consistent with superior quality. We carry
a big stock of“STANDARD” Motors and can fill rush orders
with dispatch from our big factory or our eight branch houses.
Special booklet on ‘ STANDARD” Motors will be sent you for the asking.
IV rite for it.
The Robbins & Myers Co.
Factory and General Offices :
1325 Lagonda Avenue
Springfield, Ohio
BRANCHES:
New York, 145 Chambers
street; Chicago, 320 Monad-
nock block ; Philadelphia,
1109 Arch street; Boston,
176 Federal street; Cleve¬
land, 1408 West Third street,
N. W. ; New Orleans, 312
Carondelet street ; St. Louis,
1120 Pine street; Kansas
City, 930 Wyandotte street.
338
R. HOE & CO., 504-520 Grand Street, New York City
7 Water St 143 Dearborn St. 160 St. James St. 109-112 Borough Road 8 Rue de Chateaudun
Boston, Mass. Chicago, Ill. Montreal, Can. London, S. E., Eng. Paris, France
OFFSET PRINTING
AND THE
HOE ROTARY OFFSET PRESS
SUITED FOR ANY MAKE OF AUTOMATIC FEEDER
/^AFFSET printing is the newest product of the printer, and the Hoe
^ Rotary Offset Press is, like all other Hoe machines, the finest product
of the manufacturer’s skill in meeting the printer’s demands. This we can
prove to you, and that it will produce more and better work at less cost
than any other machine of the kind made.
You Take No Risk with a Hoe
339
CROSS
Continuous Feeders
They Run While You Load
The number of machines sold in 1910 was twice the record of
sales in 1909 and sixty per cent, were REPEAT orders — from
those who were already users and who knew their value. This
tells the efficiency story.
Presses and folders are fed economically by Cross Continuous
Feeders because of their ready adjustment to size changes and their
adaptability to all kinds of stock.
Write us for Booklet
Dexter Folder Company
200 Fifth Avenue 431 South Dearborn Street Fifth and Chestnut Streets
NEW YORK CHICAGO PHILADELPHIA
Brintnall & Bickford, 568 Howard Street
SAN FRANCISCO
185 Summer Street Dodson Printers’ Supply Co. The J. L. Morrison Co.
BOSTON ATLANTA, GA. TORONTO, CANADA
340
A PROFIT-PRODUCER
Catalog Book
Parallel Folder
Twenty-three distinct forms — 6 to 32 pages — including Right Angle,
Parallel and Oblong work — can be folded on this machine.
You can take bindery business “as it comes” and keep a No. 290 Type
of Folder busy all its time. When your special types of machines are
overloaded, the No. 290 will help them — its Profit-making time is all
the time.
W rite us for Booklet
Dexter Folder Company
200 Fifth Avenue
NEW YORK
185 Summer Street
BOSTON
Dodson's Printers Supply Co.
ATLANTA, GA.
431 South Dearborn Street Fifth and Chestnut Streets
CHICAGO PHILADELPHIA
Brintnall & Biekford, 568 Howard Street
SAN FRANCISCO
T. W. & C. B. Sheridan The J. L. Morrison Company
LONDON, ENG. TORONTO, CANADA
341
Hand
Bundling
Press
• Write for
Prices
HICKOK
Paper- Ruling Machines
Ruling Pens
‘Bookbinders ’ Machinery
The W. O. HICKOK MFG. CO.
HARRISBURG, PA., U. S. A.
Established 1844 Incorporated 1886
Every Printer should have
our Free Samples of
COMMENCEMENT
Programs, Invitations,
Diplomas, Class Pins
For* 1911
The Samples are now ready for distribution and will be
\ sent PREPAID FREE upon request. These samples
will enable you to secure the orders from the GRADU¬
ATING CLASSES of the high schools, etc.
Send your request to-day, even though you do not
need the Samples until a later date, and we will reserve
a set for you.
CALENDARS Advertising Purposes
Here is the opportunity you are looking for. It will
increase your earnings. Your Advertising Merchant will
buy if you show him our samples, because they are care¬
fully designed for advertising purposes. NOW is the time
to solicit Calendar business. Write for our Proposition
if interested.
Suit Dismissed
The United States Circuit Court for
the Southern District of New York
dismissed the suit instituted against
Watzelhan & Speyer, representing the
Mechanical Chalk Relief
Overlay Process
for alleged infringement of the Gilbert,
Harris Co.’s metallic overlay, rendering
decision decidedly against the Gilbert,
H arris Co.
The Mechanical Chalk Relief Over¬
lay Process now stands pre-eminent over
all known overlay methods, both hand
and mechanical.
For Further Information, Samples, Etc., Address
WATZELHAN SPEYER
183 William St., New York
As to the value of other things,
most men differ. Concerning the
Anderson Bundling Press
all have the same opinion.
The high pressure produced and the ease of obtaining it, is ONE reason
why so many ANDERSON BUNDLING PRESSES are used. Many
binderies have from two to twelve.
= = Write for List of Users in your locality =
C. F. ANDERSON & CO. 394-398 Clark St, CHICAGO
342
PRODUCES MORE WORK THAN FIVE JOBBERS.
The Kavmor Automatic Press Company
Office and Showrooms, 346 Broadway, New York
Western Agency — JOHN C. LASSEN, Monadnock Building, Chicago, III. Eastern Agency — RICHARD PRESTON, 167 Oliver St., Boston, Mass.
Southern and Southwestern Agency — DODSON PRINTERS* SUPPLY CO., Atlanta, Ga.
Canadian Agents — MILLER & RICHARD, Toronto, Can. Pacific Coast Agents — BRINTNALL & BICKFORD, San Francisco, Cal.
Flat
Type
Forms
Electros
not
necessary
Ordinary
Flat
Electros
when desired
(not curved)
Perfect
Registry
Requires only
two horse¬
power.
Requires no
machinist
Short runs
handled
quickly
Self-
Feeding
Self-
Delivering
Less
Wages
Less
Waste
Inking
Distribution
unsurpassed
Costs no more
to operate.
The Feeder Question Solved
r— ► THE KAVMOR < - 1
High-speed Automatic Platen Press
Built in Two Sizes, 11x17 and 14x20.
FEEDS, PRINTS and DELIVERS all grades of paper from French Folio to Boxboard
at speeds up to
5,000 Impressions per Hour !
343
THE GOLDING ART JOBBER
Sizes 12 x 18 and 15 x 21 inside chase
PRINTERS, users of this style of the Golding
Jobber, tell us the press will give a daily,
weekly or monthly average product of high-
grade work — k? greater than the best other platen
press of our contemporaries.
The Golding Art Jobber’s increased product alone
pays for the press in a year’s time. They are actually
the best investment in the line of job presses on
the market.
Our booklet, “For the Man Who Pays,” should
be read by every printer interested in the question
of Cost and Profit. It is free — ask us for a copy.
is made in four sizes and
MANUFACTURED AND FOR SALE BY
GOLDING MANUFACTURING CO., FRANKLIN, MASS.
PEARL PRESS .*. OFFICIAL PRESS .'. GOLDING AND PEARL PAPER CUTTERS TOOLS, ETC.
The Golding Jobber
three styles.
Art Jobbers — April Sales —
Styles Nos. 18 and 21
1 P. L. Abbey Co., Detroit, Mich.
2 Cleveland-Akron Bag Co., Cleveland, Ohio,
i F. H. Brown & Co., Greenfield, Mass.
i F. W. Gourlay, Athol. Mass,
i Boston Rubber Shoe Co., Boston, Mass,
i H. C. Miner Litho. Co., New York, N. Y.
1 International Ticket Co., Boston, Mass.
2 McMillan Ptg. Co., Monroe, Mich.
2 W. L. Packard, Geneva, N. Y.
i J. C. Hall, Providence, R. I.
i Jno. M. Betsch, Dayton, Ohio,
i Attleboro Press, Attleboro, Mass.
J W. F. Caldwell, Piqua, Ohio,
i Arthur A. Allen, Greenfield, Mass,
i Interstate Ptg. Co., St. Louis, Mo.
3 Hailman Ptg. Co., Kansas City, Mo.
i Ocean Grove Times, Ocean Grove, N. J.
i H. E. Wright, Chicago, Ill.
i Langston Press, Chicago, Ill.
i North Chicago Ptg. House, Chicago, Ill.
i Miller & Richard, Hamilton, Ont.
i Miller & Richard, Toronto, Ont.
i Gintzler Ptg. Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
i American Brake Co., St. Louis, Mo.
1 Review Ptg. & Emb. Co., Chicago, Ill.
2 Thompson-White Co., Chicago, Ill.
i Daniels Ptg. Co., Boston, Mass.
“Globetypes”
Halftones and Electros From Halftones
The evidence of a 400-line “ Globetype” (160,000 dots to the square inch) the halftone and
electro printed on the same sheet for comparison, is yours for the asking.
701-721 South Dearborn Street ,
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We make designs, drawings, halftones, zinc etchings, wood and wax engravings, copper, nickel and
steel electrotypes — but we do no printing. Our scale of prices is the most complete, comprehen¬
sive and consistent ever issued. With it on your desk the necessity for correspondence is prac¬
tically eliminated.
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PRICE $4,000
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MONTHLY BULLETINS
1906-1907.
REFERENCE BOOKS.
Encyclopedias. Directories. Guide Books. Atlases.
Anthologies. Quotations.
Dictionaries.
Each year the Library adds many handbooks, annuals, and other
works of a similar character, but most of them are not entered here
because they are serial publications. They are, however, valuable addi¬
tions to the year's literature. Most of the titles of such works will be
found in the List of Periodical Publications currently received (1903).
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1899, and George Charles William¬
son. 1858-
Cities of northern Italy. Boston, 1906.
2v. Portraits. Plates. [Travel lovers’
library.] 2769.120
Contents. — i. Milan. 2. Verona. — Padua. —
Bologna. — Ravenr.a.
A guide-book dealing with the art of the cities.
American directory, The, of the hosiery
and knit goods manufacturers of the
United States and Canada, with mill-
towns, selling agents, jobbers . . .
Compiled by the Textile World Rec¬
ord. 24th year. 1906. Boston, 1906.
Illus. Maps. *80393.121
Annuaire des gens de lettres et des dessi-
nateurs, 1905. TParis, 1905.] Por¬
traits. *26393.128
Automobile Official A. A. A. 1906 Blue
Book, The. A touring guide to the
best and most popular routes in the
eastern and northern states, with a
Canadian section. New York, 1906.
Illus. Maps. *2386.63
Baedeker, Carl.
Great Britain. Handbook for travellers.
6th edition. Leipzig, 1906. Maps.
Plans. = B.H.Ref.273.2i(246ga.i66)
Palestine and Syria. Handbook for
travelers. 4th edition. Leipzig, 1906.
Plates. Maps.
B.H. Ref. 273.1 (*50493.123)
Southern France including Corsica.
Handbook for travellers. 5th edition.
Leipzig, 1907. Maps. Plans.
26398.29
Southern Germany (Wurtemburg and
Bavaria). Handbook for travellers,
loth edition. Leipzig, 1907. Maps.
Plans. B.H.Ref.2 73. 15 (2839.81)
Bailey, Liberty Hyde, editor.
Cyclopedia of American agriculture.
Vol. 1. New York, 1907. Illus. Por¬
traits. Maps. Plans.
B.H. Ref. 82. 8 (*399 1. 1 80)
Bailey, Liberty Hyde, and Wilhelm Mil¬
ler.
Cyclopedia of American horticulture.
4th edition. New York, 1906. 6 v.
Illus. Portraits. Maps. Plans.
B.H.Ref.452.6(*5983.i 1)
Bancroft, W. B.
Bancroft’s Americans’ guide to London
and the places thereabouts . . . Lon¬
don, 1906. Illus. 24998.184
Betchel, John Hendricks.
Proverbs. Maxims and phrases drawn
from all lands and times. Philadel¬
phia, 1906. 62598.64
Boston Medical Publishing Company.
Medical directory of Greater Boston.
Boston, 1906.
B.H. Centre Desk(*3786.76)
Bouillet, Marie Nicolas.
Dictionnaire universel d’histoire et de
geographic . . . Refondu sous la di¬
rection de L.-G. Gourraigne. 32e
edition. Paris, 1901.
B.H. Ref. 223. 4 (*7385. 45)
A dictionary of history, biography, mythology
and geography.
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DIAMONDS AND JEWELRY AT BUYERS’ PRICES
The grandeur, the magnificence and the surprisingly great variety of the hun¬
dreds upon hundreds of beautiful gems justly entitle this establishment to its world¬
wide fame as the greatest diamond house in America. We import the finest diamonds
from the cutters on the Continent, mount them in our own shops on the premises,
and sell direct to our patrons at importer’s prices. Our prices range from $10.00
up to $10,000.
NOTE THIS EXTRAORDINARY OFFER
Ladies’ extra large white diamond in platinum tipped gold mounting. Three- tftQp' /"V
eighth karat pure white stone, absolutely flawless and guaranteed. Sale price
GRAND, THOMPSON & COMPANY
38 CENTRAL SQUARE, NEW YORK CITY
Phone, 1896 Madison
All Stones Warranted
JOHN SELBY, President JAMES NALLY, Treasurer
WARREN MACHINERY COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
PRESSES, STEEL CHASES, WRENCHES
DIES AND BRASS GALLEYS
the machinery 1283-1285 Willow Avenue
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Central Mining Company
Main Office, Fox Building
NEW YORK
H. WILTSE,
Chief Accountant
Leading Mines
ILLINOIS, INDIANA
TERMS
Cash Thirty
JOSEPH M. DRUCKEMILLER
IMPORTER OF
LACES AND FINE WOOLENS
249 Sinclair Avenue
Days 1468
TELEPHONES
and 1469 Springfield
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PRICE, $3,500
MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY
TRIBUNE BUILDING, NEW YORK
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all magazines.
Water cooled mold disk.
Universal ejector for all bodies and measures.
Faces, 5 point to 42 point.
All Bodies, 5 point to 36 point.
All Measures, 4 ems to 30 ems.
All fonts of matrices made by this company will
run, without change, in any magazine.
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Press -Tester
WISE up to this, fellows — just because I haven't made a big "noise’ about ink distribution, don’t think for a minute that
the STONEMETZ is weak on the ink stuff — no, siree! You old stagers at the game know from experience that to print
right, a press must have the distribution, and take it from me right here, there’s none of ’em got anything on the STONE¬
METZ when it comes to “ spreading the color.
To start with, the fountain’s RIGHT — holds a lot of ink, is easy to get at and easy to take apart — a nice little wrinkle
when it comes to cleaning up. The ductor roller can be set to a full quarter-turn contact with fountain cylinder, thus taking on an
ample supply of ink without picking it up in “chunks” — you know what that means. The ductor roller starts to rise while the
fountain cylinder is still turning — don’t let that get away from you. A small thing, perhaps, but it sure does overcome that kick-up
caused by the ductor roller being suddenly pulled away from a dead fountain cylinder when a stiff, tacky ink is used.
After rising from the fountain cylinder the ductor roller is carried a trifle higher than the surface of the ink table and
allowed to drop lightly onto the table, making two complete revolutions. The ink is then carried to the four table or distributing
rollers, which are vibrated in pairs in opposite directions. These table rollers are regularly furnished two inches in diameter, but two
and one-half inch rollers may be used if desired.
Running in contact with the two three-inch form rollers is a two and three-quarter inch steel vibrating roller, which is sur¬
mounted by a non-vibrating two-inch rider roller. The steel roller vibrates in one direction only during each stroke of the bed,
changing direction of travel when the rollers are off the form — you know what an end shift of rollers on the form will do.
This dope will put you “hip" to one thing at least — the STONEMETZ ink distribution is a simple, sane, safe proposition
from fountain to form — no complications, no multiplicity of rollers — features that save time in making roller adjustments and
cleaning up, as well as saving a few " jingles ” in the cost of rollers.
As far as “ delivering the goods ” is concerned, don’t let it worry you a bit. The
“proof’s in the printing and the printing stunts the little STONEMETZ is pulling
off every day clearly demonstrate that the “color scheme" is RIGHT; otherwise
it would have been made right long ago, leave it to the Challenge people. But gosh,
fellows, look at the way this “con talk" is piling up — poor delivery, eh? And say, that puts me in mind. I’ve got
some delivery stuff up my sleeve that I’m going to spring next month, watch for it. jn the meantime, come across
with that request for STONEMETZ printed matter — your name on a postal will bring it.
The Challenge Machinery Co.
Grand Haven, Mich., U. S. A.
Salesroom and Warehouse; 124 S. Fifth Ave., Chicago.
Christensen Automatic Wire
Stitcher Feeder <«
Many machines in operation, all
over the country.
Made for any range of saddle¬
back work you want to run.
Heads up the cover and inserts
before stitching on pamphlets.
Saves one-half the labor over old
hand method of inserting and
stitching pamphlets.
Installed and guaranteed to save
you money.
If it is not clear to you what this
machine can do, please ask us.
The Christensen Machine Company
Racine, Wisconsin
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For Sale by leading printers’ supply houses and hardware dealers,
or write us direct for circulars and prices.
The Justrite Mfg. Co., 332 S. Clinton Street, CHICAGO
,j MILLER & RICHARD, Winnipeg and Toronto
CANADIAN AGENTS
I GEO. M. STEWART, Montreal
Patented.
HERE IS CONVENIENCE AND FIRE PROTECTION FOR YOUR PRINTING PLANT
Thc Justrite Oily Waste Can
OPEN WITH THE FOOT
A convenience that makes it easier to throw oily waste in the can than to stick it
under a bench — that keeps your plant clean and orderly and cultivates neatness among
your employees.
An effective fire protection that keeps all the dangerous oilv-soaked waste
in non-leaking cans under tight-closing lids, thus reducing the danger o£ spon¬
taneous combustion and stray matches.
Absolutely no desire on part of workmen to block cover open. No springs to
get out of order. Always closed when not in use.
Each can bears the official label of the National Board of Fire
Underwriters, which insures you protection against the so-called
approved inferior waste cans. _
Dinse, Page
& Company
Electrotypes
Nickeltypes
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Stereotypes
725-733 S. LASALLE ST.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
TELEPHONE, HARRISON 7185
Inks that are used in every country where
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AMSTUTZ’ HAND-BOOK revision of Jenkins’ Manual
OF PHOTOENGRAVING By N. S. AMSTUTZ.
With supplementary chapters on the Theory and Practice of Half-tone Colorvvork. By Frederick E. Ives and Stephen H. Horgan.
This is the most comprehensive and practical work on this subject ever published, and
has received the endorsement of leading men in the craft. :: Price, $3.00 Prepaid.
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product.
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type system.
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combination of Roman, Italic or boldface in
which each letter of the two alphabets must be
the same width. No two characters are driven
in the same Matrix.
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the customer can be selected from our speci¬
men book, which contains the best and the
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largest assortment of faces for use on any ||
composing machine. ||
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variety of signs, can be substituted for char- ||
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No relation need exist between the Keybank
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ters besides. Every character in this case has ||
a corresponding key of its own on the keybank. ||
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25c value. Special .
Washable Braids, for children’s dresses, in
assorted patterns and colors; worth up to 25c yard in
two lots. Special for this sale only, yard .
Stamped Chemises on linen, assorted designs;
regular to $1.00. Special, each .
Pillow Tops with back for cross-stitch work,
including silks to work pillow with. Special, each
Stamped Waist Patterns on linen; several
designs regularly up to 75c. Special, each ....
Stamped Night Dresses; assorted styles
and patterns; of good linen. Special, each .
19c
12c
99c
24c
49c
$1.24
Women’s Kid Gloves, sample pairs of 8, 12 and 16-
button lengths, no soiled or damaged pairs, all guaranteed, black
and colors; sizes mostly 6, 6 K and 6^2 divided into _ _
two lots: Eight-Button lengths, worth $1.75 to $2.25 Qu
pair, your choice at . «7tlC
Twelve and Sixteen-Button lengths, worth $2.50 to flj 1 ^ Q
$3-5° Per pair, your choice at . tj/ X • *1 v
Women’s Short Kid Gloves, in Pique Kid and Dog¬
skin, imported cape, also samples of "Bacmo” Gloves —
in genuine mocha, cape, chamois and gauntlet gloves;
worth $1.50 to $1.75 per pair. Sample price . . . UvC
Men’s “Bacmo” Gloves, of pique, mocha,
grays and reindeer, dogskin and cape; worth $1.50 toaZQ
$ 2.00 per pair. Sample price . \J&C
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A whole charming room full of
pretty summer garments. At
each glance you will see unusual
prices to attract you —
Lawn Dresses, at 50c and SI. 00
— Fresh and sweet, in all sorts of dainty
fashions. Sizes two, three and four years.
Long Cashmere Cape Coats, 85
— Lovely soft quality, lined with silk; the cape
hand briarstitched.
Rompers, special at 35c and 50c
— Of sturdy gingham or chambray; two to six
year sizes.
Sun Bonnets and Hats, 25c to $1
— Cute little Sun Bonnets at 25c and Sun Hats in
pink, blue or white, at 50c and $1.00.
On a special table you will find
a lot of little garments from the
LE BOUTILLIER STOCK
(b A r BUYS A USED CT O C
Jo 0 VOSE GRAND JoD
This Piano is in a fine Rosewood case and has been care¬
fully overhauled. It is in tine playing condition and
makes an excellent practice Piano. $4 Monthly.
$40
BUYS A USED
FISCHER GRAND
$40
This Piano is in a richly carved case; has been completely
overhauled: has a good tone and action and is a very
rare value at this figure. $4 Monthly.
$75
BUYS A USED
STEINWAY
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This Piano is in a rosewood case and has a splendid tone
and action and has had careful attention in our repair
department. If you can only afford a small amount for
a piano here is a bargain. $5 Monthly.
$150
BUYS A USED
BAHNSEN
Here is one of the largest and most desirable of this make.
It is a beautiful and good-sounding Piano.
$150
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Women’s Petticoats at $1.49
only. Women’s cambric top petticoats,
with flounce of wide lace insertion & lace
edge. At only $1.49.
Women’s Cambric Gowns 75c
Women’s gowns of cambric; V-neck &
yoke of cluster plaits, finished with hem¬
stitched ruffle. Extra size. At only 75c.
House dresses, of fig- $1.98
ured or striped lawn, light or dark colors,
trimmed with embroidery or lace; button
back.
Kimono Sacques of $1.59
white lawn, low neck & sailor collar,
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Women’s kimono negligee of embossed
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columns
| Chief Component
Minerals.
Rock
Name.
Equivalent
Coarse-Grained
Rock in Petro¬
graphic Class.
Equivalent
Coarse Rock
in Field Class,
of this Book.
j Alkalic feldspars and
Rhyolite
Granite .
Granite.
quartz.
| Lime-soda feldspars
Dacite
Quartz dior-
Granite.
and quartz.
ite .
I Alkalic feldspars, lit-
Trachyte
Syenite .
Syenite,
tie or no quartz.
mostly.
I Soda-lime feldspars,
Andesite
Diorite .
Syenite and
little or no quartz.
Diorite.
1 Alkalic feldspars and
Phonolite
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nephelite.
enite .
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Every type, border, space and quad in this page is Monotype
These are not “stunts,” but ordinary
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This is an example of the duplicating work of the
DD Keyboard. This matter, set in 12 point, and the
column at the right, set in 8 point, were composed at
one operation; that is, the one operation at the key¬
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of these examples were cast.
With this duplicating feature of the DD Keyboard
an article may be set for a magazine in 8 point, and with
the one operating cost produce at the same time the
same matter in 11 or 12 point in book form. No rela¬
tion whatever need exist between the point sizes, measure
or spacing on this class of work.
Monotype Product is exactly the same as new
foundry type set by hand on ordinary galleys; it requires
This is an example of the duplicating work
of the DD Keyboard. This matter, set in 12
point, and the column at the right, set in 8
point, were composed at one operation; that
is, the one operation at the keyboard produced
two distinct ribbons from which both of these
examples were cast.
With this duplicating feature of the DD
Keyboard an article may be set for a magazine
in 8 point, and with the one operating cost
produce at the same time the same matter in 11
or 12 point in book form. No relation whatever
need exist between the point sizes, measure or
spacing on this class of work.
Monotype Product is exactly the same as
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of the operator. Indeed, the same ribbon may
be put through the Caster once to produce low
Two products from one operation for one cost
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; I ab"an-na'tiont, n. Banishment. ab"an-ni'tion.f
{I a-banne't, »f. To put under a ban; anathematize.
SJ Ab"an-ti'a-des, 1 ab"an-tai'a-diz; 2 ab"an-tia-de§.
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| A-ban'les, 1 a-ban'tiz; 2 a-ban'te§. Inhabitants of
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j A-ban'ti-a, 1 a-ban'shi-a; 2 a-biln'shl-a. Same as
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;| A-ban'ti-as, 1 a-ban'shi-as; 2 a-ban'shl-&s. [Gr.]
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[| A-ban'ti-das, 1 a-ban'ti-das; 2 a-ban'tl-d&s. Gr.
1 1 tyrant; fl. — 264.
II ab an-tl'quo, 1 ab an-tai'cwo or -ti'cwo; 2 ab Sn-tl'-
j kwo or -tl'lcwo. [L.] From antiquity.
| A-ban'tis, 1 a-ban'tis; 2 a-ban'tis. [Gr.] 1. Euboea,
i j 2. Vicinity of Amantia.
| a-bap-tis'ton, n. [-ta, pi.] [LL.] A trepan.
1 Ab'a-ran, I ab'a-ran; 2 ab'a-ran [Dou.] \Bib.].
: | Ab'a-rim, 1 ab'a-rim, /. 0. W. (a-be'rim, E. ; a-bd'rlm,
|| Ch.)\ 2 ab'a-rim [Heb. ; Bib. ; Milton Paradise
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: | Ab'a-ris, 1 ab'a-ris; 2 ab'a-ris. 1. Hyperbor. sage; 1
! | fl. — 570. 2. Egy. city.
; | Ab'a-ron, 1 ab'a-ren; 2 ab'a-rbn [ Apocrypha , R.V.] i
i | [Bib.]. |
1 1 ab"ar-thro'sis, n. Med. [Rare.] Diarthrosis.
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1 j ar-tlc”yu-la'shun, n. Med. i. Diarthrosis. 2. j
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; | abas', 1 aba'; 2 a bii'. [F.] Down with: opposed to |
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| j fecit, et clvitatl persuasit ut de finibus suis cum omnibus
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|j praestarent,8 totius Galliae imperio potiri.9
; j 1 longe, adv., far, by far.
\ | 2 M., abbreviation of Marcus, a Roman name.
3 exirent (impf. subjunctive of exeo), go out.
\ I 4 (dixit) perfacile esse, he said it was very easy,
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Archaeology. — Between the Zambezi and the Limpopo, and
extending from the coast to at least 270 E., may be found the
traces of a large population which inhabited Southern Rhodesia
and Portuguese East Africa in bygone times. Apart from
numerous mines, some of which are being successfully re¬
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though confined to a small number of sites, determined at
Medical. — There are, including cottage hospitals, ten hospitals in towns and
townships, and thirteen district surgeries have been established. (G Du.)
1 “Atmospheric Dust Observations from various parts of the World,” Quart.
Journ. Roy. Met. Soc. (July i8g6).
2 La Condensation de la vapour d’eau dans V atmosphere (Helsingfors, 1897).
Encyclopedia in 10 point, with notes in 6 point; seven alphabets
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See examples of the work of
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etc., which you want at the operator’s fingers
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ALL PROMINENT DEALERS SELL HAMILTON GOODS
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April 19, 1911.
The Hamilton Mfg. Co.,
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Gentlemen, I am glad to advise you that the
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room has been very satisfactory. The result has
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During the past winter we have practically
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found as represented and we are well satisfied with
the investment. Very truly yours,
J. V. BRIDGE, Mgr.
We are
interested
in the ques¬
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we would like to have
your representative show
us a floor plan of our compos¬
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it, with a view to our installing such
furniture as you can show us would soon
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Name .
TRACY
CABINETS
THE TRACY STEEL -RUN STANDS
accommodating standard lip front cases
have proved so popuiar, there has come a
demand for this equipment in cabinet form.
We show here the Tracy Cabinet which has
flat steel runs providing a five-inch extension
front. No brackets are required — a solid top
serving as a working bank on both sides or for
the accommodation of case equipment.
The No. 28 Tracy Cabinet holds 48 standard
California Job Cases. The top of Cabinet is
reversible and adjustable. One side of the top
will take an 18x72 Bettis Case; the reverse
side will hold two pairs of news cases or two
job cases at the front and a 9 x 72 inch Lead and
Slug Case at the back, as shown in the illustra¬
tion. This arrangement provides a combination
of the old news case equipment and the low job
case equipment now coming into general use.
We can supply these Cabinets with all late
improvements, including foot rails, mortised
label holders, number tacks and electric light
equipment.
We also supply these Cabinets with extra
deep cases, a full description of which will be
found in our circular. A copy of this circular
will be supplied on all inquiries.
OUR NEW CATALOG OF SPECIAL FURNITURE IS NOW READY
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Manufacturers of High Grade
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E make a specialty of Inks
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Duplex Tubular Plate
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A New Feature Which Doubles the Productive Capacity of the Press
In the Duplex Single- Plate Rotary there is no collecting , no associating , no tapes , no
half-speed cylinders. All sheets are cut AFTER passing over the former — not before, as
in other makes. ALL products delivered BOOK FOLD and AT THE SAME RATE
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The Duplex Tubular Single-Plate 16-page Press. Capacity: any even number of pages up to and including 16.
Speed : 30,000 per hour for all products.
The DUPLEX TUBULAR PLATE ROTARY PRESS, carrying an equal
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SAME RUNNING TIME — or, putting it the other way, WILL DELIVER A
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These are important claims, but, more important still, they HAVE BEEN
PROVED. The demonstration in a large number of important offices throughout
the country is conclusive. SEND FOR THE TESTIMONY.
[Extract from a visitor’s letter, dated May 2, 1911, relative to
the operation of the 16-page Duplex Tubular-Plate Rotary Press at
Huntington, W. Va.]
“ I saw last night’s run on the Advertiser here, and the whole
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Publishers Visiting New York
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“ AUGMENTED OCTUPLE”
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THE DUPLEX METROPOLITAN ROTARY
This press can be seen producing 37 per cent of the World’s total
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( Figures from World Pressroom Records )
The great simplicity of this press and its remarkable convenience are obvious at a
glance. Its superiority over the “skyscraper” construction of other pressbuilders is so
great that they are already compelled to offer to build, and some of them are already
building, machines of a similar type, in plain violation of our patent rights. We have
brought suit in defense of these rights in the United States Courts, and we
hereby caution publishers against the purchase of infringing machines.
The first one of these presses shipped from our works, a quad, machine, has been
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four years. Any publisher interested is invited to also inspect this machine in operation
any week day at 6:30 p. m.
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Pays for the Falcon Automatic Platen Press
Automatic Falcon Platen Press with platen exposed.
Showing accessibility of the platen for make-ready purposes.
TESTIMONIALS
BROWN & BIGELOW
Calendar Makers
St. Paul, April 8, 1910.
Dear Sirs, — Replying to your inquiry regarding the Falcon
which we bought of you some little time ago, we beg to say
that it is doing all that you represented for it and is extremely
satisfactory to us, which may best be attested to from the fact
that we are sending you under separate cover to-day an order
for a second press.
Yours very truly.
Brown & Bigelow,
J. E. Bailey, Director of Manufacturing.
COLLIER’S
The National Weekly
New York, N. Y., October S, 1908.
Gentlemen, — We have had your Falcon Press in our place
now about six months and so far it has been entirely satisfac¬
tory to us. We are running envelopes from 3,500 to 5,000 per
hour on it and getting very satisfactory results, and also find
that it can be hand-fed at least 3,000 per hour. The press is
particularly adaptable to this sort of work, as it has all the
advantages of high speed, and forms may still be changed on
it as quickly as on an ordinary job press. So far, we are very
much pleased with its work.
Yours truly,
Floyd E. Wilder,
Assistant Superintendent.
SAMUEL CUPPLES ENVELOPE CO.
All Styl es and Grades of Envelopes
St. Louis, July 15, 1910.
Dear Sirs, — Replying to your favor of the 13th inst., we
prefer, as a rule, not to give testimonial letters, but we are so
well pleased with the two Falcon Presses you put in our St.
Louis factory that we will in this instance vary from our usual
custom.
The presses do everything you claim for them, and we are
very much pleased with the work.
Very truly yours,
Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.,
C. R. Scudder, Vice-President.
Will automatically feed, print and deliver any
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Saves wages, power, floor space and
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Speed up to 3,500 per hour.
Prints from flat forms.
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Absolute register.
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Write for further particulars and testimonials.
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for envelopes
in less than five
minutes.
Speed, 4,000 to
5,000 per hour.
With hand feed and automatic delivery
for flat stock
Speed, 3,000 to 4,000 per hour
FURTHER PARTICULARS ON APPLICATION TO
AUTO FALCON & WAITE DIE PRESS CO., Ltd.
Factory, Dover, N. H. New York Life Building, 346 Broadway, New York
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THE CHAMBERS
Paper Folding Machines
No. 440 Drop-Roll Jobber has range from 35x48 to 14x21 inches.
THE PRICE IS IN THE MACHINE.
CHAMBERS BROTHERS CO.
Fifty-second and Media Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
Chicago Office :::::::: 524 West Jackson Boulevard
The Robert Dick
' *" x MAILER
Combines the three great
essentials to the publisher :
SPEED — SIMPLICITY-
DURABILITY. q Experts
address with our machines
8,556 papers in one hour.
<J SO SIMPLE a month's
practice will enable ANY
operator to address 3,000
an hour. <J Manufactured
in inch and half inch sizes
from two to five inches.
For further information, address =
Rev. ROBERT DICK ESTATE - 139 W. Tupper St., Buffalo, N. Y.
To Envelope Manufacturers
Subscriber having opportunity to use in trade,
in connection with other established business, a
considerable numberof envelopes, would be pleased
to get in communication with manufacturers who
are in position to quote lowest spot cash prices in
case lots, for a complete line of these goods.
Manufacturers who are inclined to consider
above, and will submit samples and prices, kindly
addreSS> X >-251 , Inland Printer
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The Humana Has Made an
Instant and Sweeping Success
THE
HUMANA
occupies less
space than a
boy feeding
the press.
It pays for itself
in a few months.
Two Humanas
will do the work of
Four
Gordons
and
Four
Feeders
and save three
feeders’ wages.
THE HUMANA is the result of years of development and hard work in the printing plant of
its manufacturer. Only after the most exhaustive tests did he offer it to the trade. Nine
months on the market has overtaxed our ability to meet the enormous demand occasioned by
its instant and unqualified success in every plant where it has been installed. They pay for
themselves in a few months and never take a day off. It don’t cost anything to make inquiries
and your trial order will convince you.
WRITE TO THESE PRINTERS
They are using Humanas. Their names are a guarantee of good faith,
save money with the Humana, you can.
F. W. I-'nglehardt, 516 S. Dearborn st., Chicago, Ill.
Wm. McWhorter, 16 W. Washington st., Chicago, Ill.
Harmegnies & Howell, 512 Sherman st., Chicago, Ill.
The Tension Envelope Co., 22 Reade st.. New York.
A. M. Griffith, 320 Market st., Newark, N. J.
Roller & Smith, 112 Worth st., New York.
Hall Ptg. Co., 143 E. 23d st., New York.
The Aste Press, 67 Spring st.. New York.
Raynor-Perkins & Co., 220 William st.. New York.
Edgar Ptg. & Staty. Co., 68 W. 39th st., New York.
Nation Press (Evening Post), 22 Vesey st., New York.
Printing Trade News, 326 W. 41st, New York.
Albert Datz Co., 87 R. R. av., Jersey City, N. J.
Continental Insurance Co., 46 Cedar st.. New York.
Gibb Bros. & Maran, 45 Rose st., New York.
Business Equipment Co., 79 Cortland st., New York.
Frank C. Afferton, 482 Pearl st.. New York.
Ellison & Wood, 127 Water st., New Y’ork.
Bosworth & Co., 48 Warren st., New York.
If they can make and
Wm. J. Hamilton, 62 Fulton st., New York.
Kent Press, 39 W. 38th st., New York.
Caleb Ptg. Co., 468 8th av.. New York.
J. J. O’Connor, 459 W. 30th, New York.
Thankee Press, 32 E. 23d, New York.
Berkowitz & Proper, 64 Fulton st., New York.
Fred K. Mazoyer, 154 W. 27th, New York.
John Horn, 839 10th av., New Y'ork.
Fuller-Burr Co., 420 W. Broadway, New York.
John E. Meyer, 687 6th av.. New York.
Frank H. Temme, 265 N. 6th, Philadelphia, Pa.
H. C. Coates & Sons, 1316 Wallace, Philadelphia, Pa.
Bradley Ptg. Co., 1000 Ludlow, Philadelphia, Pa.
E. D. MacDonald, 1941 Market, Philadelphia, Pa.
Dewey & Eakins, 1004 Arch, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Essex Press, Market st., Newark, N. J.
Brooks & Porter, 153 Lafayette, New York.
David Brown, 31 Jay st., New York.
Canton Friedman Ptg. Co., 113 W. 31st, New York.
The Humana is an Automatic Feed for Platen Presses. It can be attached in a few hours to
a 10x15 Chandler & Price Platen Job Press, transforming it into a COMPLETE AUTO¬
MATIC MACHINE. The attaching of the Feed is done without the least injury to or
change in operation of the press, as it is secured in position by a system of clamps which
holds it securely in place. The make-ready is effected the same as without Feed. It can
be removed in a short time and the press put in its original condition.
Manufactured and Guaranteed by
MATTHIAS PLUM, Center and Beaver Streets, Newark, N. J.
WESTERN SALES OFFICE
C. T. Smith, Manager 1508 Fisher Building, Chicago Telephone Harrison 7592
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Power House of the
Beside the Boston & Albany Tracks
at South Framingham, Mass.
Behind the large window
are the 900 K. W. Genera¬
tors and the 1200 H. P.
Engines that furnish the
power for the Dennison
Works. Among the 7000
items made in this most
interesting Factory, the
ones which appeal most to
the printer
sizes and qualities of
Standard Tag
Made of the strongest rope
stock, has stood for quality for
a third of a century. Its ever
increasing sales are an assurance
that its quality is recognized.
The Tag Should Be
in Keeping with the
Office Stationery
With a few Dennison Standard
Tags on his shelves the printer
is in a position to supply tags
in keeping with the customer's
stationery.
e many
Wmmoon
Shipping Tags
®HMdOH
PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO
1007 Chestnut St. 62 E. Randolph St
ST. LOUIS
413 N. Fourth St
BOSTON
20 Franklin St
NEW YORK
15 John St.
15 W. 27th St,
352
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Is only the ink that gives
perfect satisfaction. Ink
that satisfies ’ the artistic
mind and saves its own
cost by its perfect work¬
ing qualities is the cheap¬
est ink regardless of its
price per pound.
The beautiful catalogue of B. Altmann & Co., the
leading New York Fifth Avenue Dry Goods House,
was printed on D & C highly glazed enamel paper
without slip-sheeting with
HUBER’S CLASSIC
HALFTONE BLACK
THE RESULTS
Perfect Printing :: Perfect Halftones :: Perfect Solids
No Peeling :: No Offsetting
The Ink Not Needing Slip-sheeting
SAVED ITS OWN COST
J. M. HUBER
JOHN MIEHLE, JR., Manager
New York Boston Philadelphia St. Louis
One of the latest additions to our list of water-marked
“CARAVEL” QUALITIES is our
No. 585 TITANIC BOND
and it has already made its mark. You will profit by
examining this quality.
It is a good Bond Paper at a price that will enable
you to do big business.
We supply it in case lots of 500 lb. in stock sizes,
weights and colors. Special sizes and weights in quan¬
tities of not less than 1,000 lb.
Write to us for sample book, stating your requirements.
PARSONS TRADING COMPANY
20 Vesey Street . NEW YORK
London, Sydney, Melbourne, Wellington, Havana, Mexico, D. F.,
Buenos Aires,' Bombay, Cape Town.
Cable Address for all Offices — “ Partracom.”
Service Is the Only Reliable Means of
Judging the True Qualities of a Folder
Let the result of actual work and
comparison of product be the real
test and not be convinced or deceived
by catalogue or circular comparisons.
The actual work is what tells.
IV rite for a complete set of sample folds
We Cleveland
Folding Machine
No Tapes, Knives, Cams or
Changeable Gears.
Has range from 19x36 to 3x4 in parallel.
Folds and delivers 4s, 6s, 8s, 10s, 12s, 14s and 16s, single or
in gangs.
Also regular 4s, 8s and 16s, book folds, from sheets 19x25
down to where the last fold is not less than 2^x3 in.
Makes accordion and a number of other — folds that can
not be made on any other folder.
INSTALLED ON A THIRTY DAYS9 TRIAL on an un¬
conditional guarantee of absolute satisfaction.
The Cleveland Folding Machine Company : : Cleveland, Ohio
351
S26 FEDERAL, STREET
■ Mew
Lead Moulding Process
Dr, Albert’s
Patented Lead Moulding
Process
is the one perfect and
satisfactory method of
ELECTROTYPING
especially adapted to half-tone and high-grade color-
work, and can be safely relied upon to reproduce the
original without loss in sharpness and detail.
We call for your work and execute it with the greatest
care, and deliveries are made promptly.
Telephone Harrison 765, or call and
examine specimens of our work.
NATIONAL ELECTROTYPE COMP’Y
626 Federal Street CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
FOR
L1N0TYF
WATSON
MULTIPOLAR
MOTORS
INDIVIDUAL
MOTORS
TO DRIVE
ANY
MACHINE
WATSON Motors fit the
machine. We manufacture
highest grade Motors for all
classes of machinery used by
Printers and Engravers.
Convenient, Powerful, Dur¬
able, Economical.
“Cut out the Belts.”
THE MECHANICAL
APPLIANCE CO.
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
Because it is the most efficient for the greatest variety
of work.
Because it is the most economical to operate.
Because of its simplicity and durability of construction
and small cost for repairs.
Because it has the best record where operated with
presses of other makes.
Because it will stand investigation wherever used.
Because it is approved by all users and preferred.
Because it is unquestionably the best and cheapest in
the end.
Because it is built on merit, sold on merit and bought
for its merit.
M anufactured in the following sizes :
Size, 4^ x9 inches. 4% x 9, 3% x 8, 2% x 8, 21/2 x 4 inches, by
C. R. Carver Company N- w- ^TlTdeVhia01^11’ S,reets
Canadian Agents: Export Agent, except Canada:
MILLER & RICHARD, Toronto and Winnipeg. PARSONS TRADING CO., Sydney, Mexico City and New York.
If You Buy a
Carver Automatic Die Press
You Will Not Regret It
“ Which is the better reason for using STRATH-
MORE PARCHMENT for your business sta¬
tionery ? Because you fynow it is the quality paper
— or because your correspondents recognize it as such P”
That is a question we are putting to thousands of business
men through our extensive magazine advertising. Whichever
way they decide, their decision will favor STRATHMORE
PARCHMENT — just as it should. It is up to you to turn
their decisions to your account. It is for you to sell them
STRATHMORE PARCHMENT. Make the attempt.
Show them samples. They will buy STRATHMORE
PARCHMENT on sight.
The Strathmore Parchment
Test Book
will help you connect with the benefits of our national advertising.
If you have not got it, write for one to-day.
c7fie Strathmore Quality UMoills
Adittiiiea^ue Paper Company
Mittinea^ue, Mass., U.S.A.
New GOSS High-Speed Sextuple Press — No. 160
Is built and guaranteed to run at a speed of 36,000 per hour for each delivery, for the full run.
Prints 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48 pages.
All products up to 24 pages can be made in one section (book form).
SPECIAL FEATURES
Plates can be put on without removing ink rollers. No ribbons whatever when collecting.
Patented ink fountains; screws all at one end of fountains Design prevents breaking of webs.
(regular piano key action). Entirely new HIGH-SPEED PATENTED FOLDING AND
All roller sockets automatically locked. DELIVERING DEVICE.
New GOSS “ACME ” Straightline Two-Roll Rotary Perfecting Press
Made to print either 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 pages in book form.
Constructed so that it can be arranged to print either two or three extra colors, at a slight expense.
It is practically a single-plate machine, thus saving time in not having to make duplicate plates.
Plates are cast from our regular standard stereotype machinery.
- PATENTED AND MANUFACTURED BY . — -
THE GOSS PRINTING PRESS CO.
16th St. and Ashland Ave., Chicago, Ill.
New York Office:
1 Madison Ave., Metropolitan Bldg., New York City.
London Office:
93 Fleet Street, London, E. C., England.
Norv-Par Term
F03* .*55
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Special
' Agency,
You can get plenty of
this class of work and
a New Era Press to
do it with
does this work all at
one operation and at
high speed from flat
forms
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QUALITY
OIL
THE REGINA CO
HENRY DROUET, Sales Agent
1 Madison Ave., New York
After May 15th, will be located at 217 Marbridge Building,
Broadway and 34th Street, New York City
SOLO ONLY BY
SINGER SEWING
MACHINE
CO.
STORES
EVERYWHERE
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You Gan Avoid
All Risk
when buying a new job
press (if you are not posted)
by asking particulars of
any printer using the
PEERLESS. Its mechani¬
cal principle is correct, and
its reputation is backed up
by a record of 25 years of
satisfactory service.
Ask any of the principal dealers for
catalogue giving further details.
Carried in stock at most places
FOR SALE BY THE PRINCIPAL DEALERS IN THE
UNITED STATES
PEERLESS PRINTING PRESS COMPANY THE CRANSTON WORKS
70 Jackson Street, Palmyra, N.Y., U. S. A.
Convenience & Durability
Handiness and durability constitute
the fundamental basis of a perfect and
satisfactory Steel Die AND PLATE
Stamping Press. The mechan¬
ical principles and construction are
absolutely correct, nothing skipped
or overlooked — the main object being
to create a thoroughly dependable
press. Speed, accuracy and character
of its output are features worth in¬
vestigating.
It inks, wipes, polishes and prints at one
operation from a die or plate, 5x9 inches,
at a speed of 1,500 impressions per hour.
We emboss center of a sheet 18x27 inches.
Write for full particulars, prices, terms, etc.
We manufacture t<wo smaller sixes of press.
Also hand-stamping and copperplate presses.
The Modern Machine Company
Belleville, Illinois
361
Reliable
Printers’
Rollers
Sami Bingham’s Son
Mfg. Co.
CHICAGO
316=318 South Canal Street
PITTSBURG
First Avenue and Ross Street
ST. LOUIS
514 = 516 Clark Avenue
KANSAS CITY
706 Baltimore Avenue
ATLANTA
52=54 So. Forsyth Street
INDIANAPOLIS
151 = 153 Kentucky Avenue
DALLAS
675 Elm Street
MILWAUKEE
133 = 135 Michigan Street
MINNEAPOLIS
719=721 Fourth St., So.
DES MOINES
609=611 Chestnut Street
362
SPRAGUE W? ELECTRIC
A.c. MOTORS d.c.
Why are a very large percentage of the printing
presses and allied machinery in this country equipped
with Sprague Motors and Controllers?
Because our motors and controllers give the most
efficient and reliable service. Because this efficiency
and reliability not only reduces power and main¬
tenance bills but also increases the shop capacity.
We are prepared to furnish specifications free of
obligation on your part.
Ask for "Bulletin No. 2294
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC COMPANY
General Offices : 527-531 West 34th Street, New York City
Branch Offices: Chicago St. Louis Milwaukee Boston Philadelphia Pittsburg
Baltimore Atlanta San Francisco Seattle
A TRIAL ORDER WILL MAKE YOU A
PERMANENT USER OF
PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHIC —
INKS
MANUFACTURED BY THE
QUfalmann Printing ink (Ed.
212 Olive Street, ST. LOUIS, MO.
711 S. Dearborn Street.
400 Broadway . . . . ,
535 Magazine Street „ .
1509 Jackson Street . .
222 North Second Street
73 Union Avenue ...
= DEPOTS =
. . CHICAGO, ILL.
KANSAS CITY, MO.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
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NASHVILLE. TENN.
. MEMPHIS, TENN.
Full Equipments of the Latest and Most Improved
ROLLER-MAKING
MACHINERY FURNISHED
LINOTYPE & MACHINERY COMPANY, Ltd., European Agents,
189 Fleet Street, London, England
A MODERN OUTFIT FOR LARGE PRINTERS
JAMES ROWE
24 1=247 South Jefferson St., CHICAGO, ILL,.
363
Another Lot of
Thompson Typecasters
Now Ready for Delivery
Heretofore we have been unable
to supply the demand for these
typecasters, but increases in our
factory equipment now assure
prompt deliveries.
Remember —
The Thompson Typecaster is the
only machine which casts type
from Linotype Matrices.
The only machine which casts
type from 5 to 48 point.
The only machine which gives
any desired combination of nicks
in all bodies.
The only machine which uses
Linotype, Compositype and
special electrotype matrices in one
and the same mold.
Thirty Machines in Daily Use
Write for Prices, Terms, and Copies of
Letters from Satisfied Users
Thompson Type Machine Company
_ 624-632 S. Sherman Street, CHICAGO
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Set in type made by the Thompson Typecaster in The H. O. Shepard Company Printing Plant.
A Right Principle
The Infallible Proofs
is unchangeable. New inventions
may claim advancement, but they
can not change that which is funda¬
mentally all right. They can not replace
for ONE moment the results that are
obtainable only through correct prin¬
ciples. The SHNIEDEWEND
PRINTERS’ PROOF PRESS
produces perfect proofs of type forms,
because its foundation principle is
absolutely right.
Accuracy
of half-tones obtainable on the
RELIANCE PHOTO-ENGRA¬
VERS’ PROOF PRESS have proven
to the entire photo-engraving realm
that this heaviest, this most power¬
ful, this most durable press is the only
DEPENDABLE one for any and
every plant.
Also sold by Williams-Lloyd Machinery Co., Geo. Russell
Reed Co., Toronto Type Foundry Co., N. Y. Machinery Co.,
A. W. Penrose & Co., London, Klimsch & Co., Frankfurt, Ger.
is a necessity in a Paper Cutter, The
“RELIANCE” LEVER PAPER
CUTTER has demonstrated its un¬
failing accuracy, and is acknowledged
to be in the lead for close cutting,
A VITAL POINT in purchasing a
lifetime machine.
GUARANTEED AS REPRESENTED
Write for Circulars, giving prices and sizes of
these machines, direct to the manufacturers
Paul Shniedewend Co.
62 7 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, U. S. A.
OR TO YOUR DEALER
When Adding New Equipment
of satisfaction and its purpose
you can avoid many troubles and save many
dollars in the up-keep of your presses by
selecting presses having a reputation (earned
by test) for strength, accuracy, convenience
and economy.
The Improved
Universal Press
needs little introduction or praise. It was de¬
signed to give to the printer the fullest measure
has been recognized and fully accomplished.
Is specially adapted to high-class work — such as half¬
tone, four-color work, embossing, cutting and creasing
The National Machine Company, Manufacturers
Sole Canadian Agents — MILLER & RICHARD, Toronto and Winnipeg
Hartford, Connecticut
365
The Actual Work Tells the Story
and any printer using the SWINK HIGH-GRADE PRESS
will not hesitate to recommend it to his neighbor - printer.
The Szvink High-Grade Press
is designed to assist the
printer who would keep
quality of product up
and cost of production
down. Built for hard
service; entire structure
free from technical or
complicated parts; its
register is absolute, the
impression certain;
compact, simple and
efficient. Its speed is
2,400 per hour — no
better two-revolution
press manufactured.
It’s the duty of every
alert printer to investi ¬
gate this press before
buying new equipment
The Swink Printing Press Company,
Factory and General Offices
DELPHOS, OHIO
Westinghouse Electric <& Mfg. Co.
Pittsburg, Pa.
Patented in
United States
Great Britain
France
Belgium
With every machine in the printing shop in¬
dividually driven by a Westinghouse Motor
there is no waste of power, as is the case when driving a large
amount of shafting and a large number of machines that are doing
no work. With individual drive when a machine is not work¬
ing it is not running, and when working consumes only the power
sufficient to run it. Furthermore, you can place your machines
exactly where wanted. We make motors specially adapted to
printing machinery, and can tell you just how to apply them.
Send lor Circulars 1068 and 1118
Before You
BuyAnother—
Suppose you investi¬
gate the many nevo
and valuable im¬
provements found in
The
Acme
Binder
No. 6
Westinghouse Motors Driving Stitchers
You want a Stapler
that is accurate and
dependable at the
right price. The
“A c m e ” keeps
down your cost of
production. It is
equipped with all the
up-to-the - minute
advantages. For sale
by printers’ supply
houses throughout
the United States.
Send for full par¬
ticulars. Write
The Acme
Staple Machine
Co., Ltd.,
112 North Ninth St.9
Camden, N. J.
Latest
Balance Feature
Platen Dwell
Clutch Drive
Motor Attachment
(Unexcelled)
“Prouty
Obtainable through any Reliable Dealer.
— - . . = MANUFACTURED ONLY BY -
Boston Printing Press
& Machinery Co.
Office and Factory
EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASS. .
James White Paper Go.
Trade-Mark
REGISTERED U. S. PATENT OFFICE.
COVER AND BOOK
PAPERS
219 W. MONROE ST. - - - CHICAGO
Eagle Printing Ink Co.
24 Cliff Street :: New York
c. Manufacturers of the Eagle
Brand Two-Color, Three-
ColorandQuad Inks for Wet
Printing. Inks that retain
their Full Color Valuewhen
printed on Multicolor presses.
Western Branch :
705 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago.
Factory :
Jersey City,N. J.
For Careful Work, USE
ivM\\\
mmm
Punches
T. hey cut every hole absolutely clean, no matter what the
material used. Tremendously powerful — no vibration.
Last Long — Require Few Repairs — Consume Little Power.
The Tatum Punch with direct-connected motor repre¬
sents the highest achievement in paper punches.
Adjustment to any multiple may be made without removing the
idle heads.
Round shapes all interchangeable. Nineteen stock sizes. Special
shapes quickly furnished.
Be sure to get “TATUM” when buying a punch — any user is a
good reference. Five styles. Prices from $35 to $325.
Style D — With Direct-connected Motor.
Write for Catalogue A
THE SAM’L C. TATUM CO.
3310 Colerain Avenue . CINCINNATI, OHIO
Punch, with stripper and die.
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For That Highest Character of
Printing Results and Artistic
Color Work
— the printer will make no mistake in selecting, in behalf of his
best customers’ interests, a coated paper possessing correct surface
and body, sensitive to the finest plates.
A Quality That Leaves Nothing to Be Desired
VELVO-ENAMEL appeals at once to the publisher and to the
printer of artistic catalogues and high-class printed matter. Its
durability, wearing qualities and exceptionally uniform printing
surface are all points to he carefully considered before placing orders
for high-grade coated papers.
We carry the largest stock of Enamel Book, S. & S. C., and Machine Finish
Book Paper in Chicago, ready for quick delivery, in case lots or more,
in standard sizes and weights.
West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co.
(Incorporated)
General Offices : 200 Fifth Avenue, New York
Western Sales Office : Printers’ Building, Sherman and Polk Sts., Chicago
Mills at Tyrone, Pa.; Piedmont, W. Va. ; Luke, Md.; Davis, W. Va. ; Covington, Va. ; Duncan
Mills, Mechanicsville, N. Y.; Williamsburg, Pa.
Cable Address: “ Pulpmont, New York.” A. I. and A. B. C. Codes Used.
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Has been erected at the factory in “Westerly, to be used exclusively in the
manufacture of flat-bed presses, this building being made necessary by
(lie Ever
Growing
Demand
New Series High Speed Four Roller Two Revolution Press
'ARAGON— New Series Single Revolution Press with Rack and Cam Distribution
FOR SINGLE AND TWO REVOLUTION
Cottrell
THIS new space will be in addition to that formerly allotted to these
machines in the main factory building. Printers and publishers can
now feel assured that their requirements w i 1 1 be more promptly
met in the future. Those 'who are not familiar w i th the superior points
of Cottrell Presses should send for a copy of “The Ne'w Series Cottrell,” a
four-color booklet 'which describes the Two-Revolution, or “ Cottrell Sin¬
gle Revolution Presses,” a booklet which shows the Single Revolution line
of presses. Before buying, get our quotation on your next flat-bed press.
C. B. COTTRELL & SONS CO.
25 Madison Square, North
New York
MANUFACTURERS
Works: Westerly, R. I.
2V9 Dearborn Street
Chicago
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KEYSTONE TYPE FOUNDRY
GENERAL SELLING AGENTS
Philadelphia New York. Chicago Detroit Atlanta San Francisco
Set in Keystone’s Emerson Series with 12 Point Panel Border No. 6. Printed on a No. 5 Cottrell
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6 Point Font $2 00 IS A SO 90 31 a $1 10
LACK APPRECIATION OF HARO WORK
If a man works for a living — that's about all
he gets. The fellow -who reaps the prizes is
the one who enjoys his -work. For after all
no pleasure can equal the satisfaction one
derives from knowledge of accomplishment
EMERSON
SERIES
12 Point Font S2 75 10 A Si 35 18 a SI 40
OUR RIYETED-BRAZED
Paragon Steel Chases in
your equipment will be
found very serviceable
8 Point Font S2 25 14 A SI 05 28 a $1 20
POPULAR KEYSTONE TYPE FACES
The Emerson Series is an excellent
extended letter made from Nickel-
Alloy Metal on the Universal Line —
a strong combination. $ 1 23456789
PLEASE YOUR CUSTOMER
This Tvill induce him to call
again and yon will have the
satisfaction of knowing that
he appreciated your efforts
14 Point Font S3 00 8 A $1 45 14 a SI 55
LOVELY MAIDEN
Saw two Games of
Grolf and Base Ball
down on tlie beach
18 Point Font $3 25 6 A SI 65 10 a SI 60
FOUND RELICS
Under the ruins
of an old Palace
30 Point Font $4 25 3 A $2 10 6 a $2 15
GARDENS
Rose Bush
42 Point Font $7 25 3 A $4 40 4 a $2 85
BOXES
Drifted
24 Point Font S3 50 4 A St 85 6 a SI 65
MOUNTAIN
Climb Rocks
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material for doing half-tone, two,
three and four color plates, zinc etch¬
ings, etc.
Prompt service and good quality
are the leading characteristics of this
house, so out-of-town printers can
safely place their illustrative and pro¬
cess work with us. Being printers as
well as engravers, we know what the
printer wants, and give it to him.
Stippling or “ roughing ” done for
the tirade with care and accuracy.
The printer who is not equipped
to do these classes of work should
give us a trial. We are sure our
quality, service and promptness will
relieve our patrons of any danger of
embarrassment, worry or loss.
THE HENRY O.^HEPARD CO.
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Printed by
The Henry O. Shepard Company,
Printers and Binders,
624-632 Sherman street, Chicago.
Designed and lettered by
P. J. Trezise,
Instructor Inland Printer Technical School and
I. T. U. Course in Printing.
Copyright, 1911, by The Inland Printer Company.
Entered as second-class matter, June 25, 1885, at the Postoffice at Chicago, Illinois, under act of March 3, 1879.
THE LEADING TRADE JOURNAL OF THE WORLD IN THE PRINTING AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES.
VOL. XLVII. No. 3.
JUNE, 1911.
[ $3.00 per year, in advance.
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I Canada, $3.00 per year.
THE ELEMENT OF HANDWORK IN CYLINDER PRESS COSTS.
BY WIXTHROP M. SOUTH WORTH.
NE of the biggest general
movements that ever has been
undertaken in any line of
business is the one which is
just now so radically chang¬
ing for the better the finan¬
cial condition of print-shops
all over the country — the
general introduction of a
practical cost system. Though
the ready-made systems, care¬
fully worked out on scientific principles, fit practi¬
cally all offices so far as general lines are concerned,
they naturally can not cover every small detail.
Printers are finding that there are many things
they must work out for themselves. It therefore
seems pertinent at this time that we begin and
acquaint each other with some of the more impor¬
tant of these smaller details, and with the methods
we have adopted for determining accurately the
cost in the various departments — methods that
we have given a fair trial and for the efficiency of
which we can personally vouch.
The pressroom is probably capable of a greater
percentage of profit per working hour — provided
it is rightly handled — than any other depart¬
ment : for it is open to more economies, more com¬
binations of operations, more speed when work is
actually under way, more adaptable to overtime or
to night-crew work. On the other hand, there is,
as we found by experience, a very great chance
3-4
for leakages, particularly in time rightly charge¬
able to a definite job and not so charged.
For much too long a time we found a tremen¬
dous difference in cylinder-press time reported on
our cost-cards for different editions of the same
job — editions exactly alike — paper, quantity,
colors, form and all. Even after allowing for
unusual conditions that sometimes would exist,
the difference was far too great. And the peculiar
feature was that when the department was least
busy, the shortest time was reported. From our
experience, the opposite should have been true.
The solution of the problem was worked out
by a man who is so well known in the trade that
I am glad to give the credit to him — Mr. William
A. Spurrier. It was simply the overlooked ele¬
ment of “ handwork.”
Our cylinder press costs were made up on the
basis of a pressman and feeder to each of the
larger presses, and of a pressman only to the
ponies — that is, of course, in addition to the cost
of the press itself. If a job tied up a certain press
for twenty hours, for instance, twenty hours
appeared on the cost-card. It was found by care¬
ful observation that when this twenty-hour job,
requiring a large amount of make-ready, was in
the pressroom during a lull, several different men,
who would otherwise have been unoccupied, were
used for marking-out and pasting overlays. When
the same job came during a rush, with every man
busy on his own press, the' regular two men did
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the work previously done by four or five. Conse¬
quently, the press time, instead of being twenty
hours, was tremendously increased. Besides being
confusing to the office — that is, the “counting-
room” — it was unfair to the customer. There
was nothing to show what the real cost was.
To overcome this, the costs in the cylinder
department were separated into two classes- —
machine and hand work. Each press is now
charged at a certain price per hour, as a machine
only — it makes no difference how many men are
required to operate it. Each operative is charged
at the rate per hour of his weekly wage. (The
fixed charges are made a part of the machine
cost.) To illustrate: a press that was formerly
charged at $1.50 per hour, cost, is now charged at
66 cents ; the pressman at 48 cents and the feeder
at 36 cents. This division is in operation whether
charge price. A glance at the cost-card, with its
definite divisions, shows if more time has been
used (on account of batters, waits for stock, etc.),
than can be legitimately charged to the customer’s
account.
(4) In case the customer on a reorder wants
to cut the expense, the salesman can estimate
pretty closely how much the make-ready can be
decreased without cheapening too much the ap¬
pearance of the completed job.
(5) It forms a definite basis for instruction to
the pressroom in case of reprints.
(6) It is extremely valuable to the estimator
as showing the amount of make-ready (always
harder to judge than the running time) a given
class of work may be reasonably expected to take.
(7) It makes “soldiering” on the part of the
operatives impossible. Every hour — minute in
UMATILLA RESERVATION.
Photograph by Major Lee Moorehouse.
the press is actually running or being held while
the job is made ready, and all details for both
press and operative — number, date, number of
hours for each date, rate, overtime and waiting
time are transferred to the cost-card.
The information derived is useful in many
ways, the most important of which follow :
(1) It insures all time consumed on a given
job being charged to that job. Formerly only the
time of the press and its regular crew was
charged. The balance went up against the varia¬
ble overhead.
(2) It tells immediately just how much time
was spent on the run and how much on make-
ready, and so enables the superintendent to deter¬
mine whether undue time has been given to either
process. Formerly it was impossible to tell just
why a job was too long on the press.
(3) It is a great aid to the office in fixing the
fact — of each man’s time must of necessity be
recorded on his slips for the day. (Instead of
using one slip for each day, we think a slip for
each job is better, though on long runs a new slip
is started each morning. This gives each morn¬
ing a complete record of the number of impres¬
sions of each press for the preceding day.)
The system can be carried into the jobroom at
times, but as a rule the man and press are so
closely allied as to make division impracticable.
In cases where an extra man or boy is used for
slip-sheeting, hand-bronzing, etc., it is valuable.
We found the scheme quite simple in opera¬
tion, once the men became used to it, and it is
proving many times worth the small amount of
extra clerical time taken to record the results. In
our own case, the regular cost clerk, who really
semed to have all her time taken, easily handled
the extra detail.
THE INLAND PRINTER
371
you suppose it was? Why he had a small-sized
newspaper, sized 24 by 12 inches, that he expected
me to juggle into a Universal press. But he
couldn’t scare me. I says “all right; I can do
that, too,” and started the old press to buzzing;
but she buzzed just as fast as the little one had
and I found myself all balled up. You can imag¬
ine how awkward the things were; they were so
big that I couldn’t keep them straight at all. I
was shooting them into the press at the rate of
about three thousand an hour, about one out of
every ten got in straight and the others I slung on
the floor. The miserable cutoff worked so hard
that a man almost has to get his feet on it to move
the thing, and, as it was, I had to use both hands.
After I had been throwing paper around for
about ten minutes a gust of wind came along and
blew one of them over onto the rollers. I lost my
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INDIAN WAR PARADE AT THE “ ROUND-UP^" PENDLETON, OREGON.
Photograph by Major Lee Moorehouse.
THE COLLEGE STUDENT FEEDS A PRESS.
TOLD BY HI1ISELF.
EAR INDIAN : I hope you
haven’t been tearing your
shirt because I didn’t answer
your dandy letter. I was
mighty glad to get a letter
from you especially as I had
only sent you a post-card.
Wherefor be it known to all
men that I will hereby en¬
deavor to reinstate myself and with your kind
permission I will drive on the hearse :
Did you know that I intended to get work in
the printing-office here and in that way earn some
money? Well, you know it now, and you should
also bear in mind that people don’t always do as
they intend. I went to the guy who calls himself
the head nabob of the printery and told him I was
looking for a job. Could I feed a press? Oh, yes,
I could feed a press all right; I’d fed a press for
the last six years and knew all about it. So he
told me to show up the next afternoon and he
would give me something to do. I was on the
job at the right time and he set me at feeding bill¬
heads into a small power press. By George, that
thing went like the devil. I couldn’t keep track of
the darn thing close enough to tell whether it was
open or shut, but I didn’t have to bother with it
long; the boss came along, and said there was
another job he wanted to put me on, and what do
* This contribution is taken from a letter by a college chum to the son
of Mr. Dewey Hamilton, secretary-treasurer of Waukegan Typographical
Union, No. 294. Prominence is given this “ privileged communication ”
because of its educational value in showing the amateur pressfeeder’s point
of view. The writer of the letter has a printing outfit of his own and is
familiar with the art in his own small way. There is a serious side to the
letter, and that is seen in the method of setting the boy to his task.
goat and forgot how to shut the brute off. The
sheet of paper went slapping and swirling around
there and clogging up the whole works. I took a
yank at every lever that was in sight and at last
managed to jerk the strap off the wheel. Then I
worked for about half an hour cleaning up the
mess — some lovely job that. Soon I had things
whistling along nicely, but the long-legged mutt
next to me thought things were moving too slow
to suit him, so he shoved the motor along a peg or
two and the press buzzed faster yet. I staid by it
though and had paper sailing around my head
till the room looked white. To every one I got in
the press about three would drop on the floor. I
had a peach of a white carpet around my feet.
Then the boss came in and started to bawl me out
about wasting so many. I says, “ Oh, I’m getting
along fine now,” and from then on I chucked the
bad ones in with the good. After a while I thought
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it was about time to quit and began to stack up
the ones I had printed. What did I do but let a
whole handful of them go sliding on the floor and
get all dirt? I slammed them on the table, got my
hat and beat it. Next day I goes tearing back
with a grin on my mug and asks the boss what I
should do. “ Oh, we got something for you all
right. See that old rusty paper-cutter over there ?
Well, you go to work and clean it up nice. It’ll
take about two weeks ; then we got some more old
iron down-stairs when you get that done.” Of
course I got the horse-laugh, but it didn’t bother
me any. I wasn’t going to lay down right in front
of the whole office, so I went to work and cleaned
on the cutter for about ten minutes. Then I beat
it, and haven’t shown my nose around there since.
The mutt owes me eighty cents, but I guess it is
Written for The Inland Printer.
CONSISTENCY IN THE PROOFROOM.
Y F. HORACE TEALL.
ANY persons have mislearned
the lesson set for them by
Emerson in his essay on “ Self-
reliance,” from which the dic¬
tionaries quote: “A foolish
consistency is the hobgoblin of
little minds.” His qualifying
adjective is lost or ignored at
least as frequently as it is
acknowledged in citing him in favor of inconsist¬
ency. Thus the actual saying is perverted, and
the intention misrepresented, so that Emerson is
often thought to have objected to any effort to be
consistent. But his objection was to foolish effort
BUFFALO VERNON, BARE-HANDED, THROWS A WILD STEER AT THE “ ROUND-UP,”
PENDLETON, OREGON.
Photograph by Major Lee Moorehouse.
fair enough, because I spoilt about a dollar and
eighty cents worth of paper. I’m no junkman
and I’ll see his blamed old paper-cutter in Halifax
before I’ll clean it. Cube was going to go over
there and work too, but he lost his goat; he was
afraid they would put him on the iron right away
because he came with me. I bet he would have
been put on the iron pretty quick. Yes?
A BAD EGG.
“ He always was a bad egg, but nobody seemed to notice
it while he was rich.”
“Yes, he was all right until he was broke.” — Sacred
Heart Review.
A BELATED ARRIVAL.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Hellis Russell at
Port Gibson this week — a companion of the twins born
some time ago. — Neivark (N. Y .) Union-Gazette.
only, and not intended to apply to half the extent
to which it has been so unthinkingly spread. We
have here a parallel to the frequent saying that
money is the root of all evil, when the Scripture,
from which it is supposed to be quoted, says that
the love of money is the root. Under some circum¬
stances, and particularly in matters of form, con¬
sistency, or uniformity, is not only desirable, but
universally demanded, whether some people —
mostly those not immediately concerned — decry
it or not. The proofroom is preeminently a fitting
place for uniformity in general, though even there
the demand can be carried to a worse than foolish
extent.
It is impossible for any one to determine a
dividing line between consistency and inconsist¬
ency so that all of one kind shall be on one side of
it and all else on the other. It is equally impos¬
sible for any one to determine for any one else
THE INLAND PRINTER
373
when it is worth while to be consistent and when
it is not worth while. But we all know that some
such effort is demanded in every proofroom, and
that the demand is reasonable, and so it seems
worth while to direct attention to some special
instances and leave the matter in general for per¬
sonal decision.
When I was reading proof on a New York
morning paper the foreman left a note for me one
evening which ended with the instruction, “ Take
charge of the proofroom until further orders.”
(I firmly hold that his action was inconsistent in
the fact that he added at least $10 worth to my
duties each week, but did not add anything to my
pay, which was the same as that of the other read¬
ers.) The room had been without a special head
man, and some little troubles demanded settle-
cases, except possibly the poor one of determining
by the length of the words. Good bookwork should
be carefully corrected according to the style of the
office, or according to a style set by the customer —
for some customers will insist on having things
done in their own way. But for a newspaper the
most advisable practice for the proofreader seems
to be less rigid. If so instructed, of course the
proofreader must correct according to style. With¬
out such instruction, why not leave such things
just as they come, without making trouble for the
sake of foolish consistency? Of course, though,
with a distinct understanding that one form is the
style of the office, compositors will know it as well
as proofreaders, and there will be little need of
correction.
A compositor on another paper divided the
JACK SPAIN AT THE “ ROUND-UP, v PENDLETON, OREGON.
Photograph by Major Lee Moorehouse.
ment authoritatively. One night a compositor
brought to me a proof on which “ a newly married
couple ” had been made “ newly-married.” When
the reader was told not to mark such hyphens he
said it was wrong without the hyphen ; but on
being asked whether he would insert one in “ a
brilliantly illuminated room ” he instantly said no,
and was then told not to mark it in any such words.
Formerly such compounding was very com¬
mon, but for many years it has been decreasing,
though even now some old-fashioned people insist
upon it. It is a matter of almost no importance
outside the printing-office, but, like many other
details, worthy of absolute settlement one way or
the other in the proofroom, because of reduced
correction of type. Absolute settlement here
means that all similar words of this kind should
be treated alike. There is no reason for either
form in one case that is not equally potent in all
word tribune properly (trib-une) and a proof¬
reader marked it changed (tri-bune), forcing the
resetting of two lines, as it was linotype work.
Another reader who revised the proof spoke to the
first reader in remonstrance, when, to his surprise,
the first reader said the word was tri-bune', as he
heard everybody say it so. He evidently was not
aware that many words are very commonly mis¬
pronounced. The main point was that it was
worse than needless to demand the resetting of
two lines to change such a word either way —
that is, on a daily newspaper. But, if a proof¬
reader thinks it is worth while to change word-
divisions, especially when the word is pronounced
differently by different authorities — as de-position
by some and dep-osition by others — he should
certainly ascertain how the word is divided in the
dictionary that is used in the office. He would
find that every American dictionary gives tribune
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the way our compositor set it. In this case and
the preceding one, as in innumerable others, it is
true that a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of
little minds.
Inconsistency is an intrinsic element of every
language that is alive, and some of it could be
found even in every language that is dead. More
than that, human nature, and even individual
human nature, comes far short of absolute con¬
sistency. Almost every person, if not actually
every one, is inconsistent enough to be ready to
charge it as a fault against others, on certain
occasions, often while the person making the
charge is at the same time practicing exactly the
same inconsistency. I could point out more than
one man who has asserted that he cared nothing
for consistency when some one has reasoned on
that basis for something he did not wish to adopt,
yet who has in cases exactly similar held it to be
very faulty for a proofreader not to be consistent.
It is in hope of securing consistency, or uni¬
formity, that style-cards are made; yet no style-
card was ever made that did not embody much
inconsistency.
We leave this subject with the feeling that
nothing definite has been accomplished in the
writing, beyond furnishing some food for thought,
but more strongly convinced than in the begin¬
ning that as a whole the problem must be left for
individual solution.
Written for The Inland Printer.
ROMAN SMALL LETTERS.!
BY WILLIAMS WELCH,
Chief Draftsman, Signal Corps, United States Army.
[ETTERS are most ornamental
when they are uniform and
regular throughout, but the
greatest degree of legibility is
created when there is the most
distinct and striking differ¬
ence among them all. For
this reason it is most essential
that the small letters should
always be made to differ from each other as much
as possible and anything approaching similarity
between any of them should be carefully guarded
against; because it is obvious that if the letters
should resemble each other closely they could not
be distinguished very readily, and consequently
the words which they formed could not be read
rapidly.
The roman capital letters are quite handsome
and their uniformity makes them very attractive,
but it prevents them from being read with ease.
They can not be formed rapidly with a pen, and
for that reason writing with them was slow and
tedious. These difficulties caused the small letters
to be devised as script about 789 A. D. They were
derived from the capitals and from the Greek
small letters, but underwent many changes and
COMPARATIVE WIDTHS OF ROMAN SMALL LETTERS.
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
1
m
William Courteney, Engraver .
.47
.54
.54
.54
.54
.42
.47
.48
.10
.37
.49
.10
.86
U. S. Coast Survey Standard .
.50
.55
.56
.55
.56
.41
.50
.52
.10
.42
.52
.10
.86
“Manual of Topography,” J. Enthoffer
.49
.52
.52
.52
.51
.36
.52
.49
.10
.36
.51
.10
.86
“Plain Lettering,” H. S. Jacoby .
.50
.55
.55
.55
.57
.40
.50
.50
.10
.40
.55
.10
.90
American Type Founders Co .
.48
.60
.55
.60
.60
.48
.60
.54
.10
.48
.54
.10
.93
“Analytical Alphabets,” G. J. Becker. .
.47
.57
.54
.57
.57
.33
.46
.46
.10
.33
.52
.10
.78
Average .
.49
.56
.54
.56
.56
.40
.49
.50
.10
.42
.53
.10
.86
n
0
P
q
r
s
t
u
V
w
X
y
z
William Courteney, Engraver .
.48
.63
.57
.57
.45
.47
.24
.48
.47
.72
.47
.50
.50
U. S. Coast Survey Standard .
.52
.58
.55
.55
.43
.47
.30
.51
.48
.73
.50
.50
.48
“Manual of Topography,” J. Enthoffer
“Plain Lettering,” H. S. Jacoby .
.49
.54
.52
.52
.42
.49
.25
.49
.49
.82
.49
.49
.52
.50
.60
.55
.55
.40
.50
.30
.50
.50
.80
.55
.50
.50
American Type Founders Co .
.54
.60
.60
.60
.45
.45
.33
.54
.48
.84
.48
.48
.54
“Analytical Alphabets,” G. J. Becker. .
.47
.60
.57
.57
.40
.47
.27
.47
.47
.84
.54
.54
.50
Average .
.50
.59
.56
.56
.42
.47
.28
.50
.48
.79
.50
.50
.50
PECULIARITIES OF BEANS.
A diet of beans affects one man one way and another
man another way. It led the Rev. Cortland Myers to declare
that clubwomen are in the vestibule of hell. It led Jovo
Sasso, of Steubenville, Ohio, to take a shot at the keeper of
his boarding-house. Beans are all right, but immoderate
indulgence in them is certain to lead to trouble. — B. L. T.,
in Chicago Tribune.
variations before they were finally developed into
a satisfactory alphabet. About 1468 they were
cut in type and their legibility has brought them
into almost universal use for printed matter of all
l These letters are known as “ iower-case ” by typesetters and printers,
because the case containing them is placed below the one in which the capi¬
tals are kept.
THE INLAND PRINTER
375
kinds. The demand for them has caused type-
makers to continue to improve them until they
have reached a higher degree of perfection than
any other alphabet, but in type they are usually
crowded very close together to save as much space
as possible and there is a slight tendency to sacri¬
fice legibility for uniformity. Type also has the
appearance of being mechanically exact and rigid.
Draftsmen and engravers are free from the
be about one-tenth of the height of the tall small
letters. When these stems are exactly 1:10 they
look right with capitals whose stems are 1 :7 of
their own height, but they are rather light with
capitals whose stems are 1:6 of their height. In
the alphabet (Fig. 1) the widths of the letters are
the average of those given in the previous table
and the height of the short one is made equal to
six times the width of the stems.
a b cdcfgliij kirn
no|H| rsl uvwxvz
Fig. 1.
restrictions of typemaking and a few of them have
been able to form the small letters with more grace
and beauty and to give each one its distinctive
character better than has been done in type, but
this alphabet could be improved greatly by making
certain letters differ from each other more than
they do at present.2
In the best examples of the normal or standard
letters they vary but slightly in their proportions,
details of construction and in the method of
The relation between the height of the short
letters, like m n u, to the tall ones, like b h k 1, is
made very nearly the same by the best authorities.
Enthoffer’s Manual and the United States Coast
Survey Standard make the height of the lower
ones 3 :5 (60 per cent) of the taller ones; Jacoby’s
and Becker’s books made them 5 :8 (621/2 per cent)
and the average of ten specimens measured in a
catalogue of type was found to be 7 :11 (631/2 per
cent). The average of these five is 61% per cent,
Fig. 2.
spacing them. Their comparative widths in six
most excellent alphabets, which were selected
from entirely different sources, are shown in the
accompanying table. The height of the taller ones
is taken as the unit of measurement.
In these alphabets the average proportion of
width to height of the letters n and u is 4 :5, which
is the same as for the capital letter H. The stems
of the short letters, like i and r, are very nearly
one-sixth of their height, and this causes them to
2 A series of tests, made in the psychological laboratory of Clark Uni¬
versity, has shown that bhk, ceo, onu, sxz, san and others are too nearly
alike and are confused with each other, and that the relative legibility of
the different letters is usually about in the following order: mwgdpfjyvgkb
hlirxatunoseez.
which happens to be the proportion obtained by
dividing a line into “ extreme and mean ratio,” so
that the shorter part of the line is to the longer
part as the longer part is to the whole line. Fig. 2
shows these proportions compared.
The extreme and mean ratio of a line is one of
the most beautiful proportions, because it is very
close to the simple and pleasing ones of 4:7, 3:5,
5:8 and 2:3, and it is almost exactly the mean of
these four.3 An optical deception causes the lower
part of any division to appear slightly smaller
3 In a work by Dr. A. Zeising, published in 1854, this division is called
the “ golden cut ” and was developed by him from the theory of the correct
proportions of the human body.
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THE INLAND PRINTER
than it actually is. Therefore, if the lower part
of this division is increased very slightly to 621/2
per cent (5:8), the height of the tall letters will
appear to be divided almost exactly into extreme
and mean ratio, as is shown on the right of the
figure above. The alphabet (Fig. 3) shows the
height of the short letters increased to 6214 per
cent of the tall ones, while the tall ones remain
1 :10 of their own height.
w and x incline almost three-fourths of a degree
to the left, q and t nearly one degree to the right,
and all the others nearly one-half a degree to the
left.
The system of spacing the small letters is the
same as for the capitals. This table (Fig. 4) gives
the normal widths and spacing for each letter.
The height of the tall ones is taken as the
unit of measurement. Below each one is given its
abcdefghijklm
n o p q r stuvwxyz
Fig. 3.
Copies of this alphabet were submitted for
criticism to six of the best authorities on that
subject, and as there were no conflicting opinions
among them, the improvements which they sug¬
gested have been made.
There are numerous optical deceptions in this
alphabet which must be overcome as in the capital
letters. They are as follows :
Round letters, like c, e, o and s, extend slightly
above and below the straight ones, like i, r, and u,
width and on each side is given its spacing, which
is added to that of the next letter.
The small letters are nearly always so minute
that the measurement given in the table can not
be used except to lay them out to a large scale as
models. As they are the most difficult letters to
draw or engrave well, it is best in practice to set
them up in type and stamp them on drawings and
then touch them up with a very fine pen, or trans¬
fer them to a plate or stone for engraving.
10 SiQ
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and the thick curved sides are slightly wider than
the straight stems.
The top of a, c, e, k, s, x and z is narrower than
the bottom, the top of e, s and x is shorter, and the
top terminal of s, x and z is smaller than the one
at the bottom.
The fine line in x must have a slight offset
where it crosses the heavy one, to make it appear
straight, and for the same reason the lower half
of the one in k must be bent down, and both fine
lines in z curved in very slightly.
Although all the letters appear to stand exactly
vertical, only a and b are exactly so; for p, r, s, v,
In typemaking and for other purposes it is
desirable to have the width of each letter, includ¬
ing its spacing, a multiple of the same unit. There
are a number of different units which could be
used. If one is chosen which is 1:6 of the height
of the letters, all of them can be made some mul¬
tiple of it in width by extending or condensing
them very slightly. In the alphabet (Fig. 5) the
total width of f, i, j, 1 and t is each of 3 of these
units ; c, r, s, v, x and y are each 4 ; a, e, g, o and z
are 414 ; b, d, h, k, n, p, q and u are 5 ; w is 6, and
m is 7(4-
The capital letters can be made to conform to
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this same unit by condensing or extending them
very slightly also.
When the roman capital letters are slanted to
the right they are called italics. Their details
remain the same, but all the italic small letters
time were used almost exclusively on drawings,
but the fine lines are difficult to make with a pen
or to print when reduced very much by photo¬
engraving; so they have been simplified as much
as possible by omitting the fine horizontal lines at
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Fig. 5.
differ slightly from the roman small letters except
c and o, while a and g are entirely different.
Example (Fig. 6) was developed by the U. S. Coast
and Geodetic Survey.4
The average slant for these letters is found to
the tops and the curved ones at the bottoms and by
making the others about the same weight as the
heavy lines. They then become slanting gothic
small letters. Those shown in Fig. 7 are now used
mainly by draftsmen.
abode fghijklm
nopqrst avwxyz
Fig. 6.
be about 21°. It so happens that if the height of
these letters is divided into “ extreme and mean
ratio” and the shorter part of the division (.382)
is taken for the horizontal component of the angle,
the slant will be just 21°. This is nearly eight
These letters can be made rapidly and crowded
very closely together when necessary. They pho-
toengrave well and are very legible when greatly
reduced or poorly printed. Vertical letters are
more legible than slanting letters, but those which
Fig.
vertical to three horizontal and is regarded as
about the most pleasing angle of inclination for
the italic letters and for script.
These letters are very beautiful and at one
4 The construction of each letter is fully described in a book called
“ Manual of Typography,” by Joseph Enthoffer.
slant are easier to make. These letters should be
nearly vertical to make them most legible, but they
must be slanted enough to show clearly that they
were not intended to be vertical. Therefore they
should slant at least ten degrees, but not more than
fifteen degrees.
Drawn by John T. Nolf, printer.
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Written for The Inland Printer.
THE TYPOGRAPHY OF ADVERTISEMENTS.
NO. V. - BY F. J. TREZISE.
ON THE USE OF BORDERS.
T is hardly necessary in these
days to advance arguments in
favor of the use of borders
in advertisement composition.
Nearly every person concedes
that their use is advisable —
almost necessary. This being
the case, our consideration is
how we can use the borders to
the best advantage and with the best results.
Primarily, the border serves to “ hold the
advertisement together” — to define its limits. It
also serves to set it apart from the other adver¬
tisements on the same page.
This problem of holding the advertisement
together is an important one. No one questions
the fact that a frame around a picture, setting it
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unique and valuable illustrations. We suggest an
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The HUMAN FIGURE
By JOHN H. VANDERPOEL
G. Mr. Vanderpoel’s new book is a full and
concise exposition of his system. The text
is a thorough analysis of the human figure
from the artist’s standpoint, feature by feature
and as a whole. It is illustrated with 54 full-
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Fig. 28. — Owing to the large, various-sized areas of white space in these
advertisements, they do not seem to “ hold together ” properly without
borders.
apart from the background against which it is
hung, improves its appearance. Neither does any
one question the fact that the compositor, in set¬
ting an advertisement, is, in a measure at least,
composing a picture. He is grouping certain
masses within a definite space, and the laws of
composition which govern the painting of the
picture also govern the placing of these masses,
in what might well be termed a typographical
picture. It readily follows, then, that to have the
space within which he is working clearly defined
by a border is advantageous to the compositor.
One might contend that the edges of the paper
constituted the border, but when we consider that
the margins of white space around the advertise¬
ment are nearly always unequal we readily see that
THE PRINCIPLES
OF DESIGN
THIS BOOK since its publication has received
the unreserved commendation of teachers and
students. It treats with directness and in a
most simple manner of the subject to which all those
interested in Art Education are giving most careful
thought. The book contains over one hundred
unique and valuable illustrations. We suggest an
early order for your library, as the edition is limited.
PRICE $3.00
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Chicago and New York
INHUMAN FIGURE
By JOHN H. VANDERPOEL
CL Mr. Vanderpoel’s new book is a full and
concise exposition of his system. The text
is a thorough analysis of the human figure
from the artist's standpoint, featureby feature
and as a whole. It is illustrated with 54 full-
page plates, variously reproduced in half¬
tone, metzograph and tint — all of them
masterly drawings of the greatest value to the
student. In addition to these it contains 330
marginal sketches. Price $2.00
THE INLAND PRINTER CO.
CHICAGO :: NEW YORK
Fig. 29. — The defining of the size and shape of the advertisements by
borders is desirable. Compare with Fig. 28.
this does not suffice — it is arranging a composi¬
tion for a space one size and shape and then using
it in another space. This, of course, applies par¬
ticularly to those advertisements which contain a
considerable amount of white space; the solid
advertisements indicate their size and shape more
plainly.
As an illustration of this point consider Figs.
28 and 29. In the former, the fairly large areas
of white space in each of the two advertisements,
together with the unequal margins around the
page, serve to give them the appearance of being
imbalanced in composition. In Fig. 29, however,
the effect is different. The actual size and shape
of the advertisements are defined by the borders,
and the arrangement within is well balanced and
pleasing.
Then, too, with a border around an advertise¬
ment the compositor has a little more leeway in
his opportunity for arrangement. Groups of type
and decoration, which are out of all balance, and
which seemingly have little relation one to the
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other, may, by the placing of a border around
them, be brought together into a unit.
So we decide that borders are desirable. The
next consideration is as to what borders shall be
used.
One great essential demands our attention
when we consider the use of borders — and that is,
they must harmonize with the type.
Now, let us “ get together ” on this question of
harmony. With all due regard for that dislike of
many printers for what may be called “ art terms,”
we find that in no other way than by their use can
we arrive at a definite understanding of this point,
and after one has overcome his prejudice toward
the use of these phrases in connection with typog-
Latest Fashions
Every new fashion of Paris, every new
model the New York modistes create,
is immediately duplicated by our artists
and exactly reproduced at great saving.
Many Classy Spring Suits
and Beautiful Coats
in the loveliest styles, are here for your
choosing, the like of which no other
store in this city can show, and at prices
remarkably low.
The woman of keen artistic sense
can revel in exclusive, distinctive models
and select that which will best suit her
individual need.
If Unable to Attend This Sale Write or
Telephone
WALTON STEVENSON
397 William Tell Street, Chicago
Fig. 30. — In this advertisement the border harmonizes in tone with the
type — it is neither too heavy nor too light.
raphy he finds that they are simple, easily under¬
stood and wholly practicable.
Harmony, in this connection — the use of bor¬
ders around advertisements — is of two kinds :
shape harmony and tone harmony. Of the two,
perhaps, tone harmony is the more important, as
it more frequently offers to the compositor oppor¬
tunity for getting away from what constitutes
good design.
The border must harmonize in tone with the
type used in the advertisement — it must be
neither too dark nor too light, but of approxi¬
mately the same strength of color. Generally speak¬
ing, we may say “ light borders with light type
and heavy borders with heavy type.” The border
must not, unless it be of such nature in its design
as to suggest in some manner the article adver¬
tised, attract attention to itself. In framing a pic¬
ture we do not select a frame which is so flashy
or attractive that on looking at it one exclaims
“What a handsome frame! ” and forgets all about
Latest Fashions
Every new fashion of Paris, every new
model the New York modistes create,
is immediately duplicated by our artists
and exactly reproduced at great saving.
Many Classy Spring Suits
and Beautiful Coats
in the loveliest styles, are here for your
choosing, the like of which no other
store in this city can show, and at prices
remarkably low.
The woman of keen artistic sense
can revel in exclusive, distinctive models
and select that which will best suit her
individual need.
If Unable to Attend This Sale Write or
Telephone
WALTON SP STEVENSON
397 William Tell Street, Chicago
Fig. 31. — The heavy hlack border detracts from the readability of the text.
the picture itself. Neither should the printer, in
setting an advertisement, use a border which will
attract attention to itself rather than to the text.
Latest Fashions
Every new fashion of Paris, every new
model the New York modistes create,
is immediately duplicated by our artists
and exactly reproduced at great saving.
Many Classy Spring Suits
and Beautiful Coats
in the loveliest styles, are here for your
choosing, the like of which no other
store in this city can show, and at prices
remarkably low.
The woman of keen artistic sense
can revel in exclusive, distinctive models
and select that which will best suit her
individual need.
If Unable to Attend This Sale Write or
Telephone
W ALTON STEVENSON
397 William Tell Street, Chicago
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Fig. 32. — The individual spots of this border are too large and tend to
make the whole advertisement “ spott}*.”
The advertisement shown in Fig. 30 is sur¬
rounded by a plain rule border which is of the
proper tone to harmonize with the type on the
inside. The border is not obtrusive, it does not
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attract attention from the “ talking ” parts of the
advertisement, and yet it serves all its purposes
and answers all the requirements in that it sepa¬
rates the advertisement from the matter surround¬
ing it, and accentuates, by defining the outline of
the advertisement, the pleasing distribution of
white space which goes to make up good design.
In Fig. 31 is shown the same advertisement,
but with a heavier border. One can not but feel
that with these surroundings the text of the adver¬
tisement has lost some of its pulling power, and
although the black border will undoubtedly attract
a passing glance, the contrast between its black¬
ness and the light tone of the type is not pleasing
to the eye, and the advertisement is harder to read.
But plain rules are not always used for borders
around advertisements. Frequently it is found
desirable to use the more decorative ones, and it is
in the use of these decorative borders that one is
the most likely to detract from the text. Such an
instance is shown in Fig. 32. Here we have a
border which attracts attention by reason of the
size of the various spots of which it is composed.
When we look at this advertisement, the eye per-
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Fig. 33. — Although decorative in design, this border is pleasing because
the various spots of which it is composed are small enough to blend into
the general design.
ceives the border as individual spots, each spot
exercising a certain amount of attraction, and the
unconscious attempt to look at all of them results
in a confusion from which one seeks relief in the
plainer borders. No matter how decorative the
border may be, however, if the various spots of
which it is composed are small enough to blend
into a design and lose their individuality, it is not
objectionable. This is illustrated in Fig. 33, a
German advertisement. Although the border is
composed of numerous round spots, the fact that
they are small causes us to see the border as a
whole, rather than the individual pieces of which
it is composed.
The advertisements in Fig. 34, reproduced
from a Swiss publication, show a careful regard
for this question of tone harmony as applied to
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trates harmony of tone between border and text.
nicety of discrimination which has actuated the
compositor in his choice of borders for these adver¬
tisements, each one of them showing a most pleas¬
ing relation between the type and the surrounding
border.
In addition to securing a harmony of tone
between border and type, one should see that the
same harmony is preserved between type and
rules where the latter are used in the advertise¬
ment, either for underscoring lines or dividing
lines or groups of type. The rules and type must
be of such weight or color that neither will over¬
shadow or “ kill ” the other. This is a most impor¬
tant feature. Where a complete tone harmony is
preserved, rules used in connection with type are
very effective, and much is added to the general
appearance. Where this tone harmony is lacking,
however, the rules would better be omitted. In
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Fig. 35 are shown illustrations of type and rules
which harmonize with each other, while the exam¬
ples in Fig. 36 illustrate the lack of a proper har¬
mony. In the former group the various rules are
of such weight or color that they seem a part of
the lines underneath which they are used, while
in the latter group there is no unity whatever
between type and rules. The rules used in Fig. 35
are of weights known as half-point face, one-point
face, two-point face and three-point face. The
light, or hair-line rule, such as that shown under¬
neath the top line in Fig. 36, should be avoided in
work of this kind. One rarely if ever finds type
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Fig. 35. — Here the rules harmonize in tone with the type underneath
which they are placed.
which is too light to harmonize with the half-point
face rule, and the lighter rule is more likely to
give trouble to both electrotyper and pressman.
An instance of the lack of tone harmony caused
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Fig. 36. — This illustration shows the lack of unity between type and rules
when tone harmony is not considered.
by the use of hair-line rules for underscoring is
shown in Fig. 37. Assuming that the compositor
has used the underscoring rules to add weight to
The Housewives Who Do
Their Own Buying^
IN the swarming Bee-hives that we call Big Cities, the
*■ trend by custom and example is toward luxury and
case. With our City Ladies, the “maids" not only per¬
form the household duties, but arc usually entrusted with
the household buying, as well.
But it’s different in the Small-Towns, the Villages, and
Hamlets. There, most of the Housewives do their own
work, or actively assist in having it done, and they
invariably do all of the family buying themselves.
They note with an impartial eye whether it's Pa who
needs a new suit of clothes, or Daughter a nine-gored
skirt and a long coat. They determine in their own minds
whether the family shall eat Quaker Oats or com flakes —
use Fairy Soap or castile. and they are the family’s Court
of Appeal in deciding whether to buy a Piano or new
“set" for the “spare" room,
And these are the good Women whose distinction it is
to preside over families which aggregate 67% of our 80
millions of population. They are the salt of the earth,
their good will is a power — and their confidence is a
business asset.
Home Life is edited for and to them and so much do
they appreciate it, that 900,000 of their Homes subscribe
for it and pay their subscriptions in advance.
This in itself is evidence that their confidence is a busi¬
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goods? Home Life will bring you their custom — your
goods must earn their confidence.
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Fig. 37. — The use of rules of a proper weight for underscoring the lines of
the heading would be an improvement.
the heading and accentuate it as a spot of color, it
is readily seen that he has not taken advantage of
his opportunity to strengthen the lines. The light
Fig. 38. — Where one has poor rules, corner-pieces of this kind are very
acceptable, and do away- with the unsightly joints.
rules add but little color to the group, and by their
contrast in tone with the type-face render the
whole thing the more confusing. A heavier rule,
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383
harmonizing in tone with the type, would seem
more an actual part of the lines than an added
decoration.
The compositor is frequently at a disadvantage
in the use of borders around advertisements, owing
to the fact that the rules at his disposal are not in
the best of condition. This results in poor joints
at the corners and a most unsatisfactory appear¬
ance. Where the advertisement is to be electro-
typed, the joining of the corners is, of course,
taken care of by the electrotyper, but where the
advertisement is run from type other means must
be resorted to in order to get pleasing results. In
this case it is frequently desirable to use, as
corner-pieces for the rule border, one of the many
simple little spots or sections of border which are
to be found in almost every composing-room. An
illustration of their use is shown in Fig. 38. It is
not necessary, nor even desirable, that the rules
should join closely to the corner-pieces, and the
break between the two is not in the least objec¬
tionable, the effect as a whole being just as pleas¬
ing as the border of solid rule.
(To be continued.)
Written for The Inland Printer.
THE SCHOOL ANNUAL.
BY HARRY M. BASFORD.
HIS is the season of year
when almost every printer is
visited by delegations of
young men and girls, stu¬
dents of the colleges and
schools in his territory, ask¬
ing for bids for printing the
school annual or year-book.
It is also a good time to be¬
ware, for the courteous manners of his youthful
callers are deceiving, and if the printer is not care¬
ful he will find himself tied up with a contract
that will bring him only sorrow, with no profit
when he has finished the work.
It is hard to make any money out of these
year-books, but if he is warned in advance, the
printer can at least guard against some of the
pitfalls that lurk in this kind of work.
In the first place, the book is usually published
by the senior or graduating class. The members
of the class all take a powerful interest in this
annual, but unfortunately none of them has ever
edited or published a book before, and they all are
more or less ignorant of the work they have under¬
taken. As this is their last year in school and the
annual next year will be published by the present
junior class, it follows that the printer always will
have to deal with students who are having their
first experience with year-books, and he must
explain the same simple details year after year to
a different class of embryo editors, poets, artists
and publishers.
The troubles that tjiese students can make for
the printer are myriad, although all unintentional.
With the most pleasing manner they will ask the
most impossible things with never a thought of
paying for extras, alterations from copy and
favors which cost the printer time and money.
Of course, annuals published by students of the
higher institutions of learning are handled in a
more businesslike manner, but the printer is
nevertheless hampered more or less by the unfa¬
miliarity of all students with business methods
and particularly with the work of publishing a
pretentious volume that is supposed to stand as
the record of a class and its connection with the
school.
The first thing a printer can do to remove as
far as possible the obstacles from the rough road
that he must follow, if he would do this class of
work, is to suggest and to insist that all of his deal¬
ings with the class shall be transacted with as
few members of the class as possible. If the
entire responsibility for the success of the year¬
book can be delegated to one member, the business
manager, it is the best arrangement; but if the
class insists on a committee taking charge, let the
printer hope that it will be as small as possible.
This will greatly facilitate the work and will do
away with conflicting orders and misunderstand¬
ings that are almost sure to arise if the class
attempts to publish the annual as a committee of
the whole or with an executive committee of many
members.
In submitting a bid for the work, secure all
the details possible or, even better, have the class
submit a sample-book for size, style, etc. Then
make up a dummy, showing exactly the paper
stock, binding, margins, inserts, etc., that you are
estimating on, and write out your bid, covering
every detail of the work even more plainly than
you would do for any other job, specifying your
charge for alterations, additional pages and
changes of any kind that you can foresee. In sub¬
mitting this bid, make every part as clear as pos¬
sible and see that it is understood by the manager
or committee just as you understand it.
If you are agreeing to deliver the edition by a
certain date, be sure and specify when the last
copy must be received. This will give you plenty
of time, for the last piece of copy is a long time
coming from a graduating class that is about as
busy the last few months of the school year as a
society girl at her coming-out party.
If your bid is accepted, draw up a contract cov¬
ering the same points as your bid and have this
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signed by the officials of the class and endorsed by
some responsible party outside the class if you
are in doubt of the financial ability of the stu¬
dents. One of the parents of the students or some
school official will usually guarantee the payment
of the bill and the foresight in securing a
responsible signer may save you inconvenience
and loss later on.
In carrying out the work you can reasonably
insist on receiving the copy in typewritten form,
and all the advertisements, which are usually a
part of the book, marked for size and position. Do
not demur at submitting an extra set of proofs.
EXPERT advice to the uninitiated is like
to good seed scattered on a rocky hard-
pan. Do not waste your time in tak¬
ing our advice, but just look at what we do
and leave the rest to us. All you have to
do is to give us the copy, tell us what you
want, and your return will justify your con¬
fidence. Why? Because we print so that
you will come again.
E. PHECTIVE
PRINTER
ADVERTISING SUGGESTION.
It is to your own advantage, and is usually advisa¬
ble to submit a clean set of page proofs and get an
absolute 0. K. on every page before running the
forms. Many changes are almost sure to be made
after the original matter has been set, and all these
alterations should be carefully kept so that the
extra charge made can be satisfactorily explained
when payment is made.
Students usually want the highest class of com¬
position, presswork and binding on these year¬
books, and they are critical of the work when it
is done. Remember this and do not attempt to
deviate in any way from the original specifications
and contract, as it is sure to be discovered.
The margin of profit on this class of work
should be rather more than on ordinary commer¬
cial work, as the printing of year-books requires
more time and attention than almost any other job
that comes to the printer.
The foregoing paragraphs are not intended to
disparage the work of our schools nor to criticize
the conduct of the students who publish year¬
books, but merely to point out to the trade the
danger of estimating too low on this class of work
and the best way to handle year-books so as to
reflect credit upon the house doing the work and
to pay a profit over the cost of production.
HOW TO EXERCISE.
Look at the city dog or the city horse — if any still
exists. Let these animals be pampered, full-fed and kept
from work or play, and they become fat, indolent, decrepit,
short-lived. They must have exercise really to live. It
need not be the rigorous task of the fox-hound or the cours¬
ing greyhound, or the hard drilling of the thoroughbred
racehorse in training. But a reasonable amount of exercise
they must have in order to live. So with the city man, the
brainworker, the man of sedentary occupation. And inas¬
much as “ man,” of course, “ embraces woman ” — as the
philosopher said — it follows that she, too, needs reason¬
able exercise if she would live at her best. But the reason¬
ableness of the exercise must never be forgotten. It would
be suicidal folly for the hard-working business man or prac¬
titioner of a learned profession to box ten rounds a day
with a pugilist at top speed or to run a mile at his best
pace or to play three fast sets of tennis. Yet three or four
rounds a day, or six rounds every other day, at moderate
speed with, say, a couple of minutes’ brisk mix-up at the
finish; or a pleasant, jogging run, or a set of tennis daily
or six sets distributed over a week, would do wonders in
keeping the busiest sedentary worker full of the joy of liv¬
ing and doing, and out of the hands of the doctors.
Preferably man should take his physical exercise as
play. A pleasant swim of fifteen or twenty minutes’ dura¬
tion, a swift stroll with a friend or two over five or six
miles, a lively game or two of squash or tennis or handball
— any one of these will do a man more good than hours of
monotonous mauling a punching-bag or pushing dumb-bells.
The mind, the soul itself, is benefited by play, while the
bodily functions are strengthened by the physical work in
the game. — William Hemmingway , in Harper’s Weekly.
IN BIBLE TIMES.
Sihon pitched in Gahaz and fought against Israel. —
Judges.
He put forth his hand and caught it. — Exodus.
And he struck it into the pan. — I. Sam.
And he said unto him, Run! — II. Sam.
So they ran both together. — John.
Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases. — II. Kings.
Archer hit him and he was sore wounded. — I. Sam. —
B. L. T., in Chicago Tribune.
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3-5
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The long-drawn-out strike of printers in Lon¬
don, England, considered from the standpoint of
experience-education, will serve a good purpose.
“ Conference and conciliation ” is receiving a big
boost in the great cost of the battle between
employers and their workmen in that city.
A GOOD deal has been said about the “ white
man’s hope” — which so far has not been defi¬
nitely located. But the “ printer’s hope ” has been
sighted. It came out of the recent New York con¬
ference in the form of a tentative agreement for a
united printerdom.
The quality printer is steadily moving up the
ladder of success. The world is beginning to
recognize the power of good printing and its value
to commerce and industry. The quality printer is
not a peddler of paper and ink and common labor.
His business is to create; and the paper, and the
ink, and the labor are but the mediums with which
he works.
Employers’ liability for injured workmen was
given an amusing turn in the Paris courts recently,
according to a report in the foreign notes in this
issue. A man and his son were employed as fore¬
man and workman respectively by a printing firm.
The father gave his son an order which he failed
to obey, because of which the father tried to kick
the son, but fell and injured himself rather se¬
verely. He sued his employers for damages for a
hurt received in their employ. The employers
pleaded that he hurt himself while trying to kick
his son, and not in the ordinary course of work.
The man’s lawyers pleaded that he tried to kick his
son, not as a father, but as a foreman in the employ
of the defendants, because the young man did not
do as he was told to do. The court deferred judg¬
ment. The court being in doubt leads to the ques¬
tion, Is la savate the method of discipline in Paris
printing-offices ?
Sometimes it does seem that this “ old-age ”
talk is overplayed. One continually hears and
reads about old-age limits, etc., and just about so
often the subject creeps into printing-trade dis¬
cussions. In those trades in which strength and
endurance play an important part, and manual
labor is a prominent factor, the vigor of youth is
no doubt all-important. But the printing business
is, or at least should be, more a matter of brains,
and the efficiency which comes with experience
more than offsets any loss of muscular ability.
The business man who would scorn the suggestion
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that he was not daily growing more efficient does
not hesitate to accuse the employee of “ going
back ” at middle age. With the added discrimina¬
tion that comes with years of training and its con¬
sequent elimination of useless experimenting, it is
not unreasonable to assume that the older printer
will turn out as much, or even more, work with
much less physical effort.
The convention season is now upon us in its
full glory. This month we have the International
Photoengravers at Cincinnati, which promises to
have the most profitable gathering yet held by
this trade, even though it has earned some fame
on account of the instructive and interesting char¬
acter of its meetings. At about the same time
journeymen pressmen will be in Tennessee attend¬
ing the first convention of their craft held at the
union’s new institution — the home of its sanato¬
rium and technical school. This will not only be
an important meeting so far as the questions to be
disposed of are concerned, but attaching to it will
be a unique flavor in that those attending will be
fed and housed under the roof of the pressmen’s
latest venture. The stereotypers and electro¬
typers’ union meets in Detroit. This probably is
the best organized branch of the graphic-arts
industry. Being necessarily small numerically,
this organization does not promote great schemes
like million-dollar homes or pensions, while its
finely husbanded strength almost precludes the
possibility of there being much “ trouble ” in the
field in which it operates. At all the gatherings
there will be business mixed with pleasure, as is
the way with national meetings.
Undismayed by the result of the so-called
“ stamped envelope campaign,” the envelope
manufacturers at their recent meeting in New
York vigorously discussed the subject. This time
the watchword was not “ On to Washington! ” but
“ How can we get into the stamped-envelope busi¬
ness ? ” The development of machinery for attach¬
ing stamps to envelopes has opened an avenue
by which commercial envelope-makers may hope
to get some of that trade. This movement to
procure a substitute for government-stamped
envelopes is a direct result of organization. The
question was investigated by a committee which
reported, provoking a discussion that covered all
points in the cost of production, including the ques¬
tion of whether or not it would be wise to promote
trade of that kind, etc. It is true that all these
things may be done, and in some lines are being
done by individual firms. Among the envelope-
makers any single firm is at liberty to compete
with the Government; in this way the organiza¬
tion does not restrain them, but the general dis¬
cussion no doubt obviated the necessity of much
experimentation and possible loss. Perhaps there
is no industry that has secured more advantage
from its organization than has the envelope¬
making business. Though defeated in their prin¬
cipal campaign, the members learned enough to
convince them that had they been banded together
for a longer period and fought the fight earlier,
victory would have perched on their banner.
Lack of confidence in one another’s sincerity
is the employing printer’s big stumbling-block.
The “ experience meetings ” in their different
organizations ought to be a source of genuine
benefit to members of the craft. But the “ expe¬
riences ” are not always accepted in good faith,
and the help they are intended to offer is ignored
entirely. An instance of this was recited at a
recent meeting of the Chicago Composition Club.
A member had made known to the organization
his experience with the composition of a certain
job. He had contracted to do it for $1 a thousand
ems, and although he had an efficient force of
operators, a loss was sustained on the work. Yet,
when bids were asked for on the same work this
year, a member of the club, paying the same scale
of wages, is said to have contracted to do it for
80 cents a thousand. Some printers evidently are
not benefited by their affiliation with trade organ¬
izations. Other men’s experiences are of no value
to them — they seem determined to learn only
through their own misfortunes and misjudgments.
Cost Convention and the Commission’s Fund.
Denver, Colorado, has been selected by the
executive committee of the cost commission as the
meeting place for the third International Cost
Congress, the date to be some time during the
week of September 4 to 9. The purpose of the
place and time is to permit of those traveling to
Denver to attend the Cost Congress and the con¬
vention of the United Typothetse. This will insure
a fine trip for the majority of attendants, a great
gathering, and unprecedented entertainment for
those foresighted enough to go.
Speaking of the cost commission reminds us
that that organization is hampered for want of
funds — at least, it could do more if there were
more money to spend.
So far as we know, no one has seriously ques¬
tioned the magnitude or value of the work done by
the commission. Scores on scores of offices must
show the effects of it in enhanced bank accounts,
and hardly an office but what has felt the quick¬
ening influence of the commission’s activity. The
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commissioners themselves, with a fine display of
public spirit, have devoted time, money and energy
with prodigality to the cause. That the work
should be allowed to languish at this important —
we are not sure but that “ critical ” is the word to
use — moment, would be lamentable and a severe
reflection on the craft. As we understand it, the
amount needed by the commission is compara¬
tively small, so the sum required from each inter¬
ested printer is almost infinitesimal, and the cost
commission’s depleted bank account should be
augmented immediately. To do so would be a
good investment; neglect to do so displays a
dearth of craft patriotism.
Does the Explanation Explain?
A list of prices for machine composition sent
out by a western printers’ organization showed
that a higher rate per thousand was charged for
a large amount of composition than for a small
amount. The list had been read before a meeting
of Chicago printers, and this alleged peculiarity
noted. It seemed to be a puzzle to the majority of
those present, until a member came to the rescue
with the following explanation :
“ Mr. Chairman, this scale of prices is evi¬
dently based on history. The printer has been so
accustomed to producing work under cost, that
small jobs naturally are encouraged by a lower
rate per thousand on the basis that they are less
expensive than the larger ones.”
Costs and the Journeyman.
No greater evidence of the awakening now in
progress in the craft can be presented than was
noted on page 271 of our April issue. Here we
find that, in a comparatively small “ printing
town” like Los Angeles, about a hundred jour¬
neymen of the trade met to hear an explanation
of what is meant by the cost-accounting agitation.
And they heard an excellent paper on the subject
by Mr. George Stein, one of the paid organizers of
the International Typographical Union. Apart
altogether from the occasion, the effort deserves
a high place among the speeches and talks on the
all-absorbing subject. We understand that other
organizers of the typographical union are study¬
ing costs as Mr. Stein has done, so that they may
be better prepared to represent interests entrusted
to their care. What the attitude of these men
will be toward cost finding will have some effect
on the movement among employers. Mr. Stein is
more than sympathetic, and to our mind takes the
right position when he says the journeyman is
interested because cost systems (1) abolish guess¬
work and introduce scientific methods; (2) in¬
sure organization and better prices; and (3) give
the journeyman business knowledge that will be
useful when he becomes or contemplates becoming
an employer. The speaker said the greatest
menace to the financial health of the trade gen¬
erally was the “ shop owned by the fellow who has
no more business sense than a heathen image.”
He outlined the history of an office that always
staggered under a chattel mortgage, the owner
being compelled to resort to all manner of devices
— the most popular being to cut prices — in order
to meet interest demands.
Probably Mr. Stein’s attitude toward cost sys¬
tems is best expressed in the following quotation
from his address :
“ The cost system is a business school. When
the journeyman understands the business princi¬
ples of a cost system, we can get better coopera¬
tion between the business office and the mechan¬
ical departments. With journeymen who have a
knowledge of the business, and employers who
have the courage to ask good prices, we can
develop a community of interests that will place
the trade on a higher plane, and make it a pleas¬
ant and profitable occupation for all concerned.
Good wages depend on good prices, and good
prices depend on good work by competent, satis¬
fied mechanics, who take pride in the excellence of
their finished product; and while we are waiting
for the millennium let us learn what we can about
this trade which must give us support, and let us
make the best use of the knowledge gained.”
This is good reading for employers, and the
employee who is inclined to deride or oppose cost
systems should read and reread what the expe¬
rienced Mr. Stein has to say about them. That
gentleman has possibly a wider knowledge of the
commercial side of the trade than employees usu¬
ally possess, and perhaps has a more vivid idea
than the average employer of how the man at the
case views “ front-office ” orders.
New Employers’ Organization.
It is not undue optimism which leads us to the
conclusion that the conference held in New York
on April 17 and 18 last adopted a platform that
easily can be made a basis on which the employing
end of the trade may unite. With hardly a dis¬
senting voice as to the desirability of one organ¬
ization, and really little difference of opinion as to
what shall constitute the functions of the new
organization, there appears to be but one obsta¬
cle to immediate success — the pride of existing
organizations in their names and traditions. Natu¬
rally, the emphasis on this demand comes from
the United Typothetse. That its leaders should be
endeared to the name and organization in whose
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ups and downs they have been participants, is
easily understood and is to be expected. They
would be less than red-blooded if they felt other¬
wise.
Much misconception is now rife regarding the
Typothetse. It is generally thought of as an anti¬
union organization — which is not surprising —
and yet former President Fell says that more than
sixty per cent of its members employ union men
in whole or in part. It is also thought of and
spoken of as a high-dues association. While that
is a question which each one will answer accord¬
ing to the length of his purse or his ideas regard¬
ing the field that an organization should cover,
yet it is difficult to see how comprehensive work
can be done with a revenue that is materially
smaller than that enjoyed by the United Typoth¬
etse.
Far be it from us to object to a mere name;
indeed, we see advantages that would accrue from
continuing under the old flag, if it were made to
represent the new idea in employers’ organiza¬
tions, which would not be difficult for the Typoth¬
etse to accomplish at this time.
Success is largely dependent on numbers, and
it must be admitted that for some reason — per¬
haps the prognosticators have not mentioned the
right one — the United Typothetse does not make
a strong appeal to employing printers generally.
It has had satisfactory — even wonderful — suc¬
cess in the last year or so, yet the membership is,
as compared with what is desirable, small and has
been secured at a high price. What is hoped for
and what is looked for is an organization that will
attract members by the thousands instead of by
the hundreds.
Even without a handicap and under the most
favorable auspices, that will not be an easy
achievement, for employing printers are slow to
cooperate through organization. Suspicion, dis¬
trust and memories of previous failures, plus the
ever-present disposition to be selfish, are responsi¬
ble for this indifference. In this instance, how¬
ever, we are not justified in judging the future
wholly by the past, for this is the year and day of
organization. Associations that were regarded as
outlaws ten or twenty years ago are now univer¬
sally recognized as having a place in the world,
while the number of men who were so independent
that they would not listen to cooperation in the
business arena is almost negligible. So the har¬
vest prospects are brighter than they have been in
the past, and a properly announced and officered
organization has promise of a more brilliant future
than any of its predecessors.
The outlook is bright enough to warrant some
sacrifice — especially sentimental — on the part of
all well-wishers of the trade. There should be
no scalp-hunting among the partisans of exist¬
ing organizations. If the United Typothetse can
demonstrate its ability to attract membership in
sufficient numbers, then let us continue the name,
with such amendment in declaration and method
as will meet present needs. Contrariwise, if it be
shown that the Typothetse is a hindrance rather
than a help to the one-organization movement, it
is not too much to expect of its members that they
pocket their pride, as it were, and join hands in
the forming of the new association and in making
it a success.
Knowing the earnestness and sincerity of
many of the leaders of the Typothetse, we believe
they will measure up to a statesman’s standard
when the issue is finally determined.
Passing of a Sturdy Old-time Printer.
Frank Cooper, whose death occurred recently
at Black River Falls, Wisconsin, was a splendid
type of the old-time printer. Born in Derbyshire,
England, on March 27, 1825, he came to America
with his parents when only four years of age. The
family settled at Saybrook, near Ashtabula, Ohio.
The elder Cooper being a shipbuilder, young Frank
had ample opportunity to develop muscle and a
rugged constitution, and it is related that in his
earlier days no man could be found who could
twist a stick in his hands. One of his pet exercises
was to cross a room by the grip of thumbs and
fingers on the under side of a joist, with his body
dangling in the air.
While still quite young, Frank began to show a
hankering for books and an education, and in 1843
he accepted a proffer to learn the printer’s trade in
the Ashtabula Sentinel office. When he had fin¬
ished his apprenticeship, he worked as foreman in
Conneautville, Pennsylvania, for a short period,
after which he drifted West, working successively
at Milwaukee, Waukesha, Watertown and Racine,
Wisconsin, and Chicago. Having struck Chicago
during the ague period, there was a scarcity of
printers, and he was offered two lots in the now
business center of the city for almost a song. But
Mr. Cooper did not like Chicago, and could not
sing very well, so the opportunity to become a
millionaire was lost.
As indicative of the remarkable constitution of
this old-time printer, in 1854-55 while at Lansing,
Michigan, he was one of five printers to do the
work of setting and printing the proceedings and
bills for a session of the State Legislature. In
order to keep up with the procession and fulfil the
contract, they never worked less than fifteen, and
much of the time eighteen, hours a day. Whale-
oil lamps were used at night, and these smoked so
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that it was necessary to scrape off the windows
every week or so in order to get sufficient light
during the day. Three of these five printers died
of consumption within two years after this expe¬
rience. Mr. Cooper was the last survivor of this
group of overtime workers.
In 1857 he took the position of foreman of the
Banner office, at Black River Falls, which he held
When Mr. Cooper returned from the war he
bought a half interest in the Clark County Advo¬
cate, at Neillsville, Wisconsin, later going to Black
River Falls, and becoming associated with Colonel
J. A. Watrous in the ownership of the Badger State
Banner. This was in 1866, and he had been con¬
tinuously one of the publishers and editors of the
Banner since that time until 1888, when he sold to
FRANK COOPER, VETERAN PRINTER AND SOLDIER.
At the case at eiglity-tliree. Died March 9, 1911.
until enlistment in Company C, Thirty-seventh
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, to serve his coun¬
try in the Civil War, in which he was seriously
wounded and narrowly escaped death in the siege
of Petersburg. After lying unconscious for six
hours within the enemy’s works, he came to and
crawled out, dragging his gun by the strap with
his teeth. He never fully recovered from the bullet
wound received in that struggle.
his son, George F. Cooper, who is the present pub¬
lisher of the paper. After selling, he continued to
serve the Banner in various capacities, mostly at
his first love, however — setting type — until about
four years ago, when he retired on account of
physical disability.
Frank Cooper was one of those old-school print¬
ers who prided themselves in good work. He was
a fast and accurate compositor, a careful and fear-
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less editor, and a man of uncommon integrity.
With his sixty-five years of service in the printing
business, it is asserted by those who knew him best,
that no man could point to a single instance when
he failed to meet an obligation or keep an engage¬
ment.
Publishers and Efficiency.
Our friends the newspaper publishers contem¬
plate looking into the efficiency problem. Their
association has appointed a committee composed
of exceptionally successful and broad-minded men
to investigate it and several other questions of
general interest. This condition was precipitated
by retiring President Ridder’s address at the
recent meeting of the American Newspaper Pub¬
lishers’ Association. That gentleman “ went down
the line,” to use an expression of the street, on the
subject of efficiency, opening by asking a number
of uncomfortable questions. A positive assertion
was made that “the labor unions are destroying
incentive for efficient labor,” and that underwork¬
ing, or “ soldiering,” is almost universal and not
peculiar to the American workman. Mr. Ridder
complained also that papermaking “ is in the most
primitive stage,” while admitting the publishers
are so reckless that it requires 165 stocks of
cores to supply their needs for various widths of
papers. He mentioned many things concerning
which publishers knew very little, but about which
they should have accurate information, the items
ranging from the “ preparation of rollers ” to “ the
efficient use of a library.”
The exceptionally capable committee has its
work cut out for it if the members follow Mr.
Ridder’s interrogatories. He has been taking note
of the efficiency engineers, and sees that if their
theories are to be given a trial according to the
book, the system of paying wages will have to be
revolutionized, and he asks if it is not possible to
have a readjustment of wage-payment on the
basis of “ high wages and low labor cost.” Of
course Mr. Ridder does not contemplate an unfair
basis or the payment of mean wages, but the
establishing of just remuneration is a difficult
matter under the accepted system, and the dif¬
ficulties are obviously multiplied when new basic
methods are being introduced, no matter how lib¬
eral the wage rate may be.
Mr. Ridder is sure the remedy lies in system¬
atic management, as not a few of the evils he
complains about are the natural outcome of poor
management. For instance, if there be a dearth
of competent men in any industry, present and
previous managerial methods must bear the major
part of the blame, as the labor chiefs asserted and
emphasized when they had their hour on the ros¬
trum. To digress for a moment, they asserted the
unions were spending money to give apprentices
an opportunity to learn what the majority Of pub¬
lishers positively refused to allow them to learn.
Mr. Lynch, of the typographical union, said there
were relatively more incompetent managers than
incompetent printers, and declared “ efficiency ”
a present-time magazine fad, that “ on its face is
an alluring proposition; analyzed, it is a sham.”
While confident there is much that is valuable
in what is now called “ the efficiency movement,”
it must be remembered that the human element is
the largest factor in the case. The committee
handling the question for the Publishers’ Associa¬
tion is composed of persons who have a large
acquaintance with all classes of men, and who
realize that methods which may prove successful
with coal-passers might be a failure in the case of
men who make newspapers.
If this committee have the opportunity to make
an investigation of the subject, we confidently
anticipate that its report will be an important con¬
tribution to the literature of what is evidently
destined soon to be the great issue in the indus¬
trial world.
A TIRESOME JOB.
Yv:'- •
“ Well, this is the first time you’ve been back to the old
town for several years, ain’t it? ”
“ Yes, this is my first visit here since 1907.”
“ What you doin’ up to the city now? ”
“ I am in the railroad business.”
“ Railroadin’, eh? Brakin’ or conductor? ”
“ No, I am in the office of one of the trunk lines.”
“ Oh, I see. Gosh, don’t you git purty tired sometimes
handlin’ all them trunks that comes into a large city? ” —
Chicago Record-Herald.
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Written for Thh Inland Printer.
APPRENTICE PRINTERS* TECHNICAL CLUB.
NO. VII. - BY W. E. STEVENS,
Assistant Instructor, Inland Printer Technical School.
This department is devoted entirely to the interests of appren¬
tices, and the subjects taken up are selected for their immedi¬
ate practical value. Correspondence is invited. Specimens of
apprentices* work will be criticized by personal letter. Address
all communications to Apprentice Printers* Technical Club, 624-
632 Sherman street, Chicago.
LEADS AND SLUGS.
[NE of the first duties of most
apprentice printers is to sort
leads and slugs and put them
into their respective boxes or
compartments. Monotonous
and unimportant as the work
may seem, there is really a
great deal that may be learned
while handling this material.
Leads and slugs are thin pieces or strips of
soft type-metal, having a larger proportion of lead
than is used in type. They are cast or rolled in a
number of widths, from one point to twelve points
in thickness, and when ordered in strips are,
unless otherwise specified, twenty-four inches
long — excepting the one-point leads which are
usually eighteen inches long. They are used for
spacing out lines of type and for filling in around
and between borders, panels and groups of type-
matter. All thicknesses above and including six
points are called slugs; all below six points are
called leads. Fig. 36 shows some of the different
Thickness of a 6-point slug.
Thickness of a 4 -point lead.
Thickness of a 3-point lead.
Thickness of a 2-point lead.
Thickness of a 1-point lead.
Fig. 36. — Showing thicknesses of ordinary sizes of leads
and slugs.
thicknesses from one-point to six-point. These
may be termed ordinary, as they are the most
used.
All thicknesses are made in two heights, called
high and low; the high material, coming to the
shoulder of type, is used only in pages which are
to be electrotyped or stereotyped; the low mate¬
rial, which is the height of low spaces or quads, is
used in pages which are to be run direct from the
type.
The table shown in Fig. 37 is based on low
leads and is very interesting, even though one may
never have occasion to use it. Extra leads are
sometimes needed for a certain book or catalogue,
and by a table of this kind the approximate num¬
ber of pounds to buy can be readily ascertained.
Leads and slugs made of brass are rolled to
different thicknesses and cut in different lengths
the same as type-metal material, but these are
TABLE SHOWING THE APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF TWO-POINT
LEADS OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS THAT GO TO
THE POUND.
Lengths.
2-point
leads.
Lengths.
2-point
leads.
4 ems .
216
15 ems .
57
5 ems .
168
16 ems .
54
6 ems .
144
17 ems .
51
7 ems .
123
18 ems .
48
8 ems .
108
19 ems .
45
9 ems .
96
20 ems .
42
10 ems .
84
21 ems .
40
11 ems .
78
22 ems .
39
12 ems .
72
23 ems .
37
13 ems .
66
24 ems .
36
14 ems .
61
25 ems .
34
These figures may be used as a basis for figuring the
approximate number of leads of different thicknesses and
lengths that go to the pound.
Fig. 37.
used almost exclusively in newspaper work where
the pages are subjected to heat during the making
of matrices for stereotype plates.
In straight matter different kinds and styles of
type require a different spacing between lines, but
in ordinary composition two-point leads are used.
When a compositor speaks of leads and makes no
reference to the thickness, he means two-point
leads, but when speaking of other thicknesses he
will say lt^-point leads, three-point leads, four-
point leads, or whatever the size may be. Some
compositors still cling to the terms that were used
before the adoption of the point system. At this
time the thicknesses of leads, slugs and rules were
referred to according to the number that make up
a pica — for instance : four three-point leads make
a pica, so these were called four-to-pica leads;
three four-point leads make a pica, and they were
called three-to-pica leads, etc.
Labor-saving leads and slugs are the most com¬
monly used, and are usually made in graduated
lengths from four to twenty-five ems (pica) long.
They are furnished in fonts of twenty-five pounds,
fifty pounds, and multiples of these weights. A
twenty-five-pound font of two-point leads contains
approximately eighty-eight pieces of each size
from four to twelve ems, seventy pieces of each
size from thirteen to eighteen ems, and sixty pieces
of each size from nineteen to twenty-five ems.
It is always well to avoid piecing leads, but if
this is necessary one should use as few pieces as
possible. Too much piecing tends to make com¬
position springy, but this can be obviated to a cer¬
tain extent by using long and short leads alter-
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nately. If, for instance, a page of type set thirty-
six picas wide is to be double-leaded, the measure
can be made up by piecing twenty-four-pica and
twelve-pica leads, overlapping them in the manner
shown in Fig. 38.
Fig. 39 shows the kind of piecing that one
should avoid. A page is always weakened where
the leads are joined.
Fig. 38. — Showing the proper way to piece leads.
Another point to keep in mind is that of using
too many leads together. No matter how con¬
venient it may be to grab a handful of leads and
fill up a certain space, one should remember that
too many pieces will make a page spongy and diffi¬
cult to lock up properly.
Never throw leads and slugs in a heap. If this
is done some are sure to be bent and then they are
Fig. 39. — Showing the improper wav of piecing leads.
fit only to be cut up into shorter pieces or thrown
into the hell-box. Every apprentice who is anx¬
ious to learn properly the details of his trade
should always observe this point, for no matter
how proficient a printer may be in setting type,
if he is wasteful of material he will surely be
looked upon with disfavor.
In clearing away leads and slugs the best
method is to jog them to the side of a long galley,
which has been placed in an inclined position.
Fig. 40. — Showing leads and slugs before arranging according to sizes.
Fig 40 shows how they will look on the galley.
First pick out the longest and place them at the
head of the galley, now the next longest, and so on
until the different sizes have been collected and
packed together as is shown in Fig. 41. There is
always a right and wrong way of doing things,
and to find out the right way should be the ambi¬
tion of every apprentice. Correct methods are the
easiest methods.
It hardly would be practical to clean carefully
all material before putting it away, but a reason¬
able amount of care in this direction will often
save a great deal of time, trouble and profane
language. No leads, slugs, rules or any other
material should be allowed to go back into the
boxes or compartments if the pieces are broken,
bent or battered, nor if dirt or ink can be seen
adhering to the surfaces.
On all material which has been used for any
length of time there is sure to be an accumulation
of dirt, even though it may be imperceptible to the
naked eye. When these pieces are used together
they show what is known as a cumulative error —
one that gathers or increases. How this applies to
printing material or to the work in which a printer
is engaged can be best illustrated by comparing
the space occupied by a given number of new and
old leads or rule.
As is well known, a lead or rule has a fixed size ;
its length and thickness are fixed in points and its
height is arbitrarily selected by the typefounder.
If we take ten new two-point leads of standard
size and measure them with a micrometer they
will be found to measure approximately ten times
the thickness of one two-point lead. The word
approximately is necessary, for absolute exactness
we never expect to find. Now if we take ten old
leads and measure them in the same manner they
will be found to differ a trifle from the measure¬
ment of the new leads. The reason is due to dis¬
tortion and from adhering particles of dirt and
ink. This shows us the material effect of a small,
almost imperceptible, thing when multiplied even
a few times.
Figures are generally convincing; therefore
the writer has made a few micrometrical measure¬
ments according to the explanation given in the
preceding paragraph. In making these measure¬
ments unused new leads were employed and the
old leads ordinarily would be called clean. The first
measurement was that of ten old leads together:
these measured .2839 of an inch. Next, ten new
leads were measured together and they were found
to measure .2818 of an inch. This shows that on
the ten old leads there was an accumulation of
dirt .0021 of an inch in thickness — almost the
thickness of a piece of ordinary print paper, which
is approximately .0031 of an inch.
As we have said before, it hardly would be
practical to carefully clean all material after use
in order to minimize such small errors, but if an
error of this kind is shown by measuring leads
which are apparently clean, imagine what it would
be when leads which are perceptibly dirty are used
together, to say nothing of those which have been
damaged by careless handling.
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BRASS RULES.
It would be almost an endless task to explain
and illustrate all the different kinds of brass rules
that are made nowadays, therefore the writer will
deal only with those which are in ordinary use in
most printing-offices.
Brass rules are cut from sheet-brass which
has been hard-rolled to bodies, or thicknesses, con¬
forming to the point system (from one to eighteen
points) , and planed to the standard height of type.
They are cut upon special order to any lengths
that a customer may require, but when furnished
in strips are usually two feet long. For con¬
venience the typefoundries designate each kind
and size by a number, but printers call them by
points or by names, such as single, parallel, double
(light and heavy), triple, quadruple, monotone,
dotted, hyphen, waved, spurred, rugged, and fancy
rules. Fig. 42 shows one each of the different
kinds of rules that come under these names.
Single.
Parallel.
Double.
Triple.
Quadruple.
Monotone.
Dotted.
Hyphen.
Waved.
Spurred.
Rugged.
Fig. 42. — Showing different kinds of brass rules.
Dotted and hyphen rules are used almost exclu¬
sively as guide-lines for writing on — as in checks,
receipt forms, date-lines, etc.
All single rules may be divided into three
classes : side-faced, center-faced and full-faced.
Side-faced rules are made with the bevel at one
side, the face being flush with the other side.
These rules are intended for joining at the corners
without mitering. Center-faced rules are made
with the face exactly in the center and beveled on
both sides. These, of course, can not be joined
without being mitered. Full-faced rules are those
in which the face and body are the same. These
rules of one point or 11/2 points in thickness are
Face. Body.
Full-faced.
Fig. 43. — Showing the three different kinds of single rules.
very seldom used except in tabular work, where
the bevels on other rules will not permit of a
proper joining, or apposition, to be more correct.
Fig. 43 shows the faces and bodies of these three
kinds of rules.
In tabular matter, rules are necessary to show
a separation and to make legible the many col¬
umns and lines of words and figures, but outside
of this they are used mainly for decorative pur¬
poses or to separate or emphasize certain lines or
groups of type. This is generally left for the
printer to take care of, and he should be careful
to choose such rules as will harmonize with the
tone of the type-matter or decoration which he is
using.
All rules which are to be used together, or any
additions to stock rules, should be bought from
the same foundry. This is necessary in order to
insure a uniform height and proper appositions.
Years ago a pair of shears and a file, or a saw
and miter-box, were the only tools that a com¬
positor had with which to cut and miter rules.
Now, in place of these we have lead and rule cut¬
ters and mitering machines, which neatly cut the
rules without bending them and quickly plane or
miter them with perfect accuracy. Rules above
and including twelve points in thickness are usu¬
ally cut with circular saws, the teeth of which are
shaped and set for this purpose; but, as these sizes
are very seldom used, most printers find it an econ¬
omy to buy the cheaper rules made of type-metal.
These can be cut and mitered easily, and with
proper care will last a long time. On poster-work
wood rules are generally used when heavy borders
or panels are desired.
In cutting rules to be mitered they should
be cut a trifle longer than the ultimate working
length so as to allow for the mitering. After
adjusting the mitering machine to the proper angle
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(usually 45°), the rule is then placed against the
gage of the machine, face up. A rough edge or
burr which is sometimes left by the knife can then
be rubbed off the foot with a file, but if the face
is down this rough edge can not be rubbed off
properly without scratching the printing surface.
During the mitering process, which should be
done quickly and with force so as to prevent
jagged edges, the rule should be tried now and
then in a composing-stick set to the desired meas¬
ure. In this way perfect lengths are secured and
one can always tell if the cut is straight. Very
often a rule will slip a trifle when the knife meets
it and then the cut will be slanting — preventing
a true joint.
Hair-line rules should be avoided, whenever
possible, in pages which are to be electrotyped,
especially where such rules are not well protected
by type-lines or decoration. Their sharp faces
make thin impressions in the molding-wax or lead,
and this impression is often bent or thickened
when the mold is lifted from the type-page.
TO APPRENTICES.
Can you answer these questions?
What are mallets used for? What is the difference
between an ordinary planer and a proof planer? Can you
describe the operation of “ pounding ” a proof? What are
quoins and what are they used for? What is a lead and
rule cutter? What is a mitering machine? Can you name
the different kinds of galleys? What is a stick? What is
a poster-stick? What are tweezers used for? What are
hand-rollers?
Write down the answers as best you can and
then verify them by reading the descriptions and
explanations given in The Inland Printer for
May.
Let Us Explain
why our printing is the best that
you can get. We have the best
equipment of machines and men
in the city, our work is done under
the personal supervision of Mr.
Bronson and we make every job that
goes out of our shop advertise the
quality of our printing. We print
commercial stationery, books, cata¬
logues and every other kind of
printing.
W. J. Bronson & Co.
633 Sherman St., Chicago
The reproduction shown above is an adverti¬
sing suggestion written, designed and set by Louis
Keating, a sixteen-year-old apprentice with The
Henry 0. Shepard Company, Chicago, Illinois.
The most striking feature of this design is the
perfect harmony of tone between type, rules and
illustration. Note how all parts blend together in
an even, gray tone and how restful and pleasing
this is to the eye.
Mr. Urban D. Miller, an apprentice with the
State Register, Springfield, Illinois, asks our opin¬
ion regarding a transposition of the four and five
em spaces and the colons and semicolons. He says
that in the shop in which he works all lower-cases
are arranged in this way and that it facilitates
justification ; that the spaces, being nearer to the
compositor — in the colon and semicolon boxes —
can be more quickly and easily secured.
This is a good idea and in many shops cases are
arranged in this manner.
(To be continued.)
A HOT DINNER AND A COOL SEAT.
Photo by R. R. Sallows, Goderich, Canada.
THE MAN WHO KICKS.
Philosophers may tell you that an everlasting smile
Is better than a mixture, half-and-half,
Of smiles and frowns used alternately every little while,
And that the world will love you if you laugh.
But I have often noticed that the man who is always kind,
And smiles no matter how hard lie’s been hit,
Gets what the kickers wouldn’t take, and you will always find :
The man who kicks some gets the best of it.
— Puck.
VISTA OF FLORENCE, FROM THE HEIGHTS OF FIESOLE,
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Compiled for The Inland Printer.
INCIDENTS IN FOREIGN GRAPHIC CIRCLES.
BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
ENGLAND.
A limited liability company has been registered in Lon¬
don, under the name United Newspaper, Limited, with a
capital of £300,000 ($1,459,500), to acquire the Daily
Chronicle and Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper.
The oldest book in the world, that is, the oldest of
which there is knowledge at present, is among the treas¬
ures of the British Museum. It is written on papyrus and
dates back to 2400 B. C., being, therefore, not less than
forty-three centuries old.
Mr. T. Akinson, who for a number of years has been
the London representative of the Lanston Monotype Cor¬
poration and who was formerly connected with the Alumi¬
num Press Company, of New York, has been appointed
sales manager of the Lanston corporation.
The Oxford University Press, to mark the three hun¬
dredth anniversary of the King James translation of the
Bible, issues two new editions of the authorized version.
One is a photogTaphic reproduction of an early edition in
Gothic type, and the other a copy in Roman type of the
Oxford Press line-for-line reprint of 1833.
Charles Frederic Moberley Bell, general director of
the London Times, died in his office, April 5, aged sixty-
four. In 1890 he was called from Egypt, where he was
born, and where he served since 1865 as a correspondent
of the Times, to become assistant manager. In 1898 he
became manager and in 1908 managing director of the
paper.
The Goss Printing Machine Company, of England, Ltd.,
an offshoot of the noted Chicago pressbuilding concern, has
received an order from Le Journal, the second greatest
paper of Paris (having a circulation of one million one
hundred thousand), for two Goss high-speed double octuple
rotaries. The machines will be capable of turning out
one hundred and fifty thousand sixteen-page sheets per
hour.
The late Mr. William Notting, the well-known print¬
ing-press and brass-rule manufacturer, who was also an
amateur rose-grower, having produced the variety known
as “ William Notting,” left an estate of the value of £4,915
($23,911). He willed £1,000 to the Royal National Life¬
boat Institution, for a “ William Notting ” life-boat, and
£500 to the same institution, trusting that it will use the
money for the erection of a life-boat house; a sum sufficient
to endow three pensions to the Printers’ Pension, Alms¬
houses and Orphan Asylum Corporation, and the residue
of his property, subject to specific legacies, to the printers’
almshouses in augmentation of the endowment fund.
The new printing contracts made by the town council
of Gillingham, Kent, have these clauses: “ The contractor
shall pay all workmen employed by him not less than the
trade-union rate of wages, and shall observe the hours and
conditions of labor recognized by the trade unions in the
district in which the work is executed.” “A schedule of
wages on all rates of pay shall be posted both for day rate
and also for overtime rate.” “ The contractor shall at all
times have his wages sheet open for inspection by any
member or members of the council selected to inspect the
same, and such member or members of the council shall be
accompanied by a practical man of the trade or calling so
affected.”
Nothing especially interesting seems to have developed
during the past month in the shorter work-day situation in
London. Spottiswoode’s, Waterlow’s and a few other large
houses are still among the offices which refuse to meet the
union’s demands, but as five hundred offices, including
many large ones, have adopted the fifty-hour week, the
situation can not be termed blue so far as the men are con¬
cerned, though out of a total of over twenty thousand men
there are still some one thousand six hundred out — as
against a normally constant out-of-work list, it is said, of
eight hundred. It is not too much to expect that the houses
still holding back will, sooner or later, come into the fifty-
hour fold. Nonunion printers are no fonder of long work¬
ing days than are the union men who endeavor to secure
shorter ones, and by succeeding benefit also those of their
trade who are not inclined to strive and pay for ameliora¬
tions in working time and methods. Employers of non¬
union labor are not free from the worries caused by the
jealousy of such employees when they note better condi¬
tions elsewhere. Outside of London the offer of the
employers, submitted at a meeting of their representatives
at Leeds, to come down gradually to a fifty-one-hour week,
was the main topic of interest. Their proposal was con¬
sidered at a meeting of the National Administrative Coun¬
cil of the printers’ unions of England, Scotland and Ire¬
land, held at Plymouth, March 23 and 24, and it was
resolved not to interfere with the provincial unions’ taking
a vote on the matter if they choose to do so, adding that
“ the Administrative Council is of the opinion that no set¬
tlement will be satisfactory that does not provide for a
fifty-hour week.” Early returns of the voting which are
in at present writing would indicate that the terms of the
employers will not be accepted.
GERMANY.
The printing-trade school of the Dresden Society of
Master Printers closed its winter term on April 2, gradu¬
ating forty-one compositor and thirty pressman appren¬
tices. The summer term began on April 25.
A SOCIETY has been formed in Berlin to oppose the sys¬
tem of giving bribes to obtain custom, as for instance the
tipping of pressmen to favor the tipper’s inks. It seems
there is much cause for complaint in business circles over
such practices.
The question of deducting a discount for cash in pay¬
ing salaries and wages, as is usual in paying bills of mer¬
chandise, was recently raised in Berlin, but the matter
was settled by judicial recognition of the fact that dis¬
counting of this sort was not customary in paying for labor
or help.
The value of the graphic-arts products exported from
Germany during 1910 was 80,461,000 marks and that of
the imports 25,338,000 marks ($19,556,023 — $6,157,134),
which, as compared with 1909, was a decrease in exports
to the extent of 703,000 marks and an increase of imports
to the extent of 2,678,000 marks.
It has been the practice of some governmental bureaus
to use the old spelling of German in reports and communi¬
cations to the emperor, under the impression, perhaps, that
the emperor did not favor the modernized orthography,
which now universally obtains. All German officials have
recently been instructed to use the newer simplified spell¬
ings in all matter addressed to the emperor.
The production of post-cards in Germany shrank in
value from 167,000,000 marks in 1909 to 134,000,000 marks
in 1910 ($39,746,000 to $32,892,000). The principal causes
for this decline are the various new tariffs of foreign coun-
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tries, especially that of the United States. The export to
America in 1909 valued 9,200,000 marks, while in 1910 it
valued but 4,000,000 marks (a decline from $2,189,600 to
$952,000).
The shape, design and printing of the new 100-mark
treasury note is receiving much adverse criticism, which,
if all the things said against it are true, seems to be
deserved. Now the magazine Kunstwart wants to know
“who is responsible for such trash?” Perhaps it is the
idea that, to be “ artistic,” things must be different from
everything else, especially from that which is universally
accepted as pleasing.
Recently the printers’ union of Metz celebrated its
thirtieth anniversary, on which occasion the members wore
their insignia of ribbons of three colors which happen also
to be those of the French flag. This seemed treasonable to
the police officials, who were minded to prohibit the wear¬
ing of these colors, but were finally persuaded that there
was nothing subversive of patriotism or public peace in
their use by the union.
Germany not only has the parcels post, but, according
to a new regulation, the collection of packages from the
sender’s residence may be asked for by telephoning to the
nearest branch postoffice, instead of making the request by
letter or messenger. The charge for making this collection
is 10 pfennigs (2% cents) a package. Considering the
size of the parcels which may be sent through the German
mails, this convenience and this low rate should give pause
to the United States Postoffice Department.
Professor Koch, of the University of Heidelberg, in a
recent lecture on “ Matrimonial Advertisements,” said that
their original home was England, where the first of such
advertisers expressed his desire to marry “ a woman with
a large, full and tender bosom.” The first German matri¬
monial advertisement appeared in a Frankfort journal, on
June 8, 1736. A count made a few years ago in twelve
German papers gave a total of 1,302 matrimonial adver¬
tisements appearing in one week. Professor Koch remarked
that, whereas 104 men wanted money with the wife, only
four women asked for it with the husband, indicating that
when a woman reaches a certain age it is no longer a ques¬
tion of “ who and what is the man? ” but “ where is he? ”
The paper-manufactures house of H. C. Bestehorn, a
large wholesale concern at Aschersleben, celebrated its
fiftieth anniversary on April 1, preceded the evening before
by a torchlight procession of its male employees. On the
occasion the present owners of the business, Otto and Rich¬
ard Bestehorn, gave an endowment fund of 100,000 marks,
bearing five per cent interest, to assist their superannuated
and incapacitated workmen, upon whose death the widows
and orphans, if needy, shall also receive benefits. A capi¬
tal of 12,000 marks was given to be divided, in the shape
of savings-bank deposits, among employees who have been
not less than ten years with the house. Minor bestowals
of money and presents, also diplomas for service, were
also made. The Messrs. Bestehorn were made honorary
burghers by the city of Aschersleben.
The summer course of the Berlin Printing Trades
School began April 2. Instruction is given in nine sec¬
tions, on different days, in two-hour sessions. The topics
for study in these sections now comprise: Drawing of
ornaments and living plants, also of free-hand designs;
conventionalization of plant forms for typographic pur¬
poses; letter designing, with special regard to the various
letter styles applicable in typography; historic evolution
of letters; designing and sketching of printed matter;
designing of advertisements, jobwork and books; the basic
principles of the typographic division of flat surfaces;
preparation and calculation of printed matter; practice at
jobwork and work at the hand press; practical work on
platen and cylinder presses; printing material; color;
technic of colors: mixing and printing of colors; photog¬
raphy and zinc etching.
A number of printers and lithographers “ view with
alarm ” a new law now under consideration in the German
Reichstag, whose purpose is to stop or limit the “ patent
medicine” or medical dabbling business (Kurpfuscherei).
They foresee a large loss in the cutting off of the label
printing required by the purveyors of the cure-alls. The
newspapers and magazines would also be affected by the
stoppage of their advertising. The subject has been much
discussed by masters and workmen, and protests sent to
the Reichstag against the summary adoption of such a law.
Just as in America, the patent medicine men and sellers of
articles injurious to health die hard in Germany. There is
a difference, however, between the two lands in one respect
— ■ if such a law gets on the statute-books of Germany it
means the extinction of the business, which can not be said
for the other. Hence, the German printer with a proprie¬
tary medicine clientage has real cause for alarm.
FRANCE.
M. H. Fontaine, the director of the Ecole Etienne, the
Parisian printing-trades school, has been given the decora¬
tion of the Legion of Honor.
The managing committee of the Paris Book Trades
Orphan Asylum has decided to increase the size of the
building, at a cost of about 125,000 francs ($25,000), to
enable it to meet the large demand for succor for printers’
orphans.
The post-card industry of France is agitating to secure
a reduction in the postage rate on card mail. The present
rate is the same on letters and post-cards, being 10 cen¬
times (2 cents). A reduction to 5 centimes for cards cir¬
culating within the country is desired. Naturally, the high
rate on cards has kept the view and souvenir card business
from developing in France as it has in other countries.
Printers and publishers coming to Paris this summer
will do well to visit the second exposition of graphic-arts
machinery and material, held under the patronage of the
Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Ministry of Labor
and Social Prudence, and with the support of the French
Master Printers’ Syndical Union and various other syndi¬
cates in the bookmaking industry. Its duration will be
from July 2 to 25, and be open from 9 A.M. to 7 p.m.
An interpellation was recently put before the French
Chamber of Deputies, concei’ning the giving of too great a
quantity of government printing to two firms at Rennes
who did not pay the union scale of wages. The Socialist
deputies demanded of the government that it see to it that
wage tariffs are honored, and that it should not set a bad
example, as in this case, which had to do with printing for
the national railways. The secretary of the department
having in charge these railways would make no promises,
but the Chamber ordered that in future he divide the work
only among printeries which pay the union wage-scale.
An amusing legal point arose in the Paris courts
recently. A man and his son were employed as foreman
and workman respectively by a printing firm. The father
gave his son an order which he did not carry out, because
of which the father tried to kick him, but fell, injuring
himself rather severely. He sued his employers for dam¬
ages for a hurt received in their employ. The employers
pleaded that he hurt himself while trying to kick his son.
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and not in the ordinary course of work. The man’s lawyer
pleaded that he tried to kick his son, not as a father, but as
a foreman in the employ of the defendants, because the
young man did not do what he was told to do. The court
deferred judgment. It might be asked if corporal kicking
is a method of enforcing discipline in French printing-
offices.
The Peignot typefoundry, of Paris, some time ago sued
the noted Dupont printing firm, because the latter concern,
which owns its own typefoundry, had reproduced matrices
of a type series named Grasset, and was casting the face
on its own account. The Peignot concern demanded 15,000
francs, but the court allowed only 4,000 francs. The rea¬
son for not allowing the full amount of the claim was that
the Grasset series is not a completely original Peignot crea¬
tion, but was patterned after a style used by Sebastian
Gryphicus, a printer at Lyons, in the fifteenth century.
This lack of originality, however, the court deemed was no
excuse for the appropriation of the design by the Dupont
house. The Grasset face is also made and shown by Amer¬
ican and German typefoundries, and is one that one would
hardly consider worth fighting over. The Mirror, a popu¬
lar weekly of St. Louis, Missouri, several years ago put on
a new dress, all of the Grasset series, but, after using it for
two or three issues, discarded it in toto, probably because
it did not sufficiently please its readers; in fact, it lacked
facile readability.
AUSTRIA.
The oldest law regulating the press was probably the
following, an edict issued by Emperor Ferdinand I., on
July 24, 1528: “ Printers of sectarian forbidden books who
are encountered in Austrian hereditary lands shall be
deemed arch-corruptors and prisoners of all countries, and
shall, without compassion, have the water torture inflicted
upon them, while their wares shall be burned.”
Herr Alexander Schwartz, vice-director of the Vi¬
enna Printing School and publisher of the Oesterreichisch-
Ungarisches Centralblatt (a printers’ paper now in its
twenty-fourth year) , died, March 30, aged sixty-nine years.
He was connected thirty years, first as an instructor and
then as vice-director, with the printing school, and during
his career was very prominent as compositor, proofreader
and master printer.
BOHEMIA.
The lockout of the Czechic-Bohemian lithographers is
now ended by a wage agreement having a term of six years.
No ameliorations were obtained by the employees. The
former eight-and-three-quarter-hour work-day continues
for litho-pressmen and their helpers, while the eight-hour
day continues for litho-designers and stonemen. The mini¬
mum rate of pay is 19 crowns ($3.90) per week for jour¬
neymen in their first year after ending apprenticeship, 23
crowns ($4.72) for the second and 27 crowns ($5.63) for
the third year. On April 1, 1913, each of these rates is to
be raised 1 crown (20% cents). The troubles with the
German-Bohemian employees, which began December 10
last, still continue. The masters wanted the same agree¬
ment with them as with the Czechic union, but to this
the men would not accede, insisting upon their original
demands.
SWITZERLAND.
The sections of the Art Trades School of Zurich,
devoted to graphic drawing, composing, presswork, lithog¬
raphy and bookbinding, began their summer course on
May 1.
An association has been formed at Geneva, it is said,
to manufacture a new style of typograph linecasting
machine, and that patents for the new devices have been
applied for in various countries. It is to be a two, three,
four, five, six and eight letter matrix machine, and have
improvements which will simplify its operation. The
transmitter of the report is inclined to be doubtful, and
awaits proof of the claim that the machine will surpass
everything of its kind now existing.
ITALY.
An international exposition is now being held at Turin,
having opened April 29, to close November 30. A large
building is devoted to publishing and the graphic arts, and
American printers going abroad and passing through Italy
this summer should make it a point to stop over at Turin,
to become acquainted with what the craftsmen of the con¬
tinent have to show them here. Besides, the city itself is a
very interesting place to see.
EGYPT.
The printers of Alexandria have secured the eight-
hour day, which, however, was not gained without struggle
and strikes. Beginning with last March, the work-day will
be eight hours up to next November, when, during the win¬
ter season, it will be eight and one-half hours up to Febru¬
ary 28, 1912, after which the eight-hour day will be per¬
manent.
HUNGARY.
As HAS been noted, the city of Budapest has assumed
the billposting privileges of the community as its own
monopoly. It has now decreed that distributers of adver¬
tising matter on the streets must pay a daily license fee of
15 crowns ($3). The merchants affected by this order are
making vigorous objection to it.
PORTUGAL.
A strike was recently inaugurated by the printers and
pressmen of Lisbon for a nine-hour day and a definite scale
for hand-workers. Some houses have acceded to the
demands of their employees, but the majority at last
accounts are holding out against an agreement with the
union.
FINLAND.
The strike of the printers in Helsingfors, which started
near the end of last year, was ended April 6 by an under¬
standing between masters and men, and the adoption of a
wage-scale which is to be in force five years.
ALMOST VEXED THE BEAR.
Capt. Owen Wheeler, in the Navy and Army, tells a
bear story. A friend of his, returning to camp after a day’s
shooting, suddenly came in sight of a big she bear with two
cubs following in single file, proceeding along a ridge, the
forms of the three being sharply silhouetted against the
sky. It was a very long shot, but he determined to try it,
so drew a bead on the old bear and fired. The result was
curious. The procession stopped, the she bear scratched
herself hastily, then turned round, and, regarding the cub
immediately behind with grave disapproval, boxed its ears
soundly, and then went trundling on along the ridge, evi¬
dently under the impression that her frolicsome offspring
had been up to some objectionable tricks.
HOW TO SET LETTER-HEADS.
“ Specimens of Letter-heads No. 4 ” contains twenty-
seven arrangements in one and two colors, besides a page
of suggestions on how to set letter-heads. To be had of
The Inland Printer Company for 50 cents.
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contributors. Anonymous letters will not be noticed ; therefore,
correspondents will please tlive their names — not necessarily for
publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. All letters of more
than one thousand words will be subject to revision.
THE INLAND PRINTER A FINDER OF LOST FRIENDS.
To the Editor: Pendleton, Ore., April 1, 1911.
I had fully made up my mind to try and get along with¬
out The Inland Printer this year, but I find that I am
lost without it, and furthermore, I received a letter the
other day, which made me homesick for the magazine:
Orange, Massachusetts, March 25, 1911.
Major Lee Moorhouse, Pendleton, Oregon:
Dear Sir, — I hardly know how to introduce myself to you except by
the most direct way, so here goes : I served five years in the Seventh
United States Cavalry (General Custer’s regiment), from January, 1872,
to January, 1877, and, with my troop, I was engaged in the battle of the
Little Big Horn, Monday, June 25-26, 1876, under Major Reno. After my
discharge in January, 1877, I came direct here to Massachusetts. I have
ever had a great interest in everything pertaining to the Little Big Horn
fight, the Indians engaged and the place where it took place, and in some
of my readings I have seen reproductions of photographs which you have
taken out there. My object in writing this is to ask if you will be so kind
as to give me a list of any such photographs of the Little Big Horn bat¬
tle-field that you are willing to sell and the price of the same.
I have long wanted to obtain your address, but did not know how to do
so ; to-day chance threw into my hands an old copy of The Inland
Printer, containing your pictures and a brief sketch. “ All things come
to those who wait,” and I was pleased indeed, for I now hope to obtain
some views of a locality that is of the greatest interest to me.
Hoping that this will reach you and that I may have the pleasure of
hearing from you, I am, Very sincerely, W. 0. Taylor,
74 East Main street, Orange, Massachusetts.
Thinking perhaps that the above might interest you, I
have taken the trouble to copy same.
Major Lee Moorhouse.
THE QUESTION OF “STYLE.”
To the Editor: Cincinnati, Ohio, May 12, 1911.
A compositor makes some remarks about printing-office
management under the above heading in your May issue,
in which he seeks to throw large blame on the proofroom,
and specially on the observance of “ style.” But he offers
no remedy, unless it be to abolish “ style ” altogether. I
do not suppose that that would be his recommendation, as
the compositors would be the first to cry for a restoration
of “ style ” were it abolished. So I hope to hear from him
again, to tell us what should and can be done with the
bete noire he assails.
It is my experience that much of the trouble composi¬
tors have with “ style ” — which really means a pattern for
setting matter in an orderly, consistent fashion — comes
from their own imperfect knowledge of words, grammar
and punctuation, and that the more ignorant they are the
more they hate and disparage the proofreader. And I have
known some to misapply “ style ” in order to worry the
reader, to “ catch ” him as it were.
The really intelligent and honest compositor, instead of
fighting the proofreader, will do his best to get en rapport
with him in the endeavor to have matter set in a proper
way. The more each knows the better they will under¬
stand one another and the more mutually sympathetic they
will be in the effort to find out what is best to do in the
difficult cases that come up for consideration.
I have a faint suspicion, Mr. Editor, that your reader
purposely left “ Comp’s ” article just as he wrote it, per¬
haps fearing his maledictions in case changes in wording
and punctuation were made which would make the language
flow easier. Proofreader.
SPLIT INFINITIVES.
To the Editor: Chicago, III., April 28, 1911.
The following letter and answer thereto appeared in a
recent issue of the Kansas City Star. In the interests of
good English I hope the subject-matter will be discussed in
The Inland Printer:
“ To the ‘ Star,’ — Permit me to call your attention to this sentence
from Governor Woodrow Wilson’s inaugural address : ‘ I would urge the
imperative obligation we are under to change the law in this State to
effectually prevent the abuse of the privilege of incorporation.’ What about
a split infinitive from a university president? Grammar.”
To be sure. What about it? Why shouldn’t a college president or
anybody else split an infinitive occasionally if he likes? The English lan-
MAJOR LEE M00REH0USE.
guage is a remarkably flexible instrument. The standpatters are constantly
trying to seize and bind it down, but as constantly it eludes them. The
slang of this generation becomes the good usage of the next. Colloquial
expressions and idioms are always in process of incorporation into the
tongue.
When the split infinitive is awkward it evidently ought not to be used.
Nobody who respects the English language would say : “ You ought to not
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go.” That split infinitive carries its own condemnation with it. But
doesn’t “ to effectually prevent the abuse ” sound easier and more effective
than “ effectually to prevent the abuse ” ?
Grammar was made for the language, not the language for grammar.
That finely idiomatic motto of the Commercial Club, “ Make Kansas City
a good place to live in,” is always having to defend itself from purists.
Of course “ grammar was made for the language.”
But the question arises, Is every one to make his own
grammar?
Because a sentence appears awkward to one person, is
he justified in changing the rules of established grammar?
What is smooth to him may be rough to his neighbor. In
fact, does not correct English appear “ awkward ” to some
persons simply because they are not in the habit of using it?
Undoubtedly the same persons who prefer “ to effectu¬
ally prevent ” also sanction “ has always been,” “ will soon
be,” “ can never be,” “ will sometimes come,” “ shall prob¬
ably be,” etc. Also there are those who would make their
own dictionary in the matter of spelling and pronunciation.
If there is to be no order in the assembling of words, why
insist on order in the assembling of letters in those words,
so long as it meets the peculiar ideas of the individual
using the words?
And what about pronunciation? If it be reasonable to
argue that a split infinitive sometimes helps to make a
sentence stronger, should not ear be given to the man
who maintains that his unauthorized pronunciation gives
greater strength to a certain word?
Errors are bound to creep into the most carefully edited
articles and speeches. But we should not resort to excuses
when some one calls our attention to an oversight. Every
well-founded criticism helps to prevent chaos in the use of
our language. Yenrab.
CARL FASOL, THE STIGMATYPIST.
263. The name Carl Hasol appears there, while your source
of information (the British and Colonial Printer and Sta¬
tioner ) has it Carl Hasol Pflege. I believe you are both
wrong, and that one Carl Fasol is meant, unless there was
a printer who antedated him, with an almost similar name,
which seems unlikely.
This Carl Fasol, about twenty-seven years ago, pro¬
duced, at Vienna, several quarto albums of “ stigmatype ”
To the Editor: Chicago, III., May 9, 1911.
Perhaps it may not be of enough importance to notice
it, but there seems to be an error in an article on “ Por¬
traiture by Typesetting Machine,” in your May issue, page
STIGMATYPE OF TOLSTOI.
STIGMATYPE OF IBSEN.
specimens, under the title “ Sammlung von Kunst-Satzen,”
showing portraits (a notable one being one of Gutenberg),
views, and border and ornament designs, set up of “ em ”
characters of a small type-body, carrying dots of various
weights. Some of the work was really beautiful, but its
main quality was the evidence it gave of the infinite pains
this compositor took to get up the matter. I am told that
he tried to eke out a living by peddling his albums among
the craft.
I possessed copies of Volumes II and III of these speci¬
mens, but several years ago gave them into the care of
the St. Louis Public Library.
As readers may have supposed that the two pictures on
page 263, May issue, were merely fanciful sketches, I will
state — having seen them previously in a German pub¬
lication, with names attached — that they are intended to
represent the authors, Tolstoi and Ibsen. A further reduc¬
tion would show them to be very faithful half-tone por¬
traits. N. J. Werner.
SUGGESTIONS FOR LETTER-HEADS.
Twenty-seven “nifty” letter-head designs, together with
a page of suggestions for letter-head composition — all in
“ Specimens of Letter-heads No. 4.” For sale by The
Inland Printer Company at 50 cents.
THE JOY OF KNOCKING.
Some people would rather hear something mean about
other people, especially if they’re prosperous, than listen to
the greatest opera ever sung. — “Miss Gibbie Gault.”
ONTAINED in this month’s insert are some un¬
usual and interesting features. On this page and
the one following are reproduced some commer¬
cial specimens by E. W. Stutes, of Spokane. Other
specimens by Mr. Stutes, together with a sketch,
appear in the Job Composition department. On
pages 3 to 7, inclusive, will be found interesting
designs in typefoundry materials, by courtesy of the American Type
Founders Company, Keystone Type Foundry, Inland Type Foundry,
H. C. Hansen Type Foundry and Barnhart Bros. & Spindler. Page
8 is a design in type and borders made by the Thompson Typecaster.
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everything, including advertising va¬
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Commercial designs, by E. W. Stutes, Spokane. (See Job Composition Department.)
Our First Exhibit of
HINSDALE
POTTERY
comprising several
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best creations of this
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will open Monday
March sixteenth, in
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Composed in Strathmore type, Gray Border No. 2, Mercantile Border No. 49 and Strathmore Ornament.
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Upper design in Ayer type, with 12-point Brass Rule No. 883, 6-point Panel Border No. 4 and Cut No. 3362. Lower design in Caslon Bold type,
with 18-point Border No. 913, 18-point Border No. 407 for corners, and Cut No. 3260.
By courtesy of Keystone Type Foundry.
By courtesy of Inland Type Foundry.
RAILROAD
ENGINEER
A monthly magazine devoted to subjects
pertaining to the great commercial
enterprise of railroading, with
interesting and useful
information.
Published by
The Marshall & Burton Co.
Orlando Center, Delaware
Composed in Adstyle Black type, with 24-point Border No. 2419.
By courtesy of Barnhart Bros. & Spindler.
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The First Annual
Exhibition of the
Arts and Crafts
Society, Chicago
To Be Held at the
Galleries of Guild
Hall, Palas Street
<IUnder the Auspices
of the Pallette & Chisel
Club of Philadelphia
• W ednesday, Feb. 14, 1911
Composed in 42, 36, 30 and 24 point Series No. 1, with Linotype Border No. 220-221.
All cast by the Thompson Typeeaster.
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In this series of articles the problems of job composition
will he discussed, and illustrated with numerous examples.
These discussions and examples will he specialized and treated
as exhaustively as possible, the examples being criticized on
fundamental principles — the basis of all art expression. By
this method the printer will develop his taste and skill, not on
mere dogmatic assertion, but on recognized and clearly defined
laws.
Personalities Among Compositors — E. W. States.
Once, in the days when the writer’s interest in The
Inland Printer was solely that of a subscriber, he read
the following sentence in a review of specimens by George
Sherman, who was conducting the criticism department:
“ The name Stutes is a
synonym for a specific excel¬
lence in typography.”
And I wondered what
manner of job-compositor it
was that could call forth
such commendation. That
sentence has remained with
me ever since, and each pack¬
age of specimens which
Stutes sends in — and he has
been sending them in steadily
for fourteen years — calls it
to mind again. One always
expects some “ good stuff ”
when the postman leaves a
package marked “Stutes —
Spokane ” — and one is not
disappointed.
But we must go back and
get started right. Stutes
began his printing career as
an apprentice on the Fulton
Democrat, published at Lew-
istown, Illinois. This was in
1886, and he was then four¬
teen years of age. For the
various duties then required
of him he received a “ salary’ ’
of 50 cents a week. At the
end of a three-year appren¬
ticeship his salary had ad¬
vanced to $5. After finishing
his apprenticeship, he worked
in country offices for several
years — until the call of the
“ big cities ” became too strong to resist. With the ambi¬
tion which has characterized his work as a job-printer,
Stutes determined that while he was a straight-matter man
he would be a good one, and soon he became known as a
“ swift.” He was also “ some society man,” and I have been
told that he could show up in the morning so sleepy that he
had to pry his eyes open, and after they were once open
pull out the biggest string in the place.
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After traveling over the United States for five or six
years, in 1894 he woke up to the fact that the machines
would sooner or later displace the average compositor, and
decided to become a job-printer. Being in Chicago at that
time, he was at the union rooms when a call was sent in
for a job-compositor. With a nerve born of a strong desire
to break away from straight matter, he “ confessed ” that
he was a job-printer and was put on.
The first job handed to him was a bill-head, and although
ignorant of the size of sheet, depth of heading, slug width,
etc., he took it, and immediately set about finding out what
to do with it. He succeeded better than he anticipated, for
the proof came back 0. K., and with the confidence born of
that initial success he determined to master job-printing.
In the study which this called for he found that writing to
other printers for specimens of their work, and then care¬
fully studying these specimens, was a great help.
Stutes did not attain to a high place among job-printers
without effort and study — no one does. He believes that
solving one’s own problems without help is the greatest
factor in developing ability. He says, “ When I got into a
tight place with a piece of work, invariably I would exhaust
every energy before asking for help. I do not believe in
asking too many questions regarding a certain given piece
of work, after receiving the
first instructions, believing a
printer will conquer sooner
through his own efforts than
by seeking too many pointers
from the foreman or work¬
men.”
And it is frequently this
ability to “ dig ” for himself
that distinguishes the thor¬
oughly grounded man from
the host of the superficially
clever.
Out in Spokane, E. W.
Stutes is a tower of strength
in the field of good printing.
A firm believer in adver¬
tising, he has made the prod¬
uct of the Stutes Printing
Concern favorably known —
and wherever possible that
product carries a boost for
Spokane. The key-note of
this advertising is quality.
No one looks for bargain
prices at the Stutes Printing
Concern, but one is led to
expect the last word in qual¬
ity — and this expectation is
well founded and fulfilled.
A believer in adequate
equipment, and withal in¬
clined to having things
“ classy,” Stutes has fitted
out his model print-shop ac¬
cordingly. The office fittings,
cabinets, stone-frames, etc., are finished in green. Even
the leader-boxes conform to the general color-scheme. If
environment counts for anything in printing — and it
surely does — surroundings of this character must be con¬
ducive to a superior product. His equipment consists of
five platen presses — 10 by 15 Chandler & Price Gordons
and 14 by 22 Goldings — 32-inch power Oswego paper-
cutter, power perforators, Boston stitchers No. 4, punching
E. W. STUTES.
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machines, sixteen numbering machines, and plenty of type
— always purchased in 25, 40, 75 and 100-pound-weight
fonts, excepting, of course, the_ type coming in the script
with due regard to simplicity, with a spot of color selected
to enhance the value of the completed work — -just enough
to afford relief. I like the composition that appeals, con-
class. What might be
designated as freak type¬
faces are not to be found
in the Stutes plant. He
wants no type in his cabi¬
nets which can not be in
reasonably constant use,
as this is the only kind
that can be made to pay
dividends.
Decorative material,
carefully and consistently
used, plays a large part in
the typography of the
Stutes Printing Concern.
An extensive assortment
of initials in one and two
colors, ornaments, borders,
etc., is carried in stock —
but they are all used with
discretion, for Stutes says:
AN EXTERIOR AND TWO INTERIOR VIEWS OF THE HOME WHICH
STUTES HAS RECENTLY BUILT.
Ornaments, like type, find
their place when properly mated to the subject or title of
the work.”
Simplicity in type-design is the key-note of his printing
vinces.” The Stutes Print¬
ing Concern is of the size
that lends itself readily to
the production of the high¬
est class of work. It is not
so large but that Stutes
himself can personally
supervise each piece of
work that goes through
and stamp his individu¬
ality upon it. This makes
for a distinction usually
unattainable in the larger
plants.
The most pleasing
qualities of Stutes’ work
are not apparent in repro¬
ductions. While the typog¬
raphy is always of the
better order, it is in stock
and color combinations that the exceptional character of
his product is shown.
Were other evidences of Stutes’ success in the printing
business lacking, the home which he has recently built in
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One of Stutes’ unusual arrangements.
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This Ticket will be exchanged for a Reserved Seat without
further charge, at the Theatre. May 12 and 13. 1908
A study in the balancing of measures.
creed. “ Present-day typography suits me, simple styles
being conducive to a profit for the house that pays the bills.
We find much to commend in the typography produced
Spokane would be ample. In the illustrations — an exte¬
rior and two interior views — one can not but see the same
taste in design that characterizes his printing. It is also
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interesting to note that works on printing form a large
part of his library — a complete file of The Inland Printer
being among them.
An attractive design in rules.
that underlie good typography are rigidly observed and
faithfully carried out in his printing. One looks in vain
for combinations of inharmonious type-faces, for lack of
harmony of shape and tone, or for violations of the laws
of measure balance.
Not the least interesting characteristic of his printing
is the manner in which he turns his printers’ work into
decorative use. Having had the words “ Stutes Printing
Financial
Statement
The Old
National
Bank of
Spokane
Capital: One
Million Dollars
MAUNDY THURSDAY
April the thirteenth, nineteen
hundred and eleven
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NUMBER SEVEN
Southern Jurisdiction , SPOKANE
ERNEST BERTRAND HUSSEY, 33°
S.'.G. \I.\G.'. WASHINGTON
AND ALASKA
S. HARRY RUSH. 33° HON.
Venerable Secretary
CHARLES H. VOSS. 32°
Wise Master
Characteristic Stutes typography.
An analysis of Stutes’ work reveals the evidences of
careful and persistent study. The principles of design
A striking cover-page. Original in colors.
Concern ” done into an attractive design in gothic letter¬
ing, he set about to make it known from coast to coast.
And he has succeeded. He makes borders of the design
and puts them around his letter-heads, envelopes, state¬
ments, etc., to say nothing of the numerous motto-cards
which he uses effectively in his advertising campaigns.
Stutes’ experience in things typographical has been a
wide one. He has gone the entire route from the raw
apprentice, with his search for the italic thin-spaces, the
paper-stretcher and the left-handed monkey-wrench, to
the position of superintendent, with its correspondingly
larger and more intricate, if less laughable, troubles. And
his earnings have increased relatively — -from the 50 cents
a week which marked his initiation into the art preserva¬
tive to the $50 a week which compensated for the super¬
intendent’s troubles.
As before stated, Stutes has been a contributor to the
Specimen department of The Inland Printer for the past
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fourteen years. He says: “Reproductions of specimens
with criticisms have played an important part in my work.”
That his early predilections for society have remained
with him is shown in the fact that Stutes is a member of
the Masonic Lodge, F. and A. M. (Thirty-second Degree
plate, however, should be clear; it should be easily read at a
glance. Simplicity is the dominant consideration.
The true value of a distinctive name-plate lies in the
fact that people are impressed more and more the oftener
they see a name-plate, business phrase, etc. Now your
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and Shrine), Elks Lodge, Woodmen, Foresters of America,
Chamber of Commerce, United Typothetae of America and
the Spokane Ad. Club.
THE VALUE OF A DISTINCTIVE SIGNATURE.
One of the chief aims of advertising is to impress your
name upon the minds of the public, so that the people will
feel that they know you, and, knowing you, will feel that
they can trust you, and, trusting you, will desire to trade
with you. Right here is where the value of a consistent
style of signature or distinctive name-plate comes in.
The merchant should sign his name the same in every
advertisement he issues. He should use the same style
type — or he should have name-plates made up for himself
which he will furnish to the printer. This is undoubtedly
the best method, as he is then sure of having something
unique, something that will give his advertisement an
appearance of its own and cause it to be remembered. The
name-plates need not all be of the same size, but should be
of different sizes to fit the various-sized spaces. The name¬
advertising has for one of its greatest aims the impressing
of your name upon the minds of the people, and to do this
you must hammer away. Change your talk every time you
issue an advertisement, for stale advertisements are like
stale news; but never change your style of signature.
Use the same style of signature on all your business
cards, letter-heads, bundle paper, etc. If you do this, your
name-plate will have the value of a trade-mark, and, as
such, will prove for you the very best kind of publicity. —
Exchange.
IDEAS FOR LETTER-HEADS.
Do you desire an idea for a letter-head design? “ Speci¬
mens of Letter-heads, No. 4,” will supply it. Twenty-
seven designs, in one and two colors on colored stock, for
50 cents. The Inland Printer Company.
We see by the paper — the Typographical Journal —
that Palestine union has issued a traveling card to Mr.
Suchanek. Rubber? — B. L. T., in Chicago Tribune.
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405
Under this head will be briefly reviewed brochures, booklets
and specimens of printing sent in for criticism. Literature sub¬
mitted for this purpose should be marked “For Criticism,” and
directed to The Inland Printer Company, Chicago.
Postage on packages containing specimens must not he in¬
cluded in packages of specimens, unless letter postage is placed
on the entire package.
Leroy Printing Company, Waterloo, Iowa. — The card and blotter are
both good in design, neither of them offering opportunity for criticism.
A. L. Barrett, Curling, Newfoundland. — The program idea is well
carried out, although we would suggest the omission of punctuation marks
from the ends of the display lines.
Lafayette Doerty, of Findlay, Ohio, sends a package of unusually neat
and pleasing commercial designs, the most noticeable characteristic of which
is simple, dignified arrangements in old-style and italic faces.
From William Garrett, Cristobal, Canal Zone, Panama, we have received
copies of menus and programs for banquets of the Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine and St. Patrick’s Day. Both are well printed in colors on good
stock.
From Robt. G. Ruggles, with the Fort Hill Press, Boston, Massachusetts,
we are in receipt of a package of high-class commercial specimens. The
most noticeable features of this work are the title-pages and cover-pages,
The Drew Press, Jacksonville, Florida, sends in some excellent com¬
mercial specimens in which the typography and color schemes are unusually
satisfactory. A letter-head set in roman caps, in an unusually simple
design is perhaps the most pleasing of this work.
From Maurice Barris, typographical designer for the W. F. Robinson
Printing Company, of Dayton, Ohio, we have received a handsome booklet
advertising the product of that concern. The booklet is gotten up for the
express purpose of showing the advantages to the customer of superior typo-
The W. F. ROBINSON PRINTING CO.
PRINTERS ENGRAVERS ,»« BOOKBINDERS
Maurice I:|||5 Harris
Typographical Designer
Telephone Main 69 A»' 1508-1514 Arapahoe Street
DENVER, COLORADO
Aii unusual business-card treatment. Original in colors.
graphical design in the printing-office and with a special reference to the
work of Mr. Barris. The specimens are well printed in black and colors
and should prove most effective as an advertising medium for the Robinson
Company. We show herewith a reproduction of Mr. Barris’ card, an unusual
and clever treatment.
P. J. Peters, San Francisco, California. — The “ Transportation Club ”
job is an unusually pleasing piece of type-design, the use of dark blue and
installation of
THE REVEREND FRANK W. HODGDON
AT THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH IN WINCHESTER
MASSACHUSETTS
i
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
APRIL TWENTY-SEVENTH
NINETEEN HUNDRED ELEVEN
Title-pages, by Robt. G. Ruggles, Boston, Massachusetts, in which the plain roman types are effectively used.
THE UPLIFT of
WOMANHOOD
By KATE G. LAMSON
Woman’s Board of Missions
704 Congregational House
Boston, Mass.
*
in which the plain roman types are made to play an important part, and
the use of borders and decorations is particularly noticeable. We show
herewith specimens of these pages.
Rising & Radcliffe, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. — The letter-head is well
arranged, although there is hardly sufficient contrast in the colors to war¬
rant the two printings. The other specimens are also good, the oblong
folders being especially interesting.
gold on like blue stock giving an excellent color harmony. We find nothing
whatever in this job which calls for a criticism.
A copy of Volume I, No. 2, of Print Talk, the house organ of the Burd
& Fletcher Printing Company, Kansas City, Missouri, is at hand, and, like
the first number, is an especially pleasing piece of work. As a matter of
personal opinion, rather than criticism, we would suggest that where blue
and black are used as a color combination, the blue must be a rather light
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tint, in order that the appearance of the job may be pleasing. Green or
violet will usually give a more satisfactory harmony with black than does
the blue.
Botz & Sons Printing Company, Sedalia, Missouri. — The announcement,
printed in gray ink on gray stock, is a very pleasing conception, and with
the exception of the fact that the gray ink on the cover-stock does not
print clean, we have no criticism to offer on the job.
THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY
THE WEST END
LITERARY CLUB
NEWTON HIGHLANDS
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Ait tiunmu) of
Suasion fHusir
MARCH THE TWENTIETH
Nineteen Hundred and Eleven
Another title-page by Robt. G. Ruggles.
Burroughs, Wellcome & Co., London, England. — The use of slightly
heavier rules underneath the running heads in the booklet would be an
improvement. Borders uniform in design would be preferable to the variety
which are shown at the tops and bottoms of some of the pages.
“ What’s Doing ” is the name of an interesting house organ published by
the Monarch Printing Company, Council Bluffs, Iowa, and distributed to
nearly six thousand business men in that part of the country. Its most
noticeable feature is its unusual shape, the pages being 3% by 10% inches.
The American Type Founders Company has issued the second supple¬
ment to the American Line Type Book. This supplement is in itself a
book of 128 pages and cover, filled with choice designs which show to the
best advantage the excellent type-faces and decorative material catalogued.
Chas. T. Burgess, St. Louis, Missouri. — On both of the calendars the
colors used for the body of the letters is too bright, resulting in a “ flashy ”
appearance and detracting from the legibility. A typographical design
should contain but a small percentage of the warm colors — • red, orange
and yellow.
Conrad Deal, Rochester, New York. — The letter-head designs are all
good, although, personally, we do not care for lines of capitals and small
capitals, prefering to see all capitals or capitals and lower-case. On the
heading containing the monogram, the red used is a trifle strong, confusing
the text matter.
W. H. MacKnight, Greeley, Colorado. — In regard to the two letter¬
heads, we prefer the one printed on gray stock. Inasmuch as you have
used rather bright and strong colors on this heading, the printing it on
the gray stock softens them down and makes them a little less flashy than
they appear on the white stock. We would suggest, however, that in either
case you use a green that is less strong for the trade-mark, as the color
which you have used renders the whole design rather illegible. The general
typographical arrangement is very satisfactory.
Fred W. Haigh, of Toledo, Ohio, is always at the front with clever
advertising “ stunts.” This month he comes in with a four-page folder,
the title on the first page being, “ How I Lost a Customer.” On opening
it up one finds, run across the two inner pages, the cheerful statement
that “ He Died.”
The Lehman Printing Company, San Francisco, California. — The motto
card is very neat in design, and the stock on which it is printed adds much
to its general appearance. Personally, however, we would prefer to see
some other color than red used as a mount, as the red is rather bright and
trying to the eyes.
An effective patent-leather tint-block. By William H. Harty.
From Wm. H. Harty, foreman of the composing-room of the Eagle
Printing & Binding Company, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, we are in receipt
of a blotter on which patent-leather has been used effectively in making a
tint for the background. The rulework on this blotter, together with the
color scheme, is well handled and the general effect is very pleasing. We
show herewith a reproduction.
From H. W. Leggett, Ottawa, Ontario, we have received a copy of
Robert Louis Stevenson’s “ Morning Prayer,” lettered in gothic and well
Attractive lettering, by H. W. Leggett, Ottawa, Ontario.
printed in black, gray and orange on white stock. This is one of the most
attractive of the many pieces of excellent lettering which we have received
from Mr. Leggett, and we show herewith a reproduction of it.
Franklin Printing Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. — The anni¬
versary souvenir for the Edw. I{. Trvon Compam' is attractively gotten up,
the embossed cover being especially effective. The use of both extended
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407
and condensed letters on the title-page, however, is not in keeping with
what is to be desired in harmony of shapes.
The Stanley-Taylor Company, San Francisco, California. — The four-page
circular is well arranged and the half-tones are well made and well printed.
We would suggest, however, that inasmuch as the type used on the inner
pages is rather large, a rule border around the entire page would serve to
hold the whole thing together in a more satisfactory manner.
Cover-page arrangement, by Z. E. Weatherly, Birmingham, Alabama.
Combe Printing Company, St. Joseph, Missouri. — Inasmuch as you have
used brown on the half-tones in the souvenir booklet, we would suggest that
for the page decorations a color that would strengthen the brown by con¬
trast, rather than neutralize its effect by approximating it, would have been
desirable. A tint of green-gray or blue-gray would be better.
Consumers’ Gas Company, Toronto, Canada. — ■ Omitting the hyphens at
the ends of the date line and running the type out flush with the rules at
both ends would improve the appearance of the job. The heading is rather
strong for a page of that size, and there is too much space between words.
The headings on the various articles are also too widely spaced.
From the Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas, we have received a copy
of “ Indian Legends,” written by Haskell students, and designed and printed
by Haskell Institute apprentices at the Haskell Institute print-shop. The
work throughout is very interesting, and the chief criticism in regard to the
arrangement would be a suggestion for a little less margin at the backs of
the pages.
J. W. Archibald, Salem, Ohio. — The specimens are all well handled
and we find in them little to criticize. On the label for “ Cardozo’s
Cream ” the use of a two-point rule instead of the two lighter rules would
result in a closer harmony of tone between type and rule. We would also
suggest the omission of the colons, perhaps centering the short line which
they now fill out.
The Gardner Printing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, has issued an attract¬
ive booklet describing the record time in which it produced a catalogue
of 2,442 pages for the Lockwood-Leutkemeyer- Henry Company. The book¬
let is well gotten up, although the omission of the heavy rule from the
title-page would be more in keeping with our ideas regarding tone harmony
between type and decoration.
McMullin & Woellhaf, Burlington, Iowa, are keen advertisers. Some
time ago they captured first prize (30 “ plunks,” besides the glory) in a
contest conducted by the American Type Founders Company, and now they
have announced the fact to their customers in an attractive eight-page
circular, printed in three colors on good stock. The circular is gotten up
in a most attractive manner.
W. W. Hicks, Cimarron, New Mexico. — The letter-head is an unusually
pleasing panel arrangement and we find nothing to criticize in the design.
We would, however, suggest less variety in the colors, or at least the use
of fewer strong colors. The blue and the green do not go well together
and we would suggest that perhaps light and dark blue with orange, or
light and dark brown with blue, would give you a more satisfactory result.
The Atoz Printing Company, South Whitley, Indiana, is sending out an
attractive booklet, entitled “ Printing by the Millions,” and designed to
illustrate the capability of this concern for handling the largest orders in
edition work of catalogues, etc. Illustrated with photographs of the plant
and numerous reproductions of work which have been produced for various
customers, it gives an excellent idea of the size and ability of this firm to
handle good printing in. large contracts.
Jack Elias, New York city. — We are rather inclined to agree with the
printer who prefers the business card without the rules. In this particular
case they answer no specific purpose, and the fact that you have used a
light rule and a heavy one side by side is not as pleasing as though the
two rules were of equal weight. Then, too, we think that on the card
having the rules the address is considerably too large. Everything consid¬
ered, the other card is a little neater in arrangement.
We show herewith reproductions of two cover-designs submitted by
Z. E. Weatherly, of Birmingham, Alabama, as part of one of the regular
lessons of the I. T. U. Course of Instruction in Printing. Both of these
CS^lLAriLWAU KEF-
CATALOGUE^1900
Cover-page arrangement, by Z. E. Weatherly, Birmingham, Alabama.
designs are excellent, and in the originals the colors are most harmonious
and pleasing. As indications of the possibilities of lettering for printers,
the work of the students of the Course is most interesting.
From the Reincke-Ivreicker Company, printers and engravers, of Chi¬
cago, we have received a booklet descriptive of the Reincke-Kreicker serv¬
ice and containing illustrations showing the character of the engravings
and printing produced by that firm. As an illustration of their capabili¬
ties in the production of high-class matter the booklet is very successful,
as the work throughout is handled in a manner which admits of no criti¬
cism. The cover is an unusually handsome piece of work, being printed and
embossed in light blue, light brown and gold on brown stock.
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Clark & Fritts, Brooklyn, New York. — Your specimens are very neat
in general arrangement, although, personally, we would suggest that you
confine each job, as far as possible, to one or two series of type, rather
than introduce more faces. In the letter-head we do not think that the
introduction of the gothic caps, adds to the appearance, but rather detracts,
owing to the confusion caused by the different letter-forms. The label
design is especially pleasing and the colors are very satisfactory.
BURGHFIEL SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT
PROGRAM
MAY 5, 1911
Attractive typography, by H. Emmet Green, Anthony, Kansas.
H. Emmet Green, of Anthony, Kansas, is represented this month by a
package of unusually neat and attractive commercial specimens. Among
the most interesting is a title-page for a commencement program, a repro¬
duction of which we show herewith. The original was printed on cream-
colored stock.
A. F. Benbow, Bellevue, Kentucky. — Your business card is unique in
design and the colors are effective. We show herewith a reproduction of it.
NATIONAL
■PRINTING
r COMPANY
220 LAST FOURTH STREET
CINCINNATI
Q
UALITY
PRINTING
BENBOW. bei->lvu£. Kv
A unique card, by A. F. Benbow, Bellevue, Kentucky.
From Barnhart Bros. & Spindler we have received for criticism copies
of a catalogue of Chandler & Price machinery and material, and a booklet,
entitled “ A Barnhart Group of Fetching Type Designs.” The former is
a handsome piece of work, the half-tone illustrations being especially good.
The booklet of type-designs is excellent in arrangement, but tire use of
black and blue as a color combination results in a rather cold page, espe¬
cially on white coated paper. This same color scheme on an india-tinted
stock would be much more pleasing.
M. E. Miller, Fairmont, West Virginia. — The blotters are excellent in
design, and, with the exception of having a little too much matter on one
or two of them, the effect is very satisfactory. We especially like the one
containing the calendar for May, as it is an unusually strong and attractive
piece of advertising — much more so than any of the others. The arrange¬
ment shown in the February calendar is very pleasing, but the matter has
been broken up into so many groups that the design as a whole is rather
more complicated than one would wish.
U'a
FIFTH ANNUAL
Banquet
PHILADELPHIA
RAPID TRANSIT
COMPANY
CONTINENTAL HOTEL
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A handsome cover-page, by H. A. Skinner, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
From H. A. Skinner, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has come a package of
high-class commercial specimens. Among the most interesting of these is
a menu for a banquet of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, a
reproduction of the cover of which we show herewith.
The Barta Press, Boston, Massachusetts, is sending out a handsome
booklet, entitled “ Concerning the Realization of Ideals,” and calling par¬
ticular attention to its service department in the creation of high-class
catalogue and booklets. The cover of the booklet is handsomely embossed
and printed on dark red stock, a handsome three-color illustration being
printed on white stock and tipped on within the panel. Various illustra¬
tions of catalogues and booklets produced for various customers are shown
throughout, and the whole forms a strong advertising argument.
A. R. Wagner, Toronto, Canada. — The Easter blotter is an exceptionally
clever arrangement, although making the tint of the inner pages a trifle
lighter would add considerably to the legibility. In the placing of the
cut and main line of text on the book page the most satisfactory results
have not been obtained, owing to the fact that both the cut and the main
line are in the center of the page. They should be considerably above the
THE INLAND PRINTER
409
center, and where the line is short, as in this case, placing it on an imag¬
inary line which would divide the page into eight parts, giving three to
the upper panel and five to the lower panel, would be more in keeping with
the principles of proportions necessary to the most satisfactory typographical
design.
Guy Rummell, Brazil, Indiana. — The letter-head and envelope design
for the Brazil Clay Companj' shows much thought and care, but we would
suggest that if the panel containing the firm name were surrounded by a
light line, rather than letting the white space break into the lettering in
the background, the effect would be more satisfactory. Personally, we think
that, on the letter-head at least, the red is too strong for the best results,
as the brightness and flashy appearance rather cheapen the work. On the
envelope this is not so objectionable, because of the advertising value.
W. Williamson Company, Chicago, Illinois. — The specimens are all neat
and tasty in design, the colors are well chosen and the embossing is good.
We show herewith one of the admission tickets.
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Ticket arrangement, by the W. Williamson Company, Chicago.
Arthur J. Fischer, Quincy, Illinois. — Your specimens are all well got¬
ten up and we find little to criticize as far as the type arrangement is
concerned. We would, however, call your attention to the spacing between
words on some of these pages, more especially the large motto cards. On
these two jobs the spacing between words varies so greatly as to almost
entirely destroy the pleasing effect of the text. The colors are well han¬
dled and stock is well chosen in all cases, with the possible exception of
the cover-page, the green on this page being rather dark to give the best
effect to the type.
C. A. Fuller, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. — Of the two letter-heads, we
rather prefer the one in which the line is underscored, although in under¬
scoring of this kind we would prefer to see parallel rules of equal weight
rather than a light and heavy rule. Then, too, where lines are under¬
scored or separated by rules, care should be taken that these rules are of
such weight that they will harmonize in tone with the type-face under
which they are used, rather than be too heavy or too light for the type¬
face. Both of the letter-heads are a trifle strong in color, and personally
we would prefer to see either smaller sizes of type or lighter faces used on
work of this character.
Samuel Burdick, Chicago, Illinois. — The advertisement which 3'ou have
sent in for criticism is excellent in arrangement and we find very little
opportunity to suggest changes in its general make-up. We think that,
inasmuch as the two lines across the top are to a certain extent unrelated
to the balance of the text, a rule underneath the lower line, cutting them
off from the balance of the advertising, would add a little to the legibility
and result in a slightly more pleasing page. The fact that you have found
it necessary to widely letter-space the first line in the name of the railroad
is rather unfortunate, and we are rather inclined to think that a lower-case
letter which would allow the words, “ Colorado and Southern ” in one line
would be an improvement.
J. Warren Lewis, Kansas City, Missouri. — The specimens which you
have sent are all handled in your usual neat and attractive manner, and
we find but little to which we can take exception. As to the cover-page
for the Helmers Manufacturing Compan.v, it is rather an open question as
to which is better, as in cases of this kind, of course, the customer is
entitled to have what he wants. In the job as it was finally printed, we
think that if the center group were raised a trifle, rather than placed in
the center of the space between the top and bottom groups, the effect
would be more pleasing, and we also think that a rearrangement of the
last two lines of the center group, doing away with the colons to fill out
the line, would be an improvement.
Fargo Printing Company, Fargo, North Dakota. — Where one is setting
type in a wide measure it is desirable, in order that a harmony of shape
may be maintained, to use a letter which is not condensed. When, in addi¬
tion to this, one uses a condensed letter in a wide measure and then places
excessive spacing between words in order to fill out the measure, the effect
is doubly displeasing. This, however, is what has been done on the cover
for the booklet of C. E. Nelson. If a type-face more nearly square in
design had been used for the lines at the top of the page the effect would
have been much better. On the inner pages we note that you have used
hair-line rules underneath the running heads, and would suggest that these
rules be a trifle heavier — a half-point or even one-point face — in order
that they may show up soli'd and not print in a broken line as do the
lighter rules. The commercial specimens are very well handled.
Frank L. Harigel, Lagrange, Texas. — While the specimens submitted
are, in general, neat in arrangement, we would call your attention to one
or two things regarding them. Where rules are used for underscoring lines
they should be of such weight as will harmonize in tone with the type used
in the line, and parallel rules of equal weight are preferable to heavy and
light rules. Where type is used in a panel it is desirable, as far as possi¬
ble, to have the type harmonize in shape with the shape of the panel. On
the letter-head for Lagrange Lodge, I. 0. O. F., we note that you have
used in the long, narrow panel an extended type-face and a condensed one.
The extended face harmonizes better in shape with the panel, but, which¬
ever one is used, it should be used exclusively and not two different type¬
faces varying so greatly. The letter-head design for the County of Fayette
is an excellent arrangement. On the cover-page for the “ Etaerio Club ”
we would suggest that the placing of the main panel above the center,
rather than in the position which it now occupies, would be an improve¬
ment.
Nothing is so Annoying
as annoyance that might easily have
been prevented. Among these an¬
noyance preventers is a good prin¬
ter. You may hire a lawyer by the
year to keep you out of lawsuits, but
you do not need him nearly so much
as you need the printer to keep you
out of all sorts of mistakes in your business
literature. The printer looks to the develop¬
ment of your business for the development
of his business. He has every incentive to
give you a square deal and intelligent and
satisfactory service. Give him a chance
and you will be happier and — prettier.
GERALD FRANKEL, Printer
Hooptown, Pa.
ADVERTISING SUGGESTION.
Your hardest work is trying to think for the whole
organization. If you see a thousand hands in your plant —
take another look — look deeper, and you will see a thou¬
sand brains. And in these brains lie the real assets of
your business. Their brains can be set in motion, then
you’ll get real cooperation in carrying out well-laid plans. —
Human Engineering.
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THE INLAND PRINTER
Editors and publishers of newspapers desiring criticism or
notice of new features in their papers, rate-cards, procuring
of subscriptions and advertisements, carrier systems, etc., are
requested to send all letters, papers, etc., bearing on these
subjects, to O. F. Byxbee, 4727 Malden street, Chicago. If
criticism is desired, a specific request must be made by letter
or postal card.
Result of Ad. -setting Contest Next Month.
Ad.-setting Contest No. 31 closed on May 10 with some¬
thing over a hundred entries. There were seventy-four
specimens submitted of the newspaper ad. and twenty-
eight of the magazine ad. Some of these specimens are
excellent pieces of ad.-composition, and the judges will
undoubtedly find it difficult to decide which are the best,
but it is expected that their decisions will be received in
time to publish the result next month, together with the
photographs of the successful contestants.
Increasing Advertising Rates.
One more publisher has come out on the right side and
has announced an increase in advertising rates. The Madi¬
son (Neb.) Post will advance its rates on July 1, and Henry
B. Allen, the editor and publisher, in a letter to The Inland
Printer, thus announces his decision :
Madison, Neb., April 18, 1911.
Inland Printer Company, Chicago, Illinois:
Gentlemen, — In spite of the fact that there are two other papers here
besides my own, the Madison Post, I have taken the bull by the horns, have
announced an increase in rates and issued a rate card which becomes effect¬
ive July 1.
Of course, I may be wrong, and may suffer some loss of business for a
time, but I figure that in making the change it indicates confidence in our
circulation and puts the Post in a class by itself ; in other words, gives our
circulation a little tone, taking it out of the ordinary class. The rate card
adopted is similar to one published in your splendid publication of last
month.
The Post is an independent paper less than two years and a half old,
that now has more than one thousand circulation in a field formerly occu¬
pied, and still occupied, by two partisan papers. I am finding one difficult
matter to overcome, and that is job prices, which the other shops are con¬
stantly slashing. I am a stickler for right prices in the local field, but
find the other fellows are not so particular. In other words, both of the
other shops are after my hide. We have now secured the big end of the
local business and intend to increase it.
We owe much of our knowledge of new methods, and old as well, to
Tup Inland Printer. We are subscribers to six trade publications and
study them as closely as a student does his book.
We enclose rate card and our announcement to advertisers. Note our
claims. Very truly yours, Henry B. Allen.
Mr. Allen’s letter to advertisers and prospective adver¬
tisers reads as follows:
MORE THAN A THOUSAND CIRCULATION.
Dear Sir:
You, as an advertiser, are desirous of placing your business where you
are getting your money’s worth. You can’t afford to give away money for
advertising just for the fun of spending it, and it is not your intention to
do so if you know it. It is with pleasure that we call your attention to
some important data in regard to the Post’s circulation, and which should
be considered by you in the future in placing your business.
Seven-eighths of the Post’s circulation is paid up until 1911.
Only one-tenth of the Post’s circulation goes out of the county.
Hine-tenths of the Post’s circulation is confined to Madison and imme¬
diate vicinity.
Less than two per cent of the Post’s circulation subscribed by others
than readers — this includes all subscriptions on contests, etc.
The only value an advertiser gets in a local paper, and all country news¬
papers are local, is in its circulation in the town where it is published and
the immediate vicinity.
No part of the Post’s circulation is “ dead.”
The increase in the circulation of the Post during the past three months
has been at the rate of more than fifty per cent on an annual basis, which
is the best evidence of its increasing popularity and unquestioned standing.
All of the above statements are facts and are certainly worthy of your
serious consideration in placing your advertising.
Our circulation books are at all times open for inspection at the hands
of legitimate advertisers.
We are thankful for your patronage in the past and will be sincerely
appreciative of any business in the future.
Very truly yours,
The Madison Weekly Post.
P. S. — - We enclose new rate card, which will become effective July 1,
1911, all contracts expiring on that date. No advertising will be accepted
on any other basis.
The Post’s new rate card is reproduced herewith, and is
about as concise as it is possible to make a card. The new
rates are none too high and advertisers should not object
. . . Advertising . . .
RATE CARD
Effective July 1, 1911
- T H E -
Madison Post
H. B. ALLEN, Editor and Publisher
An Independent Weekly Newspaper
1 to 50 inches _ 12 cents
51 to 100 inches _ 10 cents
101 inches or more (within one
year) _ 8 cents
Inside pages, per inch, single in¬
sertion _ 10 cents
Outside page, preferred position,
per inch, per insertion _ 15 cents
Local readers, per line _ 5 cents
Local readers (black face) per line 10 cents
— - P O 1 N T S
8 page paper.
6 columns to page.
20 inches to column.
10-point body type.
Linotype composition.
100-line screen half-tones.
All copy must be in this office at least
six hours before going to press.
to paying them for a circulation of over one thousand. Let
us hope that the time will come when no publisher of a
weekly paper of one thousand circulation will be obliged to
accept a line of advertising at less than 10 cents an inch.
Ladies' Band Entertained Editors.
The first regular meeting of the Interstate Editorial
Association was held at Bucklin, Kansas, in April, and a
feature of the meeting was the entertainment provided by
the Ladies’ Band, from Meade, Kansas, consisting of four¬
teen pieces. The editors were the guests of the Bucklin
Commercial Club, who entertained them royally, and the
meeting was most interesting and enthusiastic, largely due
to the enthusiasm aroused by the Ladies’ Band. Here is a
pointer to other editorial associations: Organize a ladies’
band.
Novel Advertising in a Woman’s Issue.
“ Woman’s Issues ” are not as plentiful as they were a
few years ago, but occasionally one appears and occasion¬
ally one has some novelty in its make-up or contents. That
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411
of the Attica (Ind.) Saturday Press, published on April 22,
was one of the latter. Apparently every man in town, no
matter whether he was a lawyer, doctor or dentist, was
solicited for an advertisement, and all of them “ fell,” but it
was plain they did not write their own copy and did not see
their ads. until they were published. Probably the ladies
C. G. Beckett, M. D.
The doctor has bought an automobile and it’3
ten to one that hereafter he will not be shut out on
the home stretch with the stork. He will get there
in time to claim his fee.
J. WESLEY WHICKER
Lawyer
He wanted 10 cents
worth and this is it.
Sample ads. from a woman’s edition — written by the women.
were wise enough to get “ cash with order,” as they might
have had some difficulty in collecting on some of the copy.
For example, one fellow wanted “ 10 cents worth ” — and
got it. Then there was one on the mayor which read :
W. B. Reed has been mayor of Attica for nearly twenty years. He is
lawyer and abstractor and has the credentials necessary for tying nuptial
knots, but he doesn’t work at the latter. His wife, Mrs. Carrie Reed, is
quite an influential woman, a good Methodist, and does the church-going
for both herself and the mayor.
There were a lot of others in which the “ man ” paid for
the advertising, but the “woman ” got the publicity. For
example, this:
The Three Bills. There’s Bill Taft and Bill Bryan and Bill O’Fare, the
greatest of which is the last named served by Hotel Attica. Mr. Crandall
thinks he is Hotel Attica, but he isn’t it. Mrs. Crandall is the real genius
and he is just manager.
These examples may serve as pointers to women in other
towns who are contemplating the publishing of “ Women’s
Numbers,” and will show them how they may be made
interesting.
Publisher and Merchant Combine on a Piano Contest.
Piano contests as subscription builders have become so
common as to cease to be news, but here is something out of
the ordinary. The Montgomery (W. Va.) News and the
Ellis Dry Goods Store, of that place, are conducting a joint
contest. The first prize is a piano valued at $350, with
three other prizes of piano due-bills of $260, $240 and $230
respectively. The dry-goods people give two hundred votes
on every dollar purchase, while the News gives a thousand
votes for a new yearly subscription and five hundred for a
renewal.
Nearly Fifty Years Old.
The Chatham (N. Y.) Courier is just starting its fif¬
tieth volume, the last twenty-seven years of this period
having been published by the present owner, J. W. Darrow.
Brief History of a Paper Started 140 Years Ago.
Seven years ago the Worcester (Mass.) Spy suspended.
At that time it was about 135 years old. Recently a former
employee of the Spy gave us a brief summary of its his¬
tory which is of unusual interest. The Spy was first pub¬
lished as the Massachusetts Spy, at Boston, in 1770, by
Isaiah Thomas, LL.D., who at that time was only twenty-
one years of age. Doctor Thomas was the youngest of five
children, and served an apprenticeship to the printing busi¬
ness of eleven years, between the ages of six and seventeen,
he being so small when he first set type that he was obliged
to stand on a stool to reach the case. He was the first man
to read the Declaration of Independence in public in the
State of Massachusetts. The Spy was moved from Boston
to Worcester in 1775, the first number being issued there
on May 3, 1775, and contained a full account of the Battle
of Lexington, of which Doctor Thomas was an eye witness.
The first issue of the Massachusetts Spy at Worcester was
also the first printing done in any inland New England
town. The Worcester Daily Spy was first published July
22, 1845, by John Milton Earle, and was a single sheet,
18 by 23 inches. In 1859 the property was bought by John
D. Baldwin and his two sons, John S. and Charles C.
Baldwin. Charles Nutt became the owner in 1899 and con¬
ducted it until June 1, 1904, when it passed out of his
hands and was suspended. The plant was destroyed by fire
in 1902 and the loss was disastrous to the business.
Good Ad. Display.
Among the ads. received this month are several attract¬
ive specimens from W. Ellis Speer, of the Greensboro
(N. C.) News. Concerning the full-page ad. of the Calla-
han-Dobson Shoe Company, which is reproduced, Mr. Speer
writes: “ This ad. was set by me in one hour. When I
started on the ad. it was only two hours until press time
and there were several small ads. which had to be set also.
I had no dummy to work with; the copy was typewritten
with display lines underscored. I want to ask you what
you think of the appearance of the ad. Should the two
small cuts have been placed elsewhere, and if so, where?
A Grand Display of Patrician Footwear
For Easier
A Pretty Foot
[YpC will never appreciate how pretty
EE your foot actually is until you incase
it in a PATRICIAN Shoe. Many women
find they can wear smaller sizes if the shoe
is a PATRICIAN. This is because the in¬
terior of each shoe has been modelod along
lines that conform to those of the foot with
various widths, arches and instep eleva¬
tions to meet every foot requirement, ex¬
cepting where that member is extremely
deformed.
We fit PATRICIAN Shoes to your
feet Never do we try to fit your feet to
the shoes. Wearers of PATRICIAN de¬
rive as much enjoyment from the comfort
they impart as from the trim appearance
they give one about the feet and ankles.
$3, $3.50 and $4
Choose your EASTER FOOTWEAR
early this week and avoid the tremendous
rush that will sureiy come the last davs
of this week.
Callahan -Dobson Shoe Co.
Greensboro’s Largest and Most Progressive Shoe Store
Prompt Attention to Mail Orders ROBT. A. SILLS, Manager
Full-page ad. set in an hour.
Do you think it would have helped the ad. to have put the
big cut in a panel? ” To set this page in an hour did not
leave much time for study, but it is set in good taste all
through. The small cuts are well placed, as they are
much better where they are than they would have been at
any other point, as otherwise they would have come oppo¬
site the other illustration. This larger cut did not require
a panel. There is not too much underscoring in this ad.,
although that under the two short lines could have been
omitted without damaging the display, but in some of
Mr. Speer’s other work he is inclined to overdo the matter.
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THE INLAND PRINTER
K. M. Gitt, of Boston, sends a couple of ads. from the
Christian Science Monitor, one of which is reproduced.
Most of the Monitor’s ads. are set in light-faced type, and
arrangements such as this appear to good advantage on
the printed page.
I If you want to know — rr
about the pulling powers j
of The Monitor’s advertising
columns, ask the man who
has used The Monitor. The
best argument in favor of out
paper is the fact that our ad¬
vertisers stay with us They
wouldn’t do this if they were
not getting the business.
ffl
Sample o{ ad. display from the Christian Science Monitor.
Easter Edition of the Washington ( N. J. ) Star.
The Washington (N. J.) Star always looks after all the
little mechanical details which go to make up an attractive
newspaper, and this habit did much to make its Easter
edition so pleasing to the eye. There were no column rules
cutting through in places and failing to show up in others,
no light streaks in the presswork, columns were even at top
and bottom, and good ad.-display helped to complete a spe¬
cial issue in which it would be difficult to find defects.
Another Easter Number.
The Anthony (Kan.) Bulletin made good use of the
Easter season by publishing a “ Special Easter Number,”
which was liberally patronized by local advertisers. The
appearance of the issue was much enhanced by an illumi¬
nated cover.
“Write-up Number.”
Last month the Billings (Mont.) Times published a
“ Write-up Number.” No effort was made to get display
advertising, but practically the whole ten pages were
devoted to write-ups of the business establishments of
Billings, many of which were illustrated with fine half¬
tones.
Big Special Edition from Texas.
When it comes to a title for a special issue, the Gaines¬
ville (Tex.) Register is ahead of them all, at least as to
length. On March 16 it issued a 72-page number bearing
the title, “ Cooke the Banner County of the Lone Star State
Edition.” This was made up in nine eight-page sections,
containing the usual illustrated matter and an unusual
amount of display advertising. Many of these sections had
a new and novel feature. The two center pages were made
up of ads. of merchants or institutions of a similar nature,
the backbone between the pages being used for a column
of appropriate reading-matter.
Celebrating a Twenty-fifth Anniversary.
On the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary the
Rapid City (S. D.) Journal “ did itself proud ” with one of
the finest printed special numbers received for many
months. It was printed on an excellent quality of super-
calendered stock, which served to bring out the half-tones
nicely. One most unusual feature of the Journal is that it
has remained under the same ownership and active man¬
agement all these years. Joseph B. Gossage is the editor
and publisher and is ably assisted by Mrs. Gossage.
Hudson Bay Special Edition.
Way up in the Hudson Bay district, in the province of
Saskatchewan, the Prince Albert Times published a “ Hud¬
son Bay Special Edition ” that was a credit to the office.
The many attractions of that region were pleasingly
described both in the text and illustrations.
Industrial Edition in a Small Town.
Nowata, Oklahoma, is a town of only about two thou¬
sand people, but even here it is possible to publish a suc¬
cessful illustrated industrial edition, as was demonstrated
last month by the Nowata Star. The sixteen pages of this
issue were well filled with advertising, and the illustrations
and reading-matter were well calculated to enthuse the
reader with the advantages of Nowata county.
Newspaper Criticisms.
The following papers were received, together with
requests for criticism, and brief suggestions are made for
their improvement:
Washburn (N. D.) Leader. — Aside from a little unevenness at the tops
and bottoms of plate columns, there is nothing about the Leader to criticize.
The ads. are particularly well displayed and the presswork is also com¬
mendable.
Oxbow (Sask.) Herald. — The home-print portion of your paper is very
satisfactory ; it has the read.v-print beaten in many ways. Ads. are par¬
ticularly well displayed. It is too bad to give up so much of your first
page to advertising. Display-heads with the first lines in caps, would be
an improvement.
Christian Science Monitor, Boston. — The “ Hotel and Travel Number,”
upon which criticism is requested, is one of the most complete newspapers
devoted to this subject ever published. It consists of sixty-eight pages,
filled with advertising and reading-matter of the most helpful kind to assist
in the selection of a place to spend a summer outing. A page is"'devoted
to a description of the Monitor’s “ Hotel and Travel Bureau.” From the
sample questions which have been asked and answered, it would seem that
no vacation problem is so difficult that it can not be solved by the Monitor.
So far as criticism is concerned, none is necessary. The whole arrangement
is artistic, and the grouping of advertising and reading-matter is pleasing
and practical.
A Model Newspaper Plant.
The Kansas City Star is proud of its new home. In
its issue of April 22 more than three pages were devoted
to a pictorial description of its splendid newspaper plant.
Views were given of the business office, editorial-room,
composing-room, pressroom, stereotyping department,
mailing-room and departments which have to do with the
distribution of the paper. A diagram was also repro¬
duced showing the floor-plans of the building. In the
article accompanying the illustrations it is declared that
“No other newspaper has a publication plant comparable
to that of the Star in spaciousness or convenience or per¬
fection of equipment. Planned for the purposes of com¬
plete and expeditious newspapermaking, and for nothing
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413
else, no distracting thoughts of possible future transfor¬
mation into an office building or a mercantile establish¬
ment intruded upon the single intention of making the
most complete and worthy print-shop ever set up.”
The building is located on the corner of Grand avenue
and McGee street, and affords three acres of floor-space
especially arranged and equipped for the production of a
modern daily newspaper.
Country Editors’ Bill Wins in Colorado.
A bill providing for the publication hereafter of all
constitutional amendments in one Democratic and one
Republican paper in every county in the State, recently
passed the Colorado House of Representatives, and it is
almost certain that it will be voted on favorably by the
Senate. The measure is known as the “ country editors’
bill,” and has been vigorously pushed by the country edi¬
tors of Colorado. At present, amendments are printed in
a daily newspaper continuously.
Pittsburg Press in Superb Home.
The new building of the Pittsburg (Pa.) Press reflects
more than ordinary credit upon the management of that
newspaper. Col. 0. H. Hirshman, the president of the
company, deserves praise for the enterprise he has shown
in having constructed a remarkably commodious and sub¬
stantial newspaper edifice. One of the features of the
new building, which is located on Oliver avenue, just over
the street from the Gazette and Telegraph offices, is the
comfort and accommodation it affords employees. Lock¬
ers, restrooms and other conveniences have been so well
provided that the men employed in the composing-room
recently summoned Colonel Hirshman to their department,
on the fifth floor, and presented him with a handsome
silver loving-cup in appreciation of his consideration of
their welfare during working hours. Clarence R. Howell,
the superintendent of the composing-room, is given full
credit for what is said to be a “ perfect arrangement ” of
his department. When Mr. Howell found that he could
not purchase just the equipment he wanted, he designed it
and had it made specially for the Press. From the time
the copy arrives in the composing-room on automatic car¬
riers until the finished matrices go to the stereotyping-
room, there is no need for retracing steps and absolutely
no chance for the printers to get in each other’s way.
Taking the plant from cellar to garret, with its excellent
provision for light, ventilation and convenience, it is plain
that many offices in other cities had been visited and
experts consulted before the plans finally were accepted
for this ideal newspaper building.
New Publications.
Brighton, Iowa. — News.
Phcenix, Ariz. — Phoenix Sun.
Oriska, Ivy. — Sentinel (daily).
Buechel, Ivy. — Herald. Adam Spalin.
Lititz, Pa. — Lancaster County Socialist.
Marble, Colo. — Booster. Frank P. Frost.
Williford, Ark. — News. G. W. Wayman.
Bleneoe, Iowa. — Herald. Cline Harmon.
Bunker Hill, Ivan. — Banner. G. B. Siders.
Le Claire, Iowa. — - Messenger. J. B. Smith.
Farmington, N. II. — Independent. Julian R. Fanson.
Elizabeth, N. .1. — The Issue (Socialist). Socialist party.
Lamar, Mo. — Daily Republican Sentinel. Aaron D. States.
Cleveland, Ohio. — Modern Shopping. E. C. Reigel, editor.
Dixon, Ill. — Young People’s Chronicle. Geo. L. Stackpole.
Crosby, Minn. — The Range Miner (daily). George Brieford.
Thief River Falls, Minn. — Times. H. E. and II. F. Mussey.
Cadillac, Mich. — Lake Chelan News (daily). R. H. Morton.
Newport, Ark. — Morning Herald. Goodwin-Cullison Company.
Dupree, S. D. — Yiebach County News. Mrs. Lottie Kruckman.
Lincoln, III. — Morning Star. John Edmonds and Charles Stuart.
San Francisco, Cal. — Revolt (Socialist). William McDevitt, editor.
Mechanicsburg, Pa. — Cumberland Countian (daily). Rhinehart & Koser.
Ivey West, Fla. — The Citizen has begun publication of a morning edition.
Pacific Grove, Cal. — Elgin Hurlburg has started a weekly paper at this
place.
Uvalde, Tex. — Enterprise. Mr. Osborne, formerly of Corpus Christi, is
editor.
Arverne, N. Y. — Sand-piper (for society folk). La Touche Hancock,
editor.
Nashville, Tenn. — Hermitage Democrat. J. W. Reedy, of Franklin,
Ter.n., editor.
Milwaukee, Wis. — Socialists are about ready to begin publication of a
daily newspaper.
Little Rock. Ark. — Southern Guardian (Catholic). lit. Rev. J. M.
Lucey, V.G., editor.
Guthrie, Ivy. — Kentucky-Tennessee Journal. F. O. Wallace, editor and
proprietor of the Portland (Tenn.) Herald.
Bristol, Conn. — Ex-Senator Atwater, of Meriden, is the head of a new
company which will start a new daily here shortly.
Port Arthur, Tex. — A new daily paper will be issued shortly by S. L.
Hamilton. Merchants have guaranteed $15,000 in advertising for the first
year.
Changes of Ownership.
Beattie, Ivan. — Eagle. Sold to E. N. Cannon.
Cantril, Iowa. — New Era. Sold to C. C. Hoskins.
Hieksville, Ohio. — News. Sold to Lee 0. Tustison.
Calhoun, Mo. — Clarion. J. R. Bush to P. Dehardt.
Little Valley, N. Y. — Hub. Sold to II. II. Shipherd.
Atkinson, Neb. — Graphic. Dell Akin to A. II. York.
Lakeport, Cal. — Bee. W. L. Rideout to II. F. Cross.
Albion, Neb. — Argus. D. J. Poynter to C. G. Barns.
Altus, Ark. — Banner. R. II. Burrow to B. M. Gibson.
Bucklin, Mo. — Herald. A. J. Coen to W. E. Windle.
Osage, Iowa. — News. C. R. Graves to Mr. Addington.
Shoal Lake, Can. — Star. A. Dickson to H. J. Newman.
Dayton, Iowa. — - Review. Herrick & Tufft to E. A. Rolfe.
Fayetteville, Ark. — Sentinel. Sold to Allen G. Flowers.
McHenry, N. D. — Free Press. Consolidated with Tribune.
Port Royal, Pa. — Times. J. C. McAfee to J. B. Parsons.
Perkins, Okla. — Journal. J. P. Hickam to T. L. Noblitt.
Windsor, Mo. — Review. W. J. Cotten to Mr. McCutcham.
New Market, Iowa. — Herald. Lafe Hill to Frank Wisdom.
Indianapolis, Ind. — Independent. Sold to Thomas & Evans.
Huntingdon, Pa.- — • News. Ivimber Cleaver to Jos. F. Biddle.
Whitehall, N. Y. — Chronicle. Inglee & Tefft to W. B. Inglee.
Paris, Ark. — Magnet. J. I. Baker. Sold to Wm. Greenwood.
Roy, N. M. — The Spanisli-American. Sold to Irvin Ogden, Sr.
Vidalia, Ga. — - Advance. E. C. J. Dickens to J. E. Schumpert.
Pilot Mound, Man., Can. — Sentinel. Sold to A. G. Flewelling.
Lockwood, Mo. — Luminary. W. H. II. Pierce to B. M. Coiner.
Winchester, Ind.- — - Democrat. A. C. Hindsley to C. Iv. Rockwell.
Ethel, Mo. — Courier. W. E. Windle to Ethel Printing Company.
Merced, Cal. — The Weekly Express. J. A. Norvell to P. H. Griffin.
Smithville, Mo. — Democrat. A. J. Summers to Thos. D. Bowman.
Hobart, Okla. — Daily Democrat-Chief. C. M. Worral to Frank Costello.
Hutto, Tex. — Weekly News. C. L. Fridge to A. C. Price, of Rogers, Tex.
Julesburg, Colo. — The Weekly Grit-Advocate. Sold to R. P. McDowell.
Rainy River, Can. — - Gazette. Rube Allyn to Jackson Publishing Com¬
pany.
Baker City, Ore. — Herald. B. E. Kennedy to C. C. Powell and F. W.
l'enny.
Franklin Grove, Ill. — Reporter. Sold to Samuel Remley and Beala
Haldaman.
Pacific Grove, Cal. — The Peninsula Advocate. Sold to Old Capital Pub¬
lishing Company.
Redding, Cal. — The Democratic Register. F. H. Robertson and C. E.
Wright to W. D. Egilbert.
Strawberry Point, Iowa. — Mail-Press. Sold to Roy R. Clark, who has
been foreman of the Hardin County Citizen, of Iowa Falls.
Alexandria, Ya. — Gazette. Hubert Snowden to the Gazette Corporation.
(For 127 years this paper had been in the hands of the Snowden family.)
Huntington, Ind. — Herald. Sold to Allen Potts Realty Company. The
Times has also been sold, the purchaser being M. H. Ormsby, owner of the
Bluffton Banner and Huntington News-Democrat.
Darien (Conn.) Review; Hampton (Ga.) News; Starbuck (Minn.)
Times; Leland (Ill.) Times; Solon (Iowa) Economy ; Bison (Ivan.) Bee;
Emmett (Ivan.) Citizen; Camas (Wash.) Post; Van Tassell (Wyo.)
Progress; Tyndall (S. D.) Tribune; Aransas Pass (Tex.) Progress; Colum¬
bus (Ohio) Daily Legal News; Holland (Man., Can.) Observer; Spring-
field (Can.) Echo; Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Press; Greenwich (Ohio) Enter¬
prise; Kent (Ohio) Bulletin.
Suspensions.
Girard, Ohio. — Journal.
C'lintwood, Va. — Journal.
Lake City, Iowa. — Blade.
Willimantic, Conn. — Journal.
Valley Springs, S. D. — Vidette.
Dayton, Tenn. — Republican Enterjwise.
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Deaths.
Norfolk, Va.- — James Mortimer Williams, editor of the World.
Dallas City, Ill. — Lucien S. Reid, editor and publisher of the Review.
San Diego, Cal. — George W. Brooks, of the Smith-Brooks Printing Com¬
pany, the prominent Denver (Colo.) printers.
Paterson, N. J. — Edward B. Haines, proprietor of the Evening News.
He was founder of the Paterson Morning Call.
Washington, D. C. — Thomas W. Howard, a veteran of the Civil War and
twice president of the local typographical union.
Rochester, N. Y. — Charles E. Backus, thirty years ' superintendent of the
printing department of the Democrat and Chronicle.
Loekport, N. Y. — Roswell C. Wilson, founder, stockholder and director
of the Daily Review. He was a veteran of the Civil War.
Elmhurst, L. I. — Henry P. Huling, publisher of the Press. He belonged
to an old newspaper family, his grandfather and great-grandfather having
been pioneer newspaper publishers of Vermont.
Nashville, Ind. — George W. Allison, sixty years a newspaper man in
the Central West. He founded several newspapers and was prominent in
Indiana political circles. He was eighty-seven years old.
Worcester, Mass. — John Luby, for twenty years a compositor on the
Gazette, and at his death one of the best-known lawyers of the city. He
was a prominent member of the Worcester County Bar Association and of
the looal typographical union.
Montgomery, Ala. — William H. Crusins, old-time printer, veteran sol¬
dier and life-long Montgomerian. He was a familiar figure about the state
capitol, where he had been watchman for a number of years. He was noted
for his quaint humor and hearty laugh. One of his favorite sayings was :
“ I was never out of Alabama but once: Then I took, a little trip to
Gettysburg, Pa. I walked there and I ran back.”
Whitehall, N. Y. — William B. Inglee, the popular editor and proprietor
of the Chronicle. He had worked on the paper nearly forty years and had
gradually moved to the front until he became its owner. He was widely
known among all classes, and had gained the friendship and affection of
the people wherever he was known. At the time of his death he was
county supervisor and chief of police of Whitehall.
Uniontown, Pa. — William H. Farwell, for more than twenty-five years
at the head of a successful job-printing business and a well-known and
popular business man. He was noted for his generous and gentle nature,
typified in the verses which he had printed on the back of his business
cards, as follow :
“ Did you ever think as the hearse drove by,
It wouldn’t be long till you and I
Would go riding out in the big plumed hack,
And never remember of coming back ?
“ Did you ever think as you strove for gold,
A dead man’s hand a dollar can’t hold?
You may pinch and tug, you may strive and save,
But you lose it all when you reach the grave.”
HOW TO CLEAN WINDOWS.
Windows that show no streaks — that are clean and
bright looking — are business pullers in every sense of the
word. There is a right and a wrong way to wash win¬
dows. The work should be done on a dull day, for when the
sun shines on windows, it causes them to dry streaky, no
matter how much they may be rubbed.
Before washing the windows, dust them off well, both
inside and out, then wash all the inside woodwork. The
windows should be washed carefully with warm water, to
which a little ammonia has been added. Soap should never
be used. A small cloth on the end of a pointed stick is a
very valuable instrument to get the dust out of the corners.
When the windows have been washed thoroughly, wipe
them dry with a piece of cotton cloth. It is never good to
use a linen cloth, as linen will leave a great amount of lint
on the glass. When the windows are thoroughly dry, pol¬
ish them with tissue-paper or old newspaper.
You will find that the above method will enable you to
do your windows in less time and with cleaner, brighter
results than when soap is used. — Ex.
CHICAGO MEANS “BAD SMELL.”
The city of Chicago suffered a blow on May 15 at the
hands of the geological survey.
In a bulletin issued by the service, giving derivations of
local names in the United States, it was stated: “ Chicago
— City and river in Illinois; the Ojibwa Indian form,
‘ She-Kag-Ong,’ signifies ‘ wild onion place,’ from a root
form implying ‘ bad smell.’ ”
Several derivations were dug up, but the definition of
the word Chicago was generally admitted to be the most
unpleasantly outspoken of them all.
There is always a best way to do a thing if
it be but to boil an egg. — Emerson.
This department is designed to record methods of shorten¬
ing labor and of overcoming difficult problems in printing. The
methods used by printers to accomplish any piece of work re¬
corded here are open to discussion. Contributions are solicited.
Checking Advertisements.
Here’s a handy system used by one newspaper for check¬
ing its advertisements. Each advertiser is assigned a num¬
bered card to agree with the number on his card in the
card-index. One card is used for the full month’s record,
thereby saving time, space, etc. It makes mistakes almost
impossible, and enables the bookkeeper to tell what is due
without going all through the day-book. The card is ruled
to give space for every day in the month. The checker
merely enters on each card the space used on the day of the
advertising runs. At the end of the month the bookkeeper
goes over the cards and makes out the bills. The cards can
be conveniently numbered and dated with a machine. —
Exchange.
Utilizing Gum-paper Scraps.
I find in our shop that when running gum labels, in
order to give good gripper margin, stock is usually cut
double size and run through twice. In order to do this the
stock often cuts to a waste of an inch or so, and when such
is found to be the case the stockman is instructed to leave
waste on edge of label-paper and our compositor sets up a
small card or advertisement to fill the waste space, and
this is locked up with customer’s job, run through, trimmed
up and tabbed in bunches of a hundred or so to save scat¬
tering around. We find real-estate men, and others who
have to fasten cards or flyers in windows, appreciate these
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CORRESPONDENCE GUMMED STICKER.
stickers, and they are quite an advertisement for us. They
are also used in our shipping and delivery room for strap¬
ping up packages in place of the brown gum-tape.
The strips which are sometimes left after trimming
labels, too narrow to print on, are not only used for strap¬
ping packages, but our pressmen use them in their depart¬
ment mainly for strapping on quads to the tympan, which
prevents them from being forced off by heavy stock or
careless feeders. — R. W. Smith.
Suggestion — Our brothers in England are using a little
sticker after the style of the accompanying illustration.
It is used on letters to insure the answer coming back to the
writer. The distribution of the mail in large houses takes
time and anything which will aid the clerk who sorts the
mail to determine at once the department to which a letter
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is deliverable is desired. This form, therefore, could be
used to work up the scraps in addition to the uses suggested
by Mr. Smith. The printer’s name and address would by
this means be carried in the correspondence of the firms
furnished with the stickers.
To Soften Old Paint-brushes.
The number of printers’ homes illustrated in The
Inland Printer suggests that printers, like other house¬
owners, have occasion to do a little house and floor painting
occasionally. W. 0. Graham, who edits the bright little
house organ Pointers, at Kansas City, Missouri, says:
“ We have fooled ’round with turpentine and other things
in cleaning old paint-brushes, but generally solved the diffi¬
culty by buying a new brush, but hei'e is a recipe that
works. Bring half a pint or so of vinegar to boiling heat,
work the brush back and forth a few minutes and it will be
as pliable as new. The vinegar may be as clear as when
you started, but the paint is loose and will wash out in hot
soap suds.”
Method for Setting Linotype Matter on the Angle,
Where Neither the Thin-space Nor the Figure-
space Gives the Proper Indention.
Operators are occasionally called on to set matter so as
to fit into a mortise, cut on the angle. This is difficult if
neither the thin nor figure space gives the proper indention.
To overcome this, use any character in the magazine. First
The Board
of Educa¬
tion and the
Synod of
P e n n s y l-
vania are in a
campaign for
the raising of
sufficient funds
to build . a new
Presbyte-
rian church at State
College, Pa. This,
the only school in
Pennsylvania deriving
its entire support from
the state, has an enroll¬
ment of eighteen hun¬
dred students, about
four hundred of whom
are Presbyterians. The
present church building
scats less than two hundred
people. No efficient work can
be done for the Presbyterian
boys until a commodious edi¬
fice is erected. It is proposed
to expend fifty thousand dollars
for the church complete, and to raise in
addition thereto twenty-five thousand
dollars for endowment, to be held by
the Board of Education. The cam¬
paign began April ist in Philadel¬
phia. Pittsburgh is the second cen¬
ter of operations, after which the
effort will become state-wide. The
campaign is in the hands of Sec¬
retaries Cochran and Hughes of
the Board, .with Synod’s Com¬
mittee, the Rev. Alexander J.
Kerr, D.D., Chairman, actively
co-operating. The chairmen
of the Philadelphia and Pitts¬
burg are. respectively,
Messrs. Alba B. Johnson
and Ralph VV. Harbison.
An attractive booklet has
been issued, containing
many illustrations of
State College buildings,
campus and scenery,
which can be had
from the Board upon
application.
SETTING LINOTYPE MATTER IN AN ANGLE.
find the length of the shortest and longest lines to be set in
the mortise — this will give the exact angle. In the exam¬
ple here shown the lower-case “ t ” was selected. In the
first line nine em quads and thirteen lower-case “ t’s ” were
used, the second line nine em quads and twelve lower-case
“ t’s ” and so on, using one less on each line set. The space-
bands are used between the words only. Where you begin
setting with the widest line first, start with one letter “t ”
and add another to each additional line set. If the slant of
the mortise is not as great as the one shown, use larger
characters — the “ o,” “ n ” or “ w,” whichever will give
the proper angle. — William B. Mohr.
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of Educa¬
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tion and the
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Synod of
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Pennsyl¬
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vania are in a
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campaign for
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the raising of
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sufficient funds
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to build -a • new
tttt
P resbyte-
ttt
rian church at State
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College, Pa. This,
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the only school in
Pennsylvania deriving
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its entire support from
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the state, has an enroll¬
ttttttttttt
ment of eighteen hun¬
tttttttttt
dred students, about
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four hundred of whom
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are Presbyterians. The
ttttttt
present church building
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seats less than two hundred
ttttt
people. No efficient work can
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be done for the Presbyterian
ttt
boys until a commodious edi-
tt
fice is erected. It is proposed t
to expend fifty thousand dollars
IETHOD OF SETTING LINOTYPE MATTER
IN AN ANGLE.
Restoring Old Engravings.
In reply to a querist, the Pharmaceutical Journal says
that to restore old and discolored copperplate engravings,
wash the sheet on both sides by means of a soft sponge or
brush with water containing four per cent of ammonium
carbonate, and rinse the paper each time with clean water.
Next moisten with water with which a little vinegar has
been mixed; rinse the sheet again with water containing a
little chlorinated lime, and dry in the air, preferably in the
sun. Another plan used for the restoration of old prints
that have turned yellow is to wash them carefully in water
containing a little sodium hyposulphit, and then dip them
for a minute in diluted solution of chlorinated soda (say,
1 in 40) , finally washing thoroughly in running water.
Solution of hydrogen dioxid may also be used, applied by
pouring on the print placed in a shallow vessel. The whole
is then exposed to a strong light for some time. If, after
treatment by any of the above described methods, the prints
have become too white, they should be immersed in a bath
containing a weak solution of isinglass or glue colored suit¬
ably with coffee grounds or other yellow coloring matter.
Finally, the damp sheet should be stretched on a drawing-
board and allowed to dry spontaneously in a moderately
warm, dry room.
Emergency Power.
When the electric power plant at Kirksville, Missouri,
was put out of commission recently by a heavy storm,
Walter Ridgeway, publisher of the Daily Express, of that
city, was equal to the occasion. He secured a Keen Kutter
ball-bearing grindstone from a local hardware merchant
and, with little trouble, belted it to his Junior Linotype,
and while the “ devil ” pedaled away, the young woman
operator set the usual amount of matter for the day’s edi¬
tion. Editor Ridgeway was more than pleased with the
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result, as the grindstone power was used for a whole day
without interruption to the operator. He says: “If the
Keen Kutter ball-bearing grindstone will serve the farmer
or the mechanic as well as it served us, we will feel no
hesitancy in recommending it.” The Inland Printer has
not secured a statement from the “ devil,” but we under¬
stand he was relieved in the steady “ grind ” by competent
substitutes.
How to Make a Paper Drinking-cup.
Children in a dozen schools in Chicago have been taught
how to construct a paper drinking-cup which is in every
way serviceable and which does away with danger of con¬
tagion through use of a common drinking utensil.
J U B
The cup is constructed from a sheet of paper about
eight inches square. A unique method of folding provides
a cup that may be collapsed or extended at will.
Any sort of tablet paper may be used, but it has been
found that an oiled paper or a foolscap with glaze lasts the
longest.
£ T>
“Any child can learn to make the cup in two minutes,”
said an assistant in the department of household arts.
“ They can be carried between pages of a book or any place
where an ordinary envelope can be placed. The idea is
simple and most practical.”
Secure a sheet of paper about eight or ten inches square.
Fold it in the middle from corner A to corner B (Figs. 1
and 2). Next take the uppermost free corners, J and K,
and fold down on each side to about one-third of the dis¬
tance between top and bottom (Fig. 3) . Next take the free
corner A and bring it almost to D, and fold the paper at
C E (Fig. 4). Then take up the free corner K and insert
it into the exposed fold between A and C. Now take the
free corner B and bring it to C on the other side of the
paper, tucking the free corner J into the exposed fold, D B,
on that side (Fig. 5). Open the center, press in the bottom
to give the structure rigidity, and fill with water.
Hot-water Test for Real or Imitation Parchment
Paper.
According to a correspondent of the Papier Zeitung,
experts often find it difficult to distinguish between real
and imitation parchment paper. They can, however, be
recognized by both being softened in hot water. When
taken out, the real article (treated with sulphuric acid) is
firm, tough, and elastic, requiring a comparatively strong
pull to tear it. Moreover, at the point where torn, if rightly
parchmentized, there are no fibers to be seen; there being
only a few short ones, when the parchmentizing has been
less thoroughly effected.
Imitation parchment paper (sold under various names),
and not treated with sulphuric acid, is said to lose its
strength through being softened in hot water. It can be
torn when wet; displaying, when torn slowly, the longer
and more numerous fibers of which the paper is composed.
The principle of the above tests is that in real parch¬
ment paper the fibers are destroyed by the full parch¬
mentizing, being transformed into a horny mass, insoluble
in water, so that no fibers should be visible at the point of
tearing. When the parchmentizing is weaker, the horny
mass is formed only on the surface of the web; the paper
still remaining firm when softened, but displaying, when
torn, some short fibers. Imitation parchment paper, on the
other hand, which has not passed through the same opera¬
tions as real parchment paper, retains the fibers in un¬
changed condition.
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417
BY S. H. HORGAN.
Queries re^ardinff process engraving, and suggestions and
experiences of engravers and printers are solicited for this de¬
partment. Our technical research laboratory is prepared to inves¬
tigate and report on matters submitted. For terms for this service
address The Inland Printer Company.
Scientific Processwork.
It was Thomas A. Edison who told the writer not to
rely too much on what scientists said about anything. The
nonsense they write about processwork is amusing to those
of us who have to earn a living at it. Here are a few
examples from “ Everyday Science,” by Henry Smith
Williams, Volume VIII, page 202, and later: “About the
the other two. These experiments finally proved success¬
ful, with the result that practical filters were made allow¬
ing the transmission of the rays of any one of the three
primary colors while excluding the others.” Just the con¬
trary is the fact. Our filters should exclude but one color.
Here is the way these filters are said to be used : “ In
using these color-filters, or screens, in the actual process
of three-color work the photographer makes three sepa¬
rate negatives, one negative being made with a yellow
filter placed between it and the picture to be reproduced,
a second with a blue and the third with a red. These nega¬
tives are developed and three separate half-tone blocks
made from them, each block representing the amount of
yellow, blue and red respectively contained in the picture.”
All of which reminds one of Josh Billings’ saying, “ Better
not kno so much, than kno so much that ain’t so.” And
yet “ Everyday Science” is supposed to contain the last
word on processwork.
“ E. Hamel, Nottingham, Eng.”
On the register of a palatial New York hotel is recorded
the first visit to this country in twenty-five years of a
photoengraver who learned the business in Philadelphia
“DIDO.”
Photograph by Frank Eugene Smith, Munich. From Deutsche Iiunst unci Decoration.
beginning of the last quarter of the nineteenth century
it was discovered that a mixture of albumin and bichro¬
mate of potash could be hardened by exposure to light, the
resulting hardened substance not being operated readily
by acids.” And yet we use etching ink and resinous pow¬
ders to protect this hardened albumen from acids? Repro¬
ductions of line drawings are called the “ direct ” process
and half-tone is called the “ indirect ” process, according
to “ Everyday Science.” There is a good laugh in the
description of three-color processwork, like this : “Attempts
were made to produce transparent filters, which when used
in connection with a photo-plate allowed one of the primary
colors of a picture to act upon the plate while excluding
3-7
when that city was, in the eighties, a college of photo¬
engraving. Mr. Hamel foresaw the future for process-
work, and, after spending three or more years with Louis
Levy and Frank Manning, he returned to England and
located in Nottingham, in the center of England. To-day
he is one of the wealthy Britons. His home is a palace filled
with the choicest furniture and paintings. He brought
over with him on this trip a few Rembrandts, Raphaels,
etc., just to make some of our art museums envious of his
treasures and give them the privilege of securing them at
his price. There may be some few photoengravers, some¬
where, who are still struggling to meet the landlord, so it
is a pleasure to notice those who are in the J. Pierpont
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Morgan class and can indulge their taste for old masters.
It would be interesting to know how the other early
American students of photoengraving who pioneered our
business into Buenos Aires, Mexico, Santiago, Constanti¬
nople, London and other capitals have been favored by for¬
tune. There is one at least of these fathers of our business
in foreign lands who the writer has located making a hand-
to-mouth living as an “ astrologer ” at Coney Island.
A New Proof Press.
The old “ Washington ” style hand press was all right
in the days when young men were brought up chopping
hickory logs for the fire or felling trees and making cord-
wood; when men had strong backs and were built like
George Washington, or had nothing but type to print. Since
the arrival of half-tone blocks and the increased impres¬
sion required, the press had to be reenforced all over to
stand the strain on it, though the principle of the hori-
THE ie EMPIRE ” PROOFING PRESS.
zontal back-breaking pull was still retained. Messrs. Pen¬
rose & Co., of London, have just introduced a press called
the Empire proofing press in which the lever has a vertical
movement like a paper-cutter or the lithographic hand
press. They claim that the time occupied in pulling an
impression on this press is one-seventh that required on
the proof presses now in use; for, after inking the cut
and laying the proof paper on it, all that is required is to
pull over the lever, let it go back and take off the proof.
The backing-sheets are part of the tympan in this pi’ess.
The bed carrying the plate slides in and out automatically
so that the single movement of the lever is all that is neces¬
sary. The principle of the press seems perfectly reason¬
able, and if it is as good as it looks our American press-
builder soon will be constructing presses of this kind, and,
as usual, with an improvement over the British model.
Pencil Drawings on the Offset Press.
L. Von G., St. Louis, sends some reproductions of pencil
sketches printed on the offset press and wants to know
how the negatives are made. He has tried to make such
negatives without success.
Answer. — These negatives were made with a 150-cross¬
line screen and most likely with a special camera for
making high-light half-tone negatives. Such a camera has
the half-tone screen fitted into a frame which slides in
and out of the camera without disturbing the plateholder.
In using this special camera the exposure is made on the
pencil sketch for three-quarters the usual time for instance,
then the frame containing the half-tone screen is with¬
drawn and an exposure of one-quarter the time made on
the pencil sketch as if it were a line drawing. No flash
exposure is used. When the negative is developed it will i
be found that the high lights are so filled up that with
proper intensification they will not print on the metal.
Printing on photolithographic paper is easy from such a
negative, for the development of the print can be modified
both on the paper and on the later print on the metal.
Instead of a camera for this work, with a separate slide to
hold the screen, a camera can be made with the screen-
holder hinged so that it can be swung out of the way when
the exposure is being made to give the high-light effect.
Color-block Making and Printing.
The writer was asked recently whether he thought it bet¬
ter for the three-color blockmaker to stick to his particular
work and not undertake color-printing, or have all the work
done under one roof. The reply was that in his opinion
colorwork will be absorbed by firms that do all the work
from making the color-record negatives to delivering the
printed edition. There are some concerns, like the Colorplate
Engraving Company and the Trichromatic Engraving Com¬
pany in New York, who are doing a splendid business in
simple color-block making, but the great business is done by
the firms that undertake all the work- — -blockmaking, elec¬
trotyping, printing and binding. There is a good reason for
this: the convenience of it all. The different department
heads can consult with each other over the work, and in case
of accident to the blocks at any stage they can be readily '
repaired. It will be said that few color-block makers are -
printers and few printers know anything about color-block '
making. All of which is true. Still processworkers and
printers might go into partnership or consolidate in some
way to their mutual advantage. Or, they could carry on
their separate lines of business under one roof, as is so often
the case now where the top floor of the great printing houses
has a photoengraving plant. One happy result of combi¬
ning color-block making and printing in one firm would be a
decrease in profanity, for at present the printers designate
the blockmaker as several kinds of a faker, while the block-
maker terms the printer different varieties of a blacksmith,
and both of them use language not fit to print.
Three-color Reproduction of Three-color.
Is it possible to reproduce by the three-color process,
from a copy which is itself a three-color half-tone, without
getting a pattern? If so, what are the best screen angles
to use and what special stops, if any? This is a question
asked by a writer in Process Work, and here is its prize
answer: “In tri-color work the three screen rulings
should have a difference between them of 30° in order to
avoid a pattern, and, although it is possible to work with
the yellow and the red at a smaller difference, it is obvious
that the range which remains available for the second repro¬
duction is insufficient, so that a pattern is practically cer-
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tain to result however one may vary the screen angles. It
may be possible by carefully tracing out the angles of the
original screen rulings, and placing the reproduction
rulings midway between them, to get a fair result; for
example, supposing the original to have been worked,
yellow 15°, blue 45°, red 75°, the reproduction might be
yellow 30°, blue 60°, red 90°. With a Levy screen in a
circular holder, this could be easily tried without making
a negative by examining the sharply focused image on
the ground glass, with the circular screen in position ; also,
a stop giving a single-line effect would help to destroy the
effect of the original ruling.”
National Association of Photoengravers’ Convention.
The largest and most practical convention of photo¬
engravers ever held is the promise of the coming gathering
in Cincinnati on June 26, 27 and 28. This convention is a
sort of culmination of the conferences of engravers that
have been held in Chicago, New York, Iowa and Birming¬
ham.
One of the principal topics discussed will be the cost
system and how successful it has been where it has been
introduced.
At this convention there will be a most elaborate and
instructive manufacturers’ and supply men’s exhibit, as
part of the educational features. Mr. John A. Anderson,
of the Consolidated Engraving Company, New York, is
chairman of this committee, and is being assisted by Eugene
Schoettle, of the Cincinnati Process Engraving Company;
Frank C. Mugler, of the Mugler Engraving Company,
Cleveland; Charles W. Beck, Jr., Beck Engraving Com¬
pany, Philadelphia, and Edward B. Martin, National En¬
graving Company, Washington, D. C.
The Program Committee met in New York on May 20.
This committee consisted of H. C. C. Stiles, of Washington;
Frank H. Clark, of Cleveland; Thomas Heath, of Buffalo,
and Gustav Zeese and Adolph Schuetz, of New York.
The officers of this International Association are work¬
ing hard on the details of their annual meeting. The offi¬
cers are: H. C. C. Stiles, president, Washington, D. C.;
Thomas Heath, vice-president, Buffalo; George Brigden,
secretary, Toronto; John C. Bragdon, treasurer, Pitts¬
burg. The Executive Committee are: George H. Bene¬
dict, Chicago; L. F. Eaton, Detroit; H. A. Gatchel, Phila¬
delphia; Frank H. Clark, Cleveland, and George Mein-
hausen, Cincinnati.
Three-color and the Offset Press.
One of the reasons why three-color is not used more
frequently on the offset press, in lithography and collotype,
is well told by the British Journal of Photography, which
says: “In making thi’ee-color process blocks, if the right
material and methods are used with due skill, the results
may be astonishingly good; but there is always some need
for fine etching, however little. This is frequently the
excuse for passing errors at every stage of the process:
the etcher is always depended on to put it right. The fact
that there is no possibility of fine etching in collotype or
in lithography is the reason why three-color has not been
applied to these processes. It should be understood that
there is no defect in the theory or practice of the process
as at present carried out, as far as the negative-making
is concerned, for quite remarkable reproductions are
obtained by the additive processes, such as the chromoscope
or the autochrome, which results make it obvious that the
defects encountered in the subtractive process are entirely
due to the nature of the pigments used. It has often been
suggested that filters should be adjusted to compensate for
the errors of the pigment, but careful investigation has
shown that any such adjustment will introduce as many
new errors as it avoids old ones. It has therefore been
found that where the retouching can not be done on the
plate it must be carried out on the negative. But screen
negatives, such as are required for lithography, do not per¬
mit of retouching, and operators having learned the ease
of making such screen negatives direct, that is, at the
same operation as the color record, are loath to go back to
the old indirect method, which requires nine operations
instead of three. But this is inevitable until suitable pig¬
ments for printing are discovered, which are more truly
complementary than any we have now at command.”
To Photoengrave Calico Rolls.
C. W. Collins, Providence, Rhode Island, writes: “ Can
you give me some tips on how to go about photoengraving
a 'design on a copper roll for calico printing. I have been
reading through back volumes of The Inland Printer
and find a great deal of information about rotary photo¬
gravure, but nothing about what I want to know. At pres¬
ent, you know, they find the circumference of a roll and its
length, draw a calico design so that it will just fill the space
and repeat without showing the joint. Trace this design, or
offset it, on the face of the roll and then engrave. I know
they are doing this by photoengraving in some mills and
want to know the principle on which they work.”
Answer. — They photograph the design down to fit the
surface of the cylinder, strip the negative film from its
glass support, sensitize the copper roll, rub it over with
clear vaseline, press the detached negative film in contact
with the roll, expose the roll to light, turn the roll in a
tray of benzin or turpentine until the negative film loosens,
strip it off and preserve it, wipe the vaseline from the
copper roll with a soft rag or cotton. Then, having rolled
up a sheet of smooth rubber with etching ink, roll the cop¬
per roll over this rubber until it takes an even coating of
the etching ink. Turn the copper roll in a trough of clean
water, rub it with wet cotton and it will be found that the
design will be left on the roll, pei’fectly sharp in greasy
ink. Dry the roll, dust it over with powdered bitumen or
dragon’s-blood, melt in the resinous powder and the roll is
ready for the first etching, which of course is intaglio and
does not require a great depth. This is the skeleton of the
process. How easy it all seems! But it is not as simple as
it looks. The sensitizing of the roll with bichromatized
albumen or glue is a trick in itself that requires long prac¬
tice before success is assured.
THEY “CALLED THE COLONEL’S BLUFF.”
During the Spanish-American War, soon after Andy
Burt was made colonel of the Twenty-fifth colored regi¬
ment, he informed his men, then at Chickamauga, that they
must play ball half an hour every day in order to get hard¬
ened up. “And while we are playing,” he said, “ remember
that I am not Colonel Burt, but simply Andy Burt.” Dur¬
ing the first game the Colonel lined out what was a sure
home run. “ Run, Andy, run, you tallow-faced, knock-
kneed galoot,” yelled a black soldier at the coaching line.
The Colonel stopped at first base, got another player to
take his place, put on his uniform and announced: “ I am
Colonel Burt until further orders.” — The Housekeeper.
THE MARK OF WISDOM.
The supreme mark of wisdom is the willingness to
replace an excellent thing by a better one.
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Correspondence relating to this department is respectfully
invited from electrotypers, stereotypers and others. Individual
experiences in any way pertaining to the trade are solicited.
Inquiries will receive prompt attention. Differences of opinion
regarding answers given by the editor will receive repectful
consideration. Address The Inland Printer Company, Chicago.
Electrotypers* Wax and Its Treatment.
F. W. D., writes: “I would like very much to learn
the exact composition of the wax used by electrotypers to
receive the impression of type-forms and to hold the plum¬
bago well for afterward electrotyping said impression. I
would appreciate gTeatly any help you can give me.”
Answer. — Most electrotype molders now use ozokerite
in place of beeswax, using gum turpentine to harden if it is
too soft and ozo compound to soften it if it is too hard.
The quantity of ozo compound to be added to the ozokerite
varies with the season of the year and the condition or
quality of the wax. Start with from one pint to one quart
to each fifty pounds of wax, adding more until the wax is
soft enough. Most of the ozokerite in use is of inferior
grades. The less pure ozokerite is, the more crude oil it
contains and the lower its melting point, requiring less ozo
compound. Beware of an overdose, as it takes some time
to get the wax into shape after such an occurrence. The
best molds are made with pure ozokerite, reduced with ozo
compound, which may be bought from any dealer in elec¬
trotypers’ machinery and supplies.
Trouble from Stereotype Matrices Bein^ too Dry.
P. P. G. writes: “ We recently bought a book from you
on stereotyping, but there is one little question which we
do not find answered in this treatise. We have difficulty
with the ‘ mat ’ when it goes through the rolling machine,
the ‘ mat ’ rising up from the form, and when it goes
through the second time the impression becomes blurred
and the plates show double print. We have an idea this is
a fault of the ‘ mat ’ in some way, but we can not locate the
trouble. If you will kindly answer this question, sending
us reply in enclosed self-addressed envelope, we shall be
very grateful to you.”
Answer. — The trouble is that your matrix is too dry.
While the amount of paste used should not be sufficient to
make the matrix soggy or to cause the moisture to be
forced through on the face of the matrix, on the other hand
there should be paste enough to dampen the matrix suffi¬
ciently so that it will lie down on the form. If you have
further trouble, kindly send us a sample of your matrix,
also describe the paste you are using, and we may be able
to help you out.
typing. Under this heading I have several queries, but to
make myself understandable, it is well to give you a rough
outline of our plant in general. The Sunday Tiw.es (28
pages, 8 columns, 13 ems, 24 inches in depth) is set up on
a Linotype No. 5 Mergenthaler, installed three months ago,
and working very satisfactorily, and Monolines, which are
to be gradually supplanted by linos. The printing is done
on a rotary, in two printings, that is a four-page supple¬
ment, and the balance (24 pages) in one run. The stereo
plant consists of mangle, steam drying table, upright
curved casting-box and all other necessary appliances.
Now just here is apparently where our trouble lies. We
have great difficulty in getting our type-forms thoroughly
clean for stereotyping, and the result is a poor ‘ mat ’ and
consequently an indifferent face on our plates. The forms
after being made up are well washed, both with lye and
turpentine, but a residue still seems to remain between the
letters, consequently giving a dirty appearance to matrix.
Enclosed I am sending you a piece of ‘ mat,’ and if you will
kindly pass judgment upon it, and say whether it is owing
to dirty forms or if the trouble lies in the flong, you will be
a great help to us, and we shall be very thankful, and any¬
thing you may suggest we will carry out. An additional
trouble is our illustrations, which are a complete failure,
as you will see by papers I am forwarding under separate
cover. We find it impossible to stereo half-tone blocks,
and have tried both coarse and fine screen, but with very
poor results. At the present the half-tone is laid on the
matrix, and cast in with the metal, but the blocks are
invariably low and the result as you see in paper. Here
again we shall be glad to receive advice from you, and
anything you might think would meet our case we are pre¬
pared to try.”
Answer. — When the ink on your type is fresh, benzin
will take it off readily. If it is dried on, alcohol is a better
cleanser. Sometimes, however, the only way to get the ink
out is to make a mold and throw it away, for the matrix
seems to pick the ink out better than anything else. The
second mold will be clean enough. Judging from the ap¬
pearance of the molds sent us, we would say that your
trouble lies mostly in the paste you are using. It is neces¬
sary that the paste be not only adhesive but plastic, and we
would advise you to try the following recipe: mix 15
pounds of white dextrin, 10 pounds of bolted whiting and
5 pounds of Oswego starch in 22 quarts of water. Stir
with hands until all lumps have disappeared and then cook
in steam- jacketed kettle. While the paste should never be
overcooked, it is important that it should be cooked thor¬
oughly; that is, the entire quantity should come to a boil.
It should be stirred constantly, both to prevent lumping
and to insure thorough mixture and assimilation of the
materials. When cool, the paste should be of the con¬
sistency of thick cream. A little carbolic acid added when
cooking will prevent fermentation. We believe the use of
this paste will also result in better half-tones. If the half¬
tones are mounted on wood, it is necessary to have them
several papers higher than the type.
PRINTING CRAFTSMEN ORGANIZE.
How to Clean Forms and a Recipe for Stereo¬
typers* Paste.
A. C. V. writes: “ Like many more of your readers I
am writing you with the object of receiving a few points
from your valuable journal. I have received a great deal
of help from your journal, and am always looking forward
to receiving it at the earliest possible moment. Stereo¬
Men who have actual charge of the printing and pub¬
lishing work in Chicago, on Tuesday, May 23, banded them¬
selves into a social organization to be known as the Club of
Printing House Craftsmen. The new organization is made
up of the superintendents and their assistants in many of
the big publishing houses. W. W. Quinby, superintendent
of W. D. Boyce & Co., was elected temporary chairman.
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Under this head inquiries re{fardinf£ all practical details of
bookbinding will be answered as fully as possible. The opinions
and experiences of bookbinders are solicited as an aid to making
this department of value to the trade.
Blank-book Binding — Continued.
The next step in blank-forwarding is the covering.
Beginning with the simplest style — half-bound spring-
back — which is the same as a three-quarter binding,
except that it has no bands or “ hubs.” The leather for the
back should cover one-fourth of the board on regular-size
books. Oblong books need no wider leather backs than the
same length in regular sizes would have. The corners
should be of the same width as the leather that extends
from the joint to the cloth side. The edges of the leather
Diagram showing how a full leather cover for an extra binding should be
cut to allow for the hubs ; also showing lines along which the leather is
doubled up while covering.
on back and corners should be pared all around, then damp¬
ened with a sponge until the water strikes through. It
should be pasted and doubled up for a few minutes to
allow the paste to penetrate into the pores. Sour or lumpy
paste should not be used. The back-leather is put on and
stretched onto the boards by using both hands, the position
of the forwarder being at the end of the book the same as
when banding. The book is then turned on its back and
both covers thrown open, with all the leaves in upright
position, the forwarder grasping the end of the leaves with
the left hand near the back and by a backward turn of the
wrist the book is forced away from the back, leaving an
opening for the leather to be turned in. It will be remem¬
bered that after the book was trimmed on the ends a tab
was slit off at each end from the strapping. These were
not put into the split-boards, but left loose on the inside of
the boards. It is these tabs that leave an opening between
the book and cover when the book is lifted up as described
above. The leather is turned in close to the boards and
worked smooth, using a folder in the right hand while the
left keeps the book in position to work on either side, alter¬
nately turning it to and fro. Enough leather is then pulled
out at the end of the back to work up over on to the book
edge. This is known as “ setting a head.” When both
ends are turned in, stand the book on end on a board, back
extending so as to keep the leather pulled out for the head
from flattening. Use two folders for the head, one in the
left hand held near the edge of the book while with the one
A full Russia extra, with wax edge and sunk panel.
in the right hand the leather is worked down against the
other. In this operation one folder supports the other. This
setting is a preliminary one, merely shaping the leather
into position, but it must be well worked under at the end
of the joint grooves. Next, the corners are put on. This
requires no special directions except that there must be an
edge of good stock left to turn in at the corner in order to
give some wear to it. Where the fibrous matter is pared
away there is no strength left. Round corners are always
preferable because very little paring is necessary there.
To keep dampness from the book, pieces of zinc the
same size or larger are inserted front and back between
Showing method of fastening the spring bach.
the cover and the book. These should first be slipped into
a sheet of ledger paper to keep them from sticking to the
leather. Ruled waste sheets left from the make-up of the
book will do. Another half-sheet should be used on top and
one on the under side of the book when it is put between
the boards to press, which is the next operation. Half-
round rods, known as joint-rods, are placed in the grooves
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to shape them in press. These rods are not quite half-
round, one edge being squared to the flat side and the other
beveled thin. These come in all sizes and thicknesses,
known as cap, demy, double cap and medium (being the
same), and superroyal. The rod to select will correspond
to the size of the book and one whose squared edge is near¬
est the same thickness as the board in the cover. In
placing the rod this edge is put next to the board. The
easiest way to get the rods in the right position for press¬
ing is to place the waste ledger leaf on the pressing-
in-board and put a rod flat side down near the edge on this
board; then lay the book on so that the rod will be in the
proper position; then put in the rod on top, lay on the
other waste leaf and cover with the pressing-board. Have
the press ready and grasp the two boards firmly, so as not
to displace rods, and put in the book so that the center will
be under the screw. The press should be tightened and
turned down with the bar. Two or three of this style of
books can be worked and put in together and be left in
while another lot is prepared to put in. The first are then
taken out, rods, dry-sheets and zincs removed and a stout
twine tied around the book lengthwise in the groove. A
four-ply soft twine having a loop tied on one end is best
for this. The end is then run through the loop, which
should be placed on the end of the book, pulled tight, wind¬
ing it around once more and slipping the free end under and
around a couple of times on the side. The cords can be used
at all times, as no knots are tied and they should be hung
up within easy reach ready for use when wanted.
The head is now to be set finally. The book is placed
the same as before and the operation is in every way a
repetition, only this time the leather is firmer. Many for¬
warders find it convenient to sit on the bench beside the
book, having the left hand and arm controlling the move¬
ments more readily by having the elbow down instead of
raised, as it would be if standing. When the head is prop¬
erly set, the leather at the end of the back should be as
wide as the thickness of the boards. It should be shaped
into a crescent conforming to the round in the fore edge
and flattened down toward the edge, fitting close to it with¬
out impairment of its crescent shape. Where the loose
back adjoins the groove the point of the folder should be
used to force the leather in, forming a small V. The book
is then left standing on end with covers partly open to let
the inside dry out. The strings should meanwhile be left
on. After an hour or thereabouts it is closed up, the zinc
and dry paper inserted again, the rods laid in, and books
placed between boards, with a weight on top. Here they
should be left over night. Next day the strings are
removed and the cloth sides glued on. After this they are
stood up, boards open partly, until dry. The final opera¬
tion in forwarding is the pasting up. For this, paste (not
glue) should be used. The two tabs before mentioned are
now pasted also, and the cover closed. Zinc, ledger waste-
sheets and rods are put in exactly as when pressing the
joints and the book should be pressed the same as before.
This time it should be left in press as long as possible, one
night at least. This describes the main features of all
styles of binding except as will be noted hereafter.
The three-quarter style having bands, the back must be
cut with the fibers running across so as to enable the for¬
warder to work the leather around the bands. The back
should also be cut enough longer to equal eight times the
thickness of the bands. In this case the leather is soaked
in water, wrung out and then rubbed between the knuckles
to soften. It is then laid or hung over the book in proper
position and the two inside bands woi’ked down first. This
is done by the thumbs and fingers of both hands, mean¬
while smoothing it down in the panels with the hands and
folder. This will draw the leather from both ends toward
the center. The first and last bands can then be manipu¬
lated in the same way, having the loose ends to draw from.
When bands are all worked the sides should be smoothed
out with aid of the folder. When the heads have been set
finally, a flat stick of hardwood should be used to rub up
the back. Lignum vitas or mahogany is preferred for
sticks, as these woods are hard and smooth. If the rub¬
bing is done before the leather is dry, but not too soft, a
good polish can be obtained. To carry this a step further,
a strip of canvas having the edges frayed out can be used
to good advantage if the book be set in hand press. Just
before siding, a straight-edge should be laid on or near the
edge of the leather and a line drawn for a cutting guide;
then the leather outside this line is cut away. Owing to
the bands this edge will be very uneven.
The ends and bands. — The book is laid on a skin of
flesher, and a knife is used to cut off the superfluous parts,
but enough must be left for shrinkage. This leather is
not to be dampened by water. The front only is turned in,
not the ends. The flesher is pasted all over and the ends
folded in about five or six inches to keep it from dragging
on the bench with the pasted side. It is then hung over the
back and worked over the band in the same manner as
described. When this book is taken out of press, it is stood
on the fore edge, boards spread out to dry. A line is drawn
with the point of the folder across the covers, the same dis¬
tance from the ends as the top and bottom bands are from
the ends of the back. The flesher is trimmed close to the
ends of the book by stripping it off with a knife. Cowhide
strips are cut long enough to go around the book and turn
in on the front. These strips are pasted wet and laid on,
following the mark previously made with the folder. It
should not be pared along this edge. In order to bind it
while working, the leather is turned in over the boards on
front first. It is then turned in on the ends and the head
is worked as described for the half-springback. The strap
in the center should fit snugly between the bands and
extend one-third the width of the board over the side.
Pressing and final operations same as described.
Extra full leather is worked the same as flesher in ends
and bands except that the leather should be cut larger for
turn in. (See drawing.) Owing to the height of the hubs
the leather will tend to form pleats. These must be pulled
from the center toward the end, spreading and working
the leather out in an oblique direction to the comers. The
sides of the hubs will have to be worked smooth also.
After pressing, the hubs and heads will have to be worked
over again. Extra ends and front or extra flesher or sheep
panels are covered over and pressed with joint-rods. Before
the hubs are put on, this leather is not turned in. Be¬
fore putting on the cowhide back and trimmings, the pan¬
els are marked out with the folder and the back and hubs
glued over. A strip of bond or thin clean ledger (not ruled)
is pasted inside the panel close to the lines at the ends and
the one near the back. This is not pasted down, but fas¬
tened by a narrow tipping. The back is covered and worked
as before, but in this instance the superfluous leather is
stretched over onto the paper tip, leaving the leather panel
clean and free below the tip. As soon as the back is on, the
book should be pressed in for joints. When it is taken out
and rubbed up, the end pieces are put on first. These must
not be pared on the cover side. First, a straight-edge is
laid on the back edge of the cover and cut made along the
line previously marked for the panel. The knife should be
sharp and held straight so as not to cut a bevel. Neither
should the cut be deeper than necessary to penetrate the
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cowhide. The paper tip can then be stripped off, carrying
the surplus leather with it. In the back corners of these
panels an incision is made by the point of the knife, from
which the edge of the back is pared to the end of the board
and over. The end strips of the panels are pared corre¬
spondingly on the under side and pasted down on the
boards in right angles to the back. The pared end lapping
As the book is pressed when put in leather and also after pasting up.
the beveled piece of the back will, when pressed, form a
smooth joint and border. The end being turned in will
include the corners, which in this case should be round.
The leather should not be pared here, but slit up into a
fringe, where it turns in, leaving the solid leather to cover
the edge of the board. The front strip is put on with both
ends beveled and corresponding places cut in the end strips.
The book is covered with paper, zincs inserted, the rods put
in and pressed. After this pressing, the joints are tied up,
the back rubbed and polished and head touched up and the
edges of the boards rubbed down. The zinc plates are
again inserted and the book put between boards over night
under weights.
NATIONAL ANTHEM.
[Entered for the Goloshes.]
When you’ve heard the splendid STORY
Of our starry spangled FLAG,
Ex post facto, A PRIORI,
Then we’ll tap another KAG.
Join the chorus ; howl, ye FREEMEN ;
Let us up to do or DIE.
Fight, each freeman, like a DEMON,
Ilka lad of ALKALI!
Rally round our country’s BANNER,
Pealing paeans to the BRAVE,
Who shall crush each vile TREPANNER
Underneath the blue CONCAVE.
Roozhay Delele.
— B. L. T., in Chicago Tribune.
Questions pertaining to proofreading are solicited and will
be promptly answered in this department. Replies can not be
made by mail.
A Matter of Real Indifference.
W. K. E., New York, asks us: “Which is better —
‘ No one of the expected visitors appeared,’ or ‘ Not one ’?
‘ It was no ordinary case,’ or ‘ It was not an ordinary
case ’? ”
Answer. — We must decline to indicate a choice here,
because good writers use either expression, apparently
without stopping to choose between them. In both instances
one form is as good as the other. There is absolutely no
difference in meaning in either case, and in neither is there
any fault in grammar.
Roman or Italic Point?
G. C. M., New York, asks: “In the sentence, ‘Won’t
he fall victim to your beaux yeux ? ’ must the interrogation-
mark be set in italic, to accord with the last two words, or
in roman, as is the rest of the sentence? What is the recog¬
nized rule in this case? ”
Answer. — According to personal recollection of usage,
the italic interrogation-mark is proper in such cases. Per¬
sonal preference is also for such use. Many style-books
have been searched for a rule, but none is found anywhere.
Evidently the subject has not occurred to the rule-makers.
Consequently it can hardly be said that there is any recog¬
nized rule, except that of commonest use. Occasionally one
sees in print a sentence in roman with the last word in
italic and a roman interrogation- or exclamation-mark after
it; but the reason for this does not seem as good as the one
that dictates the opposite practice. It seems far better to
use the point corresponding to the adjacent letter.
The Question of “ Style. ”
A letter to the editor of The Inland Printer, published
last month, expresses the opinion of a “ Comp.” about style
in the lump. Why do not some of the compositors write
occasionally about particular details of style, instancing
some of what are called by “ Comp.” “ the quiddities that
have been allowed to remain by the successors [of former
proofreaders] who have been keen on some particular fad
of their own to the exclusion of all else ”? We need not
dwell on the slight obscurity of expression in what we have
quoted. The writer makes himself sufficiently understood as
having noted a real source of waste, and one that employers
might well combat. Undoubtedly the multiplicity of styles
originating with the numerous rule-makers plays havoc in
the cost of production. May we make a pertinent sugges¬
tion or two to employers and foremen? Cost of production
is so important as an incident of good business that per¬
haps our hints may find some consideration, and not less
because they come from a proofreader. Hei’e they are:
Best results must come through cooperation of employer and
employees toward each other’s welfare, the employer insist¬
ing on choosing and keeping the best workers, which will
never be done without fair pay and good working condi-
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tions, and every worker bent on doing' his very best, never
wasting- time, and devoting- his whole energies in his
employer’s interest. Efforts toward this condition must inci¬
dentally reduce the trouble about style. When a satisfac¬
tory practice is once established, make a new and inviolable
rule. Have it distinctly understood that no change will
be allowed without explicit permission from some special
authority — the employer himself, the foreman, or the head
proofreader, for instance, but the proofreader only when he
is known to be properly interested in conserving- the under-
stood and sufficiently correct practice. In other words, pro¬
hibit absolutely all innovations that are not positively
necessary. The ideal condition would be to have every let¬
ter and point of copy exactly reproduced, but that can not
be absolutely attained until you induce every writer to make
everything- in his copy exactly as he wishes it — which
practically means that it never can be done. We might
well have a great deal more of following copy than we have,
however, to great mutual satisfaction, if we threw over¬
board many of our finicky notions of style.
A Style Now Little Used.
Dele, Newark, New Jersey, writes: “What do you
think of the practice of some newspapers of printing per¬
sonal names on the editorial page in small caps.? Why
should it be done on one page and not on others? How did
the style originate? I suppose it is a relic of an earlier
usage that had a sensible explanation.”
Answer. — The editor of this department thinks that
nothing could be more senseless than the use of small caps,
for names anywhere, except in a special list or a signature.
Such a style for the names in any text is now seldom seen
in America, though more common in British newspapers.
It is an old British style, preserved formerly in various
American newspapers, and still surviving in at least one
New York paper, though long ago dropped elsewhere. It
is possible, if not probable, that those who originated it
thought they were doing something reasonable, but hardly
possible for any one now to guess what their reason was.
We may presume that the use on one page and not on
another arose from the natural aversion to such super¬
abundant differences of type as the general use would
involve, just as the old-fashioned frequency of italics was
dropped, though we may not presume to account for the
preservation of the style in part when it would have been
so much more reasonable to abandon it altogether. But we
can find plenty of parallel practices to wonder about. Why,
for instance, do people who desire to “ simplify ” spelling
recommend some spellings like surprize in place of surprise,
and not such substitution in all cases where the sound is
the same? They must know that the partial substitution
will produce more confusion instead of real simplification.
Why did printers ever commonly (if not universally) print
the names of ships and horses in italic? Nay, why does the
one paper in which we know that the outre small caps, are
used print the same names in lower-case, even on the edito¬
rial page, when they are used attributively? They are, in
such use, still the persons’ names just as much as in any
other use. Even this, however, is not so bad as some things
advocated and practiced by many people who might be
expected to be more reasonable. Take the increasing absurd¬
ity, for instance, of using a lower-case initial for geograph¬
ical names in certain uses, such as plaster of paris, brussels
sprouts, brunswick black. These names are exactly the
same names of cities in these cases that they are in any
other, and the capital letter should be kept — plaster of
Paris, Brussels sprouts, Brunswick black. The world is
about half full of people who imagine that it is right to
print Congress for the legislature of the United States, but
congressman for a member of it, when it is exactly the
same use of the name, Congressman being positively noth¬
ing but a one-word ellipsis for man of Congress. Thought
on the subject in question has a tempting influence toward
discussion of style and styles in general, but we must stop
with a word of rejoicing over the fact that we of the present
day are not nearly so much burdened with finicky style as
some of our predecessors were.
“TE HEHEURAA API,”
From Henry Hooper, Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands,
we have received a copy of a publication, the cover-page of
which is reproduced herewith. It is neatly printed in the
Polynesian or Kanaka language. It is a religious publica¬
tion which Mr. Hooper says is being edited for the advance¬
ment of the natives. It is printed on an 8 by 12 Challenge
Gordon press. The first nine pages are devoted to religious
articles and the last three pages are given over to the news
of the day, Mr. Hooper says. He also states that the sub¬
scription price is 2 francs (40 cents) a year and it is issued
monthly. The religious society does all the writing, trans¬
lating, etc., for the paper, and has its own printing-office,
which is fitted up for the requirements of the paper alone.
No outside work is done. The paper is in its third year and
has about five hundred subscribers.
TE HEHEURAA
API
I neia i te piha neneiraa a te Ekalesia a Iesu Mesia i te Feia
Mo‘a i te Mau Mahana Hopea Nei, i Papeete, Tahiti, i te mau fenua
Sotaiete, i te mau avae atoa. Te hoo, e piti farane 1 te matahiti ho£.
“i? ite hoi outou ia ratou i In ratou i faahotu mai ”
Mat. 7: 20.
Nu. 7 10 Eperera, 1910 Mat 3.
E -A.o to tei Hamani-ino-hia
i to Farau-tia
a A parau atura Iesu Mesia i te mau plpl o tei pee mai
ia’na ra, eiaha ratou e mana'o e e haamaitaihia ratou
e te feia i roto i teie nei ao. Area ra ua faaite papu atu oia
ia ratou e, e ririhia ratou ete feia ino i roto i teie nei ao. Ua
na 6 atura te Mesia ia ratou, e tun ratou ia outou no te pohe
e e taparahi pohe roa hoi ia outou. E ua haapii atoa’tu oia
ia ratou, eiaha ratou ia mata‘u o tei taparahi i te tino nei,
aita te varua e pohe ia ratou. E muri a‘era ua a‘o haere te
mau aposetolo i te evanelia ma te aau anaanatae i te mau ma¬
hana atoa i te faaite haere i te parau oaoaraa uo te basileia
o te ao. Ua na 6 maira te Mesia ia ratou, ia harnani ino
ratou ia outou i te tahi vahi, e maue e atu i te tahi. Ua
faaite oia ia ratou te vai ra te tan e tuuhia ratou e te feia
ino ra i rapae i te m iu sunato ra, e te fatata nei hoi tehora e
mana'o ai te feia nei e taparahi ia ratou na e haamori ratou
i te Atua. E ua na reira hoi ratou i te hamani ino no te
mea hoi aore ratou e haapao noa’tu i to te Mesia ra, e te
vai noa ra ratou i roto i te pouri taotao no te mea te ino ra
ta ratou parau, e ta ratou mau peu atoa hoi. Ua faaite te
OUR OWN COLONEL LIBBEY.
Dear Colonel Libbey: I am engaged to a young man
who is strongly opposed to shams. Should I tell him or
wait till he finds out for himself? — Lizzie.
[It is customary, Lizzie, to wait.]
— B. L. T., in Chicago Tribune.
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425
The assistance oi pressmen is desired in the solution of the
problems of the pressroom in an endeavor to reduce the various
processes to an exact science.
Imitation Typewritten Letters.
(876.) A Canadian printer writes: “ Do you know of
any device for a Gordon press whereby a broad carbon rib¬
bon may be attached across the face of the platen and
printed through from typewriter type, the ribbon advancing
forward by ratchet motion as the impressions are being
made? I am under the impression that such a device has
been referred to in the trade papers, but can not lay my
hand on the particular issues at the present time. Any
information along these lines will be appreciated.”
Answer. — Such a device is made by the Miller-Bryant-
Pierce Company, Aurora, Illinois.
Well Printed Stationery Improves Credit.
(871.) Recently a sharper was able to obtain credit
in several banks owing to the excellent presswork and
good stock of his correspondence paper. Evidently, he was
a student of human nature, and he figured correctly that
his business standing would be judged by his stationery.
If commercial rating were based on the appearance of
business stationery, many a large concern would have a
very different marking in the reports of the commercial
agencies. It is a notorious fact that many large and pros¬
perous business houses have cheap and carelessly gotten
up business stationery. Professional men formerly were
the greatest sinners in this respect, preachers, doctors and
lawyers being equally culpable. A more healthy sign is
visible now by the extended use of fine linen paper, often
found die-stamped with some dainty device, instead of the
poorly printed cheap flat papers. This development of the
public taste for higher-class printing has been slow, and is
still far from complete.
Is Hand-bronzing Harmful to Operatives?
(870.) A bronzer in a small plant writes to ascertain
the nature and extent of the harm from hand-bronzing
when it is carried on for a lengthened period. Not having
any cases to cite as examples our reply was based on the
Parliamentary Report on Bronzing as published in Eng¬
lish magazines. The effect of inhaling bronze powder for
a prolonged period is apt to induce lung trouble and may
exert a toxic effect. If the powder is carried into the
digestive tract by foods it may bring on metallic poison¬
ing. The greater danger, however, is through inhalation
of the powder, which is of such a nature that it readily
floats in the air. Operators should wear respirators or
have a sponge, slightly moist, fastened over their nostrils
and mouth. No food should be taken, in or about the
room, where bronzing is carried on.
Mr. J. Frank Johnson, of Battle Creek, Michigan, a
pressman of wide experience, offers the following as a
remedy for flying bronze: “We have had such signal
success in bronzing by the following method that we han¬
dle all short runs in the pressroom alongside the press,
and no discomfort to workers is noticeable: Place a pound
of bronze in a pint preserve-jar or other suitable vessel
having a tight-fitting cover. Add two tablespoons of tur¬
pentine. After closing the jar, shake the contents until a
thorough mixture is obtained. The turpentine makes the
bronze too heavy to float in the atmosphere, and it makes
a surprising difference in the comfort of the bronzers.
Remove only enough bronze for present use, as the spirit
evaporates. Keep the cover on the jar. If too much tur¬
pentine is used, add more bronze, which will compensate.”
Printing Cloth Signs.
(872.) “ How are long muslin signs printed? I notice
some signs that I am certain are longer than any cylinder
press can take.”
Answer. — These signs you refer to, if very long, were
probably printed on a specially constructed press. The
main feature of the press is a leather belt, which is end¬
less and can be made shorter or longer as the job in hand
requires. This belt carries letters stamped out of leather
and they are inked by rollers from a fountain which may
carry two or more colors. The muslin is printed from a
roll and is taken out by hand as printed, and is cut off in
the desired lengths. As the belt revolves around one of the
cylinders, the impression cylinder, which is mounted just
above it, gives the necessary pressure to print the fabric.
It is obvious that there are not many of these novel presses
in use. Another method of printing cloth signs is to fold
the cloth and print one-half, and when it is dry, print the
other half with the corresponding form. This method may
be adapted to either platen or cylinder presses, the princi¬
pal care falling on the feeder.
Mechanical Relief Printing.
(869.) We have had several letters somewhat of the
same tenor as the following from an Indiana printer: “ I
have a circular offering county rights for a process of
printing which gives an effect in printing similar to the
appearance of steel-die work. The process consists in
printing with special ink and dusting the printed sheet
with a powder. The sheet is heated, which sets the afore¬
said powder, and the lines stand in glossy relief. The
demonstration seems practical for some lines of work, but
as I do not see it advertised in our trade journals I had
some misgivings regarding the method. If you are famil¬
iar with this process please enlighten a reader of your
journal.”
Answer. — A number of specimens produced by this
process have come under our notice. They are wonder¬
fully clear and sharp and are perfect imitations of steel-
die printing, and will bear close inspection. The surface
is in relief and this raised effect is permanently affixed to
the sheet, so there is no danger of it scaling or cracking
off by the ordinary use of paper. Experiments carried on
by The Inland Printer show the practicability of the
method, as both glossy and dull relief effects are produced.
Printing on Yard-sticks.
(877.) A printer relates the experience he had in print¬
ing on yard-sticks. Having quite a large run and wishing-
to do the whole job, as he purchased a bargain lot of blanks,
he set about devising a home-made machine that would
produce the stick by having a zinc etching made from a
drawing that included the dimensions in inches and frac¬
tions thereof, as well as the advertisement. When the zinc
etching was formed around the cylinder of the machine he
constructed, and a print was made on the stick, it was
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found not to be a standard yard. A number of experiments
were made and finally the attempt was abandoned, as there
was no one about sufficiently versed in higher mathematics
to give the linear measurement which, when etched and
applied to the cylinder, would give a standard yard. The
sticks were finally printed on a platen press. If any of our
readers can furnish a rule to cover this point, it certainly
will be interesting enough to reproduce in these columns.
Attaching a Metallic Overlay.
(874.) “I am a subscriber to your journal and would
like to get some information from you. How would you
paste on your metallic overlays on the cylinder? Would
you punch through your packing and paste them on a draw-
sheet next to the pressboard? I would appreciate any
information you could give me on this line.”
Answer. — In preparing the overlay for the cylinder it
should be scraped on the back to remove the resist, so the
paste will be able to give it a firm hold to the support-
sheet. Put on an extra draw and reel tight and allow the
cylinder to make several revolutions before taking an
impression; prick the sheet with punch or knife in a blank
space so that the draw-sheet over the hard packing is
marked, take it off, and while the feeder is working on the
first overlay the pressman can attach the zinc overlays to
the support-sheet, which is later pasted to the draw-sheet
on the hard packing. The position of this sheet varies in
practice. Many pressmen believe that if it is too deep in
the tympan the fine gradation of the middle tones is lost, so
it is placed in a middle position so that there is a yielding
element under the overlay. The makers, however, recom¬
mend that the overlay be placed next to the hard packing.
Hurriedly Printed Booklet.
(873.) Submits a booklet of sixteen pages, the dimen¬
sions being 2% by 6 inches. Several of the pages carried
color illustration in Ben Day plate tint, and blue and gold
bronze outline. The register of the colors and gold is very
good. The make-ready of the cuts and the printing thereof
are reasonably well done, considering it is a rush job.
There should have been more drier used in the colors. This
would have prevented the gold adhering, which is so unde¬
sirable. The letterpress section shows many minor defects,
principally due to lack of knowledge or careless handling.
Many damaged letters were allowed to go through. The
figures representing prices should have been pasted up
stronger, as this is the important feature in a price-list.
The job is the output of a private plant, and as such it has
the earmarks. The printer writes: “ The enclosed book¬
let is sent for criticism. It was done on a platen press,
and on account of not having time to wait for it to dry,
the gold adhered, which accounts for the surplus bronze.”
Answer. — The principal faults are stated above. The
forms would have yielded readily to a make-ready on soft
paper as long as some of the type was old. The redeeming
feature is that a good grade of ink was used; without it
the work would be commonplace. Our advice in case of a
rush job is to make ready the letterpress on a print tympan
and carry sufficient impression to bring up the prices
plainly. The leaders may be readily cut out. This will
leave the bulk of the time to make-ready and print the cuts
in color. As these cuts are not solid on the first two colors
run, it will allow the work to go along apace. As the gold
must follow, it is obvious that the preceding colors must be
dry. If sufficient drier is carried this problem is easily
solved. If you discover, after the work is up to the bronze
form, that the colors still retain the bronze, the sheets must
be then rubbed up with magnesia or bologna chalk, a trou¬
blesome but necessary operation that leaves the colors in a
condition to take size and retain the bronze only.
Rollers Wearing and Cracking.
(878.) J. Frank Johnson, of Battle Creek, Michigan,
suggests the following additional causes for damage to
rollers: For melting-roller trouble there are in general
two most frequent reasons: (1) Rollers set too tight.
(2) Ink used too stiff or heavy-bodied for the speed of the
press. Number 2 also has a tendency to cause cracking of
roller surface. Cracking of rollers is most generally caused
by the practice of washing them at night or at the end of a
day’s work. Where rollers are taken care of after the fol¬
lowing method, cracked or bum rollers are unknown : “ Once
a week, wash up the rollers and then wipe them with a wet
rag from which the water has been wrung. This removes
all film that may have accumulated during the week, and
leaves the composition perfectly clean. You can not remove
this film if allowed to grow for any length of time. On
winter rollers now take a little glycerin, enough to moisten
the hands, and rub well into the face of the rollers. Then
take a liberal quantity and go over them several times until
the composition has absorbed most of it. When it assumes
the appearance much resembling an inked roller, leave it,
as it will absorb without leaving streaks. Sponge summer
rollers the same way, but as soon as dry, cover with
machine oil. Don’t use glycerin on summer rollers. Don’t
use winter rollers during summer months, as the warm, sul¬
try, or cool, wet weather attracts glycerin to the surface
and rollers will refuse to take ink or will deposit glycerin in
spots upon your work. Keep the pressroom at a tempera¬
ture of not less than 75°. After seasoning, never leave
composition rollers exposed to the atmosphere. When not
in use keep them covered with machine oil.”
Printing Without Ink.
(875.) An occasional reference is made in the secular
press to a “ new ” discovery in which printing is carried on
without ink. The latest article relative to this matter gives
the credit to a Londoner, and places the time of the dis¬
covery two years back. If our readers will look up their
files of The Inland Printer, on page 236 of the May, 1900,
issue (Vol. XXV), they will find an illustrated article enti¬
tled “ Electrical Inkless Printing.” The subject-matter
shows that W. Friese-Greene, an Englishman, who had
studied and experimented on inkless printing, took out his
first patent relating thereto in 1897. The experiments then
were with electrotypes on a Wharfedale cylinder press,
using damp paper. The results of his discovery when
announced created no small sensation. The matter con¬
tinues to be of academic interest only, but as the funda¬
mental facts are now widely known, the problem of inkless
printing may yet be evolved. Professor Robert Kennedy
Duncan, referring to the property of cellulose as a con¬
ductor of electricity, says: “Again, cellulose seems, to a
certain extent, a conductor of electricity. Attach a coin to
the positive end of a battery and a sheet of moist paper to
the negative end; press the coin on the paper, and, after
suitable development, the image is formed upon the paper.
Or, again, reverse the polarity and press the coin on the
paper. No result is apparent, for the image is latent; but
even after the lapse of months treat it with a silver salt
and developer, and there will at once be seen the image of
the coin. It is by no means impossible that this little fact
will lead to a method of electrical printing without ink.”
This is probably the last word on inkless printing.
THE INLAND PRINTER
427
The experiences of composing-machine operators, machinists
and users are solicited with the object of the widest possible
dissemination of knowledge concerning the best methods of
getting results.
Removing a Driving-shaft Pinion.
A Brooklyn operator asks the following questions: (1)
“ How shall I proceed to put in a new driving-shaft pinion
(C 230)? The old one is badly worn. (2) What causes
the battering of the letters ‘ p,’ ‘ y ’ and sometimes ‘ 1 ’?
Could it be that the mold does not lock tight enough against
the jaws, and pulls away too quickly? ”
Answer. — (1) The driving shaft may be removed by
taking out the screw that connects the flange (C 8) to the
clutch rod (C 234) . Then drive out the taper pin that con¬
nects the driving shaft to the pinion and the taper pin in
the pinion collar. (2) Damage to descenders such as
“ p,” “ q,” “ g ” and “ j ” is usually caused by misadjust-
ment of the down stroke of the first elevator. Obseiwe the
space between the vise cap and the down-stroke screw
(E 429) when second justification has taken place, or
during the casting of the line. A scant one sixty-fourth of
an inch will be correct here.
Duplex Rails.
An Illinois operator asks the following questions rela¬
ting to the action of the duplex rail in the first elevator:
“ I am anxious to know a little about the duplex rail in
relation to the top-guide strip. Should the duplex rails be
forced flush with jaw when first elevator is at full stroke?
Mine are not by any means, they being in considerably.
But they have been like this all along, and the matrices
seem to fall easily enough fi’om blackface position. On
another machine the rails are flush at normal, and pro¬
trude when at full stroke.”
Answer. — The duplex rail in your first elevator should
retract fully when the elevator is at full height. If it does
not, examine the front side of the rail levers at the top.
They may be worn. Also examine the blocks in the elevator
slide guide, as these also are subject to wear. If you
observe no wear on the matrix ears or combinations, proba¬
bly it has not yet reached a troublesome condition.
Bad Face on Slugs.
A Pennsylvania operator writes : “ Enclosed find slug,
the face of which is blurred. It seems to happen on the
leaded slug; on a solid slug it seems to be all right. Also,
when the line is carried to first elevator it sometimes seems
to catch and some of the letters get twisted.”
Answer. — The cause of the matrices twisting as a line
enters the first elevator may be due to the shortness of the
line or by having too much space between the long and the
short finger of the line-delivery carriage. There should be
no greater space than the length of the face of a slug. The
slug is imperfect on the face at the right end. This is due
to possibly two causes, the pot being too low at that end
and the cross-vents needing cleaning with a pointed instru¬
ment. To raise the pot, turn down on the upper screw of
the right pot-leg. If this pot-leg has a cap, then the screw
at the bottom must be turned out first. When the adjust¬
ment is complete the jets will appear in full size next to
the smooth side of the slug.
Keyboard Trouble.
An Illinois operator writes: “I have been getting on
fine since leaving the school and taking charge of the
machines here, and heretofore have run across no trouble
but that with a little study I could fix up in a short time.
This time, however, I am up against it, and if you will
kindly give me a word of information I will certainly appre¬
ciate it. One of the machines is a quick-change Model 5.
Keyboard runs all right while fingered right with a light
touch, but as you can not always get that kind of an opera¬
tor, hence the trouble. If you strike the lower-case ‘ t ’ a
trifle harder than usual you get an ‘ e ’ and sometimes an
‘ a.’ When you strike the ‘ t ’ it seems to have a tendency
to make the whole first row 1 etaoin ’ keys jump. It seems
that when the keybar strikes the bar which holds them in
place it causes the others to jump enough to throw the
trigger out from under the cam yoke. As the rest of the
keyboard does not seem to have this action there must be
some way of remedying it.”
Answer. — You can no doubt remedy these defects by
removing both cam frames and the front tray, and then
examine and note the action of the levers while the frames
are out. The movement of the “ t ” lever, even when struck
violently, should not affect any adjacent keybars. Should
you find any tendency to stick, use gasoline on the keybars,
and after it evaporates graphite the bars where they oper¬
ate in the guides. The next thing will be to remove the
trigger and cam yoke pivoting wires and polish them. If
you find any kinks or bends, straighten them or put in new
wires, then rub graphite on them before placing them in
the frame again. While the triggers are out, wash them
in gasoline and then polish them on the graphite board or
cloth. The cams should be cleaned and oiled before return¬
ing them to the frames. If the corrugated edge of the cams
show smoothness, they may be cut out with a fine knife-
blade file. Locking the triggers before returning the
frames to the machine should prevent any trouble.
High and Low Letters in Slugs.
A former student of the Inland Printer Technical
School writes: “ I enclose specimens Nos. 1 and 2 out of
the same machine. High and low letters cause me annoy¬
ance about every three or four weeks and they come maybe
for a column or more, then not for several weeks. While
your student you tried to tell me all there was to know
about the Linotype, but there is so much that in this and
others I have been up against in these two machines I feel
that another course would do me worlds of good; but give
me a part of that course by return mail, for the foreman is
up in arms and the pressman — well, I will not repeat
what he has to say when he gets a column like what is
shown in No. 1. I have new mold, tight tension on pump-
lever spring and a new plunger and new metal.”
Answer. — What we would have liked to know is the
following: How much the pot-lever spring yields when the
pot is locked up to cast, and how far the first elevator
rises just before the cast. These two questions have more
of a bearing on the subject than anything you have men¬
tioned. Our only clue to the trouble is in the appearance of
the printed slips you enclosed. Proceed as follows and
locate the trouble : Assemble a line, send it in and stop the
machine just before the plunger descends. (It is impor¬
tant to follow directions closely in this test.) Now observe
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if any space is visible between the vise cap and the screw
in the first elevator — there should be about one point and
no more. Now note how far the pot lever moves forward
when it gives the final face alignment. On the two fore¬
going conditions hinges your whole trouble. You have first
of all imperfect vertical alignment from the first elevator,
the cause of which we can not tell; you can. Also, you
have imperfect face alignment from the pot, presumably
because the pot-lever spring is weak or broken. At any
rate you will have to see that the ears of the matrices are
not bruised and that the first elevator rises at least one
sixty-fourth of an inch just before the cast. Also that the
pot must give more pressure to align the matrices face-
wise. The pot cam, if it is an old one, may need shoes;
we do not know, as you have not mentioned it. What you
mentioned had little or nothing to do with the cause of the
trouble, and what you failed to mention may have quite a
bearing on the trouble. See also if there is a washer on
the right-hand vise-locking stud. It happens occasionally
that a pot-roller antifriction roller is shattered, and at
times the pressure in locking up is limited, so remove this
roller and examine the parts.
Mixing Type-metal.
A correspondent in Bombay, India, writes: “I have
read with interest the three articles in The Inland Printer
on ‘ Typefounding’; the third one, however (in the Janu¬
ary, 1910, issue), I must confess to having read with dis¬
appointment. A fine grade of type-metal is said to consist
of (1) lead, (2) antimony, (3) tin, (4) copper, and the
mixing of the metals is said to be specially important. This
being the case, it is not seen why the method of mixing the
one per cent of copper is left out, and only the lead, anti¬
mony and tin given. Melting at so much higher a tem¬
perature than the other three metals it is specially impor¬
tant to know how this one per cent of copper is to be prop¬
erly introduced. I shall be obliged if you will give this,
noting also the degree of heat required. Process of mixing
(also in the January issue) : Instead of saying, “heat it
until the metal is hot enough to char a pine stick,” it would
have been much more helpful to those of your readers who
do not live where pine sticks grow and do not know what
special heat is required to char a pine stick, to give ther¬
mometer degrees, which operate the world over. If you
would give the degree of heat required, Fahrenheit, I shall
be much obliged. While on this subject perhaps you could
tell me the best method of reducing type-metal oxids to
metal. If charcoal is the best reducing agent, will you
please explain the best method of reducing, and also note
the degree of heat required.”
Answer. — Owing to the heat required to melt copper,
an alloy is usually made which consists of twenty per cent
copper and thirty per cent tin, thus giving you a metal
which is readily melted. This mixture is best made in
crucibles, as it takes 1994° F. to melt copper, and if wire
or sheet copper can be obtained it will answer the same
purpose and does not require so great a heat to melt. In
making the alloy, place tin and copper in a crucible and
cover with charcoal and stir thoroughly when melted. To
make 100 pounds of typecasting metal with this alloy you
would use 58 pounds of lead, 26 pounds of antimony, 11
pounds of tin and 5 pounds of the alloy, which will give the
exact formula of fifty-eight per cent lead, twenty-five per
cent antimony, fifteen per cent tin and one per cent copper.
This form of copper alloy can be added at the same time as
the antimony. Referring to the degree of heat necessary
while the mixing is taking place, this is 850° F., and we
advise reducing this heat to 600° F. when ready to pour.
In reference to the reducing agent, charcoal is the best
thing that we know of and the heat generally used in redu¬
cing is from 2,500° F. to 3,000° F. If a blast furnace is
used, the best method of reducing is to make alternate
layers of charcoal and oxids.
Pot Mouthpiece Leaks.
An Iowa operator asks : “ I am working on a rebuilt
No. 1, running eight-point on a nine-point slug, mostly. It
is a one-man office, that is, one man on the machine. The
machine has been running very satisfactorily, and I have
begun to have hopes of becoming an operator. The only
trouble I have with the machine is a leak in the mouth¬
piece; it began four or five days ago. There is a good
tight, square and even lock-up, the leak apparently being
between the crucible and mouthpiece at the far end of the
key. I have tried to tighten the mouthpiece, also to loosen
it, using a piece of heavy brass rule for a drift, but have
failed to do either one. If you will tell me what to do to
overcome this trouble, the information will be greatly
appreciated.”
Answer. — There are several ways that you might em¬
ploy to stop the leak. Remove the mouthpiece while it is
hot by driving it toward the keyboard. After it is out,
clean the edges of the opening and clean the mouthpiece
also. To make the mouthpiece fit tightly the back part
near the edge should be covered with a thin coating of
litharge and glycerin, and it should be replaced in position
so that the hole on the keyboard end will line with that end
of the mold. The gib should then be driven in tightly.
There should be no leak following this operation. The
glycerin and litharge should be mixed to the consistency of
cream and applied in a uniformly thin coating. If you
have not time to remove the mouthpiece, the application of
the litharge to the leak while it is cold may effect a relief
of the trouble. Another way is to take a small quantity of
oak-wood ashes and salt water and drop it on the leak.
Repeat this operation a few times and it will remedy the
trouble. No metal should be around the crevice while
applying this mixture. A subsequent letter from this cor¬
respondent says : “ In regard to stopping a leak in the
mouthpiece I will say that I have, by applying your infor¬
mation, overcome the leak entirely. I did not remove the
mouthpiece but applied litharge and glycerin to the leak
while the mouthpiece was cold. I have not been bothered
by leaking since, and I assure you you have my sincere
thanks for the information.”
New Three and Four Magazine Linotypes, Models
8 and 9.
The Mergenthaler Linotype Company, of New York,
has just placed on exhibition its new models, Nos. 8 and
9, the former being a three-magazine quick-change ma¬
chine, and Model 9 being a four-magazine quick-change
Linotype. At the recent convention of the American News¬
paper Publishers’ Association in New York these machines
were first shown, and they created great interest. Model 8
resembles the quick-change Model 5 Linotype, but has three
magazines, the two upper ones instantly removable and
interchangeable with those of Model 5 and the upper maga¬
zine of Model 4. There is but one assembling and one dis¬
tributing mechanism for all three magazines, so matrices
from the different magazines can not be mixed in one line.
The three magazines are shifted bodily up or down by the
turning of a crank near the keyboard. Either magazine
can be brought into instant use, but the magazines can not
be shifted until all matrices have left the distributor bar,
so there is no possibility of their going into the wrong
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magazine. A water-cooled mold-disk and universal ejector
and knife-block are also new features of the Model 8. The
knife-block is adjustable for slugs of any thickness from
five to thirty-six point. Four molds can be carried in the
mold-disk. Water circulates through the hollow central
portion of the disk and keeps it cool. The four-magazine
Linotype, or Model 9, is designed for ad.-rooms and job-
rooms where it is required to set matter of varied face and
measure. The standard keyboard of ninety keys thus
places 720 characters of eight different faces at the opera¬
tor’s command without leaving his seat. There are sepa¬
rate distributors for each magazine, so all faces may be
mixed in one line, and any font of matrices can be notched
to run in any magazine. All of the magazines are inter¬
changeable and are removable from the front of the
machine. The front entrance of the magazines can be
swung away from the lower ends of the magazines, giving
access to the parts. The magazines themselves remain
stationary, the shift from one magazine to another being
made by a hand-lever, which disconnects one set of escape¬
ments and connects the keyrods to another. As in Model 8,
the mold-disk is water-cooled and the universal ejector and
knife-block are employed. Molds with sliding liners are
also to be had, so as to enable any length of slug to be cast
by adjusting the position of the liner. All shifts and
changes are made by the operator without leaving his seat.
Recent Patents on Composing* Machinery.
Tvpe Channel. — A. A. Low, Horseshoe, N. Y., and L. K. Johnson, New
York' city, assignors to Alden Type Machine Company, New York. Filed
June 20, 1910. Issued March 28, 1911. No. 988,274.
Perforated-paper Controller. — H. Drewell, Charlottenburg, Germany,
assignor to Schnellsetzmaschinengesellschaft M. B. H., Berlin, Germany.
Filed May 5, 1910. Issued April 17, 1911. No. 988,984.
Linotype Matrix. — H. Degener, Berlin, Germany. Filed April 19, 1909.
Issued April 11, 1911. No. 989,129.
Multiplex Keyboard. — J. S. Bancroft and M. C. Indahl, Philadelphia,
Pa., assignors to Lanston Monotype Machine Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
Filed November 15, 1910. Issued April 18, 1911. No. 989,557.
Paper-perforating Keyboard. — R. C. Elliott, Clapham, London, Eng.,
assignor to Lanston Monotype Machine Company, Philadelphia, Pa. Filed
January 4, 1910. Issued April 18, 1911. No. 989,589.
Low-quad Mold. — J. S. Bancroft and M. C. Indahl, Philadelphia, Pa.,
assignors to Lanston Monotype Machine Company, Philadelphia, Pa. Filed
June 16, 1910. Issued April 18, 1911. No. 989,553.
Matrix Holder. — J. S. Bancroft and M. C. Indahl, Philadelphia, Pa.,
assignors to Lanston Monotype Machine Company, Philadelphia, Pa. Filed
October 21, 1910. Issued April 18, 1911. No. 989,554.
Paper-guiding Attachment. — J. S. Bancroft and M. C. Indahl, Philadel¬
phia, Pa., assignors to Lanston Monotype Machine Company, Philadelphia,
Pa. Filed October 21, 1910. Issued April 18, 1911. No. 989,555.
Centering-pin Adjustment. — J. S. Bancroft and M. C. Indahl, Phila¬
delphia, Pa., assignors to Lanston Monotype Machine Company, Philadel¬
phia, Pa. Filed November 15, 1910. Issued April 18, 1911. No. 989,556.
Linotype Matrix. — H. Degener, Berlin, Germany. Filed April 18, 1909.
Issued April 18, 1911. No. 989,575.
Low-quad Mold. — F. H. Pierpont, Horley, Eng., assignor to Lanston
Mcmdype Machine Company, Philadelphia, Pa. Filed November 9, 1909.
Issued April 18, 1911. No. 989,637.
Pi Matrix-channel. — D. S. Kennedy, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Mer-
genthaler Linotype Companv, New York. Filed November 19, 1910. Issued
April 18, 1911.' No. 989,908.
Pump-stop. — R. M. Bedell, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Mergenthaler
Linotype Companv, New York. Filed October 14, 1909. Issued April 18,
1911.' No. 989,943.
Typesetter. — H. C. Osborn, Cleveland, Ohio, assignor to American Multi¬
graph Companv, Cleveland, Ohio. Filed July 22, 1907. Issued April 25,
1911. No. 990,584.
Quadding Attachment. — H. Pearce and J. E. Billington, Broadheath,
Eng., assignors to Linotype and Machinery, Ltd., London, Eng. Filed
November 1, 1909. Issued April 25, 1911. No. 990,289.
Monoline. — W. E. Bertram, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Mergenthaler
Linotype Companv, New York city. Filed Julv 6, 1909. Issued May 9,
1911. No. 991,937.
Monoline. — W. E. Bertram, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Mergenthaler
Linotype Companv, New York city. Filed July 6, 1909. Issued May 9,
1911. No. 991,938.
Assembling and Distributing Mechanism. — C. Muehleisen, Berlin, Ger¬
many, assignor to Mergenthaler Linotype Companv, New York. Filed
January 23, 1911. Issued May 9, 1911. No. 992,030.
First Elevator. — C. Muehleisen, Berlin, Germany, assignor to Mergen¬
thaler Linotype Companv, New York. Filed January 23, 1911. Issued
May 9, 1911. No. 992,031.
Distributor. — C. Muehleisen, Berlin, Germany, assignor to Mergenthaler
Linotype Companv, New York. Filed January 23, 1911. Issued May 9,
1911. No. 992,032.
Written for The Inland Printer.
TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST PRINTERS’
MASS.
BY S. H. HORGAN.
EARLY three thousand men and over two
thousand women attended a Pontifical
Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New
York, at 2:45 A.M. on Sunday, May 7. It
was the tenth anniversary of the first
“ Printers’ Mass ” ever held in the world,
and an occasion that those who had the
privilege of attending will never forget.
The presence of so many prelates of the church, the mag¬
nificent cathedral thronged to the doors, the gorgeous cere¬
monial, great organ and male choruses and the addresses
of the Archbishop of New York and the Bishop of Trenton
at that early hour on Sunday morning, when all New York
is in its soundest sleep, showed that the printers of the
metropolis are a most important body of church-going
citizens.
The Most Rev. John M. Farley, Archbishop of New
York, was the celebrant of the mass. He was assisted by
the Rev. Luke J. Evers, the “ Printers’ Priest Rev. P. J.
Lyons, of Boston, who represented the Archbishop of Bos¬
ton; Rev. Charles Evers, of Baltimore, representing Car¬
dinal Gibbons; Most Rev. John P. Pitaval, Archbishop of
Santa Fe, New Mexico; Right Rev. Mgr. M. J. Lavelle,
and a number of other monsignori and priests. A chancel
choir of nearly fifty male voices, the great cathedral choir
supplemented by famous soloists, and the grand organ pre¬
sided over by Prof. J. C. Unger, supplied the music.
The sermon was by Right Rev. Bishop James A. McFaul,
of Trenton, New Jersey. He took for his text St. Matthew
xvi, 26-27 : “ For what doth it profit a man if he gain the
whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul? ”
The Bishop then reviewed the aims and methods of the
modern newspapers, showing that he had made a careful
study of them. He praised the great service they were
doing for the State, but condemned severely those papers
which serve up unprintable news in order that they may
obtain great circulations. “No man has the right to enrich
himself by doing evil,” was his pronouncement. “ It is no
more allowable for a newspaper to transgress the Ten Com¬
mandments than it is for an individual.
“ The defects of the newspaper are to be found in the
character of the news, in the manner of gathering it, in its
presentation, in malicious comment thereon, and in unscru¬
pulous, deceptive or salacious advertisements.
“ It has been suggested that a remedy for these defects
might be found in drastic legislation, that the law of libel
should be made stricter. Still I should hesitate to recom¬
mend the enactment of severe laws lest they might unduly
restrict the freedom of the press. A free press in a free
country is a necessity, and it would be deplorable to en¬
croach upon its legitimate freedom.
“ It seems to me that newspaper men should form a
code of ethics similar to those adopted by physicians and
lawyers, and bind themselves to adhere to them on their
honor as journalists.”
At the close of the service Archbishop Farley, carrying
the crozier, the sign of his episcopal authority, ascended
the pulpit and told the printers how interested Pope Pius X.
was on his last visit to Rome in this “ Printers’ Mass.”
The Pope had commissioned him to impart to them his spe¬
cial blessing, which he then gave them.
Ten years ago, when this mass at 2:30 a.m. was inaugu¬
rated, it was a question whether a congregation could be
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maintained. To-day there are twelve hundred printers,
regular attendants, and similar services are now held in
the principal cities of the United States and in Europe.
The Inland Printer published a picture of the first
“ Printers’ Mass,” but the rector of the cathedral regretted
that there was a rule against flashlights in the edifice or a
picture would accompany this notice of its tenth anniver¬
sary celebration. The program souvenir distributed on
this occasion was one of the beautiful exhibits of the print¬
er’s art.
NEW YORKERS TALK ONE BIG ORGANIZATION.
Attendants at the semi-annual dinner of the New York
Printers’ League took advantage of the opportunity to
exploit their views on the progress of the cost movement
and the more recent agitation for one great organization.
The affair was held at St. Denis Hotel, so the speaking
was preceded by a dinner that was designed to put every
person in good humor.
President William Driscoll started the feast of reason
by having Frederick Alfred, of the Cost Commission, give
a brief review of the inception and development of cost
congresses down to the April conference at New York.
Mr. Alfred announced that the commission had appointed a
committee to devise a cost system for the smaller offices.
He said the proposed federation of New York employers
was as advanced as the committee could carry it — the
question was now up to the local organizations. If the
federation were to be a success, in Mr. Alfred’s opinion, it
must be launched with sufficient revenue to employ com¬
petent people to promulgate the ideas and plans of the
society.
The next speaker, Robert Schalkenbach, former presi¬
dent of the New York Typothetas, said he believed New
York printers had accomplished something. Internation¬
ally, he believed the United Typothetae was the logical
organization, and predicted that if a new association were
formed it would result in two international organizations
doing the same work.
J. W. Bothwell lauded the board of trade as “ being a
little federation in itself — one of the best things the print¬
ers ever had.” He, too, was of opinion that the proposed
federation would be compelled to do things on a large scale
or prove a failure. That it would increase expenses was a
surety, but it was almost as sure that the results would
prove full compensation.
M. J. Pendergast paid a tribute to the work accom¬
plished by each of the local organizations, and said that
his own — ■ the Master Printers’ Association — is now and
always had been willing to cooperate with the other bodies
for the uplift of the craft.
John A. Anderson, speaking for the Photoengravers’
League, said it could be of much assistance to the federa¬
tion if the league were permitted to join. Photoengravers
realized that cooperation was the order of the day, and so
wished the movement Godspeed.
F. A. Ringler, representing the stereotypers and electro¬
typers, said that New York was the fitting place for a new
national organization to have its inception.
“ Employer and Employee ” was discussed by Mrs.
Weiss. She advocated the fining of men who did not
attend the meetings of their unions, and said it would be to
the advantage of employers to give trusted employees an
insight into business costs. “ The average employee believes
that if you get $40 for a job and pay him $20 for doing it,
the balance is clear profit,” quoth the lady amid laughter.
William H. Van Wart handled “ Unionism, Good and
Bad,” which he defined as follows: “ Unionism is good if
it is of that brand that unifies and if it adds strength to
the establishment in which it is employed. How shall this
strength be employed? If unionism is of the brand that
results in employees of one part of the establishment band¬
ing themselves together to resist and oppose another part
of the same establishment, that is bad unionism, and
employers should cooperate to crush it.” During the course
of his remarks, Mr. Van Wart had a good word to say of
foremen who are not only expected to be good workmen but
able to teach and lead others. Those functionaries must
also be diplomats of no mean ability, and their difficulties
increase when employers are not practical men.
Charles Francis, of the Printers’ League, spoke twice,
as becomes the promoter of a movement. In his first talk
he referred to New York as necessarily the keystone of the
arch if a national organization is formed. He also declared
that the Printers’ League is no quitter, and will go with the
federation for all there is in it. In his second talk, which
was illustrated, he sketched “ From Printers’ Devil to
Opulent Boss,” the figure for the last mentioned character
being Robert Stillson.
“ The Law and the Printer ” was disposed of by Edward
Carroll, who said the law is a mighty bad thing for the
printer to get up against, and it is a mighty bad thing for
the law when the printer gets up against it.
L. G. Schroeder wound up the evening by undertaking
to answer the query, “Has the Ink Man a Conscience —
If So, Why? ” The speaker brought a large dictionary to
prove that he had labored assiduously to ascertain a cor¬
rect definition of the word “ conscience.” Mr. Schroeder
extricated himself from the dilemma by saying that he knew
many things about printers that he could relate, were it not
that the preservation of harmony in the allied trades was
the paramount duty at present. The speaker asserted that
there were not a few opportunities in the ink business
whereby a man without a conscience could indulge in many
questionable practices, and claimed that the fact that the
inkmakers did not take advantage of these opportunities
proved conclusively that they were a conscientious lot.
REPAIRING CONCRETE FLOORS.
It will be of great interest to paper-mills to know that
worn places in concrete floors can now be easily and per¬
manently repaired.
The greatest trouble with all concrete floors is that they
wear badly in spots. The Master Builders’ Company, of
New York and Cleveland, manufactures a material which
makes a perfect bond with old concrete, and which hardens
the surface to such an extent that it outwears any other
concrete surface.
This material has been in use for some time, and has
given the best of satisfaction. It is very simple to use,
and it is said that it never fails to give perfect results.
This same material, if used in new flooring, makes a
wearproof and dustproof surface. It may be used in the
finishing coat when a floor is being laid, and a small per¬
centage mixed with cement and sand makes a surface that
will stand any amount of heavy wear, which will not wear
into ruts and holes, and which is not affected by heavy
trucking to any extent. Such a floor is absolutely water¬
proof and dustproof. — The Paper Mill.
NOT CRUEL, BUT UNUSUAL.
Our genial blacksmith, Mr. Hiram Cross, was united in
marriage yesterday with Miss Ida Shepard, a Long Hollow
school-teacher. — Iowa Exchange.
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Written for The Inland Printer.
SCIENTIFIC COLOR IN PRACTICAL PRINTING.
NO. XIII. - BY E. C. ANDREWS.
THE LAW OF MODIFICATION OF COLORS DUE TO OPPOSITION.
IE change in appearance when one color
is surrounded by another or placed along¬
side of it, or when two colors are exam¬
ined successively, is commonly called the
effect of color contrast. We contrast one
color with another in the sense of com¬
paring them side by side; we place them
in opposition, or show the difference in
the two colors. But part of the change in appearance is
due to error in judgment as well as to effects generated in
the eye itself. Indeed, some of these illusions disappear as
soon as we realize that our eyes are not mirroring exact
facts.
We have defined contrasting colors as the complement
of a given color and the color immediately to its right and
left; therefore, we should avoid using the term contrasting
colors in the sense of colors brought together so that we may
compare their differences. Say that we examine a red and a
yellow side by side; the red becomes bluer and the yellow
greener. Their difference in hue is increased and also such
opposition brings out the difference in the value and chroma
of the two colors. But because we are comparing red and
yellow, or in other words, contrasting them, they do not
become contrasting colors. Some writers have fallen into
this error, and in order to be still more specific in the mean¬
ing of the words analogous and contrasting as they refer to
40
Fig. 32. — Red and its analogous colors in relation to its complement blue-
green and its analogous colors.
definite color relations, I have charted the analogous and
contrasting colors of each of the ten fundamental colors in
Figs. 32 to 36. It is obvious that the division I have made
is arbitrary but it is logical in construction, and if it will
help to definitize these terms it will have accomplished
much.
In Fig. 32 red at the highest chroma possible for the
different values is connected with yellow-red on one side
and red-purple on the other in their respective highest
chromas for the various values. This vertical surface
forms the outer face of the space containing the analogous
colors of red. The inner limit is neutrality, but as shown
in the figure from yellow-red the surface extends in a line
toward blue-green (the complement of red), and on the
other side from red-purple toward blue-green. In either
case, however, the surface bends inward on the line of the
second color to the right and left of red, namely, yellow
and purple, and from these points moves to neutrality.
The object of this shape rather than a form where the
sides would run directly from yellow-red to neutrality and
from red-purple to neutrality, is to include in the red anal¬
ogy the partially neutralized yellows and purples. Analogy
means similarity, and if we raise colors almost to white, or
lower them nearly to black, they lose their distinctive hue
besides having similar values. Also, if we reduce the
chroma of the various colors so that they approach neutral¬
ity, they naturally become analogous. The form indicated
takes these facts into consideration and in practical use
will serve as a guide in determining the possibilities in a
red analogy.
It is obvious that Fig. 32 not only shows red in its
40
Fig. 33. — Yellow-red and its analogous colors in relation to its complement
blue and its analogous colors.
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analogous colors in relation to its complement blue-green
and its analogous colors, but also the reverse, namely, blue-
green and its analogous colors with its complement red and
and its analogous colors. Thus the five figures cover the
range of analogous and contrasting colors common to the
ten fundamental colors, and these same ten fundamental
colors will serve in almost all cases where the printer is
asked to suggest a color-scheme. For those who care to
make further subdivisions it is only necessary to locate
accurately the hue of the first color by comparing it with
the five fundamentals shown in color in Plate II, January
number of The Inland Printer, and construct the analo¬
gous and contrasting colors as just described. The actual
charting would be unnecessary, as one of the five figures,
32 to 36, would be close enough to use to discover the limita¬
tions of the given analogous or contrasting colors. Say
that the hue of the first color fell at 25, or half-way between
red and yellow-red; the analogous colors would lie between
15 and 35, or ten divisions to its right and left. The con¬
trasting colors would be the complement immediately across
from 25, or 75, and the colors included in ten divisions on
either side of the complement, or between 65 and 85. The
boundary surfaces would approach neutrality in the manner
just described in the red analogy shown in Fig. 32.
Complementaries, or greatest contrasts, were discussed
in article No. IX, and it follows that, in order to obtain a
maximum contrast, the two colors should be in the highest
respective chromas. But colors to be complementary need
not be of high chroma. They may be raised in value by the
addition of white, or lowei-ed with black, and as long as
they produce white when mixed as colored lights or gray
40
Fig. 34. — Yellow and its analogous colors in relation to its complement
purple-blue and its analogous colors.
when mixed as pigments by rotation, they are comple¬
mentary. The white which is added must be neutral and
the black free from toner, or the relation of the hues of the
two colors will be altered.
In bringing out the effects of opposition some writers
give long tables comparing a given color with all others,
but the entire subject may be summed up in the simple
statement that colors in opposition tend to make each other
appear as dissimilar as possible, and when one color is of
a high chroma and of large area and the other somewhat
neutral the high chroma color makes the neutral color
appear to be toned with the complement of the high chroma
color. A large man appears larger when placed alongside
of a small man, and the small man smaller than when the
two men are judged separately. In colors we might call
this opposition of values. Let us suppose that the large
man is ruddy and the small man pale. In comparing them
this difference also would be emphasized. This might cor¬
respond with the change of hues in colors. Thirdly, one
man might be very strong and the other very weak; to
continue the comparison they possess different chromas,
and this difference apparently would be increased. Neutral
grays have no hue nor chroma but present effects of oppo¬
sition in light and shade, or opposition of values only.
Fig. 37, at the top, shows a neutral gray of 60-value on the
left and a neutral gray of 40-value on the right with the
same grays brought in contact in the middle of the cut.
Along the line where the 60-value joins the darker gray the
60-value gray appears lighter than when examined by itself,
and further, it appears gradually to get darker as it
approaches the outer vertical edge. The opposite effect is
40
Fig. 35. — Green-yellow and its analogous colors in relation to its comple¬
ment purple and its analogous colors.
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noticed in the 40-value gray. It appears darkest
in the line of junction and grows slightly lighter
toward the opposite edge. If we look steadily at
the diagram for some time the 60-value gray will
appear darker by itself than when in contact with
the 40-value gray, and the latter will appear
darker in union with the 60-value gray than by
itself. The lower part of Fig. 37 illustrates the
opposition of values even better. Standardized by
means of a photometer each of these grays pre¬
sents an even surface ranging from the value of
90 on the left to a value of 10 on the right, but the
effect is that of a fluted column, each division, with
the exception of the end ones, appearing as if hol¬
lowed out. This illusion is caused by opposition
of values, and is effected by the edge of the lighter
value in contact with the darker value next to it.
(To be continued.)
RIDDER AND LYNCH ON EFFICIENCY.
In his address to the American Newspaper Pub¬
lishers’ Association retiring President Ridder took
occasion to dilate on efficiency and he went at his
self-imposed task rough-shod. From the mass of
querulousness we extract the following:
“ Is it not possible there might be a readjust¬
ment of relation with unions on the basis of high
wages and low labor costs? Is it not possible in
pursuing a liberal policy toward our employees to
insist upon a liberal policy by them in their deal¬
ings with us?
Fig. 37.
40
Fig. 36. — Green and its analogous colors in relation to its complement red-
purple and its analogous colors.
“ How can we train our successors in the management
of newspapers to an adequate knowledge of inks, paper,
metals, machinery or supplies? There are hardly two
offices in the country that have the same methods. Where
shall we look for a typical newspaper plant? Who knows?
How many are there? What is the best newspaper work¬
shop in the country with due regard to its output? Who
knows?
“ Our methods in the use of paper are so whimsical that
a mill equipped to meet all of our needs would require 165
distinct stocks of cores to provide for our varied widths of
rolls. Our workmen gather up whatever methods or tradi¬
tions there are in the business by absorption or observation
of those immediately around them. Many of us try to
obtain ready-made competent managers by hiring men
whom others have trained, instead of applying ourselves to
that important work of education and development. They
bring every member to a dead level of efficiency, and that
level is usually below that of the most inferior workman in
the shop. They are against bonuses. Many labor unions
deliberately plan to curtail output under the mistaken idea
that they are increasing employment. It is notorious that
many workmen turn out just as little as they can safely do.
‘ Underworking ’ or ‘ soldiering ’ is almost universal. It is
more than a national evil, because it extends to other coun¬
tries. The conditions which permit it are intolerable and
should be seriously studied and corrected. Systematic man¬
agement offers what seems to be a remedy.
“ In our stereo-rooms we encounter mystery in the
preparation of the paste for matrices and we find mum¬
mery in the treatment of metals. In the pressroom, many
of the operators are regulated by a rule of thumb. We use
electricity for light and power with little knowledge of
relative efficiency.
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“ There is hardly an operation or a method in news¬
paper production that has been fully standardized. In no
instance have those methods been codified or analyzed or
described. Most of our shops are run by the workmen, not
by the managers. Few of us know what is a full day’s
work for a first-class workman.
“ The business of papermaking is in a most primitive
stage. In every paper-mill, with only two or three excep¬
tions, the method of beating or mixing the materials to be
used in the making of paper is identical with that which
prevailed two hundred years ago. Forester Pinchot said
that of three trees cut in the woods for papermaking only
one went into paper. Recent experiments made in Ger¬
many indicate that mechanical pulp can be made with one-
third of the power now used. In other words, our pulp¬
grinding capacity may be multiplied soon by three. I think
I can safely say that every invention which saved labor in
newspaper production increased the number of men em¬
ployed and shortened their hours of labor and improved
their conditions.”
Mr. Ridder enumerated these as subjects which should
be studied by publishers:
The effects of bonuses.
The application of electricity for lighting and for power
and for better control of operations and for treating, for
instance, for heating linotype metal and for controlling
tension.
The point where it is economical to use gas instead of
coal under the stereo metal-pot.
The cooling of stereo-plates.
The conditions under which it may be cheaper to make
new leads than to separate them from linotype.
The handling of 1,200-pound rolls of paper by one man
instead of by four men.
The merits of horizontal as compared with vertical han¬
dling of rolls.
The use of ink.
The quality of ink.
The preparation of ink rollers.
The weight and strength and surface and printing qual¬
ity of paper.
Pressroom wastes.
The utilization of paper left on cores.
Storage of paper to avoid deterioration.
The strength and quality of metals used for monotypes,
linotypes, stereotypes.
The best methods of making matrices, by steam or elec¬
tricity or by cold processes.
The relative efficiency of various folders.
The best makes of printing-presses.
The speeds that are most desirable for printing-presses.
The economy of floor-space in pressrooms and com¬
posing-rooms.
The efficient use of a library.
Endurance tests of different kinds of flooring in mechan¬
ical departments.
Best methods of heating and of cheap refrigeration to
meet extreme conditions of temperature and humidity in
pressrooms.
Improvements in pneumatic tubes and carrying devices
for copy and for printed papers.
Best layout of mechanical departments.
Improvements in delivery service.
Desirable heights in composing-rooms and in press¬
rooms.
Effective ventilation methods.
Advantages in relative location of molding-room and
casting-room to composing-room and to pressroom.
Progress and costs of photoengraving and of electro¬
plating.
Press foundations.
Best types of motor and engines for power purposes.
Comparative costs of isolated plants and central station
service and breakdown service for electrical supply.
Utilization of compressed air for manifold purposes.
Methods for reducing cost of fire insux-ance and accident
insui-ance.
And the multitudinous details of newspaper manufac¬
ture of which there is no codification.
“ I suggest,” said Mr. Riddei', “ that the association
carefully study this subject and evolve some plan which
shall accord with the importance of the American press
and make it worthy of its responsibilities.”
Mr. Ridder was not permitted to have all the say.
When the representatives of the unions obtained the floor
they resented his comments. President Lynch took occa¬
sion to suggest that the meetings should be open to the
public, as are conventions of unions. After giving the pub¬
lishers this tip on how to apply one of their pet panaceas —
publicity — - Mr. Lynch took up Mr. Ridder’s assertion that
“ the standard in some cities is three thousand ems an
hour,” in this way:
“ Your president appears to have drawn largely on his
imagination in reaching his conclusion. If any of our
members is setting as small an amount of type as three
thousand ems an hour, then the tenure of his job is not
vei-y fii’m. My expeidence is that your foremen insist on
getting a fair day’s woi'k out of the machines. In the
instances where our members ai-e running the newspapers,
thus usurping the functions of the managers, it must be
owing to the incompetence of the managers. This state¬
ment is not overdrawn, for my experience has taught me
there are relatively more incompetent managers than there
are incompetent printers. ‘ Efficiency ’ is just at the pi’es-
ent time a fad. It occupies pages of the magazines and
columns of the newspapers. On its face, it is an alluring
pi-oposition ; analyzed, it is a sham. But if we are to dis¬
cuss the efficiency of the printer, let me ask what your asso¬
ciation has done in the way of advancing that efficiency?
The answer is, absolutely nothing. Graduated apprentices
tuimed out, from the avei’age newspaper composing-room
have only a superficial knowledge of their trade, and are a
disgrace to the office, and a scandal to the industry. On
the other hand, the International Typographical Union is
doing all it can to enhance and inci’ease the ability of the
journeyman printer and the apprentice. To this end it con¬
ducts a technical school in the city of Chicago, on which it
annually spends thousands of dollars. A comparison on
the efficiency proposition between the American News¬
paper Publishers’ Association and the International Typo¬
graphical Union shows the record is with the union.”
President Ridder’s address was referred to a committee
composed of Messrs. Lawson (Chicago News), Ridder
(New York Staats-Zeitung) , Knapp (St. Louis Republic),
Seitz (New York World), Carvalho (Hearst papers), Tay-
lor, Jr., (Boston Globe), Haldeman (Louisville Courier-
Journal), Hitt (Indianapolis Star), Palmer (Houston
Post), and Kellogg, the publishers’ labor commissioner.
This committee is enti'usted with the duty of renewing
contracts with the unions. Existing agreements expiring at
the end of May next yeai', propositions must be laid before
union conventions this year, the first of which are held
during this month. While the arrangement of labor con¬
tracts is a stupendous job for the committee, there is hope
that it will be able to investigate some of the features men¬
tioned by Mr. Ridder.
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Cost, Efficiency and Estimating.
There are three things in connection with this depart¬
ment that are uppermost in my mind. They are cost,
efficiency, estimating. These things are so related and inter¬
dependent that it is impossible to separate them. They are
sides of an equilateral triangle. While it is possible to
obtain cost in an inefficient plant it is of no particular
value if not right. One may know that a certain job cost
$100, but if he does not know that it cost too much the
knowledge may only lead to self-satisfaction and ultimate
loss or ruin. It is only by correct methods that one may
know both cost and efficiency. One can not estimate right
without knowing both. These are the strings to harp on in
this department. Of course, the matter of standards natu¬
rally comes in for a share of attention and I am sure there
will be matei'ial enough developed to keep up a lively
interest.
It is important to know the cost of a job, and it is
equally important to know that it cost too much. Scien¬
tific management and right methods of getting efficiency
are necessary requirements to accurate costs. When you
know the cost of a job, you have not all of the knowledge
you ought to have. You want to know that the cost is
right. The cost will not be right unless the efficiency is
right. You can not get efficiency without estimating. It
is a good thing to know costs and even to know that you
have lost on a job, but this knowledge will not be of much
practical value unless you are able to place your finger on
the department or man that is responsible for the loss.
This brings us to the question of standards. If we fall
down, how are we going to measure the distance of the
fall? What is the standard by which any job is to be
measured?
The estimate made by the printer-salesman is the meas¬
ure. If he is a competent estimator, he figures out that it
takes so many hours in the composing-room, so many hours
in the pressroom, so many hours in the bindeiy — going
into detail of every operation. He has in mind all the
time the average workman. If his estimate captures the
job, his estimate-sheet ought to be “ plans and specifica¬
tions ” for the building of that job, and if there is failure
anywhere to come up to that, an inquiry should be made as
to why the workmen did not succeed.
A standard estimate-sheet is as necessary as a standard
cost-finding system.
The necessity of making estimates on small jobs ought
to drive every printer to a thorough and scientific study of
estimating. To do this he must have both a cost system
and an efficiency system. He must begin by estimating
every job he puts through his works as well as those he is
asked by his customers to price in advance. The fact that
his customers are compelling him to go a mile ought to
remind him of the scriptural injunction to go another.
The glory is in the second mile. If he goes the whole dis¬
tance he will learn some things of immense importance.
Printers are bemoaning the fact that they are required
to give estimates on every little piece of work. This is a
blessing in disguise. It is really a guide-board pointing the
way to success. The real difficulty has come from the
printer trying to make a price offhand like a groceryman
pricing a bushel of potatoes. He has allowed himself to be
stampeded into giving a price without going into the
details. That is mere guesswork. If asked to give an esti¬
mate on a job, take the matter seriously enough to get out
an estimate-blank, and set down every item of cost that
enters into it, add a profit, and then give the price to the
customer. If he goes up in the air, as he probably will, he
will come down again by attraction of gravitation. As a
word of caution, let him come down on the ground and not
on you.
If every other printer is as careful and painstaking,
giving an honest estimate, the customer will get tired of
going up and coming down and will leave his job some¬
where at a profit.
Taking the idea of the estimate as a measure of effi¬
ciency, and efficiency as a measure of cost, one can readily
see the necessity of estimating on every job whether
required or not. The cost-sheet should be so constructed
that the estimated time and actual time are brought right
together and the gain or loss on estimate recorded on the
cost-sheet.
If every job comes out according to estimate, and we
have figured a profit in it, the profit is sure to materialize.
The old method of making an estimate, then filing it away
and never looking at it again, is probably responsible for
many of the failures in the printing business. If the
method here suggested is carried out, and the cost-sheets
so constructed that not only the cost but efficiency and
estimate as well are all together, a great step will be made
in advance and profits will begin to pile up.
Profits are seldom made unless planned for. For this
reason a planning department should be organized in every
printing-office of considerable size and every detail worked
out in advance of being put up to the workmen. Any job
worth doing at all is worth doing well and needs to be
planned. It needs to be engineered, put up to the mechan¬
ical department in the most intelligent way possible and
much of the instruction ought to be in writing.
In order to make a profit, a job must be completed
within the time indicated in the specifications. Every
hour a job is in the shop longer than the estimated time
costs money that comes out of profit, not off the customer.
The estimate-sheet has an important part to play. A
duplicate of it, with prices omitted, with every hour and
operation slated, should be filed with the order clerk, who,
by the way, must have knowledge enough and sense
enough to plan it for proper execution. He must be pro¬
vided with an order blank that will serve at the same time
the purpose of a cost-sheet. Upon this cost-sheet he must
enter the estimated time for each operation, so that when
the actual time is recoi’ded on this sheet it is easy to see
the gain or loss on estimate for each operation and each
item of material.
In this way, evei'y failure to come up to the stake set by
the estimator as a standard for that job will be queried,
and a lot of valuable information obtained as to the effi¬
ciency of workmen, estimator and plant.
Using the depai’tment hour as the unit of measure¬
ment, it is possible to ci’edit or debit the department so
many units lost or eaimed and thus measure its efficiency.
The estimator is also measured by the application of this
plan. If his estimates go wild of the mai’k, his mistakes
are brought into the light.
The estimate is the standard so far as any individual
job is concerned in any shop. It may not be the absolutely
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correct standard, but it is the highest aim of the estimator,
and is the standard he sets up. The actual facts as
expressed in the final costs may show up the standard in a
bad light, but that does not affect the case. It may only
show an inexperienced, erratic or careless calculator, and
that is worth knowing. If this plan is followed out in
estimating on every job, working it into the cost-sheet and
then getting at the gain or loss on the estimate, there is
no doubt but that a great advance will be made all along
the line.
This plan opens up the way to scientific management in
the printing business as in other lines of manufacture. It
makes it possible to use the task and bonus plan of paying
workers, thus allaying and avoiding labor troubles. The
workers, under this system, are made co-partners in the
benefits derived from increased production. Under the
task and bonus plan, the workers are given one-half the
savings made by exceeding the standard and the employer
gets the other half.
Carnegie said, “ Work must be half play.” No man is
a valuable worker who does his work drudgingly. To beat
the estimate puts play into the work and makes it a game.
Interest is awakened and sustained, but no employer should
enter into it unless he intends to do the square thing. He
will get team play, but it will be all against him.
Common Business Sense Calls for Expert Service
in Cost Accounting.
From all over the country come indications of renewed
interest in the matter. The tone of the letters seems to
indicate practical rather than curious interest. A man in
the Far West, who is installing cost systems and doing a
good work among printers, writes: “ The more I delve
into the so-called problem of cost accounting, the more con¬
vinced am I that it is largely a matter of common sense
and business. Certain training is, of course, essential and
study gives knowledge, but theory, without common sense,
will get many hard bumps. What I am arriving at is the
practice of printers of attempting to put in a theoretical
system of cost finding without an expert’s study of condi¬
tions, his supervision of the first few weeks of work, and
the care he would exercise. Many seem to put in a system
and make it conform to their whim and the careless and
oftentimes expensive methods of using their men and
machines. A study of any plant should be made with a view
to altering all adverse conditions and bringing economy in
every department, including what is often overlooked, the
office. A system of cost finding has by no means served its
purpose when it has given to the manager his unit of cost.
His use of it has just begun, and it is largely becoming a
necessity in a large manufacturing business to have an
expert devote his time to just this one phase of the pro¬
duction. The plant that neglects this matter will eventu¬
ally suffer from the ignorance. I am finding my work of
growing interest and daily learn new things that help me
over the rough places in the larger shops that come under
my care. My next work is at Sacramento, and I hope to
get other towns down there while I am in that country. I
will go to Los Angeles anyway and look over the situation
there. More and more I am desiring a change from the
handling of the small shops and confine my work to the
larger plants. I find in them more understanding and
more inclination to do the work right. Small places are
often antagonistic to changes because of a narrow outlook
on the situation. The general printing situation is slug¬
gish and many are — because of the poor returns — turn¬
ing to the cost work. Others are struggling blindly along,
declaring no one can show them anything about their busi¬
ness. Poor fellows! I confine my endeavors largely to
those who are already interested, and do not waste any of
my time converting those who have been swamped with
cost literature for two years and have not yet waked up.”
Forty Lots of Cards.
In a medium-sized Cincinnati printing-shop, the records
on forty lots of ordinary business cards were looked up and
the average found to be as follows :
Composition, 46% minutes; make-ready, 25 minutes;
running on 500 lots, 30% minutes; 1,000 lots, 55 minutes;
cutting, 12 minutes; figuring composition at $1 per hour
and job-press work and cutting, each at 75 cents, we have:
500
1,000
Composition, 46% minutes, at $1 .
$0.77
Make-ready, 25 minutes, at $0.75 .
Presswork :
. 31
.31
500, 30% minutes, at $0.75 .
1,000, 55 minutes, at $0.75 .
. 38
.69
Cutting, 12 minutes, at $0.75 .
.15
Delivery .
. 10
.10
Stock in sheets (say) . .
. 23
.45
$1.94
$2.47
Profit 20 per cent .
. 39
.50
$2.33
$2.97
Stock and cutting make these cards correspond to the
60-cent cards, quoted in the Philadelphia Price List, which
is: 500, $2.20; 1,000, $2.92, for ordinary cards; or 500,
$2.45; 1,000, $3.26, for medium-grade cards. If these forty
lots of cards were just “ ordinary,” then the Philadelphia
List is too low; if they were “ medium,” it’s a little too high.
Is this a fair average? If so, an honest price for 500
fair business cards would be from $2.25 up; 1,000, $3 up.
It is said that “ Man creates in the image of his own
ideas.” The great thing that the printer must strive for
is a correct-price idea. Those ideas must be definite and
positive and based on real knowledge, such as can only be
secured by the use of a cost system. — The Cincinnati
(Ohio) Ben Franklin Witness.
The United Typothetae Reports Progress.
Since the Washington convention more than three hun¬
dred new members have been added to the rolls of the
United Typothetae of America, and it now seems probable
that the increase between the time of holding the Wash¬
ington convention and the convention which will be held in
Denver next September will exceed four hundred new
members.
During the past year the United Typothetae of America
has installed nearly a thousand cost-finding systems in
offices in various parts of the country, expending in the
work about $46,000. This money has been returned to
those putting in the system several times over, as the
result of the use of cost-finding systems is to disclose
numerous leaks which had gone on for years unsuspected,
cut out the unprofitable work, and to advance selling prices
to a considerable extent. The increase, of course, being
greater in towns where the majority of printers can be
induced to install the system. It is safe to say that cost
systems are enabling the printers to get anywhere from
ten per cent to fifty per cent more for their work than
formerly, and that the average advance in towns where
most of the offices operate systems is in the neighborhood
of twenty-five per cent. All reports agree that the higher
prices have not been followed by any curtailment in the
amount of business offered.
The next annual convention of the United Typothetae
of America will be held in Denver during September. The
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opening date has not yet been decided on but will be
announced later. Even at this early day the indications
are that the Denver convention will be the largest and
most instructive ever held, and an elaborate and varied
program will be arranged.
Southeastern Cost Congress.
Two hundred attended the Southeastern States Cost
Congress at the New Kimball House, at Atlanta, Georgia,
on April 20 and 21. The addresses and talks were enjoy¬
able, and a new permanent organization was formed.
Judge Candler, mayor pro tem., welcomed the visitors in a
felicitous speech in which he said: “Nothing is more
important than attention to the economies of business. In
the past American business men have paid less attention to
the small expenses than any other people. The fact that
you have left your business to gather here to discuss econ-
H. W. Flagg, assistant secretary of the United Typoth-
etse, gave an illustrated lecture on “ The Standard Cost
Finding System.’’
J. Stearns Cushing, of Boston, made an encouraging
and interesting address.
J. A. Morgan, chairman of the International Cost Con¬
gress, spoke on the progress of the movement throughout
the country.
The earnestness and enthusiasm were made manifest
by the formation of the Southeastern Branch of the Inter¬
national Cost Congress, which was permanently organ¬
ized with the following officers: President R. P. Purse,
of Chattanooga; vice-president, R. C. Darby, of Atlanta;
secretary and treasurer, A. G. Bowden, of Nashville. Ex¬
ecutive committee: R. W. Ewing, of Birmingham, Ala.;
H. L. Brown, of St. Augustine, Fla.; William Pfaff, of New
Orleans, La.; William H. Cogswell, of Charleston, S. C.;
PRINTERS’ COST CONGRESS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, APRIL 20, 21 AND 22, WHICH HAS
CAUSED A GREAT AWAKENING OF THE PRINTERS OF THE SOUTH.
omy — to consider ways of cutting off the corners — is of
the highest importance. When every business man begins
to save the postage stamps, every one will profit. In the
future our prosperity must depend on our savings.”
John E. Burke, of Norfolk, Virginia, responded, after
which the following were chosen temporary officers: R. C.
Darby, of the Piedmont Printing Company, of Atlanta,
chairman; Ed L. Stone, of Roanoke, Virginia, vice-chair¬
man, and Henry Crenshaw, of Montgomery, Alabama, sec¬
retary.
Papers were read and addresses given, which provoked
discussion in the shape of short talks from the various
attendants. The set addresses were as follows:
“ What a Cost System Means to the Printer,” George
W. Upton, of New Orleans.
“ What Cost Systems Have Done for Other Sections of
the Country,” Franklin W. Heath, secretary, United
Typothetae.
“ Importance of Each Job Showing a Profit,” S. B.
Kippelt, of Birmingham.
“Averages as Revealed by Use of the Cost System,”
W. 0. Foote, of the only cost-finding printery in Atlanta.
“ Importance of Including Interest on Investment and
Depreciation in Overhead Charges,” C. P. Cummings, secre¬
tary, Philadelphia Printers’ Board of Trade.
John E. Burke, of Norfolk, Va.; L. T. Davidson, of Louis¬
ville, Ky., and J. M. Dulaney, of Lynchburg, Va.
As the congress had been advertised as a strictly “ busi¬
ness meeting,” there was but one entertainment feature on
the program — a banquet smoker — which was declared to
be the best ever given in Atlanta, reflecting great credit on
Chairman Bodenhamer and his committee.
At a meeting of the executive committee of the newly
organized association it was decided to hold the next meet¬
ing at Nashville, the date to be selected at some future time.
Wants a Bookkeeping System.
A writer from Georgia says: “We do practically no
jobwork — our plant being confined to the production of
books, one monthly magazine, and one weekly paper. What I
need is not so much a detailed cost system as a better sys¬
tem of bookkeeping which will enable me to keep track of
the work. I want to make a sharp division between the
book department, the magazine and the weekly, and as far
as I can see now, it is simply a question of bookkeeping.
If you can, with this slight information, lay out some plan
for me, let me know what it will cost. If you need further
details, drop me a line and I will take pleasure in supply¬
ing them.”
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Brief mention of men and events associated with the printing
and allied industries will he published under this heading. Items
for this department should be sent before the tenth day of the
month.
International Photoen^ravers’ Convention.
Invitations are out for the International Photoengra¬
vers’ convention, to be held at Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 26,
27 and 28. It is expected the principal topic for discussion
will be cost accounting and related subjects.
The South Waking Up.
A. G. Stevenson, of the Lino-Tabler Company, writes
from Montgomery, Alabama : “ The 4-on picture in the
May Inland Printer looks fine. But believe me if I had
known it was going in the ‘ I. P.’ I would have ‘ dolled up ’
for the occasion. I find The Inland Printer in all the
principal offices in the South as well as in the North. The
South is certainly waking up.”
Kansas City Typothetae Holds Banquet.
About one hundred and fifty employing pi-inters, repre¬
sentatives of supply houses and invited guests, attended the
second annual banquet of the Kansas City Typothetae, held
at the Sexton Hotel, that city, on May 4. Fi-ank T. Riley
was toastmaster, and addresses were made by H. Walken-
horst, pi-esident of the Typothetae; J. W. Hailman, J. R.
Halderman, and John Clyde Oswald, editor of The Amer¬
ican Printer, New York.
Princeton to Have Big Printery.
Work is almost completed on the handsome printing-
building which Charles Scribner will present to Princeton
University. A dispatch to the Newark (N. J.) News states
that “ In the new building the esthetic and utilitai’ian prin¬
ciples have been combined to produce a building that will
help maintain the dignified scholastic expression sought by
Princeton University when it adopted the style of Oxfoi’d
and Cambridge, Winchester and Eton for all future build¬
ings, and at the same time give the maximum amount of
light and air and the most desirable sepai'ation and con¬
venient proximity for the woi-king depai-tments and offices
of the printing and publishing establishment.” The equip¬
ment of this new printing plant will comprise the best
machinery and materials obtainable, among which will be
three or four of the latest model Linotypes, four large cyl¬
inder presses, sevei-al job presses, sewing, wire, stitching,
cutting and smashing machines.
Printers’ Club Organized at Jacksonville.
Leading business men who are engaged in the pi-inting
and publishing business at Jacksonville, Alabama, recently
organized the Jacksonville Printers’ Club, which is expected
to become one of the leading business and social organiza¬
tions in the city. While the objects of the new club, in the
main, are similar to those of the Ben Franklin clubs, the
organization will use its influence to bring about closer
social relations between employing printers, and to estab¬
lish itself as a business institution ready at all times to
l-ender aid in the upbuilding of Jacksonville. In this way
it is hoped that a gx-eater pi'estige will be gained for the
entire printing trade in the southern city. The following
officers were elected: Pi-esident, E. B. Harris; vice-presi¬
dent, F. W. Dennis; secretary, W. M. Plaxco; treasurer,
Will Hall. Horace Di-ew, F. W. Dennis, Malcolm Lockhai-t,
R. T. Arnold and E. B. Harris were elected as a board of
governors.
Give the Devil His Due.
At the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the
Galesburg (Ill.) Typographical Union in April, Walter R.
Lofgren gave a toast on “The Devil” as follows: “The
devil has to change his position some day, and upon you
printers depends his knowledge of the trade. Drop him a
hint now and then, and if you have a good idea knock it
into his head. Give him a good foundation and a good
ti'aining for his life as a printeiv A good devil will make
a devil of a good printer.”
Forty-two Years at One Case.
C. J. Ambli, a printer, of Decoi’ah, Iowa, who has been
employed on the Posten, a Norwegian paper published at
that city, for forty-two years, was recently retired on a
pension of $12 a week. He is now seventy-three years old,
and although the pension is accepted with appreciation it
is said his love for the printing business is abiding, and
that he is loth to leave the old stand, where the case, the
smell of the ink and even the old towel had become almost
insepai-able from his existence.
Monotype Earnings.
The Lanston Monotype Machine Company, Philadel¬
phia, shows net profits of $605,069 for the year ended
February 28. Dividends totaling $329,698 were paid, leav¬
ing a surplus of $325,371. The pi'ofits of the year just
closed compax-e with $505,468 in 1910 and $309,964 in 1909.
The repoi-t of President J. Maui-y Dove explains that the
heavy business of the last year has outgrown the present
facilities of the factory and plans ai'e being prepared for
a new building, which will be paid for out of the assets.
Pressmen Have New Voting Plan.
At the convention of the Intel-national Printing Pi'ess-
men and Assistants’ Union, to be held at Hale Springs,
Tennessee, this month, a proposition will be submitted by
the Spokane branch, the purpose of which is to take away
from platen and flatbed pressmen the right to vote on mat¬
ters affecting only web pressmen, and denying to web
pressmen the right to vote on matters affecting only flat¬
bed and platen pressmen. It is said that a good deal of
friction has been caused by the present method of allowing
one class to interfere in the affairs of the other.
Printers Co-operate with Clergymen.
At its quartei'ly meeting in Trenton, the New Jersey
State Printers’ League decided to cooperate with clergymen
and business men’s associations of Trenton and Newark in
establishing Good and Welfare Leagues. The leagues com¬
bine in working for the best interests of the cities and han¬
dle important matters that hei-etofore have been neglected
by the municipal governments. The px-inters’ meeting was
a successful one, and cheering reports wei’e made from all
parts of the State concei’ning the condition of trade. The
next meeting of the league will be held at Newark.
Printers Urge Half Subway Fare.
Pi-esident James S. Tole, S. W. Gamble and James W.
Sullivan, acting as a committee from Typogi'aphical Union
No. 6, of New Yox-k, recently called on Chairman Wilcox of
the Public Sei-vice Commission and submitted a communica-
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tion urging the advisability of providing, in any arrange¬
ment for future subways, that there should be a reduced
fare during rush hours. The printers’ communication
advised that “ The most pressing social need for the new
transit lines is to relieve the present congestion of popula¬
tion in several districts of Greater New York, especially in
Manhattan. No greater inducement can at present be
offered the wage-workers to get away from the congested
centers than a reduced fare in their hours of travel.” The
plan submitted comprehends a six-day weekly coupon ticket,
to be sold at 30 cents, good for one round trip each work¬
day, valid in either direction, the morning coupon between
6 and 8 o’clock and the evening coupon between 5 and 7.
Occasional riders in the rush hours would pay full fares.
Education Association to Meet at ’Frisco.
The executive committee of the National Education
Association has announced the selection of San Francisco
as the place of meeting for the forty-ninth annual conven¬
tion of that body, which will be held on July 8-14. A spe¬
cial low rate for the round trip has been secured. The rate
from Chicago will be $62.50, with propoi'tionate rates for
other western as well as southwestern points. Tickets will
be good to return up to and including September 15.
Good Paper with Bad Associations.
The Gibson (Ill.) Courier's reputation for using good
paper in its job department was recently enhanced by a
discovery made in wrecking an old livery barn in that town.
On one of the walls was found an old sale bill in an excel¬
lent state of preservation although printed by the Courier
in 1874. There were a few other things found in the old
barn, however, which the Courier claims had no connection
with the sale bill nor the printers. Under the floors were
flasks of the half-pint, pint and quart size, and all varieties
of vintage, dating back to the “ good old days.” The wreck¬
ers state that every bottle found “ has been ” empty.
First Bible in African Language.
The gospel of Mark is being printed in the African lan¬
guage at Marion, Indiana, according to the Chronicle of
that city. A missionary named Emory J. Rees some time
ago returned from the jungles armed with a manuscript of
the gospel of Mark, in the African language, and through
a friend turned the printing contract over to Marion print¬
ers. The letters of the English alphabet are being used to
spell the words, as the native Africans have no alphabet,
and are being taught by the missionaries to use English
letters in spelling their own words. The work is said to be
well under way, and the books will be shipped to “ darkest
Africa ” early in the fall.
Booksellers “ Pretty Poor Lot. ”
In a speech delivered at the annual convention of the
American Booksellers’ Association, held in New York city
recently, E. Byrne Hackett, of the Yale University Press,
created no little commotion in the form of a “ call down ”
to the booksellers assembled. In part, he said : “ I think
you booksellers are a pretty poor lot. To listen to the
speakers one would imagine the retail end of the book trade
is one of the most complicated businesses on earth. Think
for a moment of the part the publisher plays in handing
you the completed product. He must be a man of tact,
education and high ideals. He must keep abreast of the
times. He must have the speculative instinct and must be
a keen business man. Many of you are remiss in finance.
The publisher spends money in advance to produce a book,
and many booksellers let their accounts run for a year or
more. This is not affording cooperation between different
branches of the same industry.” It is said that the mem¬
bers of the association grew restive under fire and pro¬
tested with “ Get a better collection department ” and
“ Give us better books.”
Comma Delays Contract.
“ The pump power-house, generating machinery and
auxiliaries,” reads part of a clause which provides that the
Illinois Sanitary District shall maintain and keep in repair
a steam-turbine plant in Washington Park, Chicago. When
the contract, containing this clause, came up for ratifica¬
tion by the park commissioners and the sanitary district
trustees, the latter objected to the punctuation of the words
quoted above, setting forth that the comma after the word
“ power-house ” committed the district to performing more
than what the commissioners had asked. The commission¬
ers agreed that the punctuation was faulty, and asked to
be given a week for deliberation and removal of the comma.
Good-fellowship at Hackensack.
According to press reports the annual dinner of the
Hackensack (N. J.) Typographical Union, on the evening
of May 1, was resplendent with appreciative words, and
good-fellowship between journeymen and employers. The
owners of printing establishments, who were present as
guests, and the union printers are said to have vied with
each other in expressions of confidence, one in the other,
and this feature was so prominent that it was accepted as
the most encouraging and satisfying pleasure of an eve¬
ning crowded with more than ordinary enjoyment. The
dinner was held at the Union House and Proprietor Schnei¬
der is said to have more than sustained his reputation as a
provider of morsels that help to make men happy and con¬
tented. Several out-of-town guests were among the merry¬
makers.
Bleistein Withdraws from Courier Company.
After thirty-five years’ continuous service with the Cour¬
ier Printing Company, of Buffalo, New York, George Blei¬
stein, president and treasurer of that concern, has retired
and will devote his entire time to the Huebner-Bleistein
Patents Company, a new concern which will put on the
market a new process for printing lithographs that, it is
claimed, will revolutionize the business by reducing the
time for color-printing by four-fifths. The new process was
discovered by W. C. Huebner, who was formerly a fore¬
man of the Courier Company. Some time ago a company
was formed, which included a number of Buffalo’s leading
business men, and a temporary office for demonstrating the
process was established. A plant, to cost $300,000, will be
erected, in addition to a machine shop in which will be
manufactured the machinery necessary in the new process.
A Canadian company also has been formed, with $2,000,000
capital, and machinery is being constructed for the estab¬
lishment of a plant in that country.
Minnesota Printers in Meeting.
At the meeting of the State Ben Franklin Club of Min¬
nesota, on May 8, printers and publisher's of the State
engaged in a lively discussion on the business methods
which have been in vogue in printing establishments. R. T.
Parte, of Fargo, North Dakota, explained a simplified cost
system for country offices. W. W. Huntley, of Duluth,
delivered an address on “ The Practical Printer and Modern
Methods.” Other speakers were Jens K. Grondahl, Red
Wing, whose subject was “ Echoes from the Missouri Meet¬
ing”; H. M. Wheelock, Fergus Falls, who explained the
“ Difficulties Existent in My Neighborhood A. M. Welles,
Sauk Center, reviewing “ The Country Print-shop from a
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Business Basis”; Clare W. Blakely, Rochester, giving
“ Facts Ascertained from a Cost System in a Country
Shop,” and P. 0. Pederson, who gave a chart talk on
“ Estimates on Catalogue Jobs.”
Printers’ President Sues Manufacturers.
James M. Lynch, president of the International Typo¬
graphical Union, has begun suit against John Kirby, Jr.,
and the directors of the National Manufacturers’ Associa¬
tion for $100,000. Mr. Lynch charges that a libelous reso¬
lution was passed by the manufacturers’ directors on Octo¬
ber 13 last, with reference to the Los Angeles Times explo¬
sion. The part of the resolution alleged to be a libel is as
follows :
Whereas, The long-continued, cowardly and recklessly illegal determina¬
tion of the International Typographical Union to destroy the business of the
Los Angeles Times and the influence of its owner, Gen. Harrison Gray Otis,
in his efforts in behalf of industrial freedom, has terminated in the destruc¬
tion of the Times’ plant and building by dynamite.
Resolved, That this board recognizes this act of destruction of life and
property as in line with the criminal policy of criminal unionism.
Alfred J. Talley, of New York, attorney for President
Lynch, issued the following statement, on May 17:
“ There was no reason and no excuse for the manufac¬
turers to make wholesale denunciation of the International
Typographical Union as being guilty of the Los Angeles
Times explosion and responsible for the loss of life which
resulted.
“ The International Typographical Union embraces
thousands of law-abiding and excellent citizens all over the
country who resent the imputations cast upon them by the
statement of the manufacturers, and this action is merely
an expression of their emphatic protest against the unwar¬
ranted wrong that has been done them.”
The complaint sets out the duties of Mr. Lynch as presi¬
dent of the International Typographical Union, for the
purpose of showing that, while a union can not be libeled
or bring suits, its official head, who performs or directs all
of its official functions, can be libeled, when a union is
libeled, and he therefore seeks relief under the law. The
suit will be brought in the Supreme Court of New York
County.
Bookwalter Scores Apprenticeship Methods.
At the opening session of the sixth annual convention
of the National Association of Employing Lithographers,
at the New Willard Hotel, Washington, D. C., the prin¬
cipal address was made by Charles A. Bookwalter, an
employing printer and former mayor of Indianapolis, Indi¬
ana. Mr. Bookwalter made a strong plea for the careful,
instruction of apprentices as the only sure method of giving
to the trade the protection of an ample number of prop¬
erly trained workmen. He contended that, for this reason,
trade schools were of great value, as they gave the appren¬
tice instruction in all departments of the trade. Speaking
of poorly trained apprentices, he said :
“ In the school we send the boy through all branches of
the trade he has elected to follow. If he is deficient in
spelling or grammar — branches of common-school educa¬
tion which should be a basis for the training of every pros¬
pective printer — we give him instruction along these lines
as well as on the machines upon which he will subsequently
depend for his livelihood. And we turn him out a thor¬
oughly rounded craftsman.
“ On the other hand, I have known of numerous in¬
stances in which boys have been employed as apprentices
only to be kept continuously on one character of work. At
the end of four years they have completed their ‘ time ’ and
are entitled to think themselves journeymen, but if occa¬
sion ever arises for them to seek new fields in which to
labor, the new employer finds them little better than help¬
less, unless he happens to have a vacancy on the particular
kind of work to which they have been accustomed.
“ It is training of this sort which constitutes the great¬
est menace to this and to other trades, because the number
of proficient workmen is not increasing anywhere nearly in
proportion to the ratio of increase in the demand for skilled
labor.”
Death Lurked in This Big Contract.
Robert Lecouver, of the Lecouver Press, 51 Vesey
street, New York city, was found dead in a well at his
home at Westwood, New Jersey, on the morning of May 13.
The authorities were unable to determine whether deceased
committed suicide or was the victim of an accident.
Mr. Lecouver profited by the recent investigation into
the city printing contracts, of New York, which disclosed
alleged exorbitant charges by the contractor. In the shake-
up that followed, deceased secured the printing of the
City Record and other work. It is thought that the ven¬
ture was not profitable, and some labor troubles served to
further complicate matters. Eventually, Mr. Lecouver was
compelled to sign over his interest in the contract. After
the consummation of this deal, he was confined to his home,
suffering from nervous exhaustion. Mr. Lecouver was
sixty-five years of age, and had been engaged in business in
New York for twenty years.
Clergyman’s Talk to Printers.
At a “ smoke-talk ” held by members of the Springfield
(Mass.) Typographical Union recently a most interesting
address was made by Rev. Dr. F. W. Merrick, fraternal
delegate to the Central Labor Union from the Ministers’
Association. Among other things, he said :
“There is continual development in your craft — your
ways of doing things, the instruments with which you work,
the uses to which your knowledge and skill are put, to say
nothing of the educational effect of handling intelligently
a worthy book or an informing, clean newspaper, all enter
into the effect of your work upon you. The two general
facts that relate to you as members of organized labor are
these: First, the helpful influence that the typographical
union may have everywhere on the whole social community
by its policy of intelligence and fairness. Secondly, the
effect you may have on the whole body of organized labor
in doing for it that which needs now most to be done,
namely, to persuade the men that an overemphasis upon the
material rewards of industry to the neglect of those imper¬
ishable personal and social rewards, which makes the noblest
man and the finest society, is at best but a refined form of
animalism, and at its worst may flame into class hatred
and occasional violence. Your age, the quality of the men
you have in your unions, the training you get from your
work and the good name you have in the social community,
all unite to fit you to be the leaders in that social revival
which has already well started throughout the civilized
world, and which, with the ignorant and the turbulent held
in perfect control where they belong, is certain to result in
a more perfect industrial order.”
General Notes.
A Ben Franklin Club was recently organized by the employing printers
of Jackson, Mich.
Girls employed in the Bureau of Printing- and Engraving, at Washing¬
ton, D. C., have petitioned Director Ralph for an increase in their wages.
For five hundred copies of a citv report, at Norfolk, Va., one printer
asked $380 and another printer wanted $900. “ There’s something rotten ”
in Norfolk !
The Keystone Type Foundry Company has decided to locate a branch at
Chester, Pa. Land along the Pennsylvania Railroad has been purchased
and several buildings will be erected.
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441
A five-story printing and engraving plant will be erected on Richmond
street by the Toronto Engraving Company, of Toronto, Ont.
The installation of a printing plant in the Washington Introductory
School, at Berkeley, Cal., is said to have greatly improved the quality of
English among the pupils of that institution.
A motion' to appoint a royal commission to investigate conditions_ in the
Printing Bureau, at Ottawa, Canada, was recently defeated in Parliament.
The administration opposed the motion on the ground that a full investi¬
gation already had been made.
A socian organization has been formed by employing printers at Wash¬
ington, D. C. William B. Shaw was chosen president ; Frank P. Runn,
vice-president ; W. ,1. Galbraith, secretary, and Lewis M. Thayer, treas¬
urer. Meetings will be held monthly.
Bookbinders, lithographers and photoengravers, in a recent meeting at
San Francisco, took steps to bring about a central organization of the
printing trades in California. About one hundred firms from the larger
cities were represented at the meeting.
The German Typographical Union, of Cincinnati, on May 7, celebrated
the twenty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the eight-hour day
by that organization. A banquet was given at Bruen’s garden, at which
prominent printers and editors responded to toasts.
Chairman Fitzgerald, of the Committee on Appropriations, recently
introduced a resolution in Congress, the purpose of which is to discover
the cause of delay in the construction of the new building for the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing, for which $2,150,000 was appropriated last year.
Agreement was recently reached between the officers of the I. T. U.
and “ Big Six ” Typographical Union, of New York, on the one side, and
the DeVinne Press, of that city, on the other, whereby none but members
of the typographical union will hereafter be employed by the DeVinne
concern.
A. Hoex & Co.'S printing, binding and engraving establishment at Rich¬
mond, Ya., was recently seriously damaged by fire. The loss is estimated
at $150,000, partially covered by insurance. The Hoen concern is said to
be the oldest of its kind in the LTnited States, having been established at
Baltimore in 1835. The house did the larger part of the printing of the
Confederate Government.
Pi-Line is the unique name of a publication issued by the Phcenix
(Ariz.) Typographical Union during the progress of its annual ball.
According to the Daily Gazette, of that city, the name was a slander on
the publishers. The Gazette says: “There is not a single pi-line in any
one of the four pages of the issue. Instead, it is a model of typographical
excellence, and it is a catchy and witty production as well.”
Recent Incorporations.
Allen Printing & Supply Company, Allentown, Pa. Capital, $25,000.
Col. S. D. Lehr, president.
Ginn Printing Company. Ft. Way®, Ind. Capital, $8,000. Incorpo¬
rators: E. H. Ginn, E. O. Ginn, E. Ginn.
The Fine Arts Publishing Company. Capital, $100,000. Incorporators:
F. W. Gaston, L. A. Cowley, W. G. Heuser.
Special Service Printing Company, Chicago, Ill. Capital, $5,000. Incor¬
porators: S. S. Stein, W. Baclirach, J. McKeag.
The Western News Company, Chicago, Ill. Capital, $300,000. Incorpo¬
rators: L. A. Neis, S. M. Evans, A. E. Manning.
Manual Publishing Company, New York city. Capital, $50,000. Incor¬
porators: F. C. Abbott, T. O. Abbott, R. H. Reed.
The Peerless Printing Company, Chicago, 111. Capital, $10,000. Incor¬
porators: L. W. May, ,1. V. Cunningham. D. B. Lyman, Jr.
Perry-Nalle Publishing Company, Wilmington, Del. Capital, $20,000.
Incorporators: C. W. Perry, W. C. Nalle, S. D. Townsend.
The Modern Lithographing Company, Chicago, Ill. Capital, $7,500.
Incorporators: H. J. Lukas, G. F. Handweak, J. W. Backwith.
Manifold Book & Printing Company, Manhattan, N. A'. Capital, $100,-
000. Incorporators: W. E. Miller, E. D. Moler, W. S. Vanderkar.
Dixon-Hanson-Bellows Company (publishers), Chicago, 111. Capital,
$350,000. Incorporators: J. H. Hanson, J. A. Bellows, J. P. Grier.
The Phoenix Printing Company, Milwaukee, Wis. Capital, $30,000.
Incorporators: G. Wordingham, L. Wordingham, A. S. Wordingham.
England Kelch Company (printing and publishing), Great River, N. Y.
Capital, $10,000. Incorporators: W. Huch, Jr., L. S. Holmes, F. T. Pace.
Chicago Magazine Publishing & Printing Company, Chicago, Ill. Capi¬
tal, $100,000. Incorporators: B. O’Hara, F. M. H. O’Hara, E. A. Hoffman.
Feike-Desch Printing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. Capital, $50,000.
Incorporators: B. Feike, A. H. Lammers, W. M. Dunbar, G. Descli, J. L.
Diweky.
The Motographie Company (printing and publishing), Manhattan, N. Y.
Capital, $50,000. Incorporators: W. J. Dieckinson, E. J. Leonard, R. S.
DuBois.
Autogravure Company (printing and publishing), North Pelham, N. Y.
Capital. $60,000. Incorporators: C. B. Reynolds, G. Von Bebern, B. S.
Reynolds.
American Hotel & Tourist Company (printing and publishing), Chicago,
Ill. Capital, $30,000. Incorporators: C. E. Hunt, J. J. Quigley, C. T.
Cummins.
Northern Real Estate & Building Journal Publishing Company, Whiting,
Ind. Capital, $10,000. Incorporators: E. II. Parr, D. W. Smyert, D. C.
Alexander.
Fifth Avenue Book Company (printing and publishing), Manhattan,
N. Y'. Capital, $100,000. Incorporators: J. R. Shelton, M. J. Spaid,
F. H. Wlnterburn.
Planographic Utilities Company (printing and planographic apparatus),
Manhattan, N. Y. Capital, $45,000. Incorporators: W. Russell, J. G.
Dorranee, G. R. Cornwall.
Railway and Supplvmen’s Mutual Catalogue Company (printing and
publishing), Chicago, Ill. Capital, $10,000. Incorporators: F. D. Jackson,
C. K. Armstrong, O. L. McNeil.
Thomas Y. Crowell Company (printing and publishing), Manhattan,
N. A’. Capital, $376,900. Incorporators: T. A*. Crowell, T. I. Crowell,
J. 0. Crowell.
This department is exclusively for paid business announce¬
ments of advertisers, and for paid descriptions of articles,,
machinery and products recently introduced for the use of print¬
ers and the printing trades. Responsibility for all statements,
published hereunder rests with the advertiser solely.
NEW BOSTON OFFICES OF THE TRIUMPH
ELECTRIC COMPANY.
The Boston office of the Triumph Electric Company has-
been moved from 101 High street to 92 Pearl street. Mr.
C. A. Cotton is district office manager. This change of
location was made necessary by the large increase in the
volume of business, and the necessity of having larger and.
more commodious quarters.
A CORRECTION.
The Regina Company, manufacturer of the New Era
printing press, with general offices in New York city,,
announces a correction as regards the sales department of
the company: Mr. Henry Drouet is not the general sales
agent of that company, the position being held by Mr. J.
Blumberg, while Mr. Drouet merely represents the New
Era press and other printing machine specialties manufac¬
tured by the Regina Company.
CHICAGO OFFICE OF THE C. B. COTTRELL
& SONS CO.
Changing the street numbers in Chicago has made some
confusion. Regarding this C. B. Cottrell & Sons Company,
say: “Our Chicago office is now at 343 South Dearborn
street, instead of 279 Dearborn street. Moving did not cost
us a cent- — because we did not move. Our western friends
will find us on the same floor of the same building, in the
same offices we have occupied for twelve years — the same
welcome from the same familiar faces — but there is a dif¬
ferent number over the door (or ought to be!) Mail for
our Chicago office should bear the new address, but don’t
worry if you use the old one by mistake, as it will reach us
all right.” _
COLONEL MARKEY GOES EAST.
Congratulations are in order on the move of the Duplex
Printing Press Company, of Battle Creek, Michigan, in
placing Colonel Eugene L. Markey, the sales manager of
the company, in charge of the eastern headquarters, which
have been established in the World building, New York.
Colonel Markey has been identified with the Duplex
Company for almost twenty years, and his successful efforts
have been an important factor in the development of
Duplex business.
Starting in the mechanical department of the works at
Battle Creek, he familiarized himself with printing-press
construction. The following year he entered the sales
department and traveled west of the Rocky Mountains.
Then for four or five years he represented his company in
the Middle West. For eight years he was eastern agent
with temporary quarters in Boston and New York, but in
1905 Mr. I. L. Stone, president of the Duplex Printing Press
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Company, appointed him sales manager, with headquarters
at Battle Creek.
The eastern territory comprises the entire country east
of Buffalo and Toronto, and the new arrangement prom¬
ises big increases in the business of the Duplex Company. —
Newspaperdom.
CHICAGO OFFICE OF THE CUTLER-HAMMER COM-
PANY MOVES TO NEW PREMISES.
The Chicago office of the Cutler-Hammer Manufactur¬
ing Company, manufacturer of electrical controller devices,
has moved from the Monadnock block to the People’s Gas
building. The announcement notice is unusually graphic.
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BOSTON OFFICE OF THE SPRAGUE ELECTRIC
COMPANY MOVES TO LARGER PREMISES.
The Sprague Electric Company announces the removal
of its Boston office from the Weld building to 201 Devon¬
shire street, Boston, where larger offices have been obtained
in order to handle expeditiously the increased demand for
the Sprague electric apparatus and Sprague conduit prod¬
ucts in the New England territory.
MORE TYPECASTERS NOW READY FOR DELIVERY.
The Thompson Type Machine Company announces that
it has at last caught up with orders for the Thompson
Typecaster and can hereafter ship machines on receipt of
orders. Recent additions to its factory have increased the
output and another lot of its new models is now ready for
delivery. The company has also just completed the printing
of its matrix catalogue, which shows all modern, up-to-date
faces in roman and italics, etc., and will further stimulate...
the demand for its typecaster.
Two Thompson typecasters were shipped during the
past month to China, one of them being equipped to cast
type from ordinary linotype matrices as well as Chinese
matrices of Oriental production. These typecasters are
now finding their way into the smaller city newspaper and
job offices, and as type can be produced by them at about
half the price of foundry type, their universal adoption is
assured.
Matrix catalogue and booklet describing the machine
can be had by addressing the Thompson Type Machine
Company, 624-632 Sherman street, Chicago.
LATEST LINOTYPE IMPROVEMENTS.
The Mergenthaler Linotype Company is determined to
make its machine a still greater factor in the composing-
rooms. By consulting our advertising section, the reader
will get full information about the new three and four
magazine Linotypes (quick change models 8 and 9). The
improvements are designed to facilitate display composi¬
tion by machine. Model 9 has four magazines, all inter¬
changeable, eight faces, and 720 characters are operated
from the keyboard — but read the advertisement and learn
about the latest innovation.
NEW AUTOMATIC LETTER MACHINE.
Commercial and facsimile letters are in demand. The
large quantities in which these are ordered place the ordi¬
nary platen-press work at a disadvantage. The work has
to a large extent become a specialty, because the ordinary
printing-house using the machines adapted for general job-
work has been unable to meet the requirements of large
quantities with uniformity of color and other particulars
in the imitation of typewriter-work. The New Automatic
Letter Machine, manufactured by the Automatic Letter
A PROFITMAKER FOR PRINTERS - THE NEW AUTOMATIC LETTER MACHINE.
Machine Company, 623-633 Wabash avenue, Chicago, has
features which will enable the progressive printer to take
profitable trade which he is now compelled to turn away —
and it is well known that work turned away takes other
work with it. It is worthy of careful investigation. Full
particulars may be obtained by writing to the Automatic
Letter Machine Company, 623-633 Wabash avenue, Chicago.
THE INLAND PRINTER
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THE “HUMANA” AUTOMATIC PLATEN-PRESS
FEEDER.
An automatic attachment or feeder for Gordon job
presses has been one of the long-felt wants in the printing-
industry. There have, of course, been feeders on the mar¬
ket, but they have not proved the success their promoters
desired, because they lacked the versatility to handle the
various sizes and grades of stock which are fed into the
maw of the platen press. The needs of the average shop
were never met, while its proprietor felt more keenly than
owners of larger shops the necessity for a good mechanical
feeder, as he more than his colleagues was bothered by the
difficulty of securing reliable human feeders.
THE '• HUMANA ” AUTOMATIC PRESSFEEDER.
Mr. Matthias Plum, one of the largest printers and
blank-book manufacturers of Newark, New Jersey, has
overcome this obstacle. While conducting his successful
big plant at Clinton and Beaver streets, the difficulty of
securing feeders impressed itself upon him. Associated with
one of the most expert automatic printing-press inventors,
he had been working at an idea for an automatic feeder
which has gradually been brought to the state of perfec¬
tion that justifies its presentation to the trade. Mr. Plum
had been running three of these machines for over two
years before he made an effort to put them on the market
— indeed, during the period of their development he had no
notion of doing any more than saving himself a great deal
of worry, and some money. About two years of constant
work l-unning presses at an average speed of 2,200 an hour
could not but excite curiosity among his friends in the
trade, and it was not long before other printers were impor¬
tuning him to make them a machine or so. The desire to
accommodate his friends brought home to him the fact that
if they wanted his invention it could be sold to printers
throughout the country, which would permit him to manu¬
facture it to the best advantage — in large quantities.
The device was named “ Humana,” and within nine
months after placing the first machine outside his own
plant, Mr. Plum was literally swamped with orders. When
printers recognized the merit and working ability of
“ Humana ” they were quick to respond. More than one
hundred machines have been installed and every installa¬
tion has proved a complete success. The Continental Insur¬
ance Company, of New York, and the Yawman & Erbe Com¬
pany, of Rochester, New York, are among the large users,
the last mentioned firm installing six machines.
An inspection of “ Humana ” shows it to be a simple
direct-acting device which can be attached in a very few
hours without changing the construction or operation of a
Gordon. Its action is easy and noiseless. After starting,
the machine requires so little attention that one man can
easily attend to two, his sole duty being placing the stock
and taking away the finished product. Envelopes, tags,
almost any weight of cardboard, as well as paper sheets
and booklets, are fed to accurate register by the “Humana”
at a speed which nearly doubles the output of the press.
We are told that all the users of the attachment are enthu¬
siastic and have no hesitancy in writing full particulars to
those inquiring about its success.
Realizing the magnitude of the Middle West field, a
sales office has been established in Chicago at 1508 Fisher
building, in charge of C. T. Smith, who will handle the
business west of Pennsylvania. Within the past few months
the Chicago office alone has taken orders far in excess of the
factory’s ability to produce. During two months more than
twenty orders for the “ Humana ” on trial have been re¬
ceived and thirteen of the attachments have been installed.
Perhaps the very best evidence of “ Humana’s ” success is
shown in the fact that more than half of the thirteen print¬
ers having installations have sent in repeat orders.
COPPER AND STEEL DIE ENGRAVING MACHINE.
The Engravers’ & Printers’ Machinery Company, Incor¬
porated, of 108 Fulton street, New York city, announce
as ready for the market their new copper and steel engra¬
ving machine. In a neatly printed and designed pamphlet
COPPER AND STEEL ENGRAVING MACHINE.
the manufacturers say: “This machine engraves block,
roman, shaded old English, French script and similar
styles of lettering on copper plates and steel dies. It is not
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intended for heavy and deep engraving, suitable for die-
stamping, though to a limited extent it does this work satis¬
factorily. It is really a copperplate engraving machine —
nothing more. It does beautiful work on commercial and
social stationery. It is the invention of a mechanical engi¬
neer who has a broad and accurate knowledge of the engra¬
ving art, and who has had every advantage, technical and
financial, in perfecting it. The machines are now and have
been for some time in successful commercial operation,
day in and day out, turning out a highly satisfactory qual¬
ity of engraving at a very low price. The machine is easily
operated by any bright boy or girl. The modus operandi
is as follows: The plate is covered with an etching ground
and placed in the machine. The subject-matter to be
engraved is placed in the type-clamp and the lines rapidly
followed by the boy. A sharp diamond cuts through the
ground and then suitable etching fluid is poured over the
plate for two or more minutes. If necessary, a few cuts
are put in by hand and the plate is ready for printing. It
has been our aim to have the machine leave the engraving
just short of complete, say nine-tenths perfect, so that a
little handwork here and there might be necessary.” The
manufacturers, in their leaflet, show a very interesting
statement of operation as to cost, etc., and those contem¬
plating an addition of this class of machinery should write
to the manufacturers for full particulars.
“JOE” HAYS COMES WEST.
Business has increased so much with the Lanston Mono¬
type Company that it has been compelled to increase the
force and augment the functions of the Chicago office. It
is now the headquarters of what is known as “ The Western
District,” composed of seventeen States. Mr. Joseph Hays
has been appointed manager of the new division, with Mr.
Richard Beresford as assistant manager.
JH. JOSEPH HAYS.
Mr. Hays is one of the best-known men in printerdom,
especially in the East. For the past four years he has been
assistant sales manager of the Monotype Company, with
headquarters at the home office in Philadelphia. But the
Monotype Company’s western manager was in the craft’s
eye long before he added stimulus to the selling methods of
that company. He has occupied positions on the executive
forces of large printing-offices, and consequently has an
extensive knowledge of the inside of the business. Mx\
Hays’ fame in trade circles and popularity with printers
are more largely the result of his activity in organization
work. A pioneer in the board of trade movement, he made
MR. RICHARD BERESFORD.
his mark in developing the machinery necessary for the
conduct of board affairs. He it was who compiled the price-
book, and participated in establishing the Master Printer.
This experience, combined with his geniality, assures Mr.
Hays’ success in his new field.
His chief lieutenant, Mr. Beresford, is also an East¬
erner. He learned his trade in his father’s office at Wash¬
ington, D. C., and for several years was superintendent of
the printing department of the Westinghouse Electric &
Manufacturing Company, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He
has been in the selling game for some years, and his suc¬
cess is attested by his steady rise in the Monotype force.
A NOVEL METHOD OF DECORATING PAPER
AND FABRICS.
The Coloroll Manufacturing Company, of Orange, New
Jersey, have devised a special machine for decorating
paper and other flat material in rolls or sheets. The prin¬
cipal feature of this machine is the medium of coloration,
which is a composition of gelatin or similar compound
that is made soluble in water and colored by anilin or
other pigments. This roller they have named “ Coloroll,”
as it is by this means the paper or other flat material is
decorated by simple contact and pressure, the color being
subtracted from the gelatin compound, which acts as a
vehicle. The coloroll is cast on a steel tube from 6 to 8
inches in diameter. It gives a continuous pattern, which
may be varied indefinitely by giving the roller a faster or
slower speed than the material to be decorated. Many
curious and striking designs are produced, not unlike the
variegated German marbled paper. These designs may be
made to vary every few inches and repeat the variation
exactly at the will of the operator, or automatically. We
have examined specimens of paper from a roll, silk ribbon,
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plush, leather, kraft papers, and have found a surprising
variety of designs, all more or less pleasing.
It is the intention of the company to develop the Colo-
roll Press so that electros and original half-tones and zincs
may be attached and printed from, making it a rotary press.
The decorating of paper by the composition roll is an aux¬
iliary feature which may be run in connection with any
press now made.
ATTRACTIVE BOND PAPERS.
A new sample-book of Marquette Bond papers, recently
issued by the Swigart Paper Company, Chicago, illus¬
trates in an effective manner the adaptability of this par¬
ticular paper to the production of commercial stationery.
The booklet consists of examples of letter-heads in one or
more colors, in letterpress, lithograph and steel-die print¬
ing, and forms an excellent showing of the papers, nine
colors being shown. The cover, a reproduction of which
we show herewith, contains an attractive design of a nature
that harmonizes thoroughly with the name of the paper,
“ Marquette Bond,” and is printed in two colors.
THE CLEVELAND FOLDING MACHINE.
In an attractive circular entitled “ More Profit in Your
Bindery,” the Cleveland Folding Machine Company, of
Cleveland, Ohio, sets forth the advantages of its excellent
machine. Among the features of this machine are its abil¬
ity to make special folds for advertising purposes in addi¬
tion to the regular right-angle and parallel folds, to fold
any weight and grade of paper from onion-skin to cover-
stock, and its great adaptability to a wide range of sizes of
paper. It does not use tapes, knives, cams or changeable
gears in folding, but is built of metal throughout, the fold¬
ing rolls being of steel.
MR. J. X. BRANDS JOINS THE PARSONS TRADING
COMPANY.
Mr. J. X. Brands, formerly New York manager of the
F. Wesel Manufacturing Company, has joined the Parsons
Trading Company, of New York, and will have charge of
their export business in printers’ supplies and machinery.
Mr. Brands is well known in this country as an author¬
ity on the supply business, and few men have so thorough
a knowledge of the intricate details of printing and plate¬
making.
His apprenticeship began when the Washington hand
press, with its “ mighty ” lever, was the printing-press of
his native Iowa town. But those were “ hustling ” times in
the West, and in the ten years Mr. Brands spent in that
job and news office he saw it pass through all the stages of
evolution until he found himself superintendent of an
up-to-date plant with a modern equipment throughout. In
that time he had gained an all-around knowledge and prac¬
tical experience in all the various branches, including the
running of the rotary perfecting press.
In the early eighties he entered the printers’ supplies
business, and was eminently successful as traveling type-
salesman, and later as manager of a group of Pacific Coast
branches of the American Type Founders Company. For
them he also managed an electrotype and stereotype foun¬
dry and a ready-print business, so that when he went to
New York in 1904 he already had an unusually well-
rounded experience. During his six years with the F.
Wesel Manufacturing Company he had frequent use for his
J. X. BRANDS.
skill in laying out plants and equipments, and here he had
to meet those varied problems which come from all over
the world to New York for solution. With the Parsons
Trading Company, whose branches and activities ai’e world
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wide, he now has a broader field than ever for his abilities,
and his many friends wish him success in his new under¬
taking. _ _
ADJUSTABLE HAND TYPE-MOLD.
Arthur S. Taylor, 63 Main street, Yonkers, New York,
recently invented and has just placed on the market an
adjustable hand type-mold, something entirely new and
very convenient. Mr. Taylor has prepared a very interest¬
ing pamphlet setting forth briefly the many features of this
new type-mold, and any one contem¬
plating the use of this device should
correspond with the manufacturer.
Mr. Taylor has this to say in brief
concerning his adjustable hand type-
mold, patented in 1910: “A sorts
caster for the use of printers and
other users of movable types. A con¬
venience, time and money saver with-
Taylor’s Adjustable Hand out equal in any printing-office. No
Type-mold. other expense needed beyond the first
equipment, except for the metal to cast with, and the old
discarded type of a printing-office is the best metal for the
purpose. Any letter, character or cut from six-point to
6 by 10 picas can be duplicated with this mold. You can
make a matrix from any letter you have and from that
matrix cast any number of duplicates. No waiting two or
three weeks for job sorts. In a few minutes you can make
any sort you want practically without cost. The type cast
is so near perfect that it can not be distinguished from the
original in the printed result. Simple and strong in con¬
struction, no delicate parts to wear out or break. No great
skill required to operate the mold. After a little practice
an intelligent boy can use it successfully. This is not an
electrotyping or stereotyping outfit. The individual letters
are cast true to body and space.”
SPECIALTY PRINTING.
BY HENRY DROUET.
That this is the age of specialization is as true in the
printing business as it is in every other business, and
almost without exception the printer who has achieved
success is the printer with the specialty, or the printer with
the monopoly on a certain line of work. In this category of
specialty printers can also be included the large publish¬
ing houses, such as McGraw Publishing Company, Curtis
Publishing Company, David C. Cook & Co., Youths’ Com¬
panion, and many others, as each of these firms are suc¬
cessful, owing to the fact that they are specializing.
My experience with specialty printers has brought the
fact most forcibly to my attention that the general printer
loses many golden opportunities to materially add to the
profit of his plant by not taking advantage of the specialty
work offered him from time to time. By specialty work, I
have particularly in mind that class of work out of the
ordinary and which the general printer is not equipped to
handle. This very fact, that the general printer is not
equipped to handle the job, should cause him to think that
there are a great many other printers similarly lacking in
equipment, and cause him to investigate the demand for
this particular class of work.
In the past few years I have sold a number of concerns
a specialty press to do certain classes of work that could
not be handled by the regular job-plant equipment. Thus
several very valuable contracts were taken away from the
printer, to whom they rightfully belonged. As an illustra¬
tion, I would call attention to ticket-printing. A few years
ago there were comparatively few printers who could handle
tickets, and the enormous demand for tickets, delivered in
rolls and in strips, has caused a number of concerns to
specialize on this class of work entirely, and many of them
have been very successful.
A few years ago one of the largest unions in the coun¬
try, which required millions of cloth labels in rolls, was
obliged to organize its own printing plant, equipped with
special machinery to handle this work, as it could find
no printer with an equipment to give it the product as it
desired it. A gummed-paper manufacturer is also oper¬
ating a specialty plant for gummed labels, as very few
printers cared to handle gummed stock. The success of
this plant is almost incredible, and quite recently a manu¬
facturer of billing machines has been obliged to add a print¬
ing plant to his factory, as the tape for his machine could
not be procured from the general printer. These are but a
few of many instances that could be given. Almost every
line of trade sends me samples of work that it desires to
do, which in reality is a simple matter and yet can not be
handled by the local printers. The majority of these sam¬
ples can be printed to the best advantage from the roll and
many of them require printing and rewinding in a roll,
which leads me to believe that it would be to the advantage
of every large-sized plant to install some form of roll¬
printing press with punching and perforating attachments
to handle this class of work. By a large plant, I mean any
plant that can keep four or five cylinder presses busy.
It is not necessary that these presses should be kept
busy continuously on specialty work, as presses of this type
can also be used for general work, and as it is possible to
make your own price on specialty work, a few orders of
this kind will pay a handsome profit on the investment.
It is impossible, of course, to do justice to this subject
in this brief manner, but a little inquiry on behalf of the
printers would convince even the most skeptical printer
that the specialty field is a very large one, that has been
very much neglected. I would particularly call attention to
the large demand for printing in the reel, covering gummed
labels, gummed tape, recording tapes for measuring and
indicating devices, also loose-leaf and manifold work, spe¬
cialty index and postal cards, die-cut labels, box tops, car¬
tons, advertising novelties and specialties.
ANOTHER SUBSTITUTE FOR CELLULOID.
A German chemist, Dr. A. Eichengruen, is reported to
have discovered an incombustible substitute for celluloid.
Numerous attempts have been made to find an acetylcellu¬
lose product that would replace celluloid, which is made
of nitrocellulose. Incombustible compounds have been
obtained, but none which could take the place of celluloid.
The acetylcellulose products could not be used in the manu¬
facture of all sorts of objects as can celluloid. For instance,
it is impossible to make objects more than one-fourth of a
millimeter in thickness out of cellit, of which incombusti¬
ble cinematograph films are made.
Doctor Eichengruen’s product, called “ cellon ” (also an
acetylcellulose product), is reported to furnish a satisfac¬
tory commercial substitute for celluloid which can be made
into all sorts of objects. According to reports it can be
colored in any way that celluloid can and also be made to
imitate tortoise shell. When brought into contact with a
flame “ cellon ” melts, but does not take fire. By a similar
process Doctor Eichengruen secures a “ cellon ” varnish.
According to newspaper reports, preparations have been
made to manufacture “ cellon ” and “ cellon ” objects on a
large scale. — Consul-General Frank D. Hill, Frankfort,
Germany.
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WANT ADVERTISEMENTS.
Prices for this department: 40 cents for each ten words or less; mini¬
mum charge, 80 cents. Under “ Situations Wanted,” 25 cents for each ten
words or less; minimum charge, 50 cents. Address to be counted. Price
invariably the same whether one or more insertions are taken. Cash must
accompany the order. The insertion of ads. received in Chicago
later than the ISth of the month preceding publication not guar¬
anteed.
BOOKS.
“ COST OP PRINTING,” by F. W. Baltes, presents a system of accounting
which has been in successful operation for many years, is suitable for
large or small printing-offices, and is a safeguard against errors, omissions or
losses ; its use makes it absolutely certain that no work can pass through
the office without being charged, and its actual cost in all details shown.
74 pages, 6% by 10 inches, cloth, $1.50. THE INLAND PRINTER COM¬
PANY, Chicago.
INLAND PRINTERS FOR SALE CHEAP — Complete from October, 1886,
to June, 1909 ; first 8 volumes bound ; all good condition. C. D.
SEAMAN, Knoxville, Tenn.
PAPER PURCHASERS’ GUIDE, by Edward Siebs. Contains list of all bond,
flat, linen, ledger, cover, manila and writing papers carried in stock by
Chicago dealers, with full and broken package prices. Every buyer of paper
should have one. 25 cents. THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
PRICES FOR PRINTING, by F. W. Baltes. Complete cost system and
selling prices. Adapted to anv locality. Pocket size. $1 by mail.
THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago. _
SIMPLEX TYPE COMPUTER, by J. L. Kelman. Tells instantly the number
of picas or ems there are in any width, and the number of lines per inch
in length of any type, from 5% to 12 point. Gives accurately and quickly
the number of ems contained in any size of composition, either by picas or
square inches, in all the different sizes of body-type, and the nearest
approximate weight of metal per 1,000 ems, if set by Linotype or Monotype
machine. Price, $1.50. THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
THE RUBAIYAT OF MIRZA MEM’N, published by Henry Olendorf Shepard,
Chicago, is modeled on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ; the delicate
imagery of old Omar has been preserved in this modem Rubaiyat, and there
are new gems that give it high place in the estimation of competent critics ;
as a gift-book nothing is more appropriate ; the binding is superb, the text
is artistically set on white plate paper, the illustrations are half-tones, from
original paintings, hand-tooled; size of books, 7% by 9% inches, art vellum
cloth, combination white and purple, or full purple, $1.50 ; edition de luxe,
red or brown India ooze leather, $4; pocket edition, 3 by 5%, 76 pages,
bound in blue cloth, lettered in gold on front and back, complete in every
way except the illustrations, with full explanatory notes and exhaustive
index, 50 cents. THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
TO LOVERS OF ART PRINTING — A limited edition of 200 numbered
copies of Gray’s “ Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,” designed,
hand-lettered and illuminated in water-colors by F. J. Trezise. Printed
from plates on imported hand-made paper and durably and artistically
bound. Price, boxed, $2 postpaid. THE INLAND PRINTER CO., Chicago.
VEST-POCKET MANUAL OF PRINTING, a full and concise explanation of
the technical points in the printing trade, for the use of the printer and
his patrons ; contains rules for punctuation and capitalization, style, mark¬
ing proof, make-up of book, sizes of books, sizes of the untrimmed leaf,
number of words in a square inch, diagrams of imposition, and much other
valuable information not always at hand when wanted ; 50 cents. THE
INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
1,000 EMS ” gives the accurate measurements of all body-types ; price,
$1. V. L. R. SIMMONS, Cadillac, Mich.
FOR SALE — The only paper (independent) in southeast Missouri town of
1,800 ; a good proposition for party wanting to buy a first-class news¬
paper and job office; price, $3,000; $2,000 cash. ‘ D. BRIGHT, East
Prairie, Mo.
PATENTS WANTED — I will furnish the necessaiy money to put any good,
profitable article on the market. Give full particulars. F 348.
PRINTING-OFFICE IN CLEVELAND — Established 12 years ; invoice
$8,000; sell for half for quick sale; going South account health;
must sell quick ; rare opportunity ; don’t answer unless you have $2,000
cash and mean business. F 294.
WANTED — A practical printer who has some money and experience in
mail-order business ; I have the plant. D. B. CROPSEY, Fairbury, Neb.
WANTED • — ■ Reliable printing concern, one equipped to do first-class work,
to print artistic booklet and other literature for one of the oldest com¬
mercial pecan-orchard companies and to take their pay for same wholly
or in part in developed pecan orchards ; can refer you to well-known Chi¬
cago business men who have seen and invested in our orchards. F 357.
Publishing.
HALF INTEREST in periodical and book publishing business, devoted to
out-of-door life and sport ; $35,000 required. HARRIS-D1BBLE COM¬
PANY, Masonic bldg., New York.
FOR SALE.
BOOKBINDERS’ MACHINERY ; rebuilt Nos. 3 and 4 Smyth book-sewing
machines, thoroughly overhauled and in first-class order. JOSEPH E.
SMYTH, 634 Federal st., Chicago.
FOR SALE — Cases, news and italic cases ; in good condition ; will sell
cheap. THE H. O. SHEPARD CO., 632 Sherman st., Chicago, Ill.
FOR SALE CHEAP — One Cottrell, 2-revolution cylinder press, 35 by 52,
4 big form rollers with vibrators, angle rollers and plate distribution,
rear delivery (tapeless), has air chambers; this press can be seen in oper¬
ation ; I R. Hoe & Co. cylinder press, 21 by 23. THE PENNSYLVANIA
SOAP COMPANY, Lancaster, Pa.
FOR SALE — Nearly new Lanston Monotype keyboard and casting machine ;
guaranteed perfect condition; low price; reasonable terms. THE
OKLAHOMAN, Oklahoma City, Olda.
FOR SALE — 2-revolution Cottrell, 35 by 52, air springs, 1,600, $450 ;
Acme stapler, good condition ; stereotyping outfit ; 25 fonts wood type
and dustproof cabinet; 6 10 by 15 steel Peerless chases; assortment poster
chases; 2 series script, 12 to 36; 25 pounds 11-point italic; series 8 to
30 Lining Light ; 25 pounds each 8, 10, 12 Condensed Gothic (new) ; 50
pounds 12 Typewriter ; 50 pounds each 18 and 24 DeVinne ; set Rouse
register hooks ; assortment borders, etc. ; all in good condition ; would
sell on time or exchange for job press, ruling machine, job chases, or what
have you? BOX 863, Dowagiac, Mich.
ENGRAVING METHODS.
ANYBODY CAN MAKE CUTS with my simple transferring and etching
process ; nice cuts from prints, drawing, photos are easily and quickly
made by the unskilled on common sheet zinc ; price of process, $1 ; all
material costs at any drug store about 75 cents. Write for circulars and
specimens. THOMAS M. DAY, Box 12, Windfall, Ind.
MAKE CUTS — Anybody can make multiplate half-tones easily, quickly and
cheaply. Multiplate and improved process, $2 ; guaranteed ; specimens
free. M. T. McKINLEY, Winona, Minn.
HELP WANTED.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
A HIGHLY PROFITABLE, SMALL (special line) printing business in New
York city can be bought at a most favorable price by a practical printer
(compositor) ; the necessity to sell is entirely one of the health of the
present proprietor; business established 20 years. F 345.
A MODERN, MEDIUM-SIZED SHOP — Linotypes, folder, Miehle presses,
power cutter and other excellent equipment is for sale in a good town ;
large outside business, can be doubled ; 2 practical men can make it very
profitable; an unusual opportunity; other business. F 172.
FOR SALE — One-half interest in manufacturing business ; rollers, inks,
general press furnishings ; in one of Oklahoma’s best towns. F 335.
FOR SALE — One-third interest in a modern printing plant in Central
West ; city of 40,000 population ; a good opportunity. F 331.
FOR SALE — Printing-office and bookbindery with established mail-order
business; invoice $6,000 and building $3,000; controlling interest for
half that amount. F 340.
FOR SALE — - The largest and best-equipped steel-die and copperplate print¬
ing plant in the city of San Francisco, Cal. Address E. E. CARRERAS,
547 Mission st.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR WORK? — File your name with The Inland
Printer Employment Exchange and it will reach all employers seeking
help in any department. During the past few months we have received
calls for the following : Job printers, 7 ; machine operators, 2 ; monotype
men, 2 ; linotype operators, 5 ; foremen, 4 ; all-around man, 1 ; book¬
binders, 3 ; stonemen, 3 ; compositors, 6 ; half-tone finisher, 1 ; photo¬
engraver, 1 ; designer, 1 ; pressmen, 5 ; proofreaders, 2 ; stereotyper, 1 ;
manager, 1. Registration fee, $1 ; name remains on list as long as desired ;
blanks sent on request. THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, 632 Sherman
st., Chicago.
All-around Men.
JOB PRINTER — Experienced man not over 35 years; for small indus¬
trial plant in country; give full particulars and pay expected. F 275.
Artists.
ARTIST WANTED — A good, reliable sober man who can retouch and do
black-and-white work, also good at lettering. F 327.
Bookbinders.
WANTED — Folding-machine operator ; steady work and good wages to the
right man. F 319.
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OTYP” combines perfect working qualities with a brilliant, smooth, finished appearance. We shall be glad
to demonstrate this fact to any interested printer by shipping a one-pound can on approval. Light
Gold, Deep Gold, Copper and Aluminum — $3.00 per pound. Liberal discounts to jobbers.
J AS. H. FURMAN, 1“ "^1,^
Manufactured by THE CANADIAN BRONZE POWDER WORKS
Montreal — Toronto — Valleyfield.
Sole Agent and Distributor
In the United States :
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Electrotypers.
ELECTROTYPE HOLDER WANTED — Owing to growth of business, a
molder is wanted by The Crowell Publishing Company, Springfield,
Ohio ; position permanent : experienced married man preferred, although
applications of younger men who have had some molding experience will
he considered. Address FOREMAN, Electrotype Department, Woman’s
Home Companion, Springfield, Ohio, giving full particulars of experience
■and references.
Engravers.
WANTED — Able and experienced engravers for bag work; state experience
and salary desired. E 328.
Estimators.
WANTED — Estimator experienced in figuring the better grade booklet and
catalogue work involving the use of three or four color process plates ;
in replying, give present and former connections ; also state your quali¬
fications in detail. THE H. W. WEISBRODT CO., Cincinnati. Ohio.
Foremen, Managers and Superintendents.
COMPOSING-ROOM FOREMAN — Capable man, with plenty of push, for
most progressive and best-equipped plant in Milwaukee, whose business
is constantly increasing; must take between $1,000 and $2,000 interest.
F 356.
SUPERINTENDENT WANTED for newspaper plant issuing morning, eve¬
ning and weekly editions ; 15 Linotypes ; combined composing-room
staff, about 70; average edition, 28 pages; none but a live, responsible,
experienced man, one capable of taking - complete supervision of day and
night composing-room foremen and the superintendence of the plant, need
apply ; this is a good-sized job and will require a good man, one possessing
initiative and organizing qualities to fill it to the satisfaction of the adver¬
tiser ; location — the Northwest, in a live city of 150,000 ; applications
will be treated confidentially and should state salary expected. F 346.
"WANTED — Foreman of composing-room on high-grade catalogue work ;
foreman must have executive abilitv and be able to lay out all the work
in pencil ; none but men of the very best talent need apply. THE
REPUBLICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, Hamilton, Ohio.
Miscellaneous.
WANTED — Boy who has some knowledge of printing trade to finish up
in first-class office where he can learn the Linotype. Address THE
GAZETTE, New Hampton, Iowa.
Operators and Machinists.
EMPIRE MERGENTHALEI5 LINOTYPE SCHOOL, 419 First av., New York.
SPECIAL RATES: 6 weeks, $50; 8 weeks, $65; 12 weeks, $80; 30
weeks, $150 ; good machines, expert instructors ; hundreds of graduates.
■“ We Succeed Because Our Graduates Do.” Write for interesting pros¬
pectus.
WANTED — Experienced Simplex typesetting-machine operators ; steady
work, highest wages, 8-hour shop. M. M. ROTHSCHILD, 711 S. Dear¬
born st., Chicago.
Salesmen.
A WELL-KNOWN HOUSE, manufacturing printers’ supplies, wants a real
sales manager — not merely a salesman who thinks he can succeed in
such a position, but an experienced director of salesmen who has made a
success and can get results ; no other need apply ; he must be a “ live
wire,” with the selling instinct — that is to say, he must be an accom¬
plished salesman himself, have the ability' to handle a force of salesmen
and be able to impart his selling ability and enthusiasm to them ; good
personal character, business reputation, tenacity' of purpose and a willing¬
ness to go when and where needed are important essentials, and the man
who can come up to requirements can have a desirable and permanent
connection. F 324.
INSTRUCTION.
A BEGINNER on the Mergenthaler will find the THALER KEYBOARD
invaluable ; the operator out of practice will find it just the thing he
needs ; exact touch, bell announces finish of line ; 22-page instruction book.
When ordering, state which lay'out you want — No. 1, without fractions ;
No. 2, two-letter with commercial fractions, two-letter without commercial
fractions, standard Junior, German. THALER KEYBOARD COMPANY, 505
“ P ” st., N. W., Washington, D. C. ; also all agencies Mergenthaler Lino¬
type Company. Price, $4.
BEFORE PURCHASING A LINOTYPE KEYBOARD, send for descriptive
circular regarding the Eclipse Keyboard, at $3, complete with instruc¬
tion book, copvholder and diagrams of 12 different keyboard layouts ; best
value on market. ECLIPSE KEYBOARD COMPANY, 117 S. "Bonner st.,
Dayton, Ohio.
N. E. LINOTYPE SCHOOL, 7 Dix place, Boston. Mass. Four-machine plant,
run solely' as school ; liberal hours, thorough instruction ; our grad¬
uates succeed. Write for particulars before deciding.
MISCELLANEOUS.
WANTED — Schemes and puzzles for circulation builders. LOCK BOX E,
Fremont, Ohio.
PHOTOGRAVURE.
THE NEW PHOTOGRAVURE — Get wise to this up-to-date, most profitable
printing process ; rapid photogravure made easy' ; don’t experiment,
start right ; have helped others, wh.v not you ? Address SPECIALIST, Geo.
S. Barlow, 125 Fulton st., New York city, care Frank.
SITUATIONS WANTED.
DO YOU WANT HELP FOR ANY DEPARTMENT? — The Inland Printer
Employment Exchange has lists of available employees for all depart¬
ments, which will be furnished free upon receipt of stamped, self-addressed
envelope. THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, 632 Sherman st., Chicago.
All-around Men.
SITUATION WANTED — By sober, experienced, all-around country printer
(union) ; some experience at Linotype. SAM. C. BAKER, Hardins-
burg, Ky.
Compositors.
SITUATION WANTED by a two-thirder, with chance to finish trade. F 353.
SITUATION WANTED by' first-class ad. and job printer ; union ; East
preferred. F 341.
Folder Operator.
EXPERIENCED OPERATOR on Dexter folding machines seeks better posi¬
tion ; capable of taking full charge in large book-publishing house ;
New York State preferred. F 329.
Foremen, Managers and Superintendents.
PRINTER, German-Ameriean (non-union), wants position as foreman of
composing-room or general foreman ; thoroughly' experienced ; commer¬
cial or private plant : city or country ; minimum wages, $30 per week.
CARL GRAEFF, 369 West King st., Winona, Minn.
PRINTING SUPERINTENDENT — High-grade experience, including costs,
estimating, sales, efficiency ; write me. WILLIS, 1336 West Washington
blvd., Chicago.
SUPERINTENDENT — Of up-to-date shop which requires a hustler always
on the job ; am 36, married, absolutely reliable, abreast of the times,
using judgment as to time required for getting out work ; best references.
II. G. DWINELL, Hamilton, Ohio.
SUPERINTENDENT of large publishing plant wants similar position;
familiar with working details in all departments, including purchasing;
location unimportant ; evidence of ability upon request. F 355.
SUPERINTENDENT — Young man, 35, seeks position as superintendent;
experienced executive, accustomed to handling large force and big vol¬
ume of business ; systematic factory manager, familiar with cost systems
and cost-system installation ; first-class houses only ; Philadelphia or New
York preferred. F 358
TO NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS — If you are looking for a practical
superintendent for your pressroom, or pressroom and stereotyping depart¬
ments, would like to correspond with you ; 20 years’ experience, thoroughly
capable ; union ; can furnish best of references. F 344.
Lithographers.
LITHOGRAPHIC ARTIST to go to China ; first-class man at stipple and
pen work ; able to do whole jobs alone, say, 12 colors ; must be expert
with Ben Day machine in blending colors with films on intricate designs ;
good salary right party ; state fully experience, age, etc. F 352.
Operators and Machinists.
A-l JOB COMPOSITOR-LINOTYPE MACHINIST — Combination man, Mer¬
genthaler factory graduate, all-around man, experienced make-up, jobber
and machinist-operator in New York city and Philadelphia offices ; fill time
(if necessary) as competent jobber and ad. -man, book-news make-up ;
desires permanent situation and advancement in growing town ; two or
more linotype plant preferred, long distance, send transportation fare.
F 284.
Pressmen.
CYLINDER PRESSMAN, half-tone and color work, desires to make change;
good executive; consider Greater New York position only'. F 333.
PRESSMAN, thorough experience, desires position; $15. J. B., 37 Boyd
av., Jersey City, N. J.
SITUATION WANTED — A-l cylinder pressman ; 18 years’ experience on
high-class work ; sober and reliable. F 342.
WANTED — Position as pressman by young married man with 5 years’
experience on cylinder and platen presses ; sober and reliable, and can
give good references ; Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas or Colorado preferred ; non¬
union. F 334.
A 1^17 lV/inM!7V hy attaching NEW CENTURY FOUNTAINS
|Y| ^ p. |V|I 111 Pj I to your jobbers. The perfection of fountains. Will increase
press output from 3,000 to 5,000 a day on steady runs. No readjusting
after washup or when changing impressions. One-screw ink feed. One-screw roller contact. Will not mark the print.
Minimizes danger of offset by reason of uniform inking. Can be taken apart in a few seconds, with the fingers, without
screw-driver or wrench. Will do the work of a long fountain without its disadvantages. It is a producer of RESULTS —
More Impressions and Better IVork. For Chandler & Price , Challenge, and all Gordon Presses.
Get a descriptive circular from your dealer or send to us. THE WAGNER MFG. CO., Scranton, Pa.
THE INLAND PRINTER
449
Salesmen.
SALES MANAGER for a modern, progressive printing and engraving plant ;
am married, sober, reliable and thoroughly experienced, having worked
in all branches of the business; been on the sales end for ten years; pre¬
fer New Orleans or the South, but will consider a good proposition else¬
where if the prospects are right. F 287.
TYPE.
SEND US $1 for a complete set of 2G fancy initial letters: just the thing
for nice circular and booklet work. PEERLESS TYPE FOUNDRY,
Winona, Minn.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Bookbinders’ and Printers* Machinery.
DEXTER FOLDER COMPANY, Pearl River, N. Y. Folding machines, auto¬
matic feeders for presses, folders and ruling machines. 2-12
Bookbinders’ Supplies.
SLADE, HIPP & MELOY, Incpd., 157 W. Lake st., Chicago. Also paper-box
makers’ supplies. I-12
Book Dies.
BR \SS BOOK STAMPS and embossing dies of all descriptions. CHICAGO
EMBOSSING CO., 12G N. Union st., Chicago. tf
Calendar Manufacturers.
COMPLETE AND ARTISTIC LINES of high-embossed calendar subjects,
German make excelled, with prices that insure business. CHICAGO
EMBOSSING CO., 126 N. Union st., Chicago, Ill. tf
HEAVY EMBOSSED bas-relief calendars. America’s classiest line. Black
and white, three-color and hand-tinted. H. E. SMITH CO., Indianapolis,
Ind. _ 12-11
Case-making and Embossing.
SHEPARD, THE H. 0., CO., G32 Sherman st., Chicago. Write for esti¬
mates. 1-12
Chase Manufacturers.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, Chicago. Electric-welded steel
chases. 1-11
Chicago Embossing Company.
EMBOSSERS of quality. Calendar backs, catalogue covers, menu tablets,
announcement covers, etc. CHICAGO EMBOSSING CO., 126 N. Union
st.. Chicago. tf
Copper and Zinc Prepared for Half-tone and Zinc Etching.
AMERICAN STEEL & COPPER PLATE COMPANY, THE, 116 Nassau st.,
New Y’ork ; 610 Federal st., Chicago; Mermod-Jaecard bldg., St. Louis,
Mo. Satin-finish plates. 6-11
Cost Systems and Installations.
COST SYSTEMS designed and installed to meet every condition in the
graphic trades. Write for booklet, “ The Science of Cost Finding.”
TIIE ROBERT S. DENHAM CO., 342 Caxton bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. 10-11
Counters.
HART, R. A., Battle Creek, Mich. Counters for job presses. Also paper
joggers, “ Giant ” Gordon press-brakes. Printers’ form trucks. 5-12
Cylinder Presses.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, 168 W. Monroe st., Chicago. Bab¬
cock drums, two-revolution and fast new presses. Also rebuilt machines.
7-11
Electrotypers and Stereotypers.
II. F. McC'AFFERTY’ CO., nickeltyping and fine half-tone work, 141 East
25th st., New York. Phone, 5286 Madison square. 3-12
Electrotypers’ and Stereotypers’ Machinery.
HOE, R., & CO., New York and London. Manufacturers of printing, stereo¬
typing and electrotvping machinery. Chicago offices, 7 S. Dearborn st.,
11-11
THE OSTRANDER-SEYMOUR CO., General Offices, Tribune bldg., Chicago.
Eastern Office, 38 Park Row, New York. Send for catalogue. 1-12
W1LLIAMS-LLOYD MACHINERY COMPANY, office and selesrooms, 626
Federal st., Chicago. Eastern representatives: United Printing Machin¬
ery Company, Boston-New York. 2-11
Embossers and Engravers — Copper and Steel.
FREUND, WM., & SONS, est. 1865. Steel and copper plate engravers and
printers, steel-die makers and embossers. Write for samples and esti¬
mates. 16-20 East Randolph st., Chicago. 3-11
Embossing Composition.
STEWART’S EMBOSSING BOARD — • Easy to use, hardens like iron ; 6 by 9
inches; 3 for 40c, 6 for 60c, 12 for $1, postpaid. THE INLAND
PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
Embossing Dies.
EMBOSSING DIES THAT EMBOSS. We are specialists in this line. Every
job tested upon completion before leaving the plant. CHICAGO EMBOSS¬
ING CO., 126 N. Union st., Chicago, 111. tf
YOUNG, WM. R., 121-123 N. Sixth st., Philadelphia, Pa. Printing and
embossing dies, brass, steel, zinc; first-class workmanship. 6-11
Gummed Papers.
IDEAL COATED PAPER CO., Brookfield, Mass. Imported and domestic
guaranteed non-curling gummed papers. 5-12
JONES, SAMUEL, & CO., Waverly Park, N. J. Our specialty is Non¬
curling Gummed Paper. Stocks in every city. 2-12
Gummed Tape in Rolls and Rapid Sealing Machine.
JAMES 1). McLAURIN & CO., INC., 63 Park Row, New Y’ork city. “ Bull¬
dog ” and “ Blue Ribbon ” brands gummed tape. Every inch guaran¬
teed to stick. 6-11
Ink Manufacturers.
AMERICAN PRINTING INK CO., 2314-2324 W. Kinzie st., Chicago. 3-12
Job Presses.
GOLDING MFG. CO., Franklin, Mass. Golding Jobbers, $200-$600 ; Em¬
bosser, $300-$400 ; Pearl, $70-$214 ; Roll-feed Duplex, Triplex. 8-11
Machine Work.
CUMMINGS MACHINE COMPANY, 238 William st., New York. Estimates
given on automatic machinery, bone-hardening, grinding and jobbing.
Up-to-date plant ; highest-grade work done with accuracy and despatch.
1-12
Machinery.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, Chicago. New; rebuilt. 7-11
Mercantile Agency.
THE TYPO MERCANTILE AGENCY, General Offices, 160 Broadway, New
York; Western Office, 108 S. La Salle st., Chicago. The Trade Agency
of the Paper, Book, Stationery, Printing and Publishing Trade. 7-11
Motors and Accessories for Printing Machinery.
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC COMPANY, 527 W. 34th st.. New York. Electric
equipments for printing-presses and allied machines a specialty. 3-12
Paper Cutters.
DEXTER FOLDER CO., Pearl River, N. Y'., manufacturers of automatic-
clamp cutting machines that are powerful, durable and efficient. 2-12
GOLDING MFG. CO., Franklin, Mass. Lever, $130-$200 ; Power, $240-
$600; Auto-clamp, $450-$600 ; Pearl, $40-$77 ; Card, $8-$40. 8-11
OSWEGO MACHINE WORKS, Oswego, New Y’ork. The Oswego, Brown &
Carver and Ontario — Cutters exclusively. 4-12
SIINIEDEWEND, PAUL, & CO., 631 W. Jackson blvd., Chicago. 7-11
Photoengravers.
BLOMGREN BROTHERS & CO., 512 Sherman st., Chicago. Photo, half¬
tone, wood engraving and eleetrotyping. 11-11
SHEPARD, THE HENRY’ O., CO., illustrators, engravers and electrotypers,
3-color process plates. 632 Sherman st., Chicago. 12-11
Photoengravers' Machinery and Supplies.
THE OSTRANDER-SEYMOUR C'O., General Offices, Tribune bldg., Chicago.
Eastern Office, 38 Park Row, New York. Send for catalogue. 1-12
WILLI A MS-LLOYD MACHINERY COMPANY, headquarters for photoengra¬
vers’ supplies. Office and salesrooms: 626 Federal st., Chicago. Eastern
representatives: United Printing Machinery Co., Boston-New York. 2-12
“Cramain-Gold”— Non-Tarnishing
MANUFACTURED BY
CRAMER & MAINZER - Fuerth, Bavaria
A tested and proven Metal Leaf — soft, pliable, brilliant, easy
working, and less than half as expensive as genuine Gold Leaf.
Samples and prices on request
Remember, ‘ ‘ Cr amciin- Gold has been PROVEN successful.
SOLE AGENT AND DISTRIBUTOR IN THE UNITED STATES
JAMES H. FURMAN
186 N. LaSalle Street - - - Chicago, Ill.
100 William Street ... - New York
Reputable representatives wanted In all principal cities
3-9
450
THE INLAND PRINTER
Photoengravers’ Screens.
LEVY, MAX, Wayne av. and Berkeley st., Wayne Junction, Philadelphia,
Pa. 3-12
Presses.
GOSS PRINTING PRESS COMPANY, 16th st. and Ashland av., Chicago,
manufacturers newspaper perfecting presses and special rotary printing
machinery. 1-12
HOE, R., & CO., New York and London. Manufacturers of printing, stereo¬
typing and electrotyping machinery. Chicago office, 7 S. Dearborn st.
11-11
THOMSON, JOHN, PRESS COMPANY, 253 Broadway, New York ; Fisher
bldg., Chicago; factory, Long Island City, New York. 10-11
Printers* Rollers and Roller Composition.
BINGHAM’S, SAM’L, SON MFG. CO., 316-318 S. Canal st., Chicago; also
514-518 Clark av., St. Louis; First av. and Ross st., Pittsburg; 706
Baltimore av., Kansas City ; 52-54 S. Forsythe st., Atlanta, Ga. ; 151-153
Kentucky av., Indianapolis; 675 Elm st., Dallas, Tex.; 135 Michigan st.,
Milwaukee, Wis. ; 919-921 4th st., So., Minneapolis, Minn. ; 609-611 Chest¬
nut st., Des Moines, Iowa. 3-12
BINGHAM BROTHERS COMPANY, 406 Pearl st., New York; also 521
Cherry st., Philadelphia. 10-11
BUCKIE PRINTERS’ ROLLER CO., 714 S. Clark st., Chicago; Detroit,
Mich. ; St. Paul, Minn. ; printers’ rollers and tablet composition. 6-11
MILWAUKEE PRINTERS’ ROLLER CO., 372 Milwaukee st., Milwaukee,
Wis. Printers’ rollers and tablet composition. 1-12
WILD & STEVENS, INC., 5 Purchase st., cor. High, Boston, Mass. Estab¬
lished 1850. 2-12
Printers’ Supplies.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, 168-170 W. Monroe st., Chicago.
7-11
Proof Presses for Photoengravers and Printers.
SHNIEDEWEND, PAUL, & CO., 631 W. Jackson blvd., Chicago. 7-11
Show Cards.
SHOW CARDS AND COUNTER CARDS. Cut-outs that attract attention.
High-class in every particular. CHICAGO EMBOSSING CO., 126 N.
Union st., Chicago, Ill. tf
Stereotyping Outfits.
A COLD SIMPLEX STEREOTYPING OUTFIT, $19 and up, produces the
finest book and job plates, and your type is not in danger of being ruined
by heat, simpler, better, quicker, safer, easier on the type, and costs no
more than papier-mache ; also two engraving methods costing only $5 with
materials, by which engraved plates are cast in stereo metal from drawings
made on cardboard. “ Ready-to-use ” cold matrix sheets, $1. HENRY
KAHRS, 240 E. 33d st., New York city. 8-11
Typefounders.
AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS CO., original designs, greatest output, most
complete selection. Dealer in wood type, printing machinery and print¬
ers’ supplies of all kinds. Send to nearest house for latest type specimens.
Houses — Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D. C.,
Richmond, Buffalo, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago,
Kansas City, Indianapolis, Denver, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Port¬
land, Spokane, Seattle, Vancouver. 8-11
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, Chicago. Superior copper-mixed
type. 7-11
HANSEN, H. C., TYPE FOUNDRY (established 1872), 190-192 Congress
st., Boston; 43 Centre st. and 15 Elm st.. New Y’ork. 11-11
INLAND TYPE FOUNDRY. Standard Line type and printers’ supplies, St.
Louis, New York and Chicago. 11-11
Repairing
OF
Printers’ and Lithographers’
Machinery
Erecting and Overhauling all
over the country
The B. & A. Machine Works
317*319 South Clinton Street, CHICAGO
PRESSMEN’S
OVERLAY KNIFE
This knife has been subjected to a careful test for
quality of temper. It will be found to hold a keen
edge and to be of much flexibility, enabling the
operator to divide a thin sheet of paper very deli¬
cately. In all respects it is of superior manufac¬
ture. The blade runs the entire length of the
handle and is of uniform temper throughout. As
the knife wears, cut away the covering as required.
PRICE, POSTPAID, 25 CENTS
THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY
632 Sherman Street, Chicago
1729 Tribune Building, New York
A SULLIVAN PRESS
will increase the
income from
your waste
paper, by pack¬
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SULLIVAN
MACHINERY
COMPANY
122 South Michigan Avenue, CHICAGO
GUARANTEES LINOTYPERS/1
'/4 LOWER TABULAR COST $25l
QUICK ON
Your Job Press Slow
Without The Megill Gauges !
Ask for booklet about our Gauge that automatically sets the sheet
to perfect register after the human hand has done all it can.
E. L. MEGILL, Manufacturer
60 Duane Street, New York
No glue — No sticky fingers — Clean work — Hurry work— Best work
VISE GRIP
Megili’s Patent
SPRING TONGUE GAUGE PINS
$1.20 per doz. with extra tongues.
Megili’s Patent
DOUBLE- GRIP GAUGES
$1.25 set of 3 with extra tongues.
tike HUMAN FIGURE
<By J. H. VANDERPOEL
Txe HUMAN FIGURE
Drawing and Construction by John H. Vanderpoel
Mr. John H. Vanderpoel has been for nearly thirty years one of the most distinguished teachers of
drawing in America ; himself a consummate draftsman, he has instructed thousands of men and women,
so that the list of famous American artists contains a large percentage of those who have been his pupils.
His specialty is the drawing and construction of the human figure, and in this he stands high among the
world’s masters. His knowledge of the nude, and the clear, systematic manner in which he gives it
expression, is unsurpassed in modern art instruction.
Mr. Vanderpoel’s new book is a full and concise exposition of his system. The text is a thorough
analysis of the human figure from the artist’s standpoint, feature by feature and as a whole. It is illus¬
trated with 54 full-page plates — all of them masterly drawings of the greatest value to the student— and
330 marginal sketches, none of which have ever been published, showing parts of the body in various
positions and actions. Altogether it is the most complete illustrated work on the subject now extant. To
the student and the working artist, as well as to the general public which may use such a book for refer¬
ence, the publication of Mr. Vanderpoel’s life-work is of the utmost importance.
Mechanically the book is a beautiful one, finely printed on heavy paper, solidly bound in an artistic
manner, and designed to be as convenient for reference as possible. Price, $2. OO Net.
THE INLAND
632 Sherman Street, CHICAGO
PRINTER COMPANY
1729 Tribune Building, NEW YORK
— CRAMER’S NEW —
Process Dry= Plates and
Filters “Direct” Three=color Work
Not an experiment but an accomplished fact.
Thoroughly tested in practical work before being advertised.
Full details in our new booklet “ DRY-PLATES AND COLOR-
FILTERS FOR TRICHROMATIC WORK,” containing
more complete practical information than any other book yet
published. This booklet sent free to photoengravers on request.
G. CRAMER DRY-PLATE COMPANY, St. Louis, Mo.
AS PRINTERS’ ADS Do bring orders — hun¬
dreds of printers are proving this with my service of
3-color cuts and wording. Easy to print
in any shop. 12th year. Samples Free.
CHAS.L. STILES, COLUMBUS, O.
PRINTERS — You can not afford to purchase new or rebuilt Printers’
Machinery, exchange or sell your old without consulting us.
DRISCOLL & FLETCHER Prin%s’tS0%“eYrf Works’
PRESS CONTROLLERS
MONITOR AUT SYSTEM
Fills All Requirements of Most Exacting Printers.
MONITOR CONTROLLER COMPANY
106 South Gay Street, BALTIMORE. MD.
66 A Carbon Scratch”
Did the thought of Carbon Paper ever make you scratch your head with that puzzling
look when an intelligent customer wanted to make clear, clean duplicate copies?
Just let us do the worrying for you; that is what we are here for. We did all that in
the past twenty years. The carbon condition is down to a perfect basis, provided you
tie up with a house that knows what you want. We will make demonstrative tests,
submit samples with an intelligent price-list, if you will only ask for them.
WHITFIELD CARBON PAPER WORKS
346 Broadway, New York
SUMMER ROLLERS
WE MAKE
THE BEST
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CINCINNATI. OHIO,
We use the latest up-to-date GATLING GUN
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and make solid, perfect rollers by the best
formulas.
Established 1868. Cincinnati is sufficient
address in writing or shipping.
Paper Testing
We have facilities for making chemical, microscopical and
physical tests of paper promptly and at reasonable prices.
We can be of service to the purchaser by showing him
whether he is getting what he has specified.
We can be of service to the manufacturer in disputes where
the report of a third party is likely to be more effective.
Electrical Testing Laboratories
80th Street and East End Avenue, NEW YORK CITY
Send for our Booklet No. 1 on the subject of Paper Testing.
THE GOVERNMENT STANDARD
KEYBOARD PAPER Perforations
for the MONOTYPE MACHINE
COLONIAL COMPANY, Mechanic Falls, Maine
The Central Ohio Paper Co.
COLUMBUS, OHIO.
C. Exclusive manufacturers of the Famous Swan
Linen paper for high-class Stationery and “Swans-
down” Enamel Paper. Gives any book a finished
look. Write for dummies. Prompt shipments.
“Swan Delights Whoever Writes.*'
“Rondfiind” for the Trade
lLS.|™,5LJlJLJIJLci We have put in a ROUGHING
MACHINE, and should be
pleased to fill orders from those desiring this class of work. Three-color half¬
tone pictures, gold-bronze printing, and, in fact, high-grade work of any
character, is much improved by giving it this stippled effect. All work
given prompt attention. Prices on application. Correspondence invited.
THE HENRY O. SHEPARD COMPANY
632 Sherman Street
CHICAGO
RUBBER STAMPS
AND SUPPLIES
FOR THE TRADE
YOUR customers will appreciate our prompt service.
Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Trade Discounts ”
The Barton Mf$|. Co., 335 Broadway, N. Y.
Tympan Gauge Square
FOR QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY PLACING
THE GAUGE PINS ON A PLATEN PRESS.
Made of transparent celluloid, ruled in picas. Size,
3% x 8% inches.
By placing the square over the impression of the job on
the tympan in the proper position, and marking with a pen¬
cil along the left and lower edges, the gauges can be placed
correctly at once. Will save its cost in one day’s use.
Twenty-five cents, postpaid to any address.
THE INLAND PRINTER CO.
632 SHERMAN STREET .... CHICAGO
Quick
Stringing
Saves
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Universal
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Universal
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Is the cheapest and best device for
“Stringing” Catalogues, Directories,
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Look Better and Won’t Break or Wear Out!
Let us send sample and quote you
prices.
WIRE LOOP MFG. CO.
(Successors to Universal Wire Loop Co.)
75 Shelby Street
DETROIT o o o o MICHIGAN
PATENTED
This cut illustrates one
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2 inches in thickness.
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FOR PRINTERS
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That’s what you
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Sole Foreign Agents
Economy Engineering Co.
415 S. Washtenaw Ave,
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in your
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Polished Copper
for Half-tone and Color Processes
Polished Zinc
for Line Etching, Half-tone and
Ben Day Processes
Chemicals, Supplies
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for the Shop, Gallery and Artroom
National Steel and
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OFFICES AND STOCKROOMS
704-6 Pontiac Bldg., 542 S. Dearborn St., Chicago
1235 Tribune Bldg., City Hall Square, New York
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FACTORIES
1133-1143 West Lake Street : Chicago. III.
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Copper and Zinc Plates
MACHINE GROUND AND POLISHED
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FOR PHOTOj ENGRAVI NG AND ETCHING
MANUFACTURED BY
The American Steel & Copper Plate Co.
.« 116 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y.
We cater to the Printing Trade
in making the most up-to-date
===== line of — -
Pencil and Pen
Carbons
for any Carbon Copy work.
Also all Supplies for Printing Form Letters.
MITTAG & VOLGER, Inc.
PARK RIDGE, NEW JERSEY
MANUFACTURERS FOR THE TRADE ONLY
METALS
Linotype, Monotype, Stereotype
Special Mixtures
QUALITY
First, Last and All the Time.
E. W. Blatchford Go.
230 N. Clinton St. 5 Beckman St.
Chicago New York
Linsol Colors
FOR TONING PRINTING INKS
Do not retard the drying
Black and Colored Bases
Colors for Offset Inks
WILLIAMS BROS. & CO.
Hounslow, England
Control Your Press
bya Single Push-button
You can locate a General Electric Motor and
Controller out of the way under the press and
still obtain complete control from a number
of points by means of push-button stations
placed wherever desired. This saves time
and paper and makes press-running safer.
WRITE FOR FULL INFORMATION.
General Electric Company
Largest Electrical Manufacturer in the World
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Are Guaranteed to Remain Transparent,
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Xo Get the Unique Result of Cameo
you must use Cameo Paper.
The soft, velvety surface of Cameo makes possible the richest effects known in half-tone printing. Not only does it
give half-tones the depth and strength usually associated with photogravures, but it dignifies type and adds to the entire
page that unusual attractive quality which has come to be known as the "Cameo Result."
CAMEO
PAPER
WKite or# Sepia
If you want to get the very best results with Cameo, note these few suggestions:
Use deeply etched half-tone plates, about 150 screen is best. Make your overlay on slightly thicker paper than for
regular coated. Build up an even grading from high lights to solids. Ink should be of fairly heavy body, one which
will not run too freely, and a greater amount of ordinary cut ink must be carried than for glossy papers. The richest
effect that can be obtained from one printing comes from the use of double-tone ink on Cameo Plate. Of this ink less is
required than for glossy paper. There is no trouble from "picking." Impression should be fairly heavy, but only such
as will insure unbroken screen and even contact.
CAMEO is the best stock for all half-tones except those intended to show polished and mechanical subjects in
microscopic detail.
Use Cameo paper according to these instructions and every half-tone job you run will bring you prestige.
Send for Samtsle-boofy.
S. D. WARREN 6^ CO., 160 Devonsk ire St., Boston, Mass.
Manufacturers of tlie Best in Staple Lines of Coated and Uncoated Book Papers.
THERE IS MONEY TO BE SAVED
By the printer in the installation of devices that promote comfort and convenience of their employees. The instant you heed
the comfort of an employee — just that moment you increase his efficiency. Equip your plant with devices of comfort and necessity
and watch increased interest and increased output.
Economic Model
E Cylinder
Roller Holder
This automatic rol¬
ler-holder is the most
convenient holder now
manufactured. Requires
practically no space
except that which pro¬
jects from wall ; al¬
ways out of the way,
clean and handy for
washing purposes. It
is made up of a base
and wall bracket, liav-
i n g an automatic
spring lock for each
roller. By the use of
this holder rollers can
be put in a very
limited space. Is made
to be placed against
the wall. It is made ex¬
pressly for cylinder
rollers. Is now used
extensively by printers,
who pronounce the
automatic roller-holder
the most practical and
serviceable holder on
to-day’s market.
The Montgomery
Press Feeder’s
Seat
If the feeder of a job
or cylinder press could
realize the comfort to
be derived from the use
of our removable and
adjustable feeder’s seat,
he would investigate
and be the user of one
every day. It is made
adjustable to any rea¬
sonable height, the
seat support being
made so as to fit into
a metal socket in the
floor, and can be
easily removed while
making ready or from
one press to another.
It is made of the very
best tested steel and
iron, nicely finished,
decorated, etc. T h e
resiliency had in this
seat supplies rest to
the user, thereby pro¬
moting good health
and efficiency. The
jirice is so reasonable
that no feeder or
printer ought to be
without this equip¬
ment.
IF INTERESTED — SEND FOR PARTICULARS ABOUT THE HAMILTON PLATEN PRESS BRAKE.
WE WANT LIVE, HUSTLING AGENTS IN ALL PRINCIPAL CITIES. WE OFFER SPLENDID TERRITORIES AND GOOD PROFITS.
MONTGOMERY BROTHERS COMPANY, St. Paul, Minnesota
453
X RUN FOR
YOUR MONEY’
GET OUT YOUR BUSINESS STATIONERY NOW AND WRITE:
“HERRICK —Here’S a quarter for the 4 HERRICK
CUT BOOKS showing 400 good one and two color
cuts for my blotters, folders, mailing cards, etc. If I
don’t like the books you’re to send back my quarter.”
ISN’T THAT FAIR?
Then send on your 25c.; you can take it off the first $3.50 order.
The books will give you a lot of valuable advertising ideas.
THE HERRICK PRESS, 626 So. Michigan Ave., Chicago
WE MAKE DRAWINGS OF ALL KINDS. WRITE US.
Know Your Exact Costs
An indisputable record of production and labor is furnished
^DURANT COUNTERS
ACCURATE, POSITIVE, UNFAILING
Record only actual impressions of press. Ask any printer’s supply house or write
us for details.
The W. N. DURANT CO., 528 Market St., Milwaukee, Wis
Solid Gold Matrix
Stick- pin
Machinists and Operators who have pride
in their calling are buying and wearing it.
Employers can make no more suitable or
pleasing present to their employees.
Sent postpaid
on receipt of
$2.00
The Inland Printer Co.
632 Sherman Street, Chicago
Read by British and Colonial Printers the IV orld over.
Iritistj printer
Every issue contains information on trade matters by specialists.
Reproductions in colors and monochrome showing modern
methods of illustrating. All about New Machinery and Appli¬
ances. Trade notes form reliable guides to printers and allied
traders. Specimens of jobwork form original designs for
“lifting.”
PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY.
$2 per Annum, post tree. Specimen Copy sent on receipt of 35 Cents.
- PUBLISHED BY -
RAITHBY, LAWRENCE Lr CO.. Ltd.
LEICESTER and LONDON
PADDING
is so simple a job there is hardly any excuse for
failing to get satisfactory results.
There are never any failures when
R.R.B. PADDING GLUE
is used.
ROBERT R. BURRAGE
83 Gold Street :: :: :: New Y ork
TYMPAN
GAUGE
SQUARE
For quickly
and
accurately
placing the
gauge pins
on a
platen press
Made of transparent celluloid, ruled in picas.
By placing the square over the impression of the
job on the tympan in the proper position, and
marking with a pencil along the left and lower
edges, the gauges can be placed correctly at once.
Will save its cost in one day’s use.
Twenty-five cents, postpaid to any address.
The Inland Printer Co.
632 Sherman Street, Chicago
IT’S A SURPRISE TO EVERYBODY
“After using this outfit for some little time in cleaning and polishing our half-tone
cuts, we feel fully convinced that we have at last found something of material ben¬
efit to the half-tone printer. The difference in the printing of half-tone before and
after cleaning it with this method is so marked that it is a surprise to everybody who
sees it.” — Extract from letter of Merchants Publishing Co., Kalamazoo, Mich.
Write Dept* H. J« FRANK JOHNSON, Battle Greek, Mieh,
Modern Monthly —
yill About TATE'R
me PAPER
DEALER
HE PAPER DEALER
gives the wanted information
on the general and technical sub¬
ject of
jj^aper
It will enable the printer to keep
posted on paper, to buy advanta¬
geously, and to save money on his
paper purchases. No dollar could
be spent more profitably for a year’s reading.
Printed on enamel book paper.
THIS SPECIAL OFFER
Includes 1911 and 1912 at the very special rate of
$1.50 instead of $2.00. This is an opportunity
worth while. Proves an investment, not an expense
to printers.
U he PAPER. DEALER
164 WEST WASHINGTON STREET. CHICAGO
454
THE HUBER- HODGMAN
PRINTING PRESS
THE HODGMAN
Let us tell you about the new Hodgman Press that every purchaser claims gives
more speed, makes less noise, is more rigid, and gives better satisfaction than any
printing press they ever used. We can give you references from the best and largest
institutions in the trade. The bed motion of the Hodgman is something new. It
is the most powerful and will last a lifetime. It does away with the shoe and prac¬
tically makes the spring useless. There is neither vibration nor jar in the reverse.
The bed is only 34 inches from the floor, all sizes, and makes it easy to put on the
heavy forms. The machine is so well built and is giving such fine satisfaction it
will surely be worth your time to examine it and convince yourself before you purchase
one of the old style, shoe-reversing, noisy machines. The Hodgman is a new but ,
well-tried improvement • it will interest you ; see it.
VAN ALLENS & BOUGHTON
iy to 23 Rose St. and 1 35 William St New York.
Factory —Taunton, Mass.
Agent, England,
P. LAWRENCE PRINTING MACHINERY CO., Ltd.
57 Shoe Lane, London, E. C.
Western Office, 343 S. Dearborn Street,
H. W. THORNTON, Manager,
Telephone, Harrison 801. CHICAGO
455
Especially Designed and
Built for the Purpose
The exacting service required of a Motor by the Printers
calls for the PEERLESS.
Ask the printer who uses the Peerless — he knows, and
his recommendation will save you many speculative dollars.
It is built for full-day, Every-day Service and gives it.
Motors made for all Printing Machinery.
On ANY POWER PROBLEM write :
The Peerless Electric Co .
Factory and General Office: IVarren, Ohio
Sales Agencies:
CHICAGO, 528 McCormick Bldg. NEW YORK, 43 West 27th Street
And All Principal Cities
Box
Machine
12-inch Arm — Stitching
point 36 or 44 inches from
the floor.
20 - inch Arm — Stitching
point 36 or 44 inches from
the floor.
MANUFACTURED BY
The J. L. Morrison
Company
534 So. Dearborn St.
Chicago
New York London Toronto
Perfection " Stitchers
for all purposes
What
Constitutes a Thoroughly Satisfac¬
tory Addressing Machine?
If you are interested, let us send you our handsome
illustrated catalogue, which tells all the new and good
points, and what constitutes an addressing machine worth
owning.
A Few Good Features
The prominent addressing machines have all used either
metal cards or metal or rubber type in some form from
'which to print their addresses.
These metal cards and metal plates have in recent years
been adapted to be filed in card trays, and for this purpose
special cards have been attached and the printing plate made
as readable as possible, for the purpose of combining card-
index features with the addressing-machine system.
The Elliott Company, of Boston, now make a fiber card
in colors, arranged with tabs for index purposes, size 4 y2 in.
long by 2 in. wide and about 1-16 in. thick.
They are filed 250 in a tray, and this tray is indexed,
arranged, handled and referred to for index purposes.
When concerns who use this fiber card as an index card
wish to print addresses, they slide a tray of cards into the
Elliott Addressing Machine and by means of a foot lever or an
electric motor print addresses on their envelopes, statements,
office forms, etc., at the rate of sixty addresses per minute.
The machine automatically inks itself, changes addresses at each impression.
These fiber cards are so inexpensive that when an address is changed it is not worth while to save the card,
and therefore a new card is used for corrected address.
The Elliott Company are now running a single automatic machine in their factory turning out 50,000 of
these cards each day, and are selling these cards to their customers at the list price of $ . 004 each.
THE ELLIOTT ADDRESSING MACHINE COMPANY
We Have Offices All Over the World 101 Purchase Street, BOSTON, MASS.
456
Did You Ever Notice This?
Illustration of “Sure-Stick” 6 % in. Envelope With Advertising Back
YOU AUTO LET
JONES
JONES
DELIVERS
DELIVER YOUR GOODS
Illustration of "Sure-Stick” Wi in.'Envelope with Advertising Back
That ninety-nine out of a hundred
business men lay an envelope face
down when using a letter opener?
Why not take advantage of this
fact by getting your customers to
use envelopes printed on the back
as well as on the front ?
This increases the advertising value
of the envelope. You can get more
for the envelope, while by our
method the printing costs you less.
We show you how to print the
envelope and the letterheads on
the same sheet of paper, at the
same time.
The Western States Method can be Economi¬
cally Used on Even a Small 5,000 Order
We get one 8^2x11 letterhead and a 6 % envelope on a 11x17 sheet. Or one
714 x IOV2 "Two-fold” letterhead and a IV2 envelope on a 11 x 17 sheet. This can
be done on a Gordon, Small Offset or Autopress. This enables any printer to
furnish letterheads and envelopes to match in any color or grade of paper stock.
Write today for layout and samples showing
how our Method works.
WESTERN STATES ENVELOPE COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF “SURE-STICK ENVELOPES” FOR PRINTERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS
311-313 East Water Street MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
Positively not Identified with any Combination or Jobber — THIS IS THE TRUTH
457
Cl, Every printer knows the value of a Baling Press, but many have not
installed one, possibly imagining the price of a steel-constructed machine
somewhat high. We build an all steel, powerful and rapid Baler at a
price practically no higher than the wooden press. They will decrease
your fire risk and earn money for you. send for catalogue
YOU NEED ONE
NO PRINTING PLANT COMPLETE WITHOUT
A BALING PRESS
LOGEMANN BROTHERS CO.
290 Oregon Street, MILWAUKEE, WIS.
/ - - \
Printers’ Equipment
Expert Advice in Book Form
We will send at your request
a copyrighted reference book
giving the proper style, size
and kind of motor to install
for any standard press.
These data have been com¬
piled as the result of 21 years’
experience in installing motors
for printing-press work.
If in need of motors, men¬
tion your requirements to us —
the recognized experts on press
equipment. It costs no more
and your equipment will then
be right.
The Triumph Electric Go. j
Cincinnati, Ohio
BRANCHES IN ALL LARGE CITIES
V _ _ /
Run Advertisements
That Stand Out
These are the advertisements that grip the reader’s
attention — that more than return to you the few
extra cents invested in the best printing plates.
For you can’t make good impressions by running
the cheaper grades of plates — they either print up
gray or are blurry and hard to read.
/fdwadqpei)
yf "print up”
Ask any
advertiser
We absolutely guarantee that every one of our Kiln-Dried
Cherry Base and Interchangeable Top-^ "t 1 .
will print clear and sharp in any magazine/xClVvI/TtlljEO
or newspaper. Let us tell you about our 1
advertising plate service — how we can handle 60,000 column
inches of plate matter daily.
Advertisers’ Electrotyping Co.
501 to 509 Plymouth Place Chicago, Ill.
Why Not Have the Latest?
A satisfactory ruling machine means that its mechanical
principle and construction must be correct and embody all
the up-to-the-minute improvements — such features stand for
durability, accuracy, economy and convenience. One of the
main features — the slack of cloth always at bottom, making
top perfectly tight. Any user of Piper ruling machine can
add this improvement at little cost.
These machines are guaranteed to
do perfect nuork
Manufactured since 1863, but with improvements
since 1910
WRITE FOR CATALOGUE
F. E. AND B. A. DEWEY
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
458
The first Mill to particularize in the production of Cover and Specialty Papers — the largest, best equipped,
and only Mill exclusively devoted to this branch of Paper Making.
NIAGARA STANDARD
COVERS
Utility-Accord
Sultan
Overlade
Royal Melton
Taffeta
Homespun
Queen
Italia
Defender
Camels’ Hair
In a wide variety of fabrics, colois
and weights, providing the ideal
cover for every use.
The NIAGARA COVERS
\T O matter what your needs —
-LN whether you require strong,
heavy covers, or light weight
booklet papers, the Niagara Line
contains the most effective, most
serviceable and most economi¬
cal cover-papers you can buy.
HOMESPUN LINE
npHESE papers are made of
all rag stock, and will not
break nor tear like ordinary
papers. They are used for a wide
range of work — for booklets and
folders, for photo mounts and
for lining and facing purposes.
In six colors and two weights —
20x25-50 lbs. and 20x25-30 lbs.
Write for Sample-book of this line
NIAGARA SPECIALTY
PAPERS
IF you are working on a book¬
let or catalog for a particular
customer, ask your jobber about
Niagara Standard Covers, or tell
us your special requirements and
we will send you helpful sugges¬
tions from our file on specialty
papers.
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THE
'IT
OtSIkNEftS ENEAAUEAS
LlltfmWtttS
SUCCESSOR
TO
THE INLAND-WALTON ENGRAVING
NEW NUMBER S? SHERMAN ST.
CHICAGO
ILL.
460
If You Have Never Used
JAENECKE’S
PRINTING INKS
you have never realized ink satisfaction.
It destroys worry and all ink troubles.
If not a user of our inks, then you are
missing an opportunity of obtaining a
high standard ink. Best get wise and
investigate.
HAVE YOU OUR SPECIMEN BOOK?
It will interest you.
Write for it.
NEW YORK
PHILADELPHIA
ST. LOUIS
DETROIT
PITTSBURG
Main Office and Works — NEWARK, N. J.
THE JAENEGKE PRINTING INK CO.
CHICAGO OFFICE: New Number, 531 S. Dearborn Street
Old Number, 351 Dearborn Street
461
Cut shows one of our Perfecting Bed and Platen Presses with Sheet Delivery.
AUTOMATIC
Df) CJ CJ If CJ BED. PLATEN
I l\l!/\30l!/0 OK ROTARY
for producing finished products in ONE operation
i - WE ALSO MANUFACTURE - j
SLITTERS — For All Classes ol Roll Products
TOILET ROLL PAPER MACHINERY— Hard or Soft Rolls
SPECIAL PRESSES — Designed and Built to Order
PRESS 4 MFG.CO.
OFFICE, 944=948 Dorchester Avenue
BOSTON s s : MASS.
HOOLE MACHINE &
ENGRAVING WORKS
29-33 Prospect Street 111 Washington Street
- BROOKLYN, N. Y. =====
Pas|M Machine
IS THE
FASTEST
SIMPLEST AND
LIGHTEST RUNNING
MACHINE OF ITS
KINDONTHE
MARKET
“BOOLE”
Paging
and
Numbering
Machine
Manufacturers of
End Name, Numbering, Paging and
Bookbinders' Machinery and Finishing
Tools of all kinds.
Roberts Numbering Machine Co.
Successor to The Bates Machine Co.
696-710 Jamaica Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
FULLY
GUARANTEED
SIDE PLATES
WITHOUT SCREWS
W 12345
FAC SIMILE IMPRESSION
Size l%xa%6 inches
ALWAYS IN STOCK
FIVE-FIGURE WHEELS
ROBERTS’ MACHINES
UNEQUALLED RESULTS — MAXIMUM ECONOMY
View Showing Parts Detached
for Cleaning
NO SCREWS
To Number Either Forward
or Backward
ABSOLUTELY
ACCURATE
MODEL 27 A
FOR GENERAL
JOB WORK
EMBLEMATIC CARDS-INVITATIONS AND FOLDERS
We can supply you with a complete line of steel die Embossed Emblematic Cards, etc. Any combination of emblems, from
the Blue Lodge to the Shrine in the Masonic orders, also of various other Lodges, stamped in a rich gold and illuminated in the
correct colors. COMMENCEMENT PROGRAMS AND INVITATIONS
Our largest and most complete line of COMMENCEMENT SAMPLES is now ready. If you have not sent for it
DO IT NOW; it will assist you in securing the order from your local schools.
A. STAUDER & CO., Trade Engravers and Stationers
231 N. Fifth Avenue, Chicago, Ill.
Makers of Embossed Commercial Stationery, Wedding
Invitations, Announcements, Business and Visiting Cards,
Fancy Stationery, Menu and Party Cards, Dance Programs.
462
This Crimping Attachment
has caused more profound satisfaction among the users
of our NATIONAL PERFORATING MACHINE than
we ever imagined.
Not only users, but those high in mechanical authority,
pronounce our CRIMPING ATTACHMENT the one
“Crimper that really crimps, and stays crimped.”
THE NATIONAL PERFORATING MACHINE
is a true type of mechanical perfection. Its principle is
practical and its construction absolutely dependable. The
character of its work from its several invaluable attach¬
ments can not be duplicated; its perforation is clear, posi¬
tive, smooth, no burr or ragged edges.
If you are about ready to buy a new machine, you owe
it to yourself as an economical and permanent investment
to first investigate our claims.
Let us demonstrate the class of work produced
by the NATIONAL — the most convincing evidence.
Suppose you write us to-day for catalogue, prices, etc.,
and get busy now, “thinking of the future.”
National Printing Machinery Co., Inc.
Athol, Mass.
463
A Distinctive Catalog Cover
is the one certain method of reaching the right party. If your
catalog goes out in the mails cheaply bound it meets a cold
reception. Therefore —
CORDOVA SUPER COVER
Insures the desired lasting service and protection to catalogs,
booklets, or large directories. Samples will prove our quality claims. Why not look them over?
Detroit Sulphite Pulp & Paper Go. :: :: 'Detroit, Michigan
Makers of Papers of Strength
Headquarters for Photo-Engravers* Supplies
Williams-Lloyd Machinery Co.
626 Federal Street, CHICAGO
Manufacturers of a Complete Line of
Electrotyping , Stereotyping and
Photo - Engraving
Machinery
We make a specialty of installing complete outfits. Estimates
and specifications furnished on request. Send for Catalogue.
= Eastern Representative =
UNITED PRINTING MACHINERY COMPANY
246 Summer Street, Boston :: 12 Spruce Street, New York
“Oxford Ledger”
An extraordinary value at
Sl4 cents per lb.
Send for Samples
Parker, Thomas & Tucker Paper Co.
514 to 522 Sherman Street, Chicago, Ill.
To the Printers* Supply Houses
of the United States:
CL If you are selling directly or indirectly to the printers of
Canada you can make the advertising columns of Printer and
Publisher a powerful adjunct to your present selling plants.
Printer and Publisher is essentially a master printers’ paper — it
reaches every month the buying heads of 80% of the printing
and publishing plants of Canada.
CL Will you allow our advertising manager to prove by what it
has done for other United States supply houses that advertising
in Printer and Publisher will be a profitable investment for you ?
He can do it and gladly will if you will ask him to do so in
a letter addressed to
The Printer and Publisher of Canada
I43-I4Q University Avenue , Toronto , Canada
464
ATTENTION
is what you want as an advertiser
when your catalog or announce¬
ment reaches your customer.
Without attention your entire
investment in printing is lost.
You can now obtain Imported
Cover Papers in such attractive
colors and interesting textures
that they at once have the high¬
est ATTENTION value. The
use of these covers will add
greatly to the efficiency of your
advertising.
W ; rite for particulars
about Imported Covers and other
novelties in papers
O. M. STEINMAN, Importer
96 BEEKMAN STREET, NEW YORK
Stop The Leakage!
Let each press show its earning power.
Don’t guess at its output when you
can be assured of an accurate count —
meaning a saving of time and money.
GET A
Redington Counter
Model D for Gordon Presses
Model A for Cylinder Presses
PRICE $5, U. S. A.
Address your dealer or write direct
F.B. REDINGTON CO.
CHICAGO
Peerless Patent Book Form Cards
and that would very considerably enlarge your business as well as
ours. We would mutually profit. You may refuse to believe it,
but the best customers will have our cards. Nothing else will
answer. They are using them and will continue to use them,
whether you believe it or not. It is a matter of business with
them, and with us, and it will he with you if you will investigate.
The time for investigation is now. These cards are absolutely
unique in card manufacture ; carried in book form in a genuine
seal leather case, they are detached one by one as used, and all
edges are smooth. Prove it to yourself. Send for tab and prices.
The John B. Wiggins Company
Established 1857
Engravers, Plate Printers, Die Embossers
52-54 East Adams Street Chicago
We Are Taking Your
Customers
because you don't care for all of their business. You prefer to
have them send their money to us instead of paying it to you.
That suits us all right, but we would rather you would supply all
your customers’ needs, because you would soon supply all your
customers.
USERS of POTTER PROOF PRESSES
Will Agree With the Following:
Appearance of Our Neat
Cards in Case
Salem, Oregon, April 7, 1911.
Gentlemen :
The Potter Proof Press purchased of you some
weeks ago has added to the output of my shop the
equal of a jobber, in that it enables me to submit press
proofs to customers, without holding up my presses a
half hour to a half day while they are trying to “find
something to change.”
I find the register perfect and easy to get on letter¬
heads and other small work.
My customers can not tell a proof taken on this
press from one taken on a jobber with a half-hour’s
make-ready.
It enables me to submit page proofs of bookwork
that can be read, without holding up a cylinder press a
half day.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) N. D. ELLIOTT
If you would like to experience the
same results in your own shop, let us
ship you a Potter Proof Press to-day.
Circulars and proofs free on request.
SOLE OWNERS AND MANUFACTURERS
A. F. WANNER & CO.
Sold by all Responsible Dealers 520 South Dearborn St., Chicago
S. H. Horgan
IS SELLING
X For the American Agents
Axel Holmstrom
ETCHING
MACHINES
“The greatest improve¬
ment that has come
into the photo-engraving business since the intro¬
duction of half-tones.”
Ask him or --write him about it at The Inland Printer Office,
Chicago, or Room 1729, Tribune Bldg., New York.
466
The Miller Saw-Trimmer
A
Standardizing
Machine
for the Printer
UWTWith or without Router and Jig-Saw Attachment.
DXS'Easy to operate. Easy to buy. Easy to pay for.
PXT'Fully equipped, ready to run, 30 days’ free trial.
DX?"* Freight paid anywhere in U. S. A.
DX?" Write for new illustrated price-list.
-a ir •11 np • 815 East Superior St.,
Miller Saw- Trimmer Co., ALMa, Michigan
Miller Saw-Trimmers are fully
covered by U. S. and foreign pat¬
ents and pending applications.
Bookbinders and Printers
will be interested to know of our rapid mail order service
and our ability to supply them with the highest grade of
the following specials :
XXD Gold Leaf, Long Edge, Stamping Ledger
Dark Usual, Dark Pale, Aluminum Leaf, and
Composition Leaf
Gold and aluminum leaf sold in any quantities from one
book up. Large facilities for smelting gold waste, rubber,
rags and cotton Send for Catalogue
ESTABLISHED 1867
JULIUS HESS COMPANY
1411-1427 Greenwood Terrace Chicago, Ill.
RICHMOND PHASE MOTORS
VARIABLE
SPEED
\ TYPE
SEND TO NEAREST
BRANCH FOR BULLE¬
TINS OR OTHER IN¬
FORMATION.
1120 Pine Street, ST. LOUIS. MO.
145 Chambers St.. NEW YORK CITY
176 Federal Street, BOSTON, MASS.
322 Monadnock Block, CHICAGO, ILL.
1011 Chestnut St., Room 626, PHILA., PA.
(Elf j? Lvirljntimit (fttetrir Cniitpiuqt
RICHMOND, VA.
These Time-Savers
will do for you what they have done for others . Chiefly —
they place the printer of ambition in position to do things,
whereas with the application of his old methods he can
not with safety estimate time or cost of production in the
composing department.
The Rouse Unit System
of bases and register hooks insures composing-room and
pressroom efficiency, which means increased output on a
standard basis of cost.
Watch Out for Imitations. Buy the Genuine and Enjoy the Full Realization of
What Constitutes a Real Unit System
SOLD BY DEALERS EVERYWHERE — MADE ONLY BY
H. B. ROUSE & CO., Chicago
2214-2216 WARD STREET
“THE REGISTER HOOK PEOPLE”
467
This Composing Stick
will do more toward keeping
down the cost of production
than any other Stick on the
market. Why ? Because its im¬
provements over the old facili¬
tate the Composition, encourage
speed and efficiency.
“ Tools of Quality for Particular Printers ”
Before you buy — just drop us
a card for Catalog and some
interesting testimonials.
MADE IN ALL POPULAR SIZES.
FOR SALE BY SUPPLY HOUSES GENERALLY
The Star Tool Mfg. Company
17 West Washington Street Springfield, Ohio
There Is But One
Process
— that process, the ability to execute
quick and satisfactory Electrotyping.
Our entire plant is fully equipped
with new and modern
machinery
and it goes without saying that our facilities, in
the hands of expert workmen , enable us to handle
your work with absolute satisfaction. ’Phone
Franklin 2264. We will call for your business.
American Electrotype Co.
24-30 South Clinton St.
Chicago
This New Engraving
Machine
should appeal to
progressive en¬
gravers, stationers
and printers,
because of its me¬
chanical perfec¬
tion and special
adaptability to
both copper plate
andsteel die work.
Made for high-
class commercial
and social station¬
ery; designed and
constructed with
kn owledge o f
what constitutes
a satisfactory en¬
graving machine.
Is simple, compact, and
absolutely durable.
Send for pamphlet ,
plans of selling ,
samples of
work , etc.
Engravers’ and Printers’ Machinery Co., Inc.
108 Fulton Street, New York City, N. Y.
FANS &• POST CARDS, TOO
Save so Percent
BUYING
“National” Calendars
That Different Kind
OUR CALENDARS
ARE HAND TINTED
in colorings absolutely
true to nature.
Mounted and colored
on the best quality of
stock obtainable.
We save you thirty per
cent — you don’t care
HOW but IF— Let us
prove it.
Get Catalog. It’s free;
or samples sent.
Special inducements for at once
orders
NATIONAL COLORTYPE GO.
CINCINNATI, OHIO
468
50 Cents Will Pay for
1,000
Gathered, Stitched
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TABLE OF CONTENTS — JUNE, 1911.
PAGE
Advertisements, The Typography of — No. V
(illustrated) . 379
Advertising Suggestions . 384, 409
Almost Vexed the Bear . 398
Another Substitute for Celluloid . 446
Apprentice Printers’ Technical Club — No.
VII (illustrated) . 391
Bookbinding :
Blank-book Binding — Continued . 421
Business Notices:
Adjustable Hand Type-mold (illustrated).. 446
Attractive Bond Papers (illustrated) . 445
Brands, J. X., Joins the Parsons Trading
Company . 445
C. B. Cottrell & Sons Company, Chicago
Office of the . 441
Cleveland Folding Machine, The . 445
Colonel Markey Goes East . 441
Copper and Steel Die Engraving Machine
(illustrated) . 443
Correction, A . 441
Cutler-Hammer Company Moves to New
Premises, Chicago Office of the (illus¬
trated) . 442
Decorating Paper and Fabrics, A Novel
Method of . 444
“ Joe ” Hays Comes West . 444
Latest Linotype Improvements . 442
More Typecasters Now Ready for Delivery. 442
New Automatic Letter Machine (illus¬
trated) . 442
Specialty Printing . 446
Sprague Electric Company Moves to
Larger Premises, Boston Office of the. 442
The “ Humana ” Automatic Platen-press
Feeder (illustrated) . 443
Triumph Electric Company, New Boston
Office of the . 441
Chicago Means “ Bad Smell ” . 414
College Student Feeds a Press, The . 371
Consistency in the Proofroom . 372
Contributed Articles:
Apprentice Printers’ Technical Club — No.
VII (illustrated) . 391
Consistency in the Proofroom . 372
Handwork in Cylinder-press Cost, The Ele¬
ment of . 369
Roman Small Letters . 374
School Annual, The . 383
Scientific Color in Practical Printing —
No. XIII . 431
Tenth Anniversary of the First Printers’
Mass . 429
Typography of Advertisements, The — • No.
V (illustrated) . 379
Correspondence:
Fasol, Carl, the Stigmatypist (illustrated) 400
Inland Printer a Finder of Lost Friends. . 399
Question of “ Style,” The . 399
Split Infinitives . 399
Cost and Method :
Common Business Sense Calls for Expert
Service in Cost Accounting . 436
Cost, Efficiency and Estimating . 435
Forty Lots of Cards . 436
Southeastern Cost Congress (illustrated) . . 437
United Typothetae Reports Progress, The. . 436
Wants a Bookkeeping System . 437
Cost Convention and the Commission’s Fund. 386
Costs and the Journeyman . 387
Does the Explanation Explain? . 387
Editorial :
Convention Season in Its Full Glory . 386
Cost Convention and the Commission’s Fund . 386
Costs and the Journeyman . 387
Does the Explanation Explain? . 387
Employers’ Liability for Injured Workmen 385
Lack of Confidence Employing Printers’
Big Stumbling-block . 386
page
New Employers’ Organization . 387
Old-age Limits . 385
Passing of a Sturdy Old-time Printer (il¬
lustrated) . 388
Publishers and Efficiency . 390
Stamped-envelope Campaign . 386
Electrotyping and Stereotyping :
Electrotypers’ Wax and Its Treatment.... 420
How to Clean Forms and a Recipe for
Stereotypers’ Paste . 420
Trouble from Stereotype Matrices Being
Too Dry . 420
First Printers’ Mass, The Tenth Anniversary
of . 429
Foreign Graphic Circles, Incidents in . 396
Handwork in Cylinder-press Cost, The Ele¬
ment of . 369
Illustrations :
A Hot Dinner and a Cool Seat . 394
Buffalo Vernon, Barehanded, Throws a
Wild Steer at the “ Round-up ” . 372
“ Dido ” . 417
Indian War Parade at the “Round-up”.. 371
Jack Spain at the “ Round-up ” . 373
“Now for Some Harmony” . 378
Umatilla Reservation . 370
Vista of Florence, from the Heights of
Fiesole . 395
Job Composition:
Stutes, E. W . 401
Joy of Knocking, The . 400
Kinks :
Checking Advertisements . 414
Emergency Power . 415
Hot-water Test for Real or Imitation
Parchment Paptv . 416
How to Make a Paper Drinking-cup (illus¬
trated) . 416
Method for Setting Linotype Matter on the
Angle (illustrated) . 415
Restoring Old Engravings . 415
To Soften Old Paint Brushes . 415
Utilizing Gum-paper Scraps . 414
Letter-heads, How to Set . 398
Letter-heads, Ideas for . 404
Letter-heads, Suggestions for . 400
Machine Composition:
Bad Face on Slugs . 427
Duplex Rails . 427
High and Low Letters in Slugs . 427
Keyboard Trouble . 427
Mixing Type-metal . 428
New Three and Four Magazine Linotypes,
Models 8 and 9 . 428
Pot Mouthpiece Leaks . 428
Recent Patents on Composing Machinery. . 429
Removing a Driving-shaft Pinion . 427
Mark of Wisdom, The . 419
National Anthem (poem) . 423
New Employers’ Organization . 387
Newspaper Work:
Another Easter Number . 412
Big Special Edition from Texas . 412
Brief History of a Paper Started 140
Years Ago . 411
Celebrating a Twenty-fifth Anniversary.... 412
Changes of Ownership . 413
Country Editors’ Bill Wins in Colorado... 413
Deaths . 414
Easter Edition of the Washington (N. J.)
Star . 412
Good Ad. Display . 411
Hudson Bay Special Edition . 412
Increasing Advertising Rates . 410
Industrial Edition in a Small Town . 412
Ladies’ Band Entertained Editors . 410
Model Newspaper Plant, A . 412
Nearly Fifty Years Old . 411
PAGE
New Publications . 413
Newspaper Criticisms . 412
Novel Advertising in a Woman’s Issue.... 410
Pittsburg Press in Superb Home . 413
Publisher and Merchant Combine on a
Piano Contest . 411
Result of Ad. -setting Contest Next Month. 410
Suspensions . 413
“ Write-up Number ” . 412
New Yorkers Talk One Big Organization.... 430
Not Cruel, But Unusual . 430
Our Own Colonel Libbey . 424
Practical Printing, Scientific Color in — No.
XIII (illustrated) . 431
Pressroom :
Attaching a Metallic Overlay . 426
Hurriedly Printed Booklet . 426
Imitation Typewritten Letters . 425
Is Hand-bronzing Harmful to Operatives?. 425
Mechanical-relief Printing . 425
Printing Cloth Signs . 425
Printing on Yard-sticks . 425
Printing without Ink . 426
Rollers Wearing and Cracking . 426
Well-printed Stationery Improves Credit... 425
Process Engraving:
Color-block Making and Printing . 418
“ E. Hamel, Nottingham, England” . 417
National Association of Photoengravers’
Convention . 419
New Proof Press, A (illustrated) . 418
Pencil Drawings on the Offset Press . 418
Scientific Processwork . 417
Three-color and the Offset Press . 419
Three-color Reproduction of Three-color... 418
To Photoengrave Calico Rolls . 419
Proofroom :
Matter of Real Indifference, A . 423
Question of “ Style,” The . 423
Roman or Italic Point? . 423
Style Now Little Used, A . 424
Publishers and Efficiency . 390
Repairing Concrete Floors . 430
Ridder and Lynch on Efficiency . 433
Roman Small Letters . 374
School Annual, The . 383
Specimen Review . 405
Sturdy Old-time Printer, Passing of a . 388
“ Te Heheuraa Api ” . 424
The Man Who Kicks (poem) . 394
They “ Called the Colonel’s Bluff ” . 419
Trade Notes:
Bleistein Withdraws from Courier Company 439
Booksellers “Pretty Poor Lot” . 439
Bookwalter Scores Apprenticeship Methods. 440
Clergyman’s Talk to Printers . 440
Comma Delays Contract . 439
Death Lurked in This Big Contract . 440
Education Association to Meet at ’Frisco.. 439
First Bible in African Language . 439
Forty-two Years at One Case . 438
General Notes . 440
Give the Devil His Due . 438
Good-fellowship at Hackensack . 439
Good Paper with Bad Associations . 439
International Photoengravers’ Convention. . 438
Kansas City Typothetae Holds Banquet. . . . 438
Minnesota Printers in Meeting . 439
Monotype Earnings . 438
Pressmen Have New Voting Plan . 438
Princeton to Have Big Printery . 438
Printers’ Club Organized at Jacksonville. . 438
Printers Cooperate with Clergymen . 438
Printers’ President Sues Manufacturers. . . . 440
Printers Urge Half Subway Fare . 438
Recent Incorporations . 441
The South Waking Up . 438
Value of a Distinctive Signature, The . 404
Windows, How to Clean . 414
THE HENRY O. SHEPARD CO.,
1 57 PRINTERS, CHICAGO.
479
THE NAME P OtteV ON PRINTING MACHINERY IS A GUARANTEE OF HIGHEST EXCELLENCE
Offset Presses?
If it’s a POTTER it’s the Best
POTTER PRINTING PRESS COMPANY, PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY
SALES AGENTS :
D. H. CHAMPLIN, 160 Adasis Street, Chicago BRINTNALL & BICKFORD, 568 Howard Street, San Francisco
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.
PAGE
Acme Staple Co . 366
Advertisers’ Eleetrotyping Co . 458
Albemarle Paper Mfg. Co . 338
Ament & Weeks . 470
American Electrotype Co . 468
American Shading Machine Co . 452
American Steel & Copper Plate Co . 452
Anderson, C. F., & Co . 342
Ault & Wiborg Co . 336
Auto Falcon & Waite Die Press Co . 355
Automatic Letter Machine Co . 474
B. & A. Machine Works . 450
Babcock Printing Press Mfg. Co . 333
Barnhart Bros. & Spindler . 33b
Barton Mfg. Co . 451
Beck, Charles, Co . 334
Beckett Paper Co . 471
Bingham’s, Sam’l, Son Mfg. Co . 362
Blatchford, E. IV., Co . 452
Boston Printing Press & Machinery Co . 367
Brown Folding Machine Co . 324
Burrage, Robert R . 454
Butler, J. IV., Paper Co . 321, 323
Cabot, Godfrey L . 452
Caleulagraph Co . 334
Carver. C. R., Co . 350
Central Ohio Paper Co . 451
Challenge Machinery Co . 345
Chambers Bros. Co . 354
Chandler & Price Co . 475
Chicago & Alton R. R . 478
Chicago Lino-Tabler Co . 450
Christensen Machine Co . 345
Cleveland Folding Machine Co . 351
Coes, Loring, & Co . 331
Colonial Co . 451
Cottrell, C. B., & Sons Co . 368
Cramer, G., Dry Plate Co . 451
Crane, Z. & W. M . 358
Dennison Mfg. Co . 352
Detroit Sulphite Pulp & Paper Co . 464
Dewey, F. E. & B. A . 458
Dexter Folder Co . 340, 341
Dick, Rev. Robert, Estate . 354
Dinse, Page & Co . 346
Driscoll & Fletcher . 451
Duplex Printing Press Co . 356, 357
Durant, W. N., Co . 454
Eagle Printing Ink Co . 367
Economy Engineering Co . 452
Electrical Testing Laboratories . 45l
Elliott Addressing Machine Co . 456
Engravers’ & Printers’ Machinery Co . 468
Fuchs & Lang Mfg. Co . 328
PAGE
Fuller, E. C., Co . 32b
Furman, .las. H . 447, 449
General Electric Co . 452
Globe Engraving & Electrotype Co . 344
Golding Mfg. Co . 344
Goss Printing Press Co . 348
Gould & Eberhardt . 336
Hamilton Mfg. Co . 360
Hampshire Paper Co . 325
Handy Press Co . 336
Harris Automatic Press Co . 327
Hellmuth, Charles . 346
Herrick Press . 454
Hess, Julius, & Co . 467
Hexagon Tool Co . 338
Hickok, W. O., Mfg. Co . 342
Hoe, R., & Co . 339
Hoole Machine & Engraving Works . 462
Horgan, S. H . 466
Huber, J. M . 350
Humana Feeder . 353
Jaenecke Printing Ink Co . 461
Johnson, J. Frank . 454
Juengst, Geo., & Sons . 469
Juergens Bros. Co . 359
Justrite Mfg. Co . 346
Kavmor Automatic Press Co . 343
Kidder Press Co . 359
Kimble Electric Co . 472
Ivnowlton Bros . 322
Kreiter, Louis, & Co . 338
Lanston Monotype Machine Co . 360
Latham Machinery Co . 335
Levey, Fred’k H., Co . 359
Logemann Bros. Co . 458
Mechanical Appliance Co . 350
Megill, E. L . 450
Meisel Press & Mfg. Co . 462
Mergenthaler Linotype Co . 344
Miehle Printing Press & Mfg. Co . Cover
Miller Saw-Trimmer Co . 467
Mittag & Volger . 452
Mittineague Paper Co . 349
Modem Machine Co . 361
Monitor Controller Co . 451
Montgomery Bros. Co . 453
Morrison, J. L., Co . 456
Murray Engraving Co . 342
National Colortype Co . 468
National Electrotype Co . 350
National Machine Co . 365
National Printing Machinery Co . 463
National Steel & Copper Plate Co . 452
Niagara Paper Mills . 459
PAGE
Norwich Film . 475
Oswego Machine Works . 332
Parker, Thomas & Tucker Paper Co . 464
Parsons Trading Co . 351
Peerless Electric Co . 456
Peerless Printing Press Co . 361
Potter Printing Press Co . 480
Queen City Printing Ink Co . 328
Redington, F. B., Co . 466
Regina Co . 347
Richmond Electric Co . 467
Rising, B. D., Paper Co . 336
Robbins & Myers Co . 338
Roberts Numbering Machine Co . 462
Rouse, II. B., & Co . 467
Rowe, James . 363
Scott, Walter, & Co . 337
Seybold Machine Co . 330
Shepard, Henry O., Co . Insert, 451, 460
Sheridan, T. W. & C. B„ Co . 329
Shniedewend, Paul, & Co . 365
Sprague Electric Co . 363
Star Engravers’ Supplv Co . 452
Star Tool Mfg. Co.. . .' . 468
Stauder, A., & Co . 462
Steinman, O. M . 465
Stiles, Charles L . 451
Sullivan Machinery Co . 450
Swigart Paper Co . 472
Swink Printing Press Co . 366
Tarcolin . 452
Tatum, Sam’l C., Co . 367
Thalman Printing Ink Co . 363
Thompson Type Machine Co . 364
Triumph Electric Co . 458
Ullman, Sigmund, Co . Cover
Universal Automatic Type-Casting Machine Co. 335
Van Allens & Boughton . 455
Van Bibber Roller Co . 451
Wagner Mfg. Co . 448
Wanner, A. F., & Co . 466
Wanner Machinery Co . 475
Warren, S. D., & Co . 453
Watzelhan & Speyer . 342
West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co . 368
Western States Envelope Co . 457
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co . 366
White, James, Paper Co . 367
Whitfield Carbon Paper Works . 451
Whitlock Printing Press Mfg. Co . 473
Wiggins, John B.. Co . 466
Williams Bros. Co . 452
Williams-Lloyd Machinery Co . 464
Wire Loop Mfg. Co . 451
480
PRINTERS, BE MERCHANTS
Ilf— HIKMtMICHaB— ma— mnMPW— —
That is the slogan of former President Fell of the United Typothetae. It is the best
and most effective utterance of a man who has the habit of saying pat and pertinent things.
There is nothing on the market that can help you become a merchant printer more
quickly than H. H. Stalker’s
“BUILDING AND ADVERTISING
A PRINTING BUSINESS”
The book is compiled from articles which appeared in The Inland Printer. They are
made into book form for the sake of convenience.
Keep it on your desk — it is a stimulant.
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you howto get business. There is something in every line — you couldn’t miss the good
things if you tried.
It costs $1.00 — really woTth $25.00.
THE INLAND PRINTER GO., 632 Sherman Street, Chicago, III.
THE THIRD REVISED EDITION OF
“THE MECHANISM
of THE LINOTYPE”
by JOHN s. Thompson. Every chapter has been revised and enlarged, and the work
extended to include the latest patterns of LINOTYPES, Models Four and Five.
The Standard Text-Book on the LINOTYPE Machine
Every mechanical feature of the Linotype is discussed and thoroughly explained and each
adjustment and its purpose clearly defined. This text-book is used in every Linotype school
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ORDERS CAN BE FILLED AT ANY BRANCH OF THE MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY. OR BY
THE INLAND PRINTER CO.
The following is a list of
Miehle Presses
shipped during the month of
April . . . . 1911
THIS LIST SHOWS THE CONTINUED DEMAND FOR MIEHLE PRESSES.
m
The American Label Manufac¬
turing Co . Baltimore, Md . 1
Previously purchased nine Miehles.
The Lebeck-Rueter Co . Cleveland, Ohio - 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Hillison & Etten Co.. . Chicago, Ill . 1
Previously purchased two Miehles.
H. J. Armstrong & Co . . . Chicago, Ill. ........ 2
Previously purchased six Miehies.
The Reflector Co . Greenville, N. C . 1
The Hillside Press . . Philadelphia, Pa . 1
Previously purchased two Miehles.
Quinn & Boden Co . Rahway, N. J . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Maclear & Marcus . Chicago, Ill . 1
De Agostini . . Novara, Italy . 1
S. C. Toof & Co . Memphis, Tenn . 1
Previously purchased four Miehles.
Ign, Velisch . Munich, Germany ... 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Piotr Laskauer i Ska . Warsaw, Russia .... 1
The York Printing Co . York, Pa . 1
Previously purchased four Miehles.
Publishers’ Printing Co . New York city . 1
Previously purchased twenty Miehles.
United States Printing Co . Cincinnati, Ohio .... 7
Previously purchased for this and other branches,
forty Miehles.
The W. T. Raleigh Medical Co. . . . Freeport, Ill . 1
Previously purchased three Miehles.
Victor Talking Machine Co. ...... Camden, N: J . 1
Munder-Thomsen Co . Baltimore, Md . 3
Previously purchased eight Miehles.
Wright & Wiltz Co . Chicago, Ill . 1
Previously purchased four Miehles.
Saturday Sunset Press . ...Vancouver, B. C . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Wolf & Co . . Philadelphia, Pa . 2
Previously purchased four Miehles.
Independent Pressroom . San Francisco, Cal. . . 1
Previously purchased two Miehles.
Doubleday, Page & Co . Garden City, N. Y. . . 1
Previously purchased seven Miehles.
Keystone Printing Co . Pittsburg, Pa . 1
Union Deutsche Verlazsgesell-
schaft . . Stuttgart, Germany . . 1
P. F. Pettibone & Co . Chicago, Ill . 1
Previously purchased fourteen Miehles.
The Gerlach-Barklow Co . Toronto, Ont . 1
Previously purchased for this and other branches,
ten Miehles.
Irwin-Hodson Co . Portland, Ore . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Wade & Wise . . . Valparaiso, Ind.
Previously purchased one Miehle.
American Bank Note Co . Ottawa, Ont. . . .
Previously purchased for this and other branches,
fourteen Miehles.
The McLean Publishing Co . Toronto, Ont. ..
Previously purchased two Miehles.
The Delone-Ehmling Co . Philadelphia, Pa.
Pahl Gerin . . . . Vienna, Austria .
William S. Hewitt . Brooklyn, N. Y..
Publishing House of the M. E.
Church South . Nashville, Tenn.
Previously purchased six Miehles.
Oliver W. Barwick . Montreal, Que. .
Gebruder Legrady . . . Budapest, Austria- Hungary .
Previously purchased three Miehles.
Cornelia Printing Co . Clpcago, Ill.
Charles Francis Press . . . New York city .
Previously purchased six Miehles.
The Viquesney Co . Terre Haute, Ind..
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Cumberland Presbyterian Pub¬
lishing House . Nashville, Tenn. . .
Previously purchased two Miehles.
Schlau, Burnett & Co . Chicago, Ill . .
Previously purchased three Miehles.
Tomppert-Bentz Co . Oshkosh, Neb .
Van Rees Press . New York city....
Previously purchased four Miehles.
Western Lithograph Co . . Wichita, Kan. ....
Paris Exposition . Paris, France - -
Kraus & Schreiber . . Toledo, Ohio .
The Henneberry Co . Chicago, Ill .
Previously purchased fourteen Miehles.
Ihling Bros. Everard Co . Kalamazoo, Mich.
Previously purchased four Miehles.
G. L. Eminisor . Greenville, Miss. ..
Times-Mirror Printing & Bind¬
ing House . Los Angeles, Cal..
Previously purchased thirteen Miehles.
Worden Printing Co . Santa Ana, Cal....
R. J. Kittredge & Co . Chicago, Ill .
Previously purchased twenty-four Miehles.
Central Printing Co> . Little Rock, Ark. . .
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Ft. Smith Printing Co . Ft. Smith, Ark..
Stephen Greene Co . Philadelphia, Pa.
Previously purchased two Miehles.
Read Printing Co . New York city. .
Shallcross Printing & Stationery
Co . St. Louis, Mo
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Shipments for April, 1911, 77 Miehle Presses
For Prices, Terms and Other Particulars, address
The Miehle Printing Press 6 Mfg. Co.
Factory, COR. FOURTEENTH AND ROBEY STREETS
(South Side Office, 326 S. Dearborn Street)
CHICAGO, ILL., U.S.A.
■ $8
New YorK Office, 38 ParK Row. Philadelphia Office, Commonwealth Bldg. Boston Office, 164 Federal Street.
San Francisco Office, 401 ‘Williams Bldg., 693 Mission St, Dallas Office, 411 Juanita Building.
6 Grunewaldstrasse, Steglitz-Berlin, Germany, 23 Avenue de Gravelle, Charenton, Paris.
XUI/Z£
If wishes were horses
Any one could make Inks.
The market for raw materials
Is open to all alike.
But judgment, ability and knowledge
Based upon the experience and research
Of over 40 years
Can not be bought at any price.
That’s what you get, plus.
When you ;
Buy Ullman’s Inks.
Sigmund U liman Co.
New York Cleveland
Chicago Cincinnati
Philadelphia
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he enormous growth of our Envelope business is
substantial proof of the merits of our product
and should surest an immediate investigation’
ofour line on jour part - - -
q- vji Kjwi uuc jjvjwjl pen l v v v
M willpaj you to purchase of us whether you order'
in minion or half-thousand lots '"We carrj a,
mammoth stock of Envelopes of ever j descrip-
tion for ever j purpose ' Special sizes, shapes
^ etc . promptly made to order - - -
£ Jur^XCELLO^EuvelopewiH put jour keenest^
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=3^^P <rDislribulors of
“Butler ‘Brands'
. . Milwaukee, Wis. CENTRAL MICHIGAN PAPER CO . Grand Rapids, Mich.
. . Kansas City, Mo. MUTUAL PAPER CO . Seattle, Wash.
. . Dallas, Texas AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS CO . Spokane, Wash.
. . Houston, Texas AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS CO . Vancouver, Br. Col.
. . San Francisco. Cal. NATIONAL PAPER & TYPE CO. (Export Only). New York City
. . Los Angeles, Cal NATIONAL PAPER & TYPE CO . City of Mexico, Mex.
. . Oakland, Cal. NATIONAL PAPER & TYPE CO . City of Monterey, Mex.
NATIONAL PAPER & TYPE CO.. Havana, Cuba
STANDARD PAPER CO. ...
INTERSTATE PAPER CO. . .
SOUTHWESTERN PAPER CO.
SOUTHWESTERN PAPER CO.
PACIFIC COAST PAPER CO. .
SIERRA PAPER CO .
OAKLAND PAPER CO .
J-W. Butlero Papers, (b?® Chicago
4-1
7 Water Street 7 South Dearborn Street 109-112 Borough Road 8 Rue de Chateaudun
BOSTON, MASS. CHICAGO, ILL. LONDON, S. E., ENG. PARIS, FRANCE
R. HOE & CO., 504-520 Grand Street, New York City
= — =A SURE SIGN =
Whenever you see a printer installing a Hoe press of any make,
you can depend upon it he is going to turn out the best printing
that can be done and do it economically.
Surely we can point to no better judges of quality in printing
presses than the Curtis Publishing Co., publishers of the Saturday
Evening Post. They are using eleven of the above new Rotary
Electrotype Web Perfecting Presses, which are giving such ex¬
cellent satisfaction that an order has been placed for two addi¬
tional machines of similar type.
We make these presses to turn out periodicals of any number of
pages up to 96 or more, at the rate of from 4,000 to 24,000
copies per hour, depending on the number of pages and character
of the work.
When desired, we equip the machines with our patent Wire
Stapling Devices, and Automatic Feeders for feeding in covers
and insert sheets printed or lithographed in advance, the whole
being folded in book form, wire-stapled and trimmed. Need we
say more? But ask us anything you desire.
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The Seybold Improved Duplex
Book and Pamphlet Trimmer
SEYBOLD PATENTS
Unequaled for capacity and quality of work produced.
Requires but one turn of the table to trim all edges of two piles of books or
pamphlets — all sizes, ranging from x 5 inches to 12x16 inches; 6 inches in height.
The work is automatically clamped, cut and unclamped.
A speedy, simple, accurate, substantial machine that is worthy of your full
consideration. Let us send complete information.
THE SEYBOLD MACHINE CO.
Makers of Highest Grade Machinery for Bookbinders , Printers , Lithographers , Paper Mills ,
Paper Houses , Paper-Box Makers , etc.
Embracing — Cutting Machines, in a great variety of styles and sizes, Book Trimmers, Die-Cutting Presses, Rotary
Board Cutters, Table Shears, Corner Cutters, Knife Grinders, Book Compressors, Book Smashers,
Standing Presses, Backing Machines, Bench Stampers; a complete line of Embossing
Machines equipped with and without mechanical Inking and Feeding devices.
Home Office and Factory, DAYTON, OHIO, U. S. A.
BRANCHES: New York, 70 Duane Street; Chicago, 426 South Dearborn Street.
AGENCIES: J. H. Schroeter & Bro., Atlanta, Ga.; J. L. Morrison Co., Toronto, Ont.; Toronto Type Foundry Co., Ltd., Winnipeg, Man.;
Keystone Type Foundry of California, 638 Mission St., San Francisco, Cal.
The Barnhart Type Foundry Co., 1102 Commerce St., Dallas, Tex.
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Bodoni
72 Point
3 A $5 55 4 a $3 90 $9 45
Inspects GROUND
60 Point
3 A $4 75 5a $3 80 $8 55
Unique HOME Sought
48 Point
A:f
5 A $3 90 8a $3 70 $7 60
GRAND Painting Explained
42 Point
5 A $3 30 8a $3 00 $6 30
Exquisite Styles INTRODUCED
36 Point
5 A $2 30 10a $2 70 $5 00
PROCURED Large Property Interest
30 Point
6 A $2 05 11 a $2 20 $4 25
ORIGINAL PRINTERS
Bright Compositor Paid
24 Point
7 A $160 14a $190 $3 50
RICH DESIGN PRODUCED
Charming Display Developed
18 Point
11 A $1 50 22a $180 $3 30
BODONI SERIES VERY STRIKING
Large Employment Agencies Formed
12 Point 18 A $130 35 a $145 $2 75
MUSICAL INCLINED GENTLEMEN
Received Congratulations from Critics
Extraordinary Results Easily Obtained
Bank Failed $1234567890 Large Profit
10 Point 21 A $120 40 a $130 $2 50
IMPORTANT EXAMINATION STARTED
Bright Performer Exposed Strange Methods
Complicated Mechanical Drawing Explained
Special Officers Display Considerable Nerve
8 Point 23 A $1 10 46 a $1 15 $2 25
ENTERTAINMENT DELIGHTED FOREIGNERS
Handsome Nobleman Proposed as Honorary Member
Many Prominent Lawyers Expected at Midnight Trial
Eminent Judge Reserves Decision in Celebrated Case
14 Point
16 A $145 31 a $155 $3 00 6 Point
28 A $0 95 52a $105 $2 00
HARMONIOUS TYPE DESIGNS PROCURED
Startling Reports Concerning Prominent Singer
GREAT RAILROADS CONSTRUCTED THROUGH CALIFORNIA
Big Conventions Returing South After Deciding Numerous Questions
Delegates Thoroughly Satisfied With Prosperous Conditions in General
Bankers Erecting Magnificent $1234567890 Buildings on Beautiful Sites
CAST BY THE
AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS COMPANY
LEADER IN TYPE FASHIONS
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THE HEAVIEST, SIMPLEST, MOST COMPACT AND HANDSOMEST TWO-REVOLUTION. COMPARE THIS ILLUSTRATION WITH THAT OF ANY OTHER
THE BABCOCK PRINTING PRESS MANUFACTURING CO., NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT
New York Office, 38 Park Row. J ohn Haddon & Co., Agents, London. Miller & Richard, Canadian Agents, Toronto, Ontario.
BARNHART BROS. & SPINDLER, WESTERN AGENTS, 168-172 WEST MONROE ST., CHICAGO
Great Western Type Foundry. Kansas City, Missouri: Great Western Type Foundry, Omaha, Nebraska: Minnesota Type Foundry Co., St. Paul, Minnesota: St.
Louis Printers Supply Co., St. Louis, Missouri; Southern Printers Supply Co., Washington, District Columbia; The Barnhart Type Foundry Co., Dallas, Texas;
National Paper & Type Co. , City of Mexico, Vera Cruz, Monterrey, and Havana, Cuba. On the Pacific Coast — Pacific Printers Supply Company, Seattle, Wash.
The Babcock Optimus
The Babcock Optimus
Price — the last thing to talk about, the
first thing asked. Everything else is more
important.
The buyer’s concern is not so much to
purchase cheaper as to be sure his competi¬
tor does not buy for less.
We have proved herein for months that
the Optimus is best for any printing purpose.
With this superior efficiency and capacity we
offer the assurance that the competitor does
not buy for less. Nor does he pay more. The
one-price plan is both straight and square.
It forces us to fix a price that self-preserva¬
tion compels us to abide by; so low that if we
lose the order we have no fault to find with
our price. Nothing can be more fair, and no
other action entitles us more fully to the con¬
fidence of customers.
We have a seven-hundred-man factory,
up to the hour in everything, that enables
us to take advantage of every practical econ¬
omy in construction, and to incorporate in
our presses unexcelled qualities. The ex¬
treme care taken in the manufacture of the
special high-grade materials used; the splen¬
didly close and exact fitting that insures long
life; the strict inspections and trials, while
making our machines of exceptional service
to their buyers, make them costly to us.
Indifference to these things would save us
much; but customers would not get a ma¬
chine good for twenty years of hard work.
Whether bought on quality or price, or
both, Optimus sales are increasing. This
must mean that our price is right. It can be
ascertained readily for any machine. We do
not delay giving it until a salesman can call.
It will be the best price we can make for a
machine that is as reliable in operation as
the manner of its sale is straightforward.
Neither in purchase nor in use will the Opti¬
mus give cause for regret.
SET IN AUTHORS ROMAN
485
CROSS
Continuous Feeders
They Run While You Load
The number of machines sold in 1910 was twice the record of
sales in 1909 and sixty per cent, were REPEAT orders — from
those who were already users and who knew their value. This
tells the efficiency story.
Presses and folders are fed economically by Cross Continuous
Feeders because oi their ready adjustment to size changes and their
adaptability to all kinds ot stock.
Write us for Booklet
Dexter Folder Company
200 Fifth Avenue 431 South Dearborn Street Fifth and Chestnut Streets
NEW YORK CHICAGO PHILADELPHIA
Brintnall & Bickford, S68 Howard Street
SAN FRANCISCO
18S Summer Street Dodson Printers’ Supply Co. The J. L. Morrison Co.
BOSTON ATLANTA, GA. TORONTO, CANADA
486
i
Form
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JnmiSiL
Forrri f
lb Obl°n<)
Catalog, Book and Parallel
Folder, No. 290 Type
Folds the thirteen different forms
illustrated here.
Extra fold attachments can be applied
that accomplish the folding of ten
additional forms.
A complete
RIGHT ANGLE
PARALLEL and
OBLONG
Folding Machine in one. Simplicity
and ready adjustment the
important features.
Xari/est
5 Parallel
DEXTER FOLDER CO
200 Fifth Avenue 431 South Dearborn Street
NEW YORK CHICAGO
Fifth and Chestnut Streets
PHILADELPHIA
185 Summer Street Dodson Printers’ Supply Co.
BOSTON ATLANTA, GA.
Brintnall & Biekford, 508 Howard Street A
SAN FRANCISCO A
T, W. & C. B, Sheridan The J. L. Morrison Co. ^7/
LONDON, ENGLAND TORONTO. CANADA ^7/
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Reliable
Printers'
Rollers
Sami Binghams Son
Mfg. Co.
CHICAGO
316=318 South Canal Street
PITTSBURG
First Avenue and Ross Street
ST. LOUIS
514 = 516 ClarK Avenue
KANSAS CITY
706 Baltimore Avenue
ATLANTA
52=54 So. Forsyth Street
INDIANAPOLIS
TTl=153 Kentucky Avenue
DALLAS
675 Elm Street
MILWAUKEE
133 = 135 Michigan Street
MINNEAPOLIS
719=721 Fourth St., So.
DES MOINES
609=611 Chestnut Street
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Man UFA CT/JRFRS OF
CINCINNATI • NEW YORK- CHICAGO • ST LOUIS • BUFFALO
PHILADELPHIA • MINNEAPOLIS • SANFRANCISCO - TORONTO
HAVANA* CITY of MEXICO - BUENOS AIRES • PARIS * LONDON
€J “ Listen 1 ” When a competitor is noth¬
ing but an imitator he should be a “Jap”
and steal name-plate and all.
€[[ “ Listen 1” Those who imitate and
never originate are simply back
numbers. They are never up with the
procession.
Listen 1 ” We have originated all up-
to-date improvements in paper-folding
machinery during the past thirty years.
It is our one and only specialty.
Brown Folding Machine Company
Erie, Pa.
NEW YORK, 38 Park Row CHICAGO, 345 Rand-McNally Bldg.
ATLANTA, GA., J. H. Schroeter & Bro.
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| when your catalog or announce- j
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Without attention your entire I
investment in printing is lost. j
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that they at once have the high- ||
est ATTENTION value. The
i use of these covers will add
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W i rite for particulars
about Imported Covers and other
novelties in papers
O. M. STEINMAN, Importer
96 BEEKMAN STREET, NEW YORK
I _ _ J
490
Power House of the
EIwmwwo Mmrn^admma
Beside the Boston & Albany Tracks
at South Framingham, Mass.
Behind the large window
are the 900 K. W. Genera¬
tors and the 1200 H. P.
Engines that furnish the
power for the Dennison
Works. Among the 7000
items made in this most
interesting Factory, the
ones which appeal most to
the printer are the many
sizes and qualities of
xcmiboti
Shipping Tags
The
x-ciuikoii
Standard Tag
Made of the strongest rope
stock, has stood for quality for
a third of a century. Its ever
increasing sales are an assurance
that its quality is recognized.
The Tag Should Be
in Keeping with the
Office Stationery
With a few Dennison Standard
Tags on his shelves the printer
is in a position to supply tags
in keeping with the customer’s
stationery.
BOSTON
26 Franklin St
NEW YORK
15 John St.
xk/nmbQn d^Ia 3oriipani|
THE TAG MAKERS
PHILADELPHIA
1007 Chestnut St.
CHICAGO
62 E. Randolph St.
ST. LOUIS
413 N. Fourth St.
50 Cents Will Pay for
1,000
Gathered, Stitched
and Covered Books
or Magazines, Catalogues,
Pamphlets, etc,, if done on
Our Three Machine
Combination
We Guarantee 3,000 Books Per Hour
Information and list of users
furnished upon application
GEO. JUENGST & SONS
CROTON FALLS, N. Y.
WE HAVE NO AGENTS
492
Sheridan’s New Model
Manufacturers of Paper Cutters, Book Trimmers, Die Presses, Embossers, Smashers,
Inkers, and a complete line of Printers’ and Bookbinders’ Machinery
NEW YORK ... 56 Duane Street
CHICAGO . . 17 So. Franklin Street
LONDON . . 65-69 Mount Pleasant
Automatic Clamp — Improved — Up to Date
Write for Particulars, Prices and Terms
T. W. & C. B. SHERIDAN CO.
493
494
SAVE THE COST
OF
SLIP-SHEETING
BY
o >•$•*/ y :
USING
SPEEDLIMIT BLACK INK
Beautiful results have been obtained, with general mixed
form (of half-tone and type), on sheets 25x38 — 80-lb.
enameled paper, stacked 5,000 high, without slip-sheeting.
THIS SPEAKS WELL FOR SPEEDLIMIT
BLACK INK
MANUFACTURED BY
The Queen City Printing Ink Co.
CINCINNATI
CHICAGO
BOSTON
PHILADELPHIA
ROCHESTER
DETROIT
MINNEAPOLIS
DALLAS
KANSAS CITY
495
New Model No. 3 Smyth
Book-Sewing Machine
THE popular machine for edition work, catalogues, school books,
pamphlets, etc. Performs several styles of sewing — will braid over
tape, sew through tape with or without braiding, or sew without tape or
twine. No preparation of the work necessary before sewing.
Its fine construction, interchangeable parts, simplicity and rapid
operation, have made it the most popular machine for Bookbinders the
world over. Will produce from 25 to 40 per cent more work than any
other make of machines.
Other sizes to suit every requirement.
- WRITE FOR PARTICULARS - — - - -
E. C. FULLER COMPANY
FISHER BUILDING, CHICAGO 28 READE STREET, NEW YORK
496
4L A BLACK INK of universal adapta¬
bility is the article long sought by the
printer. WE HAVE IT. It is yours
on your order, and is known as
C. This is not an argument,
it is a plain statement of fact.
C. We offer a BLACK INK which will
produce the best possible results on book
papers, machine finish papers and coated
papers, giving the life and color required
without drying on the press, but which
will dry on the sheet in time to get off
that RUSH JOB.
Chas. Eneu Johnson & Co.
INSERT is printed with
Eneu Black
under regular printing conditions, without
slip sheets, by a commercial printer.
Chas. Eneu Johnson
SAN FRANCISCO
NEW YORK
& Co.
ST. LOUIS
BALTIMORE
BOSTON
PHILADELPHIA
CHICAGO
CLEVELAND
P. T. O.
The Feeder Question Solved
PRODUCES MORE WORK THAN FIVE JOBBERS.
The Kavmor Automatic Press Company
Office and Showrooms, 346 Broadway, New York
Western Agency — JOHN C. LASSEN* Monadnock Building* Chicago, III. Eastern Agency — RICHARD PRESTON, 167 Oliver St., Boston, Mass.
Southern and Southwestern Agency — DODSON PRINTERS’ SUPPLY CO., Atlanta, Ga.
Canadian Agents — MILLER & RICHARD, Toronto, Can. Pacific Coast Agents — BRINTNALL & BICKFORD, San Francisco, Cal.
r—+ THE KAVMOR < - »
High-speed Automatic Platen Press
Built in Two Sizes, 11x17 and 14x20.
FEEDS, PRINTS and DELIVERS all grades of paper from French Folio to Boxboard
at speeds up to
5,000 Impressions per Hour !
Flat
Type
Forms
Electros
not
necessary
Ordinary
Flat
Electros
when desired
(not curved)
Perfect
Registry
Requires only
two horse¬
power.
Requires no
machinist
Short runs
handled
quickly
Self-
Feeding
Self-
Delivering
Less
Wages
Less
Waste
Inking
Distribution
unsurpassed
Costs no more
to operate.
4-2
497
Thirty Thousand Pounds of Type
For One Chicago Printery was cast by
them on one NUERNBERGER-RETTIG
TYPE-CASTING MACHINE. Most of
the above was small sizes and was old
foundry type recast.
What was it worth as old metal ?
What is it worth as new usable type, equal to
foundry quality ?
WHY NOT RECAST YOUR DEAD TYPE INTO
TYPE SPACES— QUADS— LOGOS— BORDERS
SIX TO FORTY-EIGHT POINT SEND FOR SAMPLES
COMPOSITYPE MATS CAN BE USED
Universal Automatic Type-Casting
Machine Company
Nuernberger- Rettig Typecaster
321-323 North Sheldon Street
CHICAGO
POTTER PROOF PRESS
is an absolute necessity in every
first-class printing-shop, espe¬
cially if economy of production
is desired. Good proofs of every
kind from galley matter to the
finest half-tone and multi-color
plates are the work of a few
minutes on this machine, while
other methods of doing the
same work would take hours.
Why not increase your business and
please old customers by supplying
press-proofs on every job? You can
do it on the “Potter” at no more
expense than is entailed by an ordi¬
nary “pounded proof.” Full infor¬
mation sent free on request.
SOLE OWNERS AND MANUFACTURERS
A. F. WANNER & CO.
Sold by Dealers Everywhere. 516-520 So. Dearborn St., Chicago
498
FOR SALE BY THE PRINCIPAL
DEALERS in the UNITED STATES
We never recede from this
one purpose —
Peerless Printing Press
Company
ANSTON WORKS
70 Jackson Street
Palmyra, N. Y., U. S. A.
“ The building of a
reliable Paper Cutter
at the right price ”
By the
Press -Tester
OH! You STONEMETZ Delivery! Happy noise! Right-oh! Why, say, that STONEMETZ printed-side-up delivery
is so good — so altogether good — that in telling about it 1 get that joy feeling just like a fellow does when he spiels off the
funny part of a new story to an appreciative bunch of brother rounders.
But why, you ask, does the STONEMETZ have a lead-pipe cinch on this printed-side-up delivery stuff?
Because, Brother, the STONEMETZ delivery is just about the nearest ever to the real thing — a delivery that the
best printing-press talent in the country worked on for three years to frame up. Electricity won’t feaze it, thin, flimsy paper can’t
ball it up, and the faster the press runs the better she lays 'em out.
From the time the grippers take the sheet until it is delivered, the movement of that sheet is positive and unfailing. No sticking
to the stripper fingers, no twisting around, slipping back nor curling up. I won t take the space to go into details of construction, but
believe me, its there — so simple, so altogether free from the old printed-side-up delivery foozles, that you can’t help but fall for it.
I’d just like to be strong enough on that word-picture stuff to make you see it — a sheet gliding out onto the carrier tapes, and
then stopping until the second revolution of the cylinder, when out glides another sheet, the first one making room for it by traveling
to the delivery end of the carrier. On the next double revolution the third sheet takes its place on the carrier and the first sheet is
allowed to drop lightly into the tray or jogger. Figure it out? Three sheets exposed to the air all the time — -can you beat it? With
gas jets attached to the delivery end of the carrier, can you imagine a better drying proposition or a better electricity dispeller?
Say, fellows, with a combination like that you can print solids — turn on the color without fear of offsets and — chuck the old
slip sheets into the lake. Am I right? Sounds good, eh? If you’ve got any doubts about
it, come across with the question. Drop us a line anyway. A little STONEMETZ infor¬
mation might do you good.
The Challenge Machinery Co.
Grand Haven, Mich., U. S. A.
Salesroom and Warehouse: 124 S. Fifth Ave., Chicago.
No. 7
499
“Kidder” Self-Feed Bed and Platen Presses
They Print from the Roll. They Print from Plates. They Print on One or Both Sides of the Paper in One to Four Colors
ONE OF OUR STANDARD STYLES BUILT IN FOUR SIZES WRITE FOR INFORMATION
KIDDER PRESS COMPANY, Main Office and IV orks: DOVER, N. H.
NEW YORK OFFICE: 261 BROADWAY
CANADA: The J. L. Morrison Co., Toronto
GREAT BRITAIN: John Haddon & Co., London
GIBBS-BROWER Go., Agents
ACCURACY AND SPEED
is a combination in wire
stitchers to be found only in
“BREHMER” machines.
WRITE OUR
“SERVICE
BUREAU”
SIMPLICITY of con¬
struction explains the
small cost of renewal
parts.
Over 30,000 in use
No. 33. For Booklet and other General
Printers’ Stitching.
No. 58. For heavier work up to 94-inch. Can be fitted with
special gauge for Calendar Work.
CHARLES BECK COMPANY
609 CHESTNUT STREET
PHILADELPHIA
500
mar^PS^x.
ESTABLISHED 1830
«
Paper Knives
are just enough better to warrant inquiry
if you do not already know about them.
“New Process” quality. New package.
“ COES ” warrant (that’s different) better service and
No Price Advance!
In other words, our customers get the benefit of all
improvements at no cost to them.
LORING COES & CO., Inc.
DEPARTMENT COES WRENCH CO.
WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.
New York Office — W. E. ROBBINS, 21 Murray Street
Phone, 6866 Barclay
COES RECORDS
First to use Micrometer in Knife work .
First to absolutely refuse to join the Trust ....
First to use special steels for paper work ....
First to use a special package . .
First to print and sell by a “printed in figures” Price-list
First to make first-class Knives, any kind ....
COES is Always Best!
. 1 890
. 1893
. 1894
. 1901
. 1904
1830 to 1905
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|| IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Improvement on
Chandler & Price
Gordon Presses
THE policy of the manufacturers to build
a press that will stand years of hard usage
has given C. & P. Gordons a great reputation
among thousands of printers.
The latest move in this direction is shown in
the illustration herewith and consists in placing
on the 10x15 size and larger a hardened steel
segment in the raceway of the Large Gear Cam
Wheel, so that if the roller and stud running inside
the raceway should
stick (as it some¬
times does for want
of oil) the wall of
the cam will not be
cut away, but the
roller and stud will
receive the wear
and may be re¬
newed at small cost
and inconvenience
as compared with
renewing the
Large Gear Cam Wheel.
This important improvement, adding much to
the value and durability of the machine, is placed
on presses now being built without additional cost.
Note. — Owners of C. & P. Gordons having
presses with worn cams may have them per¬
manently repaired by
purchasing a newLarge
Gear Cam Wheel with
hardened steel seg¬
ment.
The Large Gear Cam Wheel
With Steel Segment
Send for
Descriptive
Circular
THE
CHANDLER
& PRICE CO.
CLEVELAND
OHIO
WhyThrow Away Your
Waste?
Is it wise to burn
up, give away or
sell to the junk man
for a mere pittance,
accumulations of
waste paper that
will bring good
prices at the mills?
Why not turnyour
waste into profit,
and so lessen the
cost of doing busi¬
ness ?
THE HANDY PAPER BALER
is an inexpensive press, but it will do exactly as satisfac¬
tory work as one selling for 25 to 50 per cent more. It will
keep your premises cleaner and avoid disaster from fire. It
is substantially built of kiln-dried maple, natural finish,
and will stand the hardest usage. Requires less floor space
than any other machine. Makes a bale weighing from 100
to 750 pounds. Bale easily and quickly removed. Press
is made in five sizes, $40, $50, $65, $75 and $85. A
mighty good investment for you.
Write at once for Circular
The Handy Press Co.
251-263 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
f - >
Printers’ Equipment
Expert Advice in Book Form
We will send at your request
a copyrighted reference book
giving the proper style, size
and kind of motor to install
for any standard press.
These data have been com¬
piled as the result of 21 years’
experience in installing motors
for printing-press work.
If in need of motors, men¬
tion your requirements to us —
the recognized experts on press
equipment. It costs no more
and your equipment will then
be right.
The Triumph Electric Co.
Cincinnati, Ohio
BRANCHES IN ALL LARGE CITIES
_ /
502
DOES YOUR SHOP OPERATE
AT MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY
SPRAGUE
ELECTRIC
Round Type Motor Belted to Wood & Nathan’s High Speed
Automatic Job Press
MOTORS and
CONTROLLERS
WILL
REDUCE EXPENSE
AND
INCREASE OUTPUT
That our installations include many of the large print-
shops, newspaper plants and lithographing and engraving
houses throughout the country is proof of the great
popularity of our motors and controllers.
We will provide specifications for the equipment of
your plant free of obligation on your part.
Write for Illustrated Bulletin No. 2194
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC WORKS
OF GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Main Offices: 527-531 West 34th Street, New York City
BRANCH OFFICES: Chicago Philadelphia Boston Baltimore Pittsburg
Atlanta San Francisco St. Louis Milwaukee Seattle
BRONZING MACHINES
FOR LITHOGRAPHERS AND PRINTERS
GUARANTEED IN EVERY RESPECT
Ruling Machines,
Parks’ Renowned
Litho. Hand Presses,
Steel Rules and
Straight-edges,
Lithographic Inks,
OTHER specialties
manufactured and
imported by us:
Reducing Machines,
Bronze
Powders
Stone-grinding
Machines,
pers — none genuine
without the water-mark
on every sheet.
MANUFACTURED BY
ROBERT MAYER ® CO.
Suite 420, 200 Fifth Ave., NEW YORK
Factory— Hoboken, N.J. San Francisco
Chicago Office — Monon Bldg., 440 S. Dearborn St.
Lithographic Stones
and Supplies.
Sole Agents for the
United States and Can¬
ada for the genuine
ColumbiaTransfer Pa-
We do Repairing
Patented April 5, 1904
Patented May 30, 1905
Patented April 7, 1906
Other patents pending.
503
PAY-ROLL RECORDS
You don’t pay your workmen for “ time-of-day.”
You don’t sell “time-of-day” to your customers.
You don’t charge “ time-of-day” to cost of product.
Since, then, you must determine the working time before
your records can serve any useful purpose, why stick to
habit and follow your century-old, crooked, roundabout
path recording time of commencing, time of stopping, and
then subtracting one record from the other ?
THE CALCULAGRAPH
makes a printed record of Elapsed Time or actual working
time. These records are indispensable for figuring the
cost of your products. They are equally useful in making
up pay-rolls.
One set of Calculagraph records will serve both pur¬
poses.
Our booklet, “ Accurate Cost Records , ” tells how, ask for it — it's free.
Calculagraph Company 146l;'v'v™'k cuy"lg
Imitation Falls Short of the Genuine
T70R years the PEERLESS
r PERFORATOR has stood
as a model for imitators. It has
withstood all tests, and is still
recognized by the posted buyer —
the buyer who would look to
service and future, as the one de¬
pendable Perforator.
Its rapid, perfect work, clean and
thorough perforation and its wide range
in thickness of stock, supplies the printer
with all that can be desired.
SELLING AGENTS
GANE BROS. & CO. . . .
T. W. & C. B. SHERIDAN .
S. KOCHANSKI .
MIDDOWS BROS .
. . CHICAGO, ILL.
1 CHICAGO, ILL.
' 1 LONDON, ENG.
BERLIN, GERMANY
. SYDNEY, N. S. W.
Manufactured by
A. G. BURTON’S SON
118 to 124 South Clinton Street
CHICAGO, ILL., U. S. A.
E. C. FULLER CO., I c , „ . .
28 Reade St., NEW YORK t'Sole Eastern ASents
THE J. L. MORRISON CO., Sole Agents for Canada
JOHN DICKINSON & CO.,
Agents for South Africa and India
504
StyleS Duplex O-A Automatic Striker Ruling Machine
H I C K O K
Paper-Ruling Machines
»>■“ Ruling Pens
‘Bookbinders ’ Machinery
The W. O. HICKOK MFG. CO.
HARRISBURG, PA., U. S. A.
Established 1844 Incorporated 1886
HOOLE MACHINE &
ENGRAVING WORKS
29-33 Prospect Street Ill Washington Street
— BROOKLYN, N. Y. — — =
“ Hoole ”
Check
End-Name
Printing
Machine
A Job of 500 End-Names can be set up and run
off on the “HOOLE” Check End-Name Printing
Machine at a cost of nine cents, and the work will
equal that of the printing-press. Let us refer you to
concerns who are getting the above results.
■ Manufacturers of - — ■ —
End-Name, Numbering, Pacing and
Bookbinders’ Machinery and Finishing
Tools o£ all kinds.
STEEL PLATE TRANSFER PRESS
For Transferring Impressions from Hardened Steel Plates or Rolls
USED BY THE FOLLOWING CONCERNS
Bureau of Engraving & Printing, Washington - 20 Machines
American Bank Note Co., New York - - - - 12 “
John A. Lowell Bank Note Co., Boston - 1 “
Western Bank Note Co., Chicago - 2 “
Thos. MacDonald, Genoa ------ 2 “
E. A. Wright Bank Note Co., Philadelphia - - 1 “
Richter & Co., Naples . 1 “
HIOM ffiMAPT am
nc CKAR and CVTUINQ MAXEM
Bficgtcurnwo machiwwv
NEWARK, M-J. U.AA.’
505
HERE IS CONVENIENCE AND FIRE PROTECTION FOR YOUR PRINTING PLANT
L^Justrite Oily Waste Can
OPEN WITH THE FOOT
A convenience that makes it easier to throw oily waste in the can than to stick it
under a bench — that keeps your plant clean and orderly and cultivates neatness among
your employees.
An effective fire protection that keeps all the dangerous oily-soaked waste
in non-leaking cans under tight-closing lids, thus reducing the danger of spon¬
taneous combustion and stray matches.
Absolutely no desire on part of workmen to block cover open. No springs to
get out of order. Always closed when not in use.
Send for Booklet
Patented .
Each can bears the official label of the National Board of Fire
Underwriters, which insures you protection against the so-called
approved inferior waste cans. _
For Sale by leading printers’ supply houses and hardware dealers,
or write us direct for circulars and prices.
The Justrite Mfg. Co., 332 S. Clinton Street, CHICAGO
CANADIAN AGENTS * Wlnn.,peg and ToronI°
I GEO. M. STEWART, Montreal
Save so Percent
BUYING
“National” Calendars
That Different Kind
OUR CALENDARS
ARE HAND TINTED
in colorings absolutely
true to nature.
Mounted and colored
on the best quality of
stock obtainable.
We save you thirty per
cent — you don’t care
HOW but IF — Let us
prove it.
Get Catalog. It’s free;
or samples sent.
Special inducements for at once
orders
Tans sf post cards, too
NATIONAL COLORTYPE CO.
CINCINNATI. OHIO
Fred’kH.LeveyCo.
======= New York -—==■■• ==
Manufacturers of High Grade
Printing Inks
E make a specialty of Inks
for Magazine and Cata¬
logue work. The Ladies '
Home Journal , Saturday
Evening Post , Scribner' s}
McClure' s, Cosmopolitan ,
W oman' s Home Companion , Strand , Amer¬
ican , Frank Leslie' s Publications , Review
of Reviews , and many others, are printed
with Inks made by us. Our Colored
Inks for Process Printing, both wet and
dry, are pronounced by Expert Printers
the best made.
FRED’K H. LEVEY. President CHAS. BISPHAM LEVEY. Treasurer
CHAS. E. NEWTON, Vice-President WM. S. BATE. Secretary
NEW YORK. 59 Beektnan St. CHICAGO, 357 Dearborn St.
SAN FRANCISCO, 653 Battery St. SEATTLE, 411 Occidental Ave.
—
As to the value of other things,
most men differ. Concerning the
Anderson Bundling Press
all have the same opinion. S
The high pressure produced and the ease of obtaining it, is ONE reason
why so many ANDERSON BUNDLING PRESSES are used. Many ;
binderies have from two to twelve. j
- IV rite for List of Users in your locality =
C. F. ANDERSON & CO. 394-398 Clark St., CHICAGO
506
Full Equipments of the Latest and Most Improved
ROLLER-MAKING
MACHINERY FURNISHED
ESTIMATES FOR LARGE OR SMALL OUTFITS
A MODERN OUTFIT FOR LARGE PRINTERS
JAMES ROWE
241=247 South Jefferson St., CHICAGO. ILL.
LINOTYPE & MACHINERY COMPANY, Ltd., European Agents,
189 Fleet Street, London, England
See that this label is on each ream.
One of the latest additions to our list of water-marked
“CARAVEL” QUALITIES is our
No. 585 TITANIC BOND
and it has already made its mark. Y ou will profit by
examining this quality.
It is a good Bond Paper at a price that will enable
you to do big business.
We supply it in case lots of 500 lb. in stock sizes,
weights and colors. Special sizes and weights in quan¬
tities of not less than 1,000 lb.
Write to us for sample book , stating your requirements.
PARSONS TRADING COMPANY
20 Vesey Street . NEW YORK
London, Sydney, Melbourne, Wellington, Havana, Mexico, D. F.,
Buenos Aires, Bombay, Cape Town.
Cable Address for all Offices — “ Partracom.”
THERE IS MONEY TO BE SAVED
By the printer in the installation of devices that promote comfort and convenience of their employees. The instant you heed
the comfort of an employee — just that moment you increase his efficiency. Equip your plant with devices of comfort and necessity
and watch increased interest and increased output.
The Montgomery
Press Feeder’s
Seat
If the feeder of a job
or cylinder press could
realize the comfort to
be derived from the use
of our removable and
adjustable feeder’s seat,
he would investigate
and be the user of one
every day. It is made
adjustable to any rea¬
sonable height, the
seat support being
made so as to fit into
a metal socket in the
floor, and can be
easily removed while
making ready or from
one press to another.
It is made of the very
best tested steel and
iron, nicely finished,
decorated, etc. The
resiliency had in this
seat supplies rest to
the user, thereby pro¬
moting good health
and efficiency. The
price is so reasonable
that no feeder or
printer ought to be
without this equip¬
ment.
IF INTERESTED — SEND FOR PARTICULARS ABOUT THE HAMILTON PLATEN PRESS BRAKE.
WE WANT LIVE, HUSTLING AGENTS IN ALL PRINCIPAL CITIES. WE OFFER SPLENDID TERRITORIES AND GOOD PROFITS.
MONTGOMERY BROTHERS COMPANY, St. Paul, Minnesota
Economic Model
E Cylinder
Roller Holder
This automatic rol¬
ler-holder is the most
convenient holder now
manufactured. Requires
practically no space
except that which pro¬
jects from wall ; al¬
ways out of the way,
clean and handy for
washing purposes. It
is made up of a base
and wall bracket, hav-
1 n g an automatic
spring lock for each
roller. By the use of
this holder rollers can
be put in a very
limited space. Is made
to be placed against
the wall. It is made ex¬
pressly for cylinder
rollers. Is now used
extensively by printers,
w h o pronounce the
automatic roller-holder
the most practical and
serviceable holder on
to-day’s market.
507
Dr. Albert’s
Patented Lead Moulding
Process
is the one perfect and
satisfactory method of
ELECTROTYPING
especially adapted to half-tone and high-grade color-
work, and can be safely relied upon to reproduce the
original without loss in sharpness and detail.
We call for your work and execute it with the greatest
care, and deliveries are made promptly.
Telephone Harrison 765, or call and
examine specimens of our work.
NATIONAL ELECTROTYPE COMP’Y
626 Federal Street CHICAGO. ILLINOIS
I INDIVIDUAL
MOTOR5
TO DRIVE
ANY
MACHINE
FOR
LINOTYPES
WATSON
MULTIPOLAR
MOTORS
WATSON Motors fit the
machine. We manufacture
highest grade Motors for all
classes of machinery used by
Printers and Engravers.
Convenient, Powerful, Dur¬
able, Economical.
“Cut out the Belts.”
THE MECHANICAL
APPLIANCE CO.
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
FOR PRESSES
C. R. Carver Company PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Canadian Agents : Export Agent, except Canada:
MILLER & RICHARD, Toronto and Winnipeg. PARSONS TRADING CO., Sydney, Mexico City and New York.
If You Buy a Carver Automatic Die Press
You Will Not Regret It
Because it is the most efficient for the greatest variety
of work.
Because it is the most economical to operate.
Because of its simplicity and durability of construction
and small cost for repairs.
Because it has the best record where operated with
presses of other makes.
Because it will stand investigation wherever used.
Because it is approved by all users and preferred.
Because it is unquestionably the best and cheapest in
the end.
Because it is built on merit, sold on merit and bought
for its merit.
Size, 4^x9 inches.
Manufactured in the following sizes :
4V2 x 9, 3M>x8, 2%x8, 2V2 x 4 inches,
New Ideas in Attractive
Advertising
The printer should examine this big line of BLOTTING
PAPERS.
The WORLD, HOLLYWOOD and RELIANCE suggest
big advertising possibilities.
VIENNA MOIRE (in colors) and Plate Finish, the acme
of art basis.
Our DIRECTOIRE, a novelty of exquisite patterns.
ALBEMARLE
HALF-TONE BLOTTING
a new creation, having surface for half-tone or color process
printing and lithographing. Made in white and five colors.
Samples of our entire line will be mailed upon request.
The Albemarle Paper Mfg. Co.
Makers of Blotting Richmond, Virginia
Edwards, Dunlop & Co., Ltd., Sydney and Brisbane, Sole Agents for Australia
Get satisfaction by driving
your machines with -
Westinghouse Motors
We give the same attention in equipping the
smallest printing plant as we give the largest.
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Company
Sales offices in all large cities East Pittsburg, Pa.
“Globetypes”
Halftones and Electros From Halftones
The Best the World Has Ever Seen
The evidence of a 400-line “ Globetype” (160,000 dots to the square inch) the halftone and
electro printed on the same sheet for comparison, is yours for the asking.
701 - 721 South Dearborn Street ,
AN
CHICAGO
We make designs, drawings, halftones, zinc etchings, wood and wax engravings, copper, nickel and
steel electrotypes — but we do no printing. Our scale of prices is the most complete, comprehen¬
sive and consistent ever issued. With it on your desk the necessity for correspondence is prac¬
tically eliminated.
This advertisement is printed from a steel “ GLOBETYPE . ‘
Our papers are supplied in fine wedding stationery, visiting cards, and other specialties by Eaton, Crane & Pike Co., Pittsfield,
Mass., and 225 Fifth Avenue, New York, whose boxes containing our goods bear the word CRANE’S.
1 1 — - -
$15.50 a Week Increase
in Wages
A Chicago hand compositor got tired of working for the
then job scale of $19.50.
Within the last four years he made the plunge and became
a student at
%\yt inland printer Ceclmtcal |5>d)ool
Since that time his wages have risen steadily until now he is
earning $35 a week.
Not everybody can do so well. But any compositor can go part of the road j
this man has traveled. There will be more machines than ever. Make up your mind
to catch on. This is the School that will show you how. It has the endorsement of j
i the International Typographical Union.
Send Postal for Booklet “Machine Composition”
i and learn all about the course and what the students say of it.
The Thompson Typecaster taught without extra charge.
Inland Printer Technical School
632 Sherman Street, Chicago, Ill.
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.510
Printers!
The perfect proofs of type forms ob¬
tainable on the SHNIEDEWEN D
PRINTERS’ PROOF PRESS
can not be matched by any other
method.
Printers beholding the Shniedewend
proofs are ASTONISHED,
AMAZED.
Shniedewend proofs are REAL
PROOFS and INCREASE
YOUR ORDERS.
Paper Cutters
MUST BE accurate, substantial,
rigid, to insure perfect cutting.
THE RELIANCE
is the embodiment of the above requi¬
sites, therefore a GUARANTEE
in itself TO PRODUCE ACCU¬
RATE CUTTING FOR A LIFE¬
TIME.
Write for Circulars, giving prices and sizes
of these machines, direct to the manufacturers
Paul Shniedewend & Co.
627 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, U. S. A.
OR TO YOUR DEALER
Photo - Engravers !
THE “RELIANCE” IS the
PROOF PRESSof the age for you.
Its quality of proofs of half-tones can
not be produced by any other press.
Quantity minus Quality means failure.
QUALITY MEANS SUCCESS.
Also sold by Williams-Lloyd Machinery Co., Geo. Russell
Reed Co., TorontoType Foundry Co., N. Y. Machinery Co.,
A.W.Penrose&Co., London, Klimsch & Co., Frankfurt, Ger.
Think of Your Present Folder Troubles
IV rite for a complete set of sample folds
We Cleveland
Folding Machine
No Tapes, Knives, Cams or
Changeable Gears.
Has range from 19x36 to 3x4 in parallel.
Folds and delivers 4s, 6s, 8s, 10s, 12s, 14s and 16s, single or
in gangs.
Also regular 4s, 8s and 16s* book folds, from sheets 19x25
down to where the last fold is not less than 2^x3 in.
Makes accordion and a number of other — folds that can
not be made on any other folder.
INSTALLED ON A THIRTY DAYS* TRIAL on an un¬
conditional guarantee of absolute satisfaction.
Then ask the Printer who uses a
“Cleveland” and you will quickly
appreciate what constitutes a Folder
without troubles.
The Cleveland Folding Machine Company :: Cleveland , Ohio
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Dinse, Page
& Company
Electrotypes
Nickeltypes
AND =
Stereotypes
725-733 S. LASALLE ST.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
TELEPHONE, HARRISON 7185
Inks that are used in every country where
printing is done.
fKaat & Elungrr
(fkmatty
Manufacturing Agents for the United States,
Canada, Cuba, Mexico
Charles Hellmuth
Printing
and Lithographic
The World’s
Standard
Three and
Four Color
Process Inks
INKS
DRY COLORS, VARNISHES
SPECIAL
OFF-SET INKS
Originators
of Solvine
Gold Ink
worthy of
the name
New York
154-6-8 W. 18th Street
Hellmuth Building
Chicago
n:w 605-7-9 S. Clark St.
Poole Bros. Building
Bi-Tones
that work
clean to the
last sheet
Patented in
United States
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Before You
BuyAnother —
Suppose you investi¬
gate the many nevu
and valuable im¬
provements found in
The
Acme
Binder
No. 6
You want a Stapler
that is accurate and
dependable at the
right price. The
“A cme” keeps
down your cost of
production. It is
equipped with all the
up- to- the - minute
advantages. For sale
by printers’ supply
houses throughout
the United States.
Send for full par¬
ticulars. Write
The Acme
Staple Machine
Co., Ltd.,
112 North Ninth St.,
Camden, N. J.
How Much Power Is Wasted
In Your Shop Every Day?
Let us show you how you can eliminate this waste by
installing our “STANDARD” Motors on your presses,
linotype machines, paper cutters, staplers and other printing
machinery.
We have specialized on small motors — Ar t0 15 horse-power
— for more than 16 years and have saved thousands of dollars
for printers by largely reducing their power cost.
Robbins &Myers
STANDARPMofors
— will cut a big slice out of your power bills every month.
Write us as to your power conditions — how much you use
and where you use it — -and let our expert engineers help you
solve your power problems. This service is free to the print¬
ing trade. Write Us.
The Robbins & Myers Co.
Factory and General Offices :
1325 Lagonda Avenue
Springfield. Ohio
BRANCHES:
New York, 145 Chambers
street; Chicago, 320 Monad-
nock block ; Philadelphia,
1109 Arch street; Boston,
176 Federal street ; Cleve¬
land, 1408 West Third street,
N. W. ; New Orleans, 312
Carondelet street ; St. Louis,
1120 Pine street; Kansas
City, 930 Wyandotte street.
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This pictures only one of the ninety sizes and styles of cutters that are made at Oswego as
a specialty. Each Oswego-made Cutter, from the little 16-inch Oswego Bench Cutter up to the
large 7-ton Brown & Carver Automatic Clamp Cutter, has at least three points of excellence on
Oswego Cutters only. Ask about the Vertical Stroke Attachments for cutting shapes.
It will give us pleasure to receive your request for our new book No. 8, containing valuable
suggestions derived from over a third of a century’s experience making cutting machines exclusively.
Won’t you give us that pleasure ?
OSWEGO MACHINE WORKS
NIEL GRAY, Jr., Proprietor
OSWEGO, N.Y.
CUTTING MACHINES EXCLUSIVELY
OSWEGO CUTTING MACHINES
OSWEGO LEVER CUTTERS
cut paper like cheese with
the new toggling lever motion
1-3
513
Hamilton’s
■ ■ h a MODERNIZED ■ ■ * *
COMPOSING-ROOM
FURNITURE
Street and No.
ALL PROMINENT DEALERS SELL HAMILTON GOODS
City . State .
Have you a copy of “Composing-room Economy” ? .
A VALUABLE LINE GAUGE, graduated by picas and nonpareils, mailed
free to every inquiring printer.
A Factor in the Problem of Cost Finding
You can not secure the full benefit of systematic cost finding until you put your house in order to
produce your product on the most economical basis.
A large percentage of the cost of printing originates in the composing-room.
Rent is high or the investment is large if the: building is not rented.
Modernized furniture will save 25 to 50 per cent in floor space.
Labor is wasted in using old equipment through the interference of workmen, traveling long distances
for material or having the equipment inconveniently arranged.
Modernized furniture will save 10 to 25 per cent of
composing-room labor.
This is not mere assertion on our part as manufac¬
turers of modernized furniture. It is the results reported
by leading concerns who have re-equipped their composing-
rooms.
If you are interested in this vital question of cost
reduction and cost finding, fill out the attached coupon and
let an expert show you what can be accomplished in your
composing-room.
Remember it will be up to us to show you possible
_ results.
We are
interested
in the ques¬
tion of Modern¬
ized Furniture and
we would like to have
your representative show
us a floor plan of our compos¬
ing-room as you would rearrange
it, with a view to our installing such
furniture as you can show us would soon
be paid for in the saving accomplished.
Double the Capacity
THE RUMFORD PRESS
Concord* N. H.
April 19, 1911.
The Hamilton Mlg. Go., Two Rivers, Wis«
Gentlemen, I am glad to advise you that the
installation of the new material in our composing-
room has been very satisfactory. The result has
been a great saving in floor space and a proportion¬
ate saving in the time of our workmen handling
the work.
During the past winter we have practically
doubled our output of work and this would have
been impossible without the readjustment through
your suggestions. Had we attempted to continue
with our old material, we should have had to either
refuse the work or double our rental expense by
taking extra floor space. All the furniture we have
found as represented and we are well satisfied with
the investment. Very truly yours,
J. V. BRIDGE, Mgr.
Let
send you a copy of “ Composing-room Economy,” showing floor plans in thirty
modernized 'offices.
THE HAMILTON MFG. CO.
Name .
Main Office and Factories . .
Eastern Office and Warehouse
TWO RIVERS, WIS.
. . RAHWAY, N. J.
OUR NEW CATALOG OF SPECIAL FURNITURE IS NOW READY
WHY buy a large single-color, fifteen hundred per hour flat-bed
cylinder press, when you can buy a two-color Harris Auto¬
matic, four thousand per hour rotary press which will enable
you to turn out as good a job of printing as you can get off of any
printing press built and at more than double the speed, with four
times the output?
Harris Automatic Printing Presses
Now Built in:
28x42 Two-color 25 x 38 Two-color 28x34 Two-color
28x42 Single-color 25x38 Single-color 28x34 Single-color
22 x 30 T wo-color 15x18 T wo-color
22 x 30 Single-color 15x18 Single-color
Thirty Other Models for Special Purposes
Write for Particulars to
The Harris Automatic Press Co.
CHICAGO OFFICE
Manhattan Building
FACTORY
NILES, OHIO
NEW YORK OFFICE
1579 Fulton
Hudson Terminal Building
The 28x42 Two-Color Harris
515
SEND FOR OUR BOOKLET “FOR THE MAN WHO PAYS ”
THE COST and PROFIT QUESTION
To know your costs is the stepping-stone to the reduction
of your losses.
The right price for your product is important.
The question of investment is very important.
Especially important is the point to place your plant in a
position to meet the competition of the immediate future — to
get the greatest returns in the shortest possible space of time.
To do this your platen presses should possess a combination
of labor-saving features such as found only in the Golding Jobber.
The results which the Golding Jobber can show prove con¬
clusively that contemporary machines are losing propositions.
Printer users of the Golding Jobber who know their costs
tell us this is so.
If we can prove to you that the Golding Jobber will save
you money in the various certain ways, you will be interested.
We don’t mind if you are skeptical.
GOLDING MFG. COMPANY, Franklin, Mass.
GOLDING JOBBER, PEARL PRESS, OFFICIAL PRESS, GOLDING & PEARL PAPER CUTTERS, CARD CUTTERS, TOOLS, etc.
For Careful Work, USE
Punches
Style D — With Direct-connected Motor.
They cut every hole absolutely clean, no matter what the
material used. Tremendously powerful — no vibration.
Last Long — Require Few Repairs — Consume Little Power.
The Tatum Punch with direct-connected motor repre¬
sents the highest achievement in paper punches.
Adjustment to any multiple may be made without removing the
idle heads.
Round shapes all interchangeable,
shapes quickly furnished.
Be sure to get “TATUM” when buying a punch — any user is a
good reference. Five styles. Prices from $35 to $325.
Nineteen stock sizes. Special
Write for Catalogue A
THE SAM’L C. TATUM CO,
3310 Colerain Avenue
CINCINNATI, OHIO
Punch, with stripper and die.
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THE MONOTYPE
is the
Standard of Efficiency
on Book Job Printing
C/A ✓?✓?// The Monotype out-distances all composing
O l) C C Cl machine competitors on quantity of pro-
r duct, finished and ready for the press.
This claim is proven by the experience of the best book and
catalogue printers.
Flexibility H
with the Monotype means hand¬
ling all of the work, in the compos¬
ing room, straight matter, intricate
work on catalogues and tabular forms. 900 fonts of the
newest and best faces in our matrix library (5 point to 36
point) makes you independent of the type foundry.
Quality
is the password in all printing offices using
Monotypes. Every type cast is as good
as new foundry type, — a guarantee of
clearness, legibility and perfect press work on every printed
job. The saving in make ready, and cost of electrotypes
for long runs is an exclusive Monotype advantage.
_ # Monotype product costs less by comparison,
L/ 0 S T sPeed, flexibility and quality considered, than
the product of any other kind of machine. A
Monotype investment pays a cash dividend plus the satis¬
faction you get from doing something better than your com¬
petitor, and in being always able to meet any composing
room emergency.
LANSTON MONOTYPE MACHINE CO.
PHILADELPHIA
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The Miller Saw -Trimmer
A Standardizing Machine for the Printer
Miller Saw-Trimmers are fully
covered by U. S. and foreign pat¬
ents and pending applications.
It Stands the Wear and Tear
16 hours per day ) Composing-room record
7 days ;per week J\J eW York JoUmdl
5 straight years j
Saws and trims as accurately to-day as the day installed
Easy to operate. Easy to buy. Easy to pay for.
Freight paid anywhere in U. S. A.
Miller Saw-Trimmer Co • 9 Alina, Mich.
RICHMOND phase MOTORS
/^N/X^^CONSTANT &
5RANCH FOR BULLION.
1120 Pine Street, ST LOUIS, MO.N.
145 Chambers St.. NEW YORK CITY CONSTANT / n T \
L76 Federal Street, BOSTON, MASS. X. SPEED 1 JV JLJ
i22 Monadnock Block, CHICAGO, ILL. IYIE JW_ C7V1
L011 Chestnut St., Room 626. PHILA., PA. \ -
Elfp lfarl|ntiimV (flirtrir (flmnitniqj.
RICHMOND, VA.
Bookbinders and Printers
will be interested to know of our rapid mail order service
and our ability to supply them with the highest grade of
the following specials :
XXD Gold Leaf, Long Edge, Stamping Ledger
Dark Usual, Dark Pale, Aluminum Leaf, and
Composition Leaf
Gold and aluminum leaf sold in any quantities from one
book up. Large facilities for smelting gold waste, rubber,
rags and cotton Send for Catalogue
ESTABLISHED 1867
JULIUS HESS COMPANY
1411-1427 Greenwood Terrace Chicago, Ill.
This Addressing System is Best Adapted to Publishers
THE ELLIOTT ADDRESSING MACHINE COMPANY
We Have Offices All Over the World Albany Street, CAMBRIDGE, MASS.
Consider These Points
The prominent addressing machines have all used either
metal cards or metal or rubber type in some form from
which to print their addresses.
These metal cards and metal plates have in recent years
been adapted to be filed in card trays, and for this purpose
special cards have been attached and the printing plate
made as readable as possible, for the purpose of combining
card-index features with the addressing-machine system.
The Elliott Company, of Boston, now make a fiber card
in colors, arranged with tabs for index purposes, size Al/2
in. long by 2 in. wide and about 1-16 in. thick.
They are filed 250 in a tray, and this tray is indexed,
arranged, handled and referred to for index purposes.
When concerns who use this fiber card as an index card
wish to print addresses, they slide a tray of cards into the
Elliott Addressing Machine and by means of a foot lever
or an electric motor print addresses on their envelopes,
statements, office forms, etc., at the rate of sixty addresses
per minute.
The machine automatically inks itself, changes addresses
at each impression.
These fiber cards are so inexpensive that when an address is changed it is not worth while to save the card,
and therefore a new card is used for corrected address.
The Elliott Company are now running a single automatic machine in their factory turning out 50,000 of
these cards each day, and are selling these cards to their customers at the list price of $0,004 each.
Because of its wide range of utility and efficiency, and
because of our knowledge of the publishers’ requirements.
Before you buy
518
magazine
SECTION.
THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS
THIRD
SECTION
ALBANY, N. Y.. SUNDAY, APRIL 1911.
The Knickerbocker Press Installs Most Perfect Printing Press That Invention Has Produced.
Q*
Since Its Founding It
bocker Press Ha' J
Press” and the
—-How Colonii
Rivals on P\
CHRONOLOGY OF THE KNICK'|
BOCKER PRESS.
September 3, 1843— Colonel •
Hastings founds and first
The Knickerbocker.
August 11, 1C “7 — John H. Farrell b
Sixty-Eighl Years
In Chrti
Saving of
Power, Paper and
Time, Safety of Pressmen
and Press, Cleanliness and
Increased Production Follow the
Adoption of General Electric
Printing Press Drives
ickcrbocker and consolidaj
the Daily Press.
, ?7 — The Press eompa\|
•'.nickerboaker and t'
Daily F
January -John A. McCarthjl
buys the Albany Morning ExpresiV
from the Journal 'company and con-1
•olidates it with The Press-Knicker-]
bocker.
Nay 20, 1910— The Press-Knickcr- p
feocker-Express is purchased by f
present management and becomes |
The Knickerbocker Press.
imned unoti the chroni-!'-
Indelibly stamped upon, the chroni¬
cles of Albany— the warp and woof of
Its growth, prosperity and progress in
terwnven with the closest associations
of the Capital City— T.ie Kmcker ,
bocker Press emerging through many -,h,r,y-
«bat)ges of Its career of Dearly sixty | Hress,
eight years, to-day opens a new epoch. : ,
equipped for every necessity for the | KmcKerw
production of one of he most pro- ca
gresslve newspapers in the country. I Note:
To read The Knickerbocker Press | Thoual
An X pattern quadruple high-speed
Hoe press is driven by the new
General Electric Company alternat¬
ing current control system. This drive
is equally as efficient as the well known
direct current systems of the same com¬
pany, and gives a perfectly smooth ac¬
celeration at all speeds.
There are eight push button control
stations located about press, each of
which have four buttons marked “fast,”
“slow,” “safe-stop” and “run,” each
station giving operator full control of
press. Depressing “fast” button and
releasing it starts press and runs it at
threading-in speed. Continued press¬
ing of fast button speeds up press to
full speed. Pressing “slow” button
reduces fast to threading-in speed.
“Safe” button prevents press from
being started or makes it impossible to
change speed at which press is operat¬
ing, rendering all other control sta¬
tions inoperative. “Stop” button when
pressed stops the press quickly, a solen¬
oid brake being used for this purpose.
A movement of /4-inch of printing
cylinder is possible when threading-in-.
Two motors are controlled by these
panels — a small constant speed motor
for threading and plating, which is
geared to main driving shaft of press
through a worm and spur gear re¬
duction and a large variable speed
motor which is geared direct.
e Press
els All In City
°arts That Is Driven ■
2,000 Papers
| J— Splendid
That Aids
york •
t here by the Hoe company.
*re Nearly Human.
| Has A. Edison has said that the-
% press was one of the mo9t‘
ful of modem inventions.
y tbe printing press of 1911 and
ype ;
piec
Our expert engineers have the largest variety of
printing-press drives in the ■ world to select just the
one best suited to your conditions. Write for literature
that as nearly approach being
as metal mechanism can. ln-
be pressman will tell you that
Iniing press baa a 60ul, Just
locomotive engineer will tell
•t his locomotive possesses the
:o reason.
>f the greatest advantages the
ess will give Is the drees" of
• nlikerbocker Press. ’Drese”
printer s term for a cleao. neat
Jniformly primed page. ev<yy
• visible and the Ink equally dia¬
led. Aged eyes should have no
ulty In reading ihe clear printing
the taste of the pages will be
.-ally enhanced by tbls notably
.nor in an uplo-dfte. live-to-the
llnute newspaper, such a6 Tbe
Knickerbocker Press Is recognized t«
-e throughout New York state
Buitt for Thia Newspaper.
! The new press Is au example of the
latest, most modern and Improved
‘ type cf priming machine It was
General Electric Company
Largest Electrical Manufacturer in the World
Principal Office : Schenectady, N. Y.
Sales Offices in All Large Cities
519
PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHIC
INKS
MANUFACTURED BY THE
Sbalmatm printing ink (Ed.
212 Olive Street, ST. LOUIS, MO.
= DEPOTS - -
711 S. Dearborn Street . CHICAGO, ILL.
400 Broadway . KANSAS CITY, MO.
535 Magazine Street . NEW ORLEANS, LA.
1509 Jackson Street . . OMAHA. NEB.
222 North Second Street .... NASHVILLE, TENN.
73 Union Avenue . MEMPHIS, TENN.
Knowing the Actual
Requirements
of to-day enables the buyer to install
improved machinery for the manu¬
facture of
Printers 9 Roller Machinery
Our New System will interest you,
and, mark you — at the right prices.
Our machinery embraces improvements
on weak features of others — -therefore,
the life and satisfactory service of Roller-
making Machinery depends upon how
built.
We also build and design special
machinery. We carry, ready for quick
shipment, repair parts for the Geo. P.
Gordon Presses.
Louis KreiterS? Company
313 South Clinton Street : Chicago, Ill.
Run Advertisements
That Stand Out
These are the advertisements that grip the reader’s
attention — that more than return to you the few
extra cents invested in the best printing plates.
For you can’t make good impressions by running
the cheaper grades of plates — they either print up
gray or are blurry and hard to read.
(JY “print up”
Ask any
advertiser
We absolutely guarantee that every one of our Kiln-Dried
Cherry Base and Interchangeable Top"}! Jt 1
will print clear and sharp in any magazinex\CIVG'ttI|j£d
or newspaper. Let us tell you about our 1
advertising plate service — how we can handle 60,000 column
inches of plate matter daily.
Advertisers’ Electrotyping Co.
501 to 509 Plymouth Place Chicago, Ill.
Determining the Service-
value of a Motor
is a problem easily and safely analyzed if the buyer will
ask the printer who uses
Peerless
Motors
The exacting service required of a Motor by the printers,
calls for the PEERLESS.
It is built for full-day, E-very-day Service and gives it
Motors made for all Printing Machinery.
On ANY POWER PROBLEM write :
The Peerless Electric Co .
Factory and General Office: Warren, Ohio
Sales Agencies:
CHICAGO, 528 McCormick Bldg. NEW YORK, 43 West 27th Street
And All Principal Cities
520
The Greatest Newspaper Press
Ever Built
Go and see this new machine in operation in the new plant of
THE WORCESTER TELEGRAM
WORCESTER, MASS.
you have no idea how fine a newspaper press can be built until you have inspected the new
SCOTT “Multi - Unit " PRESS
SCOTT “MULTI-UNIT” DOUBLE-QUADRUPLE COMBINATION OCTUPLE PRESS
THE SACRAMENTO BEE
SACRAMENTO, CAL.
after a 15 months’ thorough investigation of every make and style of newspaper press, and after watching
every run of the WORCESTER TELEGRAM for a week, placed their order with us for a duplicate.
Mr. V. S. McClatchy, the publisher (who is also a director of the Associated Press) and Mr.W. H. James,
the business manager, who inspected the press, stated that it is the most perfectly designed, most carefully
and accurately constructed, and finest newspaper press built.
SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULARS, DETAILS, ETC., OF THIS NEW MACHINE TO
WALTER SCOTT & COMPANY
DAVID J. SCOTT, General Manager
PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, U. S. A.
NEW YORK OFFICE, 41 Park Row CHICAGO OFFICE, Monadnock Block
521
Buy Satisfaction
in Your Press
Getting right down to bedrock, a
thoroughly dependable and satisfactorily
running press is what you should pur¬
chase and ought to be your first thought
when adding or replacing equipment.
Price should be a secondary considera¬
tion. Quality and price are to-day more
closely associated than at any other time,
for the wise and honest manufacturer
can not consistently demand a price
in excess of the quality of his product.
Gaily Universal
Built in five sizes
From 20 x 30 in. to 30x44 in.
Cutters & Creasers
need little introduction beyond their
daily recognized standard of efficiency,
but we make so many sizes and other
special machinery you had best get in
touch with us by correspondence.
Get our catalogue and study the many advan¬
tages found in the UNIVERSALand our methods
of installing presses and guarantee of continued
satisfactory service.
Adapted for either stamping or paper-box cut¬
ting. Is so constructed as to insure economical
maintenance and operation, therefore must
necessarily by a satisfactory press.
Suppose you ask. for our illustrated
catalogue. There are many other machines
mentioned that will likely interest you.
The National Ala chine Co .
Manufacturers
Hartford , Conn.
Sole Canadian Agents : MILLER £? RICHARD , Toronto and Winnipeg
Box
Machine
12-inch Arm — Stitching
point 36 or 44 inches from
the floor.
20 - inch Arm — Stitching
point 36 or 44 inches from
the floor.
MANUFACTURED BY
The J. L. Morrison
Company
534 So. Dearborn St.
Chicago
New York London Toronto
Perfection " Stitchers
for all purposes
The Best Is the Cheapest —
But the Cheapest Is Not
Always the Best
The quality of Tympan paper you use can
be the very best at the same price — then
why speculate with other grades?
Swederope Platine Tympan
is a product made up from a knowledge of
what the printer requires, is made to wear
where the wearing qualities are important.
Samples (mailed for the asking) will satisfy you of its Super-strength.
Detroit Sulphite Pulp Paper Co.
Makers of Papers of Strength
Detroit Michigan
522
Where a “KNOCK” was a “BOOST” for
m W aite Die and Plate Press
Gentlemen: Houston, Tex., May 12, 1911.
We have been operating the WAITE DIE AND PLATE Power Press for the past five months,
and freely express the utmost satisfaction with the machine, getting the best of results as to quality of work,
together with output.
When our company determined to install additional power embossing equipment last December, we
were undecided as to which one of two makes should be selected.
About this time a certain concern got information through some means that we were in the market,
and immediately began to depreciate the Waite Press, informing us that the mistake of our lives would be
made if we purchased your machine.
The “KNOCK” was so strong as to create a suspicion that some ulterior motive prompted the un¬
solicited criticism, and we immediately concluded to close for the Waite notwithstanding.
We also operate another make of power embossing machine, but must confess that yours meets all
requirements much more satisfactorily.
Contrary to reports, the machine is not complicated, and so far we have not had the slightest trouble
with it.
We can without hesitation recommend the Waite to any prospective purchaser.
Yours truly, THE CARGILL COMPANY,
Per H. C. Malsch, Superintendent.
- - - — - - - - - - FOR FULL PARTICULARS - - -
Auto Falcon & Waite Die Press Co., Ltd.
New York Life Building, 346 Broadway, New York
Factory: Dover, N. H.
There Is But One
Process
— that process, the ability to execute
quick and satisfactory Electrotyping.
Our entire plant is fully equipped
with new and modern
machinery
and it goes without saying that our facilities, in
the hands of expert workmen , enable us to handle
your work with absolute satisfaction. ’Phone
Franklin 2264. We will call for your business.
American Electrotype Co.
24-30 South Clinton St.
Chicago
Guaranteed
“Sure Stick”
Envelopes
DOND envelopes that won’t come un-
stuck in use or in storage — else we
will replace them without cost — that’s
our “Sure Stick’’ guarantee in a nutshell.
You and your trade need to know our
envelope possibilities and economies — the
money and paper stock that you save —
and the kind of service that you don’t get
- from jobbers and combina-
On Glim tions. It will pay you to get
acquainted with our money-saving
methods of making envelopes from
stock printed by you from our lay¬
outs and a dozen other points of
economy that we can’t tell about
here, py rlfe us yor ^ yw// Sf0rym
Western States Envelope Co.
Our envelopes are
stuck with steril¬
ized gum with
delicate winter-
green taste and
aroma ■ — ■ a little
point, but still a
big one.
Manufacturers o{ “Sure Stick” Envelopes
for PRINTERS and LITHOGRAPHERS
M i 1 wa ukee
523
Take That Gummed
Label Order and Let
Me Do the Job — With
a Handsome Profit
for You —
Gummed labels printed
in rolls — the most con¬
venient “label” way —
will not curl and posi¬
tively indestructible.
Two-Color Work and
My Prices Are Low
Let it be known in your
locality that you spe¬
cialize in this class of
work. You’ll be aston¬
ished at the result and
the large profits.
Absolutely no trouble
or annoyance where
you are concerned. You
just take the orders —
send copy you desire
printed in two colors to
me — and I will do the
rest.
5,000 Gummed Labels,
Printed in Two Colors,
$1.50
Write to me to-day — at
once — for samples and
full details of my plan.
S. GILMARTIN
56 East 129th Street New York City
Roberts Numbering Machine Co.
Successor to The Bates Machine Co.
696-710 Jamaica Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
FULLY
GUARANTEED
SIDE PLATES
WITHOUT SCREWS
W 12345
FAC SIMILE IMPRESSION
Size \y2X.15/lo inches
ALWAYS IN STOCK
FIVE-FIGURE WHEELS
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UNEQUALLED RESULTS — MAXIMUM ECONOMY
View Showing Parts Detached
for Cleaning
NO SCREWS
To Number Either Forward
or Backward
ABSOLUTELY
ACCURATE
MODEL 27 A
FOR GENERAL
JOB WORK
Carnation Bond
White and colors, 5% cents per pound
SPECIAL PRICES FOR CASE LOTS
Complete stock of all double sizes
Samples mailed upon application.
Parker, Thomas & Tucker Paper Co.
514 to 522 Sherman Street, Chicago, Ill.
“They Are
Going Some”
Six hundred and twenty-two
WinjLHorton Mailers
were sold in 1910.
They were all sold sub¬
ject to approval, but not a
Mailer was returned.
They are carried in stock
at printers’ supply houses
throughout the United States
and Canada.
Full particulars supplied on re¬
quest to any agency, or
CHAUNCEY WING, Mir., Greenfield, Mass.
524
VISITING PRINTERS
When in New York Inspect
These Presses
Three New Era Presses in One Plant
These presses are ideal for labels, tickets
of all kinds, loose-leaf forms, index
cards, or any form requiring a number
of colors; also punching, cutting and
slitting to any size or shape, or rewind¬
ing when desired. Prints from flat
plates, with the speed of a rotary.
Suitable for long or short runs.
THE REGINA CO.
HENRY DROUET, Sales Agent
217 Marbridge Building
47 W. 34th STREET, NEW YORK
525
526
Is built and guaranteed to run at a speed of 36,000 per hour for each delivery, for the full run.
Prints 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48 pages.
All products up to 24 pages can be made in one section (book form).
SPECIAL
Plates can be put on without removing ink rollers.
Patented ink fountains; screws all at one end of fountains
(regular piano key action).
All roller sockets automatically locked.
FEATURES
No ribbons whatever when collecting.
Design prevents breaking of webs.
Entirely new HIGH-SPEED PATENTED FOLDING AND
DELIVERING DEVICE.
New GOSS “ACME ” Straightline Two-Roll Rotary Perfecting Press
New GOSS High-Speed Sextuple Press
— No. 160
No. 3-D
Made to print either 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 pages in book form.
Constructed so that it can be arranged to print either two or three extra colors, at a slight expense.
It is practically a single-plate machine, thus saving time in not having to make duplicate plates.
Plates are cast from our regular standard stereotype machinery.
PATENTED AND MANUFACTURED BY
THE GOSS PRINTING PRESS CO.
16th St. and Ashland Ave., Chicago, Ill
New York Office:
1 Madison Ave., Metropolitan Bldg., New York City.
London Office:
93 Fleet Street, London, E. C., England.
ADVANCE
1
^ Settle the type problem
now for all the time by
installing a
and making all your own
type, quads, spaces and
borders.
^ One Chicago printer has
cast Eighteen Tons of Type
during the past year. He
says nothing he has ever put in his plant has so
increased the efficiency of his men or raised the
quality of the product as the Thompson Typecaster .
Casts all sizes, 5 to 48 point. Complete library
of matrices which are loaned to customers.
CATALOGUE OF TYPE-FACES SENT ON REQUEST
THOMPSON TYPE MACHINE CO.
624-632 South Sherman Street, CHICAGO
527
Ask the Pressman — He Knows
The pressman is a reliable judge, because he experiences, in
the handling, all good or had features of paper, and “VELVQ-
ENAMEL” comes as near perfection as any book paper manu¬
factured.
A quality that leaves nothing to be desired is a revelation and a
fact not frequently experienced by users of book paper.
Its perfect printing coating, its non-picking surface and its thorough adapta¬
bility to the highest character of half-tone printing in one or more colors has been
demonstrated a brilliant success. It is a paper made especially for catalogue and
artistic publications of every description. The price of “VELVO-ENAMEL”
and its quality will interest the printer or user of paper.
We carry the largest stock of Enamel Book, S. & S. C., and Machine Finish
Book Paper in Chicago, ready for quick delivery, in case lots or more,
in standard sizes and weights.
West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company
(Incorporated)
General Offices: 200 Fifth Avenue, New York
Western Sales Office: Printers’ Building, Sherman and Polk Sts., Chicago
Mills at Tyrone, Pa.; Piedmont, W. Va.; Luke, Md.; Davis, W. Va.; Covington, Va.; Duncan
Mills, Mechanicsville, N. Y.; Williamsburg, Pa.
Cable Address: “ Pulpmont, New York.” A. I. and A. B. C. Codes Used.
528
C. B. Cottrell & Sons Co.
MANUFACTURERS
Works: 25 Madison Square N., New York
Westerly, R. I. 279 Dearborn St., Chicago
Keystone Type Foundry
GENERAL SELLING AGENTS
Philadelphia New York Chicago
Detroit Atlanta San Francisco
Set in Keystone’s Paul Revere Italic. Printed on a No 5 Cottrell
Send for Your Copy
THE NEW SERIES COTTRELL
rHIS BOOKLET tells you who are using Cottrell Two-
Revolution Presses and how you can recognize the work
of Cottrell Presses on every news stand in the country.
It tells you what the features are that cause the best color
printers, the best known publishers and publications to use
Cottrell Presses on their covers and colored inserts. These
are all of interest to you if you want to obtain the best pos¬
sible results with the least trouble, investment and expense.
The Cottrell High Speed Two-Revolution Press is guaranteed
faster on the highest grade of work than any other press. Let
us send you a copy of this booklet— it is printed in four colors.
THE SINGLE REVOLUTION COTTRELL
rHIS BOOKLET tells in plain language just what the
Cottrell Single Revolution Press will do and what it IS
doing. It gives the reasons — and permits you to judge
for yourself. More than that it gives the experience of printers
and publishers who are using these presses now and have been
using them for forty years past. Every printer and publisher
in the smaller cities ought to read this booklet carefully before
buying their next press. The Cottrell Single Revolution Press
is the most profitable machine in its field and is designed
and built with the same care and attention to details as
the most expensive Cottrell Press built. Write for it to-day.
RECENTLY
ISSUED
ottrell r esses
That arc made on the flat-bed principle represent the greatest value possible for the
money. The reasons why this is so can be found, and the Presses
illustrated and completely described in
Two
Booklets
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THE LIFE OF PAUL REVERE .4 REMARKABLE ROMANCE
His origin and life are more fit for romance than bald biography, and
await the writer who shall by mingling art with history reproduce the
spirit and influence which no mere chronicle of his achievements can
portray. We have been slow to realize the attainments of this patriot
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WASHINGTON ADMIRED PAUL REVERE
For his zealous Patriotism and service to the State
he was respected by the people and highly honored
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RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION FROM TILESTON
Then he entered his father’s workshop to learn the trade
of Goldsmith and Silversmith. The varied operations of
such work developed his remarkable mechanical powers
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A PATRIOTIC AND NOTABLE CAREER
His sphere was outside that of the great leaders
but it was not less effective and indispensable
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THA T FAMOUS RIDE
On the eighteenth of April
in the year of Seventy-five
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DESERT FARMS
Chasing Red-Coats
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calls the Men to Arms
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REWARD
For Old Advertising
Folder
©.We will pay $100.00 cash reward for a
mailing folder embodying the features shown
in the accompanying cuts and proof that the
folder was manufactured and used prior to
June, 1904.
©. If the folder bears postmark date prior
to June, 1904, that will be accepted as proof
of age. If a sample is sent that was never
sent through the mail, but was manufac¬
tured before June, 1904, we will pay $50.00
cash for same, provided we can get proof
that it was actually made and used prior
to June, 1904.
©, The sample folder should have three or
more sections and one of the sections
should have a slit through which a post¬
card or other insert is inclosed — so that
when the folder is folded and fastened with
wire clip or sticker the insert can not lose
out in the mail.
©.The copy or cuts printed on the
folder do not make any difference —
it can be in display or typewriter type.
©, Look through your files and old
samples and see if you have such a
folder.
: ft A draft will be mailed immediately
1 upon receipt of the above described
folder. We are rated in Dun and
Bradstreet.
Address Communications to
G-391 — The Inland Printer
624 S. Sherman Street
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Printed by
The Henry 0. Shepard Company,
Printers and Binders,
624-632 Sherman street, Chicago.
Copyright, 1911, by The Inland Printer Company.
THE INLAND PRINTER
Entered as second-class matter, June 25, 1885, at the Postoffice at Chicago, Illinois, under act of March 3, 1879.
THE LEADING TRADE JOURNAL OF THE WORLD IN THE PRINTING AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES.
Vol. XLVII. No. 4.
JULY, 1911.
f $3.00 per year, in advance.
Terms -I Foreign, $3.85 per year.
[Canada, $3.60 per year.
A PLEA FOR IMPROVED RELATIONS BETWEEN EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE.
BY ARTHUR K. TAYLOR.
T is all very well to claim that
generalities are not of much
force, and that that indefina¬
ble something that makes for
cooperation and frankness
and good feeling is not to be
considered as a practical fac¬
tor, but belongs in the realm
of sentiment ; but any man
who has contemplated the
devastation of manufactur¬
ing efficiency accomplished by the passive obstruc¬
tionist tactics of a grouchy foreman can, by a little
figuring, arrive approximately at what it means in
dollars and cents. Some of the great business
organizations that we are often pleased to refer to
as soulless corporations are keen enough fully to
appreciate this point, and an increasingly large
number of them gain this much-to-be desired end
to a considerable degree of profit-sharing schemes
of some character. In some establishments it
takes the form of setting aside stock for the benefit
of certain employees according to their abilities
and length of service, such stock to be paid for out
of their accumulated dividends, when the shares
become the property of the workmen. Other cor¬
porations have in effect bonus systems by which
good work is rewarded each week by a remunera¬
tion separate and apart from the regular wages
paid, some plants even paying their bonus earn¬
ings on a different day from the regular wages
pay-day. It matters little what the method em¬
ployed may be, provided only it results in the
employee feeling that he is being treated fairly
and frankly by his employer.
4-4
An employer can make few mistakes more far-
reaching in their effects than that of failing to face
fairly and to give prompt and decisive considera¬
tion to appeals for the raising of wages.
If the claim to an increase is unjust or the con¬
ditions do not warrant it, a plain, straightforward
statement backed up, it may be, with work records,
will in most cases rob a turn-down of its usual ill
consequences.
If the case merits a raise let it result in a defi¬
nite, clear-cut understanding of just what the
employee is to expect. Some employers make a
practice of never granting an increase at the time
it is solicited, but set some future day at which
the raise is to become effective, on the theory that
it serves two purposes — first, it saves in dollars
and cents just in proportion as the evil day is put
off, and, secondly, it does not do to encourage raises
by granting them freely. Both of these reasons
carry their own answers.
Workmen find their employers ranged in one
of three classes: those who seldom raise wages
under any circumstances, permitting their help to
drift away to those who pay better; those who
grudgingly grant a belated increase and consider
it in the light of a great favor to be not soon asked
again ; those who make it their practice to keep
in close touch with the daily performance of their
employees, and with that knowledge as a basis
make it their business to promptly adjust remu¬
neration so that it adequately represents the result
of the employee’s efforts.
It does not require the seventh son of a seventh
son born with a veil to know which class of employ¬
ers gets the best return in efficiency from what is
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THE INLAND PRINTER
paid out in pay-roll or who has a minimum of labor
troubles of whatever sort.
The absence of clear and definite understand¬
ings concerning the conditions that permit of
increases in salary also results uniformly in dis¬
satisfaction from the standpoint of the employer
as well as that of the workman. In too many
establishments there is a well-founded belief that
it is necessary to approach this very important
subject just when the employer is in the proper
frame of mind and at the precise psychological
moment, or else, notwithstanding the merits of the
case, be they ever so well established, the desired
object is not attained. It is a condition and not a
theory that confronts every employer whose hands
have a deep-seated conviction that they are not
getting what they are entitled to, that this very
thought, depressing in its nature, most certainly
reflects itself in a listlessness and lack of coopera¬
tion, seriously hampering the efficiency of the
plant.
Every establishment has certain positions, from
that of the errand-boy up to the employer, the
duties pertaining to which may be outlined in
detail with the rates of wages for each. These
positions may, where it proves desirable, be sub¬
divided into grades according to increasing skill
or capacity. If these are clearly established and
understood a most prolific cause of disagreements
is removed.
When a man does average book presswork he
gets a certain fixed rate. If he so far develops
that he can do equally well a greater amount of the
same kind of work he is certainly entitled to more
salary. If the pressman develops in the direction
of doing a more exacting grade of work, for
instance half-tone work with delicately vignetted
edges, this may also call for greater remuneration.
It may prove, however, that the plant does not pro¬
vide sufficient of that character of work for him to
do to warrant the increase. It then becomes per¬
fectly proper, and no fair-minded employer could
take exception to that workman’s seeking a wider
field for his efforts.
It is perfectly proper, and in fact advisable, for
workmen to keep fair and accurate records of their
work, but no matter how careful they may be,
there are usually some items to appear on the debit
side of their accounts. Don’t forget to put down
that eight hundred sheets wrongly backed up, or
that offsetted job that resulted from an un watch¬
ful eye on the ink flow.
The hastening of the industrial millennium will
be immeasurably effected by a broad-minded con¬
sideration of the ultimate financial return side of
the printing business, not only by the employer,
but by the employee as well.
I suppose, generally considered, it is rank
heresy to advocate the taking of your employees
into your confidence in matters concerning the
financial side of your business, but I fail to see
many good reasons why it should be so considered.
I am firmly convinced that the usual secretive atti¬
tude of the employer has in the past resulted in
disagreements and abuses more far-reaching and
damaging in their effects than could possibly arise
from frank dealing.
Any workman, if he wishes to take the trouble,
can find out what printing costs in the market. It
is equally easy for him to learn the costs of presses,
type and stock, and he already knows his own rate
of wages and those of many of his fellow workmen
in other branches of the business. Granting this,
then why should he not be enabled to know that
the actual output in impressions that can be
charged for is only about seventy per cent of what
he would in his ignorance guess, and that there are
“ STUBBED ! ”
Photograph by R. R. Sallows, Goderich, Canada.
items in the cost of running a composing-room in
the line of non-productive work and other over¬
head expense that make a charge of 75 cents an
hour for job composition appear in an entirely
different light?
The average workman is competent to under¬
stand most business propositions that are clearly
THE INLAND PRINTER
531
put up to him, and, I believe, fair-minded when it
comes down to the final analysis. You can’t blame
him, however, for having wrong ideas if he has
been kept in ignorance of much that in the long
run it would be best for him to know.
Your pressman can appreciate that a new press
becomes secondhanded as soon as it is used, and is
subject to immediate depreciation. He is particu¬
larly qualified to judge of the annual depreciation
in value, for he knows of it at first hand. So he is
prepared to grant that some one has to be paid for
this loss in value, and it must be the owner, other-
than he formerly ignorantly supposed? Which
man will start in business for himself soonest —
the one who has had its financial return side con¬
vincingly demonstrated to him, and who has a
reasonably accurate idea as to what to expect,
or the man who has an exaggerated view of its
profits because he knows only a part of the cost of
operating a plant?
If you are deriving inordinate profits in the
printing business, living in luxury and squander¬
ing wealth, it will indeed be an exceptional case;
in all seriousness there are not many such in the
“ THE OBSERVER.”
Photograph by R. R. Sallows, Goderich, Canada.
wise there will be no press to take the place of the
one that has been worn out. The workman also
appreciates that the employer is an investor and is
fully entitled to interest on his investment. Unless
he be a socialist of the most rabid order he is usu¬
ally broad-minded enough to grant that the ability
and capacities that are called for in the successful
conduct of the business entitle the proprietor to a
somewhat greater remuneration in salary than is
the case when a man simply works at one branch
of the business.
A workman who takes this view is surely enti¬
tled to know some other phases concerning which
only the employer can enlighten him. When he
has learned these things does it look reasonable to
fear that he will demand a higher rate of wages,
seeing that the business is less productive of profit
business. Let it be understood that we mean the
printing business by itself, as a manufacturing
proposition not in connection with the publishing
business or kindred activities. It often has been
remarked that none of the great fortunes are made
in the art preservative, and it is the man of excep¬
tional ability who makes as much out of it as does
the man of average ability devoting the same appli¬
cation and industry to many other lines.
But, happily, conditions are improving, and one
great reason for the advance is that printers are
becoming better informed on the money-making
side of the business, and, through the good work
being done by the National Typothetse, the Frank¬
lin clubs, boards of trade, cost conferences, and
like activities, are learning of some of the advan¬
tages of cooperation even with our competitors.
532
THE INLAND PRINTER
This represents a step forward that must not be
lost, but we must not lose sight of the fact that
cooperation in our own establishments is even
more to be desired as a profit-returning condition
than cooperation with our competitors, and you
help eliminate one of the most conspicuous causes
of irresponsible price-cutting when you spread
before your workmen reliable information con¬
cerning the cost of producing work.
The new man just starting in business is most
frequently your competent workman with a few
hundred dollars representing what he has saved
from the wages you have paid him, and the readily
extended credit of a supply house. He will be able
to do small work that will be as satisfactory to his
customers as what you would do, and most custom¬
ers will put up with some unbusinesslike condi¬
tions, such as delayed deliveries and occasional
errors in proofreading, if there is a sufficiently
deep cut made in the price ; and having in view the
maturing paper bill, to say nothing of the ever
present pay-roll, the recently embarked enterprise
frequently becomes expert at price-cutting.
Anything that will help deter this irresponsible
adding to the already crowded ranks of small
offices will prove eventually a benefit to the busi¬
ness, for happily they do not last forever as now
conducted, and the survival of the fittest may
eventually provide a field for an educational cam¬
paign along the lines that have proved so beneficial
in recent years in dealing with larger establish¬
ments.
Before much headway can be made, however,
with the smaller offices along the line of educa¬
tional work, they will have to be convinced that
it is not the purpose to drive all the small work to
the large establishments, but that it is our aim
rather to see that a fair return is gotten from the
small work wherever it may be done.
CHICKEN PROCLAMATION.
A Kansas man has issued the following proclamation :
Neighbors, I am a man of peace. I want not trouble. I
have a wife and children, and they need me. I also have a
house, a lawn and a garden. I am about to put some seeds
in my garden-beds. I have bought a gun and some shells,
and, while I am not a crack shot, I think I can hit chickens.
It is my intention to try, if any come around where my blue-
grass is struggling and my onions are showing their bald
heads. — Exchange.
THE “THIRD TRICK. ”
Miss Sadie Meeker of this place was shopping in New¬
port. She was accompanied from the depot by our esti¬
mable third-trick operator. — Newport (Ark.) Herald.
Look out for him, Sadie. — B. L. T., Chicago Tribune.
No need for alarm. The third is the “ lobster ” trick.
Written for The Inland Printer.
. ADDING THE “PERSONAL” NOTE.
BY SAWIN WOOD.
IE average printer’s list of
“ prospects ” is not a very long
one. He therefore can well
afford to do any unusual thing,
in addressing it, that will
serve to catch unusual atten¬
tion and create interest; for
from such interest he is pretty
sure to get business. The
most vital element in advertising, in so far as get¬
ting attention is concerned, is what we call the
element of human interest, based usually on some¬
thing “ personal ” to the recipient. Nothing sug¬
gests itself as of quicker interest to Mr. 0. Henry
when he gets a communication from you, than to
find it is a piece of printing with his own name
appearing where he would naturally expect to find
the name of some other advertiser. Send him a
booklet with his name on the cover and see if he
doesn’t sit up and take notice at once. Do you
believe he will do this? Then the expense of it is
the only remaining desideratum ; and looking into
this cost we find it can be accomplished at a slight
expenditure of time — and the time of the cheap¬
est man in the place — a young man, in fact the
office kid.
Here we have a handle, then, to a problem ;
maybe it is your problem upon which you are
working this week, or will, next week. Take the
hint. Let the boy set up a list of the good names,
the worth-while ones, which you will handle as
hinted in the booklet idea referred to. It isn’t
difficult for a boy to insert the names one after
another, and pull proofs on some appropriate
paper-stock which, when folded, may contain a
four-page “ message ” to the recipient that will be
read because the cover invited attention, perhaps
through curiosity.
That inner folder may be tipped in so that the
fold is the outside edge as indicated in Fig. 2,
where A and B are to be brought together at the
crease of the cover. This leaves the printing on one
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more colors, and bearing short, catchy phrases of
more or less general interest — phrases which one
will read and then pass on to the other fellow,
although they may have no specific value except to
attract attention. The imprint at the bottom of
the cards, in small type, is the only suggestion of
advertising which they bear. The quotation in
Fig. 4 will give a general idea of the style of the
text.
Then there is the house organ — usually in the
form of an eight or sixteen page booklet gotten
out with more or less regularity. With the proper
care in preparation, this form of publicity is espe¬
cially effective ; but the demands are peculiar. To
be read, the house organ must contain text that is
entertaining; but to fill it up, as many have done,
with a bunch of jokes and humorous stories gath-
It takes twenty years for one woman
to make a man out of her son, and
just twenty minutes for another wo¬
man to make a fool out of him.
The most pitiable sight in the world
is a man in a big department store
looking for the place to buy a spool
of thread.
It is better to live on a desert island
with a one-eyed parrot that swears
than to live in a pearly mansion in
Paradise with a woman who pouts.
One of the most pathetic sights in
this world is to see a man trying to
support an automobile wife on a
wheelbarrow salary.
Fig. 4. — Frank Wardwell, of Portland, Maine, pins his adver¬
tising faith to the motto-card. These are some of the catchy
phrases which he has used.
ered from various sources, is but to give it the
character of the old-fashioned almanac — and
while the latter was undoubtedly good adver¬
tising in some quarters, it would not appeal
strongly to the intelligent buyer of printing.
Among the house organs which contain text that
is both interesting and to the point is that issued
by the Burd & Fletcher Printing Company, Kan¬
sas City, Missouri. Its editor has the happy
faculty of talking quality printing in an enter¬
taining manner. Note the following, quoted from
an article on what he terms the three classes of
buyers of printed matter :
I really don’t like to mention the Number Three buyer. When the print¬
ing business was first invented, some malign influence looked over the field
and remarked what a fine time the printer was going to have. “ Fact is,”
it said, “ he’s going to have too good a time. I’ll have to change this.”
Actual Go st
Letter-heads figure from $3 to $20 for the first
thousand. Putting the average at $5 and allowing
the same for the envelopes, your stationery might
be figured at a cent a letter. In five thousand lots
the same grade would figure down to about a half
to three-quarters of a cent for letter -head and
envelope.
Do you know what it costs you to write and mail
a letter? Just figure it out and you will be sur¬
prised at the items that enter into it.
Putting your salary at $2,500 a year (we are hop¬
ing you are worth more) and allowing you a
quarter of an hour on a letter, we have a first item
of 25 cents for writing. Of course some letters
would figure up to three or four times this basis,
but we are figuring at a minimum.
You might figure a half hour as the average length
of time necessary to take down and transcribe the
letter. Counting your stenographer’s wages at fif¬
teen dollars you have for your next item 15 c~nts
for the writing.
The price of the stamp (sometimes there are two,
or a registered or special delivery), folding and
sealing the letter, and licking the stamp will aver¬
age at least 3 cents.
To sum up :
Your own time and brains . 25 c
Your stenographer’s . 15 c
You office boy’s time and the stamp 3 c
Your stationery . %c
43^c
Fig. 3. — Some convincing statements from a booklet issued by The
Kimball Press, Evanston, Illinois.
And there was sent us the affliction of the third degree — no, the third
printing buyer. After all, there- isn’t so much difference; hardly worth
correcting it. This buyer purchases printing like a window shopper. He
comes in with an air of conferring a considerable favor, and secures a bid.
He shakes his head gravely and sorrowfully over the figures, or perhaps
fizzes like a bottle of seltzer at the total. He shops all over town and uses
a cold chisel on every set of figures that is handed him. He finally accepts
the lowest, protesting that it is “ much too much,” and then it is up to
the printer.
Everybody knows what is going to happen to the three-spot buyer
except that overwise individual. His mental density is opaque.
The printer skins the quality of the stock, secures a saponaceous quality
of J. Rufus Wallingford’s Etruscan mud for printing-ink purposes, sets up
the copy as devoid of frills as a hobble skirt, submits proof with the gra¬
tuitous information that all changes will be charged for as extras and
therefore made at author’s risk ; railroads the job through and, after two
hours’ steady figuring, learns he has lost $4.35 through the transaction.
And one day by chance I saw Number Three pick up a sample of Num-
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ber One’s printing, look at it in peeved pain, and ask, “ Why don’t my
printing look like that? ”
And still the law hasn’t provided for justifiable extermination — but
the lawyers have. There’s a little remark strictly in the gospel class and
of epigrammatic flavor that fits right here, and I’m going to make it. It
reads thus: If printing is done right, then printing will do well.
And, after having traveled around the circle,
this brings us back to the point from which we
started — that advertising for the printer, in
order to be effective, must be well printed. If, as
printers, we insist that good printing is necessary
to the success of advertising literature in other
fields, we can not overlook the fact that under
those circumstances good printing would be doubly
effective in our own advertising.
Written for The Inland Printer.
GETTING OUT WORK ON TIME.
BY GILBERT P. FARRAR.
fEAVEN for most master print¬
ers would be a place where
such things as rush jobs are
unknown. It is a safe bet that
they cause more insomnia than
all other details of a printing
plant, and are directly re¬
sponsible for such a vast num¬
ber of printers taking to the
“ springs ” early in life.
In many printing-offices the customer has only
to inquire when he can get the order, for the
printer to jump to the conclusion that he must
give the closest date possible to get the job.
Where there are several persons in the same
office taking care of the trade, it is not an uncom¬
mon occurrence for each to promise a large job at
about the same time. When these jobs reach the
plant there is the “overtime to pay” and a few
other things.
Why not go over the details of the job with
the customer. Talk over the job along this line:
“ Well, it will take so many days to get the proof ;
when the proof is returned the job can be printed
in so many days, bound in so many days, and you
can have it at such and such a date.”
But for goodness sake have some one make the
estimate of time who really knows the business;
not some youngster who learned the business in
high school, or a proprietor who is more on the
outside than in the plant; but some one in close
touch with all the details of the plant, who knows
the business, has a good idea of how much work is
going through and whether or not this work is of
a nature that can give way to “ something special.”
One of the things which make it difficult to
live up to promises on work is to delay getting out
the proof until it is almost a physical impossibility
to get the job finished when promised.
The foreman of the composing-room usually
looks over the copy for the jobs as they are sent in
and says : “ There’s plenty of time on that ; we’ll
keep going on such and such job.”
Few of these composing-room managers are
capable judges of the amount of time necessary to
allow the pressman to produce commendable work.
“ GUESS THIS ONE WILL GET HIM.'-'’
Photograph b.y R. R. Sallows, Goderich, Canada.
Most of them are not on any too good terms with
the pressman, and don’t care when he does get the
form.
To get a job out on time there should be a
follow-up man in every printing plant. If the
plant is small, the superintendent or manager can
be this person. If a large plant, this should be
done by some one very familar with the inside
details of both the office and the plant, and he
should stay strictly on the inside, where he can be
available at all times.
When a customer brings in a job this follow¬
up man should examine all the data, make a liberal
estimate, and then map out a schedule — have a
separate due date for every department handling
the work and notify each foreman of the time he
may expect the job to reach his department.
About the most valuable accessory in connec¬
tion with this plan is a small 3-inch by 5-inch
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“tickler” file, containing thirty-one tab-cards —
one for each day in the month.
This is a very small and inexpensive helper,
but if once rightly used will save untold worry and
many hundreds of dollars. All the information
necessary should be placed on small slips of paper
made to fit the file and inserted back of date-tab.
This will dismiss the matter from the follow-up
man’s mind until the job is due from a certain
department.
Every morning he turns to the date on file and
finds out what should be done, then he sees that it
is done, or knows the reason why.
Various amounts of time can be allowed for
getting the proof, but it should be impressed upon
the customer’s mind at the time of placing the
order that he must not hold the proof any longer
than a certain time or the job will not be delivered
“ GOT HIM ! ”
Photograph by R. R. Sallows, Goderich, Canada.
when promised. This puts the matter up to him
so squarely that he very seldom “ misplaces or
■holds the proof” without a very good reason.
The above method will enforce concentration
upon the most important work, and by reducing
the lost motion between departments, will give
more time to produce a better job at the time the
■printer said he would .
It will also eliminate the deplorable condition
in some offices of working a little on all the jobs
and not getting any one of them complete enough
that the next department handling the job may
carry its part of the work to a complete finish.
Very few workmen are conscious of the value
of time in the world of business. They do not
seem to realize how much time can be saved by
getting a proof out at the end of the week, or how
much easier money can be gotten on work that is
delivered before the end of the month.
Little wonder is it that the “ boss ” has gray
hair, when each of the six presses will be grinding
out forms on a different catalogue or booklet,
while the bindery is folding all six jobs at the
same time and unable to deliver any one of them
complete.
In these days of cheap type-metal and lock-up
material is there any reason why a whole catalogue
can not be put on two, three or four presses at the
same time and cleaned up?
It would mean less confusion, fewer incom¬
plete orders in work at the end of the month, less
storage room for signatures awaiting the com¬
pleting forms, and, therefore, mean less capital
involved on which to pay interest.
This is simply one of the many small and seem¬
ingly insignificant schemes of modern business
management.
The more the printers of this country adjust
their businesses to modern business methods, and
eliminate the rule of thumb plans, the better for
all concerned. _
WATERPROOFING PAPER.
Soak good paper in an aqueous solution of shellac and
borax. It resembles parchment paper in some respects. If
the aqueous solution be colored with aniline colors very
handsome paper is prepared, which is used for artificial
flowers.
Ingredients: Melt 10 pints hot water, 30 ounces glue, 3
ounces gum arabic.
In another pot: 30 pints hot water, 2 ounces soap and 4
pounds alum.
Mix both liquids together in one pot. This constitutes
compound No. 1.
In another pot heat % gallon benzole and 1 gallon
paraffin, and melt in 24 ounces resin. Let it boil until it
attains a moderate degree of consistency. To these mate¬
rials, resin, oil and copal or mastic varnish may in some
cases be added. This is composition No. 2. First dip the
article to be waterproofed into the composition No. 1 in a
heated state, and then dry it. Next apply No. 2 in a cooled
state with a brush or in any other convenient manner.
Care should be taken to avoid igniting the benzole, as it is
highly inflammable. — The Paper Mill.
BACK TO THE FRONT.
“ I read yesterday that Colonel Tamale of the insur-
rectos was shot in the back.”
“ I was afraid that would happen to him. I read a
statement in a newspaper the other day which said:
‘ Colonel Tamale back to the front.’ ” — Houston Post.
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Written for The Inland Printer.
GRAMMAR AND PROOFREADING.
BV F. HORACE TEALL.
T is with a feeling of doubt
as to ability to say anything
interesting that this subject is
approached. The subject is
not likely to arouse enthusi¬
asm, unless it be enthusiastic
criticism or faultfinding, al¬
though it presents many
aspects of great importance
as connected with the proofreader’s work. Gram¬
mar-books have been written, as all kinds of books
are sure to be written always, by persons who
were not well fitted to write them, and naturally
the authors have striven to be individual in all of
the few ways that are possible. Consequently
those who use the different books have learned to
use different names for the same thing. This has
been noted by the writer of a letter to the editor
of a New York paper, which letter probably was
written as an effort to induce discussion in other
letters. We quote some of it :
“ Can not something be done to compel gram¬
marians to use the same terms? Can not some¬
thing also be done to induce them not to sidestep
decisions on some of the moot points? A curi¬
ous delver in grammar as expounded by various
authorities finds many irritating instances of dif¬
fering nomenclature, as well as equally irritating
instances of omissions to decide on test questions.
Carpenter dismisses entirely the potential mood.
So does Maxwell. Some grammarians are kind
enough to acknowledge it as the potential form of
the indicative. Brown, on the other hand, holds
fast by it as one of the bulwarks of grammar.
Maxwell is strong on the subjunctive mood, and
gives it four tenses. Brown and Carpenter are
equally strong, but give it only two tenses. Some
authorities virtually wipe it off the map. What is
a verb phrase? You will find that it is one thing
with one grammarian and quite another with the
rest. Is a sentence in which a subordinate clause
acts as subject, that is, ‘ That he was there is cer¬
tain,’ simple or complex? Bullock says simple,
but you may take your choice. With a multitude
of authorities calling the same thing by different
names, and sometimes different things by the
same name, before him, how is an aspiring stu¬
dent to get a fair marking in a school examina¬
tion? ”
The last question here seems worthy of the
first answer. It seems little likely that an aspiring
student would strive for any marking in a school
examination, but his way to get it is evident. Let
him state the differences, with attribution of each
to its source, and what examiner could refuse him
the fair marking? We strongly suspect the letter-
writer of another bit of hasty work in mentioning
Bullock. He probably means Bullions. If he does,
he has not made an error half as bad as some of
those made by that author.
But the letter is quoted here for the special
purpose of calling the attention and thought of
readers to a common failing. Its demand is never
likely to be fulfilled, because, in the first place,
there is not, and probably never will be, any pos¬
sibility of compulsory action. Grammarians are
not desirous of absolute agreement among them¬
selves, but rather eager to make their works differ¬
ent from others in some striking and specious way.
So only may they hope for large circulation and
consequent profit. Almost everybody gets lasting
impressions from his teachers and the text-books
used in his study, and naturally is slow in realizing
that often the different idea pertinaciously upheld
by some one else may be just as reasonable and
accurate as his own.
A great deal more is suggested by the letter,
which is left for our readers to think out for
themselves, as there is no intention to make any
decision here on any question of detail. We
assume that all proofreaders know that they need
a good general knowledge of grammar. What
most of them need to know, and few of them real¬
ize sufficiently, is the fact that many grammatical
details simply can not be absolutely determined
for universal acceptance. Professor William
Dwight Whitney wrote a text-book which he called
“ Essentials of English Grammar,” presumably
because he thought other grammarians had in¬
cluded some inessential matter in their work. His
book contains much that the present writer does
not consider essential.
A debatable point is found, which may serve
as an example of what is left for individual deci¬
sion, in the question of how much knowledge of
classification is essential. Many grammarians
have dwelt on the distinction of simple, complex,
and compound sentences, and many others have
said little about it. Evidently the value of the
distinction is variously estimated, and it will
probably remain so. The writer is one of those
who see very little practical value in it. Take the
sentence quoted in the letter. How much differ¬
ence would it make whether a proofreader classed
it as simple or complex? Absolutely none. How
many sentences do grammarians instance as com¬
pound when they are really simple? No answer
need be attempted. But an assertion may be made
here that will not be easily accepted by students of
certain books and teachers, that a simple sentence
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may contain two or more nominatives, notwith¬
standing the contrary assertion often made in
books that every such sentence is compound. We
venture also the positive assertion that no proof¬
reader ever will be hampered in his work by fail¬
ure in classifying a sentence as simple or com¬
pound exactly as some one else would name it.
No one has more need of practical mastery of
grammar than proofreaders have. No one can
ever find fault with a proofreader because he is
well acquainted with grammatical classification,
CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL INFLUENCES EDUCA¬
TION IN THE NATION.
Greater interest is being manifested in the work which
the Carlisle Indian School is doing and has done for the
Indian. Requests for information concerning the school
are being received daily by Superintendent M. Friedman
from every portion of the United States and foreign coun¬
tries. Recently the school has supplied matter to aid in
research work to Cornell University and the University of
Pennsylvania. Through the State Department, request
was made by the government of Brazil for data and infor¬
mation concerning the school.
MOODS OF THE CAYUSE TWINS.
Photographs by Major Lee Morehouse, Pendleton, Oregon.
while lack of such knowledge may be disastrous.
Practical mastery involves a knowledge of differ¬
ences made by different grammarians. No one
man can ever hope to acquire full knowledge of
this sort, which would demand ability to tell which
authority favors one method and which favors
another.
This writing was begun with the intention of
quoting largely from the Introduction to “ Gram¬
mar of English Grammars,” by Goold Brown,
especially the part dealing with grammatical
authorship. But we shall have to be contented
with the recommendation that proofreaders look
it up for themselves and read it carefully.
An extensive exhibit has just been prepared for the
Industrial Exposition which is to be held this year in
Turin, Italy. A very complete exhibit is also being sent to
the International Race Congress, which is to be held in
London during July.
Representatives of the Philippine government, Bolivia
and Alaska have recently visited the school for the purpose
of examining its work and utilizing the “ Carlisle idea ” for
the work of establishing industrial training in their respect¬
ive countries.
Superintendent Friedman feels that the work of the
school is consequently of more far-reaching influence than
as an educational force among Indians. As a pioneer in
rational industrial and vocational training, the Carlisle
School is having an influence on general educational activi¬
ties in public and private institutions. — M. Friedman,
Superintendent, U. S. Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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A. H. McQuilkix, Editor.
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EDITORIAL NOTES
It is said that “ Every man has his price.’’
Looking at some of the estimates on printing-
jobs, some men are disgustingly cheap.
Some day, reputable trades unions, if they
be jealous of their good name, will refuse to affili¬
ate with organizations that are tainted with the
bludgeon and the gun.
Good work and a cost-finding system are a
combination that will win success in almost any
community. The combination of “ blacksmithing ”
and “ guesstimating ” is an abettor of failure and
suicide. _
The delegate who goes thousands of miles to
a convention, on funds supplied by his organiza¬
tion, should keep in mind the cost. He should be
clear-headed and “ on the job ” from start to finish,
if his organization is to get its money’s worth.
Even then it may be a loser.
The printer who is addicted to the use of
intoxicating liquor, even though moderately, can
not set as clean a proof as the printer who is a
total abstainer. This is the verdict of a university
professor who recently made experiments on a
number of typesetters. Temperance alone, how¬
ever, will not make an errorless printer. It is
only an aid to a desired end.
One thing should be remembered : The printer
.without a cost-finding system can not do work
with as small a cost as the printer who has such a
system. A cost system prevents leaks. More than
this, it is educational. It affords the manager
or owner an opportunity to study his business in
all of its details, out of which suggestions for
improvement are bound to come.
The Board of Trade Printer reports good
progress in the New York Printers’ Board of
Trade school of cost education. When the school
was started, several months ago, a difference of
forty per cent was recorded in making estimates
on different jobs. Estimators now are only about
ten per cent apart — that is, while in school. But
at best an organization can do no more than edu¬
cate its members. The power to impart horse-
sense to a scholar, so that he may benefit by his
knowledge, is not possessed by any institution.
If you want to do the maximum of good to
the craft collectively, make a small donation of the
root of all evil to the Cost Commission. The mem-
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bers of that body have devoted much time and
some money to the prosecution of their supremely
useful work, and it would be a reflection on the
sense of justice prevailing in the trade were they
also compelled to take care of incidental deficits.
It isn’t so much the amount of money, perhaps, as
it is the shame that a great industry should impose
on the good nature of its public-spirited leaders.
We are sure it is largely a matter of oversight, for
if employing printers took time to give the subject
thought there would be an ample amount in the
strong-box of the commission. But, thanks to
thoughtlessness and procrastination, the treasury
is a poor, anemic thing. You can help make it
look much better by sending a check to the treas¬
urer, A. M. Glossbrenner, State House square,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Get-there Triumvirate.
A Boston reader of The Inland Printer in
renewing his subscription gave an inkling of the
way to success in printerdom. He said he had
started in business on his own account and had had
a successful year. This he attributed to “ (1) The
Inland Printer, (2) the I. T. U. Course and (3)
the Boston Typothetae Board of Trade.” There
you are — (1) sound general knowledge, (2) effi¬
ciency in production, and (3) rational salesman¬
ship. _
Take a Holiday.
The Inland Printer hopes that every one of
its readers will find it possible to take a vacation
and enjoy it. At risk of being trite, let us say that
a change of scene for a week or so is not only
pleasurable but profitable. To forego old prob¬
lems for a few days is a treat to the mind that it
enjoys even better than a healthy child does a visit
to the circus, while new environment will make the
eyes dance with the fire of youth. If one may not
travel far from his Lares and Penates, he should
“ holiday ” j ust the same. Let him hie to the nearest
spot where there is water and luxuriate in the riot
of color that is usually to be found in such places.
The matchless green of the humble grass and the
opalescent water will give new power to the optic
nerve, while the smoke-free air will drive the
rumble of machinery and the weariness of finance
from the tired brain. Even cave-dwellers in the
large cities, who are so unfortunate as not to be
able to get away two days at a time, can arrest
impairment by inhaling ozone, feasting eyes on
the greensward of the ball park, and letting Old
Adam loose in the effective but harmless manner
peculiar to the fan.
This year the printing clans can make of their
holidaying a rare investment. There are the gath¬
erings at Denver, Colorado, where glen, torrent
and mountain are so interwoven that with one
sweep of the eye Nature is seen in her most pleas¬
ant, wondrous and majestic aspects. No trouble
of mind, no cause of depression but will he forgot¬
ten as the harried soul sees for the first time the
snow-capped mountains and the sun-kissed plains
of the Centennial State.
Conservation for Printers.
We learn through the popular magazines and
the daily press of the plans, both practical and
academic, for preventing the waste and destruc¬
tion of our timber, our water power and other
natural utilities. These matters do not affect
craftsmen directly. The employing printer is,
however, interested in conservation of another
kind. He would like to know how to prevent waste
in the various departments and if possible to turn
the waste to a profit. For example, in the press¬
room it is possible to convert the composition from
old rollers into tabbing glue. It is also possible to
save money by reducing the waste in ink in several
ways. A German employed in a Chicago office
recently began to scrape ink receptacles and save
the residue, which was afterward ground, pro¬
ducing a usable ink of fair grade. Within a short
period the savings effected made a very respectable
sum. Wipers are also quite an item of expense
with no salvage whatever, because it is necessary
to burn the ink-and-oil-saturated rags. There are
now special cloths which can be washed and used
frequently. The Schmidt Lithographing Com¬
pany, of San Francisco, has conservation figured
down to washing the air and purifying it before it
comes into the building, and steams the ink, oil and
dirt out of the rag wipers. The company employs
a high-grade chemist and has a well-equipped
laboratory for the development of its resources,
the conservation of waste and testing out of the
best and most direct formulas. It is well to keep
fresh on these efficiency wrinkles, and it is also
well to keep some of the pecuniary returns for
yourself, unless it be that your wealth is so great
that it bothers you.
Fidelity to Contracts.
In our April issue we expressed the opinion
that the typographical union would repudiate the
action of its members who walked out of the
Hearst offices in Chicago. And the expected hap¬
pened. Owing to a ready compliance with the
views of the International officers the membership
did not have an opportunity to say its say on the
situation till the election of officers rolled around.
Then the voters spoke loudly and without hesi-
THE INLAND PRINTER
543
tancy. The president and his fellow-officers who
permitted the strike were rejected by a two-to-one
vote in a battle of ballots in which more than three
thousand votes were cast. Mr. O’Brien, the retir¬
ing president, showed enterprise in administering
the affairs of his office, and made such a record as
usually deserves and insures reelection. Indeed,
before he smiled on the act which was a virtual
repudiation of a contract, opposition to his elec¬
tion was conceded to be a forlorn hope. It is an
irresistible conclusion that the voting turned on
the question of the inviolability of contracts. This
expression was not confined to Chicago. It will
be remembered that President Lynch, of the Inter¬
national Union, promptly denounced the strike in
vigorous language, to which the Chicago publish¬
ers gave wide circulation. Pro-strikers and anti-
ber of men and employers involved are taken into
consideration, the record is not so bad. But the
union violators are more to be condemned than
employers, and their acts were more reprehensi¬
ble than those of employers. And this is said with¬
out reference to the merits of any particular case
or all the cases. The employers are business men
and are “ out for the dollar.” That one should fail
to keep his word is indefensible, but men have the
habit of keeping their main object in life in view
and allowing it to guide them in things ethical.
It is different with the unions. They stand for
the human side of affairs mundane. Professedly
the making of a dollar or a million dollars is sub¬
ordinated to those things which it is supposed will
uplift the race. In their preambles, typograph¬
ical unions make especial emphasis of their desire
REMEMBER
THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL PRINTERS’ COST CONGRESS
AND THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE
UNITED TYPOTHETAE OF AMERICA WILL BE HELD IN
DENVER, COLORADO, SEPTEMBER 4 TO 9, 1911. JOINT
PROGRAMMES WILL BE ARRANGED. THIS WILL BE THE
MOST PROFITABLE AND INSPIRING CONCOURSE OF
PRINTERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE “GET-TOGETHER”
MOVEMENT. MAKE DENVER THE MECCA OF YOUR
SUMMER OUTING.
The American Printers’ Cost Commission
J. A. MORGAN, Chairman
$ TO 11 SOUTH WATER STREET, CHICAGO, ILL.
contract men throughout the union jurisdiction
immediately made it their especial business to
“ go after ” the big president. In other cities the
issue was not so clearly drawn as in Chicago, but
those who keep posted on the trend of feeling
among compositors say that the vote was large,
and the result showed a magnificent vindication
of Mr. Lynch and his policy. We trust that those
who hold that view are not oversanguine. In
these days, when some labor officials are living up
to the worst reputation ever given union men, it is
necessary that the rank and file of a commanding
organization come to the front and vote decisively
against the introduction of reckless methods.
When addressing the publishers, Mr. Lynch
said that in ten years there had been four viola¬
tions of the agreements — two by unions and two
by employers. Strangely enough, the union infrac¬
tions occurred in Hearst offices. When the num-
“ to replace strikes and their attendant bitterness
and pecuniary loss by arbitration,” and to “ dimin¬
ish the asperities and enhance the amenities of
life.” That is all right; in the natural order,
unions should be the ethical monitors of the trade.
Logically they should be jealous of their practices,
for they can not advance their pronounced pur¬
poses if they do not adhere rigidly to the principle
of Honesty, using the term in its widest and best
sense. That is the basis of all advancement and
improvement in this world. We have to become
honest with ourselves and then with our neigh¬
bors. When unions inscribe on their banners
“ Better conditions,” they must so deport them¬
selves that they will help the world to have more
faith in human nature. In doing so they will be
making men and women worthy of improved con¬
ditions.
That business is a matter of dollar-making is
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regarded by some as being an extenuation of moral
laxity on the part of employers. If unionism be
the herald and advocate of better conditions — as
its preambles loudly declare it to be — then its
ethical conduct in the matter of contracts must be
beyond reproach. In the face of the professions
of unionism, nothing can be said in mitigation
when its followers abandon its ideals. That may
be a severe test — too severe, perhaps, for prac¬
tical purposes — but it is the standard set by the
unions themselves, and in the end their success
will be measured by the loyalty to their profes¬
sions. Obviously they can not expect others to
champion ideals to which they are disloyal them¬
selves.
Printers in the Advertising Field.
The “ bunk-shooter ” has had his day in the
advertising field. During the past year The
Inland Printer has been pleased to note a strong
tendency toward a more dignified and conserva¬
tive tone in the advertising literature of commer¬
cial institutions. This change has been brought
about largely by a fuller appreciation of the
importance of the advertising department. Man¬
agers of large business houses more and more are
beginning to realize that the printed column, or
page, or booklet, has a vast influence in determin¬
ing the future of the house using it. And as a
natural outgrowth, greater care is taken in the
selection of men entrusted with preparing litera¬
ture intended to bring to the house it represents
not only profit, but a good name.
In this connection, it is gratifying to learn that
many practical printers are being chosen for
important posts in the advertising field. The
printer, given an opportunity to study the princi¬
pal features of a commercial or other business,
should be able to give the most satisfying service
in the preparation of advertising copy. To begin
with, he has the essential qualification of knowing
what is good and what is bad in typographical
effect. And is it too much to say that his training
necessarily has sharpened his sensibilities as to
“ news ” importance ? Possessing these two essen¬
tials of a good advertisement-writer, he should
continue to grow more and more valuable as his
knowledge concerning the business with which he
is connected develops.
All things considered, and in the light of the
movement for a higher standard for advertising
literature, both as to subject-matter and typo¬
graphical effect, the practical printer should make
the very best advertising manager, and we believe
his services, as such, will be much sought after in
the future, when the power of good printing is
more generally understood.
Written for The Island Printer.
THE TYPOGRAPHY OF ADVERTISEMENTS.
NO. VI. - BY F. J. TREZISE.
THE DEPARTMENT-STORE ADVERTISEMENT.
4E distinctive feature of news¬
paper advertising — that
which marks the great differ¬
ence between the advertise¬
ment composition handled in
the book and job offices and
that handled in the offices of
the daily papers of the great
cities — is the department-
store advertising. This form of advertising is, in
a large measure, in a class by itself ; it does not
invite, nor lend itself so readily to, the technical
discussion which may be applied profitably to the
typographical features of the smaller advertise¬
ments. The very nature and method of construc¬
tion of the page or two-page advertisement tend
toward a condition which leaves the printer little
choice for the technical consideration of typo¬
graphical design. In the first place, these adver¬
tisements are not arranged in the composing-
room, but in the office of the advertising manager
of the store ; in the second place, they are usually
filled closely with reading-matter and illustra¬
tions, largely doing away with the niceties of dis¬
tribution of white space which go so far toward
making the smaller advertisement attractive. But
the method of handling department-store adver¬
tisements, the conditions which must be met in
their production against time in order that the
paper may not be late — these things are of inter¬
est to all who have to do with typography.
To get an adequate conception of the large
department-store advertisement we must go back
to the preparation of the copy. The department
store is in reality a collection of small stores, and
each of these small stores bears its .proportion¬
ate share of the cost of the page advertisement.
The first requisite, then, is to apportion the page
into spaces of various sizes, depending upon the
amounts which the heads of the various depart¬
ments wish to use. This space, of course, varies
with the seasons, and for numerous other reasons.
And this apportioning of the space to the various
departments is not a matter to be treated lightly
by the advertising manager. He has troubles of
his own in even attempting to keep the various
department heads satisfied, each one of them being,
of course, vitally interested in furthering the inter¬
ests of his own department.
When the advertising manager has, after con¬
sultation with the various heads of departments,
ascertained just what space is required by each
THE INLAND PRINTER
545
department, he makes a diagram or layout similar
to that shown in Fig. 39. This layout is usually
made the exact size that the advertisement is to
be, and the various spaces are numbered. The
copy which is to go in each space is numbered to
correspond with the number in the space which it
is to fill.
To the foreman of the composing-room, then,
comes the layout for the advertisement, together
with the copy for the various spaces. And such
a bunch of copy as it is. To the uninitiated it
seems an almost impossible task to straighten it
together with their unrestricted use of strictly
trade terms, makes their copy at times unintel¬
ligible to all except those printers who are con¬
stantly handling it. To the newspaper printer,
however, the editing of copy becomes a second
nature, and no matter what shape the copy is in
when it leaves the store, the advertising manager
feels satisfied that “ the printer will straighten it
out ” and put it in readable form.
Checking up the different packages of copy to
see that they correspond with the numbers on his
layout sheet, the foreman turns the whole thing
Fig. 39. — A dummy or layout of this kind usually accompanies the copy for a page or two-page department-store advertisement. The various spaces are
numbered and the copy which is to go in them is numbered to correspond.
out and make it capable of being whipped into a
sane, orderly advertisement. Written on pieces of
wrapping-paper, note-paper, letter-heads — seem¬
ingly on any old scraps of paper at hand — the
task of putting it in shape is far from an inviting
one. Occasionally it is typewritten, but for the
most part it is in pencil and frequently (when the
advertising manager sends in the copy just as it
comes from the various departments) in as many
different kinds of handwriting as there are heads
of departments in the store. And with all due
respect to these heads of departments it must be
admitted that some of them are exceedingly shy
on writing — to say nothing of grammar, spelling,
punctuation, etc. They have a supreme contempt
for even the ordinary rules of grammar, and this,
4-5
over to the man in charge of the advertisements
for that particular store, or gives out the copy to
the printer himself, just as he sees fit. With sub¬
ordinates specializing in the work of each store,
his work is much simplified, as these men know all
of the peculiarities of the advertising which they
are handling — know what kind of rules to use for
panels, whether or not Mr. So-and-so, the adver¬
tising man of that store, will stand for a border
around the entire page, and what kind, and the
thousand and one things which would ordinarily
come up regarding the advertisement. They make
a study of this particular style, and when the fore¬
man has passed the copy for a page advertisement
over to one of these men his troubles regarding
that particular page are — or should be — over
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The advertising manager usually designates on
the drawings the instructions for making the illus¬
trations. Sometimes these drawings come to the
composing-room foreman, and at other times they
go direct to the1 etching-room. In the former
event the foreman checks them over to see that
the sizes marked on them correspond to the spaces
left for them in the layout ; in case the drawings
go direct to the etching-room he verifies them
before the work on the page has proceeded too far,
in order that no mistake may be made.
What impresses one most favorably is the effi¬
cient manner in which the foreman in charge of
off in the desire to get the work done with as much
comfort as possible.
As the men gather around the foreman, he
assigns them to their positions under the men who
are in charge of the various advertisements. This
is done quietly and quickly, sometimes nothing
more than a nod of the head being necessary to
indicate to a man just where he is to go. Every¬
thing is especially well systematized, and the room
immediately breaks into the full swing of busy
activity.
“ Yes,” says the foreman, “ the styles of typog¬
raphy vary greatly with the different stores.
1.2S & 1.50 Gray Suitings. 98c
Wonderful Sale of Summer Dresses
Anniversary Sale Wash Goods
Silk Dresses Made to Measure
Milan Straw Hats: The Season's Most
Popular Braid, 2.98 Value, Monday Special, 1,48
Perfect Fit Guaranteed
Importer's Beautiful Samplt
m Gowns, §50 & $75 Values. S25
85c Spot Proof Silk Foulards. 39c
Anniversary Sale of Muslins
Exceptional Wall Paper Sale
Tailored Suits to Your Measure
^S35 Tailored Suits in ihc Favored Fabrics ot the Season at 19.75^
[Sale of Coats from the Most Inexpensive
Unparalleled Sale of Real Irish Laces, Embroideries and Semi-Made Lingerie Robes: Bargains!
richest Ej
I.TSIcUhUctt
Wash Dresses Made to Measure
Silk Gloves at Less Than Half Price
Great Semi-Annual Sale of Nev
Axtninster & Body Pru ;scls Rugs,
27.50 and $30 Values, KSgft? 19.85
The Lowest Prices We Ever Quoted on Trunks,
Suitcases and Bags: A Wardrobe Trunk, 1 1.95. Think of hj
A_ Wonderful Sale of Oxfords for Both
a Men and Women at $1
A Great Sale of Fancy Linens at About Half Price!
1.75 Scotch Net Curtaina.
Glass Tumbler Sale
Homefitters Are Saving jj on Furniture at the Anniversary Sale
Cut Price Sale of Summer Housefurnishings! Bai
Remarkable Cut Price Sale of Pure Foods'
Wonderful Bargt
Fig. 40. — Reproduction of a two-page department-store advertisement. This was set after a layout similar to that shown in Fig. 39.
the advertising handles the work. Amid the rush
and excitement of the assigning to their respective
places of scores of men, the telephone calls, the
copy-boys rushing in, leaving copy, cuts and draw¬
ings on the desk, he appears cool and undisturbed.
It is a few minutes before seven o’clock in the
evening — the time when the largest number of
men “ go on ” in the ad.-room. Others come later,
some at eight o’clock, some at nine and some at
ten. It is a hot night — hot outside but infinitely
more so in the composing-room — and convention,
in the matter of attire, has been cast to the winds.
Not only have hats and coats been discarded, but
vests, collars, ties and even shirts, have been taken
Page advertisements for Jones’ store must be set
in type not smaller than ten-point, and with plenty
of white space between lines and between rules
and type. On the other hand, the advertisements
for Conway’s store must be set largely in eight-
point type, with few leads and with the type
jammed up close to the rules.
“Then the question of arrangement — the
placing of the cuts, panels, etc., on the page —
varies materially with different advertising men.
One advertiser is careful about the balance of his
page. If he uses a panel on one side he balances it
by a corresponding panel on the other side. If he
uses a cut on one side he balances it by a cut on
THE INLAND PRINTER
547
the other side, and so on. Other advertisers, how¬
ever, pay little attention to this question of bal¬
ance, and their pages show a lack of orderly
arrangement.”
In the two-page advertisement shown in Fig. 40
this question of the balancing of panels has been
carefully considered, and although the advertise¬
ment contains a large number of panels of varying
sizes and shapes the whole forms an orderly
arrangement.
As regards the type for display, each depart¬
ment store usually has its own style. The display
portions of the advertisements of one store will be
set in Pabst type, another store will use Caslon
Bold type, and so on. This results in an individu¬
ality which is a part of good advertising. It also
simplifies matters immensely for the composing-
room. Nor is one advertiser allowed to use the dis¬
play type which “ belongs ” to another. This point
is mutually understood and rigidly adhered to.
Ordinarily the matter for the advertisement is
grouped on galleys and proofs are taken, this
grouping of the various departments being done
in such manner as will best facilitate their assem¬
bling into the full page later on. These proofs are
then sent to the advertising manager, who pastes
them up into a dummy, following his original lay¬
out, but making any changes which he finds neces¬
sary. And these changes are sometimes numer¬
ous. Occasionally, because of the arrival of a new
shipment of seasonable goods, or for some other
good and sufficient reason, the advertisement will
be torn apart and the greater portion of it reset.
In fact, on some pages the time for alterations will
equal, if not exceed, the amount of time spent
in the original composition. Usually, no extra
charge is made by the paper for these alterations.
The time consumed for setting a full-page
department-store advertisement will average ap¬
proximately fifty hours. The time which elapses
between the giving out of the copy and the turning
in of the proofs will, of course, vary according to
the necessity for rush and the number of men
among whom these fifty hours are divided. In
emergency, proofs of a full-page advertisement
will be placed on the foreman’s desk within two or
three hours after the copy leaves his hands. Men
will swarm around a page advertisement so thick
that they are literally falling over one another,
and the “ takes ” will be short — sometimes but
two or three lines. Your newspaper man thinks
nothing of wasting time to save it. In the last
moments, when the page is being closed up, and
the hands of the clock draw dangerously near the
limit of time allowed, no account is taken of how
much time a man may waste in his efforts to fur¬
ther the advertisement by a few seconds.
And amid all the rush and excitement incident
to the getting out of the page advertisement, the
question of accuracy must be carefully consid¬
ered. Although the page contains a multiplicity
of prices, they must all be right, else there are
serious results. To illustrate :
A certain department store recently had a sale
on soap, the intention being to sell 66 bars of a
well-known five-cent brand for $2.79. Through an
error the advertisement read “ 66 bars of soap for
89 cents.” This naturally drew a large crowd, and
as each shopper asked for the order of soap he
was directed to the superintendent. The latter
explained the mistake, and insured the shopper
that if he insisted the store would, of course, stand
by the price given in the advertisement.
And did he insist?
Later in the day a driver for the store remarked
as he delivered an order of the soap to a customer :
“ Well, this thing will cost somebody some coin,
for over one thousand orders of this soap have
already been sent out.”
One thousand orders — and each order repre¬
sented a loss of $1.90, the difference between the
intended price and the figures given in the adver¬
tisement.
Whether the store or the newspaper stood this
loss would, of course, depend upon which was
responsible for the error. It sometimes happens
that after the final proof has been revised a letter
or figure may drop out of the form or become
transposed before the form is stereotyped, and in
this case the paper is at fault.
The composing-room of a metropolitan daily
impresses one as a place where they “ do things ”
— and do them in a big way. Plenty of men to do
the work, to be sure, and a certain freedom and
good fellowship not usually to be found in job-
offices, where the time-ticket receives the greatest
consideration. One almost feels that compositors
here have things “ pretty soft ” and that it is more
or less of a snap.
But, late in the evening, a boy rushes in with a
page advertisement which must be gotten in the
morning paper, and the comparatively easy-going
routine of the department is at once changed into
a scene of bustling activity. All the men that can
possibly be used are detailed on the rush adver¬
tisement and they “ pull out ” with a right good
will, for no matter what may happen or what they
may be called upon to do, the paper must be gotten
out on time. And they get it out. The thought
that they have a snap is forgotten in the greater
fact that what they are there to do, they do. Their
special function lies in their ability to cope with
emergencies — to do special “stunts” which ordi¬
narily would seem well-nigh impossible. And it is
548
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perhaps this very thing that makes the work of
the advertisement compositor on the metropolitan
daily fascinating. He feels that the getting out of
the paper on time is the one thing greatly to be
desired, and with the ever-changing problems and
emergencies this becomes a game in the playing of
which he finds the greatest interest.
Written for The Inland Printer.
PRINTING PHOTOGRAVURE AND TYPE IN
ONE IMPRESSION.
BY S. H. HORGAN.
IE descriptions published
from time to time in these col¬
umns of the success of Doctor
Mertens in printing photogra¬
vure and type matter on the
same supplement of the Frei¬
burg er Zeitung have attracted
much attention from news¬
paper publishers. They fore¬
see that if this can be accomplished with certainty
it will be a most valuable scheme for fine qual¬
ity Sunday supplements. The writer’s opinion
regarding the practicability of the Mertens method
One of the reasons why this system has not
been taken up by progressive publishers in this
country is that the copper cylinder on which the
photogravure is engraved has to have its surface
removed in a lathe, so that new photogravures
may be engraved on it. This changes the length
of the circumference of the cylinder and would
soon prevent register.
Two methods have been suggested in this coun¬
try for overcoming this difficulty. One is to make
the cylinder of iron, slightly tapered, on which
would be forced steel tubes with a coating of cop¬
per deposited by electrolysis, on which the photo¬
gravure is made. The other method is to put the
photogravure on thin sheets of copper, to be drawn
around the cylinder as grained zinc plates are in
the offset press.
In the printing house of Prieur & Dubois, at
Puteaux, France, there is a press which is print¬
ing photogravure and type in two colors and with
perfect register and which may be understood
from the cut herewith.
The machine consists of four cylinders: B,
the photogravure-plate cylinder; C, an offset cyl¬
inder; E, the type cylinder; and D, impression
PRESS FOR PLATE AND TYPE PRINTING COMBINED.
has been solicited by more than one of the big
newspaper publishers.
By Mertens’ procedure, it will be remembered,
the photogravure is engraved on a copper cylin¬
der, by the regular rotary photogravure method,
and printed on a web of paper which is then fed
into the ordinary stereotype web newspaper press.
Blank spaces are left in the type-form where the
illustrations are to appear so that the photogra¬
vures are first impressed on the web of paper and
the type is printed around it.
cylinder. The principle of the press in brief is
this: Photogravure plates are attached to any
portion of the surface of cylinder B ; when the
plate is inked and properly wiped, the ink from
the photogravure is offset on a rubber blanket on
cylinder D. The paper is fed between cylinders
C and D, taking the offset impression first, and
then the type impression from cylinder E, after
which the grippers release the sheet. It is caught
by the cylinder I and delivered on the fly, which
deposits it printed side up on the table.
THE INLAND PRINTER
549
One of the distinctive features of this press is
the manner in which the photogravure plates are
secured to the cylinder, and the method of wiping
their surfaces clean. In ordinary rotary photo¬
gravure presses this wiping is done with a “doctor”
or scraper. In this French press the wiping is
accomplished by five wiping rollers and the results
are said to be perfect, requiring very little atten¬
tion from the attendants while the press is in
operation.
So successful, it is claimed, is this first press,
which prints on but one side of the sheet, that the
inventor is now constructing a press to print from
a web and on both sides. Should he succeed in
doing this in a manner suitable for long runs, then
will the improvement in the quality of Sunday
newspaper supplements be one step nearer solu¬
tion.
There is one feature of this French press which
the writer can not understand, and that is : Why
bring the offset principle into it? Why not sim¬
plify the operation by removing cylinder C alto¬
gether? Then the photogravure would be printed
direct on the sheet on cylinder D, thus retaining
all the velvety richness in the ink which makes
the photogravure print so superior, but which
would be destroyed by offsetting. The practical-
pressman readers of The Inland Printer may
explain the reason why cylinder C is an advantage
in this press.
NONE.
The most attentive observer will often be astonished at
the direction taken by the public’s interest. Who would
not be surprised at finding, among- the readers of a popu¬
lar periodical such as this, an intense and persistent inter¬
est in syntax? It keeps us answering- grammatical ques¬
tions. The latest inquirer quotes from our columns the
phrase, “ Not only are none of the men Apostles,” and then
wishes to know whether one' would be justified in saying-,
“ Not only are no one of the men Apostles.” “ None ” is
not a contraction of “ no one.” See “ The Standard of
Usage in English,” by Thomas R. Lounsbury, page 160.
In Anglo-Saxon “ nan ” was inflected in both singular and
plural. “ None ” is derived from “ nan,” and is likewise
inflected in both numbers, probably more frequently in the
plural. Paul says, “None of these things move me”;
Bacon, “ None deny there is a God ”; Shakespeare, “ None
are for me”; Milton, “None are seen to do it”; Byron,
“None are so desolate”; Young, “None think the great
unhappy but the great ”; Pope,
’Tis with our judgments as our watches, none
Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Wordsworth, “ None will force their way to me.” In ordi¬
nary life the same habit is constantly observed. Thomas
Jefferson is usually misquoted thus, “ Few die and none
resign.” — Collier’s.
Congregational church announcement, Lee, Illinois:
“ This is Mothers’ Day, and all women should avail them¬
selves of this privilege.”
Written for The Inland Printer.
APPRENTICE PRINTERS’ TECHNICAL CLUB.
NO. VIII. - BY W. E. STEVENS,
Assistant Instructor, Inland Printer Technical School.
Tills department Is devoted entirely to the interests of appren¬
tices,, and the subjects taken up are selected for their immedi¬
ate practical value. Correspondence is invited. Specimens of
apprentices’ work will be criticized by personal letter. Address
all communications to Apprentice Printers’ Technical Club, 624-
632 Sherman street, Chicago.
brass rules — Continued.
£NE of the subjects taken up in
our last lesson was the use and
care of leads and slugs. No
reference was made to the his¬
tory of this material, and I
wonder how many appren¬
tices realize the labor that was
involved in its manufacture,
before machinery took the
place of the primitive hand molds.
Leads were formerly made by hand — that is,
speaking roughly, two strips of wood were so
arranged as to allow an interstice just the size —
two points, four points, etc. — to make a lead of
the required thickness. Then the maker — often
an apprentice in the days far agone — took a ladle¬
ful of molten metal and poured it through the
opening. After cooling, the leads were cut to the
length required — at first with a pair of shears,
and later with a lead-cutter, much cruder and less
accurate than those of to-day, but having substan¬
tially the same working principle.
The mold was not quite as simple a thing as
might be inferred from our brief reference, but it
would take a column to describe minutely the proc¬
ess of making leads by hand, and that might prove
wearisome and profitless to readers who would
scorn to secure leads by that slow and cumbersome
method.
In the present day and age, with machine-
made, labor-saving conveniences of all kinds, we
are apt to take no interest in the many difficulties
that our printer-forefathers had to contend with
in making their own material. Every apprentice
should study the history of printing, in order to
familiarize himself with past conditions. It is not
only interesting and instructive, but is sure to
make more optimistic one who, when things are
going wrong, is inclined to kick against present-
day methods.
Now to resume our lesson on brass rules :
Labor-saving brass rules, accurately cut to pica
and half-pica measures, are furnished in fonts of
different weights from one pound to one hundred
pounds. A standard labor-saving font is made up
of forty-five different lengths — the smaller pieces,
from one pica to ten picas, being graduated by
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nonpareils, and the larger pieces, from ten picas
to thirty-six picas, being graduated by picas.
Longer lengths are furnished when specially
ordered.
A very convenient feature about these rules is
that each piece is stamped with a number showing
its length in picas.
No mitered corner-pieces are furnished with
standard fonts; they are put up and sold sepa¬
rately, in sets, each set consisting of four right
and four left miters.
In constructing panels with side-faced rules,
mitered corners are not absolutely necessary, as
the faces of these rules are thin, and with a good
lock-up and proper make-ready will hardly show
where they are joined. When using center-faced
rules, however, the corners must be mitered in
order to allow a proper joining. The bevels on
both sides make this necessary. Full-faced rules
Side-faced rules.
Side- faced rules.
Corners not mitered.
Corners mitered.
Center-faced rules.
Center-faced rules.
Corners not mitered.
Corners mitered.
Corners not mitered.
Corners mitered.
Fig. 44.
always should be mitered, as the faces are thick,
showing unmitered joints very plainly. Fig. 44
illustrates the need for mitered corners when
using center-faced or full-faced rules.
Rule panelwork is very popular, and it is cer¬
tain that well-arranged and harmonious panels aid
materially the effect of a page — defining its out¬
lines and pulling the groups together in a pleasing
way. Nothing proves the popularity of panels
more than that typefounders furnish labor-saving-
fonts of rules cut and mitered expressly for this
work. These are called
Labor-saving brass panel rules . Regular fonts
of these rules contain four pieces of each length,
graduated by ems (pica) from one em to fifty ems,
inside measurement. As each rule is mitered at
both ends, panels of any size up to and including
fifty ems square can be made quickly and with the
minimum of labor. The inside measurement is
stamped on each piece.
Improved Lead and Ride Caster . This machine
(Fig. 45) has been on the market less than two
Fig. 45. — Improved Lead and Rule Caster.
years, but in that short time it has become recog¬
nized as a good investment for any large or
medium sized printing-office.
It consists of the casting mechanism of the
standard Mergenthaler Linotype, and can be han¬
dled by any one familiar with the Linotype. It
automatically casts rules, leads, blanks slugs (high
or low), dashes, borders, folios, imprints, running-
heads, etc., and is adjustable to any length from
four to thirty picas and to any thickness from two
Single, Music, Parallel, Close single,
200 ft. 200 ft. 200 ft. 400 ft.
to lb. to lb. to lb. to lb.
Fig. 46. — Enlarged cross-section view of the various shapes of
Lino-Tabler rules.
to twelve points, inclusive. Ordinary linotype
metal is used and the material is cast without ribs.
Quoting from the advertising literature of the
manufacturers “ the machine is equipped with two
water-cooled molds. The large hub of the mold-
disk is hollow and water circulates through it, thus
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keeping the disk itself, as well as the molds, quite
cool. The turning-rack is so arranged that the
disk makes only half a revolution after each cast.
The two molds are used alternately, thus allowing
one to cool while the other is in action. This
results in a continuous operation, so that all the
attention required can be given by a boy to feed
the metal and carry away the galleys.”
Printing houses doing a large amount of rail¬
road tariff work find that in order not to tie up a
great deal of expensive material it is necessary to
take out the brass rules from pages which are to
be left standing. When these pages are reprinted
all rules must again be put in place and, lastly,
they must again be taken out before the pages are
“killed” (dumped in the metal-pot). All this
takes time, and time is money. Aside from reprint
work it takes time to “ strip ” the pages (take out
Fig. 47. — Showing how Lino-Tabler rules are placed between lugs, and
how corrections are made on a correction board.
the rules, leads and slugs) before killing them.
The writer received figures from a Chicago print¬
ing house showing that in one year approximately
eleven thousand hours were spent in stripping,
tieing up and storing away tariff pages. More
than half of this time is charged up to the strip¬
ping of the pages, and by using rules, leads and
slugs cast in an Improved Lead and Rule Caster
this time is saved ; no expensive material is tied up
when the pages are standing, and when dead they
are simply dumped in the metal-pot without any
preliminary stripping.
Lino-T abler brass rules. These rules are made
especially for the “Lino-Tabler” system — a new
and simple system for tabular composition on the
Linotype. They are made in four different shapes
and with three different faces — single light-face,
parallel light-face, and music face. Fig. 46 shows
an enlarged cross-section view of the various
shapes and faces, and below each one the approxi¬
mate number of feet to the pound. No. 4 is a light-
face rule, shaped for use in very narrow spaces
and requiring only one ruleholder. All these rules
are about one-quarter the price of ordinary type-
high rules.
According to the advertising literature of the
manufacturers,” the Lino-Tabler system, invented
Fig. 48. — Showing the principle of twisted rules on straight bases.
by Ashton G. Stevenson, a Chicago operator, offers
the opportunity to linotype users to do tabular or
rule work on the Linotype, with any face or style
of linotype matrix or any style of standard lino¬
type machine. No change of parts or additions to
the machine are required.
Fig. 49. — A few combinations obtained with the different forms of
twisted rules on straight bases.
“ The essential part of the system consists of
special matrices, which when assembled in the line
between the columns form two small projections
or lugs, which extend to .008 of the printing sur¬
face. The rule is placed between these lugs, and
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they are bent over, firmly holding the rule on the
surface of the slugs.
“ The ease with which rules are inserted makes
it possible to lay them in before sending out proof,
instantly removing them if corrections are to be
made, deferring the operation of closing the rule-
holders until table is O. K.’d.
“ Standing matter can be readily corrected, and
the comparatively low cost of the rule renders its
removal unnecessary, even from matter which may
stand indefinitely.
“ Naturally, all corrections should be made
before rules are inserted, but, if rules have been
THE “AIRIA”
MOTOR CAR
“The Kar with Kwality 23
C The seven years that have
passed since theAiria first came
into the market have recorded
a remarkable success for it, both
in the United States and abroad.
C Here it is still the dominant
car of its type, ft has never had
a serious rival. Its field has not
been encroached upon by devel¬
opments since its advent.
C Hundreds are being shipped
to England, Germany, Russia,
France, and Holland. Cairo and
Capetown ; New Zealand and
Tasmania; Melbourne and Syd¬
ney— Sydney even cabling not
long since for an additional large
shipment of cars.
We
AIRIA AUTO WORKS
CHICAGO AND BOSTON
Fig. 50. — An advertising suggestion in which twisted rules on
straight bases - are used.
locked ready for press, the use of a correction
board, as shown in Fig. 47, makes correction per¬
fectly simple. The table is moved along, and as
each line to be corrected is reached it is pressed
down, breaking the ruleholders. The corrected
line is then pushed under.”
Tivistecl brass rules on straight bodies. This
is a very recent invention in brass-rule making,
and this department is first to give it publicity.
The material is not yet ready for the market, but
it is a practical idea, and through combinations of
the different rule-forms many effective and artis¬
tic results can be obtained.
These rules are made in corner, straight-strip,
curved and tubular (sic) forms, the bottom or
base portions of which are continuous in either a
straight line or that of a single arc, and the upper
portions of which take the desired broken or irreg¬
ular curved or angulated lines to suit the designs
that the rules are intended to print. The base por¬
tions are of a proper depth to allow for the height
of leads, slugs or other spacing or filling material,
and all lengths are cut to even picas — with thick¬
nesses conforming to the point system. Fig. 48
illustrates the principle of this invention ; show¬
ing a corner-piece, straight strip, and tubular or
hollow-square form. Fig. 49 shows a few of the
many different combinations that can be obtained
by the use of these rules, and Fig. 50 shows
the adaptability of this material to display work.
Strong and striking, or neat and delicate effects
(according to the thickness of the faces used) can
be secured with the minimum amount of labor.
There is no trouble in justification, no soft sur¬
faces to get scratched or marred easily, and, being
made of brass, the material will stand wear and
tear.
The inventor, Mr. William C. F. Papke, of Cin¬
cinnati, Ohio, has also invented and patented a
process for the manufacture of these rules.
TO APPRENTICES.
Our lesson last month was on leads and slugs
and brass rules. If you read the lesson thoroughly
you ought to be able to answer the questions given
below.
What are leads and slugs used for, and what are the
ordinary thicknesses? What is a six-to-pica lead? What
are labor-saving leads and slugs? How should leads be
pieced? What is the proper method of clearing away leads
and slugs? Name the different kinds of brass rules. What
are the three kinds of single rules? Describe the operation
of mitering rules.
If there are any points you wish to know
regarding the printing business or allied indus¬
tries, do not hesitate to write to this department,
asking for information, as it is our business to
answer such letters.
(To be continued.)
WORKS BOTH WAYS.
“ My assistant iss a man off such ingenuity, yess,”
observed the editor of Der Hausfreund.
“ Iss he so? ” asked the editor of Der Buchblatter.
“Ach, yess. Ven a vomans writes in to him asking vat
it iss to take der onions from der breath off he puts it in
der paper dot she shall eat limber kase yet. Undt ven a
vomans writes in to him vy it iss to keep der limber kase
from der breath off he puts in der paper dot she shall
onions eat. Nicht wolir? ”
LETTER- HEADS.
A new book of letter-head designs — “ Specimens of
Letter-heads No. 4 ” — is now ready. Mailed by The Inland
Printer Company for 50 cents.
From painting by L. O. Griffith, Palette and Chisel Club, Chicago.
Three-color half-tone and tint.
Engraved and printed by The Henry O. Shepard Company, Chicago.
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Compiled for The Inland Printer.
INCIDENTS IN FOREIGN GRAPHIC CIRCLES.
BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
ENGLAND.
The weekly journal, London Opinion, declared a divi¬
dend for its past fiscal year of one hundred and fifty per
cent.
At Holyhead a local news-dealer was haled before court
for selling- newspapers on Sundays, and fined one sixpence.
How very discouraging!
The Illustrated London News and Sketch, Limited, has
reduced its capital by more than $1,360,000. Disastrous
ventures, increased competition and increased cost of pro¬
duction are responsible for the loss.
The Bedford General Library is offering for sale at
$10,000 the copy of Foxe’s “ Book of Martyrs ” which once
belonged to John Bunyan. It is of the third edition, printed
in 1641, seventy-eight years after the first edition appeared.
The final returns on the voting by the provincial unions
on the proposition of the employing printers to adopt a
general fifty-one-hour week show a majority in favor of its
acceptance. The date of its going into effect was changed
from May 1 to May 15.
As A side-note to the present efforts to obtain a shorter
work-day in England, it may be stated that 54 hours is the
rule in thirty cities, 53% in twenty-eight cities, 53 in twelve
cities, 52 in thirty-nine cities, 51% in three cities, 51 in
fourteen cities, 50 in fifteen cities and 49% in one city. In
view of these discordances, one can not help sympathizing
with the endeavor to secure a working week of uniform
length.
After sixty-eight issues, the Daily Herald, which was
started to assist the London printers in their struggle for
a shorter work-day, suspended publication on April 28. It
had served its purpose, but an effort was made to continue
it as a general labor paper. Sufficient capital (estimated at
about $50,000), however, was not obtainable. Still, hope is
expressed that this may yet be secured and the paper given
another start.
When the National Union of Journalists was started
five years ago by a few- enthusiasts at Manchester but short
life was prophesied for it. However, it now has some
twenty-one hundred members, in sixty local groups, and
net assets of about $16,000. Over $2,000 was paid in the
past year to members out of work. An extended inquiry
developed the fact that hundreds of responsible journalists
were receiving poorer pay than the compositors who set
their manuscript. Efforts will be made to better this state
of affairs.
The strike situation in London remains about the same
as reported last month. Some eight hundred men are still
out. This, in addition to the normal average of about nine
hundred continually on the out-of-work list, to whom the
Society of Compositors gives weekly allowances, causes a
drain of about $10,000 a week on its funds. Still, there
appears to be no lack of hope and cheerfulness on the part
of the union. The recalcitrant houses are no doubt suffer¬
ing an equal drain, because of the usual incompetency of
strike-breakers, delays, spoiled work, loss of orders, etc.
However, the secretary of the Federation of Master Print¬
ers says the position of the nonunion employers was
summed up in the two words, “ No compromise.”
One of the German printers’ journals speaks of one
Louis Stephan Hernan, who, in 1797, hit upon the idea of
setting up matrices, made of copper, in page form and
making a cast from them with which to print. This may
be viewed as the earliest forerunner of the Linotype. The
cost of the many individual matrices required and the
impossibility of pulling proofs, and thus avoiding errors,
barred its practical adoption. It may be also mentioned
that years before Mergenthaler made his matrices the
Caslon Type Foundry, of London, patented a method of
casting imprints and logotypes, for which single-letter
matrices were set and secured together for use on the cast¬
ing machine. Mergenthaler was probably unaware of
these earlier inventions, whose principles are embodied in
the Linotype.
GERMANY.
The Leipsic Printing School celebrated its twenty-fifth
anniversary on April 13.
The Chamber of Trades of Dresden has now fixed the
term of apprentices at bookbinding at four years.
Within three years the number of typesetting and line¬
casting machines has increased fifty-five per cent in Ger¬
many.
A Cologne manufacturer of a suction apparatus for
cleaning out type-cases uses this cut of a suckling baby
elephant in his advertisements, to catch the reader’s eye.
The program for the summer term of the technical
high school of Darmstadt includes courses in typographic
and journalistic technic; also in authorship and publishing.
The August Scherl Company, Limited, the big publish¬
ing concern at Berlin, recently increased its capital stock
from 16,250,000 marks to 20,000,000 marks ($3,867,500 to
$4,760,000).
The number of new books issued in Germany during
1910 was 31,281, as against 31,051 in 1909. This shows a
substantial increase over earlier years, 25,331 in 1901 and
29,000 in 1906.
A bookbinder in Leipsic-Stotteritz, while working at
a paper-cutter, had stopped it to clear away cuttings, but
the knife, being imperfectly held, dropped down and com¬
pletely severed his right hand from the wrist.
The last official report of the German Bookbinders’
Association states that the membership at the beginning of
this year comprised 15,205 males and 13,499 females, a
total of 28,704. Its assets were 274,377.53 mai-ks ($65,-
401.85).
A publisher in Konigswarth, Saxony, issues a series of
map-cards, of post-card size, covering the topography of
Germany. The series comprises 1,423 different cards,
which are printed in one or more colors, on a scale of 1 to
200,000.
On the recent attainment of the one hundredth anniver¬
sary of the Westfalische Zeitung, published at Bielefeld,
its proprietors donated 10,000 marks to a fund for assist¬
ing widows and orphans. They also divided about 6,800
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marks among their employees, the donation being in the
form of savings-bank passbooks, in which amounts corre¬
sponding to length of service were credited.
The City Beautifying Society of Eltville, a town north
of Mayence, has resolved to proceed with the building of a
monument in honor of Gutenberg, it having been definitely
determined that the inventor of printing died and was bur¬
ied in Eltville, not in Mayence, as hitherto has been sup¬
posed.
A new series of stamps was issued recently by the
Bavarian Postoffice Department. It now turns out that
there were a number of mistakes in the first output; for
instance, the date 911 appeared on some 10-pfennig stamps,
instead of 1911, while others had no date. The few obtain¬
able examples have been snapped up by the stamp collect¬
ors at 50 marks each.
A printer in Munich, upon order from an English firm,
printed and mailed a large edition of a booklet advertising
a medicine, obtaining the names from an address dealer in
Berlin. Among them were some six thousand names of
persons in Wurttemberg. The authorities of this State had
the printer arrested and he was fined 50 marks for unlaw¬
fully distributing such literature.
After a lengthy and spirited debate in the German
Reichstag, on May 4, on the proposition to restrict the use
of the Fraktur script and print in government and school
use, in favor of the Antiqua styles, a vote was taken, which
showed 85 for and 82 against the measure. The majority
in its favor being too small, according to the rules of the
Reichstag, the proposition was declared not carried. This
vote will probably leave the status quo continue indefi¬
nitely.
In its last annual report, the German Book Trades
Association, which has its headquarters at Leipsic, stated
its net assets as being valued at 185,156.95 marks ($44,-
067.35). It is an organization of proprietors and had 1,376
members at the date of the report. During 1910 there were
held twenty-four special exhibitions of various collections
of graphic productions, in the German Book Trades House
at Leipsic. The library was increased to the extent of 431
works.
The Amerika-Institut is the name of a new organiza¬
tion founded in September, 1910. Its offices are at Berlin
and its work is that of assisting German authors and pub¬
lishers to obtain copyrights in the United States. Dr.
Hugo Munsterberg is one of the directors, while its curator
is Doctor Schmidt of the Prussian Ministry of Ecclesias¬
tical Affairs and Education. It assumes all trouble and
expense of securing American copyrights, except the pay¬
ment of the copyright fee of $1.
The district court at Dresden, in a recent decision,
upheld the right of striking workmen to institute a boy¬
cott. The lithographers’ union had invoked a boycott
against a Dresden lithographic house, because it had denied
its workmen the right to join the union and had locked out
all union members. The firm then sued the union officials
and the editor of the union’s organ, to have the boycott
notices stopped. The Dresden court, however, decided
against the firm, assessing it with the costs of the suit.
The verdict had this to say: “ Undeniably the defendants
have a great economic and social interest in having the
plaintiff, like all other masters, employ union workmen.
This desideratum is one of their most important aims and
is of fundamental value to them. What the plaintiff pleads
against the recognition of this desideratum can not be
considered as being proven. . . . After what has been
brought out, the actions of the defendants can not be
viewed as a violation of good morals.”
A printer in a certain town had printed for a customer
one thousand menu-cards. They were printed with a type¬
face called “ Trianon,” made and copyrighted by the Bauer
typefoundry at Frankfurt a. M. Later a lithographer got
an order from this customer for the printing of three thou¬
sand of the same cards, at a much lower price. He went to
a printer in another town and had him set and furnish
offset proofs of the job, using the same style of type.
These offsets he transferred to a stone, from which he
printed the edition. Learning of this, the Bauer type-
foundry sued the lithographer, and the printer who assisted
him, for violating its copyright in the type-face. The
matter was settled by the defendants paying penalties
which were satisfactory to the plaintiff. Moral: Do not
cut the price.
On April 24 the Typographic Society of Frankfurt
a. M. held an open meeting of friends of the Fraktur type,
to protest against the measure before the Reichstag to
restrict its use. The presiding officer of the meeting was
City Councilor Flinsch, head of the noted Flinsch type-
foundry. Among the speakers were Doctor Greiner, Herr
Rupreeht, bookdealer, and Herr Oeser, editor of the Frank¬
furt Zeitung and representative to the Reichstag. A reso¬
lution, “ That German type and script should be adhered
to because they are better adapted to the genius of our
speech than are the Latin forms,” was unanimously adopted
by the five hundred persons present. It would appear
that the advocates of the Roman type (called Altschrift,
Antiqua and Latein in Germany) have a big struggle
before them to gain their desire, if they ever gain it.
FRANCE.
The place for holding the International Exposition of
Printing Machinery and Material, during this July, is now
definitely announced as the Skating Palace, No. 68 rue
d’Amsterdam, Paris.
The Chambre Syndicale du Papier, an organization of
the French paper trade, celebrated its fiftieth anniversary,
by a banquet and ball, on the evening of May 14, in the
Marguery salons at Paris.
The mutual benefit society of the employees of the great
Firmin-Didot printing and publishing house of Paris at
the beginning of this year had 44 honorary and 500 active
members, of whom 225 were women and 25 were children.
Benefits paid out and expenses for the past year amounted
to 8,588.75 francs ($1,658).
A NEW name may be added to the roster of those who
started as printers and attained celebrity. Along with
Marshal Brune, Franklin, Proudhon, Beranger, Michelot,
Flegisippi, Moreau and others we should place the name of
Worms, the great artist, who died recently. He had been
a working typographer before entering the Paris Con¬
servatory.
Under the titles of “Gallia Typographia” and “Galliae
Typographicae Documenta,” two volumes of a biograph¬
ical and chronological list of the printers of France, from
the earliest times down to the Revolution, and the histor¬
ical documents appertaining to them, edited by Georges
Lepreaux, have just been issued. These first two volumes
cover Paris and l’lle-de-France. Subsequent volumes will
cover other parts of the country.
The Socialistic journal, La Humanite, had made a
habit, in its frequent reprinting of extracts from L’Aurore,
of adding to the name of the latter journal the sentence:
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“ Set by renegades.” Seven machine compositors on
L’Anrore felt libeled by this reiterated descriptive allusion,
and brought suit against the publisher of La Humanite,
whom the court then sentenced to the payment of a fine of
1,000 francs and damages of 200 francs to be paid to each
of the seven plaintiffs. These compositors had formerly
belonged to the compositors’ union, but had been expelled
when they refused to go out on strike during trouble over
wages some time ago.
PERSIA.
In addition to the demand for better wages and working
hours, an ultimatum on the part of the printers who went
on a strike recently in Teheran had these clauses: “Above
all, the wages must be paid regularly [which is not so odd
to European and American printers as the others that fol¬
low]. If a workman is dismissed through no fault of his
own after six months’ service, he must receive fifteen days’
extra wage; if after one year, a month extra. He has also
a right to fifteen days’ notice, and should the establish¬
ment change hands he can demand wages for that period
from the original owners. In addition to the usual feast
days, one day a week must be free. In the case of illness
a workman must receive his full wage, but on recovery he
must return to his work. Every printing-office must have
its own doctor in attendance. The editors and managers
must treat their employees with politeness.”
ITALY.
The Graphic Industries Society, of Milan, has decided
to hold a banquet in honor of a number of local printers
who have been fifty years at the business, their names being
Cordani, Fusetti, Kettlitz, Massimino, Ricordi, Rozza, Rus-
coni, Tenconi, Treves and Turati. Silver medals will also
be presented to them.
According to the Italian professor, Jos. La Mantia, the
oldest known piece of paper in existence is a letter from
Adelaide, third wife of Roger I., count of Sicily, written
about a business matter. After the death of her husband
she acted as regent during the minority of her son. It is
to this period (1109) that the document belongs. It meas¬
ures 11 by 13 inches, is of a strong texture and has a pink¬
ish white tinge.
SPAIN.
The Fine Arts Club of Madrid has taken steps to get
up a graphic arts exposition, to be held early next year.
It is claimed that the theater poster had its birth in
Spain, the originator being one Cosme, of Oviedo, who
lived not long before Cervantes’ day.
Efforts are being made at Barcelona to form an organ¬
ization among the master printers, to regulate the prices
of printed matter and thus avoid ruinous competition. The
printers’ besetting sin (that of making a present of his
work to anybody who wants it) is evidently to be met with
everywhere.
HOLLAND.
In answer to the demand of this age, as well as of the
masters and men in the art, a school of instruction in
typography was recently started in Rotterdam, under the
auspices of the government, the authorities of the city, and
the master printers’ association. The courses include com¬
posing and presswork; freehand, ornamental and line
drawing; grammar, reading, writing, revising; arithmetic;
Dutch and foreign languages.
BELGIUM.
The strike of the printers at Liege, after lasting nine
weeks, was ended by the master printers agreeing to a
work-day of nine and one-half hours. At last accounts the
strikes at Charleroi and Verviers still continue.
The Musee du Livre, at Brussels, has just issued in
pamphlet form two lectures, in French, “ The Book and the
Mind ” and “ The Book in Arabian Countries,” which were
delivered before the society by Messrs. Paul Heger and
Victor Chauvin, professors at the universities of Brussels
and Liege respectively.
JAPAN.
In the Japanese journal, Shinkoron, it is stated on the
authority of Sawayanagi Mastoro, that “ while there are
published yearly about 8,000 books in the United States,
9,000 in England, 13,000 in France, about 80 per day is the
claimed average in Japan, or 29,000 yearly. Should this be
true, Japan can vaunt itself to be the producer of the larg¬
est number of books, as the yearly production of Germany
does not reach this figure. However, an edition of a Japa¬
nese book rarely goes over 500 copies, and the quality of
the product is not of the best.”
BRAZIL.
According to the Deutsche Zeitung, of Sao Paulo, the
postmaster-general of Brazil has forbidden the use of trans¬
parent envelopes for transmission in the mails. These are
much used to cover fancy post-cards, as a protection. The
reason for their exclusion is that they delay the postmark¬
ing and hinder the quick transmission of letters. The
decree also covers such envelopes mailed abroad, destined
to Brazil, to which effect notice has been given the Inter¬
national Postal Union at Berne, Switzerland.
servia.
On July 10 to 13 the Slavic journalists will hold a con¬
gress at Belgrade, which will be attended by representa¬
tives of ten associated organizations, comprising Czechic,
Russian, Polish, Servian, Bulgarian, Slavic and Croatian
journalists. At the same time there will be inaugurated an
exposition of Slavic newspapers from all parts of Europe
and America.
SOUTH AFRICA.
The biennial conference of the South African Typo¬
graphical Union convened at Johannesburg on April 17.
The taking of measures to prevent the introduction of
Asiatic labor in any recognized branch of the printing
trade was one of the more interesting topics discussed.
TURKEY.
Heretofore all paper used in Turkey had to be pro¬
cured from foreign countries. The government has now
given a concession for the establishing of a paper mill in
Beykos, at the side of the Bosphorus, not far from Con¬
stantinople.
SAMOAN ISLANDS.
The printers in the office of a paper in Apia, who were
all natives, went out on strike recently, because their
demand for a higher wage was not granted. Detailed infor¬
mation is not at hand.
AUSTRIA.
An improved method of sending pictures by telegraph
is now announced, as a result of the experiments made by
Herr Ludwig Tschorner, of the Graphic Arts School at
Vienna.
RUSSIA.
According to official statistics, there were published
during 1910 in Russia 29,057 books, totaling 109,990,000
copies, an increase over 1909 of 2,419 books and 8,523,092
copies.
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Questions pertaining to proofreading are solicited and will
be promptly answered in this department. Replies can not be
made by mail.
An Extra Word Often Used.
Here is a paragraph from a newspaper: “ Life’s adver¬
tisement says : ‘ Life has the largest news-stand circula¬
tion of any other ten-cent weekly in the United States.”
This is rather amusing. What is meant, of course, is that
it has the largest circulation of any ten-cent weekly. The
word other is superfluous and makes it quite funny.”
There is another way to correct the assertion, which means
also that the paper has a larger circulation than any other
has. It is strange, but true, that the same persons who
almost always use this word (other) in this superfluous
way also omit it when it is really needed. A more amusing-
phase of the matter, though, is the fact that this omission
is so common that the logicians, instead of noting how- erro¬
neous it is, have actually classified it as “ accommodative
distribution.” Our proofreaders might have both of these
errors corrected more often than they do.
Some Time, Sometime, etc.
C. F. H., Chicago, writes: “A question has arisen in
our office regarding the separation or running together of
the word sometime — the use of the words in a sentence
such as ‘ Sometime ago we wrote you,’ or ‘ Some time ago
we wrote you.’ Which is the proper use of the words, to
make two separate words of some time or run them together
as one word, as sometime? ”
Answer. — The proper form is that of two words, some
time, just as one would write some days ago, some weeks
ago, some years ago, or some anything else. It would be
fully as correct to write somedays, someweeks, someyears,
as sometime, in such use. We have a single word sometime,
but it is not used much nowadays, and only as an adjective,
as in speaking of a sometime printer. So much had been
written without looking into dictionaries, and it may stand
as personal opinion, also as a positive record of what is done
by our best writers and printers. But some dictionaries
seem to contradict it, at least until we notice that all their
quotations are from old-time books, though they give also
some examples that are not quotations. Only one dictionary
fully supports what is said above, and that is the Standard,
which says that sometime is an adverb meaning “ at some
time,” but that in this use it is always properly two words.
Webster’s New International Dictionary gives the word as
an adverb, with the example “ I will do it sometime,” in
which expression I still insist, and with the certainty that
the best users of language agree with me, that “ I will do
it some time ” is the only correct form. The Century Dic¬
tionary gives four adverbial definitions of the term as one
word. No one of these dictionaries, however, has any pro¬
vision for the one-word form as in “ some time ago,” and it
is not right to make one word of it in such use. Some time
is as correct, and as decidedly the only correct way to write
it, as good boy, Inland Printer or any other nominal
phrase composed of an adjective and a noun, notwithstand¬
ing the fact that some people have written and printed it
erroneously. Our language has many such phrases properly
separated in their literal use which become unified in some
anomalous applications. For instance, Maeterlinck’s beau¬
tiful play “ The Blue Bird ” deals literally with a bird that
is blue, a blue bird, though many people speak of it wrongly
as if the bird were a bluebird, with the accent on blue. A
particular kind of bird has the single-word name bluebird,
though many specimens of the bird have very little blue.
But certainly this constitutes no objection to the separated
literal use of the two words of which the name is composed.
The Split Infinitive.
A correspondent, in a letter published in our June issue,
says that, “ in the interests of good English,” he hopes that
the subject of split infinitives will be discussed. Woodrow
Wilson used in a speech the expression “ to effectually pre¬
vent the abuse,” and some one wrote to an editor, “ What
about a split infinitive from a university president? ” The
editor replied : “ To be sure. What about it? Why shouldn’t
a college president or anybody else split an infinitive occa¬
sionally if he likes? ” One great trouble in such cases is
that persons vary in their conceptions of grammatical cor¬
rectness, and not only is this true of average men, but also
of scholars, and most of all of professional grammarians.
Some of the special scholars in grammar condemn utterly
the split infinitive, and some are more tolerant and admit
that sometimes it is better to place the adverb between the
parts of the infinitive. Naturally, the average man follows
the lead of those from whom he learned, and is firmly con¬
vinced that nothing can be right except what his teachers
taught him, or what he thinks they taught him. Unfor¬
tunately, almost every one who has such an impression,
especially almost every one who says anything about it, is
a victim of obstinate obsession, and not at all willing to be
convinced that one who knows things differently can know
them properly. Pretty nearly all that this writing is meant
to impress is the fact that the people who are best able to
decide are not nearly unanimous in their decision of our
present question, and that there are many other questions
of word-usage subject to such differing decision. Proof¬
readers must be careful in recognizing the cases wherein
there is no such disagreement, before they assume the right
to change the wording, and should never venture to inter¬
fere with language construction as written by a scholar.
Such a man as Woodrow Wilson knows perfectly when he
wishes to use a split infinitive, and when he does use it, we
may take it for granted that it is done with a purpose. The
purpose is that of expressing a shade of thought that is not
so clearly expressed by any other placing of the adverb.
Some writers strongly condemn split infinitives, without
exception, but in doing so they depart from their own
expressed toleration of everything that is approved by com¬
mon good use, that is, common use by good speakers and
writers. “ Word and Phrase,” by Joseph Fitzgerald, says:
“ The ‘ to ’ which we use as an essential and inseparable
part of the infinitive ... is a particle and a grammatical
element comparable to the terminations ‘ ing ’ and ‘ ation.’
No author who uses English with propriety and regard for
established correct usage ever separates the particle from
the verbal word by interposition even of a monosyllable,
by writing, e. g., ‘ to so direct ’; the correct form is either
‘ so to direct ’ or ‘ to direct so.’ ” This is altogether too
dogmatic, and is not entirely true as a statement of fact,
notwithstanding that the decision is right for the example
cited. Rossiter Johnson better approximates truth, in
“The Alphabet of Rhetoric,” as follows: “Splitting the
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infinitive is an error of the same nature as unnecessarily
separating the auxiliary from the main verb, which is done
persistently by many writers that are careful about their
infinitives. But attempts have been made to defend the
split infinitive. A recent correspondence in a newspaper
contains this: ‘To me an infinitive split and an infinitive
unsplit have a shade of difference in meaning. ‘ To quickly
run,’ for example, is to run with less force and speed than
‘ to run quickly,’ and I should so employ it.” The truth of
this matter is, as the present writer sees it, that the abso¬
lute condemnation of split infinitives is neither wise nor
true to established correct usage. Nearly all good writers
avoid them, and in most cases it is best to do so; but some¬
times they are correct, because they express the meaning-
better, and when this is true the best writers use them.
“B. L. T.” IGNORES THE “E” CHANNEL.
If linotype operators had the power to confer marks of
distinction on men who write “ copy,” “ B. L. T.,” of the
Chicago Tribune, would be among the first to receive atten¬
tion. He has written a hymn of four seven-line stanzas in
which not a single “ e ” is used. And this is the letter that
“ gets on the nerves ” of operators. There never is enough
of them, causing constant watching in order to prevent
thin-spacing or run over in the proof. In an introductory
note “ B. L. T.,” says: “Although ‘ e ’ is the most fre¬
quently used letter in the alphabet, Professor Hints has
achieved twenty-eight lines without employing it. Swat-
tish poetry, he advises us, quaintly, is not translated with
ease.” Following is the hymn, which he calls “ the national
anthem of Swat ”:
My country, ’tis to you
I pray, with much ado,
Hark to my cry !
Land of our pilgrim dads,
Land of almighty scads.
Drop all and sundry fads
And swat that fty !
You of that sturdy stock
Which on old Plymouth Rock
Stood high and dry,
Banish our wild alarm
At that which works us harm ;
Uplift a mighty arm
And swat that fly !
And 3'ou, hold immigrants,
Put on 3'our working pants.
Without a sigh.
Slash for 3'our country’s good,
Smash as a workman should.
Bash as a patriot would
And swat that fty !
All grab a club and stand
Pat for our happy land,
Not a man shy.
Don’t wait till it is fall ;
NOW, is your country’s call 1
All in a chorus bawl,
“ 0, SWAT that fly 1 ”
NEW COATED- PAPER MILL.
S. B. Hughes has completed plans and awarded the
contract to J. R. Stevens & Co. for a factory building to
be erected at Franklin, Ohio, for the Franklin Coated
Paper Company, and ground has been broken for the build¬
ing. It will be one story high and will be 88 by 360 feet
in dimensions, and will cost $100,000. — The Paper Mill.
Correspondence relating to this department is respectfully
invited from electrotypers, stereotypers and others. Individual
experiences in any way pertaining to the trade are solicited.
Inquiries will receive prompt attention. Differences of opinion
regarding answers (liven by the editor will receive respectful
consideration. Address The Inland Printer Company, Chicago.
Stereotype Molds by Pressure.
J. L. Snyder, Rangoon, Burma, writes: “In The
Inland Printer for January, 1910, under the head of Elec¬
trotyping and Stereotyping (548) Mr. Partridge says that
it is not possible to obtain a mold by a direct squeeze in a
Washington hand press or a press of that type. Here in
this plant we have been making stereotype molds in this
manner for some years, and with very satisfactory results.
We were not getting satisfactory results with the old
beating-brush method in the hands of our native employ¬
ees, and with a view to improvement the writer began
experimenting with a dry flong obtained in England, using
an old hand press for molding the matrix. Results were so
good that a new Washington hand press was installed
especially for this purpose. The form is prepared for
stereotyping in the usual way, and a sheet of flong cut to
the size of the form is dampened on both sides and allowed
to stand for a few minutes until the water has soaked
through evenly. The form is placed on the bed of the press
and the flong placed face down on the form. On this is
placed several sheets of blotting and on top of the blotting
two thicknesses of heavy stereotypers’ drying-blanket. A
good stiff impression is then pulled, the impression being
held on for a moment or two. One thickness of the blanket
is removed and the form placed in the steam-table and fin¬
ished in the usual way. The writer has taken as many as
sixteen perfect casts from molds made in this way. I
enclose two specimens of mold. The smaller page is molded
eight pages at a time, and the larger four pages at a time.
I also enclose a print made from the plate cast from the
smaller mold, taken at the end of a twenty thousand run.”
Further information was received from Mr. Snyder in
response to the following letter of inquiry: “ We have been
much interested in your letter which upsets a theory based
on several years’ investigation. The success, we presume,
is dependable on a plastic matrix paper and if it is not
asking too much of you, we would like to know from what
concern in England you are buying your prepared flong.
We shall certainly take steps to correct the statement in
The Inland Printer. The matrices you sent look very
good and the twenty thousandth impression from your plate
is very fine.”
Mr. Snyder replied : “ I have to acknowledge your kind
letter just received. When we first began making matrices
in the manner described in my letter to The Inland
Printer, we used a flong made by the Drewet Flong Com¬
pany, and called the ‘ Drewet flong.’ This company went
out of business and we were obliged to look about for some¬
thing else. From a lot of sample stereo cards received
from various makers we selected the card we are now using.
The name and address of the maker is Hunters, Limited,
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26-29 Poppin’s court, Fleet street, London, E. C. They are
not aware of the manner in which we are using their prod¬
uct; their directions call for the use of the beating-brush.”
The matrices submitted by Mr. Snyder are fully as deep as
the newspaper roller matrices made in the United States.
Trouble with Stereotype Metal.
(889.) “ I am having trouble with some new stereotype
metal that we have. There seems to be dirt or dross in
it. It leaves my plates as if it were too hot. I have tried
it cold and hot, but I get the same result out of it. In
places it seems to be full of little holes. We have about
a thousand pounds of it. My plates are about 10 by 15
curve. I get better results out of my flat casts. I send
you samples of the metal and of the dross. Your correc¬
tion for my paste recipe was all right, and I appreciate it.”
Answer. — It would be impossible to say just what is
the trouble with your metal without an assay, which would
cost $10. The metal has the appearance of having been
contaminated with zinc. A little zinc will often ruin a
potful of metal. If zinc is not the trouble there is prob¬
ably some other foreign metal in the mixture. If you buy
your metal from a reputable metal-dealer you had better
write him of your trouble, as he knows the mixture and
should be able to advise you. My advice would be to get
an entirely new lot of metal in exchange for the metal you
have and then keep it clean. Be very careful not to get
any zinc in it.
Celluloid Plates, “ Flintine ” and “ Nickello. ”
W. B. Colver writes: “ I have been much interested in
the book ‘ Stereotyping,’ published by you In 1909. There
is a number of matters touched upon in this book which
I should like to study further, and I am going to take the
liberty of asking you to give me whatever additional infor¬
mation you can on the several points. On pages 137 and
138 you speak of celluloid plates. Can you give me the
address of any concern in this country which is using this
process? On page 138 you speak of a process recently
invented in Denmark. Can you tell me anything more about
it — the name of the process, the address of the people con¬
trolling it, and whether or not the process can be seen in this
country? On the next page you speak of the process of
Louis Ganen. Can you tell me where I can learn more about
it? Can you tell anything more or tell me where I can learn
anything further about the process described on page 148
of your book, where you make reference to a description
published by the German Allgeminer Anzeiger. Can you
tell me where I can learn more of the material called
‘ Flintine,’ referred to on page 156? Where in this coun¬
try can I learn more of the ‘ Nickello ’ process? I am well
aware that I have asked a great deal from you, but in pub¬
lishing the book you led me so far on the road toward an
understanding of a rather bothersome problem that I have
made bold to ask your help in going forward a bit further.”
Answer. — We regret to say that we can give you no
further information concerning the different processes of
stereotyping you name. Some years ago the A. N. Kellogg
Newspaper Company made large quantities of celluloid
printing-plates under the name of the Mail Plate Company.
These plates were sent by mail to country newspapers which
could not be reached by express. They also at one time
made large numbers of advertising plates. The process
was never very practical, however, and was finally aban¬
doned because they could not be made at a profit. About
the same time there was a concern in Columbus, Ohio,
the name of which we have forgotten, that manufactured
celluloid advertising plates. We have heard nothing of
it, however, for several years and presume it is out of
business. So far as we know celluloid is not used now by
any one for these purposes. Regarding the Denmark proc¬
ess, we doubt if it were ever used in any country outside of
Denmark. We never heard of it being employed in this
country. So far as we know the material “ Flintine ” has
also been abandoned, if it were ever employed to any extent.
With regard to Nickello process, you can get full informa¬
tion by addressing A. W. Penrose & Co., Limited, 109 Far¬
rington road, London, E. C., England; but it is not used in
this country that we are aware of. Stereotyping is much
further advanced in England than here. There is a stereo¬
type foundry in nearly every printing-office and various
methods are employed.
THE MODERN PROOFREADER.
Hyphen (-) — A short dash indicating quality and
exclusiveness. E. g., Mrs. Gobbsa-Golds.
Dollar Mark ($) — A golden character placed at the
beginning of numeral modifiers because all the world is
after it.
Period (.) — A small dot, indicating finality. Disre¬
garded by female punctuators.
Semicolon (;) — A mark used to set off the forty-three
component parts of a Henry James sentence.
Apostrophe (’)— A tiny character denoting possession.
Obsolete with the ultimate consumer.
Etaoingh7kw5“ — Linotype profanity induced by as¬
saulting the wrong key.
Dashes ( - ) — A series of horizontal marks used
as a spur to the reader’s imagination when the author runs
out of appropriate emotion. E. g., Heavens - ” she
gasped. “ Why - ” “ What - ” “ Who would - ”
Exclamation Point (!) — A screamer used at the close
of Speaker Cannon’s terse sentences.
Parallel Columns — A device used to confound a peer¬
less leader by comparing the sageness of later years with
the indiscretions of his youth. Also used as a check on
plagiarism.
Quotation Marks (“ ”) — Apostrophe twins used to
place the responsibility on some one else. — Stuart B. Stone,
in Smart Set.
SIMPLICITY OF ENGLISH.
Do you know how many words in the English language
mean “ crowd ”? asks Answers.
To a foreigner, anxious to master the language, it was
explained that a crowd of ships is termed a fleet, while a
fleet of sheep is called a flock.
Further, a flock of girls is called a bevy, a bevy of
wolves is called a pack, and a pack of thieves is called a
gang, and a gang of angels is called a host, and a host of
porpoises is called a shoal, and a shoal of buffaloes is
called a herd, and a herd of children is called a troop, and
a troop of partridges is called a covey, and a covey of
beauties is called a galaxy.
A galaxy of ruffians is called a horde, and a horde of
rubbish is called a heap, and a heap of oxen is called a
drove, and a drove of blackguards is called a mob, and a
mob of whales is called a school, and a school of worship¬
ers is called a congregation, and a congregation of engi¬
neers is called a corps, and a corps of robbers is called a
band, and a band of bees is called a swarm, and a swarm
of people is called a crowd. — Fourth Estate.
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SCIENTIFIC COLOR IN PRACTICAL PRINTING.
NO. XIV. - BY E. C. ANDREWS.
THE LAW OF MODIFICATION OF COLORS DUE TO OPPOSITION —
( Continued.)
3E illusion of Fig’. 37, June number of
The Inland Printer, also may be ob¬
tained by using any color in the values
indicated, each value of the same chroma,
but such a standardization is difficult to
accomplish, as adding black lowers the
chroma as well as the value, and each
sample has to be tested a number of
times. The effects of opposition in chroma alone are shown
in Plate II, January number of The Inland Printer.
Much is lost in the reproduction in the four-color process,
however. The red in the various chromas of forty value
shows the effects of opposition better than the other colors,
but the best way to try the experiment is to lay the various
chromas side by side, beginning at the lowest chroma;
each chroma added, instantly makes the lower chroma
appear much more neutral.
Bearing in mind the results of opposing different values
and chromas, let us look at the changes which occur in the
hue of colors in opposition. The statement that colors in
opposition tend to make each other appear as dissimilar as
possible means what, as applied to hue? The most dis¬
similar color to a given color in hue is its complement, so
that two colors side by side tend to look complementary.
In the case of closely related colors this is obviously impos¬
sible, and the change is simply one of a wider separation of
hue, each color appearing to move a little nearer the hue
of the next color farther away. Red and yellow side by
side make the red appear more purplish and the yellow
greenish. Since complementary colors are as widely sepa¬
rated as possible they simply intensify each other and
appear more brilliant. Fig. 38 shows the effects of opposi¬
tion of green on the other colors; red-purple in the
sequence of the ten fundamental colors is duplicated for
purposes of the diagram. Green and red-purple are com¬
plementary, so that there is no change in hue as indicated
by the unbroken lines with the arrows pointing directly to
the colors mentioned. With the other pairs of colors the
brackets formed by the unbroken lines point to the colors
in opposition and the dotted arrows indicate the resultant
change in hue. The sequence of color in pigments is
unbroken, so that any color may be placed in the central
position for purposes of comparison by transposing the
colors from one end of the sequence to the other.
Probably the easiest manner of familiarizing oneself
with the effects of opposition of hue is to make a few experi¬
ments similar to those suggested by Professor Rood in his
“ Text Book of Color.” First, cut out some small strips
of colored papers or inks and some larger squares as indi¬
cated in Fig. 39. The sizes I use, which give a desirable
relative area, is 1 by IV2 inches for the small strips and
6 by 6 inches for the squares. First, lay out two squares,
one red and the other green (A), selecting colors of high
chroma. On these lay two strips of red (B). The strip of
red on the red square will appear very dull, compared
with the red on the green, as we naturally glance from
the large green area to the red in its center and back
again, etc. In fact this red appears so much more brilliant
than the other strip that one would be inclined to doubt
that the two were cut from the same sample.
In a similar manner, by what is known as successive
contrast — namely, looking in succession from one surface
to another — it is possible to make a neutral gray appear
to have color. Take a square of gray ( A) , somewhere near
middle value, and place on it a small strip of a green of
high chroma (B), make a small dot near the center of the
green strip and attach a thread at the corner by means of
a piece of shoemakers’ wax. If we concentrate our atten¬
tion on the dot for a few seconds and then suddenly jerk
the strip away by means of the thread, then will appear a
red-purplish tint of the exact size of the surface originally
covered by the green strip. This image disappears in a few
seconds, and the gray surface resumes a natural appear¬
ance. It will be noticed that the image brought about in
this experiment has a color complementary to the color
which caused it to develop. The explanation according to
Mrs. Franklin’s theory of color perception is that the green
strip arouses the green chemical process in the retina, but
influences only slightly the other color processes. When
the green paper is suddenly jerked away, gray light is pre¬
sented to the eye, which for the purpose here may be said
to consist of a mixture of red, green, and blue sensations.
The red and blue processes of the eye not being fatigued
respond strongly to the stimulus of gray, while the green
process has not had time to recover from the excessive
demands just made upon it. In consequence we have
mainly a mixture of the sensations of red and blue, which
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gives us the red-purplish image. The green process is not
so exhausted that it does not act at all, however, and its
partial action combined with the red and blue process adds
the sensation of white to the red-purplish image, making
it appear a red-purplish tint. The exact value which I
found gave the best results was sixty, and with strips of
the maxima chroma of five of the fundamental colors the
best after image was obtained with the green and then
yellow, red, blue, and purple.
Knowing the result of the experiment just given, if we
substitute a large square of blue for the gray and repeat
the experiment, we may imagine the result. The green
forms the same negative image, but the complementary
tint, instead of bebing judged on a white or gray surface, is
affected by the color of the background, and we have a mix¬
ture of the blue with the weaker red-purplish tint forming
a blue-purplish tint. The yellow background in a like
manner will give a yellow-red tint. Any color may be sub¬
stituted for the green strip with the background of a
closely related color with similar results. Another experi¬
ment is to use black for the small strip (B) with any color
for the background, when, after concentrating the atten¬
tion on the edge of the black strip, it is suddenly with¬
drawn, one sees in its place a more luminous color than the
background itself, although naturally of the same hue; in
fact, the background outside of this spot will appear to
possess a decidedly lower chroma. The explanation is that
one or more of the chemical processes of the eye has been
taxed over the larger part of the retina, but has not been
stimulated at the spot receiving the image of the black
strip. When the strip is removed that portion receives a
much greater stimulus, naturally, than the balance of the
retina, and the outer portion of the square appears much
grayer than the luminous spot. If instead of a black strip
we use a colored strip complementary in hue to the back¬
ground, we still further intensify the after image, as we
not only protect the retina at that point from certain rays
so that later it will be very sensitive to them, but further
we fatigue the nerves capable of receiving the other colors.
In short, by staring at a blue-green, we tire the nerves
capable of receiving all colors except red, and when the red
is uncovered we receive an exceptionally pure sensation
of that color.
Successive contrast plays an important part in design,
because the eye involuntarily wanders from one surface to
another, and it even affects the intensity of black printing-
ink. If black is printed on solid red it will appear green¬
ish; on green it will tend to look as if a dirty red had been
mixed with it, etc. To overcome this difficulty, mix a little
of the background color into the black; if the inks used in
making the background color will not injure the working
qualities of the black, use just enough to overcome the
hue generated by opposition. The best colors to use in
toning blacks under such circumstances are bronze-red on
a red background, emerald or other lake greens on a green
background, a high-grade bronze-blue on blue, indian-
yellow on yellow and purple-lake for a purple tint-block.
The effects of opposition act more decidedly on a given
color, where the other color occupies a large area and sur¬
rounds it, as is the case with the tint-block and the black
type-matter just mentioned.
In all experiments in successive contrast the illusion is
obtained by retinal fatigue, either through voluntary or
involuntary concentration, the later due to the presence of
a large area of a color of high chroma. The effects of
simultaneous contrast, on the contrary, are not due to
retinal fatigue, but to deception of judgment. The same
strips and squares of paper used before, with a sheet of
tissue or other semi-transparent white paper, will enable
us to prove this statement. If we take a large square of a
high-chroma purple (A) and lay on it a small strip of gray
(B) there is only a slight change in the appearance of the
gray, and it requires close observation to detect it. Now
comes the curious part of the experiment. The instant
we cover both colors with the tissue-paper the gray slip
becomes a decidedly yellow-gray. This proves that the
effects of opposition are much greater between tints than
between full-strength colors, as covering the combination
with tissue-paper is equivalent to adding a large amount
of white to both colors. Using the five colors, red, yellow,
green, blue, and purple, in their highest chromas, with all
the neutral values from 10 to 90 for the small slip, I
arrived at the following results: With a number of people
of trained color vision the greatest change was with yellow
as a background and 60-value gray; with the tissue-paper
40 gray gave the greatest change. Green came next as a
background, affording the greatest change in a 60-value
gray; with tissue-paper, 20 gray. Then purple with 60
gray; with tissue, 40 gray. Then red with 30 gray or 20
with tissue, and lastly the blue background, which gave its
strongest contrast with a 40-value gray with or without
tissue-paper. Analyzing these results demonstrates that
yellow (value 80) and red (value 40) show greater con¬
trasts with a gray of a lower value than they have, while
with green (value 50), blue (value 30), and purple (value
30) the reverse is true. This fact is useful to the painter
in giving a surface of neutral-gray color by opposition. If
it joins red or yellow, he knows beforehand that the value
of the gray must be higher than the value of the red or
yellow which he has mixed on his palette, if he expects the
maximum brilliancy in the gray itself. With green, blue,
or purple he deepens the gray below the value of these
colors.
Another experiment naturally suggests itself, namely:
that of using a large gray square and placing on it a small
colored slip. Even with tissue-paper, however, it is diffi¬
cult to notice any change in the appearance of the gray
square. This demonstrates that to notice effects of opposi¬
tion the active color must have a surface considerably
larger than the one acted upon and should surround the
latter, as stated above.
To sum up the effects of simultaneous contrast, it may
be said that when tints are contrasted with each other, as
in printing flat surfaces, the change in appearance is
greater than with full-strength colors. If one of the sur¬
faces is somewhat neutral and of smaller area than the
other color, the neutral color is the one that undergoes
change, but if both are fairly strong colors of the same
relative area, both will undergo change as indicated in
Fig. 38.
(To be continued.)
A COURTLY RETORT.
A barrister named Bushe was ti'ying a case in Limerick
before Chief Baron O’Grady when, in the course of the
lawyer’s speech, an ass began to bray loudly outside the
courtroom, the window of which opened on a pasture.
“ Wait a moment,” said the Chief Baron. “ One at a
time, Mr. Bushe, if you please.”
The barrister presently had a good chance to retort.
When O’Grady was charging the jury the ass again began
to bray, this time at a greater distance from the court¬
room window.
“ I beg your lordship’s pardon,” said Bushe. “ May I
ask you to repeat your last words? There is such an echo
about here I did not quite catch that sentence.”
ONTAINED in this month’s insert are some un¬
usual and interesting features. On this page and
the one following are reproduced some commer¬
cial specimens by Eli Black, of Cleveland. Other
specimens by Mr. Black, together with a sketch,
appear in the Job Composition department. On
pages 3 to 7, inclusive, will be found interesting
designs in typefoundry materials, by courtesy of the American Type
Founders Company, Keystone Type Foundry, H. C. Hansen Type
Foundry, Barnhart Bros. & Spindler and the Mergenthaler Linotype
Company. Page 8 is set in type made by the Thompson Typecaster.
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ISBON, the capital of Portugal, is a city
of wonderfully picturesque appearance,
its resemblance in point of situation and
magnificence of prospect to Constanti¬
nople having been frequently remarked.
Including its suburbs, Lisbon extends
about five miles along the river Tagus. The older part
of the town, which lies around the Castle Hill — an
eminence crowned with an old Moorish castle, destroyed
by earthquakes — is composed of steep, narrow, crooked
streets, with high, gloomy houses; but the newer por¬
tions are well and regularly built. The most beautiful
part, called the New Town , stretches along the Tagus,
and is crowded with palaces. There are many handsome
squares surrounded with splendid edifices. The city
has numerous educational and scientific institutions, and
a National Library containing 160,000 volumes. There
are also many public buildings, notable for their fine
architecture. The most important public object is the
Alcantara Aqueduct, finished in 1743, which supplies
all the public fountains and wells of the city. It is 18
miles in length, and in one place 260 feet high. It is the
greatest piece of bridge architecture in the world.
Lisbon is said to have been founded by the Phoenicians,
and was a flourishing city when first visited by the
Romans.
PALMA, lying at the head of a bay of the same
name, is interesting as the capital and chief city of Mal¬
lorca, the largest of the Balearic Islands. It lies a little
over a hundred miles distant from the nearest point on
the Spanish coast. Communication with the mainland
is maintained by submarine cable. So varied are the
resources of the island as to make it almost independent
of the rest of the world. A curious system of irrigation
Composed in 12-point Scotch, with Linotype Border No. 55.
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THE INLAND PRINTER
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In this series of articles the problems of job composition
will be discussed, and illustrated with numerous examples.
These discussions and examples will be specialized and treated
as exhaustively as possible, the examples being criticized on
fundamental principles — the basis of all art expression. By
this method the printer will develop his taste and skill, not on
mere dogmatic assertion, but on recognized and clearly defined
laws.
Eli Black, the Printer Psychologist.
A man is judged as much by the questions he asks as
by his answers.
The head of a large printing plant was surprised one
morning when a cadaverous youth, whose head contained
scrap tobacco on the inside
and printers’ ink on the out¬
side, presented himself in his
full glory of apron and proof-
sheets, and announced that
the printer had sent up to
find out what class of people
a certain job was for.
The boss saw at once that
the printer was no ordinary
printer. He began to investi¬
gate.
The printer was Eli
Black. He has since devel¬
oped into an authority on the
psychology of printing.
“ If printed matter for an
undertaker is properly gotten
up, I can tell, the minute I
look at it, that it is for an
undertaker,” Eli will tell
you, looking up from his
work at the Britton Print¬
ing Company in Cleveland.
“ The same holds good for
every class of work. Certain
kinds of people demand cer¬
tain proportions and colors.
And of all type I think
Caslon is the best of all.
There you have my creed of
printing.”
There are many fragrant
whiffs from the incense of
Black’s Aladdin’s lamp of
printing. Here are some of
them: Harmony of tone and harmony of contrast are the
skeletons of good printing. Colors can not be too carefully
used. The question is not so much color as shade. A dark,
gray, dirty piece of printed matter affects a reader like a
dismal day. Warm colors (reds, yellows, greens and so on)
attract. Cold colors (blues, grays, drabs and so on),
detract. A cold color may be counteracted by a warm color
— for instance, a gray paper can be livened up by orange or
red ink. The proof lies in the fact that magazines that
have warm colors on the covers sell most rapidly. The
people of the hot countries, such as Mexico, demand flashy,
warm colors.
Certain type should be used for certain types of peo¬
ple. A workingman, for instance, wants plain type, easily
assimilated; educated and cultured people will stand for
artistic and fancy lettering. For contrast, take a mil¬
linery store and a machine-shop. Effeminate typography,
showing delicacy in the selection of type and the style of
setting, will appeal to a milliner. Machine-shop typog¬
raphy should be masculine, expressing boldness. Lawyers,
doctors, architects and bankers naturally crave more dig¬
nity in setting and styles of type. Typography for an
undertaker should express the religious — by use of one of
the cloister series of type. It might be printed in purple
and black, thus suggesting mourning. Little details should
be carefully watched. For instance, a piece of work for a
music house might carry a conventional ornament, a harp
or lyre.
It is on such principles as these that Eli Black bases his
psychology of printing.
Black began life under a handicap of superstition. He
was a thirteen and a valentine. He was born February
14, 1877, in a small town near
Detroit, Michigan, and he
was the youngest of thirteen
children.
He studied the rule of
three, birch switches and the
rusty cup of a small school’s
water-pail till he was twelve
years old.
Then — “ Eli is cut out
for a printer,” said Eli’s
father, and Eli was promptly
introduced to a newspaper
office.
It was in the old days
before flash news and two-
minute extras. The office in¬
ventoried one editor, one
printer, seven hundred circu¬
lation, a Washington hand
press and a few cases of
type — pica, long primer,
bourgeois and nonpareil. Eli
still boasts that during the
first winter he learned to set
three sticks of bourgeois an
hour, and set it fairly clean.
In the spring the boss had
to have his yard raked, at
which pi’ofession Eli became
an expert. Later there were
apples to be picked. Maybe
you remember your appren¬
ticeship on a country news¬
paper and can understand
Eli’s introduction to printing.
In those days, country editors and parsons took eggs and
cordwood for subscriptions.
Just before his fifteenth birthday, he “ jumped cases ”
to Detroit, where he worked for a short time in the com¬
posing-room of the Heath Printing Company. Then they
put him in the pressroom, feeding presses. But Eli again
grew hungry for the newspaper game and jumped to the
Detroit Critic, a sensational weekly sheet. He worked there
two years. Then the paper passed out of existence.
Eli Black.
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THE INLAND PRINTER
In 1894 Black drifted to Cleveland. Here he came in
contact with first-class printers. A new bud opened in his
The section devoted to floor-coverings
shows continuously an extensive stock
Rugs from American looms
JViltons
Fifteen different makes
and grades — sizes from
18 x 36 inches to 1 1-3 x 15
feet; prices from 31-50
each to 395. The assort¬
ment of this durable and
beautiful weave we con¬
sider the best we’ve ever
shown, including the fa¬
mous Whittall Anglo Per¬
sian rugs
The standard reliable
makes — Sanford, Bigelow
Electra, Roxbury and
Superior — are represented
in this collection of sight¬
ly and durable rugs at
moderate prices — 18 x 36
inches at 31 each to 11-3
x 15 feet at 337 50. The
patterns are copies of
Oriental rugs
Axminsters
‘Body
Brussels
This well-known weave
has been steadily gaining
in favor in the past few
years and in anticipation
of a large demand for
these rugs we have gath¬
ered a wide and varied
assortment — sizes from
x 36 .inches at 31-50
each to ll-^ x 15 feet at
350
The effective colorings
and variety of shades of
Kilmarnock, Doone and
Afton rugs permit the
matching up of any fa¬
vored color-scheme — the
designs following a rts-and-
crafts styles. The sizes
range from 27 x 54 inches
to 9 x 12 feet; prices from
31.50 to 327.50 each
Scotch
IV eaves
Ardahan
So strongly do we endorse
these rugs that for many
years we’ve carried a
large assortment. They’re
woven on Jacquard looms,
the same as Wilton rugs
but with the wool brought
out in separate tufts like
Oriental rugs with color¬
ings and designs exact re¬
productions of fine Ori¬
ental rugs. There arc ten
different sizes — from 2-3
x 4-6 at 33.50 each toll-3
x 14-3 at 350
For bed-rooms and bath¬
rooms there are a half-
dozen weaves in a variety
of color s — blues and
greens predominating.
The general range of sizes
is from 18 x 36 inches up
to 4 x 7 feet, although the
Colonial and Pilgrim rugs
for bed-rooms are carried
in room-sizes also. The
prices range from 31 to
38 for smaller sizes; 310
to 318 for room-sizes
IV ashable
A large collection of Oriental Rugs affords
ample selection of the most beautiful weaves
The finest Persian room-sizes
from 6x9 feet to 11x18 feet,
down to the smallest mats, are
gathered from the looms of the
far East-
—well-known weaves at most favorable prices
Mattings
Japanese and China straw
mattings in beautiful de¬
signs and colors are priced
from 25c to 50c a yard —
an exceptionally good se¬
lection at 30c
All the best foreign and
domestic makes:
Printed — 55c; 65c and 75c
a square yard
Inlaid— 31-10, 31-25, 31.50
and 31-75 a square yard
Linoleums
Black uses the old-style romans and italics most effectively.
heart. From the first he had a tendency toward artistic
printing. He began to develop that tendency. He learned
A view of the composing-room of The Britton Printing Company,
Cleveland, Ohio.
the value of The Inland Printer and other trade-papers,
and to them he attributes a great deal of his success.
Attention has been particularly drawn to the work of
Eli Black by the excellence of the typographical treatment
of a series of house organs produced by the Britton Print¬
ing Company, of Cleveland, for the David Gibson Company.
These publications number twenty-four, and in them Black
shows the versatility of his handicraft by a most remark¬
able demonstration of the printing art. Reproductions of
the covers of several of these magazines are shown in the
insert in this issue.
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An excellent use of a stock decorative design.
Under the direction of David Gibson — the dean of
America’s commercial literati — he has even taken up the
study of architecture. This, he is foresighted enough to
see, will naturally give him a high conception of art as
applied to the proportion and weight of color and type. To
association with David Gibson, Black credits the perfecting
touches of his views concerning the art and technic of
printing.
Printing, thinks Black, has risen from a job to a trade,
from a trade to a profession, from a profession to a science,
from a science to an art. For that reason, he is loud in his
praise of the excellent working advantages of the plant
with which he is now connected.
Of the twenty-five thousand square feet of floor-space,
six thousand have been set aside for the composing-room.
This is the outcome of many years’ planning to overcome
THE INLAND PRINTER
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the unfavorable conditions encountered in the ordinary
crowded composing-room. There is plenty of light, good
Another view of the composing-room.
ventilation and everything that a printer could wish for in
the line of type and accessories.
Black’s line of printed matter varies from postal cards
Some “ snappy ” advertising literature is typed by Black.
to display art catalogues. Their circulation is anywhere
from England to Mexico, not to mention the whole of the
little United States.
He looks on the production of printing more as a hobby
than as a trade or occupation. Such typographical niceties
as equal margin around initial letters, spacing, proportion
and balance, feature his work. Through it all runs a
finely developed instinct — an instinct which makes his art
delicate bubbles from the finer senses.
“ Use Caslon type and color harmony,” says Eli. Then
he shows his men where to put the finishing touches.
BOOKKEEPING AND COSTS.
The modern extension of a bookkeeping or accounting
system is an effort to harmoniously distribute expenditure.
The old bookkeeping system was the memory of a busi¬
ness, but its extension to a cost keeping on the product of a
modern industrial institution is the anticipation of a busi¬
ness.
Take a large printing plant as an illustration: Each
month there is a large sheet placed on the general man¬
ager’s desk, divided into columns for each department
involved in the general product, such as typesetting, small
presses, cylinder presses, bindery, power department and
that of the office or general executive departments.
In each of these columns there is not only the labor and
material cost of each active department, but there is added
the inactive or burden charges — that is, its share of the
executive department, including selling cost, together with
rental on the space occupied, heat, light, interest on invest¬
ment in machinery and equipment, depreciation and so on.
For instance, a typesetter at a case receiving, say, 30
cents per hour; his time must be sold for from three to
four times his hourly wage in order to carry the inactive
or burden charges — the cost naturally varying according
to conditions and the character of the product.
The inactive or burden charges are usually determined
and figured in percentages of the active charges. For
instance, where human labor is involved the cost of time
becomes the basis for percentage; where a machine is
involved the machine hours are the basis, and frequently
both are involved in arriving at a total cost.
An executive can digest this report by comparing one
column with another in any of their detailed figures. If,
for illustration, the sales cost is higher than the results
justify, there is at least an explanation due from the man
in detailed charge of the sales. Then again, as an illus¬
tration, if the product is lower than last month and the coal
bill is higher this month, either the firemen need instruc¬
tion, or some of the power equipment is out of repair.
These reports enable a knowledge of conditions both in
general and in detail — in other words, oil can be placed
where the squeak exists.
It is an extension of a bookkeeping system which ena¬
bles a knowledge for the direction of the harmonious dis¬
tribution of expenditure.
A system of this kind has a systematizing effect on the
men that comprise a business system — it also has a dis¬
ciplinary effect upon men.
Men not only take more pride but more care in their
work ivheii they know that the results will be apparent. —
David Gibson, in “ Common Sense.”
DON’T WAIT.
If there’s any little forget-me-nots along the road, you
just pick ’em and make a posy. Don’t be waitin’ for Amer¬
ican Beauties. — Kate Langley Boslier.
564
THE INLAND PRINTER
Under this head will be briefly reviewed brochures, booklets
and specimens of printing sent in for criticism. Literature sub¬
mitted for this purpose should be marked “For Criticism,” and
directed to The Inland Printer Company, Chicago.
Postage on packages containing specimens must not be in¬
cluded in packages of specimens, unless letter postage is placed
on the entire package.
From the Carlisle Indian School we have received two mottoes, designed
and printed by students. They are attractively arranged, with character¬
istic Indian decoration.
The Teller-Hurst Engraving Company, Syracuse, New York. — Your
house organ, “ Platology,” is well gotten up typographically, the colors are
good and the text is well written and convincing.
Cooper Advertising Company, San Francisco, California. — The booklets
are both unusually attractive in appearance, the embossing on the back
cover of the one for Ghirardelle & Co. being an original idea well carried
out.
McMullin & Woellhaf, Burlington, Iowa. — The blotters are both
attractive, the one containing the half-tone illustration being especially
pleasing. We find nothing whatever to criticize in the arrangement of
either of them.
Campbell & Colee, Hutchinson, Kansas. — • The advertising circular is
nicely gotten up, and the text is very interesting. We would predict that
this circular will be productive of excellent results. We have no criticism
to offer as to the typography.
The program of Memorial Services held by Chicago Typographical
Union, No. 16, is at hand, and is a very attractive piece of type-design.
Printed on heavy deckle-edged stock, with the half-tones tipped on, the
general effect is most satisfactory.
Charlie Waterbury, Elkhorn, Wisconsin. — Your resetting of the letter¬
head is in marked contrast to the original, and you have succeeded in
greatly improving the general appearance. The program and menu are both
excellent pieces of work, and we find little, if any, opportunity for criticism
in either of them.
The catalogue of Packard motor cars, designed and printed by the Cor-
day & Gross Company, Cleveland, Ohio, is one of the most attractive speci-
A booklet from the Western Engraving & Colortype Company, Chicago,
shows some excellent examples of half-tone work in black and various
colors, together with some excellent wood engravings and zinc etchings.
The cover is an attractive piece of work.
The package of commercial specimens from the press of the Howard
University, Washington, D. C., contains some exceptionally interesting and
clever type arrangements, simplicity of design and the use of plain type¬
faces making them unusually attractive. One of the title-pages, the orig¬
inal of which is in brown and black on India tint stock, is shown herewith.
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A title-page from the Howard University Press, Washington, D. C.
W. Williamson, Chicago, Illinois. — - The booklet is very neat in design
and is well printed. On the leaflet in blue and gold, however, we would
suggest a plainer type-face for the text, as the decorative letter which you
have used is hardly in keeping with the subject-matter.
Three pages from a handsome catalogue by the Corday & Gross Company, Cleveland, Ohio.
mens of catalogue printing that have reached this department in some time. Harry L. Izor, Durand, Michigan. — Your letter-head is an exceptionally
Printed on India tint paper in black and colors, the effect is very pleasing. clever piece of work and we have no suggestion for change in its appear-
We show herewith a reproduction of one of the pages. ance, except that, perhaps, the use of slightly stronger tint as a back-
THE INLAND PRINTER
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ground would be preferable, as the copy which we have barely shows the
tint. The check is also well arranged and calls for no criticism.
Edgar T. White, Chicago, Illinois. — Your specimens are all pleasing
in design and color harmony and we find nothing whatever in them to
criticize. We show herewith a reproduction of a card and title-page, both
set in Scotch roman, with italic to match.
THIRTEENTH ANNUAL BANQUET
OF McADOW BIBLE CLASS
SOCIETY HELD AT THE
HAMILTON CLUB ON
THURSDAY MAY
TWENTY-FIFTH
NINETEEN
ELEVEN
~T would give me much pleasure
to meet you on Sunday at 12:15
in Class Five of the Englewood,
First Methodist Sunday School
(Sixty Fourth Street and Stewart Avenue)
Title-page and card by Edgar T. White, Chicago.
C. II. Waters, Chicago, Illinois. — The menu and program is a very
attractive piece of type-design, the combination of blue and gold used in
the border being especially handsome. The type arrangement throughout
is very satisfactory and leaves no opportunity whatever for criticism.
The Ryan & Hart Company, Chicago, has issued a handsome sample-
book showing specimens of the most appropriate type-faces for invitations
and announcements. The book contains sixteen designs for various invita¬
tions, etc., printed and embossed on heavy stock in gold and colors.
The Challenge Machinery Company, Grand Haven, Michigan, recently
sent out an attractive catalogue descriptive of the Stonemetz two-revolution
press. With the catalogue are also several specimens of one, two and three
color work, printed on a Stonemetz press, and very attractive in appear¬
ance.
The Artcraft Company, Cleveland, Ohio. — The advertising circular is a
very pleasing arrangement, and the text is well presented. The color which
has been used on the cover is rather weak and we would suggest that a
slightly stronger color would give a better effect, especially on this par¬
ticular quality of stock.
P. H. Lorentz, Buckhannon, West Virginia. — The envelope is very
attractive, both in type arrangement and color. The arrangement of the
blotter is also good, but the stock on which it is printed rather spoils the
effect. We would suggest that this same arrangement printed on a plainer
stock would be entirely satisfactory.
J. B. Miller, Meade, Kansas. — Your specimens are all good, and the
letter-head for the Empire theater is most original and attractive. We
would suggest that on the booklet cover you use a one-point instead of a
two-point rule, as the latter is rather heavy in tone to harmonize well
with the type-face. We also think that if the green tint which you have
used on the letter-head for the Meade Publishing Company had been a trifle
weaker, the effect would be better, as at present there is hardly sufficient
contrast between the two greens.
Dopf & Taylor, Fullerton, Nebraska. — Both of the letter-heads are
rather strong and bold and lack a certain refinement which we feel is
essential to the best commercial stationery. The use of smaller sizes of
type throughout would be much more satisfactory, and the keeping of the
work all in one, or perhaps two, series of type which harmonize more
closely than those which you have used, would be much more satisfactory.
From R. R. Rose, with R. P. Latta & Co., Vancouver, British Colum¬
bia, we have received a package of excellent commercial specimens. Hand-
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An interesting use of the free italic letter.
lettering plays an important part in these designs, and we reproduce here¬
with a business card which shows an interesting use of the free italic
letter. The type specimens are well designed and are satisfactory in color
arrangements.
Hugo Wittman, Buffalo, New York. — Your booklet, entitled “Practical
Results,” is an excellent specimen of type arrangement and color harmony,
the three-color illustrations on the inner pages being unusually good. We
would also congratulate you upon the excellent effect which you have
secured in the embossing of the cover-design.
Steamed Soft Clams
Fried Virginia Chicken
Hot Corn Bread
Corn on Cob
Clam Chowder
Hot Hfocriit*
Lettuce ami Tomuro Salad
Boiled Sea Bass
Pot a roe* Persilladc
Icc (.'ream Assorted Cakes
Coffee
bum
Rndkht* Gherkins
Two pages of a unique menu by the Robert L. Stillson Company,
New York.
From tbe Robert L. Stillson Company, New York, we have received a
copy of the menu of the second annual shore dinner of the Club of Print¬
ing House Craftsmen. The design and arrangement of the menu are thor¬
oughly in keeping with the occasion, as the reproduction herewith will
show.
W. W. Burgess, Dallas, Texas. — The letter-head for the typographical
union is very pleasing in design, and, with the exception of the suggestion
that you use a trifle less space between words where the text letter is
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employed, we have no criticism to offer on the design. The use of the
decorative pieces at the ends is very satisfactory, and the effect as a whole
is interesting.
We show herewith a reproduction of the cover of a booklet recently
issued by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company, descriptive of the new four-
magazine, quick-change Linotype. The booklet throughout is a handsome
piece of work and thoroughly in keeping with the cover. The latter is
printed in three colors on cream-colored stock.
The handsome cover of the new catalogue of the Mergenthaler
Linotype Company.
Lon H. Roberts, Toledo, Ohio. — The specimens are very pleasing,
although, perhaps, the use of a slightly stronger gray for the text matter
in the book, “ A Trip Through Dairyland,” would be more pleasing. As
it is now, the half-tones and the decoration on the pages are much stronger
than the text. The blotter for the National Union excursion is a very
attractive piece of work, the half-tones being well printed.
R. R. Greer, Uniontown, Alabama. — The little blotter is a very clever
arrangement and is well handled. We have little to criticize in regard to
this arrangement, although personally we think that the type-face which
you have used is not entirely pleasing and would suggest that a lighter
face, more of the weight of a plain roman, would be desirable and more
easily read. The color combination is good and the border design is very
satisfactory.
S'. S. Sherman, Sutherland, Iowa. — On the class program we would
suggest that the use of smaller type for the type pages would have been a
great improvement, as at present the title-page is rather strong and bold
for a piece of work of this size. We also think that on the program page
the use of capitals of a size smaller for the names would have been an
improvement, as it would largely do away with the crowded appearance
of the page.
“ The Homely Philosopher,” the house organ of the Franklin Press,
Detroit, Michigan, is one of the most attractive booklets that have reached
this department in some time, and we wish to congratulate its editor, Mr.
A. H. Finn, upon its general appearance and upon the quality of the text
which it contains. The cover-page is an attractive bit of lettering and
decoration, printed in green and violet on white stock, and the inner pages
are printed in black and violet on coated stock.
J. W. Bryant, Newport, Arkansas.- — We would suggest that the use of
a more condensed letter for the larger portion of text on this card and the
grouping of the names of insurance companies at one side of the card
would give a more satisfactory arrangement than the one which you have
used. Personally, we do not care for the combination of type-faces, as
there is too much contrast between them, both in shape and in tone, and
would suggest that the card be set all in one series, or two series which
have a little more in common than do the two which you have used.
The Canton Culvert Company, Canton, Ohio. — The circular which you
sent is very pleasing in its general arrangement, and is well printed. We find
little opportunity for criticism regarding this work, although, perhaps, the
use of a slightly less striking color would have been desirable, inasmuch
as it would have detracted less from the appearance of the half-tone illus¬
trations than does the bright orange which has been used. This, however,
is more a matter of personal opinion than of criticism.
Geo. Symons, Yonkers, New York.- — Of the four specimens of the pro¬
gram cover-page, we prefer the one set in Lining Gothic, with the rules
at the top and bottom of the page, although the rules are rather heavy
to harmonize well with the type-face. The design which is surrounded
by the Renaissance border is very pleasing, and there is but little choice
between it and the one in Lining Gothic. The page in Lining Gothic,
with the ruled border, is perhaps the least pleasing of the four.
J. B. Kendall, Elk Rapids, Michigan. — The commencement-exercises
announcement is very satisfactory and there is little call for change in its
general appearance. Personally, however, we would suggest that you set
the names which comprise the class roll in two columns and line them up,
rather than running them diagonally across the page as you have done.
In this case we would suggest that the odd name be centered underneath
the two columns. With this exception we have no criticism to offer on
the work.
From F. M. Morawetz, Racine, Wisconsin, we have received a package
of high-class commercial specimens. The type arrangements and color
schemes are excellent throughout, the use of various border designs being an
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF
THE CENTRAL
ASSOCIATION
RACINE WISCONSIN MARCH 1911
Booklet cover by F. M. Morawetz, Racine, Wisconsin.
attractive and interesting feature. We show herewith a reproduction of
the booklet cover, the original of which was printed in black and red on
gray stock.
The Hershey Press, Hershey, Pennsylvania. — The folder is a very clever
arrangement and is well handled, although, perhaps, the throwing of the
illustrations closer to the fold would have been a slight improvement, as
some of them are rather close to the outer edge. Considerable variation in
the strength of the tint color is noted on the different pages. Personally,
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we would have preferred the text matter set in a smaller size and sur¬
rounded by a border, either of plain rules or some form of decoration,
which would harmonize more closely with the shape of the page than do
the squared-up groups of type.
We show herewith a reproduction of a title-page of an edition of the
Constitution of the United States, arranged by Bruce Rogers for the
Houghton Mifflin Company. It is printed in Montaigne type and enclosed
with emblematic borders appropriate to the text.
A title-page by Bruce Rogers.
Melvin L. Lanterman, Crystal, Michigan. — With the exception of
the school program, the specimens are all well handled, and we find little
opportunity for criticism in any of them. On the school program, however,
we would suggest that a rearrangement of the title-page, grouping the text
into one, or possibly two, groups, instead of spreading it over the entire
page with equal spacing between lines, would be an improvement. We
also suggest that you group the text in such manner as will bring out the
words “ Graduating Exercises of the Haines School ” rather more promi¬
nently than the balance of the text.
H. D. Pedlar, Oxbow, Canada. — The cover-page for the program is
very pleasingly handled and we congratulate you upon its excellence of
design. The blotter, however, is not as satisfactory, and we would suggest
that perhaps the raising of the two groups of decoration at the ends would
be an improvement, as the placing of these groups directly in the center of
the panel does not give us the pleasing proportion which the unequal divi¬
sion of space secures. It is rather doubtful as to the value of this dec¬
oration at the ends, and we would suggest that perhaps leaving it out
entirely would be an improvement rather than otherwise.
J. T. Yodnge, North Emporia, Virginia. — We would suggest that more
simplicity in the treatment of commercial stationery would add very much
to the appearance of your work, judging by the letter-head for the Inde¬
pendent. The type-faces which have been used on this heading are entirely
foreign to each other in their general design and show no harmony of
shape whatever. The excessive spacing between words in the line set in
text type is also undesirable and out of place in connection with the con¬
densed letter of this character. The color combination is rather strong,
and while it would not be objectionable with a small percentage of the
design printed in the red or orange, still, with the large percentage which
you have used, the effect is altogether too flashy. The design would have
been more desirable if the border between the rules had been omitted
entirely, as the latter is too decorative and attracts too much attention
from the type-faces, besides adding another color to the design.
The Midland Times Print Shop, Midland, Ontario. — The business-card
design would be much more satisfactory in appearance if the main line
were a trifle larger, giving it a greater contrast to the balance of the mat¬
ter on the card. We would also suggest that the use of parallel rules of
equal weight, rather than a light and heavy rule, for underscoring the
address line, would give a better appearance to the card as a whole. The
general arrangement and the breaking-up of the space are very satisfactory.
Perhaps the use of a single rule of the same weight as the border, to cut
off the panel at the end, would be more desirable than are the two light
rules.
Claude Councill, Deport, Texas. — We would suggest that the use of
lower-case throughout in setting the title-page of the souvenir program
would have resulted in a more pleasing appearance. The mixing up of
lines of capitals and lower-case is not desirable and should be avoided
wherever possible. We also would suggest that you arrange the matter in
two, or perhaps three, groups, rather than scatter it over the entire
page with equal space between the various lines and rules which are used
to separate them. The omission of the decorative rule at either side of the
catch-line would also be an improvement. The general arrangement of
the blotter is satisfactory, and we have no criticism to offer regarding it,
with the exception that perhaps a brighter red, inclining more toward the
orange, would give a more pleasing contrast to the black.
Greeley High School
(Enmmpnrement
A pleasing page by W. H. MacKnight, Greeley, Colorado.
W. H. MacKnight, Greeley, Colorado. — On the title-page of the trial
calendar the rules are foo heavy to harmonize with the type. The business
card is an original and clever arrangement and very pleasing, as is also the
title-page for the commencement program. We show a reproduction of the
latter.
A. B. Maxwell, Missoula, Montana.- — The specimens are good in gen¬
eral arrangement and the color schemes are very satisfactory. We find
little to criticize, but would call your attention to the fact that the rules
used for making the panels of the letter-head for W. H. Card are too light
in tone to harmonize with the type-faces with which they are used, and
that rules a trifle heavier would give a much more satisfactory effect.
Your letter-head for the Missoula Chamber of Commerce is a very pleasing
arrangement and the color scheme is unusually good. Perhaps the use of
a slightly weaker color for the rules on the menu for the Grand Pacific
Hotel cafe would have given a little better appearance to the job as a
whole. This, however, is not a serious matter.
Spring Valley Sun, Spring Valley, Wisconsin. — The general arrange¬
ment of the booklet of verse is very satisfactory, although there are one
or two things to which we would call your attention. We would suggest
that you arrange the spacing of the inner pages so that the amount of
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white space between the running head and the text underneath is not more
than the space between the running head and the border surrounding the
page. We would also suggest that a rearrangement of the cover-page,
doing away with the unusually wide spacing between some of the words,
would be more satisfactory. The squared-up effect in typography is desir¬
able in many cases, but where one is compelled to use excessive spacing
in order to attain this effect it is not satisfactory, and some other arrange¬
ment would be preferable.
From A. Glenn Gibb, Glasgow, Scotland, we have received a package
of high-class commercial specimens. In the type arrangements, as well as
the selection of stock and colors, these specimens are unusually pleasing,
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Two pages from a booklet by A. Glenn Gibb, Glasgow, Scotland.
and show a careful regard- for simple treatments. We show herewith
reproductions of two pages from a booklet. The original was printed in
brown and green on India tint stock.
H. T. Sandy, Brooklyn, New York. — While the specimens in general
are very satisfactory, we would suggest one or two changes regarding them.
On the cover for the Crescent theater we note that you have an excessive
amount of decoration, and think that a plainer arrangement with less orna¬
mentation would be much more satisfactory. This also applies to a certain
extent to the bill-head for Wm. H. Frasse, as the border which surrounds
the text is rather too attractive for the balance of the heading. We would
call your attention to the fact that the letter-spacing of text letters is
undesirable from the nature of the design of the letter itself, and would
suggest that you avoid letter-spacing this style of type wherever possible.
We would call your attention to the fact that where red and black are used
as a color combination, a small percentage of red is all that is necessary
to brighten up the page, and where a large amount is used the job becomes
rather loud and unattractive in appearance. Your letter-head for the
Motion Picture Story Magazine is excellent in design, and with a smaller
proportion of red would be entirely satisfactory. As it is, however, the
large amount of red rather destroys an otherwise pleasing effect.
Wilbur F. Cleaver, Somerset, Pennsylvania. — The program title-page
is an exceptionally good arrangement, although there are one or two small
points to which we would call your attention. We would suggest that you
lower the word “ Program,” inasmuch as the space between this word and
the outer rule is less than between the word and the group of reading-
matter which follows it. We would also suggest that you use an ornament
a trifle lighter in tone, as the one which you have used does not har¬
monize well with the type-face, being rather too strong. The raising of
the group in the lower part of the page would also improve the general
appearance, and perhaps the use of a rule of one-point face, rather than
two-point face, would be more in keeping with the type. On the page of
the Second Annual Convention, we think that less paneling would have
been an improvement, and would also suggest that the wide spacing between
words in both the upper and lower panels is undesirable and that a slight
letter-spacing in the words would have improved the general appearance
of these two lines. We note a tendency toward this wide spacing in several
of the advertisements, and would suggest that somewhat closer spacing
would improve your work in general, except, perhaps, where the lines are
set in all capitals.
TICKET-PRINTING MACHINERY.
At the Central station of the North Eastern Railway,
at Newcastle-on-Tyne, there has been erected a ticket¬
printing machine of an interesting type, that issues the
tickets as well as prints them, and automatically registers
the number sold. For each variety of ticket that is to be
printed an electro is inserted in the machine, together with
a revolving disk on which is wound a roll of cardboard
sufficient for ten thousand tickets. The pressure of a small
push-button switch sets the mechanism in motion, and the
ticket is printed, cut off the cardboard roll, and deposited in
a tray outside the machine in less than a second, while the
transaction is registered on an automatic counter. The
machine is actuated by a small electric motor consuming so
little current that it can be connected up with the ordinary
lighting circuit. The apparatus installed at Newcastle
prints and issues five varieties of tickets to stations to
which there is a continuously heavy traffic, but the machine
can be adapted to the issue of as many as thirty kinds of
ticket without increasing the size. Its advantages include
the economizing of booking-office space due to the obviation
of the necessity to keep a stock of ready-printed tickets, the
elimination of the risk of theft or fraud through the same
cause, absolute accuracy and time-saving in accounting for
sales, and cheapening of the cost of production. The cost
of one thousand tickets on the machine is 2d., as against
about Is. 7d. in the ordinary way, and electric current costs
only %d. a thousand. Another type of machine, especially
adapted to the requirements of underground and suburban
railways, prints and issues a ticket on the passenger
placing a penny or other coin in the slot. This machine
has distinct advantages, as regards both cost and certainty
of working, over the usual slot machine, in which the tick¬
ets are inserted ready printed, while a counter automat¬
ically records the sales. The machine, we understand, is
only one of an interesting class of automatic machines now
being put upon the market by the British Electric Auto¬
matic Machines, Limited, Caxton House, Westminster,
S. W. — British and Colonial Stationer and Printer.
THE “MASTER PRINTER” CHANGES HANDS.
This sprightly monthly, heretofore published by the
Philadelphia Board of Trade, is now issued by the Master
Printer Publishing Company, of Philadelphia. The lead¬
ing spirits in the new company are Warren B. Hait, Jr.,
and J. G. Soulsby. The first-mentioned was till recently in
the supply field, while Mr. Soulsby was immediately before
the change what he is now — advertising and circulation
manager of the Master Printer. The new management
announces that it has some big ideas which it feels will be
sure winners and make brethren sit up and take notice.
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Written for The Inland Printer.
A PRINTING-OFFICE DE LUXE.
BY C. A. HARTMAN.
JN May 24 the New York Public Library
was opened to the public after appropriate
ceremonies of dedication, participated in
by President Taft, Governor Dix, of New
York, and Mayor William Jay Gaynor, of
New York city. This magnificent, most
costly, and one of the most beautiful build¬
ings in all the world devoted to its specific
uses, has shelf-room for three million five hundred thousand
volumes; a floor-space of three hundred and seventy-five
thousand feet, and cost, for erection alone, $9,000,000, on
land valued at $20,000,000.
There are ninety miles of shelves in the stackroom and
in other rooms devoted to special departments; in the
which differ greatly from those besetting the commercial
“shop.” He designed the entire layout; made all the
drawings, including the floor plans, as well as the sectional
drawings of the special cabinetwork. As the outfit stands
to-day, it is a monument to one man’s ability to utilize
every square foot of floor-space by condensing into the
least possible area an equipment to do a very large amount
of work.
The plant is all on one floor, the rooms connecting, and
consists of composing-room, pressroom, and bindery, while
at the rear of the bindery, sepai’ated by a three-foot solid
brick wall, is a room for melting up linotype slugs, knife¬
grinding, and a storage-rack for galleys, containing ten
tons of linotype slugs. Separating the composing-room
from the pressroom is the superintendent’s office, in which
are the desks of the proofreaders and office assistants.
The problem of light, heat and ventilation, so fre¬
quently ignored or carelessly considered in printing-offices,
WILLIAM H. SCHWARTEN,
Superintendent, Printing Department, New York Public Library.
cataloging department there are three million cards, with
ample room for an increase to ten million when necessary.
The building is almost entirely of white Vermont marble,
of which three hundred thousand tons were used, not count¬
ing one hundred and fifty thousand cubic feet rejected on
account of flaws. The New York Public Library ranks
fifth among the great libraries of the world.
Of special interest to those engaged in the printing
industry is the complete and up-to-date printing plant
forming a part of the library equipment, and quartered
in the new building, at the corner of Fifth avenue and
Fortieth street. The superintendent of this plant is Mr.
William H. Schwartzen, who for eleven years was super¬
intendent of the printing plant of the Public Library at
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, which was considered a model
printery of its kind.
The plant as evolved by Mr. Schwarten is the result of
ten years of special training and study of the technical
difficulties which surround a library printing-office, and
has here been worked out to scientific perfection. The
building and all that pertains to it is absolutely fireproof;
the only wood about the place is to be found in the cabinet¬
work and furniture. All the windows are in bronze case¬
ments. The type and roller washing fluids are contained
in automatic nonexplosive cans, and the inks, waste and
soiled rags are kept in fire and combustion proof recepta¬
cles, out of sight.
The floors, which are of concrete, three feet thick, are
laid with white vitrified hexagonal tiles, and the walls,
from floor to ceiling, are of white glazed tile, the ceilings
being of white plaster of a cream tint. Natural light is
supplied through large double windows of prismatic glass,
which so deflects the light that small type can be read in a
far corner as well as near the window.
The general ventilation system is furnished by special
automatically.driven fans that pump the fresh air into the
rooms through radiators in the walls near the ceilings,
while another set of fans exhausts the foul air through
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radiators placed in the walls near the floors. Copper hoods
are placed over the metal-pots of the linotype machines,
forming a “ metal-pot down draft.” Leading from these
hoods is a twenty-ounce seamless copper tube, which con¬
nects with a vent-pipe in the floor beneath each machine,
and through this tube a centrifugal exhaust fan draws off
all odors and gases from the machine.
All outlets throughout this plant, whether for gas,
power, light or ventilation, were laid before the ceilings
and floors were down, so that when the machinery was set,
each piece fell into place. Each linotype machine has five
electric lights, and it is particularly noticeable throughout
the plant that no pipes, wiring, shafting or belting dis¬
figures the walls, floors or ceilings.
The heating system in use is the Johnson Thermostatic
Automatic Control, which insures even temperature in each
room without interference with the heating of any other
portion of the building.
Harmony of color was the key-note of the decorations of
The run of work includes composition in the original Rus¬
sian, Greek, and Hebrew, as well as all of the other lan¬
guages that use the English alphabet. The work on the
machines is so systematized that a change can be made to
any font, any measure, and any language in two minutes.
There are about three thousand pounds of foundry type
in this plant, all of which is the standard line and unit set
of the Inland Type Foundry, with the usual equipment of
labor-saving brass rule, leads and slugs, wood and metal
furniture.
Probably the most interesting item of the composing-
room is the group of four cabinets, equal, as stated by the
superintendent, to sixteen of any other cabinets ever built.
They have extension fronts with sixteen-candle-power
lamps built into the top of the cabinets immediately over
the cases. Cases have cast-bronze pulls on case fronts,
drawers and cabinets; steel runs, spring roll fronts on
galley cabinets, and new departure cases throughout, with
three-ply bottoms.
COMPOSING-ROOM - PRINTING DEPARTMENT, NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY.
the plant, as is evidenced by the fact that all of the machin¬
ery or metal about the place is enameled in “ battle-ship
gray”; presses, linotype machines, motors, etc. All the
cabinet and wood work is of quartered white oak, aged by
the ammonia-fumed process, making it darker and more
serviceable, showing no finger-marks or ink-stains, and an
additional wax finish makes it impervious to water-stains.
The tops of all tables, work-benches and cabinets are of
white-rock maple, quarter-sawed and doweled. The tables
have brass shoes and the cabinets are set on bases of
blue Vermont marble, as a protection when the floors are
scrubbed.
To overcome any possible annoyance to the library
above, from vibration or noise, the machinery is set upon
a base of cork, one-half inch in thickness.
The composing-room is equipped with four Model 7
quick-change, two-letter, double-magazine Mergenthaler
linotype machines. Accompanying these are special auxil¬
iary keyboards and magazines, and an outfit of thirty
thousand accents and several hundred special characters.
Each cabinet is 8314 by 32% inches. Both tiers of the
four cabinets have full-sized cases, and the cases of all
four cabinets are interchangeable. On the cabinets, in
place of the usual two pairs of news cases with tilting
brackets and galley-boards, there are one-piece seamless
brass standing galley tops extending the full length of
cabinets. On one cabinet, one tier holds full-sized indexed
electrotype drawers (slotted to picas). The other cases in
these four type-cabinets consist of four practical space and
quad cases, four blank cases containing half-sized Sans-
pareil Harris rule cases, fourteen Two Rivers cap. cases,
fourteen regular lower-case news cases, nine triple cap.
cases and 160 full-sized California job cases.
Each cabinet also has a series of six sort-drawers, which
run through the cabinet and can be drawn out either side,
each drawer divided into sixteen compartments of equal
size, each compartment to hold five pounds of type; galley-
cabinet of two separate compartments, each compartment
fitted with eight pairs of detachable galley-brackets (the
compartments are inclosed with spring-roll curtains se-
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cured by Yale locks) ; a series of six tilted galley-drawers
immediately above the sort-drawers in the center of the
cabinet, galley-drawers run through the cabinet and can
be drawn out either side; drawers are full brass lined.
In the pressroom the equipment consists of a No. 3
Miehle two-revolution press, sheet and fly delivery; size of
bed, 33 by 46. The press is driven by a 3% -horse-power
motor, bolted to and set with the frame of the press. The
controller is arranged to maintain three back speeds and
fifteen forward speeds; dynamic brake and release push¬
buttons are connected with the controller at different points
about the machine. A Gustafson automatic feeder is
attached to the press.
A Brown catalogue and book folder has been installed.
This machine will fold 8, 12, 16, 24 and 32 page signatures,
printed on any kind or weight of paper up to 120 pounds
on 32-page work and 140 pounds on 16-page work. A
1% -horse-power motor secured to the frame of the folder
by iron brackets, and belted to the driving-shaft, furnishes
cornering machine, all directly connected with individual
motors, make up the balance of the pressroom equipment.
There is built on the wall behind each machine, a tool
board painted in “ battle-ship gray,” in an oak frame to
match the cabinetwork. Here a complete set of tools for
each machine is kept, none of which is used for any other
machinery.
The equipment of the bindery is complete in every
detail, and in every instance much thought and care has
been exercised in providing the most labor-saving and
durable material.
A large storeroom for paper stock and supplies adjoins
the plant proper. Again the three-foot fireproof, tile-faced
floor and walls are in evidence. All the shelving is of steel.
This plant represents an expenditure of about $65,000,
and no detail has been considered too small for the most
careful attention. The printers who work here are being
selected solely according to fitness, and the policy of the
survival of the fittest is to be enforced. No man is per-
PRESSROOM - PRINTING DEPARTMENT, NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY.
the power. The folder also is equipped with a Gustafson
automatic continuous paper-feeder.
Among the smaller presses there is a No. 2 E-l Harris
automatic card and envelope press with automatic feed,
specially built for library work. The press is adapted to
print from both type-forms and electroplates, and has five
speeds ranging from five thousand to twelve thousand
impressions per hour. The press is driven by a constant
speed motor of 1% horse-power bolted to the base of the
press, and is controlled by a knife switch and motor starter
with overload and no voltage automatic release. Forming
a part of the Harris press equipment is an electrotype
bender driven by direct motor, with necessary gas connec¬
tions.
There are three Colt’s Armory platen presses, one
13 by 19 and the other two 10 by 15 inches, all of which are
operated by multispeed electric motors belted to the presses.
A Child Acme cutter, 42-inch, self-clamping, driven by
belted motor; a No. 7 Boston wire stitcher; a Hickok iron
frame, three-drill paper-drill; and a Sterling round-
mitted to hold a situation in the plant who is addicted to
the use of liquor in the slightest degree, and, to quote the
superintendent, “ We work but eight hours, give our men
two weeks’ vacation with pay, pay wages equal to the union
scale, and the library is therefore in a position to maintain
the finest printing organization in the country.”
THE REMEDY.
There is but one way to nail the responsibility for the
rise in the cost of living, and that is to consider the entire
scheme at once and pick out not only those who live by
monopoly and graft, but those whose work is unnecessary
or duplicative.
When fewer shoemakers make more shoes for fewer
farmers, and fewer farmers raise more food for fewer
shoemakers, why should the cost of living rise? Reasons
and fact find but one answer — somebody has quit work
and is living off the worker — half America is living by
trading in that which the other half produces. Somebody
will have to go to work. — Milo Hastings.
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Under this head inquiries regarding all practical details of
bookbinding will be answered as fully as possible. The opinions
and experiences of bookbinders are solicited as an aid to making
this department of value to the trade.
Bookbinding is no longer a trade confined to the pur¬
pose implied by the name. A number of separate industries
have sprung from it, each incorporating some branch or
branches of the trade, requiring the same knowledge of
materials and their treatment. Grouping the most closely
related into individual industries, we have: Blank-book
manufacture — specialized into ruling, forwarding, finish¬
ing and marbling. Edition binding — specialized as case¬
making, forwarding, stamping and marbling; stamping
and finishing being the branches requiring the same knowl¬
edge. Job-binding is usually done in small shops and by
amateurs who develop the artistic side of finishing.
The following lines have developed into special busi¬
nesses: Loose-leaf systems, where ruling and blank-book
finishing is part of the work; filing systems, where ruling,
diecutting, indexing and lettering connect it with the
trade; jewelers’ cases, leather and novelty work and badge
concerns, employing men who can letter and stamp gold and
metal on the materials of the wares they deal in; finishing
concerns, who mount and finish maps, do varnishing, tin¬
mounting, eyeletting, punching, diecutting, gumming, etc.
Having concluded “ Blank-book Forwarding ” in The
Inland Printer for June, the subjects of finishing and
stamping will now receive attention.
finishing of blank-books.
The most convenient size to keep on hand is egg albu¬
men, which can be bought from bookbinders’ or photog¬
raphers’ supply houses. It is put up in granulated form in
one-pound boxes. When required, a heaping teaspoonful is
dissolved in half a tumbler of water. This takes a little
time to dissolve. To keep it from decomposing, which it
will do quickly, especially in warm weather, a few drops of
ammonia, formaldehyde, a pinch of table salt or a small
lump of camphor -should be added. To prevent the size
from frothing when sponging it over the surface to be fin¬
ished, a teaspoonful of skim-milk or a little condensed milk
should be stirred in.
PREPARATION OF THE BOOKS FOR FINISHING.
Porous leathers, such as sheep, roan and skiver, should
be paste-washed before sizing. This is done by beating up
smooth paste in water to form a liquid which should have
the consistency of thin cream, and working it into the leather
with a sponge. The reason for this is that the size will
otherwise be absorbed instead of forming the necessary
coating. The paste wash acts as a filler. Cowhide may be
included in the leathers to be paste-washed, although expe¬
rienced finishers do not usually do so; still it does no harm,
and makes the sizing more certain. The leather should be
dry from the paste-washing before sizing is applied. When
the first application of size has dried enough to become
tacky, another coating may be applied. The sponge used
for this purpose should be drawn lightly along the sides
and back in long, even strokes, avoiding washing or streak¬
ing. The leather is now properly prepared for rolling or
lettering. The rolling or other finishing should be done
before lettering, for the reason that then only can the
actual space allowed for that purpose be ascertained with
any accuracy.
All embellishment on blank-books is impressed by means
of engraved brass rolls set on long handles. These rolls are
cut in a variety of designs, such as fillets, single, double or
triple lines of varying thicknesses of line and spacing;
guilloche or twisted-rope patterns of interlaced circles,
frets, radiations, etc. There also are rolls for scorching in
designs for sheep and fleshers. These are cut deeper and
coarser in line and with less detail in design.
Half and three-quarter bound books have rolled-gold
lines at the junction of cloth and leather. This can be a
narrow floral pattern, line or guilloche. Tight backs can
have a double line at head and tail and a single line each
side of the bands on which the book was sewed, which for
this reason should be properly spaced when the book is
marked for sewing (Fig. 4.)
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Half-bound.
Books with raised bands can have a roll run at the base
of each side of the bands having two lines, one wide and
one narrow; the wide line toward the band. The tail can
have two single lines and the head one, or the same roll
that was used for the band can be worked at the ends, but
in that case the wide line must be the outside (Fig. 5).
Fig. 5.
Three-quarter binding.
Ends and bands should have the end-pieces of the boards
and the center strap surrounded with a narrow floriated or
guilloche border. The same roll should be run across the
back at each side of the cowhide strips only, thus making
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them appear as a continuation of the side borders. The
two labels (black) can have any other pattern-roll run at
each end, thus making the title-field stand out independ¬
ently from the others.
The flesher side of ends and bands is usually scorched
with two sizes of burning-rolls into three separate panels —
one panel above and one below the center strap, running in
width from the inside edge of the board to the outside edge
of the strap, and in length extending from it to the cow¬
hide end-pieces. The outside panel reaches from end to
end of flesher and in width adjoins the two smaller ones
and extends to the outer edge of the board or, in other
words, two-thirds of the whole width of the board. The
borders or frames of these panels are usually produced
from a broad floriated pattern-roll. The inside of the small
panels is rolled with a guilloche pattern-roll diagonally
from corner to corner, the two lines intersecting forming
an X.
Another panel is drawn inside the large one, the dis¬
tance between it and the border being equal to one-third the
width of the whole panel. This is burned in with the same
roll that was used inside the smaller ones. The corners of
the inside and outside panels are then connected. See
Fig. 6.
Fig. 6.
Ends and bands.
To apply the gold, heat the rolls over a gas or oil stove,
take a leaf of gold out of the goldbook with the goldknife
(a narrow spatula), lay it down carefully on the cushion,
smooth it out by blowing gently from the center of the
leaf toward the ruffled sides, then cut it into strips a little
wider than the thickness of the roll, for which the strips
are intended. This must be done carefully and firmly, so
that the strips become detached from one another without
breaking. A great deal of practice will be necessary on
this part of the work alone. The proper heat of the roll or
type should be about 220°, which can easily be determined
by touching a wet finger to it; if it sizzles slowly it is not
hot enough, and if it throws off the moisture when applied
it is too hot. If too hot, a wet cloth kept handy may be
applied until the heat is reduced to the proper degree.
The roll should be run over a piece of cotton having a
few drops of sweet oil rubbed in; then run it over the
strips of gold-leaf until it is covered all over. The straight
or inside edge of the roll should be run at the edge of each
strip, so that it does not project, as this is the guide side
when rolling. If the gold should extend, however, it can be
patted down with a piece of clean, dry cotton. When roll¬
ing the sides, lay the book down flat with the fore edge
toward the left; grasping the roll near the mounting, hold¬
ing the handle against the shoulder, set it down at the
edge of the cloth where turned in and follow it for a guide.
Bear down on the roll, but the arm should not move. The
body is moved forward as the roll advances. An even,
steady motion is necessary in all handling of finishing tools.
When rolling backs the book is set in a hand press and the
right-hand side of each band rolled, and one end; the book
is then reversed and the other side of each band and the
other end rolled.
To miter a right-angle corner with a roll, mark in the
panel with a folder, then tip a straight-edged piece of paper
at the end of each in a position of forty-five degrees to it,
the roll beginning and ending on one of these papers. This
must be repeated for each line. If the lines run close to the
edge, there is no need of mitering, as they may then be run
off the board.
Fig. 7.
Full sheep, duck or flesher.
The finishing of full sheep russia corners or full canvas
is done with ink, and on full flesher russia corners the same
is scorched in. See Fig. 7.
LETTERING.
Brass type is best, although ordinary type can be used,
provided it is not overheated. Roman capitals as large as
the width of the back will allow should be used. The let¬
ters should not run too close to the edges. Set up the type
wanted, holding the line between the thumb and forefinger,
and try it in the space where it is wanted. If it fits cor¬
rectly, set it in the pallet with the first letter toward the
right hand, when pallet is held in the left with the jaws
up. When screwing up the jaws, the alignment of the type
should be watched, as it will sometimes curve out, owing
to imperfection either in the type or in the jaws. If the
pallet is held in line with the eye, this can easily be dis¬
covered, and also if all the letters are equal in height. If
not, the jaws are opened a little and the pallet tapped gently
with a piece of straight brass rule or the back of a paring-
knife. If this is done with the pallet resting in the same
position as when the type was inserted, the letters will all
move outward from the bottom. Now, if the rule or knife
is laid against the face of the type and the whole line
pushed into the bottom, the letters that are shorter will
not rest on the bottom, but be even with the others at the
face. The jaws may then be screwed up tight, and the
pallet laid on the stove to be heated. A piece of sheet-
iron should be laid across part of the flame in such manner
that the direct heat may play on the pallet box, but not on
the type. Enough heat will be imparted from the pallet to
the type, which will not injure the type as direct heat
would.
An experienced finisher will run the type over the hand
or an oiled cloth and pick up the gold on the type, applying
it directly in the proper position on the back by first setting
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the left thumbnail at the starting point as a guide for the
pallet. While getting the experience, it is better to take a
strip of paper the exact length and approximate width of
the type and place it on the panel or title-space in the
proper position, marking in a faint line along the edge of
the strip. A little lard may be rubbed on with the finger
and the gold laid on below this line, setting it down even
with the beginning. Another way is to lay on the gold
liberally and then, placing the paper carefully on top in the
proper position, wipe off the gold on top and at the left end.
In either case the gold is a good guide to follow for a
straight line correctly centered. The pallet is grasped
differently from the roll in this case; the knuckles of the
hand should be to the front, the left hand grasping the
back so that the pallet may be rested against the thumb at
the starting point to avoid slipping, the right hand holding
the pallet, turning at the wrist. The larger the type, the
greater pressure is needed. This can be better imparted
by standing high enough over the book so that the hand
may be supported by the weight of the chest and shoulder,
following the movement of the wrist. Unlike the lettering
of a flat surface, one letter is impressed at a time in rota¬
tion, owing to the curvature of the back.
LETTERING THE SIDE OF A BOOK.
If the lettering is on leather, lay on the gold and mark
off in the same manner as described for lettering on the
back. In this case, the book is placed end (tail) to the
finisher, and the pallet is grasped with the whole length of
the line toward the front. The straight line of type is set
down, inclined forward so as to strike just below the gold
edge, the weight of the body helping the impression as the
pallet is gradually straightened up and brought over so as
to incline equally in the opposite direction. Slipping or
the slightest turning of the pallet must be guarded against.
LETTERING ON CLOTH.
This is hardest of all, especially if the line is large. In
this instance, gilding powder is dusted over and a strip of
paper the size of the type-line laid on in proper position
and the powder outside wiped away. The remaining pow¬
der will then have squared edges, which can be used as
guides for the impression. To add weight to the impres¬
sion in this instance, the left hand may grasp the under
side of the bench top as the right holds the pallet against
the cover. In this way more pressure can be forced than
otherwise would be possible. For lettering on any material
where no other finishing is desired, powder is the best bind¬
ing medium. A solid foundation is always necessary in
such objects as pocketbooks, cases or boxes — and to obtain
this foundation pieces of binders’ board or wood blocks
may be inserted. A curved block placed under a flat sur¬
face will help greatly if a long line is wanted. It will be
necessary to gain knowledge by experience of the pressure
needed on different size type-faces. Condensed type, for
instance, would be sunk into the leather, where extended
or larger type would not show up with the same pressure.
(To be continued.)
B. L. T. DISCOVERED THIS.
Charlie Seminole and wife of Fort Sill are in the city
on a visit to Charlie’s brother-in-law, Joe Moralles, the
Mexican. Charlie’s wife is a full-blood Choctaw Indian,
and until recently Charlie was thought to be an Indian
himself, but later it developed that he was a Mexican
through friends traveling back and forth. — Ballinger
(Tex.) Ledger.
The experiences of composing-machine operators, machinists
and users are solicited with the object of the widest possible
dissemination of knowledge concerning the best methods of
getting results.
Tight Lines.
The Pennsylvania operator who was given advice about
adjusting the metal-pot and on how to prevent lines squab¬
bling in the line-delivery carriage now writes: “Your
answer about the bad face on slugs worked all right. Now
as to the lines twisting. I did as you said and it proved all
right, but I have to watch when sending in a line a little
tight, or with a thin matrix on the end, or it will shear. I
set the long finger out about a nonpareil from short finger
and set the gage at nearly the ‘ 13 ’ for a thirteen-em slug.
Now I have to watch closely and can get no speed that
way. Also, I have some trouble with hollow slugs, but only
when I am casting right along. Would like some informa¬
tion on these subjects.”
Answer. — You say that you have to watch when you
send in a line that is “ a little tight ” or with a thin matrix
on the end. Possibly the back jaw of the first elevator is
deflected back a trifle. Measure between the two jaws on
the right end with a matrix, and if you find that the back
jaw is sprung back, you will have to bring it to normal by
pressure from a clamp or other means; do not pound it,
however. If the jaw is not sprung, see that both of the
jaw pawls extend into path of matrix ears far enough to
hold them after they have passed. The hollow condition of
the slug when recasting can not be prevented unless you
allow the mold to cool a trifle occasionally. Set your assem¬
bler so that the end of the finger gives about a thin space
less than thirteen ems, then you will have no tight lines.
Worn Mold Disk Locking-studs.
An Ohio operator writes: “I have recently taken
charge of a No. 5 machine, four years old, in this city and
am having a series of troubles which I have not before
struck during my experience on the Linotype. (1) My
chief trouble is with the distributor, which stops many
times a day, caused by matrices clogging at upper end of
magazine and two thin matrices being raised at the same
time. Have this week put on new lift and distributor-box
bar point without result. (2) First elevator stops at top
when line transfers. Can not tell whether it is the slug
sticking in the mold or trouble is in transfer of the line.
(Metal is not hot.) (3) Also bothered by the lower-case
‘ r ’ not appearing in many slugs, especially if the metal
gets a little hot. I believe the metal needs hardening.
What do you say? (4) The mold-disk is loose and the
pins in locking up do not strike the holes squarely, break¬
ing off about one-half. I should think this would damage
matrices in the lock-up.”
Answer. — (1) If the lifter raises two thin matrices at
once, replace the top rails or the bar point and the trouble
will then cease. It is not necessary to replace a lift unless
the seat is worn too broad. (2) If the first elevator is up
when the machine stops, observe the position of the ti’ans-
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fer slide finger. If it has not pushed the line out of the
elevator and the disk is on the studs, it is a safety-pawl
stop. If the disk is on the studs and the line is shifted
completely, then it is a stuck slug. (3) If the “ r ” is not
on the slug after the cast, run out all the “ r’s ” and exam¬
ine if any of them retain a particle of metal. If you find
that certain matrices do retain metal, they should be dis¬
carded. The fault is not likely due to the metal. (4) If
the mold-disk is loose, or vibrates when it is about to go on
the studs, set the brake tighter. Then test the distance
between the square block and the cam-shoes. If you find
appreciable play here, then set the shoes in a trifle to com¬
pensate for the wear on the square block. This will pre¬
vent further trouble. You should then renew the mold-
disk studs and bushings.
Clutch.
A Canadian operator asks: “Regarding Model No. 5
Linotype, as the cams finish their revolution after the slug
is ejected into the stick, there is a slight reverse action on
their part. The clutch-leathers are not gummy, and I keep
the inside of the wheel clean. A machinist on one of the
newspapers tells me it is of no account, but I wish you to
tell me the cause. Sometimes there is quite a thud as the
machine comes to a stop; at other times the reverse move¬
ment is barely noticeable. The machine was new last fall.
There is no jerk of the controlling-lever, and mold-disk
remains perfectly still.”
Answer. — The movement of the cams is of no conse¬
quence except where it is accompanied by the “ thud ” you
referred to. It may be possible that the leather shoes have
been underlaid, making them higher than normal. You
may make a test to determine if the space between the
forked lever and collar equals about one thirty-second of
an inch. Proceed as follows: (1) Shut off power, or
throw off the driving belt, as the case may require. (2)
Draw out on the controlling-lever and back the machine a
trifle. The space between the forked lever and the collar
should be no more than one- thirty-second of an inch. If
found more or less, adjust by the screw in the stop-lever.
The trouble should cease when this adjustment is made,
if no other complications are present. The other diffi¬
culty is that t*he pulley may need oiling. Attend to this
matter at the same time. The real cause for the cams back¬
ing is due first to their abnormal movement forward by
clutch action, which causes the justification-spring, which
is compressed by the cam, to press the cam-roller and move
the cams the opposite way when the shoes are withdrawn
from the pulley. This will be more apparent where the
screw in the end of the stop-lever allows more than one
thirty-second of an inch play between the forked lever and
the collar. The “ thud ” is due to the upper stop-lever
pressing the upper end of the lower stop-lever against the
rod that both are attached to. The remedy lies in the
leather shoes and the screw in the stop-lever.
Distributor and Mold-disk.
A correspondent writes as follows : “ I have some new
troubles on which I would like information. One is the
clogging of matrices in the magazine entrance. I believe
this is caused mostly by damaged matrices, as the machine
has been running for months with mold-disk loose, and I
think this has bruised and rounded the * toes ’ of the
matrices in locking up for the cast. The distributor stops
about twenty-five times a day, entirely on lower-case
matrices. Two clog in the entrance and, of course, stop
others. Sometimes they lie flat in the entrance. Also,
what causes metal to adhere to spacebands? My other
trouble, which I consider the most serious, is in the slug.
A few days ago I replaced a locking-stud which had been
broken by the loose mold-disk, and since then have noticed
that the line extends about two points out over the left end
of the slug. I can not see what I did to cause this. There
is no metal in the mold, sticking to the liners. The trouble
is evidently in the vise jaws, allowing the line to justify
slightly more than thirteen ems. I have tried to adjust
them without result. I have them set to a tight thirteen
ems, but still the line hangs over. I am sending sample
slug.”
Answer. — The noticeable defects in the slugs are (1)
the overhang of the face of about one point; (2) the dam¬
age to the right end due to meeting with obstruction in
ejecting. To correct the first trouble, turn in on the square¬
headed screw on left end of vise. The obstruction may
be found by lowering the vise and examining the space
between the front knives near the bottom. You may find a
piece of metal. To remove it, turn out the lower square¬
headed screw, the one that has contact with the lower end
of the left knife. Should you not find any metal here,
remove the knife-block and note the condition of the lower
knife-block liner. This piece is the part that serves to sup¬
port the slug as it passes to the galley from the mold. It
should be free from adhering particles of metal. If metal
adheres to the sleeve of the spaceband it should be scraped
off with a sharp piece of brass. The cause of metal adher¬
ing may be ascertained by stopping the machine just
immediately after the second justification, and then try¬
ing to draw the spacebands upward a trifle by hand. If
you can do this, it suggests that the line is not being
justified tight enough. Increase the stress of the large
springs under the two levers at the back of the machine.
When matrices clog in the magazine entrance observe the
position of the first matrix in the clogged channel. Remove
this first matrix in every case, examine its ears and toes,
and if found defective in any way, set it aside. Each day
such matrices should be straightened or destroyed, as the
case warrants. You will soon eliminate such stops by fol¬
lowing this plan.
Removing and Cleaning a Keyboard.
The following is from a Canadian operator: “ I
recently moved our machine quite successfully, and have
had it running some days. Was unable to get any power to
test it for keyrods, etc., while erecting, but so far have only
had to make one adjustment — the vise-automatic stop,
which may have been out for some time, as it is but rarely
used. I am much obliged for your tip as to method of
swinging machine with bar through cam-shaft and rope
under front columns. It swung practically level, and the
teamsters had no difficulty in getting it out of a bad corner
over a stairway. I stripped the machine more thoroughly
than you suggested, removing first-elevator lever — in fact,
it was essential to make it as light as possible, so I yanked
off everything sticking out except spaceband-shifter lever.
I removed all keyboard keys and cleaned them, and would
like a few details about cam-frames, in case I ever have to
take them apart. Tell us how to assemble and dissemble a
keyboard from the start to finish, please. I had a few min¬
utes’ puzzle while assembling keyrods and verges, and have
been unable to find anything pei'tinent in either your
‘ Mechanism ’ or The Inland Printers. First, the projec¬
tion on last keyrod next to spaceband rod bothered me, but
I concluded it is to hold the keyrods in place when guide is
unfastened. (This is a No. 5, remember). Then I could
not see for a minute how to make the connection, as keyrods
could not be lifted over edge of verges, and I finally removed
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pins holding upper guide in place, connected to verges, and
everything was lovely in two shakes. Just the same, I can
not find any information anywhere suggesting the necessity
of loosening keyrod upper guide to make connection with
verges. It took me about seven hours to erect the machine
after getting it in position, but I had previously cleaned
keyboard and rods, also motor. In your last item in the
April Inland Printer, ‘ Slugs Stick in Mold,’ might not
the knife-wiper be connected with the second trouble.
Some of the symptoms point that way, though the descrip¬
tion is not very clear. I mentioned previously that my capi¬
tal ‘ v ’ stuck once when magazines were changed. None
of your suggestions hit the mark, but the trouble changed
to an occasional slow response, and on dismantling machine
I found the reason was that verge-spring had slipped off.
Evidently changing magazines affected verge sufficiently to
prevent matrix clearing it on first touch, so this puzzle is
disposed of satisfactorily. Another question: What is the
best position to have machine in to move it — at rest, cast¬
ing position, or how, and why? ”
Answer. — In removing the keyboard on a No. 5, pro¬
ceed as follows: (1) Push in the matrix-locking bar;
(2) remove the belt and cam-covers, matrix-tray and dis¬
connect the assembling elevator; (3) remove both cam-
frames; (4) remove the two screws from the lower keyrod
guide plate bar and spring plate bar in the rear; (5)
remove the hexagonal screw from the right keyboard post;
(6) remove the two hexagonal screws from the bottom
of the keyboard. Now comes the critical part of the
operation : The keyboard is now tilted upward in front.
While it is being drawn out your assistant should hold the
lower spring plate toward the rear a trifle so that the
dowels near the top of the keyboard posts will not catch as
the keyboard is drawn out. Reversing this operation is
also the most difficult part of the work of returning the
keyboard to place. As the keyboard is out, remove the
fulcrum rods and take out all key-levers. Remove the key-
bars also. Clean these parts with gasoline and then graph¬
ite them liberally, as the graphite coating serves partly as
a protector from rust and is a dry lubricant. Fulcrum rods
are polished with emery and graphited likewise. The slots
in keyboard are cleaned with gasoline on a rag inserted
with a thin brass rule. The upper and lower guide plates
of the keybars are brushed out and graphited. The bank¬
ing bar is polished and also graphited where it has contact
with the keybars. Then assemble these parts. The cam-
frames may receive attention by removing the cam and
trigger pivoting wires. The cams and triggers, if very
dirty, may be placed in a basin of gasoline and allowed to
remain a while, occasionally stirring them to loosen the
dirt. The cams and triggers when removed and laid out
will dry rapidly. The triggers are rubbed on a cloth hav¬
ing a liberal supply of graphite. The cams are oiled on the
pivot with a drop of clock oil on the point of a fine wire.
The rubber rolls are washed with cold water and soap, and
roughened with coarse flint paper. You may omit the
washing, but be sure to roughen the surface. The bear¬
ings and oil-holes should be cleaned and parts made ready
for assembling. The pivoting wire should be made free
from kinks or sharp bends, polished with fine emery-cloth,
and either graphited or a slight film of clock oil may be
rubbed on the surface. The triggers are then put in posi¬
tion and then the cam yokes and the rolls follow. The
screws in the cam-frame bi’ackets need not be brought to
any more than a bearing. These screws are found on the
sides — one in each bracket. Lock the triggers with a
wire in the upper hole. When the keyboard is placed in
position and held by the screws, then connect the lower
guide and spring plates to the keyboard posts. Put on the
cam-frames next, in each case being certain that both the
cams and triggers are normal, and try the rollers before
tightening the banking screws. The attaching of the
remaining parts completes the work. In regard to the con¬
nection of keyrods to the verges, if the magazine were off
and also the verge block, we believe there would be no diffi¬
culty in replacing the rods and finally putting on the verge-
block. A number of changes have been made in Model
No. 5 relating to the keyrods. Formerly there was a lever
that could be raised, which in turn would lift the keyrods
off the verges. This does not appear on later Model 5’s, and
has been removed from a number of the earlier machines
of this model. When the machine is shipped by the Mer-
genthaler Company, the first-elevator cam roller is at its
highest position, the machine being about in ejecting posi¬
tion. This leaves the first elevator up and the second ele¬
vator down, possibly being less objectionable than two other
possible positions.
Recent Patents on Composing Machinery.
Clutch. — C. Muehleisen, Berlin, Germany, assignor to Mergenthaler Lino¬
type Company, New York. Filed January 23, 1911. Issued May 9, 1911.
No. 992,033.
Slug Indicator. — A. B. Chilton, Montgomery, Ala., assignor of one-half
to J. T. Andrew, Montgomery, Ala. Filed January 27, 1911. Issued May
9, 1911. No. 991.955.
Quadding-out Indicator for Linotypes. — R. W. Pittman, New York city,
assignor to R. E. Weldon, New York city. Filed June 7, 1911. Issued
May 16, 1911. No. 992,385.
Linograph,.- — Hans Peterson, Minneapolis, Minn. Filed June 5, 1909.
Issued May 23, 1911. No. 992,900.
OLD FIRM PLACES YOUNG MEN AT HEAD.
On July 1, J. H. Bruce and Andrew Marshall, of the
Marshall & Bruce Company, Nashville, Tennessee, retired
from the active management of the big southern printing-
house bearing their names, which they established almost
half a century ago. Both of these gentlemen are getting
along in years, and they recently decided that younger and
more energetic men should be in active control of the busi¬
ness. Mr. Bruce has a nation-wide acquaintance among
printers, having been president of the United Typothetas
of America several years ago. The new managers are
Marshall Hotchkiss and Bruce Shepherd, nephews of the
partners. Glenn Henderson will be acting secretary of the
company. All three gentlemen have been with the firm a
number of years and are well qualified to carry on the
business on the high plane on which it has been conducted
in the past.
When the Marshall-Bruce Company was established,
forty-seven years ago, the first week’s pay-roll amounted
to $3. To-day the pay-roll averages about $2,200, and
employment is given to 250 persons. The policy of Messrs.
Marshall and Bruce from the beginning has been to accord
such treatment to their men as to make them satisfied to
remain with the firm. In proof of this they still have their
first employee, John A. Bennie, who has been with them for
forty-five years. Many other members of the force have
been in the firm’s service for a long period of time, and
probably no more loyal and competent body of workers can
be found in any printing establishment in the country than
in that of the Marshall-Bruce Company. The plant is a
model one, being equipped with the most modern machin¬
ery to be had. More than sixty thousand square feet of
floor-space is occupied, and large contracts are handled
with comparative ease.
The senior members will retain their financial interest
in the company, as well as their titles, but the active man¬
agement will devolve upon Messrs. Hotchkiss and Shep¬
herd, who already are well known to members of the trade
throughout the South.
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The assistance of pressmen is desired in the solution of the
problems of the pressroom in an endeavor to reduce the various
processes to an exact science.
Advancement of a New Zealand Pressman.
(898.) Mr. J. V. Price, of Christchurch, New Zealand,
has accepted a position as pressroom foreman in Osbold-
stone Company’s plant in Melbourne, Australia. Mr. Price
is known to the readers of The Inland Printer through
his expert knowledge of illustration and color presswork as
displayed in the pages of the Weekly Press. The change
of position gives him a broader field in which to apply his
undoubted talents.
Do Not Use Too Much Tympan.
(897.) Overpacking of cylinders and using too much
tympan on platen presses are faults that beginners are
prone to indulge in. Get near the hard packing and you
will have sharper, cleaner prints, with less wear on type
and cuts. With the cylinder have a firm contact between
cylinder and bed-bearers. In platens use one thin press-
board or a metal sheet and as little tympan as the work
will permit. These are fundamental facts.
Mechanical Relief Printing.
Numerous requests for information regarding what is
termed mechanical relief printing impels us to give a
description of an operation of producing work of this kind.
The relief is produced in printed matter by applying to a
freshly printed sheet a finely divided resinous powder
which adheres to the ink. The surplus is removed by tap¬
ping the edge of the sheet; then the sheet is held over a
source of heat which immediately converts the powder into
a liquid that unites with the ink and which hardens on
cooling. The result is pleasing and is a good imitation of
steel-die work. Where black ink is used, the relief appears
black and glossy; with colored inks the relief surface
assumes the tone of the ink, for it is more or less trans¬
parent.
Removing Paper-dust from Presses.
(899.) “ What plan do you advise to remove paper-
dust from presses and folding machines? We have an air-
compressor connected with our plant and can readily con¬
nect a hose and use air pressure and blow the loose par¬
ticles of paper and dust from the machines, but we believe
there are other ways to accomplish the same result.”
Answer. — The use of compressed air to dislodge dust
and fine particles of paper from printing and binding
machinery is not an up-to-date method and should have
passed out of use with the old-time printer’s bellows. The
sanitary and altogether reasonable way to remove dust is
by the vacuum process. A portable machine with its flexible
hose and special head that can be placed in the most delicate
machinery without disturbing adjustments or disarranging
fragile parts is a problem that has worked out satisfac¬
torily. The old plan of blowing the dust olf of the machine,
besides being unsanitary, was objectionable in that much of
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the dust was forced into interstices and places from which
it could not be removed except by taking apart and clean¬
ing by hand. Our experts in sanitary dust-removing have
made it possible for printers to eliminate dust from their
cases and cabinets, presses and folders, and even have dust¬
less bronzing, by the extraordinary perfection of their
apparatus. Naturally all these improvements should tend
toward better health and longevity among our craftsmen.
Water-marking Paper On a Platen Press.
(893.) “ How may a printer apply a water-mark to
his commercial paper? I have seen paper with special
water-marks, and judge it was treated after it was made so
as to show these marks? ”
Answer. — The water-marking of paper is a feature of
its manufacture, and if regularly marked, it is done during
its making. The printer with a suitable design, zinc
etched and mounted on metal, probably could crush the
fibers of certain grades of stock while in a moist state,
so that they will not recover or assume their former state
when the stock is dry. This smashing of the stock will
require extreme pressure and will tend to cut the stock
unless the edges of the etching are rounded off. The
impression must be taken on an unyielding surface, such
as a metal plate. We will make known any other plan that
any of our readers may wish to communicate on this sub¬
ject.
Half-tones On Flat Writing-paper.
(892.) We have received two specimens of half-tone
cuts printed on enamel stock and a letter-head having half¬
tone cuts printed on half-tone writing stock and on a sheet
of dull-finished coated stock of the same weight. The half¬
tones printed on the enamel stock showing interior views
are all a pressman could desire. Those on the writing stock
show clogged middle tones and specked solids and high
lights and are altogether unsatisfactory. The printer asks
the reason for the difference. His letter reads: “ I enclose
a few samples of work from my shop and would like your
criticism and advice. The half-tones are far from satisfac¬
tory. One proof is on a dull half-tone stock, the other on
a half-tone writing. As this is to be used for a letter-head,
how can I get better results on the writing? Why are the
interior views so much better than the letter-head half¬
tones? Is it the stock, the half-tones, the ink, the make-
ready or a combination of all these? ”
Answer. — The reason that the enamel stock gives the
most pleasing results is due to the clearness of the print.
The cuts having more clearly defined gradations in tone
are evidently more deeply etched. The impression is much
lighter and the amount of ink carried is considerably less;
as a consequence, the middle tones are cleanly printed. In
the case of the cuts printed on the writing stock, a heavy
ink is required and fairly heavy impression to fix it on the
stock, which has a comparatively poor surface to receive it.
This ink is tacky by nature and tends to withdraw fibers
from the surface of the stock, which leaves the resultant
print somewhat specked. The necessity of using a greater
quantity of ink causes the middle tones to fill up quickly.
The question arises: Can half-tone cuts be printed on flat
writing stock satisfactorily? We will say, “ Yes,” pro¬
viding conditions are favorable. The necessary conditions
will include a proper subject, with a half-tone of about
65-line screen; a good firm stock, smooth, hard bond paper
will do; the best ink for this purpose should be stiff in
body and not too tacky; the rollers should be firm and
carry a smooth surface to impart the ink properly; the
tympan should be limited to a few hard, thin sheets, or at
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least there should be but a few sheets between the press-
board or metal sheet and the type. The work should be
printed slowly and the cuts washed frequently. Under
such conditions we can see no reason for unsatisfactory
work. Another question arises: How does it happen that
an unsuitable paper is selected to print from half-tones,
the pictorial value being an uncertain factor? This condi¬
tion, we believe, is the fault of the printer, because he does
not advise a customer ag'ainst such a choice. The printer
knows the limitations that are placed on half-tone work,
and should point out the favorable and adverse conditions,
and not undertake work, waste time and material and pro¬
duce unacceptable printing.
Excellent Specimens of Half-tone Work.
(894.) The following letter accompanied a sixteen-
page sheet of half-tone cuts: “Can the enclosed sheet be
improved in any way? This is my first year on cylinders,
my previous experience being on job presses. Would this
sheet be considered a good specimen of cylinder press-
work? ”
Answer. — The work shows unusual skill and can be
considered as a good example of presswork. The make-
ready, the amount of color and the quality thereof, the
clean working of the cuts, all attest the care and discrim¬
ination of the pressman. Evidently the experience of a
platen pressman has not been lost, for we know of many
skilled cylinder pressmen who have, like our correspondent,
received their first experience on platen presses.
Drying Oils.
(895.) Of the fifty or more drying oils in commercial
use the printer uses comparatively few. Possibly rosin-oil
and linseed-oil are most extensively employed. The con¬
version of linseed-oil into varnish as a vehicle for pigments
and the adulteration thereof by rosin-oil for the cheaper
grades of ink probably furnish the greater bulk. While
rosin-oil ordinarily is not considered a true drying oil, it is
used extensively in combination with linseed-oil. This
so-called oil is comparatively cheap, and is prepared from
the resin of the pine. It is readily detected by its char¬
acteristic smell. In the preparation of linseed-oil the seeds
of the flax-plant are crushed between chilled iron rolls in
order to break the shell and prevent the formation of lumps
so that under pressure the crushed seed will readily give
up its oil. The ground seeds are heated and molded into
cakes to facilitate the operation of pressing out the oil.
The cakes are placed in a powerful press, each cake between
two plates of iron, and then subjected to immense pressure.
The oil escaping for the first period of pressure is taken,
and then the mass is given an increase of pressure, this oil
being of a darker color. The cakes are sold for cattle¬
feeding purposes. The first lot of oil is of a higher grade
than that secured from the second pressure. There are,
however, other methods of extracting the oil from the seed,
such as by the use of naphtha. The oil after pressing con¬
tains impurities in suspension, and by tanking and heating
with steam coils the albumen and other impurities settle,
giving a fairly pure oil. This is known as raw linseed-oil.
For the printer’s use it is of little value in this form. In
order to make it dry, it is boiled or heated gradually up to
500° F. While boiling, atmospheric oxygen is added; the
oil is said to absorb up to five per cent of this gas. Various
methods are employed to cause the oil to absorb oxygen;
storing it in tanks, exposed to light and air, is one of the
means. The value of the oil is increased as the percentage
of oxygen rises, so that the various mechanical processes
employed are intended to hasten the action rather than to
depend upon the natural method that follows long storage.
The addition of oxids, such as litharge and manganese
dioxid, serve as catalysers. These substances carry oxygen,
which is absorbed by the oil. It is said that five pounds of
pure manganese dioxid will cause a ton of good linseed-oil
to absorb nearly five hundred pounds of oxygen. The
essential property that linseed-oil has as a base for var¬
nish for inks and printers’ use is due to the volume of oxy¬
gen it carries, as the drying of ink is induced by such
property.
Working Up of Furniture.
(896.) An inquirer submits an impression of a sixteen-
page form of page borders, printed on a high-grade enamel
stock, in a blue-gray tint. The make-ready and appear¬
ance of the work show skill. The query relates to work¬
ups, and is as follows: “ We will be greatly obliged if you
can suggest a cause for the working up of spaces, quads
and furniture in forms on cylinder presses. In the form
of which we enclose a sheet the crossbars would come up
in the center after every few hundred impressions, although
they would stay down on the ends. These pages are elec¬
tros, mounted on wood bases. How can this be prevented?”
Answer. — We can not say why these particular electros
caused the crossbars and furniture to work up, but believe
it must be due to a springy form or some defect in the
chase, or the make-up of the form. A chase that will not
lie true to a flat surface, such as an imposing-stone or bed
of a press, usually will be the cause of such trouble. The
difficulty is increased in proportion to the tightness of the
quoin lock-up of the pages, as this outward pressure often
augments the distortion of the chase. If a trouble of this
kind appears where a chase is known to be in good form,
the pressman usually tries out the mounts adjacent to the
center of the chase to determine their trueness to the bed,
for if a mount is found to tilt it may be the cause of the
disturbance. Should no defective or improperly underlayed
mount be discovered, the quoins, side lock-up of the chase,
as well as the clamps, are slackened, and then all furniture,
as well as the center bars, is brought to the bed and the
lock-up is again renewed. This operation being a last
resort is attended to with the greatest care, the clamps and
side lock-up being first brought to a bearing followed by a
careful lock-up and planing down. When the pages show
no springy action under stress of planer and mallet, and
the clamps are tight, it shows that the essential things are
correct. Such a form should, and no doubt would, run for
days without a work-up if there were no rollers to be pull¬
ing upward on the plates. If work-ups do occur, it suggests
the possibility of a pull from the rollers or the result of
sudden stops before the reverse motion is given the bed,
either or both of these conditions tending toward a rise of
furniture in forms. In the matter of pull from rollers, it
amounts to a trifle in forms of light printing surfaces,
except where the rollers are set too low. The slowing down
and stopping of the bed before reversal of motion may be
too abrupt, due to the improper setting of the air-cushion
or springs, and may be a disturbing element. However, as
such things are possible, they should be looked to in the
search for a cause of rising of furniture. It may be said
that the fault invariably is in the forms, rather than to
outside causes, so that an analysis by make-up and press¬
man should show it.
GETTING INTO BAD COMPANY.
Rev. J. A. Knowlton, of the Baptist church of Valpa¬
raiso, was in this vicinity Friday calling on the degen¬
erate members of his church. — Valparaiso (Ind.) Vidette.
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579
Queries redardin^ process engfraving, and suggestions and
experiences of engravers and printers are solicited for this de¬
partment. Our technical research laboratory is prepared to inves¬
tigate and report on matters submitted. For terms for this service
address The Inland Printer Company.
Masks for the Air-brush.
The best method of stopping-out originals, in part, so
that they may be protected from the air-brush spray is the
query found in Process Work, and here is one of the
answers: “ Each individual has his own particular method
of stopping-out for air-brush work, and there are such a
variety of methods that the artist must use the materials
according to the work in hand. For large spaces to be
stopped-out tracing-paper is the best, that of a greasy
nature being the most suitable, as it does not cockle in
places where the spray touches. The mineral paper sold
for use in negative retouching is very good, as it is thin
and very transparent. For the small places where a brush
must be used for stopping-out, a varnish of gum mastic is
the proper thing to use. Take an ounce of gum mastic and
dissolve in two ounces of ninety-five per cent alcohol.
Stand in a warm place, and when the mastic is dissolved
the solution can be thinned down to the right consistency.
To remove the gum mastic from the work, soak a pad of
cotton wool or fine linen in alcohol and carefully dab off the
varnish. If the alcohol is pure it will not leave any stain
or marking on the paper.”
Rotary-photogravure Process.
At the recent exhibition of the Royal Photographic
Society held in London the principal process exhibits to
attract attention were those of rotary photogravure. The
L. C. C. School of Photoengraving had several frames of
newspaper illustration produced by this method, which
means that the pupils of this school are going to help bring
this method of printing illustrations into the newspapers,
where it belongs. Our own Yandyck Gravure Company, of
New York, had an exhibit of rotary photogravure printed
in four colors, the first exhibit of which it will be remem¬
bered was in The Inland Printer for December, 1908.
The Rembrandt Intaglio Company, of Lancaster, had but
one exhibit of rotary gravure in colors. The Norwich
Shading Film, of Norwich, Connecticut, had a fine exhibit
of the various uses to which this too little known film can
be put. The several examples of three-color work printed
on the offset press attracted much attention. The Anglo
Engraving Company is another British firm that had some
fine examples of its rotary photogravure work. All of
which shows the progress of this most beautiful of the
photomechanical processes since attention was first called
to it in these pages a few years ago.
Dangers in Nitric-acid Fumes.
The Zeitscrift fur Reproductionstechik has a most
valuable article on the dangers attending the use of nitric
acid. The conclusion of the article, translated by the
British Journal of Photography, is as follows : “ The nitric
acid contained should be touched only by adults, never by
apprentices. It ought to be kept in a place that is level
with the ground, having an acid-proof floor, and the carboy
should be provided with a mechanical arrangement for
emptying, and should not be emptied by hand. If acid is
spilled it should not be soaked up with ashes or sawdust,
but it should be diluted by pouring over plenty of water,
strewn with clean sand, and neutralized with chalk, ammo¬
nia or lye. A room in which a large amount of acid is
spilled should be left at once by the workmen, and not
reentered until a complete clearance of the fumes is effected.
In case of poisoning, a doctor should be called at once.
Those suffering from heart or lung disease should avoid
the use of nitric acid. Symptoms of acid poisoning are:
Sickness, want of breath and oppression, pain in the heart
and chest. It may be an hour after breathing the fumes
that these symptoms declare themselves, and even if death
does not occur immediately, danger may not be over for
weeks after the accident.”
Ready-sensitized Photolithographic Paper.
“ Offset,” Seattle, wants to know if there is a ready-
sensitized photolithographic paper that will keep? He has
tried, he writes, sensitizing gelatin-coated paper with
bichromates, but the paper is unfit for use in three days
after trying all means to preserve it.
Answer. — There is a paper that will meet your require¬
ments called “Amphitype Paper,” the invention of Mr. H. L.
Shawcross, of England. The chemical used to make this
paper light-sensitive is not a bichromate but a ferric salt
of iron. It is very much like the blue-print paper that
architects use. If you take a piece of Amphitype paper
and, without exposure to light, plunge it into a bath of
ferrocyanid of potash, it will immediately turn blue. Take
another piece of this paper, expose to light and put it into
the ferrocyanid of potash solution and no visible change in
color takes place. Mr. Shawcross found that ferric salt
of iron acted on the gelatin exactly as the bichromates did,
with the difference that gelatin-coated paper sensitized with
iron would keep indefinitely, in a dry and dark place, while
gelatin-coated paper sensitized with bichromate will, as
you have found, be destroyed in a few days. This Amphi¬
type paper can be purchased in rolls.
Stripping Negative Films.
J. C. Conboy, San Francisco, writes telling the trouble
he is having in stripping collodion films. His methods are
all wrong and would take too much space to enumerate
here. By using the rubber solution too thick and having too
little castor-oil in the collodion, he brought on himself all
the trouble which followed. Here, in brief, is the simple
method by which films are stripped successfully. It has
been followed by the writer for a quarter century: To
begin with, the negative glass must be thoroughly cleaned
and flowed while wet with a solution of the white of one
egg in from 32 to 80 ounces of water, to which is added a
dram of ammonia. After the negative is made and thor¬
oughly dry and cool, it is flowed with a solution of pure
Para rubber 1 ounce in 16 ounces of benzol or benzin.
When the solvent has evaporated from this coating leaving
a thin film of pure rubber, then flow with the stripping col¬
lodion, composed of alcohol and ether, equal parts. To
each ounce of this mixture of alcohol and ether add from
7 to 10 grains of guncotton, soluble cotton, pyroxylin, or
whatever name it goes by. One-quarter ounce of castor-oil
will be sufficient for 10 ounces of this collodion. Both the
solution for the substratum of rubber and the stripping col¬
lodion should be carefully filtered and used in a place free
from dust. The rubber film should be dried in the air, but
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the stripping film can be dried quickly by setting fire to it,
allowing the ether and alcohol to burn away. Cut around
the image on the negative with a sharp-pointed knife and
place the negative in a dish of acetic acid and water, about
1 ounce of acid to 5 ounces of water. Soak the negative
film for about three minutes in a tray of clean water, and
it will be ready to strip off easily. This is all there is to
stripping negative films.
Offset Press Transfers.
“Lithographers,” Montreal, write: “We desire advice
in this offset press affair. Where is there a book on offset
transfer? Our lithographer does good work on stone, but
does not make good transfer to grain plates. What is the
difference? ”
Answer. — There is so much difference between a litho
stone and a grained zinc plate, that a lithographer must
understand thoroughly the peculiarities of the zinc plate
before he will make a success of transferring for the offset
press. A lithographic stone holds grease and water because
it is absorbent. A zinc plate can no more absorb grease
and water than can a bald head. A head covered with hair
will hold moisture, and so will a zinc plate covered by the
minute scratches made by the graining machine. Now these
minute scratches in the zinc plate should be like those made
by a dry-point etcher on metal with the “ burr ” left on.
This “ burr ” is what holds the moisture and makes the
zinc plate a substitute for stone. But the graining must be
done just right. If the sand in the graining-box is not ju'st
right or the graining is carried on too long, this “ burr ”
will be removed and the scratches will not hold moisture so
well. To maintain this “ burr ” only soft packing should
be used in transferring so that the grain will not be
injured. For the same reason dirt can not be scraped from
a zinc plate as it is from a stone, for that would remove
the grain. Let your lithographer get these principles of the
difference between stone and a grained zinc plate fixed in
his mind and he will do better work. There is no book
worth while on offset transferring.
Prosperity for Processwork.
The first half of this year 1911 has been the most suc¬
cessful that American processworkers have known. The
quantity of work done has been far greater than ever before
in the same period, and the tendency to lower prices has
generally been stopped. In fact, the more successful engra¬
ving houses have raised their prices. And why not? The
standard of quality is higher and the requirements are
greater. Customers are more exacting; demand greater
gradations of tone, more careful vignetting and finishing,
while skilled workmen are at a premium. The mechanical
qualities of the engraved plate have immensely improved.
Crisper, sharper and deeper plates are demanded. Adver¬
tisements for the great weeklies and magazines, which were
formerly etched on zinc, are now ordered by the customer
on copper, regardless of the cost. An indication of the
good business we have been having is had in the fact that
there have been no labor troubles. The bosses have been
making money and the men are well paid, so there have
been no complaints on either side worth mentioning. Not¬
withstanding the rush of work but few new firms have
started in business, and this is partly accounted for by the
increased expenditure an up-to-date plant entails. The
knowledge of costs which has become widespread among the
workmen has deterred many of them from venturing into
business for themselves. The future promises even better
business. The lowering, or abolishment, of the tariff on
wood-pulp and the material that goes into the manufacture
of paper will increase the number of publications and with
them a demand for more cuts to illustrate the reading-
matter and for the advertisements. The moral which the
photoengraver can draw from all this is, that “ the right¬
eous do eventually triumph and virtue is its own reward.”
Brief Answers to a Few Queries.
Cartledge Campbell, Houston, Texas: We do not know
of any books treating on steel and copperplate engraving.
W. Y. Edwards, Los Angeles, California: The information
you ask for regarding the transfer of pictures, etc.,
to metal plates so that they may be printed again is called
photoengraving, and you can learn about it from Amstutz’
“ Hand-book of Photoengraving,” published by The Inland
Printer Company. J. C. Cosgrove, Boston, Massachusetts,
will find all that has been worth printing about rotary
photogravure in The Inland Printer from December,
1908, page 384, until the present number. “Art Manager,”
Philadelphia: Yes, there is a wavy-line screen in .the
market; a beautiful example of half-tone work by it you
will find in this department of The Inland Printer for
August, 1908, page 737. Jacques Lefevre, Montreal,
Canada: The book you need is “The Photography of
Colored Objects,” Dr. C. E. Kenneth-Mees, which can be
had from Tennant & Ward, 122 East Twenty-fifth street,
New York; “ Penrose’s Pictorial Annual,” from the last
named firm, gives the most information of the latest proc¬
esses. Dr. Mees’ book, by the way, can also be had in
French. “Photographer,” Brooklyn, New York: Write
to D. Fraser, Photoengravers’ Union No. 1, 116 Nassau
street, New York, for information about becoming a union
man.
The International Association of Photoengravers’
Program.
The employing photoengraver who unfortunately missed
the convention held at the Hotel Sinton, Cincinnati, may
realize from the following features of the program what a
business meeting it was: Monday morning, June 26, after
the meeting was called to order by the president, the roll
call and reports of the officers were heard and then greet¬
ings from the British Photoengravers’ Association were
read by Howard Spencer Levy, of Philadelphia. That
afternoon Messrs. Frank B. Bush, of the Bush-Kreb’s Com¬
pany, Louisville, Kentucky; J. C. Buckbee, of the Bureau
of Engraving, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and S. E. Blanchard,
of the Suffolk Engraving Company, told their experiences
with the Denham cost system; after which Mr. Robert S.
Denham, of Cleveland, explained with the aid of stereopti-
con ” The Advantage and Possibility of Knowing the Cost
of Each Individual Order.” Mr. George H. Benedict, of
the Globe Engraving & Electrotyping Company, of Chicago,
explained the block-measurement system of charging. On
Tuesday, Fred E. Ives told the early history of the half¬
tone process and the evolution of the half-tone screen ; also
described his most recent inventions in color photography.
J. E. Ruggins, of Chicago, went into the “ Science of Sales¬
manship and Business Building ” under the separate heads
of “ The Salesman, The Goods, The Buyer, The Sale.”
“ Photographic Optics,” by E. A. Taylor, of the Bausch &
Lomb Optical Company, was another practical talk. The
Entertainment Committee of the Cincinnati Photoengra¬
vers’ Club planned the enjoyment of the visitors for the
three days they were in Cincinnati. The ladies were taken
in autos to the parks, Zoo and the famous Rookwood Pot¬
tery Art Museum. An evening at the opera and a “ steak
fry ” also lent gaiety to a most profitable and enjoyable
meeting.
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581
This department is designed to furnish information, when avail¬
able, to inquirers on subjects not properly coming within the scope
of the various technical departments of this magazine. The publi¬
cation of these queries will undoubtedly lead to a closer under¬
standing of conditions in the trade.
All requests for information demanding a personal reply by mail
should be accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Directory of Printers.
(887.) “ Can you inform me as to where I can secure
a directory of names of the printing-offices in this coun¬
try? ”
Answer. — The Typo Mercantile Agency, 160 Broad¬
way, New York.
Felt Pennants.
(882.) “ Would like to have the address of a firm
making felt pennants for advertising purposes, Chicago or
vicinity preferred.”
Answer. — Felt pennants of all kinds are made by J. L.
Lynch & Co., 108 Washington street, Chicago.
Shooting-pictures.
(867.) “ Can you tell me where I can obtain the port¬
folio of A. B. Frost’s shooting-pictures, mentioned on page
97 of the April Inland Printer, and also cost of same?”
Answer. — This information may be had hy writing
Scribner’s Magazine, 153 Fifth avenue, New York city.
Carbonized Paper.
(868.) “ I would like to know where I could procure
carbonized paper like the sample enclosed — one end of the
sheet white and the other one blue or black. I want it for
printing and making counter-books.”
Answer. — The carbonized paper enclosed in your letter
is manufactured by the General Manifolding & Printing
Company, Franklin, Pennsylvania, and the process of
manufacture is patented.
Powdered Marshmallow Seed.
(881.) “ Can you tell me where to procure powdered
marshmallow seed, which I want to use to harden plaster
of paris for counter-dye on embossing. I saw reference to
it in The Inland Printer, but have been told there is noth¬
ing like it on the market.”
Answer. — Powdered marshmallow seed is sold by Fuller
& Fuller, wholesale druggists, 220 Randolph street, Chicago.
It costs 40 cents a pound. Large retail drug houses in your
city may carry this powder.
Books on Bookbinding.
(866.) “ Will you kindly inform us if there is extant
a work on booking, or, more explicitly speaking, bookbind¬
ing, commencing with the simplest forms and going up to
the most difficult and artistic layouts — a work as devoid
of technicalities as possible, so that any one not a profes¬
sional may readily understand the theory and practice? ”
Answer. — Our catalogue of books contains the follow¬
ing list of works on bookbinding, which will be found
informing and explicit enough for any one to master the
theory and principle of binding: “ The Art of Bookbind¬
ing,” by J. W. Zahnsdorf; “Bookbinding,” by Paul N.
Hasluck; “ Bookbinding and the Care of Books,” by Doug¬
las Cockerell; “ Bookbinding for Amateurs,” by W. J. E.
Crane; “ Manual of the Art of Bookbinding.” by J. B.
Nicholson. These books are for sale by The Inland Printer
Company.
Labels in Three Colors.
(888.) “ Can you give us the address of a printing
company which can furnish labels printed in two or three
colors, in the roll? ”
As a number of similar inquiries have been made
recently, and as The Inland Printer does not desire to
direct work to only the few offices it has knowledge of as
producing this class of work, manufacturers of presses
made specially for label printing from rolls, in colors, are
asked to forward us list of offices using their presses. —
Editor.
Rubber Press-blankets.
(883.) “ Will you please supply us the name of a
manufacturer of rubber blankets for cylinder presses? ”
Answer. — As rubber and felt blankets are sometimes
used together on a cylinder, the names of manufacturers of
both rubber and felt blankets are given as follows : Rubber
blankets: Gutta Percha & Rubber Manufacturing Com¬
pany, 126 Duane street, New York; Gustave Kush, 60
Beekman street, New York. Felt blankets: Tinque, Brown
& Co., 64 Reade street, New York; New England Fiber
Blanket Company, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Trouble with Stereotype Paste.
(866.) “ Can you give me some information as to
making stereotype paste? I have a recipe, but there is
something wrong with the paste I make from it. The tissue
will not stick. It does not blister, but will not stick as it
should. My recipe calls for 2 cups of flour, 1% cups
whiting, 1 cup starch, 2 cups Le Page’s glue and 8 cups
water; cook with dry steam. Kindly tell me what is
wrong.”
Answer. — We believe your recipe will answer the pur¬
pose if you prepare it correctly. You should mix it as fol¬
lows: Mix the flour and starch together thoroughly, then
add cold water and mix that thoroughly by hand so there
will be no lumps. Then cook the glue over a slow fire until
it gets fairly thick. Allow it to cool, then add the glue and
mix by hand thoroughly; then add the whiting and mix
again. Strain through a piece of cheesecloth or a fine
sieve. If the foregoing will not answer, we can furnish
you several additional recipes.
Etching Advertising Matter on Steel.
(880.) “We are interested in a process for etching
advertising matter on steel, and have been referred to you
by the Advertising World, of Columbus, Ohio. We are
putting on the market a patented pot-scraper (of which we
enclose sample), and would like to know where we can
secure information relative to the process of etching adver¬
tising matter on this article.”
Answer. — We find that it is a rather simple matter to
etch steel, if but a few are to be marked, but if the work is
to be done in quantities so as to make it a commercial
proposition it is quite likely the etching must be done in the
sheet before cutting. This may be done photographically
by coating the plate with a suitable acid resist and exposing
it under a negative, the soluble parts are washed out and
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THE INLAND PRINTER
the etching is done with sulphuric acid. For you to engage
in this work would involve the expense of a plant carrying
printing-frames, etching tubs, exhaust fans, etc., also a
small working force. If you are to go into details and wish
particulars we can furnish them. If you desire to give out
the work, there is a firm in Chicago that will give you
figures on etching, if you submit sample and particulars.
This firm is C. H. Hanson, 44 Clark street.
Name of the Designer Wanted.
(891.) “ One of our customers sends us the proof of
drawing, copy of which we are sending you, and asks us
if this is not a copy of a drawing or of an American idea.
WHO ORIGINATED THIS DESIGN?
Could you let us know the name of the originator of this
design and where to get a copy of the original idea? There
has been a lot of that stealing lately, and some printers
here would like to stop that practice.” Who originated
this design?
Copyright Protection.
(884.) “ I wish to ask you a couple of questions about
copyrights which I do not thoroughly understand. Has
any printer a perfect right to print a motto originated by
another man if he gives the originator the credit of
writing it? I have seen this done in two or three different
places, and I was doubtful. Can any one take a certain
passage in a book or magazine which was written and
copyrighted by another person? I have good reasons for
asking these questions, of which you will be informed
after making answer.”
Answer. — No printer, or any other person, has a right
without permission to print a motto originated and copy¬
righted by another person. Giving credit has no bearing
on the question at all. Quotations from copyrighted books
or magazines are protected in a similar way. Circum¬
stances, however, sometimes seem to qualify the author’s
rights; for instance, publishers of books send extracts
from books which they are issuing, or about to issue, to
editors or newspapers, requesting them to be published.
This is a form of advertising which is quite valuable to
both author and publisher; but it is not intended that
these quotations should be prepared in separate form for
sale. They are merely forwarded as review notices. Much
depends on how the matter is used in determining what is
an infringement of copyright. Anything that limits the sale
of, or impairs the author’s or publisher’s revenue from, a
copyrighted work, would be looked upon as infringement,
and damages could be recovered. To quote a copyrighted
poem or motto entire without permission would be an
infringement. It might be said, however, that publishers
are not insistent on their rights under the copyright law
where an infringement works no injustice, in effect; for
the infringement may serve to advertise in a new field the
publication or publisher holding the copyright. That is,
a daily-newspaper copyrighted article could be used in a
trade or class publication with benefit to the newspaper,
and vice versa, giving of course full credit. But it is bet¬
ter in all cases, as well as safer, to extend the courtesy of
formally asking and securing permission before repro¬
ducing copyrighted matter.
Chopping Waste-paper to Destroy Records.
(890.) “ Kindly advise us if you know of any machine
made for the purpose of chopping up waste-paper. We
have a customer who has a considerable quantity of waste-
paper on which there are records that he wishes to destroy
before baling the paper. If you can give us any informa¬
tion regarding this, we will appreciate it.”
Answer. — If your customer will communicate with
some dealer in paper-stock and give a description of the
material on hand, they will suggest to him a way of pre¬
paring the material and at the same time destroying the
identity of the paper as records, and it will probably be
worth more to him than selling after baling. However,
in the absence of any details regarding the nature of the
stock and the condition thereof, we would say that an
ordinary paper-cutting machine in the hands of a paper-
cutter, could put the finishing touches on records by
trimming in small cuts of a quarter or half inch, as the
case demands. If such a course is not possible, it may be
that either of the following papermaking machinery houses
have or know of a suitable device for the work: Black-
Clawson Company, Hamilton, Ohio; Norwood Engineering
Company, Florence, Massachusetts.
THE BREECHES ON THE WRONG MAN.
Bret Harte was so frequently complimented on being
the author of “ Little Breeches ” that he was almost as
sorry it was ever written as was Secretary John Hay, who
preferred his fame to rest on more ambitious work. A
gushing lady, who prided herself upon her literary tastes,
said to him once:
“ Mr. Harte, I am so delighted to meet you. I have read
everything you ever wrote, but of all your dialect verse
there is none that compares to your ‘ Little Breeches.’ ”
“I quite agree with you, madame,” said Mr. Harte;
“ but you have put the little breeches on the wrong man.”
— Jo Anderson, of Sacramento.
UNAPPRECIATED.
The attorneys for the prosecution and defense had been
allowed fifteen minutes each to argue the case. The attor¬
ney for the defense had commenced his argument with an
allusion to the old swimming-hole of his boyhood days.
He told in flowery oratory of the balmy air, the singing
birds, the joy of youth, the delights of the cool water -
And in the midst of it he was interrupted by the drawl¬
ing voice of the judge.
“ Come out, Chauncey,” he said, “ and put on your
clothes. Your fifteen minutes are up.” — Estelline Bennett.
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Editors and publishers of newspapers desiring criticism or
notice of new features in their papers, rate-cards, procuring
of subscriptions and advertisements, carrier systems, etc., are
requested to send all letters, papers, etc., bearing on these
subjects, to O. F. Byxbee, 4727 Malden street, Chicago. If
criticism is desired, a specific request must be made by letter
or postal card.
Result of Ad. -setting Contest No. 31.
Interest in The Inland Printer’s ad.-setting contests
is on the increase. Contest No. 31 had fifty-nine entries of
the newspaper ad. and twenty-five of the magazine ad.
These entries came from all over the United States, sev¬
eral from Canada, and even from Scotland and far-away
Hawaii. The names and addresses of the compositors and
the numbers of the specimens they submitted are as fol¬
lows:
Specimen Nos.
12,
35,
1
2
3
4
5
G
7
8,
9
10
11
13,
14
15,
16
17
18,
19
20
21
22,
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
36,
37
38
39
40
41
42
43,
44
45
46
47
48
50
51
52,
53
54
55
56,
57
58,
59
60
61
62
63
NEWSPAPER AD.
R. M. Bruce, Bamberg, S. C.
M. Earle Adams, Los Altos, Cal.
A. E. Kruger, Hettinger, N. I).
Otto A. Olson, Fergus Falls, Minn.
Warren R. Lightfoot, Canton, Ohio.
James Groark, Canton, Ohio.
Bruce Watson, Kansas City, Mo.
J. P. Gomes, Honolulu, Hawaii.
H. Chambers, Crookston, Minn.
Ova Burris, Laramie, Wyo.
J. B. Miller, Meade, Kan.
Joseph M. Cassady, Spokane, Wash.
R. M. Coffelt, Junction City, Kan.
Albert F. Spychalla, Antigo, Wis.
0. R. Harpel, Ontario, Cal.
Sam A. Meyer, Harrisonville, Mo.
A. J. Hathaway, Ottumwa, Iowa.
Harold G. Halley, Nevada, Iowa.
Sidney Cress Wood, Ottumwa, Iowa.
John Costin, Laramie, Wyo.
Clarence V. Wilson, Milwaukee, Wis.
E. A. Frommader, Moline, 111.
F. A. Coates, Middlebury, Vt.
Augustine A. Reilly, Hoosick Falls, N. Y.
Fred Atkinson, Hamilton, Ont.
A. H. Kiefer, Springfield, Ohio.
J. W. Archibald, Salem, Ohio.
William J. McDonald, Barre, Vt.
Daily News Publishing Company, Lewistown, Mont.
Frank J. Wolf, Denver, Colo.
H. W. Hawley, Galesburg, Ill.
Leon W. Oberdier, Toledo, Ohio.
Morris Magil, Philadelphia, Pa.
Theodor Kahlan, Del Rio, Tex.
C. A. Snowberg, Fergus Falls, Minn.
Henry W. Wehner, Pittsburg, Pa.
C. A. Mann, Huron, S. D.
Benjamin B. Osborn, Arlington, N. J.
A. D. Cheatham, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Ed Kysela, Stockton, Kan.
H. Emmet Green, Anthony, Kan.
Edw. E. Bailey, Centre Hall, Pa.
Frank Haran, Fitchburg, Mass.
Mark Lear, Brighton, Ont., Can.
Thomas Wade, Cowansville, Que., Can.
A. L. Nuhn, Canton, Ohio.
R. Pollock, Dundee, Scotland.
John T. Cooper, Lee’s Summit, Mo.
J. L. Frazier, Lawrence, Kan.
B. Franklin, Corpus Christi, Tex.
NEWSPAPER AD.
Harvey L. Blomquist, Great Falls, Mont.
W. J. Miller, Jamestown, N. D.
Stephen R. Pugh, Brooklyn, N. Y.
W. N. Potts, Forest City, Iowa.
Emanuel Nyman, Foley, Minn.
Chester E. Martin, Opelika, Ala.
V. W. Grant, Atlanta, Ga.
Ellis Speer, Greensboro, N. C.
Frank A. Steuerwald, Pittsfield, Mass.
MAGAZINE AD.
John C. Kemmer, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Warren R. Lightfoot, Canton, Ohio.
James Groark, Canton, Ohio.
Bruce Watson, Kansas City, Mo.
J. P. Gomes, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Albert Spychalla, Antigo, Wis.
Irvin C. Whitman, Dexter, Me.
A. J. Hathaway, Ottumwa, Iowa.
E. A. Frommader, Moline, Ill.
Frank J. AVolf, Denver, Colo.
Leon W. Oberdier, Toledo, Ohio.
Albert G. Ernst, Buffalo, N. Y.
Augustine A. Reilly, Hoosick Falls, N. Y.
AV. J. Gilbert, New York city.
Thomas V. McGowan, Stockton, Kan.
Ed Kysela, Stockton, Kan.
Thomas AVade, Cowansville, Que., Can.
A. L. Nuhn, Canton, Ohio.
Harvey L. Blomquist, Great Falls, Mont.
Stephen R. Pugh, Brooklyn, N. Y.
AV. N. Potts, Forest City, Iowa.
Ernest Hunter, Kearny, N. J.
Emanuel Nyman, Foley, Minn.
Frank A. Steuerwald, Pittsfield, Mass.
Albert G. Ernst, Buffalo, N. Y.
Three sets of the specimens entered were sent to
S. Roland Hall, Principal School of Advertising', Interna¬
tional Correspondence Schools, Scranton, Pennsylvania,
who furnished the copy for the contest and had consented
to act as a judge. None of the ads. bore the name or
address of the compositor. Mr. Hall was asked to select
two other judges to act with him, and his letter, giving their
selections of the best ads., follows :
Scranton, Pennsylvania, May 24, 1911.
Dear Mr. Byxbee, — Three of the staff of the School of Advertising —
all of practical advertising experience, as well as of considerable teaching
experience — have gone over these specimens.
AVe came to our decisions without consulting one another, and I give
you below the results of our study of the settings :
INVESTMENT ADVERTISEMENT.
My choice: First place, No. 31; second place, No. 68; third place,
No. 63 ; fourth place, No. 5 ; fifth place, No. 8.
Mr. Ellison, assistant principal of the school, places them as follows:
First place, No. 31 ; second place, No. 46 ; third place, No. 5, fourth
place, No. 63 ; fifth place, No. 51.
Mr. AViliamson, the printer-member of my staff, places them as follows:
First place, No. 5 ; second place, No. 63 ; third place, No. 68 ; fourth
place, No. 54 ; fifth place, No. 31.
BOOK ADVERTISEMENT.
My choice: First place, No. 121; second place, No. 106; third place,
No. 101 ; fourth place, No. 110 ; fifth place, No. 49.
Mr. Ellison’s choice: First place, No. 121; second place, No. 101;
third place, No. 120 ; fourth place, No. 49 ; fifth place, No. 114.
Mr. AVilliamson’s choice: First place, No. 121; second place, No. 115;
third place, No. 101 ; fourth place. No. 49 ; fifth place, No. 120.
To add to the variety of the decisions, we showed the specimens to
members of our printing department who seemed interested in the contest,
and you may wish to know that all thought No. 121 should have first
place among the book advertisements, while opinions seemed divided between
Nos. 5 and 31 on the investment advertisement.
Thinking they may be of interest, I send you Mr. AVilliamson’s notes on
the specimens.
I realized, as we compared notes on our judgments, the truth of what
you wrote me some time ago — that it is difficult to get even those who
give all their time to the practice of advertising to agree on all points of
advertisement display. And yet, after all, I think that perhaps the three
of us here are about as close together in our decisions as you could expect.
Specimen Nos.
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71, 72
73, 74
Specimen Nos.
49
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113, 114, 115
116, 117
118
119
120, 121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
Make Your
A good investment is one that is
perfectly safe and reliable, and
at the same time affords a reason¬
able profit.
American Wafer Works
Bonds
offer an investment possessing both
of these essential features. They
are unconditionally guaranteed by
the company issuing them and are
further secured by double their
value in real estate. Conservative
business men consider them es¬
pecially desirable. We are sell¬
ing these bonds at a price that
will yield 5 percent.
Our Book “Wafer Works Bonds” contains much
information of value to (he investor. Ask for il.
The Scranton Trust Company
516 Spruce Street
No. 31. — First place.
Make Your Money
Earn 5 Pet.
A good investment is one that is
perfectly safe and reliable and at the
same time affords a reasonable profit.
American Water-Works Bonds
Make Your Money Earn 5 ^
A -good investment is one that is perfectly safe and
reliable and at the same time affords a reasonable profit.
American Water Works Bonds
offer an investment possessing both of these essential features. They are uncon¬
ditionally guaranteed by the company issuing them and are further secured by
double their value in real estate. Conservative business men consider them espe¬
cially desirable. <][ We are selling these bonds at a price that will yield 5 percent.
Our book “Water Works Bonds,” contains much information of value to the investor Ask for it.
THE SCRANTON TRUST COMPANY
516 Spruce street
No. 5. — Second place.
Make Your
Money Earn
5%
A good investment is one that is
perfectly safe and reliable and at
the same time affords a reasonable
profit.
American Water-Works
Bonds
offer an investment possessing both
of these essential features. They
are unconditionally guaranteed by
the company issuing them and are
further secured by double their
value in real estate. Conservative
business men consider them espec¬
ially desirable. :: We are selling
these bonds at a price that will
yield 5 per cent.
Our book, "Water-Works Bonds,"
contains much information of
value to the investor. Ask for it.
The Scranton
Trust Company
316 Spruce Street
No. 63.
Make Your
Money
Earn O
A coon investment is one
that is perfectly safe and re¬
liable and at the same time
affords a reasonable profit.
AMERICAN
WATER-WORKS BONDS
offer an investment possess¬
ing both of the essential fea¬
tures. They are uncondition¬
al^’ guaranteed by the com¬
pany issuing them and are
further secured by double
their value in real estate.
Conservative business men
consider them especially de¬
sirable.
We are selling these bonds
at a price that will yield 5
per cent.
Our book, "Waier-Works Bonds"
contains much information of value
to the investors. Ask for it.
The Scranton Trust Company
516 Spruce Street
offer an investment possessing both of
these essential features. They are un¬
conditionally guaranteed by the com¬
pany issuing them and are futher se¬
cured by double their value in real
estate. Conservative business men
consider them especially desirable.
We are selling these bonds at a
price that will yield 5 PER CENT
Our book, “Water-Works Bonds," con¬
tains much information of value to the
investor. Ask for it.
The Scranton Trust Co.
S 516 Spruce Street j
No. 46.
Make
Your Money Earn
A good Investment Is one
that Is perfectly safe and re¬
liable and at the same time
affords a reasonable profit.
American Water-WorksBossds
offer an Investment possessing
both of these essential feat¬
ures. They are uncondition¬
ally guaranteed by the corn-1
pany Issuing them and are
further secured by double their
value In real estate. Conser¬
vative business men consider
them especially desirable.
We are selling these bonds
at a price that will yield 5
per cent.
Our book, "Water-Works
Bonds,” contains much Infor¬
mation of value to the Investor.
Ask for It.
The Scranton
Trust Company
616 Spruce street.
No. 8.
MAKE YOUR
MONEY EARN O
A good investment is one that is perfectly safe and reliable and at the
same time affords a reasonable profit. AMERICAN WATER-WORKS
BONDS offer an investment possessing both of these essential features.
They are unconditionally guaranteed by the company issuing them and
are further secured by double their value in real estate. Conservative
business men consider them especially desirable-
We are selling these bonds at a price that will yield 5 per cent.
Our book. "Water-Works Bonds,” contains much information of
value to the investor. Ask for it.
The Scranton Trust Co. 516 Spruce st.
No. 68.
Make Your
Money Earn 5
Per Cent
A good investment is one
that is perfectly safe and reli¬
able and at the same time af¬
fords a reasonable profit.
American Water-Works
Bonds
offer an investment possessing
both of these essential features.
They are unconditionally guar¬
anteed by the company issuing
them and are further secured
by double their value in real
estate. Conservative business
men consider them especially
desirable. We are selling
these bonds at a price that will
yield 5 per cent.
Our boot. ” Wattr-Worh Bonds.”
contains much information of value
to the investor. Ask for it.
The Scranton Trust Co.
516 Spruce Street
No. 54.
No. 51.
RESULT OF THE INLAND PRINTER’S AD. -SETTING CONTEST No. 31.
(NEWSPAPER.)
THE INLAND PRINTER
585
There is no gauging that thing known as individual preference. You will
observe that we were fairly well together when it came to saying which
advertisements should go in the group of “ the best five.”
Speaking for myself, I may say that I first went over all the specimens,
making two lots — those that I thought were good, and those that 1
thought were ineffective. Then I began a process of excluding, comparing
each advertisement critically with others and throwing it out if it appeared
to be inferior, considering everything. When I got down to the last half-
dozen it was difficult to say which should come first, which second, and
so on.
I had less difficulty with the book settings than with the others. No.
121, in my judgment, is a clear winner there. It may appear one-sided to
the artistic eye, and it makes use of the over-used arrow, but from a busi-
Your Money Earn 5% ” more readily when the grouping is as it is in the
single-column settings. There seems to me to be a little too much of
display coming together at the right end of the top display in No. 5. I
had difficulty in choosing between Nos. 8 and 6 for last place, and really
there seems to be about as much in favor of one as of the other.
There were a number of other well-set specimens in each lot, and not
a great many of what I would call very poor settings. It seems to me that
the contestants caught the right ideas, and have performed with a great
deal of credit.
I have gone into detail, believing that you will be interested in know¬
ing what we took into consideration in placing the advertisements. We
shall be interested in learning what other judges say of the specimens.
Sincerely, S. Roland Hall.
Fred Atkinson, Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada.
First place — Newspaper Ad.
A. L. Nuhn, Canton, Ohio. ^ aiiren R. Lightfoot, Canton, Ohio.
First place — Magazine Ad. Second place Newspaper Ad.
Second place — -Magazine Ad.
ness point of view — the only view, after all, from which to judge an
advertisement — I believe it to be superior and that it would prove to be
so if inserted. I think I favored No. 106 largely because of the strong
heading, a very important feature for a mail-order advertisement, of course.
No. 101, though a little funereal to the “ artistic eye,” strikes me as being
effective. Though I don’t care for the ruling-off, I put No. 110 third
because, again, of the effective way in which the heading stands out. I
confess, too, to considering the top display mainly in giving a place to
B. Franklin, Corpus Christi, Texas.
Third place — Newspaper Ad.
Emanuel Nyman, Foley, Minnesota.
Fourth place — Newspaper Ad.
Nos. 49 and 115. We can not neglect the fact that the top display, that
on which we depend to get the reader’s attention, is very important for
the mail-order advertisement particularly.
No. 31 strikes me as being admirable. The bottom display, it seems
to me, is the only feature open to criticism, though Mr. Williamson finds
fault with the broken-border arrangement. The heading here stands out
very clearly and effectively. The sub-display is well handled, and the body-
matter is treated in a way to make it very readable. I would like to see
the signature a little more harmonious with the other display type, but
that fault can be forgiven in view of the other strong features.
I, too, considered No. 5 for first place, but my final judgment was to
give Nos. 68 and 63 second and third places respectively. Both of these
settings would stand out very strongly in a newspaper. I prefered 68 to
63 because of the greater legibility in the main display. While I like the
double-column arangement, too, it appears to me that the eye grasps “ Make
Mr. Williamson’s notes, to which Mr. Hall refers, are
given below:
First Choice. — No. 5. Points of superiority : General typographic excel¬
lence, pleasing gradation of type sizes for body-matter and harmonious
displays, together with relative values of the different displays. As ad.
is set for two columns, it will attract attention more readily than a
single-column ad. of equal typographical excellence. Heading is not only easy
to read, but the arrangement of border allows extra prominence to the
“ 5% ” without waste of space. The distinctive corner effects are good,
and the arrows, although much criticized, afford a means for breaking the
border without an undesirable abrupt breaking of the heavy rule.
Second and Third Choice. — No. 63 is given prominence over 68, owing
to the arrangement of secondary display, which makes for general excel¬
lence. The arrangement of “ American Water Works Bonds ” is better in
No. 63 than in No. 68 ; and as this is a local ad. it is well to give the
firm name a reasonable amount of prominence, even though it is necessary
to set it on two lines. The whiting-out is also better in No. 63, although
the heading in No. 68 is easier to read. The arrangement of the last
paragraph, and also the indenting of the admonition, also places No. 63
ahead of No. 68.
I give fourth place to No. 54 as it is a double-column ad. and the
important points can be seen at a glance. As the words in the heading
are short, it should not be hard to read, even though all caps, are used.
The firm name and address are not given too much prominence when ad.
is surounded with other ads. in a newspaper, especially as it is about half
the weight of the display at the top of the ad.
Fifth Place. — While the general arrangement of No. 31 is good, and
the body type very easy to read, this ad. has one weakness that is not at
all pleasing. The broken border, or “ sore-thumb ” rule effect, is particu¬
larly undesirable where heavy borders are used, and gives an unfinished
appearance to an ad.
Magazine Ads., First Choice. — No. 121. An exceptionally strong setting.
Heading commands a reading and is connected with quotation at bottom
in so forceful a manner that a desire to read the entire ad. is at once
created. Balance, proportion and typographic harmony is very good, as
type is all of the Cheltenham family. As this is a mail-order ad., the
firm name need not be prominent.
Second Choice. — No. 115. General attractiveness, neatness and reada¬
bility.
Third Choice. — - No. 101. Strength of heading, general appearance and
careful execution of minor points.
Fourth Choice. — No. 49. Simplicity of execution, strength of heading
display, readability. The quotation set in italics would have been more
pleasing if set in Cheltenham Italic instead of Ronaldson Title Slope.
Fifth Choice. — No. 120. I give this ad. fifth place, as it is deserving
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proven plans and “horse sense. ”
Treats erf the choice of an occupation, of preparation, quali¬
fication, changes, the question of salary, hours, advance¬
ment, etc.; shows the kind of endorsements to get ; suggests
how the aid of prominent people may be enlisted ; instructs
how to advertise for a position ; teaches how to write letters
of application that command attention; tells how to inter¬
view; takes up the various ways of getting positions; and
deals with a dozen other topics important auke to applicant
and employee. Written by an expert correspond¬
ent who has been all along the line, who has
made a special study of the employment problem ; contains
the boiled-down experience of years — information worth
many dollars to ambitious people. Helps beginners to
get started; helps others to climb higher.
Seven thousand copies sold
of the first edition
The revised edition is a cloth-bound, 140-page book that
contains special chapters and model letters for many large
classes of applicants, such as those for positions of book¬
keeper, stenographer, salesman, clerk, teacher, manager,
reporter, printer, telegraph operator, technical man, ad¬
vertising man, etc. Single copy sent postpaid
for 56 cents. Money back if dissatisfied.
Blank Publishing Company
SCRANTON, PA.
“Worth its weight in gold , ** says
one purchaser. Another writes, “Your
model letters helped me to get
a place that pays $30 a week.**
A book chock full of helpful experiences,
proven plans and “horse sense. “
TREATS of the choice of an occupation, of prep¬
aration, qualification, changes, the question
of salary, hours, advancement, etc.; shows the
Mnd of endorsements to get: suggests how the
aid of prominent people may be enlisted: in¬
structs how to advertise for a position; teaches
how to write letters of application that com¬
mand attention; tells how to interview: takes up
the various ways of getting positions: and deals
with a dozen other topics important alike to
applicant and employee. Written by an expert
correspondent who has been all along the line,
who has made a special study of the employ¬
ment problem; contains the boiled-down ex¬
perience of years— information worth many
dollars to ambitious people. Helps beginners to
get started;helps others to climb higher. “ Worth
its weight in gold,” says one purchaser. Another
writes, ‘‘Tour model letters helped me to get a
place that pays $30 a week.”
Seven thousand copies sold of the
first edition
The revised edition is a cloth-bound 140-page
book that contains special chapters and model
letters for many large classes of applicants,
such as those for positions of book-keeper,
stenographer, salesman, clerk, teacher, mana¬
ger, reporter, printer, telegraph operator, tech¬
nical man, advertising man, etc. Single copy
sent postpaid for56cents. Money back if dissatisfied.
Blank Publishing Company
Scranton, Pa.
No. 121. — First place.
No. 101. — Second place.
How to Get a Position
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gel a place that pays 510 a week."
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ol the first edition
Blank Publishing Company
SCRANTON, PA.
How to Get a Position
and How to Keep It
A book chock full of helpful experi¬
ences. proven plans and “ horse sense ”
* Treats of the choice of an occupation, of prepara¬
tion. qualification, changes, the question of salary,
hours, advancement, etc.; shows the kind of endorse¬
ments to get; suggests how the aid of prominent peo¬
ple may be enlisted; instructs how to advertise for a
position; teaches how to write letters of application
that command attention; tells how to interview; takes
up the various ways of getting positions; and deals
with a dozen other topics important alike to applicant
and employee. Written by an expert correspondent
who has been all along the line, who has made a
special study of the employment problem; contains
the boiled-down experience of years — information
worth many dollars to ambitious people. Helps be¬
ginners to get started; helps others to climb higher.
* "Worth its weight in gold." says one purchaser.
Another writes. "Your model letters helped me to get
a place that pays S30 a week."
Seven Thou.and Copie. Sold of the Fir.t Edition
1 The revised edition is a cloth-bound. 140-page book
that contains special chapters and model letters for
many large classes of applicants, such as those for
positions of book-keeper, stenographer, salesman,
clerk, teacher, manager, reporter, printer, telegraph
operator, technical man. advertising man, etc.
Single copies sent postpaid for 56 cents
Money back if dissatisfied
BLANK PUBLISHING CO.. Scranton. Pa.
How to Get a Posilion
and How to Keep II
A book chock lull ol helpful experiences,
proven plans and "horse sense”
TREATS ol the choice ol an occupation, ol preparation, qualification:
* changes, ihe question ol salary, hours, advancement, etc.; shows
the kind ol endorsements lo gel: suggesls how the aid ol prominent
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leaches how lo write Idlers ol applicalion lhal command alien
tells how lo interview ; lakes up ihe various ways ol gelling posit
and deals wilh a dozen other topics imporlanl alike lo applicant and
employee. Wrillen by an expert correspondent who has been all
along ihe line, who has made a special study ol ihe employment
problem: contains the boiled-down experience ol years — inlormalion
worth many dollars lo ambitious people. Helps beginners lo gel
started: helps others lo climb higher. " Worth its weight in gold,
says one purchaser. Another writes. "Your model lellers helped me
lo get a place lhal pays S30 a week. ==^=^=^=
Seven thousand copies sold ol the first edition
THE revised edition is a cloth-bound. 140-page book lhal contains
* special chapters and model lellers lor many large classes ol
applicants, such as those lor. positions ol Bookkeeper. Stenographer.
Salesman. Clerk, Teacher. Manager. Reporter. Printer. Telegraph
Operator. Technics1 Man. Advertising Man, elc. —
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No. 120. No. 110. No. 114.
RESULT OF THE INLAND PRINTER’S AD. -SETTING CONTEST No. 31.
(MAGAZINE.)
THE INLAND PRINTER
587
of consideration owing to the excellent setting, careful handling, etc. Its
one weak point is a slight over-use of rules.
In order to determine which was the best ad., according
to the composite opinion of the three judges, the system of
points heretofore used so satisfactorily was applied. Each
of the judges selected five ads.; accordingly five points
were accorded each ad. selected for first place, four points
for each second choice, three for third, two for fourth, and
one for fifth. The table below shows the final standing of
the contestants on both ads. :
NEWSPAPER AD.
Points.
1
No. 31
Fred Atkinson, Hamilton, Ont., Can .
n
2
“ 5
Warren R. Lightfoot, Canton, Ohio .
10
3
“ 03
B. Franklin, Corpus Christi, Tex .
9
4
“ 68
Emanuel Nyman, Foley, Minn .
7
5
“ 46
C. A. Mann, Huron, S. D .
4
6
“ 54
Frank Haran, Fitchburg, Mass .
2
7
“ 8
J. P. Gomes, Honolulu, Haiwaii .
1
8
“ 51
H. Emmet Green, Anthony, Kan .
1
MAGAZINE AD.
Points.
1
No. 121
A. L. Nuhn, Canton, Ohio .
15
2
“ 101
Warren R. Lightfoot, Canton, Ohio .
10
3
“ 49
John C. Kemmer, Brooklyn, N. Y .
5
4
“ 106
Irvin C. Whitman, Dexter, Me .
4
5
“ 115
IV. J. Gilbert, New York city .
4
6
“ 120
A. L. Nuhn, Canton, Ohio .
4
7
“ 110
Leon W. Oberdier, Toledo, Ohio .
2
8
“ 114
W. J. Gilbert, New York city .
1
Since
Mr. Hall and Mr. Williamson have
covered
the
relative merits of the ads. so thoroughly in their letters,
there is little more to be said. It is very evident that the
best ads. have been selected, considering both typographical
effect and the effect on the reader with money to invest.
No. 63 of the newspaper ads. appeals to me as the neatest
from a typographical standpoint, but it probably would not
land as many investors as No. 31. In the magazine ad. it
was something out of the ordinary that carried off the hon¬
ors. In fact, in both instances it was the ads. with broken
border effects which appealed strongest to the judges.
Some of these are not properly balanced and are not as
pretty to look at as many of the others, but a compositor
must look further than mere typographical effect — he must
set an ad. which will attract the eye of the reader, and at
the same time not sacrifice attractive typography. Photo¬
graphs of the leading contestants are shown herewith, and
brief biographical sketches follow:
Fred Atkinson was born in Yorkshire, England, thirty-three years ago.
He learned his trade in the Times job department, Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada. In 1908 he left there and worked in Chicago, Cleveland, Colum¬
bus and Cincinnati, but returned to Hamilton later, where he is now
employed by the Times Printing Company.
A. L. Nuhn was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1881, learning his trade
in that city at the White-Evans-Penfold Company and the Mattliews-
Northrup Works. He later was connected with the General Manifold &
Printing Company, of Franklin, Pennsylvania, and also took a course on
the Linotype at the Mergenthaler factory. Mr. Nuhn is at present employed
by the Twice-a-Month To-Day’s Magazine , Canton, Ohio.
Warren R. Lightfoot is twenty years old. He was born in Williamsport,
Pennsylvania, his parents later moving to Kane, in the same State, where
he learned his trade with F. J. Bloomquist. He is at present working for
To-Day’s Magazine, Canton, Ohio. Mr. Lightfoot likes the printing busi¬
ness, but is looking forward to the time when he can get into the adverti¬
sing game.
B. Franklin was born in Comanche, Texas, in 1883. He started to
learn his trade in 1901 and has always worked in Texas. For the past
three years he has been employed in Corpus Christi, and early this year
started in business for himself as “ The Paragon Press.”
Emanuel Nyman was born in Renville County, Minnesota, in 1885, and
learned his trade on the Renville Star-Farmer. He afterward worked as
foreman on small weeklies. He has always been studious, having taken the
course in printing conducted by the I. T. U. Commission, and also a course
in advertising from the International Correspondence Schools. A few weeks
ago he bought the Foley (Minn.) Independent.
This contest has certainly proved a most helpful one, as
the lessons to be drawn from a study of the specimens
are clearly defined. Next month Contest No. 32 will be
announced, and it is hoped that even greater interest will
be developed.
Featuring the Editorial Pa^e.
I. J. Stanton, editor and publisher of the Fowler (Kan.)
Gazette, sends a copy of his paper and calls attention to the
arrangement of the editorial page. This is a feature to
EDITORIAL SECTION
Fouler is to have a big well fora city icater
• W<hAV< policed *lt (hf mjn »ho «nli
system. Work is to begin at once.
.
Arrangement of editorial page of Fowler (Kan.) Gazette.
which so many weekly papers pay too little attention. The
editor has opinions on local matters, or ought to have, and
he should tell what he thinks in an attractive manner,
making his opinions appear of the greatest importance.
The editorial page of the Gazette is shown herewith, as it
may give other editors an idea for a good arrangement.
Criticism of Ad. Display.
Owing to so much space being devoted to the discus¬
sion of ad. display in giving the result of The Inland
Printer’s Ad.-setting Contest, the reproduction of ads.
sent in for criticism is deferred until the August issue. A
large number of specimens have been received and will be
commented upon at length next month, showing the ads.
and pointing out their good and bad features.
Anti-Socialistic and Industrial Number.
One of the most prosperous-looking special issues which
have come to my desk for a long while is the “Anti-Socialis¬
tic and Industrial Edition ” of the Providence Visitor, the
official Catholic paper of Rhode Island. It consisted of
fifty-six seven-column pages, fully 250 of its 392 columns
being nicely displayed advertising. The presswork through¬
out also deserves commendation. The reading-columns
were not slighted in the least, notwithstanding the big
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showing of advertising, as the number was nicely illus¬
trated, and every section had interesting articles with
attractive feature heads.
Big Advertising by a Country Bank.
Banks are doing a lot more advertising these days than
they used to, but most of it is done in small space, seldom
exceeding six inches double column. An exception to this
is found in Fennimore, Wisconsin, where the local banks
are using big space, evidently with profit, as one bank
alone has had seven full-page ads. in five months in the
Times, besides having a contract for a quarter-page weekly
A NEW AND EASY WAY
TO SAVE MONEY
The Christmas Savings Club
The Purpose
The Plan of the 'Club
wuks, the weekly deposits is increased by adding to the [receding w
Pay
Pay
Pay
Pay
The Result A' lht '
lc the first week
2c the first week
5c the first week
10c the first week
S6.30 and interest
$12.60 and interest
$31.50 and interest
$63.00 and interest
The First National Bank
Fennimore, Wisconsin.
One of a series of full-page ads. by a country bank.
for the year. A full-page ad. of the First National Bank,
of Fennimore, is reproduced. In addition to being well dis¬
played, this ad. contains a plan which it would be well to
suggest to other banks to adopt, as it ought to make large
ads. in the papers profitable.
Visitors at a Filipino Newspaper Office.
If in this country an editor sighted a subscriber
approaching his sanctum carrying a spear in one hand
and a hatchet in the other, with only a feather for raiment,
he would at least retreat to the department where some
kind of a “ shooting-stick ” would be convenient. No so in
the Philippines, however. In a recent number of the
Baguio News, edited by Chauncey McGovern, we find the
following interesting description of some of the visitors at
the News office:
While it is doubtless still true that fine feathers maketh ye fine fowls,
it would seem that it does not necessarily follow that a man must wear
civilized clothes to have the most modem civilized ideas in other respects.
For example, one of the surprises which the Baguio News has encoun¬
tered up here in these mountain fastnesses is the number of Igorrote men
and boys who have come to the office of the News arrayed in naught else
save their characteristic gee-strings and feathered hats, carrying spears
and hatchets, who accost the management, in respectful but not cowed
attitude, asking in the plainest, clearest English, without suggestion of the
slow, faltering tones of the ordinary Filipino schoolboy, if they may have
printing done for themselves. One bright Igorrote boy who has charge of
all the Igorrote errand-boys in Teachers’ is supposed to keep track of their
movements. When they leave camp they must have a pass. These passes
have been in the past typewritten by the boy in charge, to be signed by
the superintendent. To-day it occurred to him that he would save himself
time and trouble if he had a whole batch of passes printed. Accordingly
he came to the News, without outside suggestion, asked if the paper was
prepared to do that kind of thing, and, learning the cost, carefully figured
out if it would be cheaper to have them printed or have another hoy type¬
write them. He finally estimated that he could save half the money by
having them printed, besides the looks of the passes. Then he stayed in
the office while the type was being composed, and read his own proofs. At
this rate, the Baguio Daily News will soon be in the happy position to wel¬
come as its esteemed rival another daily paper, with an Igorrote editor.
Anyway, it is always a safe plan to speak well of vis¬
itors who carry hatchets.
Half Century in One Office.
The members of the composing-room force of the Utica
(N. Y.) Observer recently presented William H. McCann,
foreman, with a solid set of silver forks and spoons, cele¬
brating the completion of his fifty years’ service in the
Observer office. The company presented him with a solid
silver tea and coffee set. Mr. McCann is only sixty-four
years of age, but began his apprenticeship in the Observer
composing-room in the first year of the Civil War, and
has continued in faithful service ever since.
Twenty-five Years as Editor of the “Mail.”
Will O. Greene has just celebrated the twenty-fifth anni¬
versary of his ownership of the Monroe County Mail, Fair-
port, New York. In his editorial columns he says, “A quar¬
ter of a century — how long a time ahead, but how short
when passed.” Under his control the Mail has grown from
two pages of home-print to eight and ten pages — all home-
print. Twenty-five years ago the mechanical force con¬
sisted of one man and a boy; to-day the office employs
seven people. The Mail celebrated the occasion by donning
a new dress of ad. type and head-letter.
Turlock Journal Issues Miniature Edition.
At the recent flower festival held at Turlock, Califor¬
nia, the Journal of that place issued a miniature edition
of its paper. This was done to conform with other fea¬
tures of the festival, everything pertaining to the occasion
being in miniature form. If other miniature displays
were as handsome and high class as this edition of the
journal, we envy the people who were so fortunate as to
be there. Editor Roberts is to be congratulated on his
effort. The columns were set seven picas wide, on the
Linotype, and the make-up, arrangement of the heads,
presswork — everything — indicated that clever and care¬
ful printers and editors had charge of the work. On the
fourth page appears a half-page ad. calling attention to
the fact that the Journal does job-printing “ that brings
results.” A glance at this little paper should be enough
in itself to prove the truth of the quoted words.
Americans to Publish Chinese Newspaper.
A daily newspaper to be printed in both English and
Chinese will be established at Shanghai, China, by a
group of American newspaper men headed by B. Wilfred
Fleisher. The paper will be called the China News, and
will be the first newspaper printed in English and owned
by others than Chinamen to cater to the general Chinese
public. Thomas F. Millard, well known as a war corre¬
spondent for American and English newspapers; C. Her¬
bert Webb, for a number of years connected with the
THE INLAND PRINTER
589
Hearst publications, and William Peck Banning, formerly
with Hampton's Magazine, will be associated with Mr.
Fleisher in this American-Chinese newspaper enterprise.
Advertising Advertising.
That the Advertisers’ Corporation of British Colum¬
bia believes in its own “ medicine ” was demonstrated
recently when it used a whole page in the Vancouver
Attractive ad. advertising advertising.
World to call attention to advertising space which it had
for sale on the fence at the local ball park. As will be
noticed by the reproduction, the design is an attractive one
and the argument good.
New Sunday Magazine for Newspapers.
The Family Magazine, published by the Abbott &
Briggs Company, New York and Chicago, was issued as
a magazine section of eight Sunday metropolitan news¬
papers on June 25. These newspapers are the Philadel¬
phia North American, Boston Globe, Washington Post,
Pittsburg Dispatch, San Francisco Call, St. Louis Globe-
Democrat, Cincinnati Enquirer and Chicago Tribune. The
new section will be issued the fourth Sunday of each
month, and will not affect the regular monthly magazine
issued on the second Sunday, published by the Abbott &
Briggs Company.
Journalistic Courtesy.
In large letters at the head of its double-column edito¬
rial page, the Stites Signal, Stites, Idaho, proudly an¬
nounces “ Circulation last week, 500.” As Stites has 300
population, this is doing very well. Kooskia has 301 popu¬
lation and a baseball team and the Kooskia Mountaineer.
The Signal editorial refers to the ball team and the editor
of the Mountaineer in these words :
No greater affront was ever offered the business men of Stites than the
editorial slush and newspaper slander emanating from the perverted quill
of H. E. O’Donnell, “ editor, proprietor and conductor ” of the Kooskia
Mountaineer, in his picayunish edition of Friday, April 28, 1911. Lack of
sense, or puerile ignorance of the facts, impelled Editor O’Donnell (for
lack of something better to say) to print the following purulent slam:
“ If Stites ever had a baseball team that could put it over Kooskia, we
have yet to see them play, and last Sunday’s ball game was but a fair
sample of what that town has always put up in the ball line.
“ Twenty-seven to eight in favor of Kooskia ! That’s a hot one for a
town claiming past, present and future championships. But this was their
first tryout, and it may be that in the next whirl Kooskia will be fed to
the pigs. But let’s get back to Sunday’s game — can’t chop this off with
the customary ‘ passing mention ’ accorded matters of a lifeless nature.
“ The weather was ideal, and the ‘ sunkist ’ hills looked as green as a
St. Patrick’s Day parade. The ‘ Gemsters ’ stood around with gaping eye¬
balls, like spectators at an aviation meet, and watched Kooskia knock
flies and bases until their necks were long with thirst. It was a hot day — -
and a hot game. It was Stites’ day off. They couldn’t hit a haystack
with a pick-ax, and ran bases like pallbearers at a funeral. If two-base
hits were growing on the back of every man’s neck, they couldn’t reach
’em with a feather duster. It looked as if the Amalgamated Union of
Mexican Hoodoos were in session for work in the thirty-third degree. It
was awful. The rooters stood about and whistled for help. Nothing mov¬
ing.
“ The Kooskia lads played bad enough at times — they became careless
— but the ‘ Gemsters ’ had their fins sewed up until they couldn’t catch a
crazy quilt unless it was tied around their necks.”
Yes, maybe “ in the next whirl Kooskia will be fed to the pigs,” as
proved the case in the game of Sunday, April 2, 1911 — less than a month
before — when the Stites Juniors defeated Kooskia by the score of 21 to 6,
a very fair simile to the game described by the Quill Twister, but in vice
versa form. But, no matter who might be “ fed to the pigs,” any editor
who either commands, or desires to command, the respect of the public,
would never refer to anyone as a pig, unless -
Just here the ink-bottle fell over the concluding chap¬
ters.
New Publications.
Nara Visa, N. M. — New Mexico News.
Fairground, L. I. — Herald. John Koob.
Deerfield, Kan. — Echo. John F. Carter.
Buhl, Minn. — Advertiser. F. G. Harris.
Bicknell, Ind. — Monitor. Samuel Marsee.
Weir, Tex. — News (daily). F. L. Fridge.
Portola, Cal. — Gazette. Beecroft Brothers.
Battle Creek, Mich. — Evening News (daily).
Milwaukee, Wis. — Appeal. S. A. Thomas.
Monticello, Ill. — Bulletin will issue a daily.
Scranton, Pa. — Brains. Harry A. Woodworth.
Tecumseh, Neb. — Elk Creek Citizen. T. W. Lally.
Nortonville, Ky. — Despatch. O. Armstrong, editor.
Waterbury, Conn. — Colonial Life. G. B. D’Ausilio.
Montour, Iowa. — News Era (daily) . Reverend Bosley.
Columbia, S. D. — Columbian (daily). S. L. Cochrane.
Morgan City, La.- — - Democrat. Schriever-Gray Company.
Vancouver, Wash. — Spokesman (daily). Eugene Lawton.
Toledo, Ohio. — Family Grocer (monthly). A. Weinandy.
Greenwood, Miss. — Leflore County Herald. H. W. Harper.
Texarkana, Tex. — Messenger (monthly). Frank F. Quinn.
New York city, N. Y. — ■ Women Lawyers’ Journal (monthly).
Hammond, La. — Independence Progress. J. Irving Freeman.
Newport, R. I. — T. T. Pitman will publish a daily newspaper.
New York, N. Y. — Vision (quarterly). Walter Storey, editor.
Belton, S. C. — Times (afternoon daily). J. Archer Willis, editor.
Sherman, N. Y. — Chautauqua Independent. C. H. and M. S. Newell.
Heame, Tex — A new daily paper will be started by F. W. DeCroix.
Athens, Ga. — Tribune (daily). T. J. Shackelford and Charles A. Vernoy.
Athens, Tenn. — Magazine of Antique Firearms (monthly). G. E. Brown.
Kansas City, Mo. — Industrial Magazine (monthly). Edward E. Saunders.
Des Moines, Iowa. — A Democratic daily paper will be started by C. W.
Miller.
New Orleans, La. — Southern Commercial Review (monthly). E. E.
Marks.
Bethlehem, Pa. — Lehigh Herald (daily). W. D. Seyfried and John
Bechtel.
Muskegon, Mich. — Morning Times. James L. Smith, former editor of
the News.
Nashville, Tenn. — Daily Record (devoted to commercial interests).
J. L. Brooks.
Taylor, Tex. — Sunday Morning Sun. A. W. Brademan. The paper will
be distributed free.
Ree Heights, S. D. — Review. A. E. Waterman, formerly owner of the
Orient Argus and the Ardmore American.
Los Angeles, Cal. — George H. Dunlop is the head of a new company
which will start a new daily newspaper here shortly.
Hazelton, B. C. — A daily newspaper will be started by Con Jones, who
has been conducting a weekly newspaper at Kitselas.
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Changes of Ownership.
Nowata, Okla. — Star. Sold to Fred D. Lamb.
Mason, Tex. — Herald. Sold to S. F. Bethel.
Elsmore, Arlc.- — Leader. Sold to C. O. Pearson.
Sturgis, Mich. — Journal. Sold to E. A. Ferrier.
Burnet, Tex. — Bulletin. Sold to T. E. Hammond.
Emerson, Neb. — Enterprise. Sold to J. M. Paul.
Freedom, Okla. — Express. Sold to L. C. Thomas.
Sheffield, Iowa. — Press. Sold to Arthur L. Salsbury.
Pulaski, Tenn. — Record. Sold to Laps D. McCord, Jr.
Hobart, Okla. — Republican. Sold to John D. Appleby.
Cobden, Ont. — Sun. F. B. Elliott to J. A. P. Hayden.
Paonia, Colo. — - Booster. C. L. Oliver to I. T. Hannold.
Balcarres, Sask. — News. B. N. Woodhull to L. M. Small.
Ivanapolis, Kan. — Journal. K. L. Griffith to S. S. Rosell.
Enterprise, Kan. — Weekly Push. Sold to S. R. Hamilton.
Grove City, Pa. — - Reporter. Sold to Harry K. Dougherty.
Holdenville, Okla. — Democrat. Sold to E. McClung & Co.
Amboy, Minn. — Herald. Jas. E. Brown to Earl R. Miller.
Guttenberg, Iowa. — Press. Sold to L. and H. Meucheusky.
Linden, Mich. — Leader. D. E. Blackmer to W. C. Williams.
Mexia, Tex. — ■ Weekly Enterprise. Sold to Major M. P. IIoux.
Lawson, Mo. — Review. Robt. S. Lyon to Fred M. Sanderson.
Walden, N. Y.— Herald. Ward Windfleld to W. J. Randalls.
Claremore, Okla. — Talala Gazette. Sold to H. C. Rutherford.
Henderson, N. C. — Gold Leaf. T. L. Manning to P. T. Way.
Malvern, Ark. — Ark Meteor. P. S. Garden to S. H. Emerson.
Lahoma, Okla. — Sun. Harris Grant to A. A. and D. D. Stull.
Woodward, Iowa.- — Enterprise. Chas. Haworth to Geo. E. Lee.
Keene, N. H. — Cheshire Republican. Sold to Charles F. Kelley.
Richmond, Mo. — • Conservator. Geo. A. Trigg to Robt. S. Lyon.
Sinton, Tex. — San Patricio County News. Sold to J. C. Russell.
Columbia, Wash.- — Rainer Valley Citizen. Sold to Peter II. Sparks.
Sturgis, Mich. — Timcs-Democrat, H. 0. Eldridge to F. A. Russell.
Mapleton, Iowa. — Press. II. V. Chapin to W. C. Hills, of Oakland.
Chamberlain, S. D. — Democrat. D. F. Burkholder to Fred J. Croft.
Greene, Iowa. — Butler County Press. F. H. Camp to Benj. Boardman.
Des Arc, Ark. — Guidon. R. F. Wair to S. A. Fife and H. B. Johnson.
Camden, Ind. — Expositor. Sold to Mr. and Mrs. Byron Fluno, of Chi¬
cago.
Redwood Falls, Minn. — Gazette. James Aiken to G. E. W’ilson, of St.
Paul.
Center, Tex. — Daily News and Weekly Champion. 0. M. Gibbs to T. T.
Smith.
Geneva, Ohio. — Free Press Times. J. D. Field & Bros, to J. J. Par-
shall.
Tiverton, Ont. — Watchman. A. N. McClure to II. M. Steincamp, of
Detroit.
Oroville, Cal. — Daily Register. Sold to Oroville Register Publishing
Company.
Globe, Ariz. — Silver Belt. J. T. Williams to Sidney Bieber, of Wash¬
ington, D. C.
Findlay, Ohio. — Morning Republican. Sold to I. N. Heminger and
C. A. Wormley.
Denver, Colo. — Evening Times. Sold to Col. W. R. Nelson, of the
Kansas City Star.
Excelsior Springs, Mo. — Daily Journal. E. Martindale to A. L. Neal,
of Atchison, Kan.
Chisholm, Minn. — Independent. Sold at auction to C. J. Johnson Com¬
pany, of Minneapolis.
Carthage, N. Y. — Republican. Sold to Floyd J. Rich, formerly with
the Hudson Republican.
Russellville, Ky. — Logan County News. T. B. Morgan and A. M. Ham¬
den to T. S. Brizendine.
Hoopeston, Ill. — Herald. Sold to Chester- A. Aldridge, formerly editor
of the Mattoon (Ill.) Star.
Le Seuer, Minn. — Sentinel. Sold to W. Z. Zander, of the Prescott
(Wis.) Independent-Tribune.
Brattleboro, Vt. — New England Farmer. J. G. Ullery & Co., to the
New England Farmer Company.
Bonham, Tex. — News. Evans & Evans to E. B. Comstock and L. E.
Discus, both of Kalida, Ohio.
Palmyra, Pa. — Record. J. A. Fry to H. W. Eshleman, of Milton Grove,
and G. R. Gingrich, of Palmyra.
Arkadelphia, Ark. — Southern Standard. M. Clark to J. M. Smith, for-
meryly of New Orleans Picayune.
Rockdale, Tex. — Reporter and Messenger. R. W. H. Kennon to J. E.
Cooke, formerly with the Brady Standard.
Little Rock, Ark. — Democrat. Controlling interest sold to Elmer Clarke,
formerly business manager of the New Orleans Item.
Bethlehem, N. II. — White Mountain Echo. Estate of B. A. Appleton to
C. E. Blanchard, formerly owner of the North Conway Reporter.
Consolidations.
Andersonville, Ind. — Four County Herald has been taken over by the
Brookville American.
Sweetwater, Tex. — The Signal and The Reporter will be published as
a daily and weekly paper.
Luray, Va. — Page Courier and the Page News. W. C. Lauek, of the
News, is the owner of the consolidated papers.
Tacoma, Wash. — Western Tours and The Washington Historian, under
the management of E. T. Weatherred and Wm. H. Gilstrap.
Kalamazoo, Mich. — Press and Telegraph will be published as an after¬
noon paper and called the Kalamazoo Telegraph-Press. E. N. Dingley,
managing editor.
Belton, Tex. — Journal-Reporter and the Belton Semi-weekly Democrat
will be published as a weekly paper under the name of The Journal-Reporter.
0. P. Pyle, proprietor.
Suspensions.
Dill, Ohio. — News.
Geneva, Ill. — - Patrol.
Alaska, S. D. — Leader.
Esmond, S. D. — Herald.
Pine Grove, Pa. — Sentinel.
Elm Grove, W. Va. — Journal.
Stoney Plain, Alta. — Advertiser. F. H. Schooley was the publisher.
Kankakee, Ill. — The Sunday edition of the Republican has been sus¬
pended.
Deaths.
Harrisburg, Pa. — Charles E. Aughinbaugh, state printer.
Bloomington, Ill. — William Osborne Davis, publisher of the Pantograph.
Buffalo, N. Y. — George E. Matthews, publisher of the Buffalo Express.
Sacramento, Cal. — John II. Miller, editor of the Marysville (Cal.)
Appeal.
Stockton, Cal. — F. J. Ryan, said to be the oldest newespaper man in
Stockton.
Lakeport, Cal. — Otha L. Stanley, a well-known newspaper man of
northern California.
Indianapolis, Ind. — Frank Foster Reynolds, formerly one of the pub¬
lishers of the Talisman.
Baltimore, Md. — Charles W. Sapp, president of the firm of Sapp Bros.,
printers. (Accidental.)
Racine, Wis. — Richard Callender, thirty years connected with the Times.
He was a veteran of the Civil War.
Warsaw, N. Y. — John Underhill, publisher of the Wyoming County
News and secretary of the Democratic State Editorial Association.
Dawson, Alaska. — Judge Wilbur Cornell, veteran newspaper man of the
Pacific Northwest. He was especially well known throughout Oregon.
Sacramento, Cal. — John N. Larkin, for more than half a century
engaged in newspaper work in Sacramento. He founded the Sunday Leader.
Ogden, Utah. — Major E. A. Littlefield, pioneer newspaper man of the
West, veteran of the Civil War and a close friend of the late Mark Twain.
New York, N. Y. — -Fred Robinson, known as the dean of New York
newspaper proofreaders. He had been in charge of the World proofroom
since 1808.
St. Joseph, Mo. — George Rees, publisher of Mark Twain’s first writings.
He published the Constitution, at Keokuk, Iowa, before the Civil War, and
“ Sam ” Clemens was a printer on the paper.
Chicago, Ill. — Herbert Johnson, president of the Co-operative Press.
He was an active worker in the Ben Franklin Club movement, being presi¬
dent of the West Side organization. Mr. Johnson lost his life through
drowning while on a visit in Florida.
Cincinnati, Ohio. — Isaac Moore, one of the city’s oldest printers. He
was assistant sergeant-at-arms of the National House of Representatives
during the Haves-Tilden contest, and had charge of the congressional investi¬
gating committee which was sent to Louisiana to probe alleged frauds there.
CELLON, A SUBSTITUTE FOR CELLULOID.
In further reference to the report entitled “A Substi¬
tute for Celluloid ” from this office, published in Daily
Consular and Trade Reports for April 29, 1911:
In view of the widespread interest in the discovery of
a product offering a good substitute for celluloid, as evi¬
denced by numerous inquiries received by this office rela¬
tive to its recent report on the subject, it may now be
added that Doctor Eichengruen, the German chemist men¬
tioned as the discoverer of “ cellon,” may be addressed, as
this office is now advised, at the Rheinisch-Westfaelische
Sprengstoff Aktiengesellschaft, Cologne, Germany. The
interest in Doctor Eichengruen’s discovery will be en¬
hanced by the recent theater fire disaster at Edinburgh,
caused, according to reports, by the combustion of a cellu¬
loid lamp-shade. — Consul-General Frank D. Hill, Frank¬
fort, Germany.
POULTRY FABLE.
The hen returned to her nest only to find it empty.
“Very funny,” said she; “I can never find things
where I lay them.”
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591
Cost and Prices at Denver.
No organization in the printing trades is livelier or
more valuable to its members and the nonmembers it
touches than the Denver Typothete. It issues “ The Den¬
ver Master Printers’ Bulletin,” and is a liberal user of
printers’ ink in other directions. The Denverites seem to
have constituted themselves sponsors for Colorado, and
they are press-agenting for a large attendance of Colo¬
radans at the forthcoming gathering. In a signed type¬
written note the officers say, “We want Colorado to be
up-to-date. So think it over and be prepared to act when
you attend the meetings in September.” Then the writers
go on to assure their readers that it is time to sit up and
take notice, for while there has been a slight advance in the
selling price of printing, yet in twenty-five years the cost
of production has jumped fifty-two per cent. The letter
inveighs against the guessing habit, and makes a strong
and convincing plea for accuracy in knowing costs and
carefulness in making estimates.
This Typothetae has a get-there cost committee. While
its report is of particular interest to Denver printers, yet
it contains so many thought-begetting ideas that may be
applied generally that we reprint the document in its
entirety, as follows:
COSTS AND SUGGESTED PRICE-LIST FOR SMALL PRINTING.
The Cost Committee of the Denver Branch, United
Typothetffi of America, has prepared a suggested price-list
to give the printers of Denver and vicinity a working basis
for the prices that should be charged for small work. The
basis for this price-list is what they believe to be the aver¬
age cost of labor in the various shops of Denver that main¬
tain the cost system. In each class you will note that the
committee has prepared a statement of the costs of one
item which will give the basis of costs as figured by the com¬
mittee.
It is not the intention of the committee nor of the Den¬
ver Branch, United Typothetas of America, to at any time
issue an arbitrary price-list, and it is optional with you
whether you use this list or not. However, your committee
urges the necessity of a carefully installed cost system and
a close comparison with this list of the actual cost of pro¬
duction, and feels that there will not be a very wide differ¬
ence from these figures.
If you know what it costs to produce work you will not
be inclined to sell it at a loss. A uniform selling price
based on a uniform cost system is certainly a very desirable
thing. Remember, if you don’t ask a profitable price, you
will not get it. The grocer, butcher, dry goods merchant
ask a profitable price based on their costs of handling, and
get it, and ride in automobiles, but does the printer?
No excessive profit is suggested in this list nor is it the
intention of Denver Branch, United Typothetse of America,
to suggest any high prices, but you (members and non¬
members) are entitled to a fair remuneration for your time
and your employees’ time and efforts.
We therefore urge you to get as near these prices as
possible. The committee would be glad to have an intelli¬
gent criticism of this price-list by all members and non¬
members.
We trust that you (members and nonmembers) will
cooperate with the Denver Branch, United Typothetas of
America, in endeavoring to put the printing business of
Denver on a basis that will give the same returns as other
lines of business.
Very truly yours,
F. B. Abernathy,
H. F. Bundy,
M. R. Foley,
G. T. Hoffman,
Cost Committee.
ENVELOPES — ITEMS OF COST.
No. 6f XX No. 2 Rag Env.
500
1,000
2,000
3,000
5,000
10,000
$0.60
$1.15
$2.30
$3.45
$ 5.75
$10.50
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60
.85
1.55
2.25
3.65
7.85
$1.80
.45
$2.60
$4.45
1.15
$6.30
1.60
$10.00
2.50
$18.95
4.80
.65
$2.25
$3.25
$5.60
$7.90
$12.50
$23.75
These prices are based on an average amount of composition and black ink. If cuts, heavy forms of composition
or colored ink are required, charge extra covering same. “ Remember if you don’t ask a price you won’t get it.”
ENVELOPES — SUGGESTED SELLING PRICES.
SIZE
GRADE
Cost per 1 ,000
500
1,000
2,000
3,000
5,000
10,000
6f
XX No. 2 Rag .
$1.15
$2.25
$3.25
$ 5.60
$ 7.95 '
$12.65
$23.75
6f
XXX No. 2 Rag .
1.30
2.35
3.40
5.90
8.40
13.40
24.80
6J
20 Bond — Colorado,
Columbine, Silver State .
| 1.75
2.85
4.15
7.35
10.55
16.95
32.00
6f
Coin, Rockv Mountain or Arcadia .
1.50
2.60
3.85
6.75
9.65
15.45
28.45
6|
50-ib. No. 1 Manila .
.50
2.00
2.75
4.60
6.45
10.15
18.65
10
XX No. 2 Rag .
1.95
2.95
4.65
8.10
11.55
18,45
32.70
10
XXX No. 2 Rag .
2.20
3.20
5.00
8.75
12.50
20.00
34.75
10
20 Bond — Colorado,
Columbine, Silver State .
| 3.00
3.50
5.85
10.60
15.15
24.70
45.00
10
50-lb. No. 1 Manila .
1.30
2.35
3.40
5.90
8.40
13.40
24.80
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THE INLAND PRINTER
LETTER-HEADS - ITEMS OF COST.
500
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
10,000
Composition .
SI. 20
$1.20
$1.20
$1.20
$ 1.20
$ 1.20
$ 1.20
Lock-up .
.30
.30
.30
.30
.30
.30
.30
Make-ready .
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
Running .
.40
.75
1.50
2.25
3.00
3.75
7.50
Padding .
.10
.15
.25
.35
.45
.55
1.00
Stock, 10-lb., 11c .
.55
1.10
2.20
2.30
4.40
5.50
10.50
Total cost .
$2.80
$3.75
$5.70
$7.65
$ 9.60
$11.55
$20.75
Suggested profit not less than 25% .
.70
.94
1.43
1.92
2.40
2.S9
5.19
Total .
$3.50
$4.69
$7.13
$9.57
S12.00
$14.44
$25.94
Suggested selling price .
3.50
4.75
7.25
9.75
12.00
14.50
26.00
LETTER-HEADS — SUGGESTED SELLING PRICES.
500
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
10,000
10-lb. 11c stock .
$3.50 /
$4.75
$7.25
$ 9.75
$12.00
$14.50
$26.00
12-lb. 11c stock .
3.75
5.00
7.75
10.50
13.00
15.75
28.50
8-lb. 16c stock .
3.75
5.25
8.00
10.75
13,50
16.50
29.75
10-lb. 16c stock .
4.00
5.50
8.75
12.00
15.25
18.50
34.25
RULED BILL-HEADS — ITEMS OF COST.
STOCK
250
500
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
10,000
14-lb. ruled bill-heads .
$0.17
$0.28
$0.55
$1.10
$1.65
$2.20
$2.75
$ 5.23
Composition and lock-up .
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
Make ready .
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
Running .
.20
.40
.72
1.44
2.15
2.87
3.60
7.20
Padding (100) .
.06
.10
.15
.30
.45
.60
.75
1.50
.02
.04
.07
.10
.13
.15
.30
Total cost .
$1.88
$2.25
$2.91
$4.36
$5.80
$7.25
$ 8.70
$15.68
Suggested profit (not less than 25%) .
.47
.55
.74
1.09
1.45
1.80
2.15
3.92
Suggested selling price .
$2.35
$2.80
$3.65
$5.45
$7.25
$9.05
$10.85
$19.60
You should study and include every item entering into your costs. These costs are based on an average amount of
composition and black ink. If forms contain cuts, heavy composition or colored ink, add to each item of cost accordingly.
Note. — Twenty per cent is added to the broken package lots and ten per cent discount deducted on the ten-thousand lot.
RULED BILL-HEADS — SUGGESTED SELLING PRICES.
SIZE. GRADE.
Cost per 1 ,000
250
500
1,000
2,000
3,000
5,000
10,000
No. 6 14-lb. Atlanta-Kenilworth-Ferndale .
$0.55
$2.35
$2.80
$3.65
$5.45
$ 7.25
$10.85
$19.60
No. 4 14-lb. Atlanta-Kenilworth-Ferndale .
.80
2.45
2.95
3.95
6.10
8.25
12.55
22.55
No. 3 14-lb. Atlanta-Kenilworth-Ferndale .
1.10
2.55
3.15
4.35
6.85
9.35
14.35
26.15
No. 2 14-lb. Atlanta-Kenilworth-Ferndale .
1.60
2.75
3.55
5.10
8.25
11.40
17.70
32.10
Ten per cent is added to the running and padding on size No. 2.
Statements, 5-lb .
$ .55
$2.35
$2.80
$3.65
$5.45
$7.25
$10.85
$19.60
Statements, 6-lb .
.65
2.45
2.90
3.80
5.70
7.60
11.40
20.80
SUGGESTED SELLING PRICES FOR CARDS AND POSTAL CARDS.
These are minimum prices and should be increased if
composition is unusually heavy or difficult or in colored
ink.
“A printer is entitled to a fair profit the same as any
other business.”
500
1,000
2,000
3,000
5,000
10,000
Business Cards, cost, 75c or less
$2.25
$3.25
$5.50
$7.50
$11.50
$21.50
50
100
200
500
1,000
2,000
Government Postals, furnished.
$1.50
$1.60
$1.75
$2.00
$2.75
$3.75
All bills to be due tenth of month following purchase
of goods.
No cash discount to be allowed.
All stamped envelopes and postals must be furnished
by customer.
Transient customers or parties unknown must make a
deposit covering at least fifty per cent of the cost of work
ordered at the time of placing order.
Rush jobs requiring overtime work will be billed at the
regular price, plus the additional cost of labor and over¬
head expense.
This class of work should be discouraged unless it is
possible to get a profitable price.
In brief work and similar work, author’s changes should
be charged extra.
If customer furnishes stock (which should be discour¬
aged in every way) charge the usual profit on same.
In considering these prices it should be remembered
that the scale in Denver is $24 a week, and the eight-hour
day prevails. The Denver Typothetse also issues a uniform
THE INLAND PRINTER
593
estimating blank which is intended to guard the estimator
against omitting items when he is figuring on a job. These
blanks are sold in lots of fifty for 50 cents.
This hustling organization is presided over by William
H. Kistler, with G. T. Hoffman as vice-president, while
William G. Chamberlin, Jr., is secretary and Sidney East-
wood carries the wampum bag.
The Most Important Job.
The unprofitable job is at least twice as important as
the profitable job. It will pay you well to ponder that
deeply. Suppose a man gets four jobs of $100 each; on
one he loses $20 and on each of the other three he makes
$20. When a printer does that, he feels that it is only one
in four and does not matter much. He tries to forget it as
soon as possible. However, in results it figures out as
follows :
No. 1 Job . $100.00 Loss, $20.00
No. 2 Job . 100.00 Profit, 20.00
No. 3 Job . 100.00 Profit, 20.00
No. 4 Job . 100.00 Profit, 20.00
Totals . $400.00 Profit, $40.00
He has done $400 worth of business with a profit of $40
or ten per cent. Suppose he cuts out the losing job, he
would have done $300 worth of business, have a profit of
$60 or twenty per cent, just a doubling of his percentage
of profit. But suppose a cost system helped him to get job
No. 1 at a profit also, he would have $400 worth of business,
a profit of $80 or twenty per cent. Attend to that unprofit¬
able job and double your profit. In this connection, it
might be well also to inquire closely concerning new work
that seems to come your way. It may be some one’s “ most
important job.” — Ben Franklin Witness.
Wants Detailed Costs of Monotype.
“ I would appreciate it very much if you would send
me any facts that you may have at hand relative to the
cost of monotype composition, showing itemized cost of
keyboard composition, casting, proofreading, etc.”
Anstver. — We regret to say that we are unable to find
that any printers have analyzed the cost of Monotype com¬
position as closely as your inquiry demands. We have
inquired of the Ben Franklin Club of Chicago, whose statis¬
tics show only an hour-cost ranging from $2.15 to $2.40 per
hour. Have any of our readers compiled statistics of the
character desired by our correspondent?
Hour Costs in Cleveland.
Please note the hour costs here tabulated. They show
what twenty Clevelanders think they know of the costs.
A circular and reply post-card were sent to all local
printers. These figures are the result of the inquiry.
There was nothing on the post-cards to show what shop the
answer represented. — The Fellowcraft News.
HOUR COSTS OF TWENTY CLEVELAND PRINTERS.
Hand
Composition.
Machine
Composition.
Monotype
Composition.
Platen
Presses.
Cylinder
Presses.
Ha
Men.
BIND
nd.
Girls.
ERY.
Mac
Men.
hine.
Girls.
Ruling
Machine.
Folding
Machine.
$0 92
$1.34
SO 89
SI. 49
SI 03
SO 44
SI 03
SO. 89
$1.03
b
.90
.85
1.50
.70
.35
.85
.40
$1.10
1.00
1.20
.92
1 91
.69
1 22
.73
(1
1 24
1 25
.90
f
1.00
.80
1.00
.65
1.27
.75
.50
.80
.50
.75
h
1.25
$1.77
.97
1.53
1.03
.73
1.21
.43
.94
.64
.97
1.72
1.82
1.10
1.76
.75
1.22
1.62
1.79
k
1 01
78
1.26
44
94
.68
I
.80
.85
1.00
.50
.30
.75
.50
1.00
1.00
.75
.75
1 50
.50
.67
.74
.80
44
.43
1 30
P
1.28
1.46
2.21
.83
1.41
.54
.87
1.16
2.03
.73
.80
.40
1 34
.26
.28
.80
.90
.70
1 20
.20
10
.04
t.
.52
.28
.55
.40
.69
.85
HOUR COSTS IN TWENTY-FOUR CITIES.
Hand
Composition.
Linotype.
Linotype
1,000 Ems.
Monotype
Hour.
Cylinder
Press.
Platen
Press.
Ruling
Machine.
Wire
Stitchers.
Chicago .
$1.27
SI. 62
$0.44
$2.15
$1.66
$0.74
$0.87
$0.76
Boston .
1.20
1.53
.46
1.53
.70
Buffalo .
1.62
.69
1.00
Cleveland .
1.38
1.50
.84
1.38
Columbus .
1.29
1.68
.46
1.55
.74
.90
Detroit .
1.58
1.52
.73
Evansville .
1.50
2.40
1.50
.85
1.00
Grand Rapids .
1.30
1.65
Los Angeles .
1.18
1.65
1.55
.74
.90
Memphis. .
1 20
1.60
.45
1 60
.75
.86
.75
Milwaukee .
1 16
1 57
.47
1 52
71
Minneapolis .
1.25
1.54
.44
2 29
1.67
.80
1.03
New York .
1 19
1 45
.45
2 17
1 53
.70
Omaha .
1.75
.73
Philadelphia .
1.21
1.46
.45
1.48
.71
Portland .
1.45
1.65
1.90
.90
1.23
.76
St. Louis .
1.25
1.56
2.16
1.66
.71
.86
.74
St. Paul .
1.14
1.52
.44
1.54
.78
Sedalia, Mo .
1.25
.78
1.25
.75
Sioux Citv .
1 20
.50
2 00
Tacoma .
1.50
1.80
.92
Toledo .
1 .67
.44
1.55
.70
Wichita .
1 21
1.00
Waterloo .
1.23
1.56
1 97
Average .
$1.20
$1.55
$0.65
$2.43
$1.63
$0.75
$1.04
$0.75
Safe minimum selling prices .
1.30
1.75
.50
2.50
2.00
1.00
1.25
1.00
4-8
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THE INLAND PRINTER
The Fellowcraft Club of Cleveland, Ohio.
From Robert S. Clegg', editor of the Fellowcraft News,
we have received a copy of this new stimulator to better
business methods. Selections from it will find a place in
this department from time to time. Mr. Clegg reports that
the officers of the Ben Franklin Club of Cleveland are:
J. F. Berkes, president; G. H. Gardner, vice-president;
James A. Cannon, secretary; D. F. Kaber, treasurer.
Meetings are held in the Fellowcraft clubrooms. There
are now twenty-five offices represented in the Ben Franklin
Club. The directors are: C. P. Carl, 0. S. Hubbell, C. 0.
Bassett, B. F. Corday, B. B. Eisenberg, T. E. Whitworth
and C. W. Klaminzer.
The Small Country Shop.
C. F. McLaughlin, president of the C. F. McLaughlin
Publishing Company, Olney, Illinois, sends a number of
forms exemplifying his cost-finding system and says:
“ Ours is a small country shop doing commercial printing
and publication work exclusively, and I have found that
the country printer has fully as many items of cost as his
city competitor, and in many instances the country print¬
er’s expense is practically as great as that of the city
printer, comparing investments.
“ The sheet bearing the caption * Distribution of Ex¬
penses ’ is a form practical for any small shop, and con¬
clusively proves the presence of overhead expenses in such
an institution. It might be interesting to know that the
aggregate of the items listed as general expense often
exceeds that of the items listed under the head of manufac¬
turing expenses, including labor and other direct costs.
Yet we are quite familiar with competition that ‘ figures ’
that the stocks for a job will cost so much, it will take so
long to set and print the job at such and such a cost, then
adds from ten to twenty-five per cent of this estimate for
‘ profit ’ and quickly quotes a price to the customer about
twenty-five per cent below the actual cost of production.”
Fifteen Lots of Bill-heads.
In a medium sized Cincinnati printing-office, records on
fifteen lots of bill-heads were found to give averages as
follows: Composition, 1:17; make-ready, 31 minutes; run¬
ning on 500 lots, 30 minutes; 1,000 lots, 50 minutes. The
fifteen lots contained 22% M. bill-heads and the average
time for padding and trimming was 18 minutes per M.
Figuring costs at $1 per hour for composition and 75 cents
for job-press work and cutting and padding, we have:
500 1,000
Composition, 1:17 . $1.27 $1.27
Make-ready, 31 minutes . 39 39.
Running :
500 — 30 minutes . 38
1,000 — 50 minutes . .63
Padding, at 18 minutes per M . 11 .22
Delivery . i . 10 .10
Stock (say) . 30 .60
Cost . $2.55 $3.21
Profit, 20 per cent . 51 .64
Price . $3.06 $3.85
Many printers have glanced at the Philadelphia price¬
list, and because it put a value of $4 upon something that
they have been selling for $2.50, they have placed it in a
pigeonhole. It may comfort these printers to know that
the list is not right (we say so). It quotes 500 — $0.60
bill-heads, at $3.01; it should be $3.06. It quotes 1,000 at
$3.83; it should be $3.85. We invite printers to join with
us in trying to demonstrate that the list is not right. We
promise all live participants ample reward.
It must always be remembered that composition includes
corrections and lock-up. — Cincinnati (Ohio) Ben Franklin
Witness.
First Annual Cost Congress of Ohio Printers,
October, 1911.
At the regular meeting of the Columbus Ben Franklin
Club held on June 2 a committee was appointed to make
arrangements for a Cost Congress of the Printers of the
State of Ohio. E. T. Miller is chairman of the committee,
which includes F. J. Heer, D. B. Neil, and W. R. Colton,
secretary. The committee is given power to add to its
number and to appoint subcommittees. The following has
been issued :
As there is a strong sentiment favoring greater knowledge of costs in the
printing trade of the United States, it has seemed wise to ask the opinion
of the printers’ organizations and interested printers of Ohio as to the
advisability of calling a cost congress of all the printers of this State, to
be held in Columbus, in October next.
The cost system is here to stay, and the more we can learn about it, '
and the more interest we can arouse in the subject, the better prepared
will we be to meet changing conditions.
Kindly let us have your judgment in the matter. Is not the time ripe i
for concerted action ?
Fraternally,
E. T. Miller,
F. J. Heer,
D. B. Neil,
Committee.
Composition Hour-cost Rate.
At the regular monthly meeting of the Ben Franklin
Club of Chicago, held Thursday evening, May 25, 1911, it
was regularly moved and seconded that:
Whereas, Many cost records have been placed before us, from time to
time, with regard to the cost of producing hand composition ; and,
Whereas, The latest figures compiled by the cost committee of this club
for the first three months of 1911, under the advanced scale of wages, show
that the average cost of the productive or salable hour in Chicago is $1.31,
and as we believe these figures are accurate, we do hereby
Resolve , That hereafter the members of the Ben Franklin Club of Chi¬
cago do recognize this cost rate of $1.31 per hour, and will so recognize it
in all their estimates and charges.
The introduction of the resolution provoked consid¬
erable discussion, taken part in by Messrs. Goodheart,
Renneker, Pryor, Walton, Kirchner, Harman, Kinney,
Morgan, Hartman, Thompson and others. Mr. Kinney’s
remark that the Ben Franklin Club of Chicago should
stand for something definite, for squareness and honesty,
for fair play between buyer and seller, and for closer
cooperation, found responsive chord around the table, and
eventually the resolution as printed above was carried
unanimously and heartily.
The secretary was instructed to send copies of this reso¬
lution to all secretaries of Ben Franklin clubs and kindred
organizations, to the trade press, and to all the employing
printers of Chicago.
Wanted — Information on “How to Begin. ”
A writer from Northern Michigan says: “ We are very
much interested in the question of costs. We presume,
however, we are in the same boat with hundreds of other
country printers when this question is brought up. We
have read columns of matter on the subject, but still
remain in the dark as to the proper way to commence a
practical system. It hardly seems to us that the elabo¬
rate systems in use by the larger offices are adaptable to
our business. We think we would be safer in starting' with
something simpler that we would be sure to continue than
to use a more comprehensive scheme and not continue it.
THE INLAND PRINTER
595
We have here the smaller offices to contend with, and again
the larger competitors whose sole object is to get the work,
regardless of profit. We believe that if we could present a
simple and practical system to the employing printers here
we could get them together and make a start. We are very
anxious to get something started, but frankly admit that
we are in a quandary as to how to proceed, and would
greatly appreciate any suggestions or advice you could
offer.”
“What You Don’t Know WILL Hurt You.’’
“ What you don’t know can’t hurt you,” may be true as
a moral axiom; but in business you can not afford not to
know in what direction you are going. The business ocean
has its charts as well as the briny deep. It is for us to test
and verify these business charts, to compare our expe¬
riences so that out of our efforts may come the greatest
possible security financially to the printing and allied
trades.
Can a Printer Practice Salesmanship?
(An actual occurrence.)
To the printer enters a preacher from Alabama, “ I
want,” said he, “ some cards; what is the price? ”
“For 100 cards — $1.50; for 1,000 cards — $3” (stock
90 cents per thousand, three lines of type, shaded text) .
“ But, never have I paid more than $1 for 100 cards.”
“ True, and you can get 100 cards for 35 cents if you
want that kind of card.” [The nerve of the printer!]
“ But — what difference is there between such cards at
35 cents and at $1.50 for 100? ”
“ What difference is there between your sermons and
some sermons we hear from other preachers? ” [Awful
gall.]
The preacher, laughing: “ I will take 1,000 cards for
$3.” — The Observer.
Some “Copy.’’
Estimators are inclined to pay too little attention to the
kind of copy to be supplied, when making figures on jobs.
Instead of making a profit, a loss is often sustained simply
on account of “ rotten copy,” which had not been taken into
consideration. The following letter from Irwin C. Gaumer,
of Salt Lake City, gives a good illustration of what some¬
times blows into a composing-room. Mr. Gaumer does not
say how much he charged for “ professional ” service, but it
undoubtedly was worth more than the printing of the job
itself. Here is the letter:
“ I am enclosing in this letter a sample of work that,
while it is principally straight matter (that is ‘straight’
after I got it untangled) , it is quite a complex affair. I am
giving you a typewritten copy of the matter as it came to
me, only I have typewritten it direct from the copy, which
was a very illegible piece of manuscript written by a Japa¬
nese who knew what he wanted, but did not know how to
say it in the English language. Here is the copy:
Prog. 1.
A-da-ehi-ga-ha-ra, (about 10 A. D.) (name of the play). Act 3 selected
from the title.
House of Ken-ji-.vo (name of a man).
Ancient time ; people of military family of Japan should be obeyed to
the words of master or of parent or elder brother and sister absolutely.
Ken-ji-yo had a daughter whose name was So-de-ha-gi, she against to
the word of her father therefore she was driven out from the house though
she was a married woman. Some years later she lost her eyes and were
wandering other provinces. After she wandering she came on the front
of father’s house, it was out of mind to her, on the contrary, her father
found to be his daughter and still he did not forgive her. Sa-da-to (name
of husband) her husband was in the house to kill Ken-ji-yo, already, by
changing his dress also hid head hair and after death of Ken-ji-yo, Sodeliagi
her husband and brother-in-law, Ha-chi-man-ta-ro-yo-shi-ye (name of a
man), were meet together.
Scene 1. — So-de-ha-gi (daughter of Ken-ji-yo) came on the front of her
father’s house.
Scene 2. — Death of Ken-ji-yo.
Scene 3. — Meeting of Four.
Prog. 2.
1. — Japanese sword dance.
2. — • Oriental dance.
Prog. 3.
[Let me say here that the third part of the program is an entirely
different playlet from the first part.]
TAI-KO-KI (biography of Taiko) (about 1400 A. D.), Taiko is his
later name, former name was Ha-shi-ba-hi-sa-yo-shi (she).
Selected Act 10 from the title.
The Battle of A-ma-ga-sa-ki.
This was a battle of the two powerful knights of O-da-no-bu-na-gi and
their name were Ha-shi-ba-hi-sa-yo-shi and Ta-ke-chimitsuhi-de, latter one
contrived to conquire all of the province of Japan by slaying his master
and he killed him. At the time Ha-shi-ba-hi-sa-yo-shi (she) had been
western country of Japan with his army to conquire the chief of provinces.
He getting the news of murder returned toward east and he met with
murder, “ Ta-ke-clii-mi-tsu-hi-de ” at the A-ma-ga-sa-ki (between Kyoto and
Osaka), at last he slaying him conquired all provinces and he got the title
of Taiko.
Scene 1. — Wedding of Tu-ji-ro and Ha-tsu-ha-na before starting to the
battle-field.
Scene 2. — Ta-ke-clii-mi-tsu-hi-de killed his mother by his mistake that
he thought Ha-shi-ba-hi-sa-yo-shi (she) was there. A little later his son
came back from the battle-field by injure and reported that is impossible
to defend great army of Ha-shi-ba-hi-sa-yo-shi (she).
Scene 3. — Ila-slii-ba-hi-sa-yo-shi appeared in the house also his knight
Ka-to-ki-yo-ma-sa came in and Ta-ke-chi-mi-tsu-hi-de was captured.
(This is the end, thank goodness.)
“ The paragraph in parenthesis, however, was not in
the manuscript.
“ The above is the copy and the enclosed slip [which we
reproduce herewith] is the program that the Japanese gen¬
tleman O. K.’d.
PROGRAM
Part 1
A -D A-CHI-G A-H A-R A
Selected Act 3 from the Title
TIME — About 10 A D.
PLACE- House of Ken-ji-yo, (Name of a man.)
NOTE— In ancient times people of the military families of Japan had to obey the
words of Master. Parent, Elder Brother or Sister.
STORY OF THE PLAY
Ken-ji-yo had a daughter whose name was So-de-ha-gi, she dis¬
obeying the word of her father was driven out from his house, although she
was a married woman. Some years later she lost her eye-sight and was
wandering over other provinces. After long wanderings she unconsciously
came to the front of her father’s house, but on the contrary her father knew it
to be his daughter, and even then refused to forgive her. At the same time
Sa-da-to, her husband disguising himself and changing his name to Prince Ka-
stu-ra was secreted in Ken-ji-yo’s house to kill him After the death oj Ken-
ji-yo, So-de-ha-gi and her husband and Ha-chi-man-lo-ro-yo-shi-ye, her
brother-in-law met.
Scene / So-de-ha-gi. daughter of Ken jl-yo at the front of her father's house
Scene 2. Death of Ken-ji-yo.
Scene 3: Meeting of the four
Part 2
1 Japanese Sword Dance
2 Oriental Dances.
Part 3
THE BATTLE OF A-MA-GA-SA-KI
Selected Act 10 from the Title
TAIKOKI, Biograghy of Taiko Taiko is his later name, his former
name was Ha-shi-ba-hi-sa-yo-shi. Time about MOO A D
( she ) _
STORY OF THE PLAY
The battle of A-ma-ga-sa-ki was between 4he two powerful
Knights of O-da-no-bu-na-ga, their names were Ha-shi-ba-hi-sa-yo-shi and
Ta-ke-chi-mi-tsu-hi-de. The latter one contrived that he could conquer all of
provinces of Japan by slaying his master, so he killed him. At the time
Ha-shi-ba-hi-sa-yo-shi had been in the western part of Japan with his army
trying to conquer the chief of provinces, upon hearing of the murder he return¬
ed towards the cast. He met Ta-ke-chi-mi-tsu-hi-de at the A-ma-ga-sa-ki.
between Kyoto and Osaka there slaying him, thus conquering all provinces
and acquiring the title of Taiko
Scene 1 : Wedding of Tu-ji-ro and Ha-tsu-ha na before starting to the battlefield
Scene 2. Ta-ke-chl-stu-hi-de killed his mother by mistake thinking that Ha-shi-
ba-hi-sa-yo-shi was there Later his son came back from the battle-field injured reporting
that it was impossible to defend the great army of Ha-shi-ba-hi-sa-yo-shi
Scene 3: Ha-shi-ba-hi-sa-yo-shi appeared in the house and his knight Ka-to-ki-yo-
ma sa came in and Ta-ke-chi-mi-tsu-hi-e was captured.
“ If you think that this is a ‘ kink,’ class it as that or
anything else that you want to and use it if you want to.
In my opinion it is a dandy with a big ‘ D.’ ”
596
THE INLAND PRINTER
Wants Information on Costs for Folding Paper-box
Business.
A Chicago man says: “Please send me information
concerning printed matter on manufacturing costs, esti¬
mating methods, etc., in the printing business and particu¬
larly in the folding paper-box business.” Who can help
him out?
Printers’ Terms of Sale.
The Chicago Printing Trades Credit Association has
issued a large poster printed in red and black for distribu-
PRINTERS’ TERMS OF SALE.
IN RPKKCT IN THIS nmOK.
Net Cash. No Discount Allowed.
Transient customers must leave a
deposit with orders and pay balance
on delivery of work.
Open accounts are due 1st of month
and payable 10th of month following
delivery. Accounts 30 days overdue will
be charged interest.
Delinquent accounts will be placed with
The Printing Trades Credit Association
for collection.
tion among the printers of the city. A reproduction of the
poster is shown. In a circular attached to the poster the
association says:
The accompanying sign (Printers’ Terms of Sale) is sent you with the
compliments of The Printing Trades Credit Association.
We wish you to have it neatly framed and hung in a conspicuous place
in your office. Or, if you prefer, send your errand boy with $1 to the
office of the Association, room 601, Monadnock block, for a copy framed
ready for hanging.
All offices should endeavor to establish these selling terms, so that buyers
may know just when their bills are due, and when they are expected to
pay them.
Also bear in mind that you are legally entitled to interest on accounts
after you send a statement the first of the month for work delivered the
previous month, at the rate of five per cent per annum. Don’t hesitate to
render bills for interest if you want what you are entitled to, and can
collect.
The last paragraph of the sign will offend no honest man — only the
trade you do not want.
The Meetings at Denver.
CALL FOR THE COST CONGRESS.
Prefacing it with a personal note urging that the
expense should be charged against the attendant’s business,
the American Printers’ Cost Commission has issued its call
for the meeting to be held at Denver next September. In
addition to the argument that attending the congress is a
business proposition, Chairman Morgan takes the recipients
into his confidence and tells them how they are bound to
make the trip a profitable one.
He points out that preceding congresses were prolific
of benefits from the extemporaneous remarks of the attend¬
ants, and expresses the hope that the question -box method
will be largely used at Denver. So he says:
“ To get the most good from this next congress, we
would further suggest that from now on whenever a ques¬
tion arises in your mind regarding the efficiency or the
running of your plant, the keeping of your cost system, or
anything of importance to which you would like an answer,
just jot it down, making, as it were, a memorandum to take
with you to the Cost Congress for the purpose of obtaining
the information desired.”
After announcing that every master printer is cordially
invited to be at the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, on Sep¬
tember 7 to 9, the call runs along this wise:
“ Representatives and delegates of all printers’ organ¬
izations throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico
will be present, and employing printers not at present affil¬
iated with trade organizations are especially invited to be
present.
“ This meeting is called to continue and further the
work of standardization of cost-finding methods, also to
further the universal installation of the Standard Uniform
Cost-finding System.
“ The First and Second International Cost Congresses
have proved their worth. They have performed wonders in
directing attention to the evils afflicting the trade, and have
developed and expounded the remedies. The spirit in which
these problems have been investigated, discussed and solved
has been most admirable. It has astonished veterans in the
work of craft welfare.
“ This spirit has developed a sense that every one of us
owes something to the craft; and the congresses have
proved that on paying that something there is always rich
compensation.
“ Cost congresses and cost finding have established the
era of good feeling in the craft, and have brought forth the
determination that the trade is going to be better in the
future than it has been in the past. You can not afford to
miss the mental stimulus and business knowledge that will
be dispensed at Denver.
“An excellent program is in process of preparation and
will be published in the August issue of the trade press.
Appropriate entertainment will be provided, and a profit¬
able and enjoyable time is assured to all.
“ Literature descriptive of the beautiful city of Denver
and Colorado’s wonderful scenic attractions, as well as all
information as to hotel accommodations, will be cheerfully
furnished upon application to Mr. William G. Chamberlin,
Jr., Secretary, 1032 Eighteenth street, Denver, Colorado.
“ Owing to the great interest manifested by our trade in
the matter of cost-finding methods and organization during
the past two years, it is confidently expected that this will
be the largest, most successful and most profitable meeting
of printers ever held, and your own personal interests urge
that you be present.”
UNITED TYPOTHETAD OF AMERICA CONVENTION.
As has been noted several times in these pages, the
United Typothetse of America will hold its twenty-fifth
annual convention at Denver on September 4-6. The pro¬
gram committees of both organizations have made such
arrangements as will not only prevent a clash, but insure
harmony. Eastern delegates have made elaborate arrange¬
ments to travel west on two or possibly more special trains.
All the luxurious equipment of a modern limited train will
be there, plus player-pianos on the observation cars, and
the trains will be known on time-cards as “ The U. T. A.
Special Train de Luxe.”
An enticing itinerary has been mapped out, and a glance
at the places to be visited and the manner of reaching them
dispels all that tired feeling which overcomes some persons
when a long trip is in prospect.
The Chicagoans have made arrangements for similar
train or trains on the Chicago & North Western, and are
staying awake nights devising means whereby they can
make the Easterners take their dust; indeed, their real pur¬
pose is to put the grandeur of the coronation in the shade.
INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION WANTS EMPLOYERS
AS GUESTS.
The unique feature of the preliminary arrangements is
an invitation from President Lynch to the Cost Congress
and Typothetse to take a day off and visit the Union Print¬
ers’ Home at Colorado Springs as guests of the Interna-
THE INLAND PRINTER
597
tional Typographical Union. If, as is thought will be the
case, the invitation is accepted, there will be a chapter of
novelty — a union entertaining- employers on a large scale
at their Home, the only one of its kind in the world, and the
finest and most valuable piece of collective craft property
in America.
A Kick on Printing Prices at Bountiful, Utah.
The printer’s profits are too bountiful in the opinion of
a dairyman at Salt Lake City. He ordered a job of one
thousand milk-tickets, printed with stub, machine perfora¬
tion, duplicate numbering, bound in ten books, 2% by 8.
The price was $4. The work was done by the Carr Print¬
ing Company, of Bountiful, Utah. A similar job was done
for him last year, but a three-thousand-dollar lot was
ordered, and the price was $2.75 a thousand. The reason
for the difference in the price per thousand between one-
thousand lots up to five-thousand lots was explained to him
a year ago. But this is what he says:
Car Printing Co. — I am simply disgusted with the way you have
in raising- the price on your work the way you do. When I first
started Mr. Call only charged $2.75 per 1,000 and you said you
would hold his prices now with out any cause other than graft or
greed on your part you have kept on raising your price until now
you charge $4.00. now you can go to h — 1 for my work I can get
them at any house for $3.25 per 1,000 just as good as any work
you ever done.
All of which goes to show that much pains must be exer¬
cised to educate the customer.
THE TYPOTHETAE — WHAT IT IS AND WHAT
IT STANDS FOR.
So general is the desire for one big employers’ associa¬
tion, that the advocates of the various forms of organiza¬
tion are putting their claims before the printing-trade
public. On the ground for more than a quarter of a cen¬
tury, with ancient activities in the printer mind, the
United Typothetae naturally receives the lion share of
attention and criticism in the discussion that is now going
on. Appreciating this fact, its officers have prepared a
statement, which we are pleased to give a place in our
columns:
To the end that every one interested may be made familiar with the
work of the United Typothetae of America, and that apprehension as to its
aims and objects may be corrected, we would call attention to the fact
that it is a voluntary association of master printers organized to advance
the interests of its membership in particular and incidentally to bring
about better conditions in the entire printing industry — an industry, by
the way, which ranks seventh in importance in the United States. When
the Typothetae was organized, twenty-four years ago, it was brought into
being because of the crystallization of the belief that an organization of
master printers was a necessity. Theretofore the employers were unorgan¬
ized, though their employees were acting as a uuit in practically all
branches of the business.
While more or less attention has always been paid to questions of costs
and other matters relating to efficiency and management, it was not until
about three years ago that the organization as a whole saw the necessity
of broadening the scope of its work to an extent that would permit it to
include everything which in any way has a bearing on the interests and
welfare of its membership. With the adoption of this broader policy it
was decided to drop from consideration, so far as the national body Was
concerned, the question of whether shops were to be “ open ” or “ closed,”
as it was seen that this was a matter which could best be handled by the
local branches or by the individual plant.
That the new policy was a move in the right direction is proven by the
astonishing increase in the membership of the United Ty'pothetae of Amer¬
ica since its adoption. Membership in the Typothetae is now seen to be,
indirectly, a source of actual profit, for the expense is merely nominal and
the benefits great.
Perhaps the most important work being done at this time by the inter¬
national organization is the installation of cost-finding systems. A force
of twelve field-men is constantly employed, and they are moved from point
to point throughout the United States as occasion demands. Each is an
expert in the science of cost-finding. During the past twelve months
upward of a thousand systems have been installed, the work necessitating
an outlay of nearly $50,000. The coming twelvemonth will see still
greater activity and a larger expenditure. It is an important fact, too,
that the cost of installing these systems has been returned to the members
of the Typothetae several times over, for the first result of the use of a
system is always a decided advance in selling prices — an advance fully
warranted, in the view of the fact that printers’ profits have in the past
been woefully inadequate. Price advances — and these have averaged from
fifteen to twenty-five per cent, with practically no falling-off in the volume
of business — have not been the only benefit given by membership in the
Typothetae, and the use of its cost-finding system. The system points out
numerous small leaks which always and unavoidably exist in the plant oper¬
ated in the old way, and by showing them to exist, permits of their elim¬
ination, with a consequent large saving. The system shows, too, the
amount of nonproductive time and what causes it, so that, if it is unnec¬
essary (such as time lost searching for sorts, or because of too large a
percentage of distribution), it may be cut out. Again, the United Typoth-
etas system unerringly points out the jobs which are being done at too low
a price — those “regular” jobs which every office does each week or every
month and which are so often sold at cost or below. It is a fact that the
actual cost figures furnished by the Typothetae system have enabled its
members to get higher prices for such work in hundreds of instances, and
in seventy-five per cent or more of the cases the customer pays the advance
without protest, because he sees that it is warranted. When he will not
pay it the work is refused, for it is better to decline to take the job than
to lose money on it. Because of the great value of cost-finding systems to
its members, the United Typothetae of America rightly considers their
installation its most important work at the present time.
However, the activities of the Typothetae are by no means confined
to the installation of cost-finding systems. Many other matters of great
importance are taken up. For example, it is well known that the cus¬
tomer of the printer can go to almost any paper-dealer, no matter in what
city or section he may be located, and buy stock at prices as low as those
given the printer, and this notwithstanding the fact that easily ninety per
cent of the business of paper-dealers comes from printers. This is a state
of affairs existing in no other line. It is an unjust policy, and because of
it the printer often finds it impossible to add any profit at all to the cost
price of the paper he sells, nor has he ever been able to add a profit
which is at all comparable to that made in other lines of merchandising.
This grave trade abuse is now being taken up actively by the Typothetae,
and a great deal of progress has already been made. The Committee on
Trade Customs of the United Typothetae of America met with the Execu¬
tive Committees of the two paper-trade associations recently and presented
so strong a case that the latter appointed standing committees to meet
with the Typothetae representatives and bring about an agreement regard¬
ing this and a number of other important matters along the lines suggested
by the Typothetae and in accordance with the best interests of all. The
committees are still working on the details, but, thanks to the United
Typothetae of America, these abuses, among the gravest suffered by the
printing industry, will be corrected at an early day.
The maintenance of a force of experts who devote their time to the
installation of cost-finding systems, and the bringing about of more satis¬
factory relations with the supply houses, are matters which can only be
handled successfully by a powerful national association. So far as that is
concerned, however, practically every question may be settled nationally
if anything of real and permanent benefit is accomplished. This being
true, it must be admitted that there is a great work ahead of the United
Typothetae of America. It must also be admitted, in view of what we
have said above, that the Typothetae is a wide-awake, virile, progressive
organization which is actually doing things. All will be interested, there¬
fore, in the following statement of its aims and objects, which shows its
broad field of endeavor :
Education of printers in matters of cost of production.
Education of printers in the benefit of organization, keeping especially
in mind the greater power of one than of several associations.
The encouragement of more friendly relations and of greater confidence
between printers, regardless of whether they are located in the same city
or in widely scattered sections.
The promotion of trade schools for the education of printers.
The installation, under the supervision of experts, of scientific cost-find¬
ing systems.
The maintenance of credit bureaus.
The standardization of printing plants.
Suggesting plans for the rearrangement of workrooms, to the end that
there may be greater economy in the expenditure of time.
The establishment of satisfactory trade relations with paper-dealers,
supply houses, machinery-builders, and all those from whom equipment or
supplies are purchased.
The standardization of shop practices.
The promotion of mutual fire-insurance companies.
The education of printers in the principles of scientific management.
The maintenance of a free employment bureau.
The education of managers and men in matters of efficiency.
Education in the essentials of time requirements as they relate to all
the processes entering into the production of printing.
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Advising the membership concerning the purchase of new machinery or
other equipment.
All other matters coming up from time to time which in any way affect
the interests of the master printer.
The above is the platform of the United Typothetfe of America. It will
be seen that almost every item must be taken up nationally if anything
worth while is to be accomplished. So far as insurance is concerned, two
mutual companies have already been formed through the influence of the
Tj'pothefce, and the . organization is supporting the School of Printing at
Indianapolis both morally and financially. Of a truth it is a broad plat¬
form, and one in every way commendable. We are glad to publish it, for
in many quarters there seems to be a deplorable amount of misinformation
regarding the objects and aims of the United Typothetae of America. There
can be no excuse for further failure to know and understand precisely what
the Typothetae stands for, as this declaration of principles is explicit and to
the point.
PRINTING PRESSMEN’S CONVENTION.
Too late for extended comment in this issue, the Print¬
ing- Pressmen’s and Assistants’ Union dedicated its home at
Hale Springs, Tennessee. The occasion was the assembling
of the delegates and others composing the twenty-third
annual convention of the organization. What is collo¬
quially called “the home” of this union is in reality an
estate comprising several hundred acres on which it is pro¬
posed to house a well-equipped technical school, offices for
the officials, and facilities for printing the American Press¬
man, the official organ of the union. In addition to this a
tuberculosis sanitorium and a home for aged and invalid
members are being developed, which institutions will not
only add prestige to the organization, but be of material
benefit to its members.
Among the matters that engaged the attention of the
delegates was the renewal of the contract with the Amer¬
ican Publishers’ Association and a scheme for defraying
the expenses of all delegates from funds of the Interna¬
tional Union. A rather unusual subject will be the consid¬
eration of the action of the board of directors in removing
Third Vice-President Kreitler from office. That gentle¬
man represented the web-press men in the higher councils
of the organization, and, it is alleged, did not have a very
high regard for the sanctity of contracts, so his fellow-
directors felt constrained to shorten his “ directing ”
career.
Pressmen have a goodly number of irons in the fire, and
it is not surprising that ways and means for financing
their ventures should occupy the time of delegates. Not¬
withstanding the present drain and the prospective heavy
dues, the membership has increased at an unprecedented
rate, the total now being given as more than twenty-three
thousand, and “Twenty-five thousand in 'a year” is the
latest pressmen’s slogan.
On May 20 the International treasury contained
$60,216.77, and the property at Hale Springs was in con¬
dition to furnish hotel accommodations for those attending
the convention.
NOT HIS AIR.
It was a very fashionable concert and the artists very
well-known ones, but the two young things were too busy
with picking out their peculiarities to hear the music.
In the midst of a beautiful selection the pianist sud¬
denly lifted his hands from the keys and one of the young
things was heard to say clearly:
“ I wonder if that hair is his own? ”
The old man who sat beside her was slightly deaf, but
he turned with a benevolent smile.
“ No, miss,” he imparted, pleasantly, “ that is Schu¬
bert’s.” — Philadelphia Times.
CHICAGO CLUB OF PRINTING-HOUSE CRAFTSMEN.
The “ men who do things ” in the printing trades — the
superintendents and foremen — have joined forces in
Chicago and will hereafter cooperate in bringing about
improved conditions in the business. At a most enthusi¬
astic meeting held on June 20 at the Chicago Advertising-
Association clubrooms on Monroe street, almost a hundred
superintendents “ started the thing going ” by effecting a
temporary organization, with the following officers and
committees :
Committee on Constitution and By-Laws — W. R. Good-
heart, University of Chicago Press; E. C. Dittman, Rand,
McNally & Co.; T. P. O’Neill, Barnes-Crosby Company.
Committee on Name — L. W. Becker, H. L. Ruggles &
Co.; A. W. Campbell, W. F. Hall & Co.; J. A. Foster, the
Excelsior Printing Company.
Committee on Program — A. J. Albrecht, Manz Engra¬
ving Company; U. G. Hinman, Rogers & Co.; E. D. Berry,
Rogers & Smith Company; F. H. Shank, Faithorn Com¬
pany; V. C. Guston, Metropolitan Syndicate Press; L. W.
Becker, H. L. Ruggles & Co.
Two other organizations of this character — one at
Philadelphia and the other at New York — have been in
existence for some time and are doing splendid work.
The Chicago club has started off with a bright outlook.
Mr. Richards, the temporary president, was the original
moving spirit, but he was later ably assisted by Mr. Hin¬
man, of Rogers & Co.; Mr. Willey, of the Rand-McNally
Company; Mr. Goodheart, of the University of Chicago
Press, and other “ live wires ” among superintendents and
foremen.
As temporary chairman of the meeting, Mr. Hinman is
entitled to great credit for the good feeling he was able to
bring about under distressing weather conditions, and his
selection as a member of the program committee assures
the membership that there will be an interesting time at
every meeting.
As the chief object of the club will be to make possible
a common meeting-ground for the men who are such an
important factor in the trade, where an exchange of expe¬
riences and discussions of problems in the mechanical
departments will be highly beneficial to all concerned, every
foreman and superintendent is urged to affiliate.
The next meeting will be held on July 18, at which time
the committee on constitution and by-laws will report.
CHAIRMEN OF THE H. O. SHEPARD COMPANY
CHAPEL.
The chapel of the H. O. Shepard Company, Chicago,
elects a new chairman or “ Father of the Chapel ” every six
months. William G. Cobb, of the H. 0. Shepard Company
Chapel, has prepared a list of the men who have held ten¬
ures of office in this chapel from the time the business was
established by Shepard & Johnston, as follows:
Allexon .
. 1880-1891
Philbrick .
. 1891
Witherspoon .
. 1892
♦Mitchell .
. 1892
Fish .
. 1893
*Leckie .
. 1893
Cobb .
. 1894
Gould .
. 1894
Howard .
. 1895
Hepburn .
. 1895
Schock .
. . 1896
Long .
. 1896
Shaffer .
. 1897
Ivins . ' .
. 1S97
Hansen (2) .
. 1898
Crall (2) .
. 1899
Eilrich (2) .
. 1900
* Deceased.
Ivins . 1901
Larking . 1901
Larking- . 1902
Witherspoon . 1902
Witherspoon . 1903
Plambeck . 1903
Plambeek (2) . 1901
Bliss (2) . 1905
Bliss . 1906
Kreger . 1906
Wartenbe . 1907
Zimmerman . 1907
Zimmerman (2) . 190S
Burke, chairman pro tern . 1909
Green . March, 1909
Kavanagh . 1909
Kavanagh . 1910
Hansen . 1910
Hansen . January 7, 1911
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There is always a best way to do a thing if
it be but to boil an egg. — Emerson.
This department is designed to record methods of shorten¬
ing labor and of overcoming difficult problems in printing. The
methods used by printers to accomplish any piece of work re¬
corded here are open to discussion. Contributions are solicited.
Easy Method of Setting Around Cuts.
F. E. Kleist, Linotype machinist at the Roy Press, New
York city, submits to the Linotype Bulletin a scheme for
running around irregular cuts which appears to be simple
and produces good results. His explanation is so clear
that it is reproduced without further comment. While the
Thinking a method of making irregular run- of the slug would show the indention better
arounds may be of interest to your readers, l . than those used on the master sheet shown
submit the following, with such an explana- herewith. Placing the cut back upward on the
tion and specimen' as will make it clear: This master sheet, which is now a representation of
run-around was laid out by preparing a sheet that portion of the page to be over-run, draw
as shown (inclosed). The type is a - -^a *‘ne aroun^ as shown. The leaders
9 point on io point body. The mas- showing one-half ems and the fig-
ter sheet must always be made / ures full ems to the number indi-
by using type and body of the / \ cated, it is easy to run down
same kind as finished product. / \ the indention. A little prac-
Being a center cut, with run- / \ tice will give the necessary
around on both sides, start / \ experience to allow for thin
with a’ single leader, -which spaces. After the cut is in-
coilnts for a figure space or 1 / serted in the matter a line
one-half em, then a figure i, \ / or two may have to be rein-
a single leader, figure 2, leader \ / dented, as the letters which
and so on as shown by the \ / extend above or below the
master sheet. The other side of \. S line, if at the end or beginning of
column reglet is laid out in the the line, may project so into the
opposite direction. The figures run ^ - - — ^ space allowed for the cut as to spoil the
from i to o and then repeat, each, repetition appearance. The master sheet, of course, can
counting in running down the em quads for be used for one column or either edge of a
ten more ems of the type. You cast enough column. The operator did the run-around in
of each to allow for the cut. A figure and 30 minutes, which compares favorably with
character more nearly covering the. thickness hand work, and once locked up it stays there.
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outline used in this instance was circular, the same method
can be applied to any shaped cut, no matter how irregular.
John Sauer, operator at the Roy Press, composed the
original explanation and master sheet used for copy.
Furniture-cabinets on Wheels.
I believe every one has wasted some time when locking
up forms, or making up jobs, by chasing back and forth
from the furniture-cabinet to the job at the other end of
the stone. We are about to avoid this by having tables or
pedestals equipped with castors, just big enough to accom¬
modate a single or double furniture-cabinet. They are so
constructed as to bring the base of the cabinet below the
level of the stones, which brings the ten-em pieces in easy
reach of a short compositor or the “ devil.” A brace is so
placed as to cause cabinet to tilt backward when screwed
onto pedestal. This prevents the smaller pieces of furni¬
ture from being thrown out when cabinet is moved from
one part of floor to another. — R. W. Smith.
To Find Proportionate Sizes of a Photograph or
Drawing.
A new method of easily obtaining sizes to which photo¬
graphs and drawings will reduce and which gives accurate
measurements in an unusual way is as follows:
If the height is stated and the width is then desired:
Multiply the width of the picture by the reduced height and
divide by the height of the original copy. The result will
show the reduced width.
Example: Reduce 13 inches high by 20 inches wide to
4 inches high.
20 inches wide (present)
4 inches high (reduced)
13 inches) 80
6%3 inches — reduced width.
If the width is stated and the height is desired : Multi¬
ply the height of the original copy by the width to be
reduced and then divide by the original width. The result
will show the reduced height.
Example: Reduce 8 inches high by 16 inches wide to
3 inches wide.
8 inches high (present)
3 inches wide (reduced)
16 inches) 24
1 % — reduced height.
Gumming Ends of Paper Strips.
Laundries and banks use large quantities of paper cut
in long narrow strips, gummed for about an inch wide on
the end of each. The former use these for stripping
around shirts to hold them in place, and the latter use them,
of heavy cover or other tough stock, to separate different
denominations, or amounts, of currency.
We turned down several orders on account of the seem¬
ing difficulty of properly gumming the ends so as to allow
them to be wet and stuck after being printed.
At last a large order for these bands came in both from
a laundry and bank on the same day and we determined to
work them some way.
The stock was cut twelve on and a tyjle-high block of
wood about one-inch wide and long enough to cross the
stock was locked up on a platen press equipped with a set
of old but clean rollers.
A solution of gum arabic and water was made up, thick
enough to work on the plate without running off, and the
press was “ inked up ” with this and the sheets were fed
against the block of wood so as to leave a strip of glue
about an inch wide at the head of each. The sheets were
spread out as soon as run and allowed to dry, after which
they were run through the press with the type-form and
then cut up to the desired size.
The bank bands being on quite heavy stock, we tried a
slightly different and possibly quicker method. A number
of sheets were opened out so that each sheet overlapped
another up to within an inch of the end. A clean proof
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THE INLAND PRINTER
roller was then worked up in the gum-arabic solution, and
the glue was distributed from a piece of glass onto the pro¬
truding ends of the stock, which was allowed to dry, and
was finished in the same manner as the shirtbands. A stiff
brush could also be used in the latter method, but does not
give such an even coating of glue. — R. W. Smith.
Spacing Linotype Slugs.
Occasionally it is necessary to extra-space a linotype
slug. The slug has to be cut and a type-space inserted.
This is liable to drop out, however. I have used the plan
of pinching the side of the slug in a vise, as shown in the
illustration herewith (Fig. 1), and it works very success¬
fully. The metal is caused to project on the end as shown
in Fig. 2, so that when the line is spaced it will appear as
F> e- 3
Fig. 3. If squeezed too much the space may be too lax-ge.
In that event it may be dressed down to the desired width
with a file. Notice in Fig. 3 that a shows one end of the
slug squeezed; b shows both ends squeezed, which makes
too large a space and had to be trimmed down with the
mitering machine so as to appear as shown in c. The
squeezing of the slug does not increase the height of the
slug, unless it is inserted too far. — N. Paulsen.
Lantern Slides by Transfer Method.
(879.) Mr. Willard G. Carr, of the Carr Printing Com¬
pany, of Bountiful, Utah, offers the following suggestion
to those who wish to reproduce slides from printed copy:
“We were called upon to make some slides for our picture-
show some two years ago. We tried printing on gelatin
and celluloid, but there was too much work for the money
we got out of it, so we commenced to do some figuring for
a cheaper way, and in experimenting we got the process
just as described in your paper except the bronzing part.
We get very good results by using a good grade of bond
ink. We made slides for our candidates, for city election,
October, 1909.”
Our recommendations to a subscriber who wished to
reproduce advertisements on glass slides were as follows:
“ We can recommend the following method of reproducing
advertisements on glass slides : Have the advertisement set
and then ink the form with a short black ink, using a hard
roller, and having placed the inked form between suitable
type-high bearers, pass the clean roller slowly over the
inked type; the ink is transferred to the roller. Take the
roller and roll it over the glass, being careful to register it
in proper position. The offset from the roller will carry
enough ink to make the printing opaque so it will give
black letters on a white background.”
Slides for Picture-shows.
A more satisfactory way to make slides for picture-
shows than that described in this column in the May issue
is as follows:
Use transparent celluloid instead of glass; lock up
form and make-ready on press, using try-sheets of card¬
board same size as slide, take impression on sheet of glazed
or enameled stock, feed in the celluloid over this proof, and
the result will be an impression on both sides of the slide.
Dust both sides with bronze to intensify and allow to set
thoroughly before dusting off. A careful register is of
course necessary, and a bond ink with drier gives best
results.
These slides show up perfectly clear and black on the
curtain. The celluloid can be obtained in various shades
and tints, which is even more desirable than the plain.
The slides when put in the machine must be sandwiched
with glass to protect from the heat. — Missoula Press.
Making Perfect Joints in Rulework.
A recent article in a trade publication .advises the
printer not to use panels in job or advertisement composi¬
tion unless a perfect fit of all parts is made. R. P. Greer,
proprietor of the Antique Press, Uniontown, Alabama,
writes that he uses a simple method to obtain perfect-fitting
rule- joints. Mr. Greer says that he simply forces a piece
of wax into the joint that fails to print up, and wiping it
with a rag to remove the rough edges, the trouble is reme¬
died at once. He finds this very satisfactory, and it holds
up under long runs if properly done. In case the wax comes
out it can be replaced without removing the form from the
press.
Suggestion — In addition to the method described fox-
correcting imperfect joints in rule, if a little stiff ink and
varnish is placed between the pax-ts and allowed to dry
before using, a good joint will be obtained. Tinfoil dipped
in muriatic acid and slipped in between the rules, and
touched with a hot soldering ii'on, will effect a good union
of the joints. LePage’s fish-glue applied to the joints and
allowed to stand until dry also serves well. Embossing
compound in a plastic condition mixed with a little gloss
vai-nish and placed between the rules at the corners will
also make a tight joint.
CONVENTION OF STEREOTYPERS AND
ELECTROTYPERS.
Nearly two hxxndred persons, sixty-one of whom were
delegates, attended the annual convention of Stereotypers’
and Electrotypers’ Intei-national Union, held at the Hotel
Tullei-, Detroit, Michigan, during the week ending June 17.
The principal subjects discussed by the delegates were the
renewal of the contract with the Amex-ican Newspaper
Publishers’ Association, the development of plans for a
closer affiliation of workers in the printing trades and the
advisability of increasing the death assessment.
The officers of this union are elected by a referendum
vote of the entire membership, consequently interest cen-
tei-s in the selection of a place of meeting, and San Fran¬
cisco was chosen for 1914.
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GET-TOGETHER DINNER OF THE WASHINGTON
EMPLOYING PRINTERS.
The printers of Washington, D. C., had a “ Get-to¬
gether ” dinner on April 26. The souvenir menu, a blue-
lilac cover-stock, tied with a rose-lilac ribbon, and printed
in two tones of blue, bears the date “ Wednesday, February
26, 1911.” On the back, in small type down in the right
corner, is the legend :
You ar.’n’t so smart!
You can be joshed along :
We knew that the date
On the front was wrong.
The illustrations, which we reproduce in reduced size,
appeared on the third page above and below the menu.
Attention to these was invited by a note on the second page
which reads : “ Each illustration on the opposite page
represents a well-known Washington printer. An extra
‘ scuttle of suds ’ for the first correct solution.”
• ORDER OF GOING DOWN.
The story opens with a Cocktail, and there’s only one for each,
And the second chapter’s Blue Points — just from Colonial Beach.
We then get Puree of Tomato that’s almost at a boil
And the Croutons which are in it were mixed with Croton Oil.
Now Radishes, Almonds and Celery come to while away the time
(There’s nothing to eat in this line — we couldn’t make it rhyme).
Broiled Sea Trout, Maitre d’Hotel, is the next thing it seems ;
Copied it from the menu, don’t know “ what the Hotel Bill ” it means.
Sliced Cucumbers and Julienne Potatoes come along with the fish,
The “Shoestring Murphies” on it; the colic in a separate dish.
Braised Filet of Beef, aux Champignon, now — for the first time this
winter —
And it’s pretty high-toned eating for an onery common printer.
Roast Turkey and Cranberry Sauce now enter hand in hand.
Mashed ’Taters and Green Peas follow — unhook your belly band !
Now comes the Orange Salad that all printers love so well.
And then the Water Crackers and some Cheese that smells like h- - !
That’s all ■ — except the Coffee — and now that you have dined
Have a pitcher of “ Bud ” or a bucket of “ Schlitz ” and let joy be unre¬
fined !
The cartoons represent the following printing estab¬
lishments, or their slogans: No. 1, the Carpenter Press;
No. 2, “We Never Disappoint”; No. 3, “Small Work
Exclusively”; No. 4, Shaw Brothers; No. 5, Hayworth;
No. 6, Darling; No. 7, Milan’s; No. 8, C. X. Brands, man¬
ager of Sudwarth Printing Company; No. 9, “ The Sign
of Good Printing,” Sudwarth Printing Company; No. 10,
Dunn Brothers, two offices closed by sheriff in locality
pictured.
GET IT IN WRITING.
Pm like a darky: I’ve more confidence in a piece of paper
with some writing on it than the spoken word. — “ Miss
Gibbie Gault.”
OVERSEERS OF MELBOURNE.
A friend has sent us the annual reports for 1909 and
1910 of the Melbourne Printers’ Overseers’ Association. A
glance through the booklets shows that the members are an
active lot. During the year the discussions cover a wide
range of subjects, dealing with managerial and technical
questions. Among the features is a “ Question Box,” which
furnishes meat for discussions. Here are a few of the
topics presented in one year:
Is the allowance of one apprentice to three men sufficient?
Is it desirable to offer small prizes among students of the W. M. Col¬
lege Printing Classes, to improve in commercial work ?
The best way to coat gelatin.
Are nickeled stereos superior to electros?
A suggestion for printing glazed cards.
Is the present system of feed-boys satisfactory?
Embossing on cylinder machines.
Printing on celluloid.
The use of advertising experts.
The association is not- neglectful of the lighter and
social side of life, for dinners are referred to, as well as
week-end outings, a motor-boat picnic, a conversazione for
the ladies, and an “ annual camp,” which seems to be a
three-day affair.
THE ROAD TO PROGRESS.
RAY P. CHAMBERS,
Junior Linotype machinist-operator, with the Morning Herald, Huron,
South Dakota.
Ray P. Chambers, that master of the Junior Linotype,
who gets the capacity of “ the wire baby ” for the Morning
Herald, Huron, South Dakota, writes: “ I have been a con¬
stant reader of The Inland Printer for seven years, ever
since I started in at the trade, and it has been invaluable
to me.”
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Brief mention of men and events associated with the printing
and allied industries will be published under this heading. Items
for this department should be sent before the tenth day of the
month.
Printer Says He Was Unjustly Sent to Jail.
A suit for $10,000 damages has been brought by Joseph
A. Donnelly, a New York city printer, against several offi¬
cers of the Twelfth Regiment, for having imprisoned him
two days as the result of a court-martial which fined him
$9 because he was absent from three drills. In his com¬
plaint he alleges that he had served the full period of his
enlistment, and that he made two applications for a dis¬
charge, which were not acted upon. He then decided to
stay away from drill. The regiment, according to Mr.
Donnelly, owed him a $70 printing-bill at the time he was
sent to jail.
Master Printers of Lynn Organize.
Of the twenty-two printing establishments at Lynn,
Massachusetts, eighteen recently joined in bringing about
an organization of the trade’s membership. G. Sidney
Macfarlane was chosen president; William H. Perry, vice-
president; Fred Nichols, secretary, and Luther D. Parker,
treasurer. Business meetings will be held weekly, and
monthly dinners will be given. When the matter of choos¬
ing a name came up, the members were unable to make a
decision, and action was therefore deferred. This is the
first strictly local employing- printers’ organization in
Lynn, and the matter of a name was considered important
because of the existence of several other organizations in
the State.
Consolidation of Magazine Interests.
According to a recent announcement, a new combina¬
tion of magazines has been effected, to be hereafter pub¬
lished by the Columbian-Sterling- Company. The maga¬
zines controlled by the new company are Hampton's, the
Columbian, the Home, the Sterling, Orff’s Farm Review and
the American Woman’s Review. The first three are pub¬
lished in New York city separately, and the others were
owned by the Western Magazine Company and published
at St. Louis. Frank Orff, who was president of the West¬
ern Magazine Company, is at the head of the combine,
which is capitalized at $4,000,000. Albert Ellery Bergh
will be managing editor of the six publications and Ray
Long becomes editorial executive.
Printing Concern Founded in 1830 Assigns.
The Mudge Press, of Boston, one of the oldest printing-
institutions in America, having been founded in 1830 by
Alfred Mudge, recently made an assignment to Albert E.
Rogers for the benefit of creditors. The founder of this
well-known printery was one of the most successful job-
printers of his time, having made his printing plant the
chief institution of its kind in New England. For several
years he was the city printer of Boston. At his death, in
1880, his son, Alfred A. Mudge, succeeded to the business,
but he died a few years afterward, when Frank H. Mudge,
grandson of the founder and son of Alfred A., took over
the business and has conducted it ever since. The present
owner has been active in employing printers’ organizations.
He was one of the moving spirits in the formation of the
Boston Master Printers’ Club, and was its president in
1891 and 1892. He was also a member of the executive
committee of the United Typothetae during its first year
and first vice-president in 1890.
Printers Vote to Abolish Piece System.
The following amendment to the International Typo¬
graphical Union laws was recently submitted to a referen¬
dum of all members in Canada and the United States, and
was adopted by a large vote, 22,897 members favoring it
and 11,017 opposing it. The new law goes into effect in
August of this year, but does not affect existing contracts:
“No member shall be allowed to accept a bonus based
on the setting of so many thousand ems, and no local union
shall sign, or allow its members to work under, a scale of
prices based on the piece system, or providing for a bonus
based on quantity of type produced.”
R. LEE SHARPE, OK CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, DETERMINES TO GO TO
FLORIDA.
R. LEE SHARPE, OP CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, RETURNS FROM FLORIDA.
Advertising Men Getting Ready for Big Meet.
Good printing will be one of the chief topics of discus¬
sion at the seventh annual convention of the Associated
Advertising Clubs of America, which will be held August
1-4 at Boston. It is expected that this will be the largest
and most successful gathering in the history of the organ¬
ization. Many noted men will be in attendance, including
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several governors of States and mayors of cities. The
whole advertising field will be covered in the discussions,
but the subject of “ Business Literature,” with especial
emphasis on printing-, engraving, etc., will receive more
than ordinary attention. The Pilgrim Publicity Associa¬
tion, a Boston club of nearly five hundred members, will be
the host of the convention. Among the many entertain¬
ment features planned is an automobile trip along the pic¬
turesque North Shore to Beverly, where the advertising
men will be greeted by President Taft. F. E. Johnson will
be chairman of the convention.
Everybody interested in the subject of good printing is
urged to attend.
A Transparent Printing Office.
A printing and publishing office built so that the super¬
intendent may sit at his desk and view every department
of the plant is now occupied by the Sunset Publishing Com¬
pany, of San Francisco, one of the largest publishing-
houses on the Pacific coast. The building, which was
recently completed and which was planned after several
years of expert investigation, is provided with plate-glass
partitions. The San Francisco Call says that its effect is
like viewing an exhibit of machinery at an exhibition. The
building has a frontage of 125 feet on Fourth street, run¬
ning back 300 feet, with an “ L ” in Perry street 45 by 85.
For the most part the building is one story, and the design
will be especially interesting to printers. In a later issue
we may be able to show some of the principal views of the
plant.
St. Louis Printing-trades Club.
Shortly after the baseball tournament held at Chicago,
in 1909, a meeting of printers and allied trades of St. Louis
was called to discuss the possibilities of organizing a print¬
ing-trades club in that city. Enthusiasm was strong at this
meeting, and a temporary organization was formed. The
temporary officers drew up a constitution and by-laws and
made application for a charter, which was granted on
December 24, 1909. The interest shown in the movement
SITTING AND READING ROOM AND LIBRARY, ST. LOUIS PRINTING-TRADES
CLUB.
at the outset gave assurance of complete success, and the
club is now one of the most promising printers’ social
organizations in the country.
The quarters of the club, interior views of which are
shown herewith, are located at 413 Locust street, where the
second, third and fourth floors are occupied. The second
floor is fitted up as a sitting and reading room, with a
library containing more than four hundred books. The
third floor contains two pool-tables and one billiard-table.
On this floor is the headquarters of the Typo Athletic Asso¬
ciation, where printer baseball “ magnates ” from all over
America will gather for important conferences in August,
BILLIARD AND POOL ROOM, ST. LOUIS PRINTING-TRADES CLUB.
during the national tournament. The fourth floor is fitted
up as a cafe, where refreshments and eatables are served
and where a baseball ticker gives the results of major-
league clubs.
CAFE, ST. LOUIS PRINTING-TRADES CLUB.
The St. Louis Printing-trades Club is managed by a
board of control, and is conducted most admirably. The
quax-ters are open day and night, and an invitation is
extended to all visitors who pass through or stop at St.
Louis to pay a visit to the club.
During the fourth annual toui-nament of the Union
Printers’ National Baseball League, visitors and baseball
teams will be made welcome at the elubrooms..
The De Lu xe Process of Water-marking.
An innovation in the watei'-max-king of high-grade
papers, and one which no doubt will greatly affect the
future use of the dandy roll, is the De Luxe process of
watei--mai-king just patented by the Southwoi’th Company,
of Mittineague, Massachusetts. By the De Luxe process
the watei--mai-king of papers has been developed to the
highest point of excellence. It gives the watei’-mai’k the
appearance of being directly on the surface of the paper,
and makes it visible to the naked eye, regardless of how the
sheet of paper is placed, it not being necessary to hold the
sheet of paper to the light in order to see it. Another fea¬
ture is the fact that it pei-mits the use of the most ai’tistic
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designs for water-marks, which heretofore have in a meas¬
ure been prohibited on account of the expensive cost of the
dandy roll. This expense being so reduced makes it pos¬
sible for every concern or individual to have his own pri¬
vate water-marks at a cost so small as to be hardly worth
the mentioning, instead of bearing, as previously, an initial
outlay of from $50 to $200.
The De Luxe water-mark has an advertising value, as
it allows individuals to have their own private water¬
marked stationery. Buildings, individual photos, automo¬
biles, landscapes or any other designs can be successfully
reproduced as a water-mark by this process.
Typefounders* Reorganization.
The “ get-together ” movement among printers has
evidently stimulated the typefounding interests to an
appreciation of the unnecessary expenses involved in manu¬
facturing and merchandizing type and other printers’
materials in the manner that has prevailed up to the pres¬
ent time. The American Type Founders Company, it is
reported, has become so far interested in the affairs of
Barnhart Brothers & Spindler, Chicago, and its various
branches that the business has been reorganized and capi¬
talized under the laws of New Jersey for $3,000,000, divided
into $1,250,000 first preferred stock, $750,000 second pre¬
ferred, and $1,000,000 common stock. Apart from the con¬
jecture that greater economy in manufacturing, distribu¬
tion and administration influenced the reorganization is
WILLIAM H. FRENCH,
President, Barnhart Brothers & Spindler, reorganized.
the fact that the senior owners of Barnhart Brothers &
Spindler, A. M. and A. E. Barnhart, wished to retire from
active business.
It is stated that the company will be operated as an
independent foundry with its individual management, the
manufacturing plant in Chicago and the former selling
offices. William H. French, of Chicago, for twenty-five
years secretary of the company, has been elected president,
and will have charge of the commercial and sales work.
Charles R. Murray, vice-president and treasurer, will con¬
tinue as head of the manufacturing department; E. C.
Conable is secretary, and R. B. Hovey remains a director
in the company. The foundry of Barnhart Brothers &
Spindler was established in 1869, and the company was
capitalized for $200,000 under the laws of Illinois.
Sluggers Not Home-builders.
“ That home was not built through internal jurisdic¬
tional strife, externally applied. Fights of that kind never
built the Union Printers’ Home. Neither did the organized
labor movement as a whole build anything on such a basis.”
These words, uttered by John W. Hastie at the memorial
services of Chicago Typographical Union, No. 16, were
enthusiastically received by the printers and their wives.
Mr. Hastie, who is president of the Chicago Employing
Printers’ Association, is also an old member of the typo¬
graphical union, having been prominently identified with it
during the establishment of the Unipn Printers’ Home at
Colorado Springs. His remarks were most timely, coming
at a time when Chicago was in the throes of a union labor-
slugging fest, and reputable union men were sorely in need
of some one to speak out in their behalf.
Buy Half Interest in Hollenbeck Press.
R. E. Darnaby and Felix Krieg, for several years man¬
ager and superintendent respectively of the Hollenbeck
Press, Indianapolis, Indiana, have purchased a half inter¬
est in the above named concern. Mr. Darnaby is a member
of the I. T. U. Commission on Supplemental Trade Educa¬
tion, and is widely known and highly regarded among
printers in all parts of the country. Mr. Krieg is one of
Indianapolis’ most efficient printers and has wide popu¬
larity among members of the trade. Both of these gentle¬
men have had much to do with making the Hollenbeck Press
one of the best printing establishments in the Middle West,
and their connection with the company as part owners is a
natural sequence of their loyal and valuable service in the
past. The Inland Printer tenders congratulations to
Messrs. Darnaby and Krieg and to the Hollenbeck Press.
Texas Printers in Big Banquet.
The wide-awake, progressive employing printers of Gal¬
veston and Houston, to the number of sixty, on May 27
banqueted at the Bristol Roof Garden, Houston, the local
craftsmen being the hosts. The primary purpose of the
banquet was to formulate plans for holding a Texas Cost
Congress, and the preliminaries were completed for bring¬
ing the Texas printers together for a three-day meet on
August 23-25, which will be held in the new city audito¬
rium at Houston. It is hoped that at least five hundred
printers will be in attendance at this meeting. R. S. Van
Pelt, of Philadelphia, representing the United Typothetas
of America, who has been installing cost systems in various
parts of the State, was one of the guests of honor at the
banquet, and Chairman Cargill invited him to explain the
system in detail, which he did most interestingly. There
was much enthusiasm by those in attendance, and it is
expected that Texas will be strongly represented at the
Third International Cost Congress to be held at Denver
on September 7-9, about two weeks later than the “ big
doings ” in Texas. Twenty-two Houston firms were repre¬
sented at the banquet.
Reorganization of Cook Printing Co.
The well-known Ohio printing concern — the H. C. Cook
Company, Steubenville — was recently reorganized at a
meeting of stockholders. H. C. Cook was elected president;
J. J. Emerick, vice-president and manager, and M. A. Attig,
secretary. Mr. Emerick is a new official, coming direct
from Atlanta, Georgia, where he had made his headquar-
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ters as a special representative of the Courier- Journal
Company, of Louisville, Kentucky, covering Alabama,
Florida and Georgia. He has had wide experience in all
departments of the printing trades, and undoubtedly will
be a valuable acquisition to the company. President Cook
is one of the trade’s progressive members, and has had
much to do with making the H. C. Cook Company’s plant
one of the best in the Ohio valley. Miss M. A. Attig, the
new secretary, has had charge of the company’s books for
a number of years. The Cook concern specializes in ruled
forms for office systems, and its business extends over the
entire Ohio valley.
Big Publisher Compliments Labor Official.
James Tole was president of New York Typographical
Union, No. 6 (“ Big Six ”), for three years. His adminis¬
tration was a progressive one, for Mr. Tole is an active
man. In addition to the usual and inevitable troubles
arising out of small matters, all the scales have been
revised during Mr. Tole’s terms. How he deported himself
is suggested by the following letter from Don C. Seitz,
business manager of the New York World:
Ei|i'
•JcU;t*3 Toie , J5aii. ,
!' IlMijm So.'S,
Y'orlli 1!. V. City.
Bear : r . Tolu;
I rot* with {;reat your ret j r-i - as Preside t: t
of Typographical .Union No. G, but cannot let the occasion drub with¬
out ;« word, of good-l-y. It is with the greatest satisfacti oh «}•;,*
I look ot«r the relations of The World ar.d ether :t <>v/ a -r!; vith '
Typographical Union !!c. G during your te - of office. All .*:;*»? . rr
have bean net with the utnest fai r.ena and good-vv ill, and you leave
your position with the respoct and heat wishes of cTeryc.r.e or; V c
publishing aide, who has had relat iono with you, and with, no cue »v.re
I •’*
ao than Myself.
I . ■■ •
Ve.y truly,
As the letter was written in blue on blue paper, the
photoengraver had his troubles, so in the interest of our
readers’ eyes we give the message in type:
James Tole, Esq., Typographical Union No. 6, World Building,
New York city:
Dear Mr. Tole, — I note with great regret your retirement as president
of Typographical Union No. 6, but can not let the occasion pass without a
word of good-by. It is with the greatest satisfaction that I look over the
relations of The World and other newspapers with Typographical Union
No. 6 during your term of office. All questions have been met with tile
utmost fairness and good-will, and you leave your position with the respect
and best wishes of every one on the publishing side who has had relations
with you, and with no one more so than myself.
Very truly, Don C. Seitz.
The man who impresses “ the enemy ” in that way is a
valuable asset of the typographical union.
Sinclair & Valentine Co.’s Big Ink Factory
Damaged by Fire.
About one o’clock Thursday morning, June 8, the night
watchman of the Sinclair & Valentine Company’s Ink Fac¬
tory at 603-611 West One Hundred and Twenty-ninth
street and 604-612 West One Hundred and Thirtieth street,
New York city, discovered smoke issuing from one of the
windows, and, finding a fire blazing up in the basement on
the One Hundred and Thirtieth street side, turned in an
alarm, to which the fire department promptly responded.
The fire was confined to the One Hundred and Thirtieth
street side and the west wing of the factory buildings. The
main building was saved by the intervention of automatic
fire-doors. Before the firemen had stopped playing their
hose in the building, the members of the firm, with their
usual enterprise, were busy laying plans for the carrying
on of their business the next day. We understand that the
millrooms and the greater part of the machinery started
up on time on Thursday morning, and the firm is filling
orders with its accustomed promptness.
“ Overhead ” Expense Heavy.
The hearing before Referee in Bankruptcy R. C. Kin-
kead relative to the affairs of the defunct Globe Printing
Company, at Louisville, Kentucky, has brought to light
some interesting data bearing on the method of securing
printing contracts through alleged purchased influence.
Henry Bacon, president of the defunct printing concern,
declared on the witness stand that two and one-half per
cent of every check given to his firm by the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad, in payment of printing bills, was
paid to C. A. Bose, formerly stationer under First Assistant
Purchasing Agent Harrison, of the railroad company. Mr.
Bose, in explaining the receipt of $3,000, declared he had
no agreement with the printing company whereby he was to
receive two and one-half per cent; that the sums received
were simply “ presents.” Mr. Bacon also testified to having
paid different sums of money to other persons for what he
considered services rendered in securing certain contracts
of printing. The most remarkable revelation of the hearing
was that the printing company furnished campaign print¬
ing in lieu of money to certain candidates whose relations
with the Globe Company were “ pleasant.” Under such
conditions, and in the light of Mr. Bacon’s statement that
the money paid to individuals for influence in turning over
work to the printery did not affect the regular prices of
their printing, it undoubtedly was rather difficult to make
a cost system work successfully.
An Instructive Style-book.
Paul C. Carty, instructor in the department of printing
at the Columbus (Ohio) Trade School, has forwarded to
The Inland Printer copy of a style-book for the guidance
of pupils in his department, which he recently compiled.
After a careful examination of its contents, we must con¬
gratulate both the author and his pupils. It goes beyond
the average style-book used by journeymen printers, giv¬
ing many valuable pointers as to correct composition and
imposition, but we believe its perusal would be a benefit to
a large number of journeymen who are inclined to “sloppy”
work. Its division heads are: Plain Composition, Com¬
pound Words, Punctuation, Capitalization, Abbreviations,
Numerals, Tabular Matter, and Making Up. Under these
division heads are to be found excellent instructions on
spacing, indention of paragraphs, division of words, titles
under cuts, initial letters, signatures and addresses, italic
in foreign words, footnotes, top and bottom credits, flush
heads, rules for compounding plurals of letters and figures,
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quotation-marks, use of brackets, ditto-marks, various
marks of ellipsis, proper names, titles of honor, and a score
of other subjects having to do with correct composition and
good typography. As a general style-book, adaptable to
almost any printing-office, it is a valuable work. As the
author says in his introductory, “ It contains much that is
fundamental and not commonly classed as ‘ style.’ ” This
is what makes it particularly valuable, and offices that have
no style-book of their own should endeavor to secure a copy
of this one. It will be appreciated.
“ Thanking You Very Kindly.”
Oscar J. Hazel, of the H. O. Shepard Chapel, Chicago,
is the poetic historian of the 1911 election of Typographical
Union No. 16. In eleven stanzas he categorically describes
the conflict to the tune of “ The Battle of Dundee,” and if
“ ye canna sing it ye can whustle it,” as Sandy McFee used
to say. We regret that space considerations permit pub¬
lication of the last stanza only:
In spite of all harsh thoughts or words in this campaign
The boys who vainly sought (though hopes this time are slain).
Said : “ Those .just elected may call on us at will ;
We’ll be ever ready with shoulders for the wheel.
Now the fighting’s over — no gory field is seen —
We will do our duty — full duty - — to Sixteen ! ”
Grand words, nobly spoken by the ones unseated ;
Vows will ne’er be broken by men thus created !
General Notes.
Edward Stern & Co. will build an eight-story printing-house on the
corner of Seventeenth and t ine streets, Philadelphia.
The association of printers recently formed at Lynn. Mass., has been
named the Lynn Typothets, and is to be a branch of the Essex County
Printers’ Board of Trade.
Charles M. Wilson, for several .years superintendent of the composing-
room of the Chicago American and Examiner, was recently indicted, together
with his wife, on the charge of white slavery.
A local branch of the United Typo theta of America has been organized
at Charleston, S. C. W. H. Cogswell, president ; N. G. Duffy, vice-presi¬
dent ; J. P. Denham, secretary-treasurer.
The New England Typographical LTnion held its yearly convention at
Springfield, Mass., on June 11-13, participating in the celebration of the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the local organization, which was held on
June 11.
At Ulmer Park, on May' 29, printing pressmen of New York enjoyed
the most successful picnic since the organization of their union. More than
five thousand persons participated. John G. Leckie was chairman of the
Arrangements Committee.
The Mayes Printing Company, Pensacola, Fla., has moved into its new
building, at 17-19 West Government street. This is one of Florida’s pro¬
gressive job-printing establishments, and its increasing business made it
necessary to secure large quarters and better facilities.
The printing business of the late W. H. Farwell, of Uniontown, Pa., is
now being conducted by Geo. W. Liston and Wm. H. Moore, Jr., under the
firm name of W. H. Farwell Company. Mr. Liston had been with Mr.
Farwell for twenty-one years, and Mr. Moore for fourteen years.
Wilson H. Lee, president of the United Typotheta; of America, recently
addressed a meeting of employing printers of Athol and Orange, Mass.
Mr. Lee, who now resides at New Haven, Conn., is a native of Athol, and
was on a visit to his old home seeking improvement in his health.
At Carlisle, Ky., the building which housed the first printing-office in
Nicholas County was destroyed by fire recently. It was known as the Berry
property, located at the corner of Maple and Market streets. From this
building the Carlisle Ledger was published in 1854. The editor’s name was
Hill.
Recent Incorporations.
Daily Item Company (printing), Georgetown, S. C. Capital, $8,000.
C. W. Rouse, president.
The National Printing Company', Painesville, Ohio. Capital, $10,000.
Incorporator: E. D. lilacet.
Eagle Printing Company, Spray, N. C. Capital, $5,000. Incorporators :
A. C. Phelps, C. P. Wall, R. L. Thompson.
Birmingham Times Printing Company (printing), Birmingham, Ala.
Capital, $10,000. W. F. Aldrich, president.
Adams County Publishing Company, Decatur, Ind. Capital, $30,000.
Incorporators: 1. D. Landis, L. Landis, D. Davis.
Dispatch Publishing Company, Moline, Ill. Capital, $80,000. Incorpo¬
rators: P. S. MeGlynn, J. Sundine, II. A. Sword.
Farmers’ Publishing Company, Bloomington, Ill. Capital, $100,000.
Incorporators: A. J. Bill. G. A. Hunt, II. C. Maley.
The China National Press, Wilmington, Del. Capital, $60,000. Incor¬
porators : T. F. Millars, A. Higgins, H. G. Eastburn.
Goeburn Printing Company, Coeburn, Va. Capital, $10,000. Incor¬
porators: A. P. Crockett, C. F. Kilgore, R. G. Caudle.
South Shore News Publishing Company, Boston, Mass. Capital, $10,000.
Incorporators: F. A. Lavelle, H. A. Tilden, A. Flisner.
Clifton Forge Review (publishing), Clifton Forge, Va. Capital, $10,000.
Incorporators: G. O. Green, F. D. Brown, M. B. Lewis.
The Times Publishing Company, Genesee, Pa. Capital, $5,000. Incor¬
porators: E. F. Lawler. C. P. Allen, G. F. Chapman, O. A. Gahsnitz,
H. R. Easton, C. M. McGinnis.
Golane Publishing Company, White Plains, N. Y. Capital, $100,000.
Incorporators: E. S. Lancaster, C. C. Pritchard, R. G. Lancaster.
Rowell Fisher Company (printing). Mount Vernon. N. Y. Capital,
$10,000. Incorporators : E. Letcher, G. L. McCracken, II. H. Walker.
The Norman J. Henry Company (printers’ supplies), Rochester, N. Y.
Capital, $7,500. Incorporators: N. J. Henry, G. D. Williams, G. H.
Williams.
Jaques & Co. (general printing and publishing). Manhattan, N. Y.
Capital, $25,000. Incorporators: H. C. Lakin, T. LeC. Jaques, W. L.
Jaques, Jr.
German-American Catholic Publishing Company, Quincy. Ill. Capital,
$2,500. Incorporators: J. J. Reinberg, W. Heekenkamp, Jr., J. Faerber,
M. Reinert.
The Messenger Printing Company, Athens, Ohio. Capital, $10,000.
Incorporators: F. W. Bush, A. T. Lawhead, E. D. Cooley', R. P. Jennings,
J. B. Adler.
Millergraph Company (photoengraving and lithographing), Manhattan,
N. Y. Capital, $250,000. Incorporators: W. C. Peyton, H. P. Wilson,
IV. J. Barnett.
Democrat Publishing Company'. Chattanooga, Tenn. Capital, $25,000.
Incorporators: J. G. Rice, J. V. Williams, G. B. Murray', L. M. Coleman,
G. D. Lancaster.
Keystone Electrotype Company (printing, publishing and engraving),
Chicago, Ill. Capital, $5,000. Incorporators: C. W. Eberhard, G. W.
Carr, C. J. Kessler.
THE POET LAUREATE OF THE PRINTERS’ HOME.
Mr. Oscar Langford, charter member of Dayton Typo¬
graphical Union, No. 57, reorganized in 1866, and a mem¬
ber of St. Louis Typographical Union, No. 8, is a resident
at the Union Printers’ Home, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Mr. Langford is seventy-four years old, and finds recrea¬
tion in versifying. He contributes to The Inland
Printer his impressions on the past and present in the
following lines:
THE OLD WAY AND THE NEW.
The typo’s old pick from the case
Has changed to machine’s rapid pace — •
To iron and steel.
To shafting and wheel,
And the keyboard has taken his place.
The clinking old rule and the stick,
With their time-beating, rattling click,
Are now laid away,
And slow “ prints ” and gray
Are “ out ” by a Linotype trick.
The tourist who shipped oft as freight,
Arriving both early and late,
Panhandling, subbing,
Hungry for “ grubbing,”
Has had to submit to his fate.
He walks or he rides on the road,
The fields and the plains his abode ;
He is working no more.
But tramps till lie’s sore,
Since the Linotype’s stream overflowed.
The old-fashioned cases grow few.
Machines quickly cast the lines new ;
“ Distribution ” is past
And “ slugs ” are all cast
By' the stereotype metal-pot stew.
A long “ fare-thee-well ” to the stick
And the rule with musical click,
To the old wooden cases
And the smiling old faces
Of the boy's who were quick on type-pick.
Adieu to the “ strings ” and the paste,
To the longest we often have raced ;
Old-timers are “ out,”
But the young comp.’s about
And filling up columns with haste.
Yet the hand-setter never was known,
Nor proofreaders, sober, would own,
To “ pass ” such a mixture
Or puzzling picture
As machine “ pi ” often has shown.
For example: MdghFdhAscruslcxy'felCroym.
Oscar Langford,
Union Printers' Home, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Mr. Paul Shniedewend, the senior member and founder
of Paul Shniedewend & Co., passed on last month. He had
many friends in the printing trade who appreciated his
characteristics, and the following expression sent by some
of his friends to the members of his firm, set forth his
manifested qualities:
“ Many of us have known Mr. Shniedewend for many
years, and have appreciated the characteristics which con¬
tributed so materially to his success and enviable reputa¬
tion. The sterling integrity and unflinching devotion to
those principles of heart and mind, which make the highest
type of business man and friend, have elicited our admira¬
tion.”
The business of Paul Shniedewend & Co., which is
world-wide, was incorporated about five years ago, since
which time the son and daughter have managed the busi¬
ness, and, therefore, the work which he started will con¬
tinue uninterruptedly along the same lines that have
always manifested themselves heretofore.
Faithfully adhering to his religious tenets, Mr. Shniede¬
wend experienced great peace of mind and passed on to
greater activity without doubt or fear.
George W. Brooks.
In the death of George W. Brooks, of the Smith-Brooks
Printing Company, of Denver, Colorado, at San Diego,
California, on May 13, printing craftsmen everywhere sus¬
tained a loss, and to the citizens of Denver the news of his
sudden and unexpected demise brought with it a sense of
more than ordinary bereavement, for he was a genuine
friend of the city in which he lived. He was this because,
first of all, he was a loyal and true friend to his fellow
men. For more than thirty years a leading citizen of Den¬
ver, he never forgot the men with whom he worked before
achieving great business success, nor the conditions under
which he and they had struggled. His honorable career as
an employer will stand as an indestructible monument to
his memory.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, July 24, 1857, George W.
Brooks when only a young lad began his apprenticeship as
a printer in the office of Lawrence Hardham, on Market
street, and when he reached his majority he left for the
Western country. Arriving at Denver in 1880, he worked as
a journeyman printer on the Tribune, now the Republican.
It was here that he made the acquaintance of the man who
afterward became his partner in the building of one of the
most successful job-printing businesses in the West. O. L.
(“ Yank ”) Smith, the gentleman referred to, was working
on the Tribune as a printer at the time, and a close friend¬
ship sprang up between the two. Later Mr. Brooks held
the position of circulator on the Tribune, and was a warm
personal friend of Eugene Field, and other brilliant news¬
paper men connected with that well-known western news¬
paper.
In 1882 Mr. Brooks married Miss Fannie Warner. His
wife and three children, Mrs. Edna Swift, John P. Brooks
— also two sisters, Misses Minnie and Grace Brooks — all
of Denver, survive him.
When, in 1884, the Tribune was consolidated with the
Republican, Mr. Brooks entered the cattle-raising business,
then on the crest of its prosperity, but a sudden slump made
it necessary for him to discontinue, a heavy loser. He
returned to Denver in 1887, going to work in the job
department of the Republican, afterward taking a fore-
manship in the office of C. J. Kelly, and later becoming cir¬
culator of the Denver Times. At this time and even after
he went into business for himself he was the honored secre¬
tary-treasurer of the local typographical union.
In February, 1890, Mr. Brooks purchased the interest
of Mr. Ferl, of the firm of Smith & Ferl, who were conduct-
GEORGE W. BROOKS.
ing a small job-printing office in Denver. Shortly after,
the Smith-Brooks Printing Company was incorporated
under the laws of Colorado, with 0. L. Smith pi'esident
and George W. Brooks secretary.
From the first the business prospered — the two part¬
ners being admirably fitted to work together — until it is
now the largest and one of the best conducted institutions
of its kind in the West. More than two hundred and fifty
people are employed, and the pay-roll runs about $5,000 a
week.
Mr. Brooks was a progressive business man in the full¬
est sense. He sought the highest possible scale of excel¬
lence as business manager of his plant, purchasing the
most improved mechanical equipment to be had. But his
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progressive principles comprehended more than the mere
machinery of his establishment. He was an exemplary
employer, giving every consideration to those who worked
for his company. High wages, short hours, courteous
treatment, and pensions for old and faithful employees
have been the rule at the Smith-Brooks plant, and no
higher regard was ever entertained for an employer than
that of the men and women who worked under George W.
Brooks. As showing the character of the man, in his con¬
sideration of the welfare of those who worked for him,
when the bindery girls in his plant worked late at night
during the rush seasons, he ordered that they all should be
sent home in carriages. It was such traits of character
that won for him the love and esteem not only of his
employees, but every one who knew him.
Among Denver business men Mr. Brooks was as favor¬
ably known and admired as he was among journeymen
printers. He was a member of a dozen clubs and lodges,
among them being the Denver Club, the Country Club, the
Colorado Golf Club and the Denver Athletic Club. He was
a Mason, Knight Templar, Thirty-second Degree Scottish
Rite and a member of the El Jebel Shrine. Also he was a
member of the Elks, the Knights of Pythias and the Wood¬
men of the World.
George W. Brooks lived all too short a time. He was
not a preacher of reform. His life itself was the beacon-
light bidding men to observe the Golden Rule, not merely
in their homes and among friends, but in all things and
among all men.
The Inland Printer lends its flood offices to hrin^ into com"
munication men who are seeking opportunities in the printing
business and printing concerns which are looking for the rif|ht
kind of men.
Experienced Practical Man Wants Position on Small
Daily Newspaper, Weekly or Monthly Publication.
(151.) I have fifteen years’ experience in the publish¬
ing, printing and newspaper field. Have read proof, edited
copy, etc., on metropolitan papers. I am a practical printer
and linotype operator. Have been successful in news¬
gathering methods, soliciting advertising, and all the other
details of making a printing and publishing business pay.
Personal inclinations and tastes lead me to seek a position
on a small daily or a weekly or monthly publication. Ref¬
erence and further particulars will be furnished on request.
HE WAS “ BEATED ” IN A DEAL.
B. L. T., in the Chicago Tribune, shows the following-
composition of a Nebraska merchant:
Dear Sir: I received the 74 cases eggs. You got the price what 1
promised you but I find in it two eases awful poor eggs, smashed and sec¬
onds, where I can prove it to you. I didn’t want to hold your draft back
and make you expenses but just the same when you want to beleive it from
me and if not I can prove it to you. There was two cases eggs total loss
in the lot. Whoever sold it to you beated you. When you want to be a
good friend with me send me a check for the two cases eggs. Hoping to
hear from you soon, I remain.
This department is exclusively for paid business announce¬
ments of advertisers, and for paid descriptions of articles,
machinery and products recently introduced for the use of print¬
ers and the printing trades. Responsibility for all statements
published hereunder rests with the advertiser solely.
POLYPHASE INDUCTION MOTORS.
The Triumph Electric Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
has recently issued a very interesting bulletin illustrating
and describing its new Polyphase Induction Motor. Print¬
ers of to-day more than previously are interested in acquir¬
ing knowledge about power, and in Bulletin No. 471 of the
Triumph Electric Company will be found valuable informa¬
tion given in connection with a complete history of the
development of the Polyphase Induction Motor. The manu¬
facturers will be glad to send those interested a copy of the
bulletin on request.
SPECIAL OFFSET PAPERS.
The Ticonderoga Pulp & Paper Company, with mills at
Ticonderoga, New York, and general offices at 200 Fifth
avenue, New York city, is sending to printers and users of
offset papers a very interesting folder printed on specimen
sheets and exemplifying what can be accomplished by an
actual test. The plates shown in this connection demon¬
strate that a great variety can be handled satisfactorily.
This special stock is manufactured with a view to its use
in offset printing and in many tests has won the distinc¬
tion of meeting the peculiar requirements of diversified
work in a remarkably satisfactory manner. Samples of
this paper, with sizes, weights, prices, etc., and informa¬
tion as to nearest paper-dealer, will be gladly submitted to
those interested if they will correspond with the New York
offices of the company.
WHAT IS A SAW-TRIMMER ?
A saw-trimmer is a saw having trimmer-knives fixed
or set in the head of the saw. By means of this unique
combination sawing and trim¬
ming are reduced to one opera¬
tion. Mr. H. G. Miller invented
the saw-trimmer, and origi¬
nated the terms by which it is
known. The Miller Saw-
Trimmer Company is the only
manufacturer of saw-trimmers.
The Mergenthaler Linotype
Company at one time manufac¬
tured a saw and trimmer, the
saw and trimmer being mounted
on separate spindles, but dis¬
carded it in favor of the Miller
Saw-Trimmer — the single-operation machine. Every
Mergenthaler agency now sells Miller Saw-Trimmers.
These machines are also sold by every reputable printers’
supply house in the United States.
The combination that makes a
saw-trimmer.
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EFFECTIVE PUBLICITY FOR BROTHER JONA-
THAN BOND PAPER.
The J. W. Butler Paper Company is conducting an
extensive advertising campaign in the interests of Brother
Jonathan Bond, “ the commercial correspondence paper
THE LINCOLN COST SYSTEM FOR TOURING
AUTOMOBILES.
George E. Lincoln, manager of the Chicago branch of
the Mergenthaler Linotype Company, 1100 South Wabash
avenue, Chicago, is systematic in everything he does. He
THE BUTLER PAPER COMPANY IS CONDUCTING A BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN TO ADVERTISE BROTHER
JONATHAN BOND PAPER.
of the day.” A recent booklet of commercial stationery
designs printed, lithographed and embossed in colors on
Brother Jonathan Bond is an excellent exemplification of
Cover of a recent booklet from the J. W. Butler
Paper Company.
its quality and its adaptability to the various requirements
of business correspondence. The booklet is handsomely
gotten up, and we show herewith a reproduction of the
cover, the original of which is printed in green and gold on
gray-green cover-stock. In addition to the usual methods
of advertising paper-stocks, the Butler Paper Company has
inaugurated a campaign of billboard publicity in favor of
Brother Jonathan Bond, and we show herewith an illustra¬
tion of one of the advertisements.
has prepared a cost record that should prove invaluable to
automobile owners. The “ Lincoln Motor Touring Record ”
is a unique blank-book, so arranged that not only a diary
of the car’s wanderings may be kept from the time of its
purchase, which undoubtedly would be most interesting to
the owner in future years, but provides blanks for the
purpose of keeping accurate account of the cost of the car
after purchase, as well as the expense of the motorist while
on the road. The first page is ruled for the name of the
owner and his address. The second is a blank form, to be
filled in with the name of the maker of the car, horse¬
power, number of cylinders, license number, factory num¬
ber, weight and the names of companies in which insurance
of all classes is carried. The third page is a blank index,
which, if properly filled in, will make it comparatively easy
to look up the data of any trip recorded in the book. Then
follow about a hundred pages of blank forms in which pro¬
vision is made for a complete record of costs while making
a tour. In addition to this, in visiting different towns or
localities, incidents and impressions may be recorded which
should prove of great advantage to the motorist when
making tours through the same territory in the future.
The last page of the book is a recapitulation form, for
recording the distance covered on each tour, amount of
gasoline used, average number of miles per gallon, etc., and
giving the total expense for each tour. The book should
operate as a splendid aid to owners of automobiles who
care to ascertain what “ the thing ” is costing them, in
addition to its value as a means for recording interesting
“ tips ” for future reference.
THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY EXPANDS.
On June 1, 1911, the Sprague Electric Company will be
merged with the General Electric Company of Schenec¬
tady, New York. Its business will be conducted under the
name Sprague Electric Works of General Electric Com¬
pany.
The manufacture and sale of the lines of apparatus and
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supplies heretofore exploited by the Sprague Electric Com¬
pany will be continued by the Sprague Electric Works of
the General Electric Company under the same organization,
with Mr. D. C. Durland in responsible charge as general
manager, and with the assurance that the characteristic
high quality of product and efficiency of service to its cus¬
tomers will be maintained.
All correspondence should be sent to the Sprague Elec¬
tric Works at the same address as in the past. Bills and
statements will be rendered from the Sprague Electric
Works, No. 527 West Thirty-fourth street, New York city,
to whom all remittances should be made.
The offices of the Sprague Electric Works will be con¬
tinued as heretofore, with main offices at 527-531 West
Thirty-fourth street, New York city, and branch offices in
principal cities.
NEW MONOTYPE BOOK FACES.
Anticipating a healthy revival in the use by American
printers of the beautiful roman faces cut by Giambattisti
Bodoni in Italy about 1780, the Lanston Monotype Machine
Company has planned to cut two distinct Bodoni series.
The first to be completed will be the light Modern No. 150A,
of which a specimen of the twelve-point is here shown, and
the second the heavier modern, used so extensively on fine
books in France at the present time.
This is the twelve-point Bocloni Roman
and its Italic, cut for the Monotype
While the Bodoni styles of letter are to an extent little
used to-day, Bodoni is famous among typographers as a
designer and cutter, especially of roman and italic faces.
Another series cut for the Monotype and of unusual
typographic interest is the No. 172E, a modification for the
American market of one of the Didot old styles which was
first cut about 1804. The twelve-point specimen here printed
shows in what respect this beautiful face differs from the
old styles commonly used in this country.
This is the twelve-point Didot Roman and
its Italic, cut for the Monotype.
Both of the Bodoni series and the No. 172E will be com¬
pleted in all of the sizes from six-point to thirty-six-point
inclusive.
In the cutting of these attractive faces for American
printers the Monotype Company has consulted freely with
Mr. J. Horace McFarland and Mr. William Dana Orcutt,
printers whose splendid knowledge of types and type¬
designing enabled them to offer helpful criticism and sug¬
gestions.
In the June issue the Monotype Company also announced
that it is now making the style DD keyboard, or double D
as it is called, not exactly as an improvement of the style D,
for in reality it is two D keyboards in one.
Its June advertising insert shows some remarkable
examples of the product of the new board, which enables
the operator without changing or adjusting the machine in
any way to compose any two sizes of type in any two meas¬
ures, from a choice of no less than fourteen alphabets,
figures, miscellaneous signs, accents, etc.
This board is not only achieving wonderful success in
the newspaper composing-rooms on both straight matter
and department-store advertisements, but is demonstrating
in many of the big book and job offices that there is prac¬
tically no kind of complicated or intricate composition
which it can not handle profitably.
As a straight-matter machine, with the typewriter key-
bank, the new board is making records. The Richmond
(Va.) News-Leader maintained a speed for one week of
7,300 ems per hour for each machine, and surprisingly big
records for Monotype composition with low production cost
have been reported by printers on all lines of work.
COTTRELL’S NEW BOOKLET.
The C. B. Cottrell & Sons Company, 25 Madison square,
North, New York city, has recently issued a very interest¬
ing catalogue about the progress and success of its single¬
revolution press and what it is doing for the printers
throughout the United States. This booklet is entitled
“ For They Themselves Have Said It,” and it is worth the
reading of any printer who is in search of information
concerning the Cottrell press. It contains reproductions of
letters from fifty printers who have used Cottrell presses
from five to forty years. Printers interested in reviewing
this attractive booklet can have it forwarded to their
For
They
Them
Selves
Have
Said
addresses for the asking. The C. B. Cottrell & Sons Com¬
pany, of New York city, maintains offices in Chicago. The
Keystone Type Foundry, Philadelphia, New York city,
Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta and San Francisco, is selling
agent. Catalogues and other literature will be supplied
upon request.
MATRIX CATALOGUE OF THE THOMPSON TYPE-
CASTER.
The Thompson Type Machine Company has just pub¬
lished its first matrix catalogue, which is now being sent
to its customers and other interested parties. It is a
handsome loose-leaf book, 6 by 9 inches in size, and con¬
tains about one hundred different faces and sizes of type
which can be made from matrices furnished by the Thomp¬
son Type Machine Company. These matrices are carried
in stock at the company’s headquarters, 632 Sherman
street, Chicago, and also at its branch library in New
York city, Room 1729, Tribune building.
An important announcement in this connection is that
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all linotype matrices can be used in the Thompson type-
caster interchangeably with those of their own make,
including the recently cut head-letter matrices in thirty-
six and forty-two point. It is already known that the fine
assortment of compositype matrices can also be used in
the Thompson machine, and it seems to substantiate the
claim made that the variety of faces which are obtainable
with the Thompson typecaster is not approached by any
other typecasting machine. The fonts are complete in all
sizes up to and including forty-eight point, and comprise
such popular series as Caslon, Caslon Medium and Caslon
Bold, with their italics to match, Caslon Condensed, Chel¬
tenham, Cheltenham Bold, Cheltenham Wide, with corre¬
sponding italics, texts, gothics and antiques — all com¬
prising the faces most used by up-to-date printers.
A copy of this catalogue will be sent on request by the
Thompson Type Machine Company, 624-632 Sherman
street, Chicago. _
IMPROVED MEISEL COMBINATION PRESS.
The Meisel Press & Manufacturing Company, of Boston,
Massachusetts, has recently constructed a new and im¬
proved combination roll and sheet wrapping-paper press
for printing one or more colors on one or both sides of the
web as ordered. This company also manufactures the well-
known Meisel slitters and rewinders for all classes of roll
products, toilet-roll machinery, and presses for printing one
or both sides of the web, with automatic attachments for
numbering, perforating, folding or interleaving, according
The Crowell Publishing Company is getting another
thirty-two-page Hoe press, with color cylinders. The Sim¬
mons Publishing Company recently installed a Hoe rotary
machine for printing the Woman’s Home Companion , and
the Canton Magazine Company started off with two Hoe
rotary presses.
The Vickery & Hill Publishing Company has just in¬
stalled a forty-eight page Hoe Electrotype Web, and the
Home Pattern Company another six-cylinder multicolor
Hoe press with imprinting device, as well as cover-feeding
and wire-stapling attachments.
Other recent orders for Hoe rotary presses for printing
magazines and periodicals include a machine for the Farm
News, of Springfield, Ohio, a forty-eight-page for the Hen-
neberry Company, of Chicago, a large machine for the
Sprague Publishing Company, with automatic cover-feeding
attachment and wire-stapling devices, a sixty-four-page
color machine for the Twentieth Century Farmer, of
Omaha, a third ninety-six-page machine for Street & Smith,
besides a number of presses for printing establishments in
different parts of the country for almanacs, trading-stamp
books, etc.
Messrs. P. F. Collier & Sons recently installed three
more 128-page Hoe rotary machines for book printing, giv¬
ing that house a plant of eleven Hoe rotaries.
Frank A. Munsey Company has nine Hoe rotaries;
William Green seven, and similar machines can now be
seen running in nearly all the large printing establishments
of the country.
IMPROVED COMBINATION ROLL AND SHEET WRAPPING-PAPER PRESS.
to requirements. Large savings in labor, floor-space and
power can be effected through these presses, which are
adjustable for turning out finished products in one opera¬
tion of the press. Manufacturing printers will do well to
secure a description of these machines from the Meisel
Press & Manufacturing Company, 944-948 Dorchester ave¬
nue, Boston, Massachusetts.
MANY NEW HOE ROTARY, MAGAZINE AND
PERIODICAL PRESSES.
The Curtis Publishing Company has ordered from R.
Hoe & Co. two more forty-eight-page rotary presses, which
will give this well-known publishing house a plant of eleven
large Hoe rotary presses for printing the Saturday Eve¬
ning Post.
The Butterick Publishing Company is putting in three
ninety-six page Hoe presses for printing Everybody’s
Magazine.
GERMAN FIRM CHANGES ITS NAME.
In a general meeting held on May 20, the firm Koenig
& Bauer, Limited, manufacturers, Kloster Oberzell, Wurz¬
burg, changed its name to Rapid Press Factory, Koenig &
Bauer, Limited, Wurzburg, in order to simplify the line
of business and the address.
BELOVED.
He was very bashful and she tried to make it easy for
him. They were driving along the seashore and she became
silent for a time.
“ What’s the matter? ” he asked.
“ Oh, I feel blue,” she replied. “ Nobody loves me and
my hands are cold.”
“ You should not say that,” was his word of consolation,
“ for God loves you, and your mother loves you, and you can
sit on your hands.” — Success.
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WANT ADVERTISEMENTS.
Prices for this department: 40 cents for each ten words or less; mini¬
mum charge, 80 cents. Under “ Situations Wanted,” 25 cents for each ten
words or less ; minimum charge, 50 cents. Address to be counted. Price
invariably the same whether one or more insertions are taken. Cash must
accompany the order. The insertion of ads. received in Chicago
later than the 15th of the month preceding publication not guar¬
anteed.
BOOKS.
“ COST OP PRINTING,” by F. W. Baltes, presents a system of accounting
which has been in successful operation for many years, is suitable for
large or small printing-offices, and is a safeguard against errors, omissions or
losses ; its use makes it absolutely certain that no work can pass through
the office without being charged, and its actual cost in all details shown.
74 pages, 6% by 10 inches, cloth, $1.50. THE INLAND PRINTER COM¬
PANY, Chicago.
PAPER PURCHASERS’ GUIDE, by Edward Siebs. Contains list of all bond,
flat, linen, ledger, cover, manila and writing papers carried in stock by
Chicago dealers, with full and broken package prices. Every buyer of paper
should have one. 25 cents. THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
PRICES FOR PRINTING, by F. W. Baltes. Complete cost system and
selling prices. Adapted to any locality. Pocket size. $1 by mail.
THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
SIMPLEX TYPE COMPUTER, by J. L. Kelman. Tells instantly the number
of picas or ems there are in any width, and the number of lines per inch
in length of any type, from 5% to 12 point. Gives accurately and quickly
the number of ems contained in any size of composition, either by picas or
square inches, in all the different sizes of body-type, and the nearest
approximate weight of metal per 1,000 ems, if set bv Linotype or Montype
machine. Price, $1.50. THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
THE RUBAIYAT OF MIRZA MEM’N, published by Henry Olendorf Shepard,
Chicago, is modeled on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ; the delicate
imagery of old Omar has been preserved in this modern Rubaiyat, and there
are new gems that give it high place in the estimation of competent critics ;
as a gift-book nothing is more appropriate ; the binding is superb, the text
is artistically set on white plate paper, the illustrations are half-tones, from
original paintings, hand-tooled; size of books, 7% by 9% inches, art vellum
cloth, combination white and purple, or full purple, $1.50 ; edition de luxe,
red or brown India ooze leather, $4 ; pocket edition, 3 by 5%, 76 pages,
bound in blue cloth, lettered in gold on front and back, complete in every
way except the illustrations, with full explanatory notes and exhaustive
index, 50 cents. THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
TO LOVERS OF ART PRINTING — A limited edition of 200 numbered
copies of Gray’s “ Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,” designed,
hand-lettered and illuminated in water-colors by F. J. Trezise. Printed
from plates on imported hand-made paper and durably and artistically
bound. Price, boxed, $2 postpaid. THE INLAND PRINTER CO., Chicago.
VEST-POCKET MANUAL OF PRINTING, a full and concise explanation of
the technical points in the printing trade, for the use of the printer and
his patrons ; contains rules for punctuation and capitalization, style, mark¬
ing proof, make-up of book, sizes of books, sizes of the untrimmed leaf,
number of words in a square inch, diagrams of imposition, and much other
valuable information not always at hand when wanted ; 50 cents. THE
INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
FOR SALE — All or part of an over 50-year established $100,000 thor¬
oughly modern printing plant within 120 miles of Chicago; good rail¬
road center ; owning own building, 60 by 120 feet, 3 floors, mill construc¬
tion, brick ; 5 cylinder and 3 job presses. Monotype, Linotype, own electric
generating plant, with individual motors throughout, complete electrotype
foundry and bindery ; death in firm requires change ; no agents. G 362.
FOR SALE — • First-class printing plant doing very profitable business in
large southern city ; reason for selling — ill-health. G 366.
FOR SALE — Thriving weekly newspaper and job office serving northern
interior of British Columbia ; capable of great development ; $6,000
cash and $6,500 easy payments. C. STACKHOUSE, Ashcroft, B. C.
JOB-PRINTING PLANT FOR SALE — - Situated in manufacturing city in
central New York ; 50,000 people to draw from ; very complete equip¬
ment, including 4 jobbers and power cutter ; established 7 years and will
clear from $2,000 to $3,000 yearly above all personal and business expenses ;
will dispose of same for $5,000 ; best investment in country ; business
growing daily ; if you want a good-paying business, long past experimental
stage, it will pay you to investigate ; books will be opened and every
statement substantiated ; best of reasons for selling. G 388.
WANTED — A practical printer who has some money and experience in
mail-order business; I have the plant. D. B. CROPSEY, Fairbury, Neb.
Publishing.
IF YOU WANT to SELL or BUY a newspaper property, write to HOLLIS
CORBIN, Metropolitan bldg., New York city.
$35,000 WILL BUY half interest in monthly trade-paper business, sporting
field, making good profit. HARRIS-DIBBLE COMPANY, Masonic bldg.,
New York.
ENGRAVING METHODS.
ANYBODY CAN MAKE CUTS with my simple transferring and etching
process ; nice cuts from prints, drawings, photos are easily and quickly
made by the unskilled on common sheet zinc ; price of process, $1 ; all
material costs at any drug store about 75 cents. Write for circulars and
specimens. THOMAS M. DAY, Box 12, Windfall, Ind.
FOR SALE.
BOOKBINDERS’ MACHINERY; rebuilt Nos. 3 and 4 Smyth book-sewing
machines, thoroughly overhauled and in first-class order. JOSEPH E.
SMYTH, 634 Federal st., Chicago.
FOR SALE — Cases, news and italic cases ; in good condition ; will sell
cheap. THE H. O. SHEPARD CO., 632 Sherman st., Chicago, III.
FOR SALE — Linotype (No. 3 Model), 2 magazines, 4 fonts matrices,
motor ; guaranteed first-class condition ; cheap for cash or on easy
terms. E. GREENEBAUM, 157 William st.. New York. Tel. Beekman 5430.
FOR SALE — 24 by 29 Hoe drum, 2-roller, tapeless; 27 by 31 Whitlock
2-revolution, 2-roller, air, front delivery ; 29 by 43 Huber, 2-revolution,
4-roller, table, front delivery ; 32 by 47 Optimus, 4-roller, air, front deliv¬
ery ; 37 by 52 Campbell, 2-revolution, 4-roller, table, front delivery ; 43 by
56 Cottrell, 2-revolution, 4-roller, air, rear delivery ; many others ; none
better. Ask for our list. BRONSON’S, 703 S. Dearborn st., Chicago.
LINOTYPE FOR SALE, Model No. 5, complete with 2 extra fonts of 2-
letter matrices and alternating-current motor ; only reason for selling
— have replaced with Monotype. Address ROGERS PRINTING COMPANY,
Dixon, Ill.
HELP WANTED.
Artists.
ARTIST WANTED for pictorial advertising ; highest artistic skill in figure
drawing and color positively essential ; must possess bright ideas for
modern advertising. Apply STONE, LIMITED, Toronto, Can.
Bookbinders.
FINISHER of highest standard, with ability to act as instructor in trade
school ; best salary to right man. F. GAILER, 141-143 West 24th st.,
New York city.
WANTED — Bindery foreman ; man capable of taking charge of bindery
employing 30 people ; blank-book and loose-leaf work ; man must be
sober and reliable, with ability to handle men ; shop is non-union, 9 hours
per day ; steady position, good wages and a good shop to work in, in one
of the best cities in the Middle West. Address, with references, wages
expected, etc., G 224.
Foremen, Managers and Superintendents.
WANTED — A competent all-around printer as working foreman in a New
England job and newspaper office in a town of about 7,000 ; one who
learned his trade in a country office preferred ; must be capable of handling
help ; wages, $18 per week. G 360.
WANTED — Composing-room foreman ; union ; must be able to handle
men and get results ; shop employs 25 printers, monotype and linotype
machines ; commercial, bank, county and catalogue work ; southern city
75,000. G 364.
WANTED — Thoroughly capable composing-room foreman; to have full
charge ; class of work — catalogue and publication, requiring quick
action and satisfactory results ; state fully experience, etc. G 368.
Pressmen.
CYLINDER PRESSMAN — High-grade printing concern centrally located
in New York city, having desirable, light floor space for 4 cylinder
presses, will contract to supply fine half-tone and color work to keep same
running ; satisfactory arrangements will be made for financing capable
pressman having some capital to start in business. G 365.
GORDON PRESSMAN WANTED — One capable of handling 3 Chandler &
Price presses. Write KINGSBURY PRINTING CO., Twin Falls, Idaho.
WANTED — First-class pressman to work on Optimus and 3 jobbers ; must
be able to do good color and half-tone work ; steady job to party who
can make good. WILLARD PRESS, Boonville, N. Y.
GOLD INK — At Last a Success !
combines perfect working qualities with a brilliant, smooth, finished appearance. We shall be glad
to demonstrate this fact to any interested printer by shipping a one-pound can on approval. Light
Gold, Deep Gold, Copper and Aluminum — $3.00 per pound. Liberal discounts to jobbers.
JAS. H. FURMAN, “SUS&S2SS
Manufactured by THE CANADIAN BRONZE POWDER WORKS
Montreal — Toronto — Valley field.
Sole Agent and Distributor
in the United States s
THE INLAND PRINTER
613
Proofreaders.
PROOREADER WANTED — We want an experienced proofreader — one
who has successfully read proof in a general job office ; he will also
have to look over lithograph proofs and sketches ; a fair wage will be paid
for the right man ; union composing-room ; please give full references,
state salary wanted and something of personal habits. BRANDON PRINT-
ING CO., Nashville, Tenn.
Salesmen.
WANTED — Strictly first-class salesman for Chicago trade, with good
knowledge of paper or printing ; state experience, age, salary and ref¬
erences. Address reply to LOCK BOX P. 0. 461, Chicago, Ill.
INSTRUCTION.
A BEGINNER on the Mergenthaler will find the THALER KEYBOARD
invaluable ; the operator out of practice will find it just the thing he
needs; exact touch, bell announces finish of line; 22-page instruction book.
When ordering, state which layout you want — No. 1, without fractions;
No. 2, two-letter with commercial fractions, two-letter without commercial
fractions, standard Junior, German. THALER KEYBOARD COMPANY, 505
“ P ” st., N. W., Washington, D. C. ; also all agencies Mergenthaler Lino¬
type Company. Price, $4.
BEFORE PURCHASING A LINOTYPE KEYBOARD send for descriptive
circular regarding the Eclipse Keyboard, at $3, complete with instruction
book, copyholder and diagrams of 12 different keyboard layouts ; best
value on market. ECLIPSE KEYBOARD COMPANY, 117 S. Bonner st.,
Dayton, Ohio.
LINOTYPE INSTRUCTION, 6 machines, 12 weeks’ thorough operator-
machinist course, $80 ; hundreds of successful graduates. Write for
prospectus. EMPIRE MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE SCHOOL, 419 First
av., New York city.
N. E. LINOTYPE SCHOOL, 7 Dix place, Boston, Mass. Four-machine plant,
run solely as school ; liberal hours, thorough instruction ; our grad¬
uates succeed. Write for particulars before deciding.
SITUATIONS WANTED.
Artists.
ARTIST of versatile experience — catalogues, lettering decorative design,
wash, line and color, bird’s-eye views, machine perspectives, the better
class photo-retouching on mechanical and artistic subjects, etc. — desires
correspondence with reliable house. G 382.
Compositors.
FIRST-CLASS job and ad. compositor wants position ; West preferred ;
A-No. 1 man, married. ELI SWITZER, Webb City, Mo.
Engravers.
WANTED — Position as coarse-screen operator ; am willing to do line
photographing. G 389.
Foremen, Managers and Superintendents.
GOOD ALL-AROUND PRINTER wants position as foreman or manager of
reliable job shop, where, after a year’s service, opportunity would be
afforded to buy an interest in firm ; object — a permanent position where
ability and hard work will secure advancement ; young man, 27, of good
moral character. G 384.
PRINTING SUPERINTENDENT — High-grade experience, including costs,
estimating, sales, efficiency ; write us. G 222.
WANTED — Position as foreman ; experienced in the best grades of book
and catalogue work ; age, 35 ; union. G 378.
WANTED — Position as working foreman ; A-l man, sober, reliable, hard
worker ; foremanship experience, 8 years ; present foreman of large
shop ; reason for change — wife’s ill-health ; union ; good advertising
and lay-out man; 33 years old; would consider buying an interest. G 375.
Operators and Machinists.
MONOTYPE CASTER-OPERATOR desires change ; reliable, union ; 8
years’ experience ; South or West preferred ; versed with keyboard and
caster improvements. G 363.
SITUATION WANTED by lady linotype operator. E., 359 S. Jefferson st.,
Cold water, Mich.
Pressmen.
A JOB PRESSMAN would like to take care of 2 or 3 jobbers; have 8
years’ experience; steady job wanted. G 371.
POSITION — Cylinder pressman ; union ; references ; state wages, etc.
G 390.
PRESSMAN, age 27, 14 years’ experience in best half-tone and color work,
Miehles, etc. G 386.
SITUATION WANTED — A-l cylinder pressman; 18 years’ experience on
high-class work ; sober and reliable. G 342.
Proofreaders.
A THOROUGHLY TRAINED, reliable, expert proofreader seeks position ;
satisfactory services assured ; excellent references ; non-union ; $22.
G 323.
.Salesmen.
SALES MANAGER printing and engraving plant ; thoroughly experienced,
well posted of users of high-class work throughout the country ; want
position with modern, progressive concern who will make liberal offer of
interest in the company as the business develops ; was in charge of sales
2 years with one house and 5 years with another, botli high-grade, large,
well-known houses ; worked at the trade 10 years prior to taking the
sales end ; am in touch with capable superintendent, artists and pressmen ;
can unquestionably deliver the business with the proper backing. G 287.
WANTED TO PURCHASE.
WANTED — A secondhand steel and copper plate engravers’ ruling machine;
must be in perfect condition ; give description and price. G 370.
WANTED — Secondhand Lanston Monotype machine ; must be in good con¬
dition and late model ; state price and full particulars. G 380.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Bookbinders’ and Printers’ Machinery.
DEXTER FOLDER COMPANY. Pearl River, N. Y. Folding machines, auto¬
matic feeders for presses, folders and ruling machines. 2-12
Bookbinders* Supplies.
SLADE, HIPP & MELOY, Incpd., 157 W. Lake st., Chicago. Also paper-box
makers’ supplies. 1-12
Book Dies.
BRASS BOOK STAMPS and embossing dies of all descriptions. CHICAGO
EMBOSSING CO., 126 N. Union st., Chicago. tf
Calendar Manufacturers.
COMPLETE AND ARTISTIC LINES of high-embossed calendar subjects,
German make excelled, with prices that insure business. CHICAGO
EMBOSSING CO., 126 N. Union st., Chicago, Ill. tf
HEAVY EMBOSSED bas-relief calendars. America’s classiest line. Black
and white, three-color and hand-tinted. H. E. SMITH CO., Indianapolis,
Ind. 12-11
Case-making and Embossing.
SHEPARD, THE H. O., CO., 632 Sherman st., Chicago. Write for esti¬
mates. 1-12
Chase Manufacturers.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, Chicago. Electric-welded steel
chases. 7-11
Chicago Embossing Company.
EMBOSSERS of quality. Calendar backs, catalogue covers, menu tablets,
announcement covers, etc. CHICAGO EMBOSSING CO., 126 N. Union
st., Chicago. tf
Copper and Zinc Prepared for Half-tone and Zinc Etching.
AMERICAN STEEL & COPPER PLATE COMPANY, THE, 116 Nassau st.,
New York; 610 Federal st., Chicago; Mermod-Jaccard bldg., St. Louis,
Mo. Satin-finish plates. 6-12
Cost Systems and Installations.
COST SYSTEMS designed and installed to meet every condition in the
graphic trades. Write for booklet, “ The Science of Cost Finding.”
THE ROBERT S. DENHAM CO., 342 Caxton bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. 10-11
Counters.
HART, R. A., Battle Creek, Mich. Counters for job presses. Also paper
joggers, “ Giant ” Gordon press-brakes. Printers’ form trucks. 5-12
Cylinder Presses.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, 168 W. Monroe st., Chicago. Bab¬
cock drums, two-revolution and fast new presses. Also rebuilt machines.
7-11
Electrotypers and Stereotypers.
H. F. McCAFFERTY CO., nickeltyping and fine half-tone work, 141 East
25th st., New York. Phone, 5286 Madison square. 3-12
“IT DOES NOT TARNISH"
MANUFACTURED BY
CRAMER & MAINZER - Faerth, Bavaria
“Cramain-Gold” j?.a s?fb pliable brilliant beaten
non-tarnishing. Less than half the cost of genuine gold.
SAMPLES AND PRICES ON REQUEST
SOLE AGENT AND DISTRIBUTOR IN THE UNITED STATES
JAMES H. FURMAN
186 N. La Salle Street - - Chicago, Ill.
165 Broadway . New York
Reputable representatives wanted In all principal cities
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THE INLAND PRINTER
Electrotypers’ and Stereotypers’ Machinery.
HOE, It., & CO., New York and London. Manufacturers of printing, stereo¬
typing and electrotyping machinery. Chicago offices, 7 S. Dearborn st.
11-11
THE OSTRANDER-SEYMOUR CO., General Offices, Tribune bldg., Chicago.
Eastern Office, 38 Park Row, New York. Send for catalogue. 1-12
WILLI AMS-LLO YD MACHINERY COMPANY, office and salesrooms, C26
Federal st., Chicago. Eastern representatives: United Printing Machin¬
ery Company, Boston-New York. 2-12
Embossers and Engravers — Copper and Steel.
FREUND, WM., & SONS, est. 1805. Steel and copper plate engravers and
printers, steel-die makers and embossers. AVrite for samples and esti¬
mates. 16-20 E. Randolph st., Chicago. 3-11
Embossing Composition.
STEAVART’S EMBOSSING BOARD — Easy to use, hardens like iron ; 6 by 9
inches: 3 for 40c, 6 for 60c, 12 for $1, postpaid. THE INLAND
PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
Embossing Dies.
EMBOSSING DIES THAT EMBOSS. AVe are specialists in this line. Every
job tested upon completion before leaving the plant. CHICAGO EMBOSS¬
ING CO., 126 N. Union st., Chicago, Ill. tf
YOUNG, AVM. R., 121-123 N. Sixth st., Philadelphia, Pa. Printing and
embossing dies, brass, steel, zinc; first-class workmanship. 7-11
Grinders and Cutting- room Specialties.
WE SELL to printers, lithographers and related trades, and satisfy them
because of a knowledge of what is required. Our personal service
makes our patrons satisfied customers. Our specialties : High-grade paper-
cutter knives; cutting sticks (all sizes); K. K. knife lubricator, takes
place of oil and soap; K. K. paper-slip powder, better than soapstone.
Also expert knife grinders. Prices right. E. C. KEYSER & CO., 722
South Clark st., Chicago. 6-12
Gummed Labels and Advertising Stickers.
STANDARD PUB. CO., Vineland, N. J. Gummed labels and stickers for
the trade. Send for catalogue.
Gummed Papers.
IDEAL COATED PAPER CO., Brookfield, Mass. Imported and domestic
guaranteed non-curling gummed papers. 5-12
JONES, SAMUEL, & CO., AVaverly Park, N. J. Our specialty is Non-'
curling Gummed Paper. Stocks in every city. 2-12
Gummed Tape in Rolls and Rapid Sealing Machine.
JAMES D. McLAURIN & CO., INC., 127 AVhite st., New York city. “ Bull¬
dog ” brand gummed tape. Every inch guaranteed to stick. 6-12
Ink Manufacturers.
AMERICAN PRINTING INK CO., 2314-2324 AV. Kinzie st., Chicago. 3-12
Job Presses.
GOLDING MFG. CO., Franklin, Mass. Golding Jobbers, $200-$600 ; Em¬
bosser, $300-$400 ; Pearl, $70-$214 ; Roll-feed Duplex, Triplex. 8-11
Machine Work.
CUMMINGS MACHINE COMPANY, 238 AVilliam st., New York. Estimates
given on automatic machinery, bone-hardening, grinding and jobbing.
Up-to-date plant ; highest-grade work done with accuracy and despatch.
1-12
Machinery.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, Chicago. New ; rebuilt. 7-11
Mercantile Agency.
THE TYPO MERCANTILE AGENCY, General Offices, 160 Broadway, New
York ; AVestern Office, 108 S. La Salle st., Chicago. The Trade Agency
of the Paper, Book, Stationery, Printing and Publishing Trade. 7-11
Motors and Accessories for Printing Machinery.
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC COMPANY, 527 AV. 34th st., New York. Electric
equipments for printing-presses and allied machines a specialty. 3-12
Paper Cutters.
DEXTER FOLDER CO., Pearl River, N. Y., manufacturers of automatic-
clamp cutting machines that are powerful, durable and efficient. 2-12
GOLDING MFG. CO., Franklin, Mass. Lever, $130-$200 : Power, $240-
$600 ; Auto-clamp, $450-$600 ; Pearl, $40-$77 ; Card, $8-$40. 8-11
OSAVEGO MACHINE AVORKS, Oswego, New York. The Oswego, Brown &
Carver and Ontario — Cutters exclusively. 4-12
SHNIEDEAVEND, PAUL, & CO., 631 AV. Jackson blvd., Chicago. 7-11
Photoenjlravers.
BLOMGREN BROTHERS & CO., 512 Sherman st., Chicago. Photo, half¬
tone, wood engraving and electrotyping. 11-11
SHEPARD, THE HENRY O., CO., illustrators, engravers and electrotypers,
3-color process plates. 632 Sherman st., Chicago. 12-11
Photoen^ravers’ Machinery and Supplies.
THE OSTRANDER-SEYMOUR. CO., General Offices, Tribune bldg., Chicago.
Eastern Office, 38 Park Row, New York. Send for catalogue. 1-12
AVILLIAMS-LLOYD MACHINERY COMPANY, headquarters for photoengra¬
vers’ supplies. Office and salesrooms : 626 Federal st., Chicago. Eastern
representatives ; United Printing Machinery Co., Boston-New York. 2-12
Photoengravers* Screens.
LEVA.’, MAX, AVayne av. and Berkeley st., AVayne Junction, Philadelphia,
Pa. 3-12
Presses.
GOSS PRINTING PRESS COMPANY, 16th st. and Ashland av., Chicago.
manufacturers newspaper perfecting presses and special rotary printing
machinery. 1-12
HOE, R., & CO., New York and London. Manufacturers of printing, stereo¬
typing and electrotyping machinery. Chicago office, 7 S. Dearborn st.
11-11
THOMSON, JOHN, PRESS COMPANY, 253 Broadway, New York; Fisher
bldg., Chicago ; factory, Long Island City, New York. 10-11
Printers’ Rollers and Roller Composition.
BINGHAM’S, SAM’L, SON MFG. CO.. 316-318 S. Canal st., Chicago ; also
514-518 Clark av., St. Louis; First av. and Ross st., Pittsburg; 706
Baltimore av., Kansas City; 52-54 S. Forsythe st., Atlanta, Ga. ; 151-153
Kentucky av., Indianapolis; 675 Elm st., Dallas, Tex.; 135 Michigan st.,
Milwaukee, AA’is. ; 919-921 4th st., So., Minneapolis, Minn. ; 609-611 Chest¬
nut st., Des Moines, Iowa. 3-12
BINGHAM BROTHERS COMPANY, 406 Pearl st., New York; also 521
Cherry st., Philadelphia. 10-11
BUCKIE PRINTERS’ ROLLER CO., 714 S. Clark st., Chicago; St. Louis,
Detroit, St. Paul ; printers’ rollers and tablet composition. 6-12
MILWAUKEE PRINTERS’ ROLLER CO., 372 Milwaukee st., Milwaukee,
AVis. Printers’ rollers and tablet composition. 1-12
AVILD & STEA’ENS, INC., 5 Purchase st., cor. High, Boston, Mass. Estab¬
lished 1850. 2-12
Printers’ Supplies.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, 168-170 AV. Monroe st., Chicago.
7-11
Proof Presses for Photoentfravers and Printers.
SHNIEDEAVEND. PAUL, & CO.. 631 AV. Jackson blvd., Chicago. 7-11
Show Cards.
SHOAAr CARDS AND COUNTER CARDS. Cut-outs that attract attention.
High-class in every particular. CHICAGO EMBOSSING CO., 126 N.
Union st., Chicago, Ill. tf
Stereotyping Outfits.
A COLD SIMPLEX STEREOTYPING OUTFIT. $19 and up, produces the
finest book and job plates, and your type is not in danger of being ruined
by heat, simpler, better, quicker, safer, easier on the type, and costs no
more than papier-mache ; also two engraving methods costing only $5 with
materials, by which engraved plates are cast in stereo metal from drawings
made on cardboard. “ Readv-to-use ” cold matrix sheets, $1. HENRY
KAHRS, 240 E. 33d st., New "York city. 8-11
Typefounders.
AMERICAN TA’PE FOUNDERS CO., original designs, greatest output, most
complete selection. Dealer in wood type, printing machinery and print¬
ers’ supplies of all kinds. Send to nearest house for latest type specimens.
Houses — Boston. New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, AVashington, D. C.,
Richmond. Buffalo, -Pittsburg, Cleveland, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago,
Kansas City. Indianapolis, Denver, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Port¬
land, Spokane, Seattle, Vancouver. 8-11
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, 168-170 AV. Monroe st., Chicago,
type. 7-11
HANSEN, H. C., TYPE FOUNDRY (established 1872), 190-192 Congress
st., Boston; 43 Centre st. and 15 Elm st., New York. 11-11
INLAND TA’PE FOUNDRY, Standard Line type and printers’ supplies, St.
Louis, New York and Chicago. 11-11
QUICK ON
Your Job Press Slow
VISE GRIP
Without The Megill Gauges !
Ask for booklet about our Gauge that automatically sets the sheet
Megill’s Patent
SPRING TONGUE GAUGE PINS
to perfect register after the human hand has done all it can.
E. L. MEGILL, Manufacturer
60 Duane Street, New York
Megill’s Patent j
DOUBLE- GRIP GAUGES
$1.20 per doz. with extra tongues.
No glue — No sticky fingers— Clean work — Hurry work — Best work
$1.25 set of 3 with extra tongues.
Cameo Makes a Job Distinctive
There are scores of half-tone papers — there is just one Cameo. Think of that
when doing some job which you want to he so “classy that it will clinch your
hold on your customer.
A man need not he an expert judge of the fine points in the printer s art to
recognize the individuality and superiority of a Cameo job. The soft, velvety
surface of Cameo Plate gives a richness and depth to half-tones that can he obtained
in no other way.
CAMEO
PLATE
Coated Book
White or Sep la
To get the very best results with Cameo, note these few suggestions.
HALF-TONE PLATES. The plates should he deeply etched. The screen
best adapted is 150 lines to the inch, although the surface is receptive to any
ordinary half-tones.
OVERLAYS. Should he cut on slightly thicker paper than required for
regular coated.
MAKE READY. Build up an even grading from high lights to solids.
INK. Should he of fairly heavy body, one which will not run too freely,
and a greater amount of ordinary cut ink must he carried than for glossy papers. The
richest effect that can he obtained m one printing comes from the use of double-tone
ink on Cameo Plate. Of this ink less is required than for glossy paper. There is
no trouble from “picking. Impression should he heavy, hut only such as will
ensure an unbroken screen and even contact.
Cameo is the best stock for all half-tones except those intended to show polished
and mechanical subjects in microscopic detail.
Use Cameo according to these instructions and every half-tone job you run
will bring you prestige.
Send for Sample-Bool? T o-dap.
S. D. WARREN & CO., 160 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass.
Manufacturers of the Best in Staple Lines of Coated and Uncoated Book Papers.
LIST OF DISTRIBUTORS
Boston, Mass. ....... The A. Storrs G? Bement Co.
Buffalo, N. Y. ......... The Ailing G? Cory Co.
Chicago, Ill. .......... J. W. Butler Paper Co.
Cleveland, Ohio .... Cleveland Paper Manufacturing Co.
Cleveland, Ohio . Kingsley Paper Co.
Dallas, Tex . Southwestern Paper Co.
Grand Rapids, Mich . Central Michigan Paper Co.
Houston, Tex . Southwestern Paper Co.
Kansas City, Mo . Interstate Paper Co.
Los Angeles, Cal . Blake, Moffitt G? Towne
New York City . . . Sole Agents, Henry Lindenmeyr & Sons
New York City (for Export only) . National Paper Gr1 Type Co.
Milwaukee, Wis . Standard Paper Co.
Philadelphia, Pa . Magarge G? Green Co.
Pittsburg, Pa . The Ailing G? Cory Co.
Portland, Me . C. M. Rice Paper Co.
Portland, Ore . Blake, McFall Co.
Rochester, N. Y . The Ailing G? Cory Co.
San Francisco, Cal . Blake, Moffitt G? Towne
Seattle, Wash . Mutual Paper Co.
Spokane, Wash . American Type Founders Co.
Vancouver, B. C . American Type Founders Co.
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The following is a list of
Miehle Presses
shipped during the month of
May .... 1911
THIS LIST SHOWS THE CONTINUED DEMAND FOR MIEHLE PRESSES.
United States Printing Co . . Cincinnati, Ohio _ _ 4
Previously purchased for this and other branches
forty-seven Miehles
Metropolitan Church Association. .Waukesha, Wis . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
J. H. Harris & Co....... . Cleveland Ohio . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
The Arakelyan Press . Boston, Mass . 2
Previously purchased four Miehles.
Charles R. Kemble . Greenville, Ohio .... 1
Lacey Print Shop.... . Indianapolis, Ind. ... 1
Schulman Brothers .............. Chicago, Ill . 1
Pratt’s Practical Printery . Aurora, Ill . 1
Fox Printing House . New York city . 2
Previously purchased four Miehles.
China National Press . .Shanghai, China .... 1
J. & B. Crawford Mfg. Co . Chicago, Ill . 1
Previously purchased two Miehles.
Griswold Press Printing Co . Detroit, Mich . 1
Previously purchased two Miehles.
The Publishers Press . . Chicago, Ill . 1
Previously purchased two Miehles.
The Ames-Kiebler Co . Toledo, Ohio 1
A. A. Paryski . . .Toledo, Ohio 1
Van de Kamp & Lorberter . Milwaukee, Wis . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
A. C. Henschel 8c Co . Chicago, 111 . 1
News Publishing Co . Sacramento, Cal. ... 1
Previously purchased two Miehles.
Charles Francis Press . . .New York city . 1
Previously purchased seven Miehles.
Hommes, Wilson & Trave . Oklahoma City, Okla. 1
Elander-Krey Co. . . .Minneapolis, Minn. . 1
The Robert Duncan Co . Hamilton, Ont . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
R. J. Kittredge & Co . Chicago, Ill . 1
Previously purchased twenty-six Miehles.
Curtis Advertising Co . Detroit, Mich . 1
Previously purchased four Miehles.
The Hall Lithographing Co . . Topeka, Kan . 1
Previously purchased eight Miehles.
Colgate & Co.. . Jersey City, N. J. ... 1
Althof & Bahls . . . San Francisco, Cal. . 1
Previously purchased four Miehles.
James H. Barry Co . San Francisco, Cal. . 1
Previously purchased six Miehles.
Thompson-White Co . . . Chicago, Ill. ........ 1
The West Canada Publishing Co.. Winnipeg, Man. .... 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
R. B. Spencer . Ft. Morgan, Colo. .. 1
Wedlansky-Clar k Printing Co . Kansas City, Mo . 1
Dwyer Brothers Co . . . New Orleans, La. ... 1
Western Bank Note & Engr. Co.. Chicago, Ill . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Linotype & Machinery Co . London, England ... 7
Previously purchased thirty-five Miehles.
J. & A. MacMillan . St. John, N. B . 1
Moll & Co.. . . . . Louisville, Ky . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Harry S. Banta . Kansas City, Mo . 1
Previously purchased three Miehles.
St. Petersburg Typographic
Actien-Ges . St. Petersburg, Russia 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
The Hillside Press.. . Philadelphia, Pa. .
Previously purchased three Miehles.
The Neuner Co . Los Angeles, Cal. .. 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Frank C. Afferton . New York city . 2
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Geo. Gale & Sons . Waterville, Que . 1
Mercantile Printing Co . Wilmington, Del. ... 2
B. J. Cannon... _ . Milwaukee, Wis . 1
Previously purchased four Miehles.
Commercial Ptg. & Binding Co.. . .Dayton, Ohio . 1
Desaulniers & Co . Moline, Ill . 1
Previously purchased seven Miehles.
C. O. Owen & Co . Chicago, Ill . 1
Previously purchased eighteen Miehles.
Gumaelius & Komp . Stockholm, Sweden.. 2
Previously purchased sixty Miehles.
Greer Printing Co . Duluth, Minn. ...
Manz Engraving Co . Chicago, Ill .
Previously purchased twenty-four Miehles.
Monroe Drug Co . Quincy, Ill .
Regensteiner Colortype Co . Chicago, Ill .
Previously purchased twenty-seven Miehles.
Philadelphia Ptg. & Pub. Co . Philadelphia, Pa.
Phila. Evening Trade School . Philadelphia, Pa. ,
Aetna Insurance Co . Hartford, Conn. .
Previously purchased two Miehles.
The Business Printing Co . Toronto, Ont . 1
Dana T. Bennett Co . New York city . 2
Ontario Press . Toronto, Ont . 2
C. Shenkberg Co . Sioux City, Iowa .... 1
1
Shipments for May, 1911, 77 IVfiehle Presses
For Prices, Terms and Other Particulars, address
The Miehle Printing Press 6 Mfg. Co.
Factory, COR. FOURTEENTH AND ROBEY STREETS
(South Side Office, 326 S. Dearborn Street)
CHICAGO, ILL., U.S.A.
New York Office, 38 Park Row. Philadelphia Office, Commonwealth Bldg. Boston Office, 164 Federal Street.
San Francisco Office, 401 Williams Bldg., 693 Mission St. Dallas Office, 411 Juanita Building.
6 Grunewaldstrasse, Steglitz-Berlin, Germany. 23 Avenue de Gravelle, Charenton, Paris,
Concentration
means much in these
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Quick-Change Model 9 Four-Magazine
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One man, operating a keyboard of only ninety keys, has at his
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He can obtain from the four magazines with which the machine
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THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT has ordered twenty-five
Quick-Change Model 4 Double-Magazine Linotypes and an Improved
Lead and Rule Caster for the Government Printing Office at Rio Janeiro.
Besides the fifty sets of matrices furnished with the twenty-five
machines, eighty additional sets and much other extra equipment was
also ordered.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.
PAGE
Acme Staple Co . 51ii
Advertisers’ Electrotyping Co . 520
Albemarle Paper Mfg. Co . 509
Ament & Weeks . 033
American Electrotype Co. f . 523
American Pressman . ” . 63b
American Printer . 637
American Shading Machine Co . 638
American Steel & Copper Plate Co . - . . . 638
American Type Pounders Co . 4S4
Anderson, C. F., & Co . 506
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R . 624
Ault & Wiborg Co . 488
Auto Falcon & Waite Die Press Co . 523
Babcock Printing Press Mfg. Co . 485
Barnhart Bros. & Spindler . 4 85
Barton Mfg. Co . 617
Beck, Charles, Co . 50o
Beckett Paper Co . 629
Bingham’s, Sam’l, Son Mfg. Co . 4S8
Black-Clawson Co . 616
Blatchford, E. W., Co . 63S
Boston Printing Press & Machinery Co . 61 9
British Printer . 616
Brown Folding Machine Co . 489
Burton’s, A. G., Son . 504
Butler, J. W., Paper Co . 481
Cabot, Godfrey L . 638
Calculagraph Co . 504
Carver, C. R., Co . 508
Central Ohio Paper Co . 617
Challenge Machinery Co . 499
Chambers Bros. Co . 618
Chandler & Price Co . 502
Chicago Lino-Tabler Co . 616
Chicago & North Western R. R . 630
Cleveland Folding Machine Co . 511
Coes, Loring, & Co . 501
Colonial Co . 617
Cottrell, C. B., & Sons Co . 528
Cramer, G., Dry Plate Co . 617
Crane, Z. & W. M . 510
Crocker-McElwain Co . 631
Dennison Mfg. Co . 491
Detroit Sulphite Pulp & Paper Co . 522
Deutseher Buch- und Steindrucker . 636
Dewey, F. E. & B. A . 630
Dexter Folder Co . 486-487
Dick, Rev. Robert, Estate . 618
Dinse, Page & Co . 512
Driscoll & Fletcher . 617
Durant, W. N., Co . 616
Eagle Printing Ink Co . 618
Electrical Testing Laboratories . 617
Elliott Addressing Machine Co . 518
Engravers’ & Printers’ Machinery Co . 625
PAGE
Fonderie Caslon . 619
Freie Kunste . 636
Fuller. E. C., Co . 496
Furman, .Tas. LI . 612-613
General Electric Co . 519
Gilmartin, S . 524
Globe Engraving & Electrotype Co . 509
Golding Mfg. Co . 516
Goss Printing Press Co . 526
Gould & Eberliardt . 505
Hamilton Mfg. Co . 514
Handy Press Co . '. 502
Harris Automatic Press Co . 515
Hellmuth, Charles . 512
Herrick Press . 616
Hess, Julius, Co . 51S
Hickok, W. O., Mfg. Co . 505
Hoe, R., & Co . 482
Hoole Machine & Engraving Works . 505
Inland Printer Technical School . 510
Inland Stationer . 637
I. T. IT. Commission . 622
Jaenecke Printing Ink Co . 621
Johnson, Chas. Eneu, & Co . 496
Juengst, Geo., & Sons . 492
Justrite Mfg. Co . 506
Kast & Ehinger . 512
Kavnior Automatic Press Co . 497
Keystone Type Foundry . Insert
Kidder Press Co . 500
Kimble Electric Co . 633
Kreiter, Louis, & Co . 520
Lanston Montoype Machine Co . 517
Levey, Fred’k H., Co . 506
Logemann Bros. Co . 620
Mayer, Robert, & Co . 503
Mechanical Appliance Co . 625
Megill, E. L . 614
Meisel Press & Mfg. Co . 625
Mergenthaler Linotype Co . Cover
Mielile Printing Press & Mfg. Co . Cover
Miller Saw-Trimmer Co . 518
Mittag & Volger . 638
Monitor Controller Co . 617
Montgomery Bros. Co . 507
Morrison, J. L., Co . 522
Morse Gage Pin Co . 616
National Arts Publishing Co . 634
National Colortype Co . 506
National Electrotype Co . 508
National Lithographer . 636
National Machine Co . 522
National Printer Journalist . 637
National Printing Machinery Co . 630
National Steel & Copper Plate Co . 638
New York Revolving Portable Elevator Co.. 625
PAGE
Oswego Machine Works . 513
Parker, Thomas & Tucker Paper Co . 524
Parsons Trading Co . 507
Peerless Electric Co . 520
Peerless Printing Press Co . 499
Peerless Type Foundry . 616
Plum, Matthias . 635
Potter Printing Press Co . 640
Printing Art . 637
Printer & Publisher . 619
Process Engravers’ Monthly . 636
Queen City Printing Ink Co . 495
Regina Co. . 525, 629
Review Printing & Embossing Co . 505
Richmond Electric Co . 518
Rising, B. D.. Paper Co . 632
Robbins & Myers Co . : 512
Roberts Numbering Machine Co . 524
Rouse, II. B., & Co . 626
Rowe, James . 507
Scott, Walter, & Co . 521
Seybold Machine Co . 483
Shepard, Henry O., Co . Insert, 494, 617
Sheridan, T. W. & C. B., Co . 493
Shniedewend, Paul. & Co . 511
Sprague Electric Co . 503
Star Engravers’ Supply Co . 638
Stauder, A., & Co . 620
Steinman, O. M . 490
Stiles, Chas. L . 617
Sullivan Machinery Co . 638
Swigart Paper Co . 626
Tarcolin . 638
Tatum, Sam’l C., Co . 516
Thalmann Printing Ink Co . 520
Thompson Type Machine Co . 527
Triumph Electric Co . 502
Ullman, Sigmund, Co . Cover
Union Pacific R. R . 620
Universal Automatic Type-casting Machine Co . 498
Van Allens & Boughton. . 623
Van Bibber Roller Co . 617
Wanner, A. F., & Co . 498
Wanner Machinery Co . 632
Want Advertisements . 612
Warren, S. D., & Co . 615
Watzelhan & Speyer . 632
West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co . 528
Western States Envelope Co . 523
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co . 509
White, .James, Paper Co . 619
Whitfield Carbon Paper Works . 617
Whitlock Printing Press Mfg. Co . 628
Wiggins, John B., Co . 630
Wing, Chauncey . 524
Wire Loop Mfg. Co . 617
TABLE
PAGE
Adding the “ Personal ” Note . 532
Ad. -setting Contest No. 31, Results of . 583
Advertisements, The Typography of — No.
VI (illustrated) . 544
Advertising Field, Printers in the . 54i
Advertising the Print-shop . 533
Apprentice Printers’ Technical Club — No.
VIII (illustrated) . 549
Beloved . Oil
B. L. T. Discovered This . 574
“ B. L. T.” Ignores the “ E ” Channel . 557
Bookbinding :
Finishing of Blank Books . 572
Lettering . 573
Lettering on Cloth . 574
Lettering the Side of a Book . 574
Preparation of the Books for Finishing.... 572
Bookkeeping and Costs . 563
Breeches on the Wrong Man, The . 582
Business Notices:
Cottrell’s New Booklet (illustrated) . 610
Effective Publicity for Brother Jonathan
Bond Paper (illustrated) . 609
General Electric Company Expands, The. . . 609
German Firm Changes Its Name . 611
Improved Meisel Combination Press (illus¬
trated) . 611
Lincoln Cost System for Touring Automo¬
biles, The . 609
Many New Hoe Rotary, Magazine and Pe¬
riodical Presses . 611
Matrix Catalogue of the Thompson Type-
caster . 610
New Monotype Book Faces . 610
Polyphase Induction Motors . 608
Special Offset Papers . 608
What Is a Saw-trimmer? . 608
Cellon, a Substitute for Celluloid . 590
Chairmen of the H. O. Shepard Company
Chapel . 598
Chicago Club of Printing-house Craftsmen . . . 598
Comma, The . 537
Conservation for Printers . 542
Contributed Articles:
Adding the “ Personal ” Note . 532
Advertising the Print-shop . 53s
Apprentice Printers’ Technical Club — No.
VIII (illustrated) . 549
Getting Work Out on Time . 536
Grammar and Proofreading . 538
Plea for Improved Relations Between Em¬
ployer and Employee, A . 529
Printing-office De Luxe, A (illustrated) . . . 569
Printing Photogravure and Type in One
Impression (illustrated) . 548
Scientific Color in Practical Printing- —
No. XIV . 559
Typography of Advertisements, The — No.
VI (illustrated) . 544
Cost and Method :
Can a Printer Practice Salesmanship? . 595
Composition Hour-cost Rate . 594
Cost and Prices at Denver . 591
Felloweraft Club, The, of Cleveland, Ohio. 594
Fifteen Lots of Bill-heads . 594
First Annual Cost Congress of Ohio Printers. 594
Hour Costs in Cleveland . 593
Hour Costs in Twenty-four Cities . 593
Kick on Printing Prices at Bountiful, Utah,
A . 597
Meetings at Denver, The . 596
Most Important Job. The . 593
Printers’ Terms of Sale . 596
Small Country Shop, The . 594
Some “ Copy ” . 595
Wanted — Information on “ How to Be¬
gin ” . 594
Wants Detailed Costs of Monotype . 593
Wants Information on Costs for Folding
Paper-box Business . 596
“ What You Don’t Know WILL Hurt You ” 595
Courtly Retort, A . 560
Don’t Wait . 563
OF CONTENTS — JULY,
Editorial : page
Conservation for Printers . 242
Fidelity to Contracts . 542
Get-there Triumvirate. The . 542
Notes . 541
Printers in the Adertising Field . 544
Take a Holiday . 542
Electrotyping and Stereotyping :
Celluloid Plates, “ Flintine ” and “ Nick-
ello ” . 558
Stereotype Molds by Pressure . 557
Trouble with Stereotype Metal . 558
Fidelity to Contracts . 542
Foreign Graphic Circles. Incidents in . 553
Get It in Writing . 601
Get-there Triumvirate, The . . 542
Getting Into Bad Company . 578
Getting Work Out on Time . 536
Get-together Dinner of the Washington Em¬
ploying Printers . 601
Grammar and Proofreading . 538
Illustrations:
“ Got Him 1 ” . 537
“ Guess This One Will Get Him ” . 536
Hitting the Road — Past and Present . 540
Moods of the Cayuse Twins . 539
Sharpe, R. Lee, of Carrollton, Georgia.... 602
“ Stubbed ! ” . 530
“ The Observer ” . 531
Improved Relations Between Employer and
Employee, A Plea for . 529
Incidents in Foreign Graphic Circles . 553
Job Composition:
Black, Eli. the Printer-psychologist (illus¬
trated) . 561
“ Kinks ” :
Easy Method of Setting Around Cuts . 599
Find Proportionate Size of a Photograph
or Drawing, To . 599
Furniture Cabinet on Wheels . 599
Gumming Ends of Paper-strips . 599
Lantern Slides by Transfer Method . 690
Making Perfect Joints in Rulework . 600
Slides for Picture-shows . 600
Spacing Linotype Slugs (illustrated) . 60o
Machine Composition :
Clutch . 575
Distributor and Mold-disk . 575
Recent Patents on Composing Machinery.. 576
Removing and Cleaning a Keyboard . 575
Tight Lines . 574
Worn Mold Disk Locking-studs . 574
Master Printer Changes Hands . 568
Modern Proofreader, The. : . 558
New Coated-paper Mill . 557
None . 549
Newspaper Work:
Advertising Advertising . 589
Americans to Publish Chinese Newspaper. . 588
Anti-Socialistic and Industrial Number.... 587
Big Advertising by a Country Bank . 588
Changes of Ownership . 59u
Consolidations . 590
Criticism of Ad. Display . 587
Deaths . 590
Featuring the Editorial Page . 587
Half-century in One Office . 588
Journalistic Courtesy . 589
New Publications . 589
New Sunday Magazine for Newspapers. . . . 589
Result of Ad. -setting Contest No. 31 . 583
Suspensions . 590
Turlock Journal Issues Miniature Edition.. 588
Twenty-five Years as Editor of the Mail. . . 588
Visitors at a Filipino Newspaper Office. . . . 588
Obituary :
Brooks, George W . 607
Shniedewend, Paul. The Passing on of.... 607
Old Firm Places Young Men at Head . 576
Overseers of Melbourne . 601
Poultry Fable . 590
Practical Printing, Scientific Color in — No.
XIV . 559
Pressroom :
Advancement of a New Zealand Pressman. . 577
HENRY O. SHEPARD CO., C”§|S1|1“>57 PRINTERS, CHI
1911.
PAGE
Do Not Use Too Much Tympan..... . 577
Drying Oils . 578
Excellent Specimens of Half-tone Work... 578
Half-tones on Flat Writing-paper . 577
Mechanical-relief Printing . 577
Removing Paper Dust from Presses . 577
Water-marking Paper on a Platen Press. . 577
Working-up of Furniture . 57S
Printing-house Craftsmen, Chicago Club of. . 598
Printing-office De Luxe, A (illustrated) . 569
Printing Photogravure and Type in One Im¬
pression (illustrated) . 548
Printing Pressmen’s Convention . 598
Process Engraving :
Brief Answers to a Few Queries . 580
Dangers in Nitric Acid Fumes . 579
International Association of Photoengra¬
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Masks for the Air-brush . 579
Offset-press Transfers . 580
Prosperity for Processwork . 580
Ready-sensitized Photolithographic Paper. . 579
Rotary-photogravure Process . 579
Stripping Negative Films . 579
Proofroom :
Extra Word Often Used, An . 556
Some Time, Sometime, etc . 556
Split Infinitive, The . 556
Question Box:
Books on Bookbinding . 581
Carbonized Paper . „ . 581
Chopping Waste Paper to Destroy Records. 582
Copyright Protection . 582
Directory of Printers . 581
Etching Advertising Matter on Steel . 581
Felt Pennants . 581
Labels in Three Colors . 581
Name of the Designer Wanted . 582
Powdered Marshmallow Seed . 581
Rubber Press-blankets . 581
Shooting-pictures . 581
Trouble with Stereotype Paste . 581
Remedy, The . 57i
Road to Progress, The — Chambers, Ray P. . 601
Scientific Color in Practical Printing — No.
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Simplicity of English.,. . 558
Specimen Review . 564
Stereotypers and Electrotypers, Convention of 600
Take a Holiday . 542
The Man and the Field . 608
The Poet-laureate of the Printers’ Home
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Third International Printers’ Cost Congress. . 543
Ticket-printing Machinery . 568
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Advertising Men Getting Ready for Big
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Big Publisher Compliments Labor Official . . 605
Buy Half Interest in Hollenbeck Press. . . . 604
Consolidation of Magazine Interests . 602
De Luxe Process of Water-marking, The. . . 603
General Notes . 606
Instructive Style-book, An . 605
Master Printers of Lynn Organize . 602
“ Overhead ” Expense Heavy . 605
Printer Says He Was Unjustly Sent to Jail 602
Printers Vote to Abolish Piece System. . . . 602
Printing Concern Founded in 1830 Assigns. 602
Recent Incorporations . 606
Reorganization of Cook Printing Company. 604
Sinclair & Valentine Company’s Big Ink
Factory Damaged by Fire . 605
Sluggers Not Home-builders . 604
St. Louis Printing-trades Club (illustrated) 603
Texas Printers in Big Banquet . 604
“ Thanking You Very Kindly ” . 606
Transparent Printing Office, A . 603
Typefounders’ Reorganization . 604
T.ypothetie, The — What It Is and What It
Stands For . 597
Unappreciated . 582
Waterproofing Paper . 537
Works Both Ways . 552
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and continuous suction by means of double diaphragm pumps. Special tools are provided for
all purposes, it thoroughly cleans type cases without picking up or injuring the type. Bronzing
powder can be collected and saved instead of being scattered in the air and wasted. Reasonable
in price and fully guaranteed. The best investment any printer can make. Send for particulars
or call on us at any time for a demonstration.
MANUFACTURED AND SOLD BY
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OUR ads. of the past few months have described those features of the
Premier which make for Speed , Durability , Register and Impression.
We Would Now Call Attention to the Distribution
Whereas the fountain on every other Two-Revolution press is fixedly bolted
to the press frames, the Premier fountain is arranged to swing at any angle
merely by loosening one bolt and tightening it again. The fountain is placed
above the ink plate." The ductor roller carries the ink, not to the ink table, but
to the first table vibrator roller, and as the ink table is then at the other end of
the press (when the press is running) , the ink is cut up to some extent already
when first laid on the plate. Over the table and form rollers there are three
vibrators besides two top vibrators over the form roller vibrators. These form
and table vibrating rollers are independent one of the other, so that while those
over the form rollers may be set to vibrate a great deal, but little, or not at all,
those over the table rollers can be set to vibrate as desired, whether much or
little. There are two fountain pawls, permitting of a supplemental half nick
movement of the fountain ratchet. All rollers are interchangeable and
gear-driven.
It is needless to state what, from the foregoing description, must be obvious
to the veriest layman who will compare the Premier distribution with that on
any or all other Two-Revolution presses, that
The Premier Distribution is the Best
LET US TELL YOU J'BOUT IT
The WHITLOCK PRINTING-PRESS
MANUFACTURING COMPANY
DERBY, CONN.
NEW YORK, 23d Street and Broadway
Fuller (Flatiron) Building
BOSTON, 510 Weld Building, 176 Federal Street
AGENCIES
Chicago, St. Louis, Cleveland, Cincin¬
nati, Detroit, Minneapolis, Kansas
City, Denver, Los Angeles, San Fran¬
cisco, Spokane, Seattle, Dallas —
American Type Founders Co.
Atlanta, Ga. — Messrs. J. H. Schroeter
& Bro., 133 Central Ave.
Toronto, Ont. — Messrs. M anton Bros.,
105 Elizabeth St.
Halifax, N. S.— Printers’ Supplies,
Ltd., 27 Bedford Row.
London, Eng.— Messrs. T. W. & C. B.
Sheridan, 65-69 Mt. Pleasant, E. C.
Sydney, N.S.W. — Messrs. Parsons &
Whitmore, Challis House, Martin
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V _ J • _I_ •
CONTINUOUS PILE
FEEDER
The principles involved in the U. P. M. Continuous Pile
Feeder are reliability, simplicity and adaptability to work
of the general printing office.
Keeps your labor costs proportionate to your production.
The double elevator eliminates loss of time for reloading,
admits of a level combing surface and makes possible
economy of a feeding machine for short runs.
We shall be pleased to send you our catalogue upon
request.
UNITED PRINTING MACHINERY CO.
246 Summer Street, Boston 12-14 Spruce Street, New York
Western Agent
WILLIAMS LLOYD MACHINERY CO.
638 Federal Street, Chicago
Business Men and Printers
who have received our new specimen letter-head catalog (see
June advt.) pronounce it a marvel and well worth
a conspicuous place on any business desk.
You Should Have a Copy (o\(0
—It’s Free
This Specimen Book shows pp <-
what can be accom¬
plished by the
use of
which is
a Bond paper
now being made fa¬
mous because of its radical
departure from the ordinary. MAR¬
QUETTE BOND is an honest quality
not the kind that will turn color and crumble
— but a true product having the snap, crackle and
finish found in some Bonds sold at almost double our price.
We carry a full line in all sizes and weights, white and eight colors , for immediate
shipment, including a 13-lb. folio, also white and in eight colors
SWIGART PAPER COMPANY
653-655 S. FIFTH AVENUE CHICAGO, ILL.
A FEW OF THE MANY
As a Safeguard and Real Protection
to determine the genuine — look for our name on every “unit.”
You do not buy Metal Unit Systems frequently — therefore be
careful and certain of your purchase.
The Rouse Unit System
when fully installed means increased efficiency and composing-room 1
economy and an increased output on a standard basis of cost.
Buy the Genuine and Enjoy the Full Realization of What Constitutes
a Real Unit System
SOLD BY DEALERS EVERYWHERE— MADE ONLY BY
H. B. ROUSE & COMPANY, Chicago
2214-2216 WARD STREET
“THE REGISTER HOOK PEOPLE’’
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Uncle Sam Uses
the Revolvator
The REVOLVATOR
has been adopted by the
U. S. Printing Office and
Navy Yards, as standard.
A REVOLVATOR is
a portable tiering machine
with a revolving base;
the latter feature in¬
creasing its efficiency 100% over the old
type rigid base machine we formerly built.
It increases warehouse capacity by 25-
50% and cuts the labor bill in half. It
enables you to stack rolls or reams of paper
and heavy cases with the least effort and
in minimum time.
Write for our booklet “ I” on “ SavingTime, Money and Space, ”
and find out why the U. S. Government bought these machines.
New York Revolving Portable
Elevator Company
351 Garfield Avenue Jersey City, N. J.
You Can Face
Competition
if you will meet the “efficiency - condi¬
tions” of your competitors.
The printer who captures the big,
profitable orders is the one who wisely is
equipped with special machinery for the
business. We design and build such ma¬
chines. We make presses — all kinds, that
ill Complete the Job in One
Operation
with highest speed, perfect work, and best
of all — our prices are easily within your
reach. Tell us the character of the big
special printing you are having trouble in
landing and we will put you on the track.
Meisel Press & Mfg. Co.
OFFICE :
944-948 Dorchester Avenue Boston , Mass.
Engravers’ and Printers’ Machinery Co., Inc.
Engravers, Stationers
and Printers
should investigate
the merits of this
new engraving
machine, its new
and special im¬
provements. It is
made for high-
class commercial
and social station¬
ery ; designed and
constructed with
knowledge of
what constitutes a
satisfactory en¬
graving machine.
Is simple, com¬
pact, and abso¬
lutely durable.
Send for pam¬
phlets, plans of
selling, samples
o f work, etc.
108 Fulton Street, New York City, N. Y.
WATSON MOTORS
ARE MONEY SAVERS
You, like all
other intelligent
printers, know
the economy and
convenience of
individual motors
for each machine
in your shop, but —
DoYouKnow
That the
WATSON Is the
Most Economical
of All Motors?
Do you know that the Watso
is most compact of all, is smallest
in size and greatest in power for
its rating? Do you know that t
Watson will cost you less to oper¬
ate than any motor on earth
Ask us today (a postal will do) why
Watson motors are money savers — it
will pay you in dollars and cents.
MECHANICAL
APPLIANCE CO.
Dept. B MILWAUKEE. WIS.
4-10
625
—And Now for the Big Convention
MAKE your vacation plans embrace a trip to the West during the
several conventions — a season of pleasure not to be forgotten. Let
this occasion be the one pleasant period of your life, and the
SANTA FE will make it their business to provide every passenger with
all the comforts and care to be desired.
The
International Typographical Union
Convention
At San Francisco , Cal., August 14 to 19, 1911
For this occasion we solicit the patronage of delegates, their families and
friends, to use one of the four famous transcontinental trains, Chicago to
California and back.
ALL THE WAY
From Chicago to San Francisco and return $62.50
“ Kansas City “ “ “ “ 50.00
“ St. Louis “ “ “ “ 57.50
“ Denver “ “ “ “ 45.00
Liberal stop-over and side-ride privileges allowed. These tickets will
be sold with return limit good until September 15, for final return. Tickets
can be purchased August 7 to 11.
Another Point
The SANTA FE ROUTE gives to its patrons the finest dining car
and dining station facilities of any railroad in the world. Meal service
managed by FRED HARVEY, and this feature alone is worth careful
consideration; and best of all, you will have the opportunity of viewing the
Grand Canyon of Arizona, the world’s greatest scenic wonder.
Ask any local ticket agent, or address
W. J. BLACK, Pass. Traffic Manager
A. T. & S. F. Railway System, Railway Exchange, Chicago
624
THE HUBER-HODGMAN
PRINTING PRESS
THE HODGMAN
ENTIRELY new — new design, new movement. Bed only 34
inches from the floor, all sizes. No shoes, no rack-hangers,
no jar or vibration. Highest speed known in flat-bed presses.
Five tracks, rigid impression, trip the cylinder, also trips the
fountain roller. Does this strike you as an improvement in flat¬
bed presses? The Hodgmaii has a number of other radical im¬
provements. All users claim it is the leader. Will you look at
it in operation? Takes very little time to prove our claims.
Simplest, most durable. More new features. Guaranteed the
fastest speed, lightest running, most rigid, best register — these
are our claims. Will you see it?
VAN ALLENS & BOUGHTON
77 to 2 $ Rose St. and IJ§ IV illiam St ., New York.
Factory — Taunton, Mass.
Agent, England, WESTERN OFFICE, 277 Dearborn Street,
P. LAWRENCE PRINTING MACHINERY CO., Ltd. H. W. THORNTON, Manager,
57 Shoe Lane, London, E. C. Telephone, Harrison 801. CHICAGO
623
JAENECKE’S
PRINTING INKS
are known the world over as a reliable
product. The works in Newark are
celebrated for the skill used in the labo¬
ratory, the care exercised in the purchase
and preparation of the raw materials,
and for the judgment and conscientious
effort put into the making of the
finished product.
ASK FOR OUR SPECIMEN-BOOK
Main Office and Works — NEWARK, N. J.
THE JAENECKE PRINTING INK CO.
CHICAGO OFFICE: New Number, 531 S. Dearborn Street
Old Number, 351 Dearborn Street
NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA ST. LOUIS DETROIT PITTSBURG
621
YOU NEED ONE
NO PRINTING PLANT COMPLETE WITHOUT
A BALING PRESS
C. Every printer knows the value of a Baling Press, but many have not
installed one, possibly imagining the price of a steel-constructed machine
somewhat high. We build an all steel, powerful and rapid Baler at a
price practically no higher than the wooden press. They will decrease
your fire risk and earn money for you. send for catalogue
LOGEMANN BROTHERS CO.
290 Oregon Street, MILWAUKEE, WIS.
The Standard Road of the West
Union Pacific
“Standard — A criterion of excellence.”
— Standard Dictionary.
The Union Pacific Railroad has spent,
in the last ten years, $111,000,000 for
improvements alone.
It is block-signaled.
Its roadbed is unequaled.
Its rails are of 90-pound steel.
Its bridges are of steel.
Its equipment is the best that money can buy.
It has excellent dining cars on all through trains
The Union Pacific is ballasted with Sherman
gravel, which makes a practically dustless road¬
bed. It has fewer curves and lower grades than
any other transcontinental line — is laid out in
long, easy tangents. In one 90-mile stretch
there is only one half-degree curve.
Its station buildings and grounds are well built
and well kept — its roadbed likewise; in fact, the
statement was made by a party of Eastern capi¬
talists. who went over the road recently, that
‘ its roadbed looked as though it were swept
daily by the Jap section men, and it appeared
to be as clean as a parlor floor.’’
To secure the highest grade of service — in
other words, “Quality,” which is the basis of
all success — the Union Pacific educates its
employees, and the sons of its employees living
along its lines, to become competent railroad
men (a correspondence school being maintained
at Omaha for that purpose); and the majority of
its telegraph operators are trained in its methods
in a telegraph school at Omaha.
The people of the country traversed by the
Union Pacific are proud of their “Standard Road
of the West”; and the Union Pacific is proud of
the people who, by their patronage and support,
have made it possible to bring the road up to its
present high state of efficiency, and to so main¬
tain it.
Write to me for a copy of the illustrated, interesting and instructive booklet,
“ Making Travel Safe."
W. G. Neimyer, General Agent
73 W. Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, Ill.
EMBLEMATIC CARDS-INVITATIONS AND FOLDERS
We can supply you with a complete line of steel die Embossed Emblematic Cards, etc. Any combination of emblems, from
the Blue Lodge to the Shrine in the Masonic orders, also of various other Lodges, stamped in a rich gold and illuminated in the
correct colors.
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAMS AND INVITATIONS
Our largest and most complete line of COMMENCEMENT SAMPLES is now ready. If you have not sent for it
DO IT NOW; it will assist you in securing the order from your local schools.
Makers of Embossed Commercial Stationery, Wedding
Invitations, Announcements, Business and Visiting Cards,
Fancy Stationery, Menu and Party Cards, Dance Programs.
A. STAUDER & CO., Trade Engravers and Stationers
231 N. Fifth Avenue, Chicago, Ill.
620
Latest
Balance Feature
Platen Dwell
Clutch Drive
Motor Attachment
(Unexcelled)
“Prouty
Obtainable through any Reliable Dealer.
Boston Printing Press
& Machinery Co.
Office and Factory
EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASS.
IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A TRADE WITH THE
FRENCH PRINTERS
SEND YOUR CATALOGUES AND TERMS TO THE
FONDERIE CASLON
(PARIS BRANCH)
THE LEADING IMPORTERS OF
AMERICAN MACHINERY
FOR THE FRENCH PRINTING TRADE.
(Shipping- Agents: The American Express Company.)
FONDERIE CASLON, 13, Rue Sainte Cecile, PARIS
James White Paper Go.
Trade-Mark
REGISTERED U. S. PATENT OFFICE.
COVER AND BOOK
PAPERS
219 W. MONROE ST. - - - CHICAGO
To the Printers' Supply Houses
of the United States:
If you are selling directly or indirectly to the printers and
publishers of Canada you can make the advertising columns of
Printer and Publisher a powerful adjunct to your present sell¬
ing plans. Printer and Publisher is essentially a master printers’
paper- — -it reaches every month the buying heads of 80% of the
printing and publishing plants of Canada.
CL, Will you allow our advertising manager to prove by what it
has done for other United States supply houses that advertising
in Printer and Publisher will be a profitable investment for you?
He can do it and gladly will if you will ask him in a letter
addressed to j
The Printer and Publisher of Canada
143-149 University Avenue , Toronto, Canada
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Any one could make Inks.
The market for raw materials
Is open to all alike.
But judgment, ability and knowledge
Based upon the experience and research
Of over 40 years
Can not be bought at any price.
That’s what you get, plus.
When you
Buy Ullman’s Inks.
Sr
Sigmund Ullman Go,
New York Cleveland
Chicago Cincinnati
Philadelphia
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CoAe^ l^erjtret Pr/iy hiiyg “Paper”
is increasing* by leaps and bounds.
/^recent census of large users of printed mater
in a certain territory disclosed the foF
Thirty 1 3CF cent were usind
owing :
name'1
ptvbe: .
iooh Paper. Seventydive " per cent of this num
lave used for three years op more.
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et us show ^you what
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Distributors oj * butler* Brands
STANDARD PAPER COMPANY - • ..... . Milwaukee, Wisconsin
INTERSTATE PAPER COMPANY". . ...... Kansas City. Missouri
SOUTHWESTERN PAPER COMPANY . Dallas, Texas
SOUTHWESTERN PAPER COMPANY . Houston. Texas
PACIFIC PAPER COMPANY . San Francisco, California
SIERRA PAPER COMPANY . . Los Angeles, California
OAKLAND PAPER COMPANY . Oakland. Caltfornia
CENTRAL MICHIGAN PAPER COMPANY
MUTUAL PAPER COMPANY ......
AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS COMPANY
AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS COMPANY
NATIONAL PAPER & TYPE COMPANY -
NATIONAL PAPER & TYPE COMPANY .
• Grand Rapid?, Michigan
• Seattle, Washington
• Spokane, Washington
■ Vancouver, British Columbia
• City of Mexico, Mexico
• City of Monerey, Mexico
NATIONAL PAPER & TYPE COMPANY <*'{■«> Wj) New York City, New York
NATIONAL PAPER & TYPE COMPANY ...... Havana. Cuba
|.W. Butler Paper Company, Chicago.
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IAPHIC INKS
Litho Stone Planer
Lithographic Inks
Li T ho Graphic Supplies inks
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29 W A R R BN ST.
ISTtyWr YO&KL
150 N. FOURTH ST.
PHILADELPHIA
Century Bronzing Machine
Roller Embossing Machine
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3500 Machines in Daily Use
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Advertisers and Printers
use
The Monotype
on Quality Printing
Monotype composition is just as good as hand
composition from new foundry type. All type is new
type for every job and all corrections are made by
hand and not by machine.
No other composing machine can cast type or
slugs and obtain Monotype quality in printing.
900 fonts of new and attractive faces in our
matrix library include all of the good advertising
faces — some of these are exclusively Monotype -
and the variety is equal to any type foundry
equipment.
Monotype composition saves electrotyping ex¬
pense. Quantities in excess of half a million copies
on high grade catalogues have been printed directly
from type with no perceptible showing of wear.
Monotype composition costs less by comparison,
speed, flexibility and quality considered, than the pro¬
duct of any other machine. It will compose and cast
automatically any kind of work, straight matter, on
books and newspapers, tabular forms, catalogues and
department store ads.
THE MONOTYPE
Sets Type all sizes 5 to 14 point, any measure
up to 84 picas. Casts Type, Borders, Spaces
and Quads, 5 point to 3G point.
Lanston Monotype Machine Company
Philadelphia
72 Point
Clearface
3 A $7 00 4 a $4 15 $11 15
RIGHT Material
60 Point
3 A $5 45 5a $3 CO $9 25
Dangerous GAMES
48 Point 4 A $4 15 7 a $3 55 $7 70
PRINTING Department
42 Point 5 A $3 60 8 a $2 95 $6 55
Superior KINGS
14 Point 14 A $1 45 28 a $155 $3 00
DETERMINED STUDENT
Enthusiastic Maid Returning
Charming Girl Receives Book
36 Point 5 A $2 85 8 a $2 40 $5 25
NICER Beautyland
30 Point 6 A $2 25 10 a $2 05 $4 30
MODERN DREAMER
Extraordinary Invention
24 Point 7 A $1 85 12 a $165 $3 50
CHARMING REMINDERS
Magnificent Clearface Family
18 Point 10 A $160 20a $165 $3 25
ENERGETIC MECHANIC HIRED
Meritorious Workmanship Submitted
12 Point 17 A $1 35 35 a $1 40 $2 75
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NUMEROUS REMARKS IGNORED
Adventuresome Reporter Disconcerted
Handsome Amateur Detectives Sought
8 Point 24 A $1 10 47 a $1 15 $2 25
HONORING ENTERPRISING CONTRACTOR
Building Association Presents Strong Resolution
Magnanimous Citizens Warmly Welcome Soldier
6 Point 25 A $0 95 50a $105 $2 00
GORGEOUS COSTUMES RECENTLY INTRODUCED
Theatrical Performances Produce Tremenduous Sensation
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5 Point 24 A $0 95 48 a $1 05 $2 00
SIXTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF HIGH-GRADE MACHINERY
Largest and Most Wonderful Collection Ever Shown in This Country
Meritorious Inventions Receive Generous Awards From the Officials
The Clearface Italic is made in the sizes corresponding to the
Clearface. This paragraph is set in 10 Point Clearface Italic
AmericanType Founders Company
ORIGINATOR OF THE POPULAR CLEARFACE FAMILY
G44
The Feeder Question Solved
PRODUCES MORE WORK THAN FIVE JOBBERS.
The Kavmor Automatic Press Company
Office and Showrooms, 346 Broadway, New York
Western Agency — JOHN C. LASSEN, Monadnock Building, Chicago, III. Eastern Agency — RICHARD PRESTON, 167 Oliver St., Boston, Mass.
Southern and Southwestern Agency — DODSON PRINTERS’ SUPPLY CO., Atlanta, Ga.
Canadian Agents — MILLER & RICHARD, Toronto, Can. Pacific Coast Agents — BRINTNALL & BICKFORD, San Francisco, Cal.
r— ► THE KAVMOR < - j
High-speed Automatic Platen Press
Built in Two Sizes, 11x17 and 14x20.
FEEDS, PRINTS and DELIVERS all grades of paper from French Folio to Boxboard
at speeds up to
5,000 Impressions per Hour !
Flat
Type
Forms
Electros
not
necessary
Ordinary
Flat
Electros
when desired
(not curved)
Perfect
Registry
Requires only
two horse¬
power.
Requires no
machinist
Short runs
handled
quickly
Self-
Feeding
Self-
Delivering
Less
Wages
Less
Waste
Inking
Distribution
unsurpassed
Costs no more
to operate.
045
The Seybold Book Compressor
\
Protected by Seybold Patents
With parts removed to show construction of machine
Especially designed for smashing or compressing thick books or a number of
smaller books having a heavy swell at the back.
Impossible for signatures to become disarranged before or while under pressure.
Eliminates entirely the old slow method of hammering the backs by hand and
adds immensely to the production of trimming and backing machines.
The even movement and long dwell insures the books remaining in the compressed
form after the jaws are released.
The Seybold Compressor having horizontal jaws, accidents so common on the old
style smashing machines are avoided.
THE SEYBOLD MACHINE CO.
Makers of Highest Grade Machinery for Bookbinders , Printers , Lithographers , Paper Mills ,
Paper Houses , Paper-Box Makers , etc.
Embracing — Cutting Machines, in a great variety of styles and sizes, Book Trimmers, Die-Cutting Presses, Rotary
Board Cutters, Table Shears, Corner Cutters, Knife Grinders, Book Compressors, Book Smashers,
Standing Presses, Backing Machines, Bench Stampers; a complete line of Embossing
Machines equipped with and without mechanical Inking and Feeding devices.
Home Office and Factory, DAYTON, OHIO, U.S. A.
BRANCHES: New York, 70 Duane Street; Chicago, 426 South Dearborn Street.
AGENCIES : J. H. Schroeter & Bro., Atlanta, Ga.; J. L. Morrison Co., Toronto, Ont.; Toronto Type Foundry Co.. Ltd., Winnipeg, Man.;
Keystone Type Foundry of California, 638 Mission St., San Francisco, Cal.
The Barnhart Type Foundry Co., 1102 Commerce St., Dallas, Tex.
646
647
MAGAZINE
SECTION.
THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS
THIRD
SECTION
ALBANY, N. Y„ SUNDAY. APRIL 2. 1911.
The Knickerbocker Press Installs Most Perfect Printing Press That Invention Has Produced.
CHRONOLOGY OF THE KNtCK'jj
BOCKER PRESS.
September 3, 1843 — Colone^l
rickcrl
: Dail;
Sixty-Eight Years
In Chr<i
Since Iis Founding /|
bocker Press Ha’
Press” and the |
---How Colond
Rivals on P |
Saving of
Power, Paper and
Time, Safety of Pressmen
and Press, Cleanliness and
Increased Production Follow the
Adoption of General Electric
Printing Press Drives
-The Press C<
Daily F
January -John A. McCarthy!
buys the Albany Morning Expri
from the Journal 'company and c
eol. dates it with The Press-Kniek
• bocker.
May 20. 1910-— The Press-Kniek
bocker-Express is purchased by
present management and becon
Th- Knickerbocker Press.
Indelibly slampetl upon the throui- 1
eles of Albany — the warp and woof of |
its growth, prosperity and progress in |
lerwovcn with the closest associations
of the Capital City— Tiie KDicker |
bocker Proas emerging through manv;,hir,y
changes of its career of nearly sixty- j Press,
eight years, to-day opens a new epoch. .
equipped for every necessity for the | fN.ntcKer*.s
production of one of he most pro-jCanm km
gressive newspapers in the country. I Note"
To read The Knickerbocker Pre?
An X pattern quadruple high-speed
Hoe press is driven by the new
General Electric Company alternat¬
ing current control system. This drive
is equally as efficient as the well known
direct current systems of the same com¬
pany, and gives a perfectly smooth ac¬
celeration at all speeds.
There are eight push button control
stations located about press, each of
which have four buttons marked “fast,”
“slow,” “safe-stop” and “run,” each
station giving operator full control of
press. Depressing “fast” button and
releasing it starts press and runs it at
threading-in speed. Continued press¬
ing of fast button speeds up press to
full speed. Pressing “slow” button
reduces fast to threading-in speed.
“Safe” button prevents press from
being started or makes it impossible to
change speed at which press is operat¬
ing, rendering all other control sta¬
tions inoperative. “Stop” button when
pressed stops the press quickly, a solen¬
oid brake being used for this purpose.
A movement of /4-inch of printing
cylinder is possible when threading-in.
Two motors are controlled by these
panels — a small constant speed motor
for threading and plating, which is
geared to main driving shaft of press
through a worm and spur gear re¬
duction and a large variable speed
motor which is geared direct.
e Press
.els All In City
°arls That Is Driven •
2,000 Papers
[ J— Splendid
That Aids
Our expert engineers have the largest variety of
printing-press drives in the world to select just the
one best suited to your conditions. Write f or literature
|,eent here by the Hoe company.
Are Nearly Human,
las A. Edi60i» has said that th*.
g press was one of the most’
ful of modern inventions.'
J the printing press of 1911 and
otype aro two pieces of ma-
that as nearly approach being
as inelal mechanism can. lo¬
be pressman will tell you that
tming press has .e soul, just
locomotive engineer wilt tell!
•t his locomotive possesses th©
>T the greatest advantages th©
ess will give is the "drees" of
.nickerbocker Press. Dress''
printer s term for a clean, neat
jniformly printed page. ev<yy
■ visible and.jhe ink equally dis-
Aged eyes should harc no
ulty in reading the dear printing
the taste of the pages will b©
•ally enhanced by this notabk
.nor in an up-to-date, live-toihe
linute newspaper, such as Th©
Knickerbocker Press is reeogmred tt
./© throughout New York state.
of. The new press is an example of th©
,nd latest, mo6t modern and Improved
^er/ type cf printing machine. It was
General Electric Company
Largest Electrical Manufacturer in the World
Principal Office : Schenectady, N. Y.
Sales Offices in All Large Cities
648
5 P.M.
PRINTED ON
BOTH SIDES
BOUND READY
FOR DELIVERY
CO.
CINCINNATI
KANSAS CITY
CHICAGO BOSTON
MINNEAPOLIS
PHILADELPHIA
DALLAS
Best Foundation Possible /or 2)
Successful Printing House
The Queen City Printing Ink Co.
BUILDERS
Cincinnati Chi cage? Boston
Philadelphia Kansas City
Minneapolis Pallas
There is a certain rustle in the true
Bond Paper — Something that makes
you realize that you have found what
you are after — you find it in
A rustle with a call in it — to the man who buys his
own stationery to the man who buys the firm’s— -
to the printer who buys for somebody else
a call to own our new sample -book containing the
fourteen colors and white of Old Hampshire, show¬
ing fine examples of Modern Business Stationery,
lithographed, printed and engraved —
and a call to buy Old Hampshire Bond when
stationery is needed
f^atnpsfrire ^aper Company
We are the only Paper Makers in the
world making Bond Paper exclusively
South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts
649
CROSS
Continuous Feeders
They Run While You Load
The number of machines sold in 1910 was twice the record of
sales in 1909 and sixty per cent, were REPEAT orders — from
those who were already users and who knew their value. This
tells the efficiency story.
Presses and folders are fed economically by Cross Continuous
Feeders because of their ready adjustment to size changes and their
adaptability to all kinds of stock.
Urrite us for Booklet
Dexter Folder Company
200 Fifth Avenue 431 South Dearborn Street Fifth and Chestnut Streets
NEW YORK CHICAGO PHILADELPHIA
Brintnall & Bickford, 568 Howard Street
SAN FRANCISCO
185 Summer Street Dodson Printers’ Supply Co. The J. L. Morrison Co.
BOSTON ATLANTA, GA. TORONTO, CANADA
650
ijW/esM R. 24 5
lb Obio^cj
Xa£9^ii-
Catalog,Book and Parallel
Folder, No. 290 Type
Folds the thirteen different forms
illustrated here.
Extra fold attachments can be applied
that accomplish the folding ot ten
additional forms.
A complete
RIGHT ANGLE
PARALLEL and
OBLONG
Folding Machine in one. Simplicity
and ready adjustment the
important features.
8 Parallel
DEXTER FOLDER CO
^00 Fifth Avenue 431 South Dearborn Street
NEW YOKEL CHICAGO
Fifth and Chestnut Streets
PHILADELPHIA
185 Summer Street Dodson Printers® Supply Co.
BOSTON ATLANTA, GA.
Brintnall & BleRford, 568 Howard Street A
SAN FRANCISCO M
T, W, &l C. B, Sheridan The J. L. Morrison Co„ /
LONDON, ENGLAND TORONTO. CANADA
YSmciHeit
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651
New Model No. 3 Smyth
Book-Sewing Machine
THE popular machine for edition work, catalogues, school books,
pamphlets, etc. Performs several styles of sewing — will braid over
tape, sew through tape with or without braiding, or sew without tape or
twine. No preparation of the work necessary before sewing.
Its fine construction, interchangeable parts, simplicity and rapid
operation, have made it the most popular machine for Bookbinders the
world over. Will produce from 25 to 40 per cent more work than any
other make of machines.
Other sizes to suit every requirement.
- - - - WRITE FOR PARTICULARS - - - -
E. C. FULLER COMPANY
FISHER BUILDING, CHICAGO 28 READE STREET, NEW YORK
652
THE HEAVIEST, SIMPLEST, MOST COMPACT AND HANDSOMEST TWO-REVOLUTION. COMPARE THIS ILLUSTRATION WITH THAT OF ANY OTHER
THE BABCOCK PRINTING PRESS MANUFACTURING CO., NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT
New York Office, 38 Park Row. J ohn Haddon & Co., Agents, London. Miller & Richard, Canadian Agents, Toronto, Ontario
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, WESTERN AGENTS, 168-172 W. MONROE ST., CHICAGO
Great Western Type Foundry, Kansas City, Missouri; Great Western Type Foundry. Omaha, Nebraska; Minnesota Type Foundry Co., St. Paul, Minnesota ; St.
Louis Printers Supply Co., St. Louis, Missouri; Southern Printers Supply Co., Washington, District Columbia; The Barnhart Type Foundry Co., Dallas, Texas;
National Paper & Type Co. , City of Mexico, VeraCruz, Monterrey, and Havana, Cuba. On the Pacific Coast — Pacific Printers Supply Company, Seattle, Wash.
The Babcock Flat-Beds
The Babcock Flat-Beds
We have been making flat-bed presses and
nothing else for two generations. F rom their
study and improvement we have permitted
nothing to divert us. What we have learned
has been applied to the betterment of our
machines. We have more than kept pace
with the changing conditions.
Babcock flat-beds have not been neglected
to push rotaries, webs, or offsets. We make
a full line — three styles and ten sizes of the
Optimus Two-Revolution, and seven styles
and fourteen sizes of Drum Cylinders. As we
make all classes of flat-beds in general use,
and adapt these to special requirements, we
unhesitatingly suggest just the right machine
for the case, avoid the purchase of a higher
priced press than really is needed, and save
the buyer the extravagance and dissatisfac¬
tion of a misfit.
We have for small work machines making
3600 an hour, others printing a seven-column
quarto at 2600, with no equals at moderate
cost in speed or quality of production.
Our natural pride in them is a potent in¬
centive to maintain our presses as leaders in
the trade; but the fact chat our success de¬
pends entirely upon them is an even greater
force compelling their perfection. Their effi¬
ciency and reliability must be beyond ques¬
tion and accepted everywhere.
At times we have believed it impossible
to build presses as good, yet they had to be
better; and when we believed them the best
possible, they had to be better. This is the
progressive spirit actively controlling the
construction of every Babcock press.
Our machines will satisfy you. This is
more than a promise; it is a guaranty.
SET IN AUTHORS ROMAN
653
Gummed Paper
The Standard for Years
Extreme care in manufacture is a Dennison characteristic,
particularly noticeable in the quality of Dennison Gummed
Paper. Our experience as printers of Gummed Labels
reminds us daily that a label to accomplish its purpose
must stick quickly and permanently.
We offer for this purpose our three grades:
STANDARD— Heavily Gummed
CROWN “ Medium Fish Gumming
EAGLE — Dextrine Gummed
W rite us for Samples and ‘Prices
1 1 n i&on oMa i in fuel i niiKj Sompamj
THE TA<; MAKERS
BOSTON
26 Franklin Street
CHICAGO
62 E. Randolph Street
Stores at
NEW YORK
1 5 John Street
15 W. 27th Street
Albany, N. Y.
Atlanta, Ga.
Baltimore, Md.
Buffalo, N. Y.
Cincinnati, O.
Cleveland, O.
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Sales Offices at
Denver, Colo.
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PHILADELPHIA
1007 Chestnut Street
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413 N. Fourth Street
Richmond, Va.
St. Paul, Minn.
San Francisco, Cal.
Seattle, Wash.
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Mexico City, Mex.
Providence, R. I.
654
The 28x42 Two-Color Harris
WHY buy a large single-color, fifteen hundred per hour flat-bed
cylinder press, when you can buy a two-color Harris Auto¬
matic, four thousand per hour rotary press which will enable
you to turn out as good a job of printing as you can get off of any
printing press built and at more than double the speed, with four
times the output?
Harris Automatic Printing Presses
Now Built in:
28x42 Two-color 25x38 Two-color 28x34 Two-color
28x42 Single-color 25x38 Single-color 28x34 Single-color
22x30 T wo-color 15x18 T wo-color
22x30 Single-color 15x18 Single-color
Thirty Other Models for Special Purposes
Write for Particulars to
The Harris Automatic Press Co.
CHICAGO OFFICE
Manhattan Building
FACTORY
NILES, OHIO
NEW YORK OFFICE
1579 Fulton
Hudson Terminal Building
655
t[f “ Listen 1 ” When a competitor is noth¬
ing but an imitator he should be a “Jap”
and steal name-plate and all.
€|J “Listen!" Those who imitate and
never originate are simply back
numbers. They are never up with the
procession.
€[[ “Listen!” We have originated all up-
to-date improvements in paper-folding
machinery during the past thirty years.
It is our one and only specialty.
Brown Folding Machine Company
Erie, Pa.
NEW YORK, 38 Park Row CHICAGO, 345 Rand-McNally Bldg,
ATLANTA, GA., J. H. Schroeter & Bro.
656
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Sheridan s New Model
Manufacturers of Paper Cutters, Book Trimmers, Die Presses, Embossers, Smashers,
Inkers, and a complete line of Printers’ and Bookbinders’ Machinery
NEW YORK ... 56 Duane Street
CHICAGO . . 17 So. Franklin Street
LONDON . . 65-69 Mount Pleasant
Automatic Clamp — Improved — Up to Date
Write for Particulars, Prices and Terms
T. W. & C. B. SHERIDAN CO.
Hamilton’s
■ m ■ h MODERNIZED * * m *
COMPOSING-ROOM
FURNITURE
Street and No.
ALL PROMINENT DEALERS SELL HAMILTON GOODS
City . <> ..o ......... . . State .
Have you a copy of * ’Composing-room Economy”’ ? .
A VALUABLE LINE GAUGE, graduated by picas and nonpareils, mailed
free to every inquiring printer.
A Necessity In Cost Reduction
Labor and rent are large items in all estimates of cost. No other items are subject to such wide variations.
Efforts at cost reduction should, therefore, be largely concentrated in the composing-room equipment. In a plant equipped
with old-style furniture, it is possible to save from 25 to 50°o of floor space.
More work can be turned out without enlarging the floor area. At the same time the equipment will be concentrated within
easy reach of the workmen.
Lost motion and interference of workmen will be reduced to the minimum. The saving in labor will be from 10 to 25°^.
These results have been secured by hundreds of the leading printing concerns in the United States and Canada. Any plant
with a composing-room not thoroughly equipped with modernized furniture can secure the same advantages
THE SENGBUSCH BEVELED FURNITURE
A Time and Roller Economizer
The difficulty in locking up forms that contain long vertical rules and obtaining an even distribution of ink and
preventing cutting of rollers will be a thing of the past.
The Sengbusch Beveled Furniture (illustration cf which is here shown) suggests the possibilities that can be
obtained by the use of this Furniture. It is a time- economizer in locking up a form on a slant and still maintaining a
square lock-up in the chase.
In locking up with this Furniture, the form is inclined toward the left-hand lower corner of the
platen. This arrangement does not make the delivery of the sheet more difficult; it can be made more
readily and with greater accuracy, because the sheets will slide more easily to the edges of the feed guides.
The important feature of this Furniture is the saving in rollers. When the Sengbusch Beveled
Furniture is used, there will be no more cutting of rollers, which is sure to occur in a long run with a
form locked square with the chase and containing vertical rules, which continually strike the rollers at
the same point of contact. The Sengbusch Lock-up Furniture throws the rules out of perpendicular; the
point of contact is spread longitudinally, thus preventing cutting of the rollers and providing ample
inking surface.
showing floor plans in thirty
If you are interested in the question of cost reduction and cost finding, fill out the attached coupon and let an expert
show you what can be accomplished in your composing-room.
We are
interested
t ion^o f Iviodern- Let 113 sen<^ you a Copy of 44 COMPOSING-ROOM ECONOMY,
ized Furniture and modernized offices,
we would like to have
your representative show
us a floor plan of our compos¬
ing-room as you would rearrange
it, with a view to our installing such
furniture as you can show us would soon
be paid for in the saving accomplished.
THE HAMILTON MFG. CO.
Name .
Main Office and Factories . *
Eastern Office and Warehouse
TWO RIVERS, WIS*
* . RAHWAY, N. X
Each font of Sengbusch Beveled Furniture consists of 24 pieces, four pieces each of the following
lengths: 20, 25, 30, 40, 50 and 60 picas. All pieces are two picas wide on the narrow end and of vary¬
ing widths on the wide end, depending upon the length.
List price per font of 24 pieces, including Cabinet . $2.00
Sengbusch Beveled Furniture and Cabinet
OUR NEW CATALOG OF SPECIAL FURNITURE IS NOW READY
Consider What You Get
and What You Pay
npHIS wonder two-revolution press has won
its way into the pressroom amid the fiercest
hair-trigger competition and has made good
wherever installed.
The Swink High-Grade Press
was made to fill the requirements and lacKings of the successful press
of yesterday. The Swink Two-Revolution Press by reason of its
compactness, general efficiency, durability, adaptability, and its speed
of an average 2,400 impressions per hour is pre-eminently the press of
to-day, to-morrow and the future. Built for hard service ; entire struc¬
ture free from technical or complicated parts; its register is absolute,
the impression certain.
Investigate This Press Before Buying New Equipment
The Swink Printing Press Company
Factory and General Offices, DELPHOS, OHIO
Patented Lead Moulding
Process
is the one perfect and
satisfactory method of
ELECTROTYPING
especially adapted to half-tone and high-grade color-
work, and can be safely relied upon to reproduce the
original without loss in sharpness and detail.
We call for your work and execute it with the greatest
care, and deliveries are made promptly.
Fred’k H. Levey Co.
■ New York — - -
Manufacturers of High Grade
Printing Inks
E make a specialty of Inks
for Magazine and Cata¬
logue work. The Ladies'1
Home Journal , Saturday
Evening Post , Scribner' s,
McClure' s, Cosmopolitan ,
IV i oman' s Home Companion , Strand, Amer¬
ican, Frank Leslie' s Publications, Review
of Reviews, and many others, are printed
with Inks made by us. Our Colored
Inks for Process Printing, both wet and
dry, are pronounced by Expert Printers
the best made.
Telephone Harrison 765, or call and
examine specimens of our work.
NATIONAL ELECTROTYPE COMP’Y
626 Federal Street CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
FRED’K H. LEVEY, President CHAS. BISPHAM LEVEY. Treasurer
CHAS. E. NEWTON. Vice-President WM. S. BATE. Secretary
NEW YORK. 59 Beckman St. CHICAGO. 357 Dearborn St.
SAN FRANCISCO, 653 Battery St. SEATTLE, 411 Occidental Ave.
Because it is the most efficient for the greatest variety
of work.
Because it is the most economical to operate.
Because of its simplicity and durability of construction
and small cost for repairs.
Because it has the best record where operated with
presses of other makes.
Because it will stand investigation wherever used.
Because it is approved by all users and preferred.
Because it is unquestionably the best and cheapest in
the end.
Because it is built on merit, sold on merit and bought
for its merit.
Manufactured in the following sizes :
Size, 4^4 x9 inches. 4% x 9, 314x8, 214x8, 214x4 inches,
C. R. Carver Company PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Canadian Agents : Export Agent, except Canada:
MILLER & RICHARD, Toronto and Winnipeg;. PARSONS TRADING CO., Sydney, Mexico City and New York.
If You Buy a Carver Automatic Die Press
You Will Not Regret It
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Paper Knives
are just enough better to warrant inquiry
if you do not already know about them.
“New Process” quality. New package.
“ COES ” warrant (that’s different) better service and
No Price Advance!
In other words, our customers get the benefit of all
improvements at no cost to them.
LORING COES & CO., Inc.
DEPARTMENT COES WRENCH CO.
WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.
New York Office — W. E. ROBBINS, 21 Murray Street
Phone, 6866 Barclay
COES RECORDS
First to use Micrometer in Knife work .
First to absolutely refuse to join the Trust ....
First to use special steels for paper work ....
First to use a special package .
First to print and sell by a “printed in figures” Price-list
First to make first-class Knives, any kind ....
COES Is Always Best !
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Paper- Ruling Machines
Ruling Pens
‘Bookbinders ’ Machinery
— ;
The W. O. HICKOK MFG. CO.
HARRISBURG, PA., U. S. A. j
Established 1844 Incorporated 1886
Style ‘*0*' — Double-deck Killing Machine.
A NEW LINE
Antique V ellum
Bristol
White and India Tint
2 ply, $2.50 per C sheets 3 ply, $3.00 per C sheets
SEND FOR SAMPLES
Parker, Thomas & Tucker Paper Co.
514 to 522 Sherman Street, Chicago
Bookbinders and Printers
will be interested to know of our rapid mail order service
and our ability to supply them with the highest grade of
the following specials:
XXD Gold Leaf, Long Edge, Stamping Ledger
Dark Usual, Dark Pale, Aluminum Leaf, and
Composition Leaf
Gold and aluminum leaf sold in any quantities from one
book up. Large facilities for smelting gold waste, rubber,
rags and cotton Send for Catalogue
ESTABLISHED 1867
JULIUS HESS COMPANY
1411-1427 Greenwood Terrace Chicago, Ill.
PAY-ROLL RECORDS
You don’t pay your workmen for “ time-of-day.”
You don’t sell “time-of-day” to your customers.
You don’t charge “ time-of-day” to cost of product.
Since, then, you must determine the working time before
your records can serve any useful purpose, why stick to
habit and follow your century-old, crooked, roundabout
path recording time of commencing, time of stopping, and
then subtracting one record from the other ?
THE CALCULAGRAPH
makes a printed record of Elapsed Time or actual working
time. These records are indispensable for figuring the
cost of your products. They are equally useful in making
up pay-rolls.
One set of Calculagraph records will serve both pur¬
poses.
Our booklet, “ Accurate Cost Records,” tells hon.v, ask for it — it's free.
Calculagraph Company I46,^w wk ctdmg
662
Shniedewend
“Printers’” Press
PROOFS
(of tvpe forms, catalog pages, etc.
ARE
FACSIMILES ALWAYS
(exact likenesses)
of the
COMPLETED WORK
“Shniedewend Proofs’’ increase
orders and profits.
“PROOFS” of HALF-TONES
and
THREE-COLOR PLATES
produced on the
Reliance Photo-Engravers’
Proof Press
ARE INCOMPARABLE.
Makes every Reliance user successful.
Also sold by Williams-Lloyd Machinery Co., Geo. Russell
Reed Co., TorontoType Foundry Co., N. Y. Machinery Co.,
A.W. Penrose & Co., London, Klimsch & Co., Frankfurt, Ger.
Reliance
Job-Galley Proof Press
Write for Circulars, giving prices and sizes of these
machines, direct to the manufacturers
Paul Shniedewend & Co.
627 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, U. S. A.
OR TO YOUR DEALER
Reliance Gutter
ACCURACY AND SPEED
is a combination in wire
stitchers to be found only in
“BREHMER” machines.
Over 30,000 in use
WRITE OUR
“SERVICE
BUREAU”
SIMPLICITY of con¬
struction explains the
small cost of renewal
parts.
No. 33. For Booklet and other General
Printers’ Stitching.
No. 58. For heavier work up to /4-inch. Can be fitted with
special gauge for Calendar Work
CHARLES BECK COMPANY
609 CHESTNUT STREET
PHILADELPHIA
663
Dinse, Page
& Company
Electrotypes
Nickeltypes
Stereotypes
725-733 S. LASALLE ST.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
TELEPHONE, HARRISON 7185
Inks that are used in every country where
printing is done.
2Caat Sc fclntujcr
(Seraiattg
Manufacturing Agents for the United States,
Canada, Cuba, Mexico
Charles Hellmuth
Printing
and Lithographic
The World’s
INKS
Originators
Standard
Three and
Four Color
Process Inks
DRY COLORS, VARNISHES
SPECIAL
OFF-SET INKS
of Solvine
Gold Ink
worthy of
the name
New York
154-6-8 W. 18th Street
Hellmuth Building
Chicago
n:w 605-7-9 S. Clark St.
Poole Bros. Building
Bi-Tones
that work
clean to the
last sheet
Patented in
United States
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Before You
BuyAnother —
Suppose you investi¬
gate the many new
and valuable im¬
provements found in
The
Acme
Binder
No. 6
You want a Stapler
that is accurate and
dependable at the
right price. The
“Acme” keeps
down your cost of
production. It is
equipped with all the
tip- to- the - minute
advantages. For sale
by printers’ supply
houses throughout
the United States.
Send for full par¬
ticulars. Write
The Acme
Staple Machine
Co., Ltd.,
112 North Ninth St.,
Camden, N. J.
Full Equipments of the Latest and Most Improved
ROLLER-MAKING
MACHINERY FURNISHED
ESTIMATES FOR LARGE OR SMALL OUTFITS
A MODERN OUTFIT FOR LARGE PRINTERS
JAMES ROWE
241=247 South Jefferson St., CHICAGO. ILL.
LINOTYPE & MACHINERY COMPANY, Ltd., European Agents,
189 Fleet Street, London, England
664
c We offer a BLACK INK which will produce the best possible results on
book papers, machine finish papers and coated papers, giving the life and color
required without drying on the press, but which will dry on the sheet in time
to get off that RUSH JOB.
c A BLACK INK of universal adaptability is the article long sought by the
printer. WE HAVE IT. It is yours on your order, and is known as
Eneii Black
HERE IS THE PROOF
A. H. Sickler Company
Printer*
514-520 Ludlow Street
Philadelphia
June 12, 1911.
Charles Eneu Johnson,
509 S, Tenth Street,
Philadelphia, Fa.
Gentleasn:
Your claims for Eneu Black are fully established by
our experience.
Yours rery truly,
1. H. SI COER COMPARY.
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The Wlllet* Frees -
Fiv« west Twentieth Street
New Vork
Kay 27, 1911
Jims 21, 1911.
Ct*S’ Johnson i Co.
?hliaaslphla> Pa>
Gentlemen:
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STS.Hir To«-e Tery truly.
• r*» BETSTOBi J0BI1SH1B8 CO.
v J otitis on Ooi
Messrs. C^rlcB E- J0A
A 410 Poarl Street.
Bee York City-
ATTEHTlOa OP ® . STEVERS. ■
Gentlemen: - . . ^ new "Eneu" hlaok
BeplyihS t0 the P". ^ter a thorough
.. wish to say that, axxe
ink recently «.* to black ink™
trial we tixA this t0 ** dens. hlaok
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color, and the pressman osn pil* up ‘ .
fear- of offaat. WMk ink -m h. confined
Our future orders xo
to your "Ensu" brand. . - ' "
I - - yours rsry truly.
THE WIX1ETT PRESS .
S. ENEU JOHNSON & CO.
A PRINTING JOB IS AS GOOD AS THE INK
THAT PRODUCED IT.
MORAL: FOR GOOD PRINTING
GET GOOD INK.
For better printing get better ink.
For the best printing get
ENEU BLACK
WITH WHICH THIS INSERT WAS PRINTED
CHAS. ENEU JOHNSON & CO.
Philadelphia Cleveland St. Louis New York
San Francisco Baltimore Chicago Boston
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC MOTORS
AND
CONTROLLERS
ALTERNATING AND DIRECT CURRENT
THE MOST EFFICIENT DRIVE
FOR
ALL PRESSES AND ALLIED MACHINES
ROUND TYPE MOTOR. Belted to Case-making Machines.
Foremen in print-shops or in any of the plants of the allied
trades who have been trying to increase the efficiency of the
equipment in their charge will find that an installation of
Sprague Motors and Controllers will result in an increase
of output at a decreased power expense. That is why
Sprague Motors are driving a very large number of the
plants in this country.
We will furnish equipment specifications free of obli¬
gation on your part.
Descriptive Bulletin No. 2IQ4 free on request
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC WORKS
OF GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Main Offices i 527-531 West 34th Street, New York, N.
Branch Offices:
Chicago
Atlanta
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Boston
St. Louis
Baltimore
Milwaukee
Pittsburg
Seattle
Globetypes
Halftones and Electros From Halftones
The Best the World Has Ever Seen
jf a 400-lirie ti Glohefcype” (180,000 dots tc, the square inch) the halftone and
tro. printed on the same sheet for comparison, is yours for the asking.
701-721 South Dearborn Street, » - CHICAGO
We make designs, drawings, halftones, zinc etchings, wood and wax engravings, copper, nickel and
steel electrotypes-but we do no printing. Our scale of prices is the most complete, comprehen¬
sive and consistent ever issued. With it on your desk the necessity for correspondence is prac¬
tically eliminated. This advertisement is printed from a steel “GLOBETYPE. ”
New Ideas in Attractive
Advertising
The printer should examine this big line of BLOTTING
PAPERS.
The WORLD, HOLLYWOOD and RELIANCE suggest
big advertising possibilities.
VIENNA MOIRE (in colors) and Plate Finish, the acme
of art basis.
Our DIRECTOIRE, a novelty of exquisite patterns.
ALBEMARLE
HALF-TONE BLOTTING
a new creation, having surface for half-tone or color process
printing and lithographing. Made in white and five colors.
Samples of our entire line will be mailed upon request.
The Albemarle Paper Mfg. Go.
Makers of Blotting Richmond, Virginia
Edwards, Dunlop & Co., Ltd., Sydney and Brisbane, Sole Agents for Australia
HOOLE MACHINE &
ENGRAVING WORKS
29-33 Prospect Street 111 Washington Street
===== BROOKLYN, N. Y. =====
~ - Manufacturers of ■
End Name, Numbering, Paging and
Bookbinders' Machinery and Finishing*
Tools of all kinds.
°nly flJCA
All Steel tJ/DU
PowRearfp“dand Baling Press
Produces 100 to 150 lb. bale. Only 21 x 25 inches
floor space. We build the largest line of balers,
and have now com¬
pleted a perma¬
nent, economi¬
cal and money
earning press
worth twice
the amount
of any wooden
baler built.
Every
progressive printer
should install a
press, as it de¬
creases fire-risk,
improves sani¬
tary conditions
and brings a
revenue for
waste paper.
WRITE FOR DETAILS.
LOGEMANN BROTHERS CO.
290 Oregon Street MILWAUKEE, WIS.
You Can Cut the Power Cost on
Every Machine in Your Shop!
— by installing our small motors. No waste. No repair bills.
No costly delays. You pay only for the actual power used.
We have specialized on small motors — 3*5 to 15 horse-power
— for more than 16 years and have won a world-wide reputation
for our “STANDARD'’ Motors because of their reliability
and high efficiency.
Robbins &Myers
STANDARD Motors
Made especially for all kinds of printing machinery. We
carry a big stock of motors for linotype machines, presses, paper
cutters, staplers, etc., and can fill your rush orders with dispatch.
Let us help you solve your power problems. The service of
our experts is yours for the asking. Write Us.
The Robbins & Myers Co.
Factory and Genera! Offices :
1325 Lagonda Avenue
Springfield, Ohio
BRANCHES:
New York, 145 Chambers
street; Chicago, 320 Monad-
nock block ; Philadelphia,
1109 Arch street; Boston,
170 Federal street; Cleve¬
land, 408 West Third street,
N. W. ; New Orleans, 312
Carondelet street ; St. Louis,
1120 Pine street; Kansas
City, 930 Wyandotte street.
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Two Generations of Service
and Then Some
€] On August 29, 1882, almost
twenty-eight years ago,Marder,
Luse & Co. sold an 8x12 Peer¬
less Press to one of their good
customers, and this press is to¬
day being replaced by another
Peerless Press of the same size.
We submit that our claims as to
the durability of the Peerless
Press are founded on facts.
Ask any of the principal dealers for
catalogue giving further details.
Carried in stock at most places
PEERLESS PRINTING PRESS COMPANY THE CRANSTON WORKS
70 Jackson Street, Palmyra, N.Y., U. S. A.
Put to the Test
U XCLUSIVE time-saving and “quality-
producing” features are the points upon
which the Manz Engraving Co., of Chicago,
decided in favor of the Expansion PLATE -
MOUNTING SYSTEM. They say:
CAST IRON SECTIONS
The bottom view of the two top sections show how weight is
eliminated without sacrificing strength.
“We have put the EXPANSION SYS¬
TEM to the severest possible test and take
pleasure in stating that it has proven entirely
satisfactory, and have no hesitancy in saying that it is all you claim for it.
Give us the opportunity to tell you all the interesting details
about our method of mounting and registering color plates. Take
the time to write us to-day. Your request will have our prompt
attention.
The Challenge Machinery Co.
Salesroom and Warehouse
124 So. Fifth Ave„, Chicago
Grand Haven, Mich.
667
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ATTENTION
is what you want as an advertiser |
when your catalog or announce¬
ment reaches your customer.
Without attention your entire
investment in printing is lost.
You can now obtain Imported
Cover Papers in such attractive
colors and interesting textures I
that they at once have the high- !
est ATTENTION value. The
use of these covers will add
greatly to the efficiency of your
advertising.
U rite for particulars I
about Imported Covers and other I
novelties in papers I
O. M. STEINMAN, Importer
96 BEEKMAN STREET, NEW YORK
L. _ — _ J
668
A TRIAL ORDER WILL MAKE YOU A
PERMANENT USER OF
— PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHIC-
INKS
MANUFACTURED BY THE
ahalmamt printing link (Eh.
212 Olive Street, ST. LOUIS, MO.
= DEPOTS ■ ~ - — — ==
711 S. Dearborn Street. ....... CHICAGO, ILL.
400 Broadway •••.<••••• KANSAS CITY, MO®
535 Magazine Street ...... NEW ORLEANS, LA.
1509 Jackson Street . . OMAHA, NEB.
222 North Second Street .... NASHVILLE, TENN.
73 Union Avenue MEMPHIS, TENN.
One of the latest additions to our list of water-marked
“CARAVEL” QUALITIES is our
No. 585 TITANIC BOND
and it has already made its mark. Y ou will profit by
examining this quality.
It is a good Bond Paper at a price that will enable
you to do big business.
We supply it in case lots of 500 lb. in stock sizes,
weights and colors. Special sizes and weights in quan¬
tities of not less than 1,000 lb.
Write to us for sample book, stating your requirements.
PARSONS TRADING COMPANY
20 Vesey Street . NEW YORK
London, Sydney, Melbourne, Wellington, Havana, Mexico, D. F.,
Buenos Aires, Bombay, Cape Town.
Cable Address for all Offices — “ Partracom.”
You Can Face
Competition
if you will meet the “efficiency - condi¬
tions” of your competitors.
The printer who captures the big,
profitable orders is the one who wisely is
equipped with special machinery for the
business. We design and build such ma¬
chines. We make presses — all kinds, that
Will Complete the Job in One
Operation
with highest speed, perfect work, and best
of all — our prices are easily within your
reach. Tell us the character of the big
special printing you are having trouble in
landing and we will put you on the track.
Meisel Press & Mfg . Co,
OFFICE :
Q4.4.-Q4.8 Dorchester Avenue Bostofi, Mass.
Knowing the Actual
Requirements
of to-day enables the buyer to install
improved machinery for the manu¬
facture of
Printers' Roller Machinery
Our New System will interest you,
and, mark you — at the right prices.
Our machinery embraces improvements
on weak features of others — therefore,
the life and satisfactory service of Roller¬
making Machinery depends upon how
built.
We also build and design special
machinery. We carry, ready for quick
shipment, repair parts for the Geo. P.
Gordon Presses.
Louis KreiterS? Company
313 South Clinton Street : Chicago, Ill.
669
“Kidder” Self-Feed Bed and Platen Presses
They Print from the Roll. They Print from Plates. They Print on One or Doth Sides of the Paper in One to Four Colors
ONE OF OUR STANDARD STYLES BUILT IN FOUR SIZES WRITE FOR INFORMATION
KIDDER PRESS COMPANY, Main Office and Works: DOVER, N. H.
CANADA: The J. L. Morrison Co., Toronto
GREAT BRITAIN: John Haddon & Co., London
NEW YORK OFFICE : 261 BROADWAY
GIBBS-BROWER Co., Agents
Thirty Thousand Pounds of Type
Nuernberger- Rettig Typecaster
For One Chicago Printery was cast by
them on one NUERNBERGER-RETTIG
TYPE-CASTING MACHINE. Most of
the above was small sizes and was old
foundry type recast.
What was it worth as old metal ?
What is it worth as new usable type, equal to
foundry quality ?
WHY NOT RECAST YOUR DEAD TYPE INTO
TYPE SPACES— QUADS— LOGOS— BORDERS
SIX TO FORTY-EIGHT POINT SEND FOR SAMPLES
COMPOSITYPE MATS CAN BE USED
Universal Automatic Type-Casting
Machine Company
321-323 North Sheldon Street :: s: CHICAGO
670
The Miller Saw -Trimmer
Miller Saw-Trimmers are fully
covered by U. S. and foreign pat¬
ents and pending applications.
Easy to operate. Easy to buy. Easy to pay for.
Freight paid anywhere in U. §. A.
Miller Saw-Trimmer Co., 81sbmafuM£hr. St
Why 66 Pad’9 Your Pay-Roll
By taking two meo’s time to get a one-man result ?
Try out this marvelous standardizing machine and
keep the pay-roll “padding95 in the hank.
The Robert Dick Mailer
Combines the three great essentials to the
publisher: SPEED-SIMPLICITY-
DURABILITY.
Read what one of ihe many users has to say:
Houston, Tex., Dec. 1, 1910.
Rev. Robert Dick Estate,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Gentlemen: — We take pleasure in
advising that the Dick Mailerswhich
have been in use here for a long time
have given the best of satisfaction.
They are without doubt the best
mailer manufactured.
The Houston Chronicle.
Wm. Holland.
Manufactured in inch and half
inch sizes from two to five inches.
For further information , address
Rev. ROBERT DICK ESTATE,
Stop The Leakage!
Let each press show its earning power.
Don’t guess at its output when you
can be assured of an accurate count — •
meaning a saving of time and money.
GET A
Redington Counter
Mode! D for Gordon Presses
Model A for Cylinder Presses
PRICE $5, U. S. A.
Address your dealer or write direct
F.B.REDINGTON CO.
CHICAGO
Buying a Folder Costs Enough
to suggest that the bayer be extra careful about the kind he purchases.
We Cleveland
Folding Machine
No Tapes, Knives, Cams or
Changeable Gears.
Has range from 19V2 x 38 t© 2x3 in parallel.
Folds and delivers 4s, 6s, 8s, 10s, 12s, 14s and 16s, single or
an gangs.
Also regular 4s, 8s and 16s, hook folds, from sheets 19,/2x27
down to where the last fold is not less than 2x2 in.
Makes aeeordiora- and a number of other — folds that can
not be made on any other folder.
INSTALLED ON A THIRTY DAYS’ TRIAL on an un-
eondifcional guarantee of absolute satisfaction.
IV rite for a complete set of sample folds
Your Binding Costs Reduced
Any printer using our Folder realizes the low¬
est possible cost of production. It is intended
to solve “Bindery Troubles” — and it does.
The Cleveland Folding Machine
Company
Cleveland , Ohio
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Our papers are supplied in fine wedding stationery, visiting cards, and other specialties by Eaton, Crane & Pike Co., Pittsfield,
Mass., and 225 Fifth Avenue, New York, whose boxes containing our goods bear the word CRANE’S.
$15.50 a Week Increase
in Wages
A Chicago hand compositor got tired of working for the
then job scale of $19.50.
Within the last four years he made the plunge and became
a student at
Clje Jlnlanti printer Ccxljntcal J&djool
Since that time his wages have risen steadily until now he is
earning $35 a week.
Not everybody can do so well. But any compositor can go part of the road
this man has traveled. There will be more machines than ever. Make up your mind
to catch on. This is the School that will show you how. It has the endorsement of
the International Typographical Union.
Send Postal for Booklet “Machine Composition’’
and learn all about the course and what the students say of it.
The Thompson Typecaster taught without extra charge.
Inland Printer Technical School
632 Sherman Street, Chicago, Ill.
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V
This Insert was
PRINTED on the
Composing Room
Cylinder, without
make-ready.
REDUCE
COMPOSING
ROOM
EXPENSE
A Proof Press that will proof a form 25x25 Yz inches— Produces work equal to a
cylinder press — F eeds to grippers or sheets laid on form — Absolute register — Auto¬
matic inking, with vibrating distributor— Capacity over one thousand an hour.
Vandercook Composing Room Cylinder
A Proof Press that will materially increase the efficiency of all printing, pub¬
lishing and newspaper plants. The best quality of work in the quickest time and
with least expense of operation.
SAVES MONEY FOR Better work by proofreaders. Make-
ALL DEPARTMENTS, ready time on regular presses greatly
reduced; you can make ready, with perfect register for color
work, without stopping your running presses. Proof without
make-ready or lock up. Defective material instantly detected.
IMPRESSION. There is no ‘give” to the machine under the
heaviest impression. Large or small forms are proofed with¬
out change of tympan or adjustment. A single letter, alone
and unsupported, can be inked and proofed without disturb¬
ing it, and with no more impression than on a large form.
REGISTER. Safety grippers prevent injury to forms by care¬
less workmen. The gripper action is accurate and instan¬
taneous. Halftones can be proofed twice on the same sheet
and show absolute register. This is more accurate than is
necessary for the average color iob.
EFFICIENCY. Composing Room Cylinders installed for the
Government Printing Office at Washington, and The Curtis
Publishing Company at Philadelphia, have proved to be the
best quality-producing, labor-saving and cost-reducing ma¬
chines ever installed in these two largest printing establish¬
ments in the world.
OPERATION. Any one can produce a perfect proof on this
Cylinder Proof Press. You don’t need an experienced proofer
to get good results. Proofs may be pulled immediately on
the stock selected for the job. The inevitable ‘ ‘small, hurry-
up” job may be printed at once on the Composing Room
^Cylinder, without lock-up.
SIMPLICITY. It is the simplest and most durable printing
press ever constructed. The bed may be filled with various
forms and all proofed at once. Sheets may be fed to grippers
jr laid on each form separately, as the inking device may be
tripped instantly at will of operator.
SAMPLE PROOFS AND CIRCULARS ON REQUEST. ASK YOUR DEALER OR WRITE US DIRECT.
See this Press demonstrated at the International Cost Congress at Denver.
EASTERN SALES COMPANY 1524 Peoples Gas Bldg., Chicago
StH in Barnhart's Authors Roman
ROLLER SERIES — Designed especially for galley work
Furnished with or without Special Hand-operated
Inking Device shown.
PRESS
PROOFS
IMMEDIATELY
You know what that means with all
presses busy- besides locking up and making
ready.
Clear , attractive proofs help wonderfully
in getting and keeping customers.
The Rapid Working
VANDERCOOK PROOF PRESS
produces cylinder press proofs in a fraction of the time of any other
method. No heavy bed to move— only the easy running, curved platen, held
firmly down to its work by solid, true-running rollers. It can’t give
anything but a good proof, and a boy can operate it.
NO LOCK-UP - NO MAKE-READY
Simply slide the form onto the press— or proof in galley— ink, place stock and
move the platen over the form. The result is a perfect proof, due to heavy construc¬
tion, hard tympan and accurate workmanship of the VANDERCOOK.
A Time and Labor Saver that will
pay for itself in a short time.
The Vandercook Proof Press was the first ma¬
chine ever built to deliver “press proof immedi¬
ately,” without make-ready. It has never been
equalled for simplicity of construction, durability,
rapidity and ease of operation. Now in use in
hundreds of leading plants. Proofs an unsupported
single letter or a full form without change of tympan
or adjustment.
Send for sample proofs and
descriptive circulars.
EASTERN SALES COMPANY
Manufacturers
1524 Peoples Gas Building, CHICAGO
HIGH SIDE-ARM SERIES— General job press,
use with hand brayer.
Set in Barnhart’s Authors Roman Wide.
EVERYBODY’S MAGAZINE
Is printed by The Butterick Publishing Go. on three of these 96-page Hoe Rotary
Presses, and a fourth machine of similar capacity, but for printing in two colors,
has been ordered for the same publication
The Latest Development in
Rotary Web Perfecting Presses
For Magazine and Periodical Printing
nPHESE machines have the best Six-Roller Ink Distribution, Oil Offset Device, Im-
proved Automatic Offset-Roll Mechanism, Shear-Cutting Devices, Movable Roller
Carriages, and every desirable improvement up to date. Each has a capacity of
27,000 to 36,000 16-PAGE SIGNATURES PER HOUR
or 54,000 to 72,000 8-PAGE SIGNATURES PER HOUR
governed by the quality of the form, all folded to page size, cut open at the top, bottom
and side, and delivered ready for the gathering machine.
These presses are capable of a high grade of printing, and will print and deliver
separately six different signatures of 16 pages each, or six different signatures of 8 pages
each in duplicate. Send us samples of your <work and nx>e nxiill
show you how to produce it economically
R. HOE & GO., 504-520 Grand St., New York, N. Y.
7 Water St. 7 South Dearborn St. 109-112 Borough Road 8 Rue de Chateaudun
Boston, Mass. Chicago, Ill. London, S. E., Eng. Paris, France
We are also making for The Butterick Publishing Go. two 64-page Rotary
Machines for Printing Fashion Sheets
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LIST OF AGENTS
lantslr IGpilgpr
WRITES WELL
RULES WELL
ERASES WELL
To those who desire a high-grade ledger at
a moderate price, we recommend DANISH
LEDGER. Send for new sample-book.
Miller & Wright Paper Co., New York city
Hudson Valley Paper Co., Albany, N. Y.
Wilkinson Bros. & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
B. F. Bond Paper Co., Baltimore, Md., and
Washington, D. C.
Tileston & Livermore Co., Boston, Mass.
R. H. Thompson Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Donaldson Paper Co., Harrisburg, Pa.
Chope Stevens Paper Co., Detroit, Mich.
Crescent Paper Co., Indianapolis, Ind.
O. W. Bradley Paper Co., St. Louis, Mo.
MANUFACTURED BY
B. D. RISING PAPER CO.
HOUSATONIC, BERKSHIRE COUNTY,
MASSACHUSETTS.
Regardless of the Size of Your Business
Write for full particulars, prices, terms, etc.
We manufacture two smaller sizes of press.
Also hand-stamping and copperplate presses.
The Modern Machine Company
Belleville, Illinois
this press will quickly pay for itself and build up a
business highly profitable to the printer. Its dura¬
bility and sound construction insure a lasting in¬
vestment. You should investigate the merits of this
Steel Die and Plate Stamping Press
The mechanical principles and con¬
struction are absolutely correct,
nothing skipped or overlooked —
the main object being to create a
thoroughly dependable press. Speed,
accuracy and character of its output
are features worth investigating.
It inks, wipes, polishes and prints at one
operation from a die or plate, 5x9 inches,
at a speed of 1,500 impressions per hour.
We emboss center of a sheet 18 x 27 inches.
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Chicago, St. Louis, Cleveland, Cincin¬
nati, Detroit, Minneapolis, Kansas
City, Denver, Los Angeles, San Fran¬
cisco, Spokane, Seattle, Dallas —
American Type Founders Co.
Atlanta, Ga.— Messrs. J. H. Schroeter
& Bro., 133 Central Ave.
Toronto, Ont.— Messrs. M anton Bros. ,
105 Elizabeth St.
Halifax, N. S. — Printers’ Supplies,
Ltd., 27 Bedford Row.
London, Eng. — Messrs. T. W. & C. B.
Sheridan, 65-69 Mt. Pleasant, E. C.
Sydney, N. S.W. — Messrs. Parsons &
Whitmore, Challis House, Martin
Place.
The WHITLOCK PRINTING-PRESS
MANUFACTURING COMPANY
DERBY, CONN.
NEW YORK, 23d Street and Broadway
Fuller (Flatiron) Building
BOSTON, 510 Weld Building, 176 Federal Street
The PREMIER
Is the Best of All the Two- Revolution Presses
LET US TELL YOU A<BOUT IT
'AID a pressroom superintendent to one of our representatives
recently : “ I have critically compared every part of your
Premier with the same parts on the other popular Two- Revo¬
lution presses; I have compared the devices made up of these parts;
I have compared the way these devices perform their functions;
and I have noted the results obtained — in speed, smoothness of
running, register, impression, convenience of operation and evidence of dura¬
bility. The PREMIER excels in every way any and all other Two-Revolution presses,
and if it gets just a little of the appreciation it deserves, you will have to build
addition after addition to your shops to accommodate your orders.” Our adver¬
tisements in The Inland Printer of the past few months show some of the
comparisons made by the gentleman whom we quote.
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Y our Opportunity Now
WHY STICK to the mechanical end of the business when the
education of the business end of the business is open to you?
AS A SUPERINTENDENT OR FOREMAN, you reach the
end and a standing salary.
AS AN ESTIMATOR, you can command a salary and become
absolutely indispensable to your firm.
LEARN ESTIMATING
BY MAIL
THERE are thousands of firms looking for competent esti¬
mators.
ORGANIZATIONS in every part of the country are trying to
find men to supply the demand.
ANY fairly intelligent employee of a printing house can school
himself in the art of estimating with our Simplified Method
by mail.
SOLD on the Installment Plan, $10.00 down, $5.00 per month
for three months following — $25.00 entire cost. Twelve
lessons in six months. Key sheet and general information
on costs, etc.
YOU do not neglect your work while completing your course.
SUBSCRIBE NOW
THE MASTER PRINTER PUBLISHING CO.
1001 Chestnut Street
Department 11 PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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This pictures only one of the ninety sizes and styles of cutters that are made at Oswego as
a specialty. Each Oswego-made Cutter, from the little 16-inch Oswego Bench Cutter up to the
large 7-ton Brown & Carver Automatic Clamp Cutter, has at least three points of excellence on
Oswego Cutters only. Ask about the Vertical Stroke Attachments for cutting shapes.
It will give us pleasure to receive your request for our new book No. 8, containing valuable
suggestions derived from over a third of a century’s experience making cutting machines exclusively.
Won’t you give us that pleasure ?
OSWEGO MACHINE WORKS
NIEL GRAY, Jr., Proprietor
OSWEGO, N. Y.
CUTTING MACHINES EXCLUSIVELY
OSWEGO CUTTING MACHINES
THE BROWN & CARVER AUTO
TRIPLES PRODUCTION
And cuts work as accurately as the reliable BROWN & CARVER Hand Clamp
Cutter. It has the new double -shear motion
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The Hard-to-Suit Printer
Will experience — once for all — complete
satisfaction when once using
JAENECKE’S
PRINTING INKS
Known the world over as a reliable
product. The works in Newark are
celebrated for the skill used in the labo¬
ratory, the care exercised in the purchase
and preparation of the raw materials,
and for the judgment and conscientious
effort put into the making of the
finished product.
ASK FOR OUR SPECIMEN-BOOK
Main Office and Works — NEWARK, N. J.
THE JAENECKE PRINTING INK CO.
CHICAGO OFFICE: New Number, 531 S. Dearborn Street
Old Number, 351 Dearborn Street
NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA ST. LOUIS DETROIT PITTSBURG
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The Printer’s Type foundry
1J/ITH a Thompson Typecaster
Y* in your plant you are inde¬
pendent of typefoundries. Makes
all sizes , from 5 to 48 point , from
Linotype , Compositype and Special
Electrotype Matrices , borders , low
quads and spaces — hair spaces or
3-em quads. The only machine
which can use Linotype Matrices
Entire Equipment Costs Only Fifteen Hundred Dollars
Write for Matrix Catalogue and Trial Proposition
Thompson Type Machine Company
624-632 South Sherman Street, Chicago
Set in Cheltenham Series, made by the Thompson Typecaster
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The Distinguishing Features
of our presses are efficiency and durability . Printers
can best determine the true character and serviceable
qualifications of our presses when they have carefully
examined and impartially compared other printing
presses in competition with ours. You can better
estimate merit by such caution. Cost of production
is an important item to the printer — therefore study
closely all features.
The Improved
Universal Press
was designed to give to the printer the fullest measure
of satisfaction, and its purpose has been recognized and
fully accomplished. Is specially adapted to high-class work — such as half-tone, four-
color work, embossing, cutting and creasing.
The National Machine Co,, Manufacturers, H Otrtfovd, Connecticut
Sole Canadian Agents — MILLER & RICHARD, Toronto and Winnipeg
TATUM 28-INCH POWER PERFORATOR (Rear View)
TATUM
TATUM
PERFORATORS
THE SPEEDIEST
STIFFEST
HEAVIEST
CLEANEST
LONGEST LIFE
CHEAPEST
BEST
FOOT-BELT OR D I R E C T- C O N N E C T E D MOTOR DRIVE
THE SAM’L C. TATUM CO.
Main Office and Factory :
3310 Colerain Ave., CINCINNATI, OHIO
New York Office : 180 Fulton Street
WRITE FOR CATALOGUE A
080
Largest Order for Offset
Presses Ever Placed!
^T^HE Huebner-Bleistein Patents Co., of Buffalo, N. Y., have recently
placed a single order, for their new plant, for
Eight (#) Scott Offset Presses
all of them No. 4 size — 38x52" with 6 ink and 2 water form rollers. This
order was placed with us after a most thorough investigation of every make
of Offset Press built and after trying one of other manufacture.
In addition to the above, which is the most important and largest single
order for Offset Presses ever given out, we sold the following Lithographic
Presses during the month of May:
Messrs. Stone, Ltd., Toronto, Canada . . . 1 No. 4 6-roller offset press
American Bank Note Co., New York . 2 flat-bed lithos.
American Bank Note Co., Ottawa, Ont . 1 flat-bed litho.
Messrs. A. Hoen & Co., Richmond, Va . 1 single-color rotary litho.
Messrs. A. Hoen & Co., Richmond, Va . 1 two-color rotary litho.
Decalcomania Co. of Canada, Toronto, Ont . 2 flat-bed lithos.
Northwestern Litho. Co., Milwaukee, Wis . 1 offset press
Mr. Chas. B. Reynolds, Brooklyn, N. Y . 1 flat-bed litho.
Mr. John F. Scherber, Boston, Mass . 1 offset press
Dorsey Printing Co., Dallas, Tex . 1 flat-bed litho.
Messrs. A. Hoen & Co., Richmond, Va . 2 No. 4 6-roller offset presses
The above, together with the Huebner- Bleistein order, make a total of
TWENTY-TWO (22)
SCOTT LITHOGRAPHIC PRESSES
“The SCOTT Is Best — Forget the Rest”
For catalogues , prices and full particulars , address
WALTER SCOTT & COMPANY
DAVID J. SCOTT, General Manager
MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY
PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY
NEW YORK, 41 Park Row CHICAGO, Monadnock Block
681
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foRMERLY -THE- INLAND-WALTON-ENQRAVINQ-Co
DESIGNERS
ENGRAVERS
632 -SHERMAN ST
CHICAGO • ILL
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VISITING PRINTERS
When in New York Inspect
These Presses
Three New Era Presses in One Plant
These presses are ideal for labels, tickets
of all kinds, loose-leaf forms, index
cards, or any form requiring a number
of colors; also punching, cutting and
slitting to any size or shape, or rewind¬
ing when desired. Prints from flat
plates, with the speed of a rotary.
Suitable for long or short runs.
THE REGINA GO.
HENRY DROUET, Sales Agent
217 Marbridge Building
47 W. 34th STREET, NEW YORK
683
You Can Build Up a Profitable
Business
by installing this
ne<w engraving
machine. It is
made for the pro¬
duction of high-
class commercial
and social station¬
ery, platework,
built to fill the re¬
quirements of the
present-day de¬
mands of the en¬
graver and printer.
Our plan of in¬
stallation is inex¬
pensive and worth
your investiga-
tlOn. IVritc nou and
c to get your
plant equipped for the
early fall business.
Engravers’ and Printers’ Machinery Co., inc.
108 Fulton Street, New York City, N. Y.
Box
Machine
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JOHN H, VANDERPOEL AND HIS WORK.
BY THOMAS WOOD STEVENS.
T is fitting, now that John H.
Vanderpoel is gone, that some
appreciation of his services to
American art be expressed.
The cause which he served
was very dear to him, and his
labors in it were tireless and
constant. But it is not read¬
ily possible to cast up his
account, as in the case of
many painters whose can¬
vases we have only to recall or of many authors
whose books we have only to enumerate. Mr.
Vanderpoel’s services were of a pervasive and
lasting character, and his is a constantly growing
influence whose complete result must be many
years in the future. The work of a great teacher
does not die while his pupils live to fulfil his hopes.
The growth of the need for a native art in
America has been unprecedentedly rapid. Hun¬
dreds of young men and women have poured into
the schools, and the schools themselves have neces¬
sarily arisen without traditions rooted in the soil.
The art of the future could not rest wholly upon
European training without losing touch with the
need which called it into being. A grave responsi¬
bility rests upon the teachers who have guided
this great movement; if this responsibility shall
be wisely met, with due regard to the future that
must come of it, these teachers will prove them¬
selves worthy of a high place in the making of a
national art.
While many young artists are trying their
wings, and the swift transition from pure utilita-
5-4
rianism to a highly conscious artistic activity is
going on, we must expect the individualistic
nature of the artist to assert itself. Each will
play his own game — each will express his own
credo. The painting of new pictures is a great
thing — not the knowing of the old secrets where¬
by great pictures are painted. Everywhere the
urge and the temptation to accomplish and express,
to bring out whatever may be in him in his own
way, assail the young artist. And while every¬
body is splashing at the canvas with vigor — per¬
haps even with inspiration — somebody must take
time to develop the immutable elements of good
art — the elements of fine vision and craftsman¬
ship. While we are all painting figures, one way
or another, somebody must pause to gain and give
out some sure knowledge of how figures should be
painted.
We can not be utterly egoistic, or the need for
a native art ends in chaos. Some men must place
great powers at the service of the cause, and must
stifle their desires to paint, and accomplish, and
grow famous.
This was- the course which Mr. Vanderpoel
took. He painted little on his own account. He
never, perhaps, extended his individual powers as
an artist to the utmost. He sat down among the
young men, and gave over to them his ripe learn¬
ing in the laborious and essential province of
figure drawing. He became a specialist, con¬
sciously or unconsciously, that others might build
upon the depth of his foundations.
We never had from him a word or a look of
discontent that this was so. He never demanded
690
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gratitude of his students, and only smiled when
they went out and set up new and different stand¬
ards, or followed other and less exacting masters.
I do not think these things failed to wound him,
but he never showed it. Still, with all the hun¬
dreds of faithful men and women standing high
and still advancing in every art center of the coun¬
try, he could afford to smile at the occasional one
who suddenly found himself greater than his mas¬
ter, and who was dazzled a bit by the eminence of
his own conceit, and I believe that Mr. Vanderpoel
number of illustrators, designers, mural decora¬
tors and workers in the minor arts who have taken
from him a sounder and more scrupulous standard
of drawing.
It is difficult, in writing of his work, to be
silent about his quiet, gracious personality. But
of all those who have studied under him, from the
painters now in the height of their powers and
success to the mistaken ones who could never
translate the impulse into the act of art, and who
have gone back to the farms and towns — fail-
JN HIS NAME.
From a painting by John II. Vanderpoel.
realized soberly, what most of us are now brought
by the shock and sorrow of his loss dimly to under¬
stand, how great was the responsibility of his
work, and how much he, as a teacher at a critical
period, was contributing to the future of our art.
In every exhibition we meet with the works
of many of his pupils. I have noted, in the case
of an important Eastern exhibition, as high a pro¬
portion as one in five of the contributing artists
owing their early training to him ; and in a West¬
ern exhibition, now that so many of his younger
pupils have “ arrived,” the proportion would be
still higher. But it is not only among painters
that we find them. One can only guess at the
ures — not one can forget him. The still voice,
the carefully chosen word, the humorous upward
glance, the intent profile while he studied the
model, and the slender, marvelously skilled hands
sweeping in the essential facts of the figure —
these can not be forgotten. And his lectures, with
the exposition in words often too full and abstract
to be grasped (for there is nothing more difficult
to describe than physical form), but all made
clear again by the confident, synthetic, masterly
drawing; how many thousands of us gratefully
remember him as he explained away our difficul¬
ties with the charcoal. Then it seemed as though
all the knowledge of the artist were incarnate in
THE INLAND PRINTER
691
him — fluent, patient, and devoted to the discipline
of each one among us. I remember Howard Pyle’s
comment on one of those lectures : “ Remarkable,
sir, remarkable. My only complaint is that you
can’t make your students draw like that — but I
suppose that’s beyond reason.”
standard of accomplishment, and the wonderful
way he had of setting men hopefully to compass
what he desired them to know — these are per¬
sonal memories which shall be lasting influences
in our art. In the large sum of his achievement,
as we see it, his book, his paintings, his beautiful
IN HOLLAND.
From a painting by Jolm II. Vanderpoel.
Fortunately, the lectures, so far as the fact and
knowledge of them is concerned, are embodied in
his book, and future students will in that be able
to share something of the character of his teach¬
ing. But the book, completely and carefully as it
embodies the ideas of Mr. Vanderpoel’s teaching,
is only a book ; while to those who worked under
him the intimate, kindly encouragement, the strict
pencil drawings, and his mural paintings — all are
but manifestations of a singularly vital person¬
ality which expressed itself most fully in his
instruction. He was a very great teacher, and his
loss leaves in his student world a desolate sense of
personal sorrow. _
Each departed friend is a magnet that attracts us to
the next world. — Richter.
692
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My ships fare out along the starry night,
And I have shadowy fleets on all the seas.
So cheerfully we bid him go; his love
Will bring him back. Now for his wander-year:
Where the warm winds of summer, fresh with cloud,
Fill out the whirling windmill-sails, and ride
Untrammeled over Holland’s meadow-lands;
Where Hobbema’s water-wheels still creak and splash
Under the skies that Ruisdael used to paint —
Give him his holiday. And let him live
A while in tune with Rembrandt’s mystery —
The glory that can never fade from earth
While men delight in beauty and in power.
What have we here for him? Our skies are cold,
Our story but a day; one thing we have — his heart.
r-/\
OUT OF WORK.
From a painting by John H. Vanderpoel.
TO JOHN H. VANDERPOEL.
BY THOMAS WOOD STEVENS.
On the occasion of the Life-class Farewell to Mr. Vanderpoel, The Art Insti¬
tute, Chicago, May 24, 1907.
5 come to give a greeting: Hail and
farewell.
A great man chose to be a friend to us,
And we have made him servant to our
need;
For us he pours out the rich tide of life,
Gives us his knowledge as it were a coin
Too little worth to watch what hand may
seize it.
But more than this, he gives us of his soul.
Now he has earned a holiday. We grudge it him,
But we rejoice in the same breath. For we,
Careless and roystering in the port of youth,
Know this:
What I have seen is mine, I close my eyes:
The desert glory of the sun-gilt West,
The high-piled peaks that take their endless rest;
And where on burdened bays the towers arise
That gleam in story under older skies;
I follow — follow — where the keels have pressed
The fresh new shores of the uncharted quest;
North, fervent South, and East my red sail flies.
What if my hands be empty of estate?
What if I live in Fortune’s cold despite,
And if this room be bare and desolate?
My heritage is rich on every breeze,
He will return. Then give him Italy —
And all the passionate magic of the South :
Florence, where his art’s ancestors were born
And where they live in line and carven stone;
Florence, and Rome in its eternal day;
And Venice, on her myriad island throne,
Mother of Commerce, wedded to the deep.
The queen of dreams, who waits with seaward eyes.
Be here our night for dreams and prophecies :
Let now the centuries fall away, and look
Into that still remote and far-off time
When this our day shall stand in its true place,
And the clear eyes of history shall scan
The century where we begin our work.
Behold the flowering of our land in art — -
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693
The coming of the first dim genius-brood
Upon the western world we know and love:
Great names shall rise; great works defy the years.
Venice has been, and is forever great;
Holland has sealed the wax of time with light ;
The dawn turns silently from gray to rose,
For they will know the truth. And they will know
There was a little man with a great heart,
Who poured his knowledge out among us all
And gave us power as if it were a coin
Too slight to watch in his large charity. . .
So when we dreamed, not unforgetful quite
GOSSIPS.
From a painting by John H. Vanderpoel.
And lo, our new immortal day burns clear.
And men, in that far future time shall see
How all this land shall burgeon into life,
When the high tide of art grows full and breaks
Along our shores in deathless ecstacy. . . .
Then curious men, makers of wise new books
Will shake their heads, and wonder and debate,
And some will say — It was the will of God;
And some — It was the overflow of Life.
But shrewder ones will mouse among the gray
And tattered ruins of our time, and smile,
Of what he gave us, many dreams came true,
And art grew strong and flourished in the land.
This they will know years hence — a thousand years;
And they will write — in such and such a day
There lived a master who taught many men
And in him the true flame of art was pure.
To him the honor — all the fragrant praise:
Master of art, compeller of destinies. . . .
And they will know your name, sir, then as now.
Master of truth — compeller of destinies. . . .
Hail and farewell.
694
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Written for The Inland Printer.
THE MAKING OUT OF WORKSLIPS.
BY ARTHUR IC. TAYLOR.
HE subject of this article will
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routine operation that is gen¬
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drudgeries of the business —
devoid of dramatic incident,
flat and colorless. It pertains to the every-day
grind that most of us depend upon for our bread
and butter.
There is, however, one unfailing way to remove
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reach of detraction, and that way is to do it sur¬
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even before he is called to be ruler over more.
Within the past fortnight it has been my good
fortune to see in the plant of one of the greatest
publications of the age operations so marvelous
in their character that the very contemplation of
them sets one’s pulses throbbing, and any one com¬
petent to grasp their import as evidences of the
marvelous development of our craft could not fail
to be elated and filled with a fine enthusiasm that
he was even in the ranks of a great army whose
field is under the eye of leaders who can plan and
execute such wonderful achievements.
I saw among a great many other marvelous
things four-color half-tone work of the highest
grade being produced complete — slip-sheeted at
one feeding of the sheet, the second color being
printed on the front of the sheet before the first
color is finished on the rear of the same sheet, and
so on with the other colors. But yet more wonder¬
ful to relate, all these color half-tones, whether
square-finished or vignetted, were printed on a
packing absolutely flat, without make-ready or
manipulation of any character, every color falling
on the same impression area. The necessarily dif¬
fering degrees of pressure were provided in the
printing-plates themselves by their varying thick¬
nesses. I saw ordinary lead-process electrotypes
heated almost to the melting point, and placed in a
hydraulic press of prodigious strength, and into
the face of those electrotypes were driven extra
strong overlays cut in reverse — the high lights
built up, the solids cut out. When you sighted
across the face of a plate that had passed through
these processes you immediately appreciated how
it was possible to print on a flat packing.
While it is agreed that these marvels have
nothing to do with the making out of workslips,
it would be hard to find a better example, were
such needed, to vindicate the importance of doing
well the little things.
This wonderful four-color half-tone press
would not have been worth more than junk had
not the process of platemaking been advanced
beyond the flat printing-surface stage ; and neither
STUDY.
By John H. Vanderpoel.
press nor plates would have availed had it not
been for the skill and infinite patience of an ink-
maker who saw beyond the horizon and who
mixed and ground until his dream came true.
Here were men working together, all engrossed in
commonplaces, every day doing their best, deal¬
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facturing problem. No point too small to claim
the concentration of their minds, and the measure
of their notable achievements simply the sum of
the countless trifles they honestly wrought.
Being the representative of the one who planned
the particular piece of work it accompanies, the
workslip, or whatever other term you may use to
designate the form carrying the necessary instruc¬
tions from the office to the different departments
through which a job may pass, needs to be made
out with the utmost care and precision, and there
are few operations that better repay painstaking
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695
attention than the concentration of mind given to
filling out this most essential form.
If the copy is properly prepared and the job
has had all its essential features decided upon
prior to its being sent through the plant, that job
is exceptional for which a workslip can not be
made out so complete in detail and so careful in
its planning that the man who prepared it could
not absent himself from the establishment and no
question come up concerning the job that the work-
slip would not satisfactorily answer.
While it is at times necessary to send work-
slips into the plant not filled out in some particu¬
lars, this should be the rare exception rather than
the rule, and every possible necessary direction
should be entered on this blank before it leaves
the office.
The complaint is frequently heard that cus¬
tomers do not know what they want, and that the
continual changes they make result in serious
losses, as they seldom are willing to pay for altera¬
tions they make. As a matter of fact this com¬
plaint is a pretty sure indication of an order that
has been taken by an incompetent salesman. Any
one with an adequate sense of his dual responsi¬
bility to his firm and its customers will take the
necessary steps to endeavor to learn the custom¬
er’s taste and wishes. In order to arrive at the
details it may be necessary to show a great many
samples and make numerous suggestions, but the
man who knows his business can generally gather
enough from a hint dropped here and there by his
customer to go ahead, and if he does not feel suffi¬
ciently sure to proceed to completion with the lay¬
out of the work, he can in any event prepare a
rough layout of a portion of the job and submit
this, and should it be necessary, in order to meet
the customer’s requirements, to proceed with a
different plan, the expense already incurred is
only trifling and can not be compared to what
would have been the case had the job been sent to
the composing-room in a half-digested condition.
When the style has been clearly understood by the
customer and he later makes serious changes in
the composition, it is the exceptional customer
who fails to see the justice of an adequate charge
for the necessary extra alterations.
The jobs are few and far between where the
customer has not some idea in his mind as to what
he wants in point of selection of type and general
arrangement, and if the trouble is not taken to
find out what this idea is, and then to convey this
same information to the compositors for their
guidance, the office is put to the entirely unneces¬
sary expense of having the job reset to meet the
customer’s taste.
While it may be true that a long term of
employment in a plant in a clerical capacity may
to some degree fit one for the making out of work-
slips, it is undoubtedly a great advantage to have
actually had practical experience in the different
processes through which the work must pass, for
it takes good judgment to recognize the unusual
— we may say the critical — points in the manu¬
facture of a piece of work, and so write the
instructions that these features of the work are
clearly explained, leaving out the mass of obvious
particulars that may be considered as represent¬
ing the average workman’s equipment in skill and
intelligence.
A record of every promise for proof or deliv¬
ery should always be entered on the workslip, and
it is of first importance that the management sees
that these promises are rigidly kept. It will not
avail to enter these promises and let that be the
end of your responsibility — simply putting it up
to the different departments to see that the job
is gotten through in time. Probably one of the
greatest causes of reproach that our craft is bur¬
dened with is a proneness not to live up to prom¬
ises, largely the result of letting the work look
after itself in its progress through the plant, an
eloquent indication of bad management.
A very frequent cause of delay in the delivery
of work occurs in the shipping department, where
the work is often held up for the want of certain
information as to shipment that the person famil¬
iar with the job may know, but which was not
written out in the instructions for shipping, and
the one having the information may be out of
reach when the work arrives in the shipping
department. All necessary shipping instructions
should be entered in their proper place on the
workslip when it is made out, and it is a simple
matter to indicate there the method of packing,
the address for delivery, and whether the deliv¬
ery is to be made by messenger, wagon, express,
freight — railroad or boat — with proper routing,
and whether it is to go prepaid or collect.
Neglect in attending to any one of these points
may result in nullifying the effect of all the opera¬
tions that have gone before.
For the want of a nail the shoe was lost,
For the want of a shoe the horse was lost,
For the want of a horse the rider was lost,
For the want of the rider the battle was lost,
For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost
All for the want of a horseshoe nail.
BLENDING AND ORGANIZING.
Organizing men to work for their common good is a
slow process that can not be forced. The work is like that
of blending some kinds of chemicals: if hurried and forced
the mass blows up or boils over. Men must be blended into
unity of purpose. They won’t stick when jammed in.
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Written for The Inland Printer.
THE TYPOGRAPHY OF ADVERTISEMENTS.
NO. VII. - BY F. J. TREZISE’.
HAND-LETTERED ADVERTISEMENTS.
ORE and more is the hand-
drawn letter attaining to a
prominent place in our adver¬
tising pages — both magazine
and newspaper. With a natu¬
ral desire to achieve distinc¬
tion in their particular fields
of publicity, and with the pos¬
sibilities of type seemingly
exhausted, many of the large advertisers have
turned to the designers for aid in effectively fur¬
thering the interests of their wares. Without at
all conceding that the limitations of type display
have been reached, we can not but recognize the
fact that interest and beauty have been added to
our advertising pages by the freedom and the
absence of rigidity and stiffness which character¬
ize the hand-drawn letters; and while this series
of articles deals more particularly with type
Fig. 43. — A study in the balancing of measures. Compare D with
Fig. 44.
arrangements, it is felt that the advantage which
the printer will gain by a study of these specially
designed advertisements is not to be overlooked.
On the principle that one example is worth a
thousand arguments, we will pass over any lengthy
discussion of the merits of hand-drawn letters in
advertisements, and let the examples themselves
tell the story. In Fig. 41 are shown a number of
advertisements of this character taken from
various magazines, and one can not fail to note
their distinction in comparison with the adver-
Fig. 44. — Compare tills advertisement with the
diagram shown in D, Fig. 43.
tisements which are set in type. Look through
the advertising sections of any of the popular
magazines, and you will be surprised at the num¬
ber of pages in which the hand-drawn letter plays
an important part — in most cases to the great
improvement of the advertising.
Nor is the use of hand-lettering in advertise¬
ments confined to the magazines. The daily
papers are gradually showing a greater use of
work of this character, the advertisers who may
be said to make their appeal to the more cultured
classes being the leaders. In Fig. 42 are shown
reproductions of hand-lettered advertisements
taken from daily papers, all of them possessing a
distinction unattainable by the use of type alone.
One of the most important points to be con¬
sidered by the printer in the designing of an
advertisement is that of the balance of the various
groups of which it is composed, and in this con¬
sideration of balance the following statement
plays a most important part :
The heavier the group , the nearer it should be
to the center of balance .
While this rule or principle of design is of
great value in advertisement composition, yet the
printer frequently fails to take it into account.
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Makers of reliable ready-made cloth
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MOORE button only in garments
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Look for the MoORE button when
buying suits or overcoats— it- is a
mark of Quality „
Hutton, Button, -who’s got the Button?
Fig. 41. — Distinction in magazine advertisements is frequently attained by the use of hand-drawn letters and designs.
(See “ The Typography of Advertisements.”)
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(See “ Tlie Typography of Advertisements.”)
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699
Not so the accomplished designer. The latter lays
out his advertisement with a full appreciation of
balance and harmony, and not the least of the
various points involved under these two heads is
the question of measure balance.
In this consideration of the arrangement of
type and cuts in an advertisement, the word
balance is to be taken in a literal sense. Just as
the small piece of metal weighing one pound will,
when placed out on the arm of the scale, balance
a piece of metal of much greater weight, so will
the small group of type or the small illustration
or decorative spot balance a larger group if it is
placed at a point distant from the center of balance
in inverse ratio to its size as compared with the
larger group.
The diagram shown in Fig. 43 will make this
more clear. In a we have two groups of equal size
balanced on a spot which indicates the center of
the enclosing rectangle or page. These groups
being of equal size, the point of balance between
them will naturally be midway on a line drawn
from the center of one of them to the center of the
other.
In b the problem is changed. Here we are to
balance two groups of unequal sizes, one of them
being four times as large as the other. The larger
group, being four times the size of the smaller one,
must be placed, in order to attain balance, four
times as close to the point of balance as is the
smaller one. We therefore divide the line drawn
from center to center of the two groups into five
parts (the large group representing 4 as compared
to the small group representing 1 ) , and then give
four parts of the length of the line to the small
group and one part to the large one — thus giving
each a part of the line in inverse ratio to its size.
In this example we have also moved the center of
balance from the center of the page to a point on a
line which divides the page into the proportions of
three to five, which were discussed in a previous
article.
The tone of the group or spot must also be
taken into consideration. It is obvious that where
one of the groups is of solid black and the other is
of half-tone, the latter must be twice as large as
the former in order that they may be equal in their
balance or attraction. This is illustrated in c, and
its practical application is shown in cl, taken in
connection with the advertisement reproduced in
Fig. 44. In this advertisement, taken from a late
magazine, the designer was confronted with the
problem of balancing the heavy spot made by the
illustration with the much lighter — but larger —
group of type. This he did by following the prin¬
ciple above referred to, and placing the heavier
group nearer the center of balance. One will read¬
ily note that the margin between the cut and the
border is considerably greater than that between
the type and border on the opposite side of the
advertisement.
(To be continued.)
Written for The Island Printer.
APPRENTICE PRINTERS’ TECHNICAL CLUB.
NO. IX. - BY W. E. STEVENS,
Assistant Instructor, Inland Printer Technical School.
This department is devoted entirely to the interests of appren¬
tices, and the subjects taken up are selected for their immedi¬
ate practical value. Correspondence is invited. Specimens of
apprentices’ work will be criticized by personal letter. Address
all communications to Apprentice Printers’ Technical Club, 624-
632 Sherman street, Chicago.
brass rules — ( Continued.)
a lengthy article on the ques¬
tion of apprenticeship, the
“A merican Dictionary of
Printing and Bookmaking,”
published in 1894, sets forth a
few qualifications for appren¬
tices which are very interest¬
ing. Read them carefully, and
if there is one qualification
that you do not possess don’t neglect it. To be an
able-bodied, thorough and progressive workman
every apprentice should measure up to this stand¬
ard. We quote exactly as was written :
“ He should be in good health and have good
eyesight; his education should be far enough
advanced to be able to answer the ordinary ques¬
tions in grammar, history and geography; he
should have a familiarity with writing, and know
how to spell. The study of books on typography
ought to be interesting to him, and he should, as
far as possible, endeavor to learn the reasons why
certain operations are performed as they are.
The cup must be avoided, and the apprentice
should devote his leisure hours to reading books
of value. It is not so much by what is done, but
by what he knows how to do, that a man attains
success.”
What is your weak spot in this efficiency bul¬
wark ?
Any advice you may wish regarding what to
read, where to get it ; what to do, or how to do it,
will be gladly furnished by this department.
That’s why this department is conducted — to
help the apprentice in every way possible.
Now we will take up our usual monthly lesson,
dealing with different kinds of brass rules.
Brass column-rules. These rules are used
mainly for the purpose of dividing the columns of
type-lines in newspapers, but are sometimes used
in book pages. They are center-faced, having very
thin faces, and the bodies are heavy — the ordi-
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nary thicknesses being six, seven, eight, nine and
ten points. These thicknesses obviate the neces¬
sity for using leads to separate the rules from the
columns of type-lines.
Upon special order they are “notched” to
allow for foot-slugs, or for a brass or metal reg-
let next to the head rule; also being cut with a
“ lug ” or “ shank ” to allow for foot-sticks in
perfecting-press chases.
Beveled column-rides for linotype matter.
Every one familiar with the Linotype knows that
linotype slugs are cast, lengthwise, a trifle nar¬
rower at the bottom than at the top. Ordinary
column-rules used between columns of these slugs
have, therefore, a tendency to spring upward, as
the pressure is at the top only. This can be reme¬
died to a certain extent by placing narrow strips
of cardboard, about a pica in width, at the bot¬
tom between the rules and slugs, or by cutting-
grooves in the sides of the rules, thereby forming
a burr which “ bites ” into the slugs. The best
plan, however, is to have the rules “ dressed,” so
that they will be thinner at the top than at the
bottom, and thereby compensate for the inequal¬
ity in the slugs. These are called “ beveled ”
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Fig. 51. — Showing how beveled column-rules are tapered
to fit between the ends of linotype slugs.
column-rules. Fig. 51 illustrates how they are
slightly tapered to fit the space between the ends
of linotype slugs.
Head-rides. These rules are used at the head
of newspaper columns, and the faces are usually
plain single, double or parallel of different thick¬
nesses. They are cut to different lengths, accord¬
ing to the width of the various columns on a page
— four columns, five columns, six columns, etc.
Perforating -rides are made of brass or steel,
and are a trifle higher than the standard rule
height. The face consists of points (dots or
hyphens) which cut through or perforate the
paper, allowing one piece to be separated neatly
from the other — as in check-books, receipt
blanks, etc.
The disadvantage with these rules is that they
cut the press rollers, and to avoid this, cheap and
good perforating machines have been introduced
which do the work very neatly.
Cutting, scoring and creasing rules are used
for the different purposes that the names imply.
The scoring and creasing rules are made of both
brass and steel, but the cutting rules are made of
steel only, and in three qualities — tempered but
not polished, tempered and polished, and soft
steel.
Brass circles, ovals and diamonds can be had
from all typefounders, but these are very seldom
used nowadays. The justification of type-lines
inside such forms causes more or less trouble, as
printers’ ordinary spacing material is adapted
only for straight lines and right angles, and not
for acute or obtuse angles or curvilinear forms.
Brass dashes. These are made both plain and
fancy and are ordinarily used to separate lines or
- hi i ttfih ^
Fig. 52. — French dashes.
groups of type. The plain dashes are made of
single, parallel, double or waved rules, and the
fancy dashes are made in many different patterns.
These may also be cast on the linotype machine in
ordinary metal. At one time these fancy, or
French dashes, as they were called, were used a
great deal in bookwork, but now they are seldom
used, as the plain rules are more popular. Fig. 52
shows a few patterns of French dashes.
SPACES AND QUADS.
Spaces and quads are used for the purpose of
separating words and for filling out lines of type
to given measures. As with leads and slugs they
are made both high and low, and for the same
reasons.
Spaces are usually made in three thicknesses
— three, four and five em. They are based on the
em of a type-body and are respectively one-third,
one-fourth, and one-fifth of its width. To illus¬
trate: a three-em space of a twelve-point body is
four points in thickness — three spaces making an
em of that body — a four-em space is three points
in thickness, and a five-em space, two and two-
fifth points. Sometimes hair-spaces are furnished,
and these vary from one-sixth to one-eighth of the
different bodies, according to the size.
In ordinary composition three-em spaces are
used as a basis, being placed between words until
it is found whether the line is to be “ back spaced ”
or “ spaced out ” to a given width ; but in extremely
wide measures or in double-leaded matter the
en quad is taken as a basis. We may, therefore,
call the en quad a space. Later on this question
of spacing will be taken up in a thorough manner.
Type-cases provide for the three, four and
five em spaces, and in distributing type one should
be very careful to drop the right spaces in the
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701
right boxes. Composition is greatly hindered
when they are all mixed in together. It is, of
course, rather difficult for an apprentice to read¬
ily pick out the different-sized spaces, for this
requires long experience; but it is far better to
take time and distribute the spaces correctly than
to mix them up and cause a waste of time in com¬
position.
Quads are made in four different sizes — en,
em, two em and three em. All sizes are cast for
type below and including fourteen points. From
fourteen up to and including twenty-four points
no three-em quads are furnished; from thirty to
fifty-four points no two or three em quads, and
from sixty to ninety-six points no one, two or
three em quads.
The em quad is used as a basis for computing
all other spaces and quads, and it is perfectly
square. Many printers use the words “ mutton ”
and “nut” to distinguish the em and en quads —
em and en sounding so nearly alike as to some¬
times cause confusion.
The words “ em ” and “ pica ” are used inter¬
changeably when speaking of the lengths of rules,
leads, slugs, etc., the measures in which type-lines
are set, or the depth of type groups or pages. The
ordinary newspaper column, which is thirteen
picas wide, is called a thirteen-em measure, but,
figuring on minion (seven point) type, ordinarily
This is correct^
This is incorrect
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Fig. 53. — Showing the correct and incorrect methods of
filling out a type line.
used for straight matter in newspapers, the meas¬
ure is really twenty-two and two-sevenths ems
wide — that many ems of minion entering in a
thirteen-pica measure. In order to avoid possible
confusion it is well, therefore, to use the word
pica when speaking of the length of type-lines.
This is correct”
This is correct'"
This is incorrect”
This is incorrect”
Fig. 54. — Showing the correct and incorrect methods of
using quads together.
When filling out a line of type one should
always put quads at the end, with the spaces
necessary for justification next to the type-matter.
If placed at the end the spaces are liable to slip
out or over to one side and cause trouble when
the page is locked up. Neither should they be
intermixed with the quads, as this hinders dis¬
tribution. Fig. 53 shows the correct and incor¬
rect method of filling out a line.
Fig. 55. — Circular quads.
Where two or more lines of quads come
together one should see that the joints overlap.
This will give more solidity to a page and make it
easier to handle. Fig. 54 illustrates the right and
wrong way of using quads together.
Fig. 56. — Showing angular quads arranged in a diamond form.
It is a common practice among some composi¬
tors to fill up the quad-box with rubbish of all
kinds ; pied lines, broken letters, wrong fonts, cop¬
per and brass thin spaces — all dumped into the
quad box until it becomes a miniature hell-box.
Such a practice is “ dirty ” to say the least, and no
clean workman will be so careless.
Circular quads. Sometimes it is necessary to
set type inside a circular form, and to facilitate
justification circular quads are cast, as is shown
in Fig. 55. These are made in various sizes and
are sold in fonts of so many sets.
Angular quads. As we have said before, one
should avoid as much as possible the use of angu¬
lar forms other than right angles. This is, how¬
ever, sometimes necessary, and, as with circular
forms, justification can be facilitated by using
special quads. These are called angular quads.
Fig. 56 illustrates how they are arranged in a
diamond form. They are made in all sizes from
eight-point to seventy-four-point.
TO APPRENTICES.
Friendly contests of skill and knowledge are
sure to be productive of good to all concerned, as
they require an interchange of ideas and sugges¬
tions. Members of the “ Printers’ Devils’ Club,”
Houston, Texas, see the value of this and have
recently closed a letter-head contest, the results of
which are decidedly interesting. A set of these
specimens was sent to this department so that we
702
THE INLAND PRINTER
might pick out the winner. Every design was
arranged in conformity to the principles of shape
harmony, tone harmony, balance and proportion,
and we wish to compliment the contestants, col¬
lectively and individually, upon the results of their
work.
Owing to the excellence of all these specimens
we found it rather a hard matter to choose the
winner, but after careful consideration have
Printers Devils Club
decided to give the honors to Will A. Zischang.
A reproduction of the winning letter-head design
is shown herewith.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF A BUSINESS-CARD CONTEST
FOR APPRENTICES.
At the suggestion of one of our readers we
announce this month a business-card contest, held
exclusively for apprentices. Each contestant will
receive a complete set of the specimens submit¬
ted in the contest. The first, second and third
best designs will be reproduced in The Inland
Printer, with full credit given to the apprentices
who set them.
This interchange of ideas through an exchange
of specimens is sure to result in a great deal of
good to all contestants, and the honor of having
his work reproduced should be an incentive to
every boy to put forth his best efforts, so that he
may possibly be among the winners.
THE COPY.
Directions to Contestants — Set up the following copy
for a business card, 4% by 2% inches in size, to be printed
in one color — black. The copy is not to be changed in
any way — no words added and none omitted.
The Junction City Hotel. Restaurant and Short Order
House. Junction City, Kansas. George Hesselman, Pro¬
prietor. Headquarters for commercial men. Sample-room
in connection.
THE RULES.
In order to provide each contestant with a neat set of
specimens it is necessary to have a few rules, which all
who enter must carefully follow out.
1. A contestant may send in as many different arrange¬
ments as he wishes, but one hundred (100) printed copies
of each arrangement must be sent.
2. All packages to be mailed flat, and addressed to
“ The Apprentice Printers’ Technical Club,” 624-632 Sher¬
man street, Chicago, Illinois.
3. Specimens to be printed in black ink, on white paper,
6V2 by 4% inches, exactly — hair-line rules to be placed
around type arrangement so as to show the exact size of
card. Card to be printed exactly in the center of the paper,
leaving one-inch margin all around.
4. The name and address of the compositor must be
printed on all of the copies, in the lower left-hand corner,
in ten-point roman.
5. Each contestant must enclose 20 cents in 2-cent
stamps or in coin, to cover the cost of assembling and mail¬
ing to him a complete set of the specimens submitted.
Canadian dimes may be used, but not Canadian stamps.
6. If two or more arrangements are sent in, no extra
stamps are required.
7. All specimens must be sent in not later than Octo¬
ber 10, 1911.
Read these rules very carefully and see that
all are fully complied with, as failure to do so may
debar your work. Special care should be taken to
have the size of the paper and the size of the card
correct. When two or more arrangements are
submitted each set should be wrapped separately
and the several sets enclosed in one package.
Try to get your foreman or employer inter¬
ested in the contest. Surely they would feel proud
if you were one of the winners. The names of the
shops in which the winning designs were set will
be given.
TEST QUESTIONS.
What are labor-saving brass rules? Why is it advis¬
able to miter full-faced rules, and necessary to miter center¬
faced rules? What are labor-saving panel rules? What
is an Improved Lead and Rule Caster? What are Lino-
Tabler rules? Can you explain briefly the Lino-Tabler
system? What are twisted brass rules on straight bases?
These questions were fully explained in The
Inland Printer for July.
(To be continued.)
ONLY A NEWSPAPER GUY.
I saw a man strut through a jam in a hall,
Take a seat ’mid the speakers and chat with them all.
“ Is this Murphy? ” I ask, “ that the crowd he defies? ”
“ No,” says some one, “ he’s one of the newspaper guys.”
I see a man start on the trail of a crook,
And he scorns all assistance, but brings him to book.
“Mr. Burns?” I inquire. Some one scornfully cries — •
“Burns? Naw. He’s just one of them newspaper guys.”
I see a man walk through the door of a show,
Where great throngs are blocked by the sign “ S. R. O.”
“ Is this Goodwin himself, that no ticket he buys? ”
“ Well, hardly. He’s one of those newspaper guys.”
I see a man knock on a president’s door
And the sign “ No admittance ” completely ignore.
“ Is this Morgan, that privacy’s rights he denies? ”
“Morgan? Shucks! It’s just one of those newspaper guys.”
And some day I’ll walk by the great streets of gold.
And see a man enter, unquestioned and bold.
“ A saint? ” I’ll inquire, and Old Peter ’ll reply,
“ Well, I should say not, lie’s a newspaper guy.”
— Carleton G. Gcirretson, in the New York Globe.
A QUIET STRIKE.
Philadelphia is quieter than usual these days. Why?
The boilermakers are striking. — Brooklyn Eagle.
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Written for The Inland Printer.
DOES TRADE-PAPER ADVERTISING PAY?
BY HENRY DROUET.
0 answer properly this question
for the printing machinery
manufacturer, it is necessary
to analyze the methods of sell¬
ing. There are, of course, two
classes of purchasers, the man
just starting in business and
the man increasing his equip¬
ment. Every printer is a pros¬
pective purchaser, but it is necessary to get in
touch with those who need new equipment, or
those who can be convinced that modern machin¬
ery would be a benefit to them. It can be readily
seen that it is impractical to keep in touch with the
forty thousand printers in the United States and
Canada, and to all but the typefounders it would
be too expensive for the results obtained. The
next best thing is to keep in touch with the live
printers who are developing from time to time
and are on the lookout for better equipment. In
time any machinery house will develop a list of
prospective customers of its own, which if intelli¬
gently followed up, will produce orders ; but there
are always firms not on this list looking for your
particular equipment, and this is where trade-
paper advertising comes in. There are always
new firms starting in business that you have no
means of getting in touch with, and here again is
where trade-paper advertising saves.
In no other particular has business shown such
a radical change in the past fifteen or twenty years
as it has in advertising. People are becoming
more enlightened as to the purpose of advertising
and its time-saving possibilities. In fact, many
business men take the stand that if an article has
merit, it is advertised. While I think it poor busi¬
ness policy to refuse to see salesmen, many houses
follow that practice unless a previous engagement
is made, and here again is where our friend the
trade-paper comes in. I recall an experience I
once had with a large New York printer, when
introducing a specialty press. I well knew that
the machine would save his firm thousands of dol¬
lars. I had written dozens of letters, with no
response. I called on the president, only to be
refused an interview; but an advertisement — in
The Inland Printer, by the way — specifying
just what this machine would save the house’s par¬
ticular specialty (giving samples and results)
accomplished the result. It was rewarded by a
call from the president and general manager, who
did not know I knew them. They brought plates,
stock, etc., and asked me to demonstrate what I
had advertised. When they left, I had a certified
check for a substantial amount as a deposit on an
order. This firm has purchased four machines in
the last four years. After getting acquainted, the
executives informed me that their success was due
to the fact that they built their own machines,
and this was the first machine of outside manu¬
facture purchased by them.
Another experience illustrating the value of
trade-paper advertising occurred a short time ago.
A printer’s broker had secured a large order for a
specialty, and that night, while reading a trade-
paper, noticed my advertisement setting forth the
economy of production that could be effected by
my machne. The next morning he was at my
office, and after convincing himself of the truth of
the assertions in the advertisement, he placed his
order, and I am glad to say he has had, no cause to
regret reading trade-paper advertisements.
Every trade has its recognized leading paper,
and if an article has merit, serves a useful pur¬
pose, is backed by a reliable manufacturer and is
sold at a reasonable price, there can be no question
but that it will pay to advertise in a reputable
trade-paper. Several points must be considered in
placing advertising. What is the history of the
trade-paper? What is its circulation, and how
was that circulation obtained? If the circulation
covers those printers who recognize the value of
the paper and read it from cover to cover, the
results of advertising are bound to be satisfactory,
but if a circulation has been secured by sending out
a large corps of solicitors, giving them the first
year’s subscription — whether it be 50 cents or
$2.50 — and perhaps coupled with some premium
offer, the circulation may be among the class that
purchases little and pays for less, for, as in every¬
thing else, the circulation most easily obtained is
of the least value. If these points are followed
and the results are not satisfactory, then look to
your advertisement for the answer. Remember,
the printer is not interested in your name, no mat¬
ter how good it may look to you in boldface type —
it is what it will do for him that interests. Change
your copy monthly, and make the strong features
stand out clearly. Run through the magazine hur¬
riedly and see which advertisements catch your eye
and why. Give intelligent thought to your adver¬
tisements or have them written by an expert and
note the results. Also let their tone be always
enthusiastic and optimistic, for, as in selling, this
is necessary to get results.
THE BEST EVER.
The Inland Printer is all you claim for it — “ the best
ever.” — Everett C. Bryant, West Lafayette, Indiana.
THE SUFFRAGETTE PRINT-SHOP — SHALL IT EVER COME TO THIS?
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Vol. XLVII. AUGUST, 1911. No. 5.
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In order to protect the interests of purchasers, advertisers of novelties,
advertising devices, and all cash-witli-order goods, are required to satisfy
the management of this journal of their intention to fulfill honestly the
offers in their advertisements, and to that end samples of the thing or things
advertised must accompany the application for advertising space.
The Inland Printer reserves the right to reject any advertisement for
cause.
FOREIGN AGENTS.
W. H. Beers, 40 St. John street, London, E. C., England.
John IIaddon & Co., Bouverie House, Salisbury square. Fleet street, London,
E. C., England.
Raithby, Lawrence & Co. (Limited), De Montfort Press, Leicester. England.
Raithby, Lawrence & Co. (Limited), Thanet House, 231 Strand, London,
IV. C., England.
Penrose & Co., 109 Farringdon Road, London, E. C., England.
Wm. Dawson & Sons, Cannon House, Breams buildings, London, E. C.,
England.
Alex. Cowan & Sons (Limited), General Agents, Melbourne, Sydney and
Adelaide, Australia.
Alex. Cowan & Sons (Limited), Wellington, New Zealand.
F. T. Wimble & Go., 87 Clarence street, Sydney, N. S. W.
G. Hedeler, Niimbergerstrasse 18, Leipsic, Germany.
H. Calmels, 150 Boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris, France.
John Dickinson & Co. (Limited), Capetown and Johannesburg, South Africa.
A. Oudshoorn, 179 rue de Paris, Charenton, France.
Jean Van Overstraeten, 3 rue Villa Hermosa, Brussels, Belgium.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.
In the matter of selling printing remember
there is a big difference in selling staples and sell¬
ing novelties and specials. Do you catch the idea?
A COST system will not run itself. It will not
give returns to the man who “ deals with a slack
hand.” The right mental attitude toward business
is the first introduction to a successful cost system.
According to a paragraph in our Foreign Notes
the compositors in a printing-office in Essen, Ger¬
many, struck recently because they did not like the
location of the new foreman’s desk. The union
authorities ordered them back to work. This
recalls the strike instituted in an American news¬
paper office because the proofs were not passed
“ in a gentlemanly manner.”
Highly skilled men are employed in the print¬
ing trades. Expensive and accurate machines and
extensive equipments are installed for producing
the work. Profit comes from the proper manage¬
ment of these. Efficiency is the key-note of suc¬
cess — efficiency in management. Misdirected
skill and misdirected machinery make losses —
then men and machines are blamed, when the fault
lies with the powers that direct them.
Employer, foreman, or journeyman, it would
be the part of the Good Samaritan if you were to
direct the attention of young printers of your
acquaintance to the “Apprentice Printers’ Tech¬
nical Club ” department of The Inland Printer.
Especially should they be urged to take an interest
in the contest that is now proposed. To awaken a
young man in this way and develop his mentality
is good for him, good for you, and good for society.
The German National Museum at Munich is
about to add to its specimens discarded and obso¬
lete typecasting and linecasting machines. It
invites printers who are about to replace their
typecasting and linecasting machines with more
modern machines, to donate or sell at a low figure
the machines they are about to throw out. This
will put a quietus on the rebuilt machinery busi¬
ness, but what a museum this would make in
America. _ _ _
The printers’ profitable outing this year will
be at Denver the week of September 4 to 9. Then
the United Typothetae will review the past year’s
business and make plans for the future. The cost-
finders expect to have the best congress they ever
held, and all will be interested in the disposition to
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be made of the burning question of having one
great national organization for the trade. Then,
too, perhaps for the first time in industrial history,
a large trade union will officially entertain employ¬
ers. President Lynch, of the International Typo¬
graphical Union, has invited the Typothetse and
Cost Commission to be the union’s guests for one
day, in order to visit the Union Printers’ Home at
Colorado Springs. The occasion will therefore be
important as well as unique and worthy of any
printer’s participation.
Doing things with a superfluity of motions is
time-killing, and time is money. Remember, in
the old hand-set days, the man with the false
motions who set type in the air instead of into his
stick? Don’t rush your work to the composing-
room until it is planned. Don’t make out a work-
ticket so that every item has to be questioned from
the composing-room, engraving-room, pressroom,
bindery, and shipping department. Answer all
the questions on the workslip, and avoid super¬
fluous motions, superfluous questions and super¬
fluous trouble. Do all your thinking before acting.
Rush with your head — and keep your legs and
tongue quiet. _
In striking contrast to the ephemeral existence
of American printing-offices, we read, in the for¬
eign notes, of printing-offices celebrating their
hundredth and hundred and fiftieth anniversaries,
and making donations of large amounts to employ¬
ees and to printers’ benefit organizations. With
the cost and method systems being established and
the get-together spirit set against the price-
cutting evil, let us hope that our printing-offices
will live long and prosper, and the gray-haired
descendants of their founders spend the busiest
hours studying how to lower the surplus by giving
it away to the younger generation of craftsmen
struggling earnestly to add to the pile their
employers are seeking to diminish. What a beau¬
tiful dream ! _
The Inland Printer notes with interest the
claims made by many of its contemporaries for
the great services they have rendered to the print¬
ing trades. We are all lifting as hard as we can
— and we have placed the printing trades on a
higher plane. Before us is a bookcase containing
the bound records of our own efforts since 1882.
For ourselves these records are sufficient evidence
that we have held the helm true through good and
evil report. We detract nothing from the claims
of our contemporaries. We would rather add to
them, for the influence of the printing-trade press
has seldom been justly recognized. We would add
to them, for the additional reason that from The
Inland Printer, as a source of inspiration, they
and many others have learned how.
An artist of international reputation was
showing a few intimate friends a number of his
paintings recently. One of the visitors boldly
asked, “About how long does it take you to make
one of these paintings?” “Oh, the time varies,
the time varies. Sometimes a few hours, some¬
times a few — years.” This answer produced the
question, “ What are the prices for these? ” “ The
price varies — varies. Some are low in price com¬
paratively. Some I have marked high, as I do not
wish to sell them — and sometimes they sell even
then. This little thing I have worked on a long
time — it is marked at fifty dollars. This one I
produced in a few hours, it is marked two hundred
dollars.” Art with an A is sold as Art — not on
a basis of time and material, but on what it Is.
This is the difference between staples and specials.
Publ ic Forums for Capital-and-Labor Discussions.
George W. Perkins, the retired New York capi¬
talist, is urging that public forums be provided for
the discussion of questions relating to capital and
labor. Mr. Perkins, who formerly was associated
in business with J. Pierpont Morgan, has applied
himself to the solution of the capital-labor prob¬
lem. He undoubtedly is sincere in his efforts to
bring about more amicable relations between
employers and employees, and his appeal to public-
spirited and patriotic men to give of their time and
money to the cause should not go unheeded. This
is a subject in which the whole nation is interested
and which some day may lead to a national calam¬
ity if men of all classes are not brought to under¬
stand one another better.
The plan to establish public forums where
minds may come into closer association with each
other, and where representatives of the worker
and of the capitalist may meet on common ground
before the final arbiter — Public Conscience —
appears to be a sensible one. It should bring a
better understanding between those who are
directly affected, and should tend to broaden the
minds of the great mass of our citizens who here¬
tofore have given but superficial thought to the
subject.
Mr. Perkins should be encouraged. In retiring
from activity in the financial world, he has gone
into a much larger field; but he will be able to
make little headway unless the good will and
active support of leaders among capitalists and
workingmen are unstintingly given.
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The Courts and Business Interests.
The big corporation is now the object of many
attacks in the courts. “ Trust-busting ” lawyers
and corporation attorneys are in clover and some
so-called captains of industry must be far from
happy. In a sarcastic moment the esteemed Corn
King, Mr. Patten, has said that no one receiving
more than $2.50 a day was immune from investi¬
gation and prosecution. This witty exaggeration
well illustrates the tendency of the times. All
around us are manifestations of the desire of the
great third party — the general public — to get its
share of the proceeds of modern methods. That
it is determined to come into its own there can be
no doubt. The process will be painful, slow and
expensive, and largely because we are going to try
and settle the problems through the courts. The
judiciary will wonder what the public is thinking
about when it takes up one of these cases involving
questions of economics, sociology, finance, politics,
with a sprinkling of ethics as well as law, and
endeavors to solve it by the application and in the
light of some legal maxims. The older these max¬
ims are and the more primitive the conditions that
gave them birth, the better for judges who live by
precedent.
It is reasonably certain that the courts will not
settle anything finally, for the public will have its
way. While the judges are endeavoring to make
modern economic conditions fit into legal gar¬
ments of the Elizabethan age, the people will be
learning a great deal concerning the ways of the
new-age oppressors and of public rights.
Meantime corporations of all sizes and pur¬
suing all kinds of methods will be subject to har¬
assment in the shape of vain effort to have them
do what may be legal, but what is practically
impossible. The disturbance caused to business
during this period of judicial analysis probably
will be greater than that ever caused by the tariff.
We have had several so-called trust decisions;
when handed down they have been hailed as solv¬
ing great problems, but on examination, reflection
and application we find they are barren of mate¬
rial accomplishment. This is not said in a captious
spirit. The decision in the Northern Securities
case, for instance, contained many brave words,
and there was a change in form but none in sub¬
stance. If the old and illegal conditions oppressed
the people, then the new arrangement does also.
The more recent rulings will operate in about the
same manner. The people are not greatly inter¬
ested in the verbiage that delights the lawyer’s
mind. What they want is results. They do not
care so much about the form, but they do want to
prevent a man from adding two hundred millions
to his fortune by a stroke of the pen, and in such a
way as to make it an eternal interest-bearing bur¬
den on a commodity that is a social necessity.
Jurists and great lawyers whose range of
knowledge is not confined to the law are alarmed
at the prospect. They are now saying publicly
what they said privately when some labor deci¬
sions were given under the Sherman antitrust act.
One of the federal judges publicly refers to the
Supreme Court’s rulings as paper decisions of no
practical value. A leading corporation lawyer
does not criticize the Supreme Court for its deci¬
sions, but points out the futility of judges attempt¬
ing to solve the problems. He says that the whole
social order and our political institutions are
involved. The real question is: Were Thomas
Jefferson and Herbert Spencer right, or were
Alexander Hamilton and Karl Marx the true
expounders of economic science? In his opinion
the battle between individualism and socialism is
now on. Meantime the disturbance in the indus¬
trial world will be enhanced greatly because the
final arbiters — the people — will not be reached
till the legal fraternity has exhausted all its inge¬
nuity in devising obstacles that will have but one
sure ending — increasing the bank accounts of
lawyers. _
Getting Together for One Organization.
The meetings at Denver of the Cost Congress
and of the United Typothetae give promise of
being the most important in the history of the
craft. The routine business of the Typothetae will
not be barren of interest, and the Cost Congress
will probably break new ground. The subject
about which there is the most speculation is what
will be done with the proposal to form a new and
all-embracing organization for employing print¬
ers. All. are agreed that such an organization is
needed, but, as we have said heretofore, several
complex and subtle obstacles prevent the fruition
of the universal desire.
Under favoring circumstances the making of
an organization is a full-grown man’s job, and it is
useless to deny that in the present instance some
personal feeling has been generated. From the
standpoint of those who desire one association
this is regrettable, for personal ill-feeling begets
distrust and aspersion of motives, which are
always dangerous and frequently fatal to move¬
ments in which many men are involved. Proposi¬
tions and suggestions are not decided on their
merits, and sinister purposes are attributed to the
most public-spirited and disinterested. While
highly desirable that the question should be set¬
tled — and settled in favor of one organization —
it is not an absolute necessity that the subject be
disposed of at Denver. Another year of discus-
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sion and debate — a year of simmering, as it were
— would do no harm and might result in some
good.
Seldom do beneficial results follow the estab¬
lishment of more than one organization to do the
work that probably can be done better by one. In
this instance, the stars indicate that a second
national or international association would be a
decided setback to the trade. If any of the advo¬
cates of action, with or without the consent of the
Typothetse, has good reason to believe otherwise,
his argument has not come under our notice.
With two organizations, trade interests will be
forgotten, if not injured, in the struggle for
supremacy between the warring associations.
In such circumstances nothing is surer than
that the day of the ultimate one organization will
be postponed by rash action next month. And we
are sure rash action will be avoided if the contro¬
versialists will put aside suspicion and give each
other credit for honesty in expression and worthi¬
ness of motive.
The meeting will afford an excellent oppor¬
tunity for the exercise of the principle laid down
in the Golden Rule — Think of others as you
would that they should think of you.
The London Shorter-hour Movement.
Members of the Master Printers’ Association
of London, at a recent meeting, congratulated
themselves on the outcome of the eight-hour strug¬
gle. Little was said about the hours that were
being worked, but emphasis was laid on the asser¬
tion that the battle had won for the employers
the respect of the unions. From correspondence
coming under our notice we are constrained to
conclude that the esprit du corps of the unions
involved has received a severe shock. The Lon¬
doners forced the issue, the employers alleging
that their leaders issued an ultimatum that there
would be no compromise, while the unions outside
the big city refused to move so quickly. This
recession affected the London union’s offensive
and defensive campaign, and its position was still
further weakened when the out-of-town employ¬
ers and unions got together and settled on a fifty-
one hour basis. There is some very plain talk
being indulged in by union officials across the
water, which is indicative of a lack of harmony
that will be in evidence for some time, and may
postpone indefinitely the object of all the row —
the eight-hour day. It is noticeable, however,
that the affair resulted — as is always the case in
shorter-hour movements — in a step being made
in that direction, and the employees’ organization
suffering from the immediate inevitable effects of
a strike. It is too early to determine whether the
result of the struggle has strengthened or weak¬
ened the London union. It often happens that an
organization is ultimately benefited by a fight, as
is the case at present with the London Master
Printers’ Association. If the London union shall
pursue the proper policy, it may, after a few years,
make greater progress than the temporarily
happy provincial unions. We have seen examples
of this at home, the thorough rout of the Inter¬
national Typographical Union by the Typothetse
in 1887 having been the starting point in the mili¬
tant career of the premier union of the trade. At
this distance and after the smoke of battle has
cleared away, it appears the employers were right
when they contended that the officers of the Lon¬
don union acted somewhat arrogantly, and that
the workers were not in condition to make a finish
fight. _
Teaching Apprentices.
The trade is now passing through the fag end
of a series of display type-setting contests. Tech¬
nical and trade papers have had them, followed
by typefoundries and some of the papermakers.
Though open to apprentices, these contests, in the
main, were designed for journeymen. If contests
are good they must be of especial benefit to those
who are in what all the world calls the appren¬
ticeship period — the learning-time. The very
atmosphere is charged with the idea that appren¬
tices should be learning. They may ask fool ques¬
tions and be respected and honored for doing it,
as, at that stage of development, being a walking
interrogation-point is not merely inoffensive, but
is indicative of a desire for knowledge, which is
the next best thing to possessing it.
To learn by doing is among the best ways of
knowing, say the educators. We all know it is
practice that makes perfect, and one of the trou¬
bles with our apprenticeship system is that young
men frequently get little or no chance to practice,
and when they do, their mistakes are not corrected
in such a manner as to impress them so that the
error will not occur again. They are informed
that such and such a thing is wrong, and bruskly
— perhaps in an unkind voice — told to change it.
These evils are the natural outcome of conditions.
Individuals following older and — humanely speak¬
ing — better ideals can here and there help a boy
along in the way he should go, but these old-
fashioned and much-to-be-applauded people can
have small influence on the great mass of appren¬
tices. These same boys have ever been the espe¬
cial care of The Inland Printer. Nothing in its
career — not even the money it has made — is
more pleasing to it than to hear a successful jour-
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neyman or employer declare that he has read the
paper from boyhood and regards it as his best
friend and adviser in the art and in business
methods. We are proud of that record and we
still want to advance the interests of apprentices.
It seems to us that what is needed is something
which stimulates the interest of apprentices —
makes them feel that they are persons of worth
and merit. In the hope of doing something along
that line we have started a contest in our “Appren¬
tice Printers’ Technical Club ” department. It is
our desire to have apprentices take part. No one
need fear to enter the contest because he is afraid
his work is not up to the mark. There will be no
attempt to be “ smart ” or make fun of even the
feeblest attempt. That is not our way. We have
too much respect for the earnestness and ambition
of the boy who sends in a specimen to desire to do
aught but serve and help him. We shall take
pleasure in kindly and understanding^ informing
him of his faults, in the hope that in some future
contest he will be a winner. If not all that, then
at least we shall strive to inform him and encour¬
age him, so that his hours in the office will be
made pleasanter and more profitable by reason of
what we teach him.
An Australian Government Asks for the I. T. U.
Course.
Out of Australia, the land of experiments,
come many things that surprise us. Excepting
South Africans, our antipodean friends are the
youngest of English-speaking peoples and hesitate
at nothing in the way of social reform. Looked at
from afar, they seem to have a passion for trade
and technical education. In Melbourne we find
the Workmen’s College, while at Sydney there is
the Technical College under the supervision of the
Technical Education Branch of the Department
of Public Instruction. Occasionally one comes in
contact with an Australian who tells you that he
attended one of these schools. Others will tell you
that they did not have the opportunity, as they
“ lived in the country.”
Now it is the purpose to remedy that defect in
the printing trades of New South Wales by insti¬
tuting a correspondence course. What is known
as the Country Printers’ Wages Board has handed
down an award fixing wages, hours and work¬
ing conditions of journeymen and apprentices.
Among the provisions is one requiring employ¬
ers to give apprentices opportunities to receive
instruction in the art by correspondence or by
personal attendance at the Technical College. The
wages of apprentices who “ pass with honor ” are
automatically increased over the minimum scale.
As the award has all the force of a law, it is really
a governmental incentive to the study of his trade
by an apprentice.
This comes to our attention in a manner as
unusual as it is pleasing. In the course of its work
of craft education The Inland Printer devel¬
oped the application of the principles and ideas
that constitute what is known as the I. T. U.
Course of Instruction in Printing. The Inland
Printer furnishes the tuition, while the Inter¬
national Typographical Union defrays advertising
and promotional expenses and gives a prize or
rebate which permits the student to receive the
instruction at considerably less than its commer¬
cial value. The fame of the Course has reached
Australia, where there are several students, inclu¬
ding teachers in the technical schools.
When it became necessary for Instructor
Barker of the “composing classes” of the Tech¬
nical College to devise a system of correspondence
instruction in order to meet the requirements of
the wages board, he turned his eyes Chicagoward
and wrote us : “ I am so impressed with the mas¬
tery and completeness shown in the lessons that
I crave your permission to adapt some of the
excellent examples relating to proportion and
color. . . . Your consent would help wonder¬
fully the efforts being made here for the better¬
ment of the printing craft.”
Mr. Barker’s letter came to us with the British
governmental line “On His Majesty’s Service,”
and was followed by a letter from the New South
Wales Typographical Association [Union] urging
compliance with the request of the “ Government
Instructor in Composing at the State Technical
College.” This letter urged that by doing so a
great benefit would be bestowed on many Austra¬
lians who could not possibly “ take up the I. T. U.
Course.”
Joyfully we informed the Australians to go
ahead and good luck to them. While in the midst
of dog-day misery we found pleasure in cogitating
on the far-flung influence of what had been our
aspiration and study for years. From sending
to cities and towns specimens of printing in a
showcase for the purpose of educating the inex¬
perienced and stimulating the accomplished to
receiving this, a request from a progressive gov¬
ernment, is a far cry, but The Inland Printer is
pleased to have traveled all the way in its educa¬
tional efforts. _
“WORTH A GOOD LITTLE BUNCH OF MONEY.”
The Inland Printer fills a yearning want, and has
given me many a happy hour after a strenuous clay. In
the last issue one little paragraph gave information that
I had sought for months. It will be worth a good little
bunch of money to me — that little paragraph. — W. Dee
Gilliam, Waco, Texas.
710
THE INLAND PRINTER
Written for The Inland Printer.
GRAMMAR AND PROOFREADING.
NO. II. - BY F. HORACE TEALL.
HEN the preceding article
under this title was written,
no series was contemplated,
and its only purpose was to
note in a general way the
value of practical grammat¬
ical knowledge to the proof¬
reader. But that slight con¬
sideration of the subject was
necessarily inadequate for any definite accomplish¬
ment, and the usefulness of detail in such matters
impresses itself so forcibly as to induce the under¬
taking of a series of papers dealing with various
incidental questions in the order commonly adopted
in the text-books. This must not be understood as
promising a complete treatise on grammar; any
one who expects that will be disappointed. It
must not be taken as indicating any pretension
to rank as an authoritative grammarian by its
writer. It is merely an effort by an average man
to place before average men some results of a
special research that they do not commonly make
for themselves. Inevitably, this will involve some
assertions that will not be accepted as fact by
everybody, and even some that many readers will
always consider false ; but, while in many cases
these assertions will be made with full conscious¬
ness of differing from opinions strongly held by
others, the intention is to say nothing without
careful study and determination.
It will always be an open question how far a
proofreader should venture to correct the gram¬
mar of the work he reads. Mr. De Vinne, whose
long experience fitted him as well as any one can
be fitted to decide, says, in “ Correct Composition,”
page 299 : “ When the reader meets with an
unmistakable fault made by the writer through
lapse of memory or by negligence, he should cor¬
rect it. He does so, however, at some peril. He
must know and not suspect it to be an error, and
must be prepared to defend his correction, not by
his own belief, but by unquestionable authority.
... In every writing of importance the reader
should query faulty construction, bad metaphor,
inconsistent statement, the misuse of a word, and
other errors of a similar character ; but in no case
should he correct these apparent faults when the
author will revise what he has read ; he must stop
with the query. . . . When copy has been negli¬
gently written by an undisciplined writer who can
not revise the reading, the reader should correct
the grosser errors according to the standard of
the editor or of the office, as he may be directed.
But they must be indefensible errors. . . . While
it is desirable to have accurate workmanship, the
reader should not forget that it is his first duty
to correct, and not to edit. He must not spend
unnecessary time in consulting reference-books
to make up the deficiencies of a careless writer.
Nor should he annoy the author with any emenda¬
tions that savor of pedantic nicety.”
The general question of what is expected from
proofreaders is not the subject of these papers,
but is important in connection with our special
subject, which is the detailed knowledge required,
and the necessary technical facility, especially in
the matter of terminology and analyzation. It is
impossible to enforce too impressively the need
of close concentration and care in producing the
desired result. Many papers have been published
in The Inland Printer, to which readers may be
referred, and they may profitably read also the
rest of Mr. De Vinne’s chapter.
One of the most difficult matters for decision
is whether an unmistakable fault exists or not,
since many forms of expression are held to be
unmistakably faulty by some people and not at all
faulty by others. What Mr. De Vinne must have
meant are the faults that are clearly beyond
defense by any one, and these should certainly be
corrected by the proofreader, even under the strict¬
est orders to follow copy, unless he is especially
instructed to construe those orders with absolute
literalness. Such an order should always act as
perfect justification, even in the case of the most
flagrant error that can appear in copy; yet it is
difficult to conceive how a really good proofreader
could deliberately pass uncorrected some of the
errors that are seen in print.
Examples of what is meant are easily found.
Here is one seen in to-day’s newspaper : “ Each
of these men have sworn to do something.” Of
course every one who works at reading proof
should know enough instantly to change this to
“each of these men has,” since the subject of the
verb is “ each,” and no one would say anything
except “ each has ” if there were no words between.
Such errors arise from the use of the intervening
words, the last of them being a plural noun. It is
easy to perceive that the correct construction can
be automatically sure of recognition only through
ingrained knowledge, such as every one should
have, of true grammar. Sometimes a false con¬
struction is so forcibly suggested by proximity of
words that are not closely related in the real gram¬
matical association that deliberation is requisite
for perception of the difficulty. Help toward this
end is the desideratum in the writing of these
papers, and that help must come through drill in
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711
parsing, though not necessarily the cut and dried
parsing of the old-time text-books.
We shall be able to add here only a few words
as to the value of parsing. Sherwin Cody refers
to the dryness of grammar as formerly taught in
the schools, saying: “We lost sight of the fact
that while it is desirable that we be able to correct
errors, it is far more desirable that we never make
them at all. A familiarity with, and a habit of
dealing with, correct forms so that we shall use
them instinctively, are far more important than
the ability to correct. ... In olden times we
were expected to ‘ parse ’ paragraphs from beauti¬
ful compositions until we hated everything con¬
nected with the subject. This parsing took the
form of uttering a lingo or formula in connection
with every word in the sentence as we came to it.
The lingo soon became almost purely mechanical,
and was so often repeated that nearly all its mean¬
ing was lost.”
What he says about the superior value of being
able not to make errors is true — but exclusively
with reference to the work of originating expres¬
sion. In proofreading correction and verification
are more directly demanded, and it is impossible
to verify or to correct without a process of parsing
or analyzing, even if this be done only subcon¬
sciously and automatically. The ultimate mean¬
ing of this saying is that every proofreader needs
to understand the intended correctness of every
sentence he reads, and should endeavor not to pass
one sentence as right until he is as nearly sure as
possible that it is right.
(To be continued.)
MANAGEMENT AND EFFICIENCY.
The proprietor of a printing-office in an Ohio city of
twelve thousand was always haunted by sight-drafts and
overdrafts. He had a good business, thanks to his per¬
sonal popularity and his ability as a solicitor, but his work
was often unsatisfactory and seldom was an order deliv¬
ered on time. Frequently pay-rolls were missed, and con¬
sequently his printers were always ready to leave at the
first opening in other offices. This kept the force more or
less disorganized.
A new foreman was secured, a young man who wanted
to get a working interest in the business. For several
weeks he made no complaints, handling the work as best
he could — and kept records. Then he went to the pro¬
prietor.
“ You insist that you can’t afford to buy the equipment
that the office needs. I want to tell you that you can’t
afford not to buy that equipment. Our paper-cutter can’t
take a thirty-six inch sheet of paper and so you have to pay
for having stock cut by the paper house. You could get a
fairly good cutter for $125; the interest on the investment
would be 67 cents a month, and yet you are paying out
more than that every week to the wholesaler.
“ That big job press needs a fountain. It would cost
possibly $25. Now whenever we are running a large form
it is necessary to stop every twelve or fifteen impressions
and ink up. I have kept tab, and, while the press runs at
1,800 an hour, the best we can do is 1,300 — time lost in
inking up. You figure 50 cents a thousand for presswork
of this kind — and your working day is cut down just one-
third because you think you can’t afford a fountain. It
would pay for itself easily in a month.
“ Then the type. There isn’t enough for the business
you are doing. As a result the cases are always low, and
it is seldom that you can set a job without running around
to 4 pull sorts.’ Sometimes I look five or ten minutes for a
single letter — the lost time would buy a new case of type
every day.”
And so he went on pointing out the tremendous waste
of time and the little leaks on each job. The foreman had
insisted that every printer and pressfeeder keep an accu¬
rate record of his time; at the end of the day the sheets
showed just how many hours had been spent in profitable,
productive work and how much time had been lost because
proper facilities were lacking.
“ Five hundred dollars,” continued the foreman, “ would
put in all the material that is really needed. The interest
on that additional investment would be $2.50 a month.
We would save that much every day.”
The proprietor did not take kindly to the suggestion.
He resented the idea that a youngster should come in and
show him how to run his business. The foreman left the
figures and records in the office without arguing the case
further. The next day was Sunday and the proprietor
went over and over the sheets. He had always looked upon
the keeping of such records as a waste of time that might
be better spent in other ways, but he could not get away
from the results indisputably emphasized in figures. More
than that, the foreman had been “ making good,” and his
views were really worth considering, even if they were not
to be accepted.
It was nearly a week before the proprietor was con¬
vinced, and then only after he had watched the men at
work and had questioned them regarding the loss of time.
After acknowledging the economy in additional equipment,
the proprietor was confronted by the fact that his credit
would hardly warrant the expenditure. The foreman
insisted on going with him to the banker, and to the man
with money to loan the youngster pointed out just where
every penny was to be spent and just how the investment
would pay for itself. On the strength of the figures the
loan was arranged and the new material added.
To-day the printing-office occupies a three-story build¬
ing of its own. It has worked up a blank-book business
that extends over many counties. The former foreman is
secretary and treasurer of the company, and is still keep¬
ing absolute records of every operation. — System.
B. L. T. “PICKUPS.”
ALL LIT UP.
Ned Childe and Edgar Summers have treated themselves to a new coat
of paint, Mr. Summers also put in a furnace. — Martinsville Planet.
SUMMER QUARTERS.
After the honeymoon Mrs. LeBurtis will be at home to her numerous
friends at the corner of Dundas and Oxford streets. — Woodstock (Ont.)
Sentinel.
THE SECRETARY WILL FORWARD CARDS.
Sir, — I long to be enrolled in the concatenated order of o. f. editors
who stood up at the case to set their editorials, who later in the week
yanked the Archimedean lever, and who, still later in the week, stood up
and took the eussings for the editorials mentioned above. Old G. S. C.
— .4 Line-o'-Ti/pe or Two, Chicago Tribune. ‘
FREEDOM!
Photograph by 1?. R. Sallows, Goderich, Canada,
THE INLAND PRINTER
713
While our columns are always open for the discussion of any
relevant subject, we do not necessarily indorse the opinions of
contributors. Anonymous letters will not be noticed ; therefore,
correspondents will please ^ive their names — not necessarily for
publication, hut as a guarantee of {£ood faith. All letters of more
than one thousand words will be subject to revision.
A NEW PROFESSION.
To the Editor: Portland, Ore., July 11, 1911.
For the past ten years the whole printing world has
been giving much time and thought to the cost of produc¬
tion, with the hope, desire and intention that the craft shall
be benefited thereby. All items that make up the cost-sheet
have been considered, leaks in the workroom and the office
have been calked, and from every point of vantage the
future of the master printer appears bright and cheerful.
While the adoption of a cost system has accomplished
wonders in bringing order out of chaos, every plant cater¬
ing to what is known as commercial printing indulges in
an enormous amount of wasted time and energy that now
forms a portion of these costs. To complete the evolution
from haphazard ideas to business methods these wastes
must be considered, studied and then eliminated — or at
least minimized.
In considering this waste, which has a bearing on a great
many items that contribute to the cost of production, let us
look backward and then follow the evolution of cost finding
and the discovery of waste.
It is within the recollection of many estimators when
the price for printing was based on nothing more than the
cost of stock and the actual amount paid for labor plus any
profit that would make the total sum less than what might
be quoted by a competitor. Now, how many estimates are
made daily and what proportion develops into orders? A
very small percentage.
Before the formation of the Board of Trade in Denver
a large buyer of printing remarked that if he called for
five estimates he felt sure he would procure the job as cheap
as it could be produced, but if he asked for ten bids he was
certain to get the work done for less than the cost of pro¬
duction. Think of the aggregate time consumed in ten
estimates — only one got the work, and with a microscope
would hunt for the profit. Another buyer stated that he
had only to lie to a printer to make a dollar. How’s that?
By simply telling Smith, who had given him a quotation of
$12.75, that Jones would do the work for $11.75 and that he
would prefer to have him (Smith) do the work if he would
but meet Jones’ price. Smith would. Let us hope such
business (?) methods are only in history — never to be
repeated. The Board of Trade, with its reporting office,
has had a tendency to eliminate all but one estimate, which
usually is carefully checked by an expert; but all cities have
not yet organized a board of trade.
Next consider the amount of clerical work necessary to
handle the small forms that go through a commercial plant.
The entries on the time-slips by the compositor, proofreader,
lock-up, pressman, feeder, stockman, etc.; the receipt-book
and the delivery; the figuring of costs and making out of
bill, and charging in salesbook; the posting in ledger and
making of statements; all take a great deal of time for a
small order. That time costs money, is a part of the cost
of production, and to which a profit must be added before
the charge to the customer is made.
There is another item that enters into. this waste. It is
the lack of preparation of copy. How often, in twenty-five
years’ experience, has the writer seen copy that had to be
deciphered and rewritten before a compositor could make
head or tail of it. One customer is always so busy — when
making up new copy — that only a few words are spelled
out, the copy is written (scrawled would be a better word)
on manila wrapping with a hard pencil, and when handed
to the printer must be explained in detail, and then be
rewritten before given to the compositor.
Another item. Why should a printer sell paper from
all the sample-books that are made up? Possibly not so
extreme as that, but there are too many brands of paper on
the market. (One writer states that a complete list com¬
prises twenty thousand brands.) Every printer knows that
each wholesale paper house has stocks that duplicate those
carried by other houses, except the water-marks. Particu¬
larly is this true of flats and bonds. The time is coming
when every papermaker will standardize his goods by
national advertising, as some are doing to-day, and these
brands will be carried by all first-class paper houses.
Why exert energy and grind the machinery to print a
sheet 5 by 8 inches when the stock is made 17 by 22,
19 by 2b, etc., and in double sizes? And when many cus¬
tomers have work going on the same kind of stock? My
first thoughts on this subject were started a few years ago
while conducting a printing business. The orders were so
numerous the presses were unable to get out the work on
time. I attempted then to solve the problem but failed
utterly, but not before I had reasoned out the cause. No
man owning or operating a printing plant, except that it be
a very large one, can overcome but in a small degree this
wasted energy of men and machines. The reasons are
obvious. You have only to note that in every city there is
a print-shop for every two thousand of population — some¬
times the shops are more frequent. Why? Every printer
has his friends — and “ knockers.” The former patronize
him, the latter buy from his competitor. Then there is the
laudable feeling to help all (and perhaps secure a share of
their patronage) by dividing the work. There are many
more reasons, but these are sufficient if none others existed.
The plans I had worked out were thrown into the waste¬
basket, and all but forgotten when the subject was sud¬
denly brought to mind again and in a peculiar manner. I
was manager of the printing department of a concern that
had its many interests divided into departments. The
business was growing and it was thought necessary to
create the position of sales manager, and an eastern man
with much sales experience was employed. He knew abso¬
lutely nothing about the manufacture of the various lines
he was called upon to handle, but with a determination
to win started out to learn. After watching the opera¬
tions of a cylinder press printing a sheet of light-weight
enamel paper 19 by 25, and another starting off with a
sheet of heavier enamel stock, about 13 by 20, and still
another handling cardboard 22 by 28 inches, all on process
colorwork, he inquired of the foreman of the room why so
much energy was wasted; why he did not put the three
forms on one press, which was large enough to take them?
The foreman ridiculed the suggestion, but later explained
the reasons why it could not be done. The incident was
recited to me — and the “ wheels ” were again set in motion,
with the result that I believe I now have a plan that will
eliminate this waste of energy in a print-shop — or at least
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reduce it to a minimum. The only obstacle to the success
of the plan is one of the beneficiaries, the printer, and that
because of his natural or acquired antipathy to the “ print¬
ing jobber.” While this plan does not consider jobbing it
savors of that condemned vocation. Why this feeling of
aversion against the jobber should exist I can not under¬
stand. He acts merely in the capacity of salesman and
very often turns his orders to the shop that employs no
outside man. Perhaps the printer entertains a feeling of
jealousy, imagining the jobber is making more money than
he with all his investment in expensive material and
machinery. Hundreds of successful manufacturing con¬
cerns in other lines are dependent on the jobber or agent
for their business. Such a method relieves them from the
problem of sales and permits of the manufacturers’ time
being given entirely to buying and production.
But mine is not a jobbing plan — only savors of it. In
every city of one hundred thousand or more population this
wasted energy — which means money — can be avoided by
the creation of a new profession — the printing expert. A
man with fifteen to twenty years’ experience in the various
branches of the printing industry is available in almost
every large city who can render valuable service to the
buyer and maker of printed matter. He can help the adver¬
tising man plan his catalogue, arrange and mark up the
copy, suggest stocks, colors, types and shapes for this or
that piece of advertising or house form; place the con¬
tracts and follow the work to completion and delivery. He
would make up full sheets of forms from the wants of his
clients, and while giving the printer his full share of profit
on each run would effect a saving for his employer — the
buyer. The burden of handling the printing would be
shifted to the expert’s shoulders, and as his records would
show all forms and the quantity used by each client, the
stock would not be allowed to run down to the last pad or
sheet.
The printer’s cost and bookkeeping would be confined
to one job-check for the whole sheet and the payment made
direct by the consumer. The copy would be prepared as
only a printer can do it, thus reducing errors to a mini¬
mum, and the delivery of all jobs on the sheet be made to
the office of the expert who would attend to the distribution
to proper parties. A very neat little system of index cards
would be kept by the expert, which would make the keeping
of records, billing and bookkeeping a simple affair.
While many printers boast that “ rush orders are a
delight,” every one of them knows that where business is
handled on a smooth, even basis, each order going along
through the plant at every stage of the work just when it
is ready to go, creates less friction and attendant waste
than rush orders requiring the setting aside of a half-
composed job or the lifting of a form, etc. Many buyers
have rush jobs simply because no one is looking after the
stock — “ what is everybody’s business is nobody’s busi¬
ness,” and the stock runs down. The expert would look
after the stock and prevent most of the rush orders. His
ability to lay out the form in the copy would prevent reset¬
ting many jobs and perhaps avoid many dissatisfied cus¬
tomers.
Handling thirty or forty clients would enable this new
professional so to arrange his forms as to eliminate a great
amount of this waste, for the benefit of all concerned. The
printer could handle more business with the same plant
and give less attention to details, the buyer would get the
best of service at a small cost, and the expert would be
valuable both to buyer and printer with the advice he could
give to each. He must necessarily have had a vast expe¬
rience and know a great deal about his profession.
The plan has all the merits of the clearing-house for
printing, with none of the harsh features of the trust
attached. The writer firmly believes that in a few years
one may see in every large city one or more shingles read¬
ing, “ Printing Expert.” Claude Raiff Miller.
WILLIAM H. CLEMMITT, OLDEST ACTIVE PRINTER.
To the Editor: Black River Falls, Wis., July 12, 1911.
It is with pleasure and pride that the fine half-tone pic¬
ture of my father, Frank Cooper, is noted in the June issue
of your magazine, accompanied by kindly reference to his
notable career as a printer.
While some had referred to him as probably the oldest
printer, in continued service, in the country, and while we
would be pleased to have it so, frankness and a native desire
WILLIAM II. CLEMMITT.
to disseminate correct information compel the acknowl¬
edgment that there is another with at least a longer and as
honorable a record.
Through a current news note in the daily press my
father, some months before his death, got into communica¬
tion with William H. Clemmitt, of Richmond, Virginia, who
was nearly a year his senior, and was eighty-eight years
old on July 7. It was thus ascertained that Mr. Clemmitt
commenced working in a printing-office when but ten years
of age, and continued at the printing business until a year
ago last fall without a hitch, except about four years in
his teens, when he worked at painting on account of being
thrown out of work in his adopted line.
In response to a later request for a photograph and
some data as to his life, and particularly his experience in
printerdom, we have the picture and a clipping from the
Richmond Daily News-Leader of October 29 last, giving an
account of his life in some detail.
William R. Clemmitt was born on July 7, 1824, in Nor-
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folk, Virginia, but practically his whole life has been spent
in Richmond. His father died when he was but four years
of age. This made it necessary for him to secure employ¬
ment at an early age, as a means of helping to sustain the
family, and at ten he became an errand boy for a print-
shop. This led to his becoming a regularly apprenticed
“ printer’s devil.” Soon after the completion of his appren¬
ticeship, however, his employers failed, and following this
was when he worked a few years at coach painting.
In 1844 Clemmitt accepted the foremanship of a paper
started in the interest of Henry Clay for the presidency.
In 1852 he first entered business for himself, in company
with two others who afterward retired on account of the
business not being large enough to support three families.
In the evacuation fire of Richmond, on April 2, 1865, his
office was one of the victims. Upon taking an inventory of
the salvage, as he expressed it, he found himself in posses¬
sion of his good health, “ a wife and five children, a mother,
one apprentice, a humble home, not a dollar in money, not
a tool to work with, and about $500 ante-bellum debts.”
Without a sacrifice of any of these assets, he paid the debts
in due course of time.
Not long after the fire he and another printer, who had
also burned out, formed a partnership and mortgaged their
homes to obtain money with which to purchase new mate¬
rial, and they were the first to open a book and job office in
the city after the “ unpleasantness.” In 1879 Mr. Clem¬
mitt sold out his interest, and has since worked for others as
a journeyman printer. In the light of this fact it may be
unnecessary to say that he has not accumulated any more
of the “ sinews of war ” than is needed to smooth his path¬
way through the declining years of his life, but he owes no
man a dollar and has what is better than great riches — a
good name and numerous friends ; and he is also fortunate
in having been in possession of the health to enable him to
earn a livelihood for himself to so near the end of life’s
journey. His later industrial service has been in the print¬
ing-office of Mitchell & Hotchkiss, and a letter from him as
late as June 1 says that he is still able to go to the office
three, four or five days in a week and to set type; but he
says: “ Sometimes they give me something to do, and at
other times they tell me to ‘ go and walk around ’ or ‘ go
and sit in the park,’ or ‘ go and take your wife out for a
ride.’ ” George F. Cooper.
INCLINED TO BE SUSPICIOUS.
“ You are one of the oldest conductors on our line,” said
the traction magnate.
“ Yes, sir. I have been in your service nearly thirty
years.”
“ Well, it’s queer you have not wished to fit yourself for
something better than being a mere conductor. You surely
have had time when you was not on duty to study and
read.”
“ Oh, I have read and studied; but it appears that I have
wasted my time. I suppose if I had paid less attention to
the subjunctive mood and more to practical things I should
long ago have reached a much more important position than
that which I hold.”
After the conductor had gone, the magnate mused in
silence for a while, and then, turning to his secretary,
asked :
“ What do you suppose he meant by the subjunctive
mood? Has it anything to do with labor unions?” —
Chicago Record-Herald.
Compiled for The Inland Printer.
INCIDENTS IN FOREIGN GRAPHIC CIRCLES.
BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
GERMANY.
Preparations have already been begun for an inter¬
national book and graphic-arts exposition, to be held in
Leipsic in 1914.
A course for teaching lithography has been added to
the continuation school of Leipsic. Theoretic and prac¬
tical instruction will be given.
A limited liability company, with a capital stock of
500,000 marks ($119,000), has been formed at Mannheim,
to exploit the Mertens illustrative process.
A valuable collection of specimens of paper and of
literature on the production of paper has been devised to
the German Book Trades Museum at Leipsic by the
recently deceased Franz Bartsch, of Vienna.
At the extraordinarily well attended convention of the
German Master Printers’ Association, held at Hamburg,
May 27 and 28, an increase in the organization’s scale of
prices for printing was agreed upon, to take effect Janu¬
ary 1, 1912.
The Schnellpressenfabrik-Aktiengesellschaft, Heidel¬
berg, has sold to R. Hoe & Co., of New York, the right to
manufacture its “ Heureka ” flat-bed rotary press in Eng¬
land and the United States. The right of its manufac¬
ture in France was sold to the noted firm of Jules Derriey,
of Paris.
Recently forty thousand copies of a book denouncing
the Catholic religion were seized by the authorities at
Altona, as being unlawfully libelous. The subsequent
court proceedings ended unfavorably for the publisher,
and it was ordered that the books be burned in the yard of
the city’s courthouse.
The Illustrite Zeitung, of Leipsic, made of its issue
for April 20 a special number, devoted to exploiting the
province of Hanover. For this issue 1,125,000 sheets of
paper, weighing seventy-two tons, and over one ton of
various colored inks were used. The sheets laid out end
to end would reach beyond the distance from Leipsic to
Paris.
The printers in the office of the Social-democratic
Arbeiter zeitung at Essen recently objected to the position
a new foreman had selected for his desk, and, on being
refused the privilege of placing it to suit themselves, went
out on a strike. However, the union authorities declared
the strike to be contrary to the conditions of the wage-scale,
and sent the men back to work.
The factory (at Berlin) supplying the Linotype in
Germany has given notice of an increase in the price of
the Ideal Linotype and of extra magazines, fonts of
matrices, and two-letter molds. This action appears con¬
sequent upon the purchase by the Mergenthaler Setz-
maschinenfabrik of the concerns manufacturing the Mono¬
line and Victorline linecasting machines.
The German National Museum at Munich has a note¬
worthy collection of models of machines and apparatus
used in the reproductive arts. It is now intended to
enlarge this by adding models of typesetting machinery,
and printers who are displacing older machines by newer
styles are requested either to donate the old models out¬
right to the museum or sell them to it at a nominal price.
Active measures are being taken by the authorities to
improve the scenery along the railroads, by clearing away
the advertising signs on boards, stones and sides of build-
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ings. A number of the advertisers affected took excep¬
tion to the new order, and sought its negation through
the courts, but so far without avail. As an exchange
truly remarks, “Announcements should go in the news¬
papers; posters, on the special pillars.”
In previous numbers The Inland Printer has shown
two portraits (representing Ibsen and Tolstoi) composed
with dotted types on the Typograph typesetting machine.
Herewith is shown another interesting production by the
artist-compositor who did the portraits for the manufac¬
turers of the Typograph.
An inkstand believed to have been in use thirty-four
hundred and odd years ago is now shown in a Berlin
museum. It is of wood and of Egyptian make, and is sup¬
posed to belong to the eighteenth or nineteenth dynasty, or
about 1500 B. C. It has two compartments, the upper one
with two holes to contain ink and the lower arranged to
hold reed pens. That black and red inks were used is indi¬
cated by the dried remains in the receptacles.
The German Book Trades Museum, at Leipsic, through
the assistance of a number of members of the Book Trades
Association, has secured possession of a valuable collec¬
tion of about four hundred specimens of ancient book¬
bindings, which had been gathered by Dr. Becher, of Carls¬
bad. The museum has also been enriched by a collection
of nearly two hundred thousand view post-cards, which
were given it by the recently deceased Doctor Geibel, an
enthusiastic collector of autographs.
The firm of Friedrick Vieweg & Sohn, of Braun¬
schweig, on the recent occasion of attaining its one hun¬
dred and twenty-fifth year, gave 3,000 marks ($714) each
to the Printers’ General Mutual Benefit Association
(whose headquarters are at Leipsic) and the German
Book Trades Employees’ Association, to add to their
benefit funds. The proprietor of the firm received an
honorary title of doctor and two of his technical assist¬
ants honorary insignia from the ducal regent of the dis¬
trict.
Some interesting facts concerning the development of
the printing industry in Berlin and its suburbs are given
in a report presented at a meeting, on May 11, of Section
8 (Berlin) of the German Printing Trades Association for
the Utilization of the Government’s Accident Insurance
System [how is this for a long name?]. According to this,
the total sum paid out as wages in 1890 was 10,822,162
marks ($2,575,675) ; this was more than doubled in the
next ten years, being 22,161,538 marks ($5,274,446) in
1900. In the succeeding ten years almost another doubling
resulted — 40,939,832 marks ($9,743,680) in 1910. The
average yearly wage of a craft workman in 1886 was
999.28 marks ($237.83). This rose to 1,454.71 marks
($346.02) in 1910, being an increase of 45.57 per cent in
twenty-five years. The number of concerns insured was
461 in 1886; in 1910 it was 832, an increase of 80.47 per
cent. The number of insured employees was 28,143 in
1910. In the same year there were 943 industrial acci¬
dents, of which the most occurred at cylinder presses (124),
rotaries (70), platen presses (81), paper-cutters (31),
and composing machines (13) ; at other various machines
there were 135 accidents. There was paid during this
year 118,761 marks ($28,265) to insured injured work¬
people.
Herr Karl Baedecker, head of the publishing house
at Leipsic bearing his name, died May 12, at a health
resort in Wiirttemberg, at the age of seventy-four. He
was the son of the founder of the house, who started it in
Coblenz in 1827, and who began in 1839 to publish his first
guide-books for Holland and England, followed by those
for all countries visited by tourists. The deceased in 1872
moved the plant to Leipsic, where he and his brother con¬
tinued to perfect their famous guide-books, which are now
published in all the modern languages. It is remarkable
that these guides contain no advertisements and that no
recommendations by Baedecker could be purchased.
The Leipsic Society of Master Printers on October 4,
1910, inaugurated a course of teaching cost accounting,
which ended May 5 last. It comprised thirty evening ses¬
sions of two hours each. At the beginning the attendance
numbered forty-five and at the end eighteen, the average
being thirty-one; ten attendants did not miss a single
evening. Two ladies were among the attendants. The
course included the reckoning of the costs, as based on the
wage-scales, of producing all sorts of printed matter,
beginning with the simplest forms up to illustrated and
multicolored work, also job and rotary work. By means
of this course much serviceable knowledge and practice
was gained, which should enable the possessors to obtain
and maintain better paying positions in the trade.
On June 16, thirty-seven rotary pressmen employed by
the August Scherl Company, of Berlin, laid down their
work, because of the discharge of two of their colleagues,
the demand for their reinstatement having been denied.
In consequence, the Berlin Lokal-Anzeiger, Der Tag, and
the Abendzeitung , published by this company, could not
appear. Two other houses, Ullstein & Co. and Rudolf
Mosse, offered assistance to the Scherl Company, but
their pressmen were not so willing and also desisted from
work, causing the temporary suspension of the Berlin
Tageblatt, the Abendpost and the Valkzeitung. The action
of the men was declared illegal by the printers’ and the
pressmen’s unions, which demanded that the men return to
work, under threat of expulsion from their organizations.
However, it took three days of conferring before matters
were finally adjusted so that the men would take their
places again. On the 19th the papers mentioned again
made their regular appearance. It appears that the cause
of the trouble arose last December, when the Scherl Com¬
pany let out seven pressmen and rearranged the working
hours, which necessitated more overtime for the remainder
than was satisfactory to them. The matter being referred
to the proper authorities for consideration, these outlined
a scheme of working hours, which the company was pre¬
pared to accept, but which was still objectionable to the
men, who on May 8 showed a disposition to strike. The
company had to give in, but brought a complaint before
the authorities, charging the men with violation of the
wage-contract. The men were adjudged guilty, and espe-
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cial blame was laid on the two men who were later dis¬
charged. Though work has been resumed* the controversy
requires some threshing out before everybody is satisfied.
GREAT BRITAIN.
At an exhibition in Shepard’s Bush, London, are being
shown the first power press built by Friedrich Konig and
the earliest rotary, the latter originating in Edinburgh.
The late Mr. Elliott Stock, a noted London publisher,
whose estate valued $218,000, left $2,500 to his manager,
and directed that his collection of first editions and of
drawings be sold at auction.
An Edinburgh firm, Messrs. Ballentyne, Hanson & Co.,
lent to the Scottish National Exposition at Glasgow an old
wooden hand press which James Ballentyne used in print¬
ing Sir Walter Scott’s Waverly novels.
A COPY of the book written by Amerigo Vespucci and
published at St. Die, in 1507, was recently sold in London
for $500. This work describes the travels of the author, a
Florentine merchant, who is said to have first discovered
the mainland of America, which was named after him.
Thirty boys employed as feeders in the printing-office
of the Bank of England ceased work recently, because the
usual payment of 3 pence daily for overtime had been
stopped. Half an hour later they were informed that this
remuneration would continue as before, when the victors
promptly returned to their places.
At a late meeting of the London Printing Trades Com¬
mittee, consisting of one delegate for each one thousand
members of the unions engaged in the strike for the shorter
work-day, it was resolved, by a vote of twenty-two for and
four against, to permit each organization from now on to
deal for itself with the employers.
At last accounts there were but seven hundred print¬
ers still out because of the strike in London for a shorter
workday. This entails the expenditure of £730 ($3,550)
per week in strike benefits — 25 shillings a week to each
person. Of this amount £103 is paid to female printers.
To support those still out, 3 shillings per week is collected
from each working member of the London Society of Com¬
positors.
FRANCE.
The thirty printers in the city of Mans have given
notice to their clients, by way of advertising in the local
journals, that the price of printing would be raised.
The shares of the Revue des Deux Mondes, which have
a face value of 5,000 francs, are now held at 40,000 francs
each, which would indicate that this publication is a very
profitable one.
Beginning with May 15, the Parisian printers have
increased the price of printing ten per cent. Announce¬
ment to their patrons of the increase has been posted in
nearly all the offices.
According to the latest statistics, there are four hun¬
dred linotype operators in Paris receiving $2.40 per night
of seven hours, while there are three thousand hand com¬
positors receiving $1.45 per day of nine hours.
The ministry of finance has appointed a commission of
eleven government officials, to study the question of reor¬
ganizing the entire service of the French Government
Printing Office, and also to investigate all matters concern¬
ing the transfer of the office into the new buildings erected
for it. It will be remembered there was much scandal in
connection with the building of the office’s new home.
The Foucher typefoundry, of Paris, has produced a
new model of its well-known automatic typecasting
machine and claims that it will cast thirteen thousand let¬
ters per hour, or seventy thousand in a normal working
day.
Sanitary regulations have been officially made in
France that bronzing must be done exclusively by machin¬
ery. This redounds to the benefit of the makers of gold
inks, by which the smaller shops can only do printing in
gold.
A CONGRESS of those interested will be held in Roubaix,
during September, to consider the apprenticeship question,
especially as it applies to the printing trade. Delegates
from the organizations of employing and working print¬
ers will be in attendance.
The noted Parisian daily, Le Temps, on May 11 attained
its fiftieth year, and at the same time moved into its hand¬
some new building. Most noteworthy is the fact that this
sheet appeared for the first time with six pages. It is now
intended to have it appear occasionally with eight pages.
The masters and men at Lyons recently made a five-
year agreement upon a new wage-scale. The minimum rate
per nine-hour day for hand compositors and pressmen is
6.50 francs ($1.25), and per seven-hour day for machine
compositors, 10.10 francs ($1.96)). The term of appren¬
ticeship has been fixed at five years.
A vote was recently taken by the Paris compositors’
union upon a proposition to give amnesty to those who had
been expelled because of unfaithfulness during the strike
in 1906. The result was unfavorable, the vote being 893
for and 997 against, which evidences a continuation of
much ill feeling against the disloyal brethren.
There died recently at Lyons, M. Antoine Lumiere, the
head of the famous photographic house bearing this name.
He was sixty-nine years old, and leaves two sons, August
and Louis, who have also achieved distinction in the pho¬
tographic arts. The color-negatives invented by the
Lumieres are a wonderful advance in their line. The
Kinematograph owes much of its success to the inventive
genius of the elder Lumiere. The sons will continue the
business, which has been increased by a coalition with the
noted Yongla concern.
SWITZERLAND.
A convention of Swiss master printers was held at
Bienne, June 10 and 11. One of the leading topics dis¬
cussed was the selling price of printing.
Recently the photoengraving houses of Switzerland
and Germany, which belong to the respective master litho¬
graphic printers’ associations of the two countries, agreed
upon a uniform scale of prices. According to this, the
charge per square centimeter for half-tones on zinc will be
10 centimes; vignetted, 12 centimes (respectively, 12%
and 15 cents per square inch) ; on copper, 12 centimes;
vignetted, 15 centimes (respectively, 15 and 18% cents per
square inch). A discount of two per cent for cash in
thirty days is given; also discounts of five, seven and ten
per cent respectively upon 1,000, 2,000 and over 2,000
francs’ worth of work ordered during one year.
The Society for Maintaining the Gutenberg Hall at
Berne, which was started in 1810, has just issued its first
annual report. It is an elegantly executed forty-eight-page
pamphlet, printed in old-style German type. In addition
to the official report and list of members, it contains the
second supplement to the catalogue of the books and objects
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in the hall, which is an excellent museum of typographic
antiquities. Some of the newly added books date back to
1523, 1528 and 1540. There is in the pamphlet also a short
history of the introduction of printing into Switzerland
and its subsequent development, illustrated by eight repro¬
ductions of early Swiss typography (some in colors),
including three incunabula. Further interesting contents
are a portrait of Gutenberg done in brass rules and a
picture of the house (located in Beromunster) where the
first Swiss printing was done. Typobibliophiles will be
much interested in this booklet, even if it is printed in
German and French. Copies may be had at 1 franc each
from the society’s secretary, Herr G. A. Buesz, Floragasse
28, Berne.
The Sehweigerhauser printing-office at Basle, after
having occupied one location one hundred and fifteen years,
will now remove to new, modernly arranged quarters, the
old premises having been bought by the government for a
special purpose. This office uses as a device the coat-of-
arms of Johann Petri von Langendorf, dated 1484, in which
year he established the business. About the middle of the
seventeenth century the Petri family ceased as successors
to the founder, and after a series of ownership changes
one Jakob Decker acquired the office in 1795. The Decker
successors developed the business in a high degree, oper¬
ating ten presses and employing twenty-three workmen.
One of the Decker family was given a commission as
printer to the court at Berlin, and out of his office grew the
present extensive government printing-office of Germany.
In 1817 Johann Sehweigerhauser acquired the Basle office
and it has borne his name ever since. For a long time he
and his successors held a brevet as the Basle University
printers, through which they acquired distinction as pub¬
lishers, to-day cataloguing as many as two thousand works
in the various branches of literature. For over one hun¬
dred years this office has printed the Kantonsblatt.
AUSTRIA.
The speeches were so plentiful at the last session of the
Austrian Reichsrat that they swelled the official record to
five thousand pages. The cost of printing reached $60,000.
The Pentecost issue of the Neuer Wiener Tageblatt
contained 184 pages and that of the Neue Freie Presse 128
pages, showing that these Viennese journals are ambitious
at times to compete with their big American contempora¬
ries.
The winter courses for book and illustrative work of
the Royal Graphic Academy of Instruction and Experi¬
ment, at Vienna, begin by a preliminary examination of
entrants, on September 16 and 18. Two courses take up
typography, typefoundry, lithography and photography,
and the mechanical, chemical, physical and hygienic details
appertaining thereto, as well as study of materials, book¬
keeping and trade history. A third course is devoted to
special training in photomechanical reproductive processes.
A writer on typographic topics in a Viennese trade
journal refers to an element of confusion in naming-
graphic processes, to obviate which it is suggested to have
words terminating in “ typy ” apply solely to high-relief
methods of printing, such as printing from founders’ type
and stereo and electro plates made from it, also from wood-
cuts and half-tones; words terminating in “ graph y ”
apply to printing from flat surfaces, such as in the litho¬
graphic method, and words terminating in “ gravure ” to
methods where the design is sunken in the plate, as in
steel and copper plate printing. Thus, metalotypy, stereo¬
typy, electrotypy, chemitypy, autotypy (a German word
for half-tone) are good words, while daguerreotypy and
ferrotypy are not. Lithography and metallography (apply¬
ing to offset plates) are good, while typography, though
time-honored, is not. The French designation, photo¬
gravure, is not a good one for what we term half-tone,
relief-plate printing. As the writer truly remarks, the
translator meets with many difficulties in correctly ren¬
dering process names from one language to another.
SPAIN.
On June 14, Richard Gans, proprietor of the enter¬
prising typefoundry at Madrid bearing his name, cele¬
brated his thirtieth business anniversary. The occupation
of a new foundry building and the remodeling of the older
buildings was also celebrated.
For the purpose of studying and improving the pres¬
ent conditions in the printing industry of Spain, there has
been formed at Barcelona a permanent commission, com¬
posed of prominent printers. This commission has invited
colleagues all over the country to participate in a con¬
gress, to be held September 4 to 6. The results of the
conferences at this congress are to be presented to the
government, that it may be induced to come to the assist¬
ance of the printing trade, which is now at a very low ebb
in this land. Excursions to visit the larger factories and
businesses will be a feature of this congress.
HUNGARY.
Through the influence of the Prague Chamber of Com¬
merce, a technical museum has been established in the pal¬
ace of the Prince of Schwarzenberg, near the Hradschin,
or royal castle. The graphic arts in particular are well
represented in exhibits of machinery, appliances and
products.
Mention already has been made that the city adminis¬
tration of Budapest had fixed a daily charge of 15 crowns
($3) for permits to distribute dodgers, etc., on the streets.
Those interested made such an energetic protest that this
rate has been reduced to 5 crowns daily for the distribution
of printed advertising. The daily rate for “ sandwich
men ” is fixed at 3 crowns, and at 10 crowns (formerly 25
crowns) for advertising vans.
ITALY.
Over five hundred delegates were in attendance at the
International Press Congress which was held in Rome in
May.
The second congress of Italian master printers was
held in Turin, June 28 to July 1. Among the leading ques¬
tions discussed were insurance against strikes and the
starting of a special organ for the master printers.
Over four hundred and fifty exhibitors have displays
in the graphic arts section of the international exposition
at Turin. One of the features is a printing-office fitted
up after the pattern of the early ones, the one in the Plantin
Musee at Antwerp being followed as a model.
CHINA.
The government has started the establishing of a mod¬
ern plant for printing paper money. It is estimated that
the cost of the building and its appointments will reach
$2,000,000, and that it will take about two years to get
everything into shape to begin printing. The government
had sent Doctor Chen to Europe and America to study the
problem of printing money, and on his report the note¬
printing establishment at Washington was taken as a
model to follow.
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BELGIUM.
The Musee du Livre, at Brussels, has issued a pam¬
phlet containing the draft of a novel law for establishing
free public libraries in Belgium. The peculiar feature
about the plan is that those desiring to borrow books are to
be served by the postoffice department, which is to carry
the books from the libraries to the readers and back again.
A charge of 5 centimes (1 cent) per volume is to be made
for this service. Book borrowers are to furnish a guar¬
antee of 3 francs (60 cents) per volume, which guarantee
may be made by a draft upon one’s account at a postal
savings-bank.
EGYPT.
The report for 1910 of the Egyptian postoffice depart¬
ment states that 124 periodicals were published in this
country during this year. Ten new publications were
started, while thirty were suspended. The number of sub¬
scribers has also diminished, which is explained by the
fact that much distrust is felt as to the ability of the postal
regime to deliver the journals promptly and safely. Of
the periodicals sixty-four are printed in Arabic, four in
various Oriental and fifty-six in various European lan¬
guages.
GUATEMALA.
The capital, Guatemala, of this country, according to
the Heraldo, has twenty printing-offices, employing about
400 printers and operating 18 rotaries, 15 cylinders and 150
platen presses. Considering that the capital has but fifty
thousand inhabitants (and the whole country about one
million two hundred thousand), one may conclude that our
industry is quite well developed there.
ROUMANIA.
The ministry of commerce has granted to Ch. Jonescu,
printer, of Bucharest, an exemption for fifteen years from
paying duties upon whatever printing material he may be
obliged to import for his own use.
MISUSE OF WORD “WHILE.”
A correspondent calls attention to the misuse of the
word “ while ” by newspaper writers in the following com¬
munication :
“ I always read with interest allusions in your excellent
publication to errors of grammar and construction to which
reporters are prone. I wonder if you have observed how
often the word ‘ while ’ is misused. Many reporters in their
anxiety to avoid a too frequent repetition of the conjunc¬
tion ‘ and ’ substitute ‘ while,’ sometimes with absurd effect.
“ I know one young reporter who appears to think that
‘ while ’ and ‘ and ’ are synonymous and may be introduced
alternately anywhere. In reporting a concert not long ago
he wrote something like this: ‘Misses Smith and Jones
sang duets, while Mr. Robinson’s gramophone gave recita¬
tions.’ Poor ladies. On another occasion, in an obituary
article he wrote: ‘ The deceased lady’s son died last sum¬
mer, while her husband lost his life in the hunting field
many years ago.’
“ Surely all who write for the press and all editors and
proofreaders should know that the adverb ‘ while ’ means
either ‘ during the time that,’ or ‘ as long as,’ or ‘ at the
same time that.’ ” — Exchange.
ECONOMY AND EFFICIENCY.
Harrington Emerson, the expert on scientific manage¬
ment, says that he never works for economy, but for effi¬
ciency, knowing that economy would result as a by-product.
Correspondence relating to this department is respectfully
invited from electrotypers, stereotypers and others. Individual
experiences in any way pertaining to the trade are solicited.
Inquiries will receive prompt attention. Differences of opinion
re^ardin^ answers given by the editor will receive respectful
consideration. Address The Inland Printer Company, Chicago.
Roll er-machine Paste.
G. L. writes : “ I am a stereotyper by trade, but have
always worked on brushwork. I am about to change my
place. Where I am going they have a molding machine.
Will you kindly furnish me with receipt for paste for mold¬
ing machine matrix? ”
Answer. — A good paste for roller matrices is made as
follows: 15 pounds of white dextrin, 10 pounds of bolted
whiting and 5 pounds of Oswego Starch in 22 quarts of
water. Stir with the hands until all lumps have disap¬
peared, and then cook in the usual manner. In warm
weather a tablespoonful of carbolic acid should be added
to prevent fermenting.
Sweating.
F. G. M. writes: “ I have been having some trouble in
soldering electros onto solid metal, and would like some
advice.”
Answer. — Shave the top of the base and the back of the
plate so as to have clean, smooth surfaces. Do not shave
the bottom of the base. Brush over the shaved surface of
the base with soldering fluid, made by dissolving scraps of
zinc in muriatic acid to saturation, and diluting with an
equal bulk of water. After covering the surface of the base
with a sheet of tinfoil, place it on an iron plate and float it
in your metal-pot. When the tin begins to melt, remove
the base from the metal-pot, place the electro upon it, and
immediately clamp them together. The back of the electro
should have been previously brushed over with the solder¬
ing fluid. The plate and base may be clamped together
with an ordinary hand-clamp, or more than one if the plate
is large, first protecting the face of the plate by laying
upon it a piece of smooth board. In this method of block¬
ing, advantage is taken of the fact that tin fuses at a
much lower temperature than stereotype or electrotype
metal, and also that clean, bright metal fuses much more
readily than old metal, or, strictly speaking, metal which
has become oxidized. Because of this latter fact, it is
important that the bottom of the base should not be shaved,
as the film of oxid protects it to a considerable extent and
insures the fusing of the tin before the base metal is
attacked.
Hot Solution.
L. L. S. writes: “ I am having a lot of trouble with my
solution and would like to have you help me if possible. I
know that the solution should be warm, but mine is between
90° and 95° and that seems too warm. The shell deposits
very slowly. Have you any suggestions that may be of
assistance to me? ”
Answer. — Your solution is unquestionably too warm,
the best result obtaining at a temperature of about 80°.
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The cause of heating of the solution is resistance. This is
always the cause of heat, and the way to minimize the
resistance is to increase the capacity of the conductors.
The solution is a conductor of the current from the anode
to the cathode. It is a very poor conductor, however, as all
solutions are, and must, therefore, have a large area to
compensate for what it lacks in quality. Under ordinary
conditions the cross-sectional area of the solution should be
at least twice as great as the area of the anode; with a
very strong current, the cross-sectional area of the solu¬
tion should be at least three times that of the anode. In
other words, if the anode is 15 by 20 inches, the vat should
be 32 inches wide and the solution 28 inches deep. A cur¬
rent of sufficient strength to deposit good shells in one hour
requires large conductors, and this applies not only to the
copper rods but to the solution, which is also a conductor
and a poor one. What it lacks in quality must be made up
in quantity. The solution depends largely upon the sul¬
phuric acid in it for its conductivity, and a low percentage
of this acid naturally increases the resistance and results
in heat. When sulphuric acid is poured into the solution, it
heats it, giving an erroneous idea that that is its function,
but this heat is not permanent, as the solution soon cools
off.
Hard Stereos.
C. H. L. writes: “Have you any special treatise on
half-tones, stereotyping or instructions on Dalzieltypes? I
want to produce nickel or steel faced stereotypes from half¬
tones for large number of impressions.”
Answer. — Dalzieltypes are stereotypes cast of extremely
hard metal and faced with nickel. The process consists in
surrounding a sheet of matrix paper with nonpareil rules
laid flat on the edges of the paper. The shallow pan thus
formed is filled with a secret composition and allowed to set
until the paper consistency for molding is reached. The
impression is made on an electrotype molding press. After
thorough drying the cast is made in the usual manner.
The stereo is then nickel-plated. The Lovejoy Company,
of New York, purchased the right to make these plates, but
after experimenting for some time discovered that it cost
more to make them than it did to make electrotypes. Any
further information you may want regarding this form of
stereotyping may probably be had by writing the Lovejoy
Company.
STEREOTYPING HALF-TONES.
In stereotyping half-tones, it is well to use a special
paper, which can be purchased from dealers in matrix
paper. A good paste for this work can be made up of 2%
pounds of starch, % pound of flour and 6 ounces of dextrin
with 2% gallons of water, cooked in the usual way. Half¬
tones do not require oil, in fact it is better if they are not
oiled.
NICKEL-PLATING STEREOTYPES.
In nickel-plating stereotypes great care should be used
to see that the surface to be plated is perfectly clean. The
plate should be dipped for a few seconds in a nitric-acid
solution of about two ounces of acid to a gallon of water,
to remove the oxid which forms over its face, and then thor¬
oughly rinsed in water and quickly put into the bath, as a
film of oxid forms almost immediately upon exposure to the
air.
Casting Chalk-plates.
J. C. E. writes: “Is it possible to get as good casts
from chalk-plates as from papier-mache molds? ”
Answer. — The stereotyper in a newspaper office is fre¬
quently called upon to cast “ chalk-plates.” Good casts
may be made if the metal and chalk-plate are heated to the
proper temperature. An error is often made in trying to
cast with the temperature too low. Shrinks may be avoided
by chilling the lower end of the cast first and gradually
extending the cooling process to the upper end. This may
be done with a sponge or swab soaked in water. The cool¬
ing should be done on the side the chalk-plate is on.
CONCAVED STEREOTYPES.
When large type or black cuts come out in the case con¬
caved or depressed in the center, it may be due to one of
several causes. If the concave is in the matrix, it may be
caused by hard drying-blankets and insufficient squeeze on
the drying-press, or, if a very thin matrix is employed, the
pressure of the metal in casting will sometimes force down
the spaces around the large type or other black surface to
an extent sufficient to cause the center of the type-mold to
spring up slightly, thus forming a depression in the cast.
If the matrix is not defective, the depression in the cast is
caused by the shrinkage of the metal away from the matrix
in cooling. This may be due to one or more of three causes:
The metal may be too hot, or it may contain too much tin;
or the casting-box may be tilted in the wrong direction,
that is, so that the pressure of the metal is against the back
cover of the box instead of against the matrix. The casting-
box should lean a little so that the matrix will rest against
the lower half. The tendency will then be for the metal to
shrink away from the cover rather than away from the
matrix. Honeycombed plates are caused by too much anti¬
mony in the metal, and the remedy is to add a smaller
amount to the mixture. Spongy plates may be due to the
presence of zinc in the metal or to lack of thorough mixing.
SOME OF THE TROUBLES AT A DEPARTMENT
STORE.
A man with a soft, low voice had just completed his pur¬
chases in a department store, says the Brooklyn Eagle.
“ What is the name? ” asked the clerk.
“ Jepson,” replied the man.
“ Chipson? ”
“ No, Jepson.”
“ Oh, yes, Jefferson.”
“No, Jepson; J-e-p-s-o-n.”
“ Jepson? ”
“ That’s it. You have it. Sixteen eighty-two ” -
“ Your first name, initial please.”
“ Oh, K.”
“ O. K. Jepson.”
“ Excuse me. It isn’t 0. K. You did not understand
me. I said ‘ O-h.’ ”
“ 0. Jepson.”
“No; rub out the 0 and let the K stand.”
The clerk looked annoyed. “ Will you please give me
your initials again? ”
“ I said K.”
“I beg pardon. You said 0. K. Perhaps you had better
write it yourself.”
“I said ‘Oh,’ ” -
“ Just now you said K.”
“Allow me to finish what I started to say. I said ‘ Oh,’
because I did not understand what you were asking me. I
did not mean that it was my initial. My name is Kirby
Jepson.”
“ Oh! ”
“ No, not 0., but K.,” said the man. “ Give me the
pencil and I’ll write it down for you myself. There, I guess
it’s 0. K. now.”
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ONTAINED in this month’s insert are some un¬
usual and interesting features. On this page and
the one following are reproduced some commer¬
cial specimens by J. F. Tucker, of New Phila¬
delphia, Ohio. Other specimens by Mr. Tucker,
together with a sketch, appear in the Job Com¬
position department. On pages 3 to 8, inclusive,
will be found interesting designs in typefoundry materials, by courtesy
of the H. C. Hansen Type Foundry, Barnhart Bros. & Spindler, the
Keystone Type Foundry, the Mergenthaler Finotype Company, the
American Type Founders Company and the Inland Type Foundry.
These designs suggest some of the effects obtainable by the use of the
recent offerings in type and decorative material, and their careful study
can not be other than beneficial to the ambitious typographer with a
sincere desire to bring about an improvement in his work.
The booklet is not expensive advertis¬
ing. You do not scatter it broadcast.
You select the list of buyers you wish
to attract, and concentrate your efforts
there.
Persistency is required. It is not to
be expected that you can convince a
buyer your way the first time. Judicious,
direct and persistent circulation of the
right kind of booklet never fails to in¬
crease trade.
The booklet should be mailed. The
booklet should have an envelope to
match. The cost of mailing a booklet is
one cent, which delivers it right into the
hand of the buyer you are after.
T e manufacturers whose goods the
retailers handle are, as you know, per¬
sistent advertisers. They will gladly
supply you with illustrations for use in
your booklets.
No other class of sellers
uses booklets so much as
manufacturers. Many of
them have big catalogues
and price lists, but they
havg', as a rule, learned the advantage of
attack, in detail — a booklet for each
machine or each group of machines.
Booklets
for
Manu¬
facturers
Commercial designs by J. F. Tucker, New Philadelphia, Ohio.
(See Job Composition Department.)
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Art Brass Rule. Art Brass Rule.
By courtesy of the II. C. Hansen Type Foundry.
Girdon-Brown
Automobile
The Girdon-Brown Car is
made and distributed by an ex¬
perienced organization whose
equal aim is to build the finest
cars possible and to render such
attentive service to owners that
each car will give complete and
permanent satisfaction.
As to the fundamental vir¬
tues of Safety and Reliability,
it is a typical Automobile — a
car of the highest quality of
material, workmanship and in¬
spection. An up-to-date model.
Hanford, Browning & Delare
Selling Agents
794-798 Cycle Street, Motorville
Set in Barnhart Old Style.
By courtesy of Barnhart Bros. & Spindler.
DUTCH
HANDICRAFT
CATALOGUE XIV
AN ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST OF THE
VARIOUS MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS
FOR WHICH HOLLANDERS ARE NOTED
THE DUTCH STORE
ROTTERDAM BOULEVARD, NEW AMSTERDAM
Set in Caslon Lightface, with “ Dutchies,” Cut No. 3064 and 18-point Rule No. 810.
By courtesy of the Keystone Type Foundry.
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13. Choptank River — Dividing Creek — Buoys Established. — On
September 20, 1904, the following buoys were established to mark the
channel in Dividing Creek, a tributary of the Choptank River:
Entrance buoy, a black spar, No. 1, moored in 9 feet of water, on the
bearings :
Howells Point . S. by E. § E.
Horn Point . SW.
Chlora Point . . . . NW. 2 W.
Channel buoy, a red spar, No. 2, moored in 11 feet of water, on the
bearings :
Howells Point . S. by E. £ E.
Horn Point . SW. 1 S.
Chlora Point . NW. by W. g W.
14. Chesapeake Bay — Annapolis Harbor — Buoy Moved. — On
September 18, 1904, the red spar buoy, No. 18, near the inner end of the
dredged channel in Annapolis Harbor, was moved about ^ mile southeast¬
ward and moored in 30 feet of water, on the bearings :
Carrs Point . ENE. 2 E.
Horn Point . SSW. | W.
Santee wharf, outer end . j. . NW. by W. 2 W.
(L. H. B. Weekly N. to M. No. 10 of 1904- — Charts affected: 385 and
135; U. S. Coast Pilot, Atlantic Coast, Part VI, 1902, pp. 85, 86, 87.)
15. Baltimore Harbor — Hawkins Point — Color of Lighthouse
Changed. — The color of the lighthouse located in the water near Haw¬
kins Point, southwestern side of Patapsco River, has been changed from
white to light brown.
(L. H. B. Weekly N. to M. No. 10 of 1904. — Charts affected: 54.9 and
136; U. S. Coast Pilot, Atlantic Coast, Part VI, 1902, p. 25.)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
16. Potomac River — Buoy Established. — On October 6, 1904,
Naval Magazine buoy, a red spar, No. 0, was moored in 17 feet of water
on the edge of the flats, about f mile below the U. S. Naval Magazine
wharf, on the bearings:
Washington Monument . . N. easterly
Naval Magazine wharf, outer end . NE. by N.
Hunters Point . . . N. by W. 1 W.
(L. H. B. Weekly N. to M. No. 11 of 1904. — Charts affected: 391;
U. S. Coast Pilot, Atlantic Coast, Part VI, 1902, p. 79.)
Set in 8 and 10 point Century Expanded, with italic and small caps. ; 10-p oint Century Expanded, with Century Bold ; Linotype
Border No. 82 and Linotype Border Slides Nos. 402 and 404.
By courtesy of the Mergenthaler Linotype Company.
"From Grave to Gay, from Lively to Severe”
PRINTING
FOR ALL OCCASIONS
Printing, as done by us, has superior value because it is Planned to Attract
and Convince. What you have to say to the Buying Public is better said
when Printed by us, just as phrases spoken by one man may be unheeded
which in the mouth of another may stir a whole nation to action.
Our Printing has infinite variety, suitable to every Occasion and Re¬
quirement. This Advertisement is composed in a recent Revival of Classic
Types designed by Bodoni, the greatest Printer of the early nineteenth
century. This Type Design revolutionized typographic taste. Bodoni’s work
was admired by Napoleon the Great, who became the patron of Bodoni
and generously financed the publishing enterprises of Italy’s great printer.
Those of our customers
whose work demands Simple
Elegance, combined with Dis¬
tinction of Style, will lie well
suited by this, our very Latest
MACHINERY
Acquisition in Types.
But we have all the Good
MANUFACTURED
and Fashionable Type Designs,
and, better still, we know how
IN FACTORY OF
to use them effectively for your
advantage.
Attached is a specimen
Title Page displayed in Bodoni
Types.
BURK MACHINE WORKS
HOISTING APPARATUS
THE CAXTON
PRINTING
WORKS
NEWARK
No. 385 Manchester Street
Gutenberg Avenue, Manly, Ohio
MDCCCCXI
TELEPHONE MAIN 569
Set in Bodoni Series.
By courtesy of American Type Founders Company.
d* Every Day, W\ ister
D * L you look about the skojp and try
I I li I Its I devise ways av\d means for
improving the quality and quantity of your
work. You kear the call that kas gone broadcast
over the land for a higher standard of work¬
manship, and you are inspired to rusk into tke
front rank. Some of you get there — and stay
there; some of you get get there — and come
back to the rear, and some of you never get any
nearer the front than a mere desire to get there.
The men who are out in front may not possess
greater intelligence than the men behind, but
it’s a cinch their business acumen is more
acute. And it’s business ability, not the bare
education one gets in schools and colleges, that
puts one out in front and keeps one there. Ideas
must get beyond thinking to produce results.
So, lV\r. Printer, set your standard at the hight
you choose, but just let this truth settle in your
mind: The men who have gained and hold the
front ranks in the printing trades placed the mat¬
ter of equipment as their chief necessity. They
realized there were more properly equipped
workmen than properly equipped workshops.
Set in Pen Print Series, with Borders Nos. 240021 and 240022.
By courtesy of Inland Type Foundry.
THE INLAND PRINTER
721
In this series of articles the problems of Job composition
will be discussed* and illustrated with numerous examples.
These discussions and examples will be specialised and treated
as exhaustively as possible* tbe examples beini criticised on
fundamental principles — the basis of all art expression. By
this method the printer will develop his taste and skill, not on
mere dogmatic assertion* but on recognized and clearly defined
Saws.
J® Forest Tucker®
The story of the rise of J. Forest Tucker, foreman in
the composing-room of the Marsh Printing Company, New
Philadelphia, Ohio, is an interesting study, one that any
young compositor could read with profit, because it illus¬
trates what can be accom¬
plished by perseverance, in¬
dustry and study. It is not
one of the rapid strides of a
genius, but rather of a steady
advancement, advancement in
spite of deterring influences
that might easily have
dwarfed ambition and made
our subject one of that great
army of mediocre craftsmen
of our land.
Mr. Tucker has said to
the writer that he doesn’t
just exactly know what most
strongly induced him to learn
the printing art, but being
familiar with his career since
the days when he first went
to work in the job-printing
establishment of A. V. Dona-
hey, in New Philadelphia,
Ohio, in 1897, I am inclined
to think that it “ just hap¬
pened.” A printing-shop has
a strong attraction for the
average boy fourteen or fif¬
teen years of age, and no
doubt it was such an attrac¬
tion, together with the desire
for a job, that caught the
young man. Mr. Tucker was
just fourteen years of age
when he began his career in
the printing field. He was a
tall, slender, modest young-
fellow, but one of the dependable sort that you could always
feel sure in trusting.
Mr. Tucker worked in the Donahey shop for several
years. He learned to set type and feed job presses, but
not much else. There was no guiding hand of a master
printer to teach or inspire him. There was the most
meager equipment, and the product was of the simple and
common grade, but whatever the young man worked at, he
strove of his own initiative to do in the best possible way.
He was born in a small village in Carroll county, Ohio,
5-6
but came with his parents to New Philadelphia while
quite young, and, as he went to work when only fourteen
years of age, his school days were necessarily few; but
being of an industrious nature, he wasted no time, and has
done much reading to pertaining to the printing art in the
trade journals and in books on printing subjects. Thus,
what he has missed in common-school education, he has
made up in the inspiration and knowledge gained from his
reading.
Leaving the Donahey shop in 1901 he worked for a
short time in the shop of the Ohio Printing Company, at
New Philadelphia, going thence to Canton, Ohio, to the
shop of the Enterprise Printing Company, and, as in the
first shop in which he worked, he missed the stimulation
and the inspiration of proper shop training. Of course he
learned something of the purely mechanical phase of the
business, but there was missing that atmosphere that
tends to inspire one to efforts to progress in mastering the
art. Feeling the restraint of this lack in proper conditions
in his working surroundings, in January, 1907, Mr. Tucker
left the Enterprise shop in Canton and returned to New
Philadelphia, to enter the employ of the Marsh Print¬
ing Company, which is the
successor of the Donahey
shop, and located in the same
rooms where he first went to
work. Here he found condi¬
tions that readily inspired
him to go forwar d. The
shop was considerably im¬
proved in equipment, and a
higher grade of product was
being turned out than when
he formerly worked there,
but aside from this, he found
in the management a respon¬
sive ambition to make the
product the very best under
all circumstances. Unde r
this kindred ambition Mr.
Tucker became an enthusias¬
tic student of the art, and
was always eager and alert
to keep abreast with the
advanced ideas and new and
good things pertaining to the
business of making good
printing.
In 1909 and 1910 he was
enrolled as one of the enthu¬
siastic students of the I. T. U.
job-composition course. Al¬
ways chock full of good,
tasteful ideas for the work
in hand, yet it was the tech¬
nical training received in
that course of study that de¬
veloped his capabilities more
than any other of his experiences. He has since won quite
a number of prizes in composition contests, and his work
is attracting attention in an ever-widening field for the
product of the shop in which he is employed.
One of Mr. Tucker’s hobbies is to “ give them some¬
thing different,” keeping in mind, however, the rules gov¬
erning good typography. The equipment of his workroom
is somewhat modest as compared with larger shops in
larger cities, but he is always resourceful, and inspection
of specimens of his work would suggest to the average
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A page of commercial designs by J. F. Tucker
THE INLAND PRINTER
723
mind that the plant was far better equipped than it really
is. His workroom is well lighted, and in the matter of
arrangement of type-cabinets, stones and work-benches he
has placed them with an idea of economical advantage as
to accessibility and lighting. It is a rule of his room that
there must be a place for everything, and everything to be
in its place when not in actual use.
He is a firm believer in the value of printers adver¬
tising their own business by the very best examples of
their work, and he is never happier than when designing
advertising for the shop in which he is employed. Some of
the most notable specimens of his work have been done in
this connection, and the good results in attracting new and
better business to the firm as a result of such advertising
are a source of pleasure and satisfaction to him.
In this sketch of Mr. Tucker’s career in the field of
printing, our object has been to tell a plain story of just
an ordinary young man who is rapidly forging to the front
as one of the compositors of the day and whose work is
winning commendation for its excellence in artistic typog¬
raphy and originality of design. It is a story which shows
that, in spite of environments that had anything but an
uplifting tendency, by industrious application and a stead¬
fast purpose to succeed, he has begun to reap the fruits
of his efforts to enter the class of craftsmen who do the
higher and better kind of printing.
Under this head will be briefly reviewed brochures, booklets
and specimens of printing sent in for criticism. Literature sub¬
mitted for this purpose should be marked “For Criticism,” and
directed to The Inland Printer Company, Chicago.
Postage on packages containing specimens must not be in¬
cluded in packages of specimens, unless letter postage is placed
on the entire package.
The Jackson Press, Kingston, Ontario. — Your booklet is cleverly gotten
up, well printed and should prove excellent advertising. We have no criti¬
cism to offer on its arrangement.
Warren H. Jarvis, Santa Cruz, California. — We find nothing to criticize
in the programs which you sent. The arrangements are very satisfactory
and the embossing is unusually good.
John McCormick, Troy, New York. — Both of the specimens are very
satisfactory in design, the cover-page for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti¬
tute being very appropriate and artistic. We show herewith a reproduction
of it.
THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER.
The local newspaper is the best friend that a retailer
can hope to have. It is the means by which he is enabled to
carry his business messages right into the very heart of the
homes, where they will be read and listened to by every
member of the household.
The local newspaper stands by the local merchant
through thick and thin. Like the trade-paper, it works
when it gets paid and when it doesn’t. The merchant who
does not use his local paper liberally is paying for it just
the same. He may not think so, but he is. The local paper
is the backbone of good government. It is the most potent
force in molding public opinion, and to the credit of local
editors, be it said, that as a class the local newspaper is the
most incorruptible institution of the present day.
If there is a single retailer anywhere in the country who
does not use his local newspaper liberally and intelligently
he is making the greatest mistake of his business career,
for the local newspaper will furnish the demand which will
sell his goods.
Using the local newspaper does not consist in running
standing advertisements, but it does consist in supplying
the editor with the best copy that can be procured, in lib¬
eral quantity and a change of copy for every issue. The
man who does not change his copy hurts himself and hurts
the paper. His trade wants a new message, and the man
who puts up his new message in the most attractive man¬
ner is the man who gets the business. — Wesley A. Stanger.
BEER SLANG IN GERMANY.
Even the serious Germans, it appears, have a rich and
racy slang. Here are some examples that a writer for the
Baltimore Sun lately clawed out of a German dictionary:
Bierfisch (beer fish), the little bits of cork that sometimes
float in beer; bierrede (beer harangue), a speech made at
a banquet; bierbass (beer bass), a heavy, unmelodious
masculine voice; bierbruder (beer brother), a barroom
acquaintance; biereifer (beer zeal), extraordinary and
absurd enthusiasm.
A classic page by John McCormick, Troy, New York.
The Gardner Printing Company, Cleveland, Ohio. — The catalogue for
the “ Coe Veneer Machines ” is very satisfactorily handled, although, per¬
sonally, we would suggest that a slightly wider margin on the text pages
would have resulted in a more satisfactory general appearance, inasmuch
as some of them run rather close to the edge. Personally, we do not care
724
THE INLAND PRINTER
for the printing of the text matter in the front of the book in the bright
color, as we think it destroys its legibility.
H. Emmet Green, Anthony, Kansas. — The simplicity of design shown in
the specimens submitted is thoroughly in keeping with the work which we
have previously received from you. We find nothing whatever to criticize
The Eighth Annual
Anthony Fair
A pleasing panel arrangement by H. Emmet Green, Anthony, Kansas.
in any of these designs. We show herewith a cover-page design, which
illustrates a pleasing breaking-up of spaces and the advantages gained by the
use of plain type-faces.
Ernest E. Adams, Toronto, Ontario. — The specimens which you send for
criticism show an excellent appreciation of harmony in type-designs and are
very original in their treatment. Your handling of both of the menus is
very satisfactory ; the tint-block arrangement on the one being ususually
effective.
Modern Print Shop, Detroit, Michigan. — Your letter-head and envelope
both show a careful appreciation of the value of neat and dignified type
arrangements for commercial stationery. We have no criticisms to offer on
either of these pieces of work.
The De Laval Separator Company, New York city. — Your catalogue,
both as to cover and text pages, is exceptionally well designed and printed,
and you are to be congratulated on its excellent appearance. The half¬
tones show up in a very satisfactory manner, and the arrangement of the
text is all that could be desired.
Hoeflich Printing House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. — All of the
specimens are well printed, and we find little in them to which we can take
exception. AVe would, however, suggest that you use a lighter ornament on
the last page of the folder for Samuel H. French & Co., as the ornament
which you have used is rather too strong to look well with the type-face.
The Jackson-Davies Press, Toronto, Canada.- — • The page for the “ Bell
Piano & Organ Company ” would be much more satisfactory if the rules
near the bottom were both of the lighter face and if the decoration in color
outside of the border were omitted. At present there is too much color
and attraction at the bottom of the page. The other specimen is very
satisfactory.
A. F. Johnson, Lounsbury, North Carolina. — AVe would suggest that
you use on the letter-head a brown inclining more toward orange, as it
would contrast much more effectively with the blue. The letter-head in
which the main line runs clear across the design is the more preferable,
although in this heading we would suggest a trifle less space between words,
making it up by letter-spacing a little.
The Central Electric Company, Chicago. — The folder is very neat in its
typographical arrangement, and we have no criticism whatever to offer
regarding it. On the principle that a type-design is in nearly every other
case more satisfactory when it is wider and heavier at the top than at the
bottom, we would suggest that perhaps the use of a signature not wider
than the measure in which the balance of the job is set would be slightly
more pleasing.
C. C. Ronalds, Montreal, Canada. — Both of the booklets which you
send for criticism are handsomely gotten up and among the finest specimens
of this class of work which we have received. AVe would suggest, however,
that if the text matter on all of the pages in the “ Massachusetts Real
Estate ” booklet were leaded, the effect would be much more pleasing, as
this particular type-face when run solid is not satisfactory. The colorwork
throughout is exceptionally good.
From Bruce F. Stevens, instructor in the printing class of the Utah
Industrial School, Ogden, Utah, we have received a package of specimens
turned out by students. Considering the fact that the oldest boy in the
class is but seventeen years of age, the specimens are all that could be
desired, and indicate a good appreciation of typographical arrangement.
Chief among these specimens are cover-page designs for the School Maga¬
zine, three of which we reproduce herewith. The originals were in colors.
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From the Pioneer Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, we have received a
copy of a handsome booklet recently gotten out to advertise the Minnesota
resorts along the line of the Northern Pacific Railway. The cover is an
attractive design in gold and colors.
B. Kline, New York city. — The cover-page of the program for the
“ Graduation Exercises ” is a very pleasing arrangement, and the combina¬
tion of red and gold which you have used is very satisfactory. We show
herewith a reproduction of it.
Attractive page arrangement by B. Kline, New York city.
The Lewis Printing Company, Greenville, South Carolina, is sending
out to the trade a die-stamped cardboard key, on which is printed the
words, “ The Key to Your Printing Troubles.” This should prove an effect¬
ive advertisement for the Lewis Company.
From W. H. Wray, instructor of the classes in typography at the Ruther¬
ford Technical College, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, we have received a page
of specimens executed by students. While some of these specimens are
very pleasing, the great majority of them show a too free use of decoration
and an inclination toward the use of too many colors.
A. F. Benbow, Bellevue, Kentucky. — Of the specimens which you have
sent, we like best the one entitled “ A Building Proposition,” and think
that if the words above quoted were raised up a trifle on the page and
the whole design printed on a smoother stock, the result would be unusually
pleasing, especially as you have been so successful in the arrangement of
the panel design.
C. A. Mann, Huron, South Dakota. — On some of your specimens in
colors, notably the one for the Fair City Supply Company, you have used
too great a proportion of red. Where any of the warm colors — red, yel¬
low or blue — .are used in connection with other colors, they should be
used in small quantities, as the printed page must usually be kept cold
in tone. As a matter of personal opinion, rather than criticism, we would
suggest that you use brown ink for the initial on the letter-head for The
Anderson Printing Company, as the green and blue do not form what we
consider a pleasing color combination. The typographical arrangements of
the specimens are very satisfactory.
H. W. Leggett, Ottawa, Canada. — The removal card which you have
hand-lettered and printed is most pleasing, both in its design and color
arrangement, and is thoroughly in keeping with the hand-lettered specimens
which we have formerly received from you.
0. P. Brendall, Glenwood, Minnesota. — Owing to the fact that you
have confined your typographical designs to a few series of type, the work
is pleasing throughout, and we have no serious criticism to offer regarding
any of it. Your cover and title pages, especially those for the “ Musical
Programs,” are very pleasing, indeed.
The McClenathan Printery, Dunkirk, New York. — The arrangement of
the monthly blotter is very satisfactory, and we have no criticism to offer
regarding it. We would, however, as a matter of personal opinion, suggest
that you cut off the top line from the matter which follows it by a rule
similar to that which you have placed above the name of the firm.
W. H. MacKnight, Greeley, Colorado. — The convention program is well
arranged as to cover and text pages, but we would suggest that you raise
the type matter a trifle, in order to avoid having it placed exactly in the
center. Where a group of matter is placed exactly in the center of the
page we do not get the unequal division of space which is necessary to
pleasing proportions.
A booklet from the Union Bank Note Company, Kansas City, Mis¬
souri, containing examples of work recently done for customers, is a very
attractive and forcible piece of advertising literature. Some of these speci¬
mens, printed on the stock used in the original jobs and tipped in the book¬
let, are very handsome, and illustrate the ability of this concern to handle
the highest classes of typography.
George M. Scott, Idaho Falls, Idaho. — Your specimens are all pleasing,
both in design and in the use which you have made of color combinations,
and we find nothing whatever in them to criticize. Your arrangement of
the program for the “ Easter Exercises ” is very satisfactory, and the man¬
ner in which you have used the tint-block in the panel is especially pleas¬
ing. AVe show herewith a reproduction of it.
Excellent tint-block effect by George M. Scott, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
C. R. Trowbridge, Mishawaka, Indiana. — We would suggest a trifle more
margin around the type pages of the booklet, as they look rather crowded
at present. We would also suggest that the title-page conform more to
the principles of good typographical design. Your use of condensed capitals,
with extended capitals on the same page, where it is entirely unnecessary,
results in a lack of harmony of shapes which should have been avoided.
Your placing of the trade-mark directly in the center of the space between
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the other two groups on the page is not pleasing, and raising it a trifle,
breaking the spaces up into more unequal sizes, would have been more in
keeping with the proportion which is so desirable in the printed page.
Then, too, we think that the feature line of the page should have been a
trifle stronger.
From E. W. Stutes, Spokane, Washington, we have received another
package of high-class commercial specimens, gotten up in the characteristic
monize well with the hair-line rules, and you will note in the cut-off rules,
in the upper panel for the “ Commencement of the Fort Smith High
School,” this lack of tone harmony. Your letter-head in green and brown
is a pleasing panel arrangement, and we show herewith a reproduction of it.
R. M. Bruce, Bamberg, South Carolina. — Placing the cover-design of
the school catalogue directly in the center of the page has rather spoiled
the general appearance. It should have been closer to the top. Black ink
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Crab Flake Rachel
Radishes Assorted Olives Almonds
Cream Bonne Femme
River Mountain Trout, Saute
Potatoes Gaspar
Filet Mignon Renaissance
Petit Pois Potatoes Duchesse
Salad Belvaise
Cream Varies Avanaise
Petit Fours
Cafe Noir
Bronx
Pommery £y Grcno
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Toastmaster, A. O. Loomis
.Speakers
W. B. Cherry
President Syracuse A il Club
Joseph Blethen
Manager Seattle Times
S. C. Dobbs
President Associated Ad Clubs of America
Atlanta, Georgia
C. W. Hibbard
President Southern California Ad Men's
Association, I.os Angeles, California
William Woodhead
Business Manager Sunset Magazine
San Francisco, California
C. C. Chapman
Vice President Portland Commercial Club
and Sec'y- Treasurer P. C. A. M. A.
Menu pages by Stutes, of Spokane.
Stutes style. Among the most attractive of these is a menu of a banquet
in honor of the Pacific Coast Admen’s Association. We show herewith a
reproduction of the two inner pages, the originals of which were printed
in black and red on cloth-finished India tint stock.
Frank H. Lowe, Fort Smith, Arkansas. — Your commercial specimens
are very satisfactory and we find little in any of them to criticize. We
instead of green would have been much more effective on the half-tones.
The underscoring on the letter-head does not harmonize in tone with the
type. A single rule, slightly heavier, would be preferable.
The Van Meter-Welch Printing Company, New Richmond, Wisconsin. —
The booklet submitted is very satisfactory, both as to type arrangement and
color, although we think that if the matter which is on the cover-page
C. C. Calvert, President
VOUR WORK WHEN YOU WANT IT THE WAY YOU WANT IT
Jno. R. McBride. Vice Pres.
Manu facturing
Stationers, Legal
Blanks, Catalogs and
Briefs, Society
Stationery, Composition
for the Trade
Calvert-McBride Printing Co.
Printers and Binders
I 9 North Eighth Street
Fort Smith
Street /
. Ark. (
Special Ruling, Loose
Leaf Devices of
all kinds, Blank Book
Makers, Commercial
Printing and
Magazine Binding
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Pleasing letter-head arrangement by Frank H. Lowe, Fort Smith, Arkansas.
would, however, call your attention to the fact that the use of hair-line
rules usually results in broken lines, and we would suggest that you use
nothing lighter than rales of one-lialf point face in the paneling and
underscoring. One rarely finds type which is light enough in tone to har-
eould have been set all in one series and all in either capitals or lower¬
case, the effect would have been more pleasing than where the different
faces are used. Setting all of this text in a straight paragraph and placing
it at the top of the page would have been, perhaps, fully as satisfactory,
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if not more so, than the arrangement which 3-011 have used with the decora¬
tion and the rules.
From J. W. Butler Paper Company, Chicago, we have received a book¬
let devoted to the interests of cameo plate coated book-paper. Printed
throughout in colors from excellent half-tones, the effect is very pleasing,
and illustrates, in a charming manner, the possibilities of this particular
paper. The cover-design is handsomely embossed in gold and colors, and we
show herewith a reproduction of it.
Cover of a handsome new catalogue from the J. W. Butler Paper
Company.
From the three typos on the U. S. S. Connecticut — F. A. Oberg, A. V.
Sterner, H. F. Baumgart — we have received a copy of greetings sent to
relatives and friends on July Fourth. It consists of four pages and cover,
well designed and pleasingly printed.
J. IV. Watkins, Jacksonville, Florida. — The booklet is one of the most
artistic that we have seen in some time for size, type arrangement and
the manner in which it is bound. The text is also well written and should
prove exceptionally convincing from the standpoint of advertising. We
congratulate you upon the excellent results 3-011 have obtained in this piece
of work.
R. H. Huntington, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. — Your specimens
show a clever originality in the use of border designs on the commercial
stationery and a thorough appreciation of the use of colors. On the cover-
page for the “ Manual of Public Schools,” we note that 3'ou have used an
ornament which is rather too strong in tone to harmonize with the border
and with the t3-pe-face. One should avoid making the decoration, unless
it very forcibly suggests the text by the nature of its design, the strongest
spot of color on the page.
P. Liberman, New York citjr. — We think that if you were to balance
your designs on the center of the page, rather than placing them in groups
diagonally across the page as 3-011 have done in several instances, the results
would be much more satisfactory. We would also suggest that you use as
few sizes of type as possible in getting proper displays for the jobs, and
keep each group of text in one size, rather than using two or three. This
particularly refers to the upper group on the cover-page of the booklet
for the Rogers Clothing Compaq-, as we feel that this group, if set up all
in the same size, and in the center of the panel, would be much more
satisfactory. We would also suggest that where you use rules, either for
underscoring or paneling, they be of such weight as will harmonize with
the type- face used. A lack of this harmony is noted on this same cover-
page.
A package of commercial specimens from D. Gustafson, Red Wing,
Minnesota, contains some unusually pleasing conceptions. In typography
and color arrangements they are fully up to the high standard set by
Mr. Gustafson in his previous work.
The Printing Department of Society for Promoting Christian Knowl¬
edge, Madras, India, has sent to this department a package of specimens
of work produced under the difficult conditions which surround a printer
in India. Notwithstanding this, however, the work is very satisfactor3'
throughout and, with the exception of a tendency toward over-ornamenta¬
tion, we find little in it to criticize.
Eric Peterson, Fort Wayne, Indiana. — Both of the specimens are very
satisfactory and we find little in either of them to criticize. We think,
however, that the cover-page of the catalogue for the Sol. Mier Company
is rather crowded, and we would suggest that the use of a small type-face
for one or two of the lines, or groups of lines, would be an improvement,
inasmuch as it would allow a little more white space throughout the page.
The other pages are pleasingly arranged.
Jerrv Becvar, Chicago. — The specimens are all neat and tasty in
appearance, and we find nothing whatever in any of them to which we
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June 28, 2:30 p. m. . Carts Part?
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June 30, 8 p. m. . junior JBancc
July 4, 8:30 p. m. . informal JDance
A fifty-cent supper will be served
from 6 to 7:30 p. m., for which
reservations should be made.
July 19, 2:30 p. m. . Cacb *Partp
Women’s Auxiliary
July 28, 8 p.m. . . junior *3ance
August 1, 8:30p.m. informal JHance
August 23, 2:30 p. m. Carfc ^Sartp
Women’s Auxiliary
September 5, 8:30 p. m.
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September 8, 8 p. m. junior 23ance
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A calendar card by Jerry Becvar, Chicago.
can take exception. The summer calendar card for the Oak Park Club is
a ver3T pleasing t3-pe arrangement, and we show herewith a reproduction
of it.
The Kimball Press, of Evanston, Illinois, typographical designs of which
have frequently been reproduced in this department, lias announced its con¬
solidation with the Blakety Printing Company, of Chicago. Mr. Kimball
will continue the handling- of high-grade printing in the new concern.
H. T. Sandy, Brooklyn, New York. — Red and blue as a color combina¬
tion are not usually pleasing, and we would suggest that wherever possible
you use orange in combination with blue, and green in combination with
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red. Either of these combinations, however, if used with both of the colors
bright and strong, will be a trifle too flashy, and inclining the orange
toward the brown, or graying the green, will give softer and more pleasing
combinations. Your type arrangements are very satisfactory.
Oscar F. Jackson, Lansing, Michigan. — The folder is very pleasing in
appearance, and your arrangement of the illustrations is unusually clever.
We would suggest, however, that if these illustrations had been printed on
stock of a cool tone, rather than the warm pink which you have used, the
effect would have been much more pleasing.
H. C. Tripp, Eureka, Montana. — The bank statement is very pleasingly
arranged and we find little in it to criticize. We would, however, suggest
that where, in order to make a line of a given length, considerable spacing-
out is necessary, it is advisable to do a little letter-spacing, rather than
place all of the extra space between words. This refers particularly to the
third and eighth lines of page 3 of the statement.
Guthrie Smith, Alamogordo, New Mexico. — The letter-head arrangement
is very satisfactory, and the only suggestion we would make regarding it
is that you place just a trifle less space between words, as at present the
spacing is rather wide. We think that if you were to break up the colors
for the envelope in the same manner as you have done for the letter-head
the effect would be much more pleasing.
Morgan Company, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. — Your catalogue, entitled “ The
Book Beautiful,” is a very attractive piece of type-design, although per¬
sonally we would prefer to see slightly wider margins around the pages,
as we feel that the margins at present give a rather crowded appearance
to the page. We also think that the use of a smaller size of type for the
descriptive matter in the front part of the catalogue, with generous margins
surrounding it, would haye given a better appearance. The cover is very
handsome, both in design and execution.
F. G. Woellhaf, Burlington, Iowa. — Your resettings of the two jobs
show a marked improvement, the booklet for the Burlington Basket Company
BURLINGTON
HIGH SCHOOL
ANNUAL
COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES
o
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE NINTH, NINETEEN
HUNDRED S ELEVEN, TWO -THIRTY O’CLOCK
Attractive typography by F. G. Woellhaf, Burlington, Iowa.
being infinitely better than the original copy. Your treatment of the bal¬
ance of the work is excellent, and we show herewith reproductions of two
of the pages.
C. E. Syler, Vandalia, Missouri. — Your specimens are all excellent in
design and we find little in them that calls for criticism. We would, how¬
ever, suggest that you exercise a trifle more care in letter-spacing in words
in which the letters themselves do not set closer together. You will note
this more particularly in the letter-head for “ The Navajo Kennels.” In
the word “ Navajo,” the letters “ A,” “ V,” “ A,” following each other,
leave unsightly holes in the line, and we would suggest the letter-spacing
of the balance of the line, in order to equalize its general appearance.
R. W. Miller, Decatur, Illinois. — The use of black ink instead of
brown on the “ Land Agency ” booklet would have given a much better
effect to the half-tone illustrations, and we would also suggest that a
slightly stronger color in place of the yellow-orange, which you have used
on the cover, would have been more satisfactory. We also' think that a
different breaking-up of colors for this cover-design would have been more
satisfactory, as the running of the heavy rule in the panel in the darker
color makes it too strong and bold to harmonize well with the balance of
the page. Your arrangements of the other pages are entirely satisfactory,
although we note that in several instances you have used rules, either for
panels or underscoring, which are so heavy that they form the strongest
spots of attraction on the page.
/ . f CCORDING to His
H || mercy He saved us, by tbe
. . washing of regeneration,
and renewing of tbe Holy Gbost:
wbicb He sbed on us abundantly
through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
that being justified by His grace, we
should be made heirs according to
the hope of eternal life. This is a
faithful saying.
/ are buried with Christ by
I? Baptism into death; that
hke as He was raised up
from the dead by the glory of the
Father, even so we also should walk
in newness of life.
- Romans VI. 4
Appropriate decoration by F. G. Woellhaf, Burlington, Iowa.
Carr Printing Company, Bountiful, Utah. — The high-scliool booklet is,
in general, very attractive, although we would call your attention to one
or two points regarding the typographical arrangement. We would suggest
that you place less space between the words in the title on the cover, as
the text or gothic letters should always be closely spaced because of the
nature of their design. Owing to the size of the ornament which you have
used underneath this feature line, we think that one size larger type would
have been more satisfactory. This question of wide spacing of text letter
also applies to the title-page. We would also suggest that you center the
lines of the title-page, rather than run them diagonally across the design
as you have done. Your advertisements are very well handled, although
we would suggest that for underscoring and separating groups of type
matter you use parallel rules of equal weight, rather than light and
heavy rules.
WE THINK WE DO AND THEN WE DON’T.
A printer who installed a cost system in his former
lack-of-system office a few months ago was trying to con¬
vince a skeptical friend of the wonders it had worked in
his shop. He said, “ We think we know what work costs
until we find out that we don’t. It is like a conversation at
our dinner table, when my little son asked his mother,
‘ Mamma, did you know papa before you married him? ’ to
which she replied, ‘ Well, I thought I did.’” — Ben Frank¬
lin Bulletin.
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The assistance of pressmen is desired in the solution of the
problems of the pressroom in an endeavor to reduce the various
processes to an exact science.
Vermllioa not a Stable Pigment.
(901.) The addition of a small amount of paraffin to
vermilion will tend to prevent the subsidence of the pig¬
ment from its vehicle by making a closer bond between the
two. Vermilion is one of the few pigments that act in this
way, so a degree of permanence is given by the addition of
the wax.
To Clean Rubber Blankets.
(903.) If a rubber blanket is coated with hard ink, or
carries ink in spots, it may be readily cleaned by using
crude carbolic acid. Apply the acid carefully to the ink
and allow it to stand for a time. Then take a rag having a
small quantity of this material and rub the spots on places
coated with the ink. It may require several applications to
effectually clean the blanket. Crude carbolic acid acts very
feebly on the rubber, but it is an active solvent for inks. It
may be used also on cuts and type in combination with tur¬
pentine. To clean composition rollers, use it mixed with
equal parts of machine oil; it does not harm the rollers.
A New Light for Color-printers.
(906.) Color-printers who operate night shifts or those
who are compelled to use artificial light for pressroom
illumination will be interested in a new lamp invented by
one Max Weertz, of Bradford, England. It appears, from
the account written by United States Consul Ingram, of
Bradford, that the lamp may be used either in an electric
current or in connection with a gas or incandescent oil lamp.
The principal feature seems to be a special ray filter com¬
posed of green and blue glass. The claims make it appear
that colors may be matched with the light of this lamp, and
that it has the advantage of cheapness and uniformity in
quantity and quality as well as extraordinary illuminating
power. It is to be hoped that the inventor will make good
these claims, for color-printers, especially, need such a
means of illumination for pressrooms.
Heat Accelerates the Drying of Ink.
(905.) The application of heat to cause ink to take on
a surface-protecting film to prevent offset is one of the
principal features of a recent invention by Frank R. Craig,
of Hamilton, Ohio. The attachment consists of a carriage
carrying a gas burner of the Bunsen type, which can be
regulated for the width and position of the printed sheet.
This carriage travels in a reciprocating manner forward to
the fly-table and back toward the grippers on a special
framework that is simple in construction. One of the
principal features of this arrangement is a means of auto¬
matically opening and closing the supply cock, allowing a
full or diminished head of gas as desired. As all press¬
men know, the application of heat, even in limited quantity,
will prevent the formation or will dissipate electricity in
dry, frosty weather. This feature alone will make the
machine a valuable adjunct to any cylinder press or fold¬
ing machine on account of the time and material it will
save. The construction of the machine is governed by
simple mechanical principles, so that no special knowledge
is required to operate it.
White Letters on Red Stock.
(911.) Submits a chocolate-box cover die-stamped in
white letter on antique ox-blood stock. The white ink is not
as opaque as it should appear, considering the nature of the
work. The writer asks the following question: “Kindly
inform me through the ‘ Pressroom ’ column how the
enclosed specimen is printed. It shows such good white
effect.”
Answer. — The specimen is executed on an embossing
and die-stamping press. The die is usually of steel, and is
engraved intaglio. The press carries an inking and wiping
attachment that operates automatically. The sheets are
fed to guides and the impression is furnished by a mechan¬
ical arrangement that gives immense pressure. The im¬
pressed sheet withdraws the ink from the incised parts of
the plate. The ink is a heavy-bodied mass having the maxi¬
mum of pigment, which accounts for its dense appearance,
and being in relief gives an effect which can not be dupli¬
cated on type-presses.
Cheap Embossing Plates.
(902.) “ Have you a treatise on making inexpensive
embossing plates to be worked out by the pressman? A
description of the method of handling the work will be
appreciated.”
Answer. — “ Embossing and Die Stamping ” is the title
of a treatise for sale by The Inland Printer Company.
Price, $1.50. It describes all the methods of embossing,
from the making of dies from cardboard to making the
heavy brass embossing plates for stamping book-covers.
We believe that any job that is worth while embossing-
should be handled properly. This can be done by having
an engraver furnish suitable plates and with these plates
any pressman of ordinary ability can do the rest. The
principal features of embossing a printed line or part of
a form consist in having a suitable ink and obtaining exact
register. Another important matter is to have the stock
seasoned properly, or protected from changes in the atmos¬
phere after the first impression, otherwise exact register
will be difficult to obtain. The making of the counter-die or
force, to give the relief, is one of the most important fea¬
tures. The various steps are fully described in the treatise
mentioned.
Permanence of Color in Printing-inks.
(904.) A desirable quality in colored printing-inks is
permanence of tone. Many organic colors of a fugitive
nature have given way to duplicate tones of equal brilliance
that retain their luster, even when exposed to bright sun¬
light and all kinds of weather in a smoke-laden atmosphere.
Note the lustrous reds and highly luminous yellows that are
used in billboard advertisements. These colors are perma¬
nent to a high degree under the most exacting conditions.
Not many years ago posters and other evanescent produc¬
tions printed in colors exhibited deterioration after a short
exposure to the elements. This radical change has been
brought about by our eminent color chemists. These stu¬
dents of physics and chemistry are never satisfied, and are
constantly striving by analysis and synthesis to replace the
fugitive organic colors by those of an inorganic nature.
They have, in some cases, after years of labor, given us a
stable synthetic color for a fleeting natural one, as in the
case of madder, which was formerly extracted from the
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roots of the plant of that name. The coloring-matter of
madder is alizarin, which is now extracted by a somewhat
complicated process from coal. We owe this discovery to
two continental chemists, Graebe and Liberman. The royal
color ultramarine was originally a most expensive pigment,
being ground from lapis lazuli. Its artificial production
dates as far back as 1828, when it was made by Gmelin and
by Guimet, who separately discovered its constituents. It
is now manufactured very cheaply and is considered a very
permanent color. Indigo is another example of an organic
pigment that formerly was imported from India and the
Oceanic Islands in large quantities. A German commercial
chemist after years of study finally isolated its constituents
and produced an artificial product. This, however, proved
too costly for commercial purposes, but after about twelve
years of experimenting the German scientist accidentally
discovered a means of making indigo a commercial possibil¬
ity and to-day the indigo trade of India is practically extin¬
guished. Indigo is now actually exported from Germany
to India. The commercial, as well as the artistic, element
of the printing trades owes a great debt to these German
chemists who have spent years of labor in exhaustive
research in the analysis and synthesis of colormaking. The
results of their work have given us cheap and reliable sub¬
stitutes for what were heretofore fugitive and unreliable
colors. The making of pigments now more than ever is an
exact science, based no longer on the rule of thumb. It is
to be hoped that other branches of the printing industries
will reach the high state of organization that the inkmaking
line has attained. _
HE WOULDN’T ADVERTISE.
There was a man who hustled not —
To luck he trusted ;
He would not advertise a dot —
And so he rusted.
And likewise busted.
— Baltimore Evening Sun.
WHITE PULP FROM PRINTED PAPER.
A patent has been granted to Dr. Hugo Henkel, of
Dtisseldorf, and Director Otto Gessler, of Augsburg, Ger¬
many, for the removal of ink from printed paper, by means
of alkaline bleaching agents. The softened and defibered
paper is treated in an alkaline solution of peroxids which
in that process are transformed into a colloidal condition
in connection with which silicic acid, silicates, or alumi-
nates are employed. Silicic acid is best used in the so-
called “ soluble form,” which is said to consist of a mixture
of soluble glass and soda. By dissolving this compound in
water, a hydrolitic chang-e takes place, through which the
silicic acid is precipitated in colloidal form. The precipita¬
tion commences several minutes after the mixing, and is
completed in four or five hours; its duration being depend¬
ent upon the concentration and the temperature. Freshly
precipitated hydro-oxid of aluminum operates in the same
way.
The fatty substance in the printer’s ink is so changed
by the alkaline solution of the superoxid that it loses its
binding power. In this manner, the ink is transformed
into an emulsion by means of the colloidal silicic acid, and
is easily separated from the fibers. The fibers themselves
are not so much affected as by “ Javelle ” lye or by chlorid
of lime solution. The bleaching effect of the peroxid has
only a subordinate part in the case in question. Its resin-
ifying or saponifying effect upon the printer’s ink con¬
stitutes the most important feature of its operation. —
Paper.
The experiences of composing-machine operators, machinists
and users are solicited with the object of the widest possible
dissemination of knowledge concerning the best methods of
getting results.
Plunder Sticks in Well.
An operator in an Illinois city writes: “ I wish to sub¬
mit two problems that have baffled every effort I have been
able to make to correct same. The first is: (1) Unless
metal is kept hot enough to give more or less porous slugs,
the plunger binds in the well immediately after making a
cast. I secured a new plunger three weeks ago, owing to
the old one having been badly chipped around the upper
rings when I came; have swabbed the well daily with rag
on a stick; have brushed plunger daily and oiled pivot.
Pump-spring is running as slack as possible. I might add
that the old plunger had a bent rod. The new plunger
gives no better service than did the old one. Solid slugs
are necessary, as most of our work is trade composition,
the metal being mostly sold. (2) The matrices are prob¬
ably as dirty on the sides as they could be, and give all
kinds of trouble in the magazine entrance. Now my ques¬
tion is, can these matrices be cleaned on the sides without
showing ‘ hair-lines ’? I dislike to buy a new font (as all
matrices are dirty, and some have broken walls and mashed
lower back ears) if it be possible to save them. Machine
is low-base Model 5, two years old. I understand there
have been quite a number of operators on it (eight or ten,
I believe). Gasoline is used for power and the burner.
Keyboard never off till last week; right-hand vise jaw
had half an inch play; ‘pi’ lines would cast; cams cov¬
ered with oil ‘ so they wouldn’t wear,’ as the last ‘ op ’ told
my employer, etc.”
Answer. — If the plunger binds as it descends, put tal¬
low and graphite in the well, and it will tend to lubricate
it and permit easier movement both ways. If it sticks on
the up-stroke, then remove the clutch-spring and stretch
it. This will give more power to overcome the difficulty.
If the clutch is greasy or in any other way unfitted, it
should be corrected. A new plunger in a badly worn well
will not give good service. To know the condition of the
well, you should have a normal supply of metal in the pot,
and proper stress on the plunger spring. Then cast a few
slugs. Note as the plunger descends if metal bubbles up
around it. If this condition is pronounced, it will indicate
an imperfect fit. The remedy is obvious. However, on a
machine but two years old, this should not occur. If the
metal is hot enough to give a proper face, it should also
give a fair base. Probably if you clean out the mouthpiece
cross-vents daily, it will tend to give a more solid slug. If
you wash matrices in gasoline, it will undoubtedly produce
“ hair-lines.” Do not do it. If the side walls are foul they
may be rubbed on a smooth board having graphite thereon.
This will tend to polish the dirt, as it were, and not remove
all of it, for this so-called dirt on the sides of the matrix
walls has a function — it prevents “ hair-lines ” to some
extent. If you increase the stress of the springs of the
justification levers, it will cause a tighter justification
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of lines, and should minimize “ hair-lines ” as a result.
Matrices with seriously damaged ears, toes or combinations
should be discarded. Damaged walls on matrices should
prohibit their use entirely, as it will tend to the destruction
of the rest of the font ultimately. We can not see how a
right-hand jaw could have a half-inch play, as you state.
If it had so much play, no lines should cast, and you state
that “ pi ” lines cast. It is quite possible your pump-stop is
not in order. Naturally, cams should not have oil on their
surfaces.
Parts Subject to Wear.
An operator in a Southern State writes as follows: “ I
have been a close reader of your department in The Inland
Printer for several months; in fact, it is for this that I
buy the journal, and would like for you to answer a few
questions, which will probably be of help to others, as well
as myself. I have been running a Linotype for only a few
months, having had practically no instruction, with the
exception of your valued book, ‘ The Mechanism of the
Linotype.’ Take a machine running on an average eight
hours a day, what parts would most likely need replacing
at the end of the first year? (2) At the end of the second
year. (3) At the end of the third year. (4) At the end
of the fourth year. (5) At the end of the fifth year. In
the March issue I note that a Missouri operator asks
information about first elevator rising during first justifi¬
cation, and you suggest several probable causes. Is it not
probable that this action is caused by justification springs
being too tight, or rather too strong for the length of
line? ”
Answer. — First year, and every year thereafter, assem¬
bler starwheel, assembler-buffer piece (D-646) ; possibly
an elevator pawl (E-355), a chute-spring (D-459), and
a front detaining plate (D-433) ; keyboard rubber rolls
may last more than a year, it depends upon circum¬
stances; knife-wiper (E-309), mold-wiper felt (F-841 and
F-884). Verges may need replacing any time, also belts.
Second year, starting-spring (B-238), and possibly pot-
lever spring and plunger (F-879) ; a matrix buffer piece
(back) (D-647). Third year, spaceband-box pawl springs
(D-182, 183), assembling-elevator pawls (D-663). Fourth
and fifth year, spaceband-box pawls and top rails, cam on
back-distributor screw (G-242), bar point on distributor-
box bar (G-154), pawl on vise-automatic stopped (F-408).
The leather shoes on clutch-lever may last indefinitely by
packing under them. The clutch-spring and perhaps some
of the keyrod springs, assembler-star-pinion friction disk
(D-315). The foregoing covers in a general way a num¬
ber of parts that will wear and several springs that weaken
and need renewing. In the matter of springs, however,
there is no way of knowing when a spring will lose its ten¬
sion. No mention is made of parts that may be broken by
accident, nor to the renewing of matrices or spacebands.
It is possible you may be right regarding the Missouri
operator’s troubles.
Distributor.
A Pennsylvania operator writes: “Am having a little
trouble with the distributor; sometimes when line is deliv¬
ered the matrices sort of stick; then I have to get up and
give them a little push ; then once in a while a matrix gets
bent. I got a new lift, also a font distinguisher, as both
were worn. Would like if you could inform me about the
cause of trouble. The other information you furnished
several months ago proved all right.”
Answer. — You should have sent a few of the bent
matrices you referred to. As it stands now, we can only
guess at the cause. If you are in the habit of pushing the
matrices in when they fail to be taken up by the lifter,
it furnishes a clue to the reason for replacing the font-
distinguisher. A font-distinguisher should last for years —
in fact, it should not at any time show wear. The damage
or other troubles are the fault of the operator “ pushing ”
the matrices in; do not do it. When matrices do not move
in rapidly, at once examine for the cause; see if the font-
distinguisher is set right, so it permits the matrices to pass
over freely, and that no matrices are turned backward.
This latter advice may not be needed, but if you find any
thin or figure spaces with a groove cut in the lower end of
a matrix that will line with a font-slot it indicates that
matrices have been forced over the font-distinguisher. A
new lifter may need adjusting; to test, send in a line, and
while the matrices are being raised, note how far they clear
the corner of the back top rail. If thin matrices, such as
periods, commas, etc., lift two at a time, the fault lies in
wear on the bar point or on the vertical side of the top
rails. If there is wear on these points the two top rails and
the two lower rails should be renewed, and the bar point
should be renewed also.
Repairing a Knife Wiper.
A. A. C., linotype machinist in a California printing-
plant, contributes the following to this department: “ Hav¬
ing received very much valuable information through your
columns, I contribute the following: The small pin in the
top of the knife-wiper latch-rod hinge piece that works in
the groove in the latch-roc! to keep it from turning side¬
ways has a tendency to work loose in time, and it is quite
difficult to rivet a new one in securely, especially after the
hole in the hinge piece becomes enlarged. My remedy con¬
sists in boring another hole about a quarter of an inch
below the one already there, then taking a piece of steel
wire that will fit easily into the groove (a bicycle spoke is
just right) and cut off a piece one-half inch long, bend one-
eighth inch of each end up so as to form right angles with
the central piece, which must be the same length as the
distance between the two holes, insert the two points into
the holes from the inside with a pair of tweezers, cut off
and file smooth the ends projecting through, and you have a
job that will stay. I also seek the following information:
A set of matrices, run probably a year, is doing fine work
on the lightface, but the blackface is showing a few hair¬
lines. I judged the dirt and graphite on the sides of the
matrices at the lightface casting-point was holding the
matrices apart so that a little metal could work between
them when casting blackface (the blackface is used com¬
paratively little). Believing that the justification springs
were too weak and not justifying the lines tight enough, I
strengthened them and don’t believe the trouble is getting
any worse. Is my surmise correct, and can I do anything
further? Would it be all right to clean the dirt from the
matrices? They do not look unusually dirty. This machine
makes too much metal dust also, which drops into the inter¬
mediate channel, having to be blown out during the day to
keep the spacebands from dragging in it.”
Answer. — The showing of hair-lines may be due to the
dirt on the sides of the matrices, but is more likely due to the
damaged walls. Examine the walls of the vowel matrices
and compare the conditions with that of the wall on the
same matrix in the blackface position. You will no doubt
find there is a difference. The increase of stress on the
justification-lever springs will no doubt minimize the trou¬
ble, but will not entirely correct it. Polishing the matrices
on their sides on a smooth board having graphite thereon
will do no harm, but do not wash them in gasoline. The
metal dust will diminish in quantity as the interstices
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between the matrices and spacebands decrease in size.
Your plan of tightening the springs is correct.
Clutch Adjustment.
The correspondent to whom instructions were given in
regard to proper adjustment of the clutch, now writes:
“ I have tried the adjustments you mentioned. I find that
when clutch is in action the space between collar and bear¬
ing is only thirteen thirty-seconds of an inch, while the
space between fork lever and collar is about right. Took
off clutch levers and cleaned leathers, and sandpapered
them a little. What is necessary to bring the collar and
bearing adjustment to fifteen thirty-seconds, or does it not
matter? The machine seems to be running all right at
present. The collar seems a little loose on the shaft,
although the set-screw is tight. It seems to me that the
clutch leathers need to be thinned down to bring the adjust¬
ment to the fifteen thirty-seconds. In changing from eight-
point slug to eleven-point, the first slug or two seems to
have difficulty in passing through trimming-knives. The
bars on the eleven-point mold are much wider than on our
eight-point mold. Will that mean the knives need sharp¬
ening? ”
Answer. — - The reason for the space being one-sixteenth
less than normal is likely due to the thickness of the leath¬
ers or their being underlaid. If possible, reduce the leathers
or put on new pieces of a thickness that will give approxi¬
mately fifteen thirty-seconds of an inch between collar and
bearing. The clutch-spring may require stretching. This
will give more force and will cause the clutch-shoes to give
a better pull. Slugs will eject with greater facility. The
space between the forked lever and collar, if more than
one thirty-second, may be corrected by the screw in the
upper stop-lever. Turn it in. The looseness of the collar
on the shaft is not harmful if the screw that goes through
the clutch-rod is tight. If the knives are not nicked they
probably do not need sharpening.
Transpositions.
F. E. W., an Indiana operator, writes as follows : “ Being
a reader of The Inland Printer, I much appreciate the
‘ Machine Composition ’ department. I am an operator on a
Model Five Linotype. It is a new machine. I have run up
against something which I can not account for. The six
letters that pass through the second-escapement channel
from the magazine seem to be retarded in some way, and
do not get to the assembler in time. For instance: In
setting the words ‘ the,’ ‘ she,’ ‘ and,’ I get ‘ teh,’ ‘ seh,’ and
the space band cuts off the ‘ d.’ I have carefully watched
my fingering and know that I touch the keys correctly. In
setting the word ‘ clean ’ I get * celan.’ The six letters thus
affected are ‘ n,’ ‘ s,’ ‘ h,’ ‘ r,’ ‘ d,’ and ‘ 1.’ In setting words
ending in ‘ n ’ and ‘ d ’ the spaceband gets ahead of the ‘ n ’
and ‘ d.’ Also, in setting ‘ there,’ ‘ where,’ ‘ receive,’ I get
‘ theer,’ ‘ wheer,’ and ‘ reecive.’ Also, in the word ‘ of,’ the
spaceband gets ahead of the ‘ f.’ These troubles have
caused me lots of worry and bad proofs. Will say that this
occurs whether setting fast or slow. Any information on
this subject will be very gratefully received. Will say that
my ambition is to become a ‘ swift.’ ”
Answer. — The first step toward correcting a trouble of
this nature is to ascertain the cause. If, as you say, your
fingering is correct, that cause is eliminated. The next step
is to observe how quickly the cams rotate after a key is
depressed on the slow-responding characters. If you find
that a cam delays in turning after it drops to the roll, it
should be removed and cleaned and its pivot oiled. If the
grooves in the corrugated edge of the cam are filled with
dirt, they should be cleaned out with a knife-blade file or
other sharp instrument. The roller should have attention
next. Its surface, if glazed, should be roughened with
coarse flint paper, or washed in cold water with common
soap. The bearings should be oiled and, of course, the belt
should be tight enough to turn the rollers freely. Another
point to observe is the guides adjacent to channels. These
guides may bind a matrix and cause it to be momentarily
retarded. If the matrices or channels in the magazine
need cleaning, this will influence the delivery of matrices
and may possibly cause transpositions. An analysis of the
trouble by elimination will soon reveal to you the cause,
and you will have little or no difficulty in remedying the
defect when it is found.
Recent Patents on Composing Machinery.
Clutch. — ■ C. Muehleisen, Berlin. Germany, assignor to Mergenthaler
Linotype Company, New York. Filed January 23, 1911. Issued May 9,
1911. No. 992,033.
Two-letter Matrix Aligning Plate. — - H. Degener, Berlin, Germany,
assignor to Mergenthaler Linotype Company, New York. Filed July 21,
1910. Issued June 27, 1911. No. 996,568.
Matrix Channel Cover-plate. — R. M. Bedell, New York, assignor to Mer¬
genthaler Linotvpe Company, New York. Filed December 2, 1909. Issued
July 4, 1911. No. 996,828.
Keyboard Mechanism for Typesetting Machines. — J. J. Hummell, Spo¬
kane, Wash. Filed December 28, 1910. Issued July 4, 1911. No. 997,131.
Magazine for Typesetting Machines. — J. J. Hummell, Spokane, Wash.
Filed October 18, 1910. Issued July 4, 1911. No. 997,130.
Two-letter Monoline. — W. E. Bertram. Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to
Herman Ridder, New York. Filed May 13, 1910. Issued July li, 1911.
No. 997,735.
Two-letter Monoline. — W. E. Bertram, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to
Herman Ridder, New York. Filed May 13, 1910. Issued July 11, 1911.
No. 997,736.
DRAGON’S-BLOOD.
Dragon’s-blood, which is used for coloring varnishes,
as a medicine, and in photoengraving processes, is pro¬
curable from grocers and druggists in every bazaar in
India. Both the false and true dragon’s-blood may be pur¬
chased in the Bombay market.
Sir George Watt says that certain canes and rattans
when freshly cut contain a large quantity of a liquid which,
when evaporated, produces a red resin. One of the best-
known qualities of the resin is sometimes called East
Indian dragon’s-blood. This is mostly prepared from the
fruits of several species of Calamus found in the Straits
settlements. The gum exudes naturally from between the
scales of the fruit, and, being friable, is collected by
shaking the fruit into baskets and then sifting the resin
from the stems and particles of woody fiber, after which it
is melted either by the heat of the sun or boiling water.
An inferior quality is produced by boiling the fruit or by
tapping the stems. The only Indian species hitherto
reported as affording this resin is Dsemonorops kurzianus.
The false dragon’s-blood met with in Indian commerce is
imported into Bombay from Sumatra, Penang, etc. The
true dragon’s-blood, however, is procured from Socotra,
and is obtained by tapping the stems of several species of
Dracaena, not Calamus.
Other technical publications state that Canary Islands
dragon’s-blood is the variety obtained from the celebrated
dragon-tree of Teneriffe and adjacent islands, Dracaena
draco. Very little of this now finds its way into European
commerce, and the same can be said of Mexican dragon’s-
blood, which latter is obtained from Croton draco.
American official statistics show that the imports of
dragon’s-blood entered for consumption in the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1909, aggregated 43,396 pounds, with an
appraised value of 26.9 cents per pound, and in the fiscal
year 1910 they amounted to 26,555 pounds, value 34 cents
per pound. Dragon’s-blood comes in free of duty. —
Consul Edwin S. Cunningham, Bombay, India.
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Written for The Inland Printer.
THE SALESMAN AND THE SHOP.
BY M. C. ROTIER,
Secretary, Meyer-Rotier Printing Company, Milwaukee.
IMPORTANCE OF GOOD SALESMANSHIP — QUALIFICATIONS
NECESSARY — DIFFICULTIES TO BE MET — ■ WHAT A SALES¬
MAN OWES IN A CO-OPERATIVE WAY TO THE EXECUTIVE
AND MECHANICAL DEPARTMENTS — RELATIONSHIP BE¬
TWEEN SALESMAN AND SHOP — THE THINGS THAT MAKE
FOR SUCCESS IN ANY BUSINESS.
ALESMANSHIP is a comparatively new
term in printing in the sense in which it
is becoming effective to-day. Time was
when printers scarcely knew the word
“ salesmanship ” as applied to printing.
The average printer was an order-taker.
If he grew in his business it was much
by force of cii’cumstances, and force of a
demand with a comparatively limited capacity. As time
went on, press manufacturers and supply houses made it
easy for others to get in the business, and for the average
printer it became a scramble for work at ruinous prices.
And so it has gone on for a number of years. It is now a
survival of the fittest. It is developing in us an element
once almost unknown to the business: The element of
actually selling one’s work at a profit and winning out by
sheer merit in service and product.
Of course there have always been men identified with
the printing business with a personality to draw trade, but
even they were generally order-takers. Some applied sell¬
ing arguments, no doubt, the same as they do now, but
they had never analyzed their success or failure. To-day,
order-taking has developed into a science — the science of
salesmanship.
Hugh Chalmers has said: “Salesmanship is nothing
more or less than making the other fellow feel as you do
about the goods you have to offer.”
Consider the significance of this and the application of
it to the printer. It means that to be a truly good sales¬
man he must first of all thoroughly believe in what he has
to sell and then prepare himself to make the customer
believe in it, too.
There is plenty of suggestion for action in this. The
action must be to set up a groundwork first of all, in
equipping yourself to do good work, cleanly and accurately,
and to have the energy to push your capacity to keep prom¬
ises of delivery.
Successful men of affairs — the masters of great indus¬
tries — are the men who have by training or natural gift
the ability to organize themselves and their institutions to
successfully sell or promote their product or their plans.
The peculiar requirements of the printing business,
however, demand a more thorough analysis of what con¬
stitutes successful salesmanship and what makes for suc¬
cess in this business.
In one thing, selling printing is like selling most any¬
thing — the result of organized mental effort, or as one man
has expressed it, “ a battle of wits.” This battle of wits is
especially exercised in the making of the first sale of
printing.
The first sale, if made with promises that are reason¬
able and acceptable to the house, is certainly the most diffi¬
cult to make and reflects greatest credit on the salesman.
A prospective buyer is usually in an antagonistic mood;
wary, apparently indifferent, many times prejudiced.
These are the barricades a salesman must scale before
he can hope to make a sale and make it at a profit.
Most salesmen know that an easy way to get a man’s
interest is by price-cutting.
That is why so much of it is done. It is the lazy man’s
way of doing business. He works along the line of least
resistance.
Speaking of this “ working along the lines of least
resistance,” I have always felt that this was a weak link
in Sheldon’s course of salesmanship. He advocates avoid¬
ing the difficult way of doing a thing.
Of course there is logic in this as applied to many of
life’s duties, but it has no place in a salesman’s curriculum.
A salesman to be successful must study his prospect
and the business of his prospect. He must be patient until
he has prepared himself and then be patient in his toil to
break down the natural barriers of opposition on the part
of the buyer. He must cast aside the price-cutting weapon
and win with his wits.
If he has done so, he has interested his man in himself
and his product and not in his price.
That is what I mean when I say that the first sale
especially is a battle of wits.
It does not follow, of course, that the salesman must
not continue to be resourceful and energetic at all times in
treating with a customer once made, and there are other
qualifications than the breaking down of barriers, for
engaging the customer’s interest, that make for a good
salesman.
A good salesman is really not good unless he takes his
orders in a clean way- — -clean in a way that all the details
of the transaction are clearly understood by both parties,
and that no promises are made that the company can not
reasonably carry out for the money.
Now, this is very important, because one of the com¬
mon complaints of the man who is apparently successful
in selling is that he leaves too many loose ends to his order
for the house to stumble over and lose the profits that
might be made if a reasonable consideration had been
given to this feature when the order was taken.
A salesman when closing a deal must not be too eager
to make all sorts of promises just because he thinks he has
secured a good price. Perhaps after he is back to his desk
and begins to figure out in detail how the work is really
going to be done, he encounters many things that are diffi¬
cult, or will take time to do, on which he had not calculated
when making up his estimate.
To aid him in this, he must thoroughly familiarize him¬
self with the possibilities, scope and range, as well as the
limitations, of the practical, mechanical end of the busi¬
ness, and the size and character of his own plant.
Promising early deliveries and promising unpracti¬
cally high results under certain conditions are some of the
important things a salesman is apt to do when not in close
touch with the existing conditions in the manufacturing
end.
The salesman must understand that cooperation must
not always be expected to come from the office without
giving cooperation in return. He must cooperate with the
house to produce the work for the customer in the most
expedient and profitable way without, of course, impairing
the value of the work or in any way giving the customer
less than was agreed upon.
The burden of almost the entire argument so far pre¬
sented has been directed toward securing the first order;
yet, after all, this is but half of the work which is
demanded of the selling man.
Unlike most every other line of business, after the
printing order is taken and entered, his work really begins
in properly taking care of it, and, in much of the work,
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keeping in direct touch with his customer on it. It can
hardly be entrusted to the office-boy, or to the mechanical
foreman, unless he knows how to handle customers. So
much comes up from time to time that requires firmness,
experience, diplomacy, that it is generally best for the sales¬
man to handle the customer throughout the work. He must
naturally strive to satisfy the customer in order to gain his
future trade, and he should readily appreciate that if good
personal service is rendered he ties that customer pretty
strongly to the house. At the same time it is up to the
salesman to see that the work comes through in the way he
figured, leaving the margin of profit anticipated. Many
customers often change their copy or their plans in such
a way that if the salesman is not in constant touch with
the work it will go through the shop and eat up all of the
profits on which he figured.
I have tried to point out the importance of the sales¬
man to any business — the difficulties he must encounter
and be prepared to meet, and the consideration he must
have, not only for the customer, but for the executive and
mechanical forces.
What I have said regarding the necessary qualifica¬
tions of a salesman and his importance to the business is
all true, and the fact remains that to get business at
profitable prices is not an easy matter, and with many it
seems to be almost an impossibility.
That is why we have so few successes and so many that
remain so-called one-man shops.
I have said all of this not so much to emphasize the
importance of the good salesman, but to emphasize the
necessity on our part, who are on the inside planning and
working out the final details in the office and mechanical
departments, to feel the responsibility to take care of the
business — the orders — • that is secured.
And now, after ,the salesman has qualified and is doing
his share — after the sale is made — particularly the first
sale, which has perhaps cost long preparation and hard
struggle ;
After the sale — what then?
It is then clearly up to the house, the shop, to make
good. By this I mean that every individual employed in
the establishment, from the office force down to the print¬
er’s devil, must be made to appreciate that back of every
sale stands the cooperation of the house, and that he is
working to please that customer, particularly that cus¬
tomer of the first sale.
You can see what that means.
Clearly it means that we are all, no matter in what
capacity employed, component parts of the selling force.
The salaries we enjoy out of our business are really the
result of cooperative effort to make sales.
The sales department of any concern can not take com¬
plete credit for the satisfactory business that its firm is
doing.
A successful business is the result of giving satisfac¬
tory service. This kind of service builds for permanency.
The salesman’s function is in getting the buyer linked
to the business he represents through the first order.
After that the salesman needs the cooperation of the
executive and manufacturing force.
The manufacturing department carries with it much
of the responsibility for the success of a business because,
no matter how well organized and efficient the salesman for
printing may be, if this department does not make good
the salesman can not expect to, very long.
I have tried to make clear that the salesman must
cooperate with the house.
It therefore follows that the house must cooperate with
the salesman, for it is this teamwork that makes for suc¬
cess.
Cooperation should be the thought all the time. Not
the thought, “ Is he stepping on my rights and the pre¬
serves of my department? ”
Not the thought that it is up to the salesman, regard¬
less of the customer’s interests.
Many of the directions given by a salesman may seem
whimsical.
Many of the interruptions and changes while work is
in progress are apparently without excuse. But generally
there is a good reason back of them.
When we are dealing with a customer, we are dealing
with a human and uncertain element which we can not
control. Many customers, because we do not understand
them, do not seem to show good judgment. We think we
are wiser than they, and we sometimes wonder how such
people are successful. All of this is our viewpoint. We
really ought to forget this, because it is engaging our mind
in things over which we have no control and which we can
not help, and distracting our thoughts from the important
work we have to do.
We may control the character of our customers, or
rather the kind of customers with whom we do business,
by process of elimination.
When a customer gets too troublesome, or gets on our
nerves because we do not understand him, drop him if
necessary.
But after many years of experience I am more firm
than ever in the belief that human nature is much alike,
and when you drop one customer to take up another you
simply change the character of your troubles.
We must take things philosophically, do the best we
can; do not kick and berate the customer; it simply puts
us out of tune with ourselves.
Too often the man indoors, at his desk, or employed in
the mechanical intricacies of the work, gets sour.
It is natural in a way, because he does not have the
enlivening influence of meeting new people and new scenes.
I maintain that a man, or woman, too, for that matter,
who is so employed ought to get the habit of seeking society
when the hours of labor are over. Do it in your home.
Go to your lodge, your club or your church. “ Mix ” is
the word. Mix, mix, mix. But be sure you mix with the
right people. Always make it a point to seek the society
or companionship of people who are your equals or supe¬
riors, not so much in a social way, but in an intellectual
way. This has an educational and broadening influence.
This will fit you better for your work and help you to
a quicker and better understanding of human nature. And
this understanding of human nature and training to look
at things with the other man’s eyes and mind will make
you more tolerant and will put you in better harmony or
sympathy with the salesman who is trying to meet the
requirements of the customers.
Customers’ requirements often seem ridiculous, and I
know that often a salesman is held accountable for the
many folderols and seemingly unwarranted ideas of the
customer.
Here is where that sympathetic cooperation must pre¬
vail.
If a salesman could find the time to explain the whys
and wherefores of this, that, and the other thing, to each
individual workman, it would, no doubt, greatly help to
accomplish a harmonious and satisfactory result, but it
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takes endless time to do this and is not practicable in the
nature of things.
I do not mean to say that we should take things as they
come and work out our orders blindly, without intelligence
back of it, for the best worker is always the man who has
and exercises the most intelligence, but I do mean to
emphasize the point I made earlier, and that is the men
who seek to improve themselves in every possible way
naturally get a readier understanding of things generally
and can reason out many of the whys and wherefores that
would otherwise perplex them.
Another thing: While a salesman, or any one else for
that matter, should not be encouraged to become a whiner
over every little trouble he encounters, I insist that there
are times when not enough consideration is paid to the
complaints of work having gone wrong.
That is the real time when the word codperation stands
for something. If something has gone wrong, no matter
who is to blame, get your heads together and see what can
be done.
A salesman meets outside conditions of which the
inside men do not know, and if he can point out what the
other printer is doing, or the way in which the customer
looks at this or that work, it is his duty to do so. And it
is the duty of the office and mechanical departments to
take it in good part and profit, if possible, by it. Criti¬
cism when offered should be meant for the accomplishment
of some good. If it is of such a nature that no good can
come from it, it should not be made; but it should be
encouraged rather than rejected, for in this way we make
ourselves better in our work.
We must all be in the spirit — “ If anything is wrong
we want to know it.”
A salesman should study the strong, as well as the
weak, selling points of the equipment and organization
back of him, offering criticism when necessary and com¬
mendation when deserving.
No one selling printing can be successful unless he has
the proper backing and support of the men who are
responsible for the mechanical execution of the work to be
sold.
There is nothing that will put backbone into a salesman
like seeing the orders he sells properly carried out, and
giving satisfaction to the customer.
It acts like a hypodermic injection upon all his other
troubles and renews his ginger when engaged with the
next man.
When work frequently goes wrong it is naturally very
discouraging, and no business can prosper under such con¬
ditions. It loses customers and takes the life out of the
man who goes after new business.
To get the salesman to talk quality, the thing to do is
to deliver it to his customer.
As a concluding thought, let me say that we must be
made to realize more fully how closely the interests of sell¬
ing are interwoven with the working departments.
The making of good printing is an art. Keen competi¬
tion and the wonderful inventive genius which is con¬
stantly developing in these days must keep the manufac¬
turing department up to concert pitch at all times if we
are to maintain our leadership in quality work. We must
not only keep our quality up but our costs down.
We can not do much to make our product cheaper if
we maintain quality, and the salesman therefore must be
as alive as the mechanical department to meet the keen
competition of the best brains in the country, to devise
means of interesting the buyer in selling plans that will
call upon the best that is in us to produce.
There is always a best way to do a thing if
it be but to boil an egg. — Emerson.
rh is department is designed to record methods of shorten¬
ing labor and of overcoming difficult problems in printing. The
methods used by printers to accomplish any piece of work re¬
corded here are open to discussion. Contributions are solicited.
Plan of Nicking Spaces to Indicate Their Width.
Understanding that typefounders have expressed a will¬
ingness to receive from customers any suggestions that may
lead to improvement in the wares sold by the former and
used by the latter, I am moved to submit for the considera¬
tion of all concerned the scheme of so nicking spaces as to
indicate their various widths. In ordinary composition,
with the smaller bodies of type, doubtless the careful com¬
positor would find such a scheme of little practical assist¬
ance, but in composition and distribution of the larger bod¬
ies, furnished sometimes with some half a dozen different
sizes of thin spaces, and in tabular and other more or less
intricate work, especially where numerous identical com¬
binations are involved, I have frequently felt that such
designations would be of advantage.
‘i Hk 5" Si 6
Something as indicated in Fig. 1, for instance (the over¬
head numeral indicating the width of the space in points).
Under this scheme, as thus far applied, it will be noted
that each nick in the middle indicates a width of one point,
and a nick at the end an additional width of half a point
(the nicking of the copper, brass and the smallest of the
type-metal spaces being omitted as unnecessary) . After a
width of say three points has been reached the scheme
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might be repeated without danger of confusion — and so
on, as far as necessary — as in Fig. 2.
Spaces not point-set might be indicated as in Fig. 3.
Even where the nicking of the space did not readily
indicate to the compositor its width, it would greatly facili¬
tate assorting, which would be perhaps its principal advan¬
tage. — Albert Fitch.
Dotted Guide Lines.
In book catalogues and price-lists, and elsewhere, I have
noticed the use of lines of dots, the purpose of these being
to guide the eye from the thing to the number or price
thereof. For example :
Bravo . C777-2
Afloat and Ashore . C777
Miles Wallingford . C777-15
Les Miserables . H895-S
Ivanhoe . S431-14
Redgauntlet . S431-22
Apples . 40 cents
Eggs . 30 cents
Potatoes . 55 cents
Coffee . 30 cents
Tea . 65 cents
Since the lines are close together the eye is often con¬
fused and fails to pursue a straight course in passing from
the thing to the number. In order to assist the eye in keep¬
ing the line, and to increase the efficiency of the dots, I sug¬
gest the omission of every other line. For example:
Bravo . C777-2
Afloat and Ashore, C777
Miles Wallingford . C777-15
Les Miserables, II895-3
Ivanhoe . S431-14
Redgauntlet, S431-22
Apples . 40 cents
Eggs, 30 cents
Potatoes . 55 cents
Coffee, 30 cents
Tea . 65 cents
a trifle to pierce the lower sheets. Pull make-ready sheet
by feeding to guides, and, after marking out and filling in,
slip it underneath the two or three top sheets to guides,
using a trifle of paste on the upper end of the sheet to hold
in place.
This method not only allows more freedom of make-
ready, but as it is not stationary, and can be moved at will,
the advantage of the method will be self-evident as it is
tried out. The make-ready sheet can be saved for repeated
orders, etc. In case an envelope is to be printed, follow out
the above instructions by setting job on envelope first, fol¬
lowed by make-ready. Then, instead of cutting out the low
places between the laps and pasting to a register on the
make-ready, merely place the flap on the inside of envelope
(as though about to send through the mails unsealed), hold
to light, and cut out all the parts that overlap. Leaving
the envelope intact, not disturbing the address side, slip
envelope under surface sheet and clamp.
Envelope flaps vary greatly, which is forcibly shown
when running half-tones. Sometimes large streaks are left
through the cut. When this happens, withdraw the envel¬
ope underneath the surface sheet, and replace with one
from the box giving the trouble. Don’t attempt to patch it,
as, sooner or later, you will again get your standard, leav¬
ing it as bad one way as the other. By just changing the
envelopes (having the make-ready on another sheet, as
instructed) , you can go from a large to a small envelope
without again making ready. By following the above pro¬
cedure, or at least the principles involved, a better grade of
work will be produced in less time and with less worry,
than by any other method. Always bear in mind that the
make-ready is never to be stationary. Prepare it in such a
way that it can be moved at will, then in case of trouble it
can be repaired with greater ease, and can finally be kept
in some convenient place for a return order. — Joseph
Walter, Jr. _ _
When the names and numbers are far apart, and espe¬
cially if the type is small and the spacing is close, it may
be well to retain only every third line. — Alfred J. Miller,
in the Scientific American.
SHORT BUT GOOD.
The declaration of principles set forth by H. C. Fel¬
lows, editor of the Henryetta (Okla.) Standard, is a gem
that would do credit to a Kipling. It is:
Methods for Quick Work on Job Presses.
In order to facilitate the handling of job presses, it is
necessary at all times to have tympan paper, cut to proper
size, and not to gather up larger sheets and tear them as
occasion demands. See that the platen is perfectly level,
and low enough to allow for two cardboards, with four
sheets to span the platen. If the platen is set as directed,
it will not only give you a standard to work by, but will
need no more adjusting, as it is just right for all ordinary
woi-k. If a card is to be printed, withdraw one card, etc.
In filling in names on books of medium thickness, throw
off the impression, fasten it securely, and print as usual,
losing no time lowering or raising the platen.
Working at different places throughout the country, I
have seen all kinds of make-ready. Some raise or lower the
platen, others paste paper back of form, and again others
take impressions underneath the surface sheet, and paste
make-ready to it. Then, after having made ready, they
attempt to set job on the stock, and find it is not propor¬
tioned correctly. After all has been corrected, it will
require another make-ready, thereby entailing loss of time.
The proper method at all times is to set job on the stock
first, use your best judgment as to whether it is propor¬
tioned correctly, let the feeder secure the O. K., while the
pressman proceeds with the make-ready. It will not be
necessary to again withdraw the guides — - simply tap them
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Queries redardinii process en^ravin^, and suggestions and
experiences of engravers and printers are solicited for this de¬
partment. Our technical research laboratory is prepared to inves¬
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address The Inland Printer Company.
The Best Process Journal.
William Keenan, Auburn, New York: “ I am a photo-
engraver and am desirous of subscribing for a trade jour¬
nal that will keep me in touch with the latest process in
photoengraving. I know of no one that could give me such
reliable information on this subject as yourself.”
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the desire to state the exact truth, which is that looking-
over the files of The Inland Printer during the past
year, it will be found that there were printed seventy-six
pages of matter that were of direct interest to the photo-
engraver. Besides this the processman, in order to be
successful, should keep posted on the latest developments
in presswork, electrotyping, stereotyping, the manufac¬
ture of paper, inks, etc., so that every line in this publica¬
tion should be of service to him. Therefore, a strict regard
for accuracy compels the statement that this is the best
journal in the world for the photoengraver.
Viffnettin^ Round and Elliptical Half-tones.
“Finisher,” San Francisco, writes: “I have had a
great number of small half-tones to vignette, both round
and oval in shape. This I do by painting on the etching-
solution from the outside of the circle, gradually encroach¬
ing toward the center, but to save my life I can not get the
vignetting even. What would you recommend? A speedy
reply will oblige.”
Answer. — The proper way to vignette a half-tone is to
begin with the copy and use an air-brush on it. This is the
way it is most successfully done. When it is not permis¬
sible so to treat the copy, the vignetting can be done in the
negative by flashing a mask of white Bristol board with
serrated, or saw-tooth, edge in front of the copy during the
half-tone negative-making. This mask had better be out
of focus with the copy and if circular be kept revolving
during the exposure. A portrait photographer will show
you how he vignettes negatives. Or a clever printer can,
by cutting a mask the proper shape, and with the printing-
frame at right angles to the light, keep the mask moving
and vignette the edges off softly and evenly while printing.
So much depends on the size and character of copy that
different methods may have to be used with varying copy,
but get it by the air-brush if possible.
Uneven Flat Etching*.
“Etcher,” Newport, Kentucky, asks: “What causes
uneven flat etching? I put on a thick coating of enamel,
burn it in to almost a black tone. I clean it after two min¬
utes in the iron, again after eight minutes, and etch ten to
twelve minutes for a 150 to 175 screen in iron 40 degrees
strong. Now, when I clean the plate off with a piece of
cotton and clearing solution and chromic acid, not too
5-7
strong, a scum seems to come off and the high-light dots
seem uneven, some dots bigger than others in an even high¬
light tint. The bottom of the plate is a dull brown instead
of a shiny copper appearance. I have tried leaving the
print in the iron all through the ten minutes’ etching with¬
out any better results.”
Answer. — You evidently do not clear out the scum
from the plate before etching, and this is the reason
undoubtedly for the unevenness of your flat etching. I
would clear up the print before etching with a solution of
1 ounce hydrochloric acid and 2 ounces of common table-
salt in 10 ounces of water. Pour a little of this solution
on the center of the dried plate and go over every portion
of the print with a soft brush until all of the exposed
copper is equally bright. Rinse under the tap and put at
once into the etching bath. You can improve your chlorid
of iron etching bath by reducing it with water to say 37°
Baurne. I would rock the plate during etching, going over
it occasionally with a camel’s-hair etching brush. This
brushing removes the fringes of the “ umbrella ” of
enamel that forms as the sides of the copper dots are
etched away, and does not deceive you as to the fineness of
the dots when you finish etching. You should etch 150-
line plates in five minutes. Keep the enamel print away
from water as much as possible while etching. It is water
that softens the enamel, not the etching solution. Never
wash under the tap before examining the plate to see if it
is bitten enough.
The Globe En{*ravin{| & Electrotype Company’s
Scale of Prices.
In estimating the size of half-tones add one-quarter
inch to the length and width for bevel. On long, narrow
plates estimate the width as one-fourth the length. No
allowance for fractions of inches or for unmounted plates.
For sketches, drawings, retouching or grouping photo¬
graphs, altering copy, hand-tooling or outlining cuts, and
proofs in colors, the cost is more than double the labor cost.
HALF-TONES, FROM PHOTOGRAPHS OR WASH DRAWINGS.
Square finish, block measure. Minimum scale is $2.50
for ten square inches, and for larger sizes 10 cents for
each additional square inch. For vignetting, the cost is
fifty per cent more than for square finish. For half-tones
finer than 150-line, the cost is twenty-five per cent extra.
For extra negatives for half-tone groups, the cost of each
negative is one-half the cost of the finished half-tone. For
two-color half-tones from black-and-white copy, the cost
of each plate is double the cost of an ordinary half-tone.
For line etching on copper, the cost is double the cost of
half-tones. For zinc half-tones, 85-line or less, the cost is
twenty-five per cent less than copper half-tones. For
anchoring half-tones on blocks, 15 cents per anchor.
ZINC ETCHINGS FROM BLACK-AND-WHITE LINE DRAWINGS OR
PRINTS.
Minimum cost, $1.25 for ten square inches. For larger
sizes, 5 cents for each additional square inch. For repro¬
ductions from lithograph or steel-plate copy, script, pen¬
manship and shorthand, the cost is fifty per cent extra.
For etching of color-plates to register, the cost is fifty per
cent extra. For laying tints for color-plates, the cost is
double the labor cost. For reverse (white letter) etchings,
on wood, the cost is fifty per cent extra. For metal bases,
G cents per square inch; minimum, 25 cents. For mor¬
tising on wood: outside, 10 cents; inside, 15 cents. On
metal: outside, 15 cents; inside, 25 cents.
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The Geo. H. Benedict Etching Machine.
An etching- machine, for use on copper only, is the
invention of George H. Benedict, of Chicago. Etching-
machines have been patented wherein the plate is worked
up and down on the etching solution, on the churn princi¬
ple, but Mr. Benedict moves the solution up and down by
an ingenious arrangement. The illustration shows how
this is accomplished. The apparatus in the center, shown
through the broken side, is a traveling weir or moving par¬
tition in section like an inverted V. As this weir moves
THE BENEDICT ETCHING MACHINE.
forward and back the solution is raised to the face of the
plate and runs over the back of it. The air follows the
weir so that the plate gets an alternate laving of etching-
solution and air. The plate, 18 by 22 or smaller, is simply
laid on strips just above the solution. The movement of the
traveling weir is between four and five to the minute. This
machine, 20 by 24 inches in size, is being marketed by the
Williams-Lloyd Machinery Company at $400. Mr. Bene¬
dict says of it that “ it looks so simple and works so slowly
that it seems almost a joke when you look at it in opera¬
tion.”
Image Direct on the Metal in the Camera.
L. Villemaire tells, in Le Procede, how to photograph
direct on the metal in the camera. The method is so sim¬
ple that most of the readers of this will wonder why they
did not think of it before. He prepares a zinc or copper
plate in the usual manner and sensitizes it with enamel.
When the enamel is dried in the darkroom he dusts talc
on it and removes the surplus with a soft camel’s-hair
brush. On this talced enamel surface he flows a rubber
solution such as is used in stripping negatives. When this
rubber film is dry he covers the back and edges of the
metal plate with shellac, or the back and edges of the plate
may be coated with shellac before the enamel is put on.
The plate is then treated with collodion and the silver bath
just as if it were the regular glass support. It is exposed
in the camera and developed, intensified and treated just
like an ordinary process negative. After intensification
the plate is exposed while wet to an electric light to get the
enamel printed under the wet negative. The negative will
dry under the electric light. Plunge it into benzol and the
negative will strip off. Develop the enamel then in the
customary way after a dye bath to see if the print is right.
It is then burned in and is ready for etching. It is to be
hoped that as many readers as possible will try this method
and write to this department the result of their experi¬
ments with it.
Co-operation Considered in Great Britain.
The British Journal of Photography has this to say
about the possibility of a combination in that country:
“ It has often been suggested that the engraving trade
should make some arrangement whereby prices may be
increased or at least maintained. It is thought that this
might be done by agreement as to prices, involving a pen¬
alty if broken, or by the formation of every photoengra¬
ving business into a trust. Either of these propositions
entails the consent of all concerned, which it is difficult to
imagine could be obtained. It is improbable that those
firms that are doing well would be inclined to take any
risk in binding themselves. But supposing that consent of
all had been obtained, it is still more difficult to imagine
any sort of combination long- maintaining- prices above
their natural level, which is that fixed by those firms that
are content with a moderate profit, using every item of
good management to secure this, while at the same time
keeping their prices at a minimum. No firm can sell below
cost for long, nor does the customer expect it. What he
does expect is to get his article with as little burden of
added profit as capable capitalists are content to accept.
As the ability to make half-tone blocks can not be made a
monopoly, and as the plant is not very expensive, at all
events for a commencement, a combination making any
profit above the minimum for which it would not be worth
while to combine will always be liable to incursions of
competitors who would undercut, and it could only starve
these out at a cost that would be probably ruinous to
itself.”
Etching Face Down.
This is the query: “I have sometimes noticed, after
etching a half-tone face down in a still bath, that a lot
of small holes and occasional minute white rings have
appeared, which were not previously in the print; also a
kind of streaky effect is produced on a light tone where it
suddenly meets a solid.” A writer in Process Work replies
in part as follows : “ The trouble complained of is one of
the disadvantages of etching face down. The small holes
and small rings are caused by specks in the enamel. The
particles may be dust that has dropped on the plate while
wet and before burning in. In this case they make the
enamel rotten, and a dot in which they are embedded will
soon etch away. In other cases it may be particles floating
about in the perchlorid bath which adhere to the surface
of the plate. If a little white space occurs in a shadow, it
is probably caused by a particle in the fish-glue solution
when the plate was coated, which chars when burned in and
makes the enamel rotten at that point. As to the minute
white rings which sometimes appear, if these are little cir¬
cular lines where the enamel has been etched through, it
will be found there is a particle in the center, which was
there when the plate was coated, and has caused the enamel
for a narrow space surrounding it to be thin, so that it has
etched away, causing a white circle, though the particle
itself is surrounded by sufficient glue to stand the etching.
The streaky effect produced on a light tone where it meets
a solid is always seen where the etching is carried fairly
deep. Especially when the plate is etched face downward.
For some reason the plate etches faster near a large solid
patch than it does farther away. It is probably because
there is more solution available near the solid part per
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unit of area to do the etching, as the solution can not etch
the solid, and is more or less repelled by it. This effect
seems to be more pronounced if the solid part is covered
with a varnish or ink.”
Employees of Maurice Joyce Company Enjoy
Picnic.
The annual picnic of the employees of the Maurice Joyce
Engraving Company, Washington, D. C., held in June at
Marshall Hall, was an especially enjoyable affair. The
“ boys ” had their special boat and carried a complete com¬
missary department. The gaiety of the occasion was con¬
siderably enhanced by the presence of Doctor Bodenheim,
of the Seldner & Enequist Company; W. J. Lawrence, of
the National Steel & Copper Plate Company, and James
Written for The Inland Printer.
PHOTOENGRAVERS’ FIFTEENTH ANNUAL CON-
VENTION.
BY S. H. HORGAN.
HE fifteenth annual convention of the
International Association of Photoengra¬
vers, held in Cincinnati, June 26-27, was
the most valuable boost the photoengra¬
ving business ever received. It was the
largest and most earnest gathering of the
leaders in the engraving industry, deter¬
mined above all else to learn more from
each other of the causes of their losses and the proper
basis on which to make their business profitable. Conse-
EMPLOYEES OF MAURICE JOYCE ENGRAVING COMPANY, WASHINGTON, D. C., ENJOYING THEIR
ANNUAL PICNIC AT MARSHALL HALL.
Hill, of the Macbeth Lamp Company, whose pictures are
included in the group photograph reproduced herewith.
The manager of the Maurice Joyce Company — H. C. C.
Stiles — takes a deep interest in these annual festivities of
his force and writes that “ Our men have had a picnic of
this sort annually for a great many years, and I per¬
sonally agree that it is a fine thing for them, as it increases
their personal friendly standing, which I think tends toward
better ‘ teamwork ’ in the workrooms.”
MONEY IN ITS PAGES.
Each department of The Inland Printer is handled in
a thorough manner, and many articles appearing- each
month are worth a year’s subscription. — J. H. Woods,
Atlanta, Georgia. _ _
UP AND DOWN.
Labor has been standing together and raising prices;
employing printers have been struggling along and cutting
prices. See the point? — Ben Franklin Bulletin.
quently it was around the question of costs that the most
attention centered.
CINCINNATI’S SPLENDID HOSTS.
The social features of the stay in Cincinnati were alone
worth going thousands of miles to enjoy, and the splendid
hosts to whom the entertainment is due were: Finance
Committee — George Meinshausen, Meyer Lesser, J. L.
Megrue, Leo T. Folz and Walter Z. Shafer; the Enter¬
tainment Committee — Eugene Schoettle, H. W. Weis-
brodt, and Herman Strueve; the Reception Committee —
Dr. H. Bodenheim, Tom Jones, Albert Noelcke, J. J. Clegg,
A. Zugelter, W. C. Erchuer, H. N. Meyer and E. Holl-
rneyer. The Ladies Committee were — Walter McDonald,
George Walters and E. V. Schonberger, assisted by Mrs.
Leo T. Folz, Mrs. F. C. H. Manns, Miss Alma Meinshausen,
Mrs. J. L. Megrue, Mrs. Albert Noelcke, Mrs. G. W. Threl-
keld, Mrs. H. W. Weisbrodt, Mrs. G. R. Walters and Miss
Emma Walters.
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OPENING OF THE CONVENTION.
When President H. C. C. Stiles called the convention to
order there were 137 present, and from cities geograph¬
ically separated like Boston, represented by Ward M.
Tenney, first president of the Association; Lucien J. Hicks,
of Portland, Oregon; Edgar J. Ransom, of Winnipeg, and
H. G. Grelle, of New Orleans. Dr. Louis Schwab, mayor
of Cincinnati, welcomed the delegates to the city, and John
Clyde Oswald responded. After the usual routine business
Mr. Howard Spencer Levy read a most interesting greet¬
ing to the convention from Arthur Cox, president of the
British Photoengravers’ Association.
It was the paper of Mr. Frank P. Bush, of the Bush-
■Krebs Company, Louisville, Kentucky, that aroused the
greatest interest and discussion. The title was: “ Our
Experience with the Denham Cost System.” Mr. Bush
showed that “ without a knowledge of costs the photo¬
engraver is both a robber and a fool, for he is taking from
one customer and giving to another.” He paid a tribute
to Mr. George H. Benedict, of Chicago, for his persistence
in calling attention to the losses every photoengraver sus¬
tained on minimum cuts at the prices they were charg¬
ing for them. Mr. Bush gave the convention the benefit of
his experience in the cost, profits and losses of over eleven
thousand cuts. He found that in his shop the pay-roll was
forty-four per cent and the overhead expenses were fifty-
six per cent of the total, which was one of the revelations
of installing a cost system.
A RESULT OF DENHAM’S NERVE TONIC.
Mr. Bush also found that on 200 orders going through
his shop in October last, when he first installed the cost
system, 112 orders showed a loss of $179.28 and 88 orders
only showed a gain of $145.78. In June, out of the first
200 orders, 86 showed a loss of $58.77 and 114 showed a
gain of $255.94. These experiences of Mr. Bush with a
cost system were of the most intense interest to the other
delegates. He had his figures tabulated, reproduced and
printed copies distributed.
Capt. Willis J. Wells, of Binner-Wells, Chicago, spoke
on costs, as did Mr. John C. Buckbee, of the Bureau of
Engraving, Minneapolis. Mr. L. B. Folsom, of Folsom &
Sunnergren, Boston, and others joined in the discussion
and asked questions.
FIXING THE COST ON EACH ORDER.
“ The Advantage and Possibility of Knowing the Cost
of Each Individual Order ” was the title of the next most
interesting talk, by Mr. Robert S. Denham. He illustrated
his various points by lantern slides of tables and actual
shop-tickets taken from establishments that have adopted
his system.
The total average cost of photoengraving per hour-
operation in thirteen plants — twelve months, eight cities —
was found by Mr. Denham to be:
(1) Art . $1-60
(2) Art . 1.18
(3) Art . 1-01
(4) Art . 86
Color camera . 2.48
Half-tone camera . 1.80
Line camera . 1.61
Color etching' and finishing: . 1.41
Half-tone etching* and finishing* . 1.42
Zinc etching . 1.45
Routing . 1.15
Blocking . 1.34
Color proofing . 1.18
Commercial photo . 1.50
Mr. George H. Benedict, of the Globe Engraving &
Electrotype Company, Chicago, the pioneer in calling atten¬
tion to this matter of costs, was received with the greatest
enthusiasm. He showed by a chart that the experiences
of those with cost systems are but verifying the sliding
scale, subject to discount, which originated with the Chi¬
cago Photoengravers’ Association in 1907, and which Mr.
Benedict holds is as logical, consistent and equitable a
schedule of prices as can be devised..
MR. FREDERIC E. IVES AND THE HALF-TONE PROCESS.
On the announcement by Chairman C. C. Stiles that
they were now about to hear from one they had come thou¬
sands of miles to see and meet, who would tell them of the
early history of the half-tone process and the evolution of
the half-tone screen, Mr. Frederic E. Ives was received
with a hearty ovation, and read the following paper:
“ It has been suggested that some information such as
I can give about the conception and evolution of the half¬
tone process might prove interesting to members of this
association.
“ I am afraid that neither the history nor the science
of half-tone has ever held very much interest for the
majority of photoengravers, who have been content to
know practically the best methods of arriving at the suc¬
cessful results. I know that when I suggested to the
author of a pretentious text-book of photography, himself
a photoengraver, that it was useful to know that the suc¬
cessful employment of the half-tone process screen was
based upon a recognition of the fact that when correctly
used it afforded an optical substitute for the V-shaped tool
of the hand engraver, he assured me that such theoretical
considerations were of little practical interest to justify
him in giving up space to them. Nevertheless the cross-
line half-tone screen process owes its origin and perfection
to exactly such theoretical considerations, and was full
born and perfected as a mental conception before the first
sealed cross-line screen was produced.
NO IMPROVEMENT IN A QUARTER CENTURY.
“ Not only so, but I unhesitatingly say that there has
been no essential improvement in the process itself in
nearly twenty-five years.”
Mr. Ives here told the story of his early trials with
printers who would insist on using plate paper and soft
tympan in proving his first plates, and continued:
“ The half-tone plate as we know it to-day, with black
cross-lines in the shadows and white cross-lines in the
lighter shades, and the surface of the lines and dots flat
and on one plane, also the three-color half-tone process,
were really invented by me while I was in charge of the
photographic section of Cornell University in 1878. In a
talk to some of the students at that time I confidently pre¬
dicted that within ten years photomechanical engraving
would generally replace wood engraving, and that three-
color process printing would replace chromo-lithography in
books and magazines.
“ I already saw how it might be all accomplished, but
made the mistake of underestimating the conservatism
of established methods. It will seem less surprising that
a mere youth foresaw all this when I tell you that I was
probably the only person in the world who was at the
same time an expert practical printer, an expert photo¬
graphic operator, an amateur wood engraver and a com¬
petent inventor. So that my special knowledge and expe¬
rience converged with my natural inclination to just such
a focus that I attacked the problem with a perfectly clear
understanding of the requirements, and half-tone was with
me just as definite and scientific an invention as the phono¬
graph was with Edison or the telephone with Gi'aham Bell.
HOW HE CAME TO DO IT.
“ It did not, as many have supposed, grow out of the
obvious fact that the line screen in contact with a photo-
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graph must cut up the photographic image into lines, but
out of recognition of the fact that for this purpose body-
shades must be translated into shading by graduated lines,
as in wood engraving, and this was brought about first by
the actual use of a V-shaped tool in its relation to a gradu¬
ated photographic relief plate and then by logical process
of evolution to practical simplicity, by the substitution of
an optically produced V line.
“ Meanwhile, approximations to the required results
were arrived at by others by experiments carried on with¬
out a distinct recognition of the true principle involved.
“ So far as I know, no method or detail of method which
remains in practice to-day was evolved by others in advance
of my own consistent development from my original con¬
ception of the true principle involved in translating body
shades into graduated lines. My great mistake, as it
turned out, was, that I did not save others the trouble of
going over the same ground by prompt publication of my
own methods and progress. I know now that I could not
have lost anything by doing it.”
Apologetically, Mr. Ives then related the history of his
youth and how he came up to the half-tone process.
IT IS THE COUNTRY BOY WHO WINS.
“ I was born on a small farm four miles from Litch¬
field, Connecticut. Not only my father, but all my relatives
were farmers. I was drilled into farm work as early as
possible and even kept out of school in summer to help on
the farm. I was scolded a good deal because I would not
do as much heavy work as some of the neighbors’ boys.
And when my father once caught me drawing a picture he
snatched away the pencil and sent me out to distribute
fertilizer, telling me at the same time never to waste my
time in that way again.
“ When I was nine years old my father became a coun¬
try storekeeper, but he died two years later of consump¬
tion. I clerked for a while in a country store, but was dis¬
charged partly because I was not strong enough, though
chiefly on account of my habit of stealing into the back
room to work out inventions. After a term in school I
bought a very small printing-press, on which I printed
envelopes, etc., for the storekeepers. This led to an
apprenticeship in the Litchfield Enquirer printing-office
when I was thirteen.
“ There I was doing most of the job printing in a little
while, and also, on my own time, nights and Sundays,
printed and published an amateur paper. I did a mail¬
order business in printing visiting cards, taught myself
photography by the old wet-plate method, and tried to
teach myself wood engraving.
“I worked as a journeyman printer at Ithaca, New
York, for a year after finishing my apprenticeship, took up
view and portrait photography, and at nineteen took charge
of the photographic laboratory at Cornell University.
Thei’e I worked out a most successful method of swelled-
gelatin relief photoengraving, by which I made, before I
gave it up, thousands of printing-plates.
“ I could only reproduce definite line and stipple and
tried to think of a way to translate the body shades of pho¬
tographs into line and stipple so that I might reproduce
them. I finally decided that it might be accomplished by
utilizing in some way the relation of a V-shaped engra¬
ver’s tool to a graduated photographic relief, like the
Woodburytype gelatin relief. Just how to go about it was
not clear to me, when, after several hours thought about it,
I went to bed one night tired out. Awakening in the morm-
ing I saw instantly, apparently materialized in the air
before my eyes, the whole mechanism of the process. I got
up, dressed, wrote out a specification and had it signed by
witnesses and in two or three days had specimens to show.
MAKING HALF-TONES FOR $15 A WEEK.
“ Soon after I got a position to work my line photo¬
engraving process, first in Baltimore and later with Cross¬
cup & West, wood engravers, in Philadelphia. This firm
did not have money enough to buy a photographic outfit, so
I purchased one and a small printing-press on my own
credit. They paid me $15 a week for one year. With no
help I made negatives, swelled-gelatin reliefs, wax casts,
stereotype molds, finished the plates and made the proofs
on the printing-press. Crosscup & West cleared a little
over $1,000 on my work that year.
“ The second year I had the same wages, but with the
addition of a $3 a week helper I did better. I also modified
and reduced to practice my half-tone process and com¬
menced to turn out a few plates commercially in February,
1881.
“ It was a beautiful but complicated process, scien¬
tifically perfect but not very commercial, even if it had
been adequately appreciated. I made various improve¬
ments from time to time, but was limited to the use of the
swelled-gelatin relief process, as there were no successful
etchers in this country at that time. Later, some of the
best work was done with the photoelectrotype process, but
the negatives had to be sent to New York for that purpose.
WHY THE INVENTION WAS NOT PATENTED.
“ I soon realized the theoretical possibility of using a
screen for negative-making in such a manner as to obtain
an optical substitute for my mechanical V line, and so get
the results much more directly and cheaply, and I pre¬
pared a patent specification, which was the first statement
of the optical V-line principle; but the necessity for abso¬
lutely sharply defined lines and dots in the negatives used
to make swelled-gelatin relief plates, and the fact that a
man who has to support a family on $18 a week finds even
the taking out of patents a serious tax, prevented me from
putting the application in the Patent Office.
“ This was all before the Meisenbach screen process had
been heard of. Meisenbach made negatives so 4 fuzzy ’ that
they would have been perfectly useless for the swelled-
gelatin photoengraving process, but he saved the situation
by making etched relief plates, and defects in gradation
which were inherent in his method of using a screen were
compensated for as much as proved practicable by elaborate
processes of burnishing, rouletting, etc. Even with all his
‘ faking,’ he did not get nearly as accurate reproductions
as I was getting by pure process, but his process was
cheaper and better adapted for handling large sizes.
“ I knew I could beat Meisenbach to death with my own
ideal screen process if I could have an etching process to
make the plates. When we got an etcher he commenced
with zinc, but with my help developed the first enamel-
copper process, while I perfected the screen process in
accordance with my original conception of an optical V
line, which worked out in cross-line to be more conveniently
described as the pinhole image process.
“ My first sealed cross-line screen, practically identical
with those used to-day, was made in the winter of 1885-6,
and though I first used it in a copying camera with glass
positives, and used it only on a selected portion of my work,
it was not many months before I had it in operation exactly
as it is used to-day.
THE METHOD KEPT A SECRET.
“ I did not patent, as I might have done, the principle
of the formation of the optical V cross-line, the shaded
MARBLE STATUE — “THE AWAKENING.”
BY AUGUST RODIN.
Said to be the most remarkable of the creations of the great French sculptor
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pinhole image of lens diaphragm, special shaped and mul¬
tiple stops, intensifying and clearing to sharpen the lines,
etc., as successfully worked out in my screen process,
because Crosscup & West were afraid to have it published,
urging me that it was safer to keep it a secret. It proved
that they were quite mistaken about this, and I suffered
irreparably by following their advice. We did, however,
teach it as a secret process, and for a small nominal sum,
to parties in New York, Boston and Buffalo, who could
testify if they cared to do so, as to the originality of the
process and the full exposition by me at that time of the
principle now generally recognized.
“ I do not wish to minimize the good work done by
others. Some of the work which I did was done inde¬
pendently by others, who were not informed of my meth¬
ods, owing to the unfortunate attempt to hold them as
secrets. But the significant fact is that because I started
out with a perfect knowledge of the requirements, and
recognized the fundamental principle involved, I not only
made the first half-tone plates meeting the technical re¬
quirements, but by consistent process evolution arrived
twenty-five years ago at a process so practical and efficient
that nobody has been able to make any material improve¬
ment on it to this day.
“ I have patented about fifty inventions. Many of
them, like the three-color half-tone process, were made
many years before the conditions were right for success¬
fully exploiting them. When I made the first specimen of
three-color half-tone printing in 1881, nobody was appar¬
ently in the least impressed with the possibilities of such
a method. My specimen hung framed on Crosscup &
West’s office wall for years. I first succeeded in getting it
mentioned in a technical journal in 1884, exhibited it at the
Novelties Exhibition, Philadelphia, in 1885, and the proc¬
ess was patented as a new invention by three different men
in different countries ten or twelve years after my first
specimen was made.”
Mr. Ives concluded with a description of his latest
invention, Tripak photography, by which three color-
record negatives are made with one lens and a single expo¬
sure with a compact camera.
He received a rising vote of thanks from the convention
and then, as a complete surprise to him, Mr. Gustav Zeese,
of Zeese-Wilkinson, New York, presented Mr. Ives with a
costly watch and chain as a reminder, he said, that the
photoengravers did not forget the debt they still owed to
Mr. Ives.
EARLIER HALF-TONE WORKERS.
Mr. S. H. Horgan, editor of “ Process Engraving ”
notes in The Inland Printer, arose to add his mite of
praise to the great things Mr. Ives had done for process
engraving. He said this convention would pass into his¬
tory as the one that had brought Mr. Ives before them to
tell what he has accomplished. After praising the great
achievements of Mr. Ives he related how he called on Mr.
Ives, at Crosscup & West’s place, February 5, 1882, and
they compared proofs of half-tones they had made, when
Mr. Ives said that it was seeing the half-tones Mr. Horgan
was making in the New York Daily Graphic in the late
seventies that first attracted Mr. Ives’ attention to half¬
tone.
In 1892, while Mr. Horgan was art manager of the New
York Herald, Mr. Max Levy asked him where he got the
half-tone screens he was using fifteen years before that
time, which screens were made, in all sizes, by the Leggo
Brothers, in Montreal, prior to 1873.
Mr. Horgan told of the work of Gen. Frederick W. Von
Egloffstein, who had Sartain, of Philadelphia, rule half¬
tone screens for him in 1861, and who, in 1868, had a large
establishment in New York engaged in engraving half¬
tones, intaglio, all of which dates he thought should go
into the record they were then making of the early his¬
tory of half-tone.
OTHER INTERESTING SPEAKERS.
N. S. Amstutz gave a short talk on the necessity of
photoengravers realizing what an important factor they
were in every line of business. Advertising would be dead
without their work and literature depended upon them for
its illustrations, without which it would not be salable. He
suggested that jiopular lectures might be given during the
season in large cities to educate the public up to the intri-
E. W. HOUSER,
President, International Association of Photoengravers.
cate work required in the production of an engraving and
a better appreciation of their art. With a few lantern
slides he showed how such lectures might be made enter¬
taining.
J. E. Huggins, of Chicago, gave an illustrated talk on
the “ Science of Salesmanship and Business Building,”
showing the different characteristics of the salesman, the
goods, the buyer, and the sale.
E. A. Taylor, of the Bausch & Lomb Optical Company,
Rochester, spoke on photographic optics.
THE NEW PRESIDENT, E. W. HOUSER.
The election of officers was entered into with a hearti¬
ness equal to that of a great political convention, and spoke
well for the future of the association. E. W. Houser, of the
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Barnes-Crosby Company, Chicago, was elected president,
and J. L. Megrue, of the H. W. Weisbrodt Company, Cin¬
cinnati, vice-president; George Brigden, of Toronto, Can¬
ada, reelected secretary, and John C. Bragdon, of Pitts¬
burg, reelected treasurer.
Mr. James L. Megrue, the newly elected vice-president
of the International Association of Photoengravers, has
been connected with the H. W. Weisbrodt Company, Cin¬
cinnati, Ohio, for more than twenty-five years in the
capacity of general manager. When the company was
incorporated some years ago he was elected vice-president,
which office he still retains.
JAS. L. MEGRUE,
Vice-President, International Association
of Photoengravers.
The Weisbrodt concern operates a complete printing
plant and electrotype foundry in addition to its photo¬
engraving interests, and his familiarity with these allied
crafts should make Mr. Megrue an ideal international
officer.
The new Executive Committee consists of S. E. Blan¬
chard, Suffolk Engraving Company, Boston; H. A. Gat-
chel, Gatchel & Manning Company, Philadelphia; Fred W.
Gage, Gage Printing Company, Battle Creek, Michigan;
J. C. Buckbee, Bureau of Engraving, Minneapolis, and
H. B. Blatchly, Commercial Art Company, San Francisco.
PORTION OF THE ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES.
The evening banquet at the Business Men’s Club was a
most elaborate affair. Tom Jones, of Cincinnati, acted as
toastmaster and impromptu toasts were responded to by a
number of the former and new officers of the association as
well as the members.
A trip up the Ohio river in one of the largest passenger
steamers to Coney Island and a stag dinner there were
among the treats prepared by the Entertainment Com¬
mittee, as well as a trip in special trolley cars over the
beautiful hills surrounding Cincinnati. A visit to the
famous Zoo of that city ended a most enjoyable series of
entertainments.
The ladies who accompanied the delegates were most
sumptuously entertained. The first day they were taken in
automobiles to Chester Park, where lunch was served. In
the evening they were escorted to the opera. The next day
on a special trolley they visited the Rookwood Pottery, the
Art Museum and the Zoo, so that altogether the visitors
agreed that there was nothing left undone to make this the
most enjoyable and profitable convention in the history of
the association. _
WHO MADE THE SPOOK TYPE?
The editor of this paper, while comparatively a young
man, is classified as an “ old-time print.” We have worked
in a good many offices, have been on the road with type,
with machinery, and without almost everything else, inclu¬
ding sox, but must acknowledge that we are stumped this
time. Something like three years ago we bought a plant to
get it off the market, and ditched a lot of old junk. Being
too poor to buy a complete new outfit, we rebuilt an old
“ Globe ” jobber, bearing the monogram, “ Y I M Co.” We
are also the possessors of Army press No. 201, made by
the Cincinnati Type Foundry. The bottoms of the type-
cases are variously inscribed. Some are from the Mare
Island Navy Yard, while others have been billed, “ Winne-
mucca, via Wells-Fargo; Virginia City, Pioche, Helena,
Delamar,” etc. One case stand bore the initials or trade¬
marks of C. C. Goodwin, S. L. Clemens, Andrew Maute,
Major Henby, Jim Huggett, Dixie Dunbar, Daddy LeRoy,
Jack Show, P. Barrowman, C. J. Pettee, P. Barnum and
other names almost obliterated by the ravages of time and
the vandalism of an irreverent younger generation. One
of the old books in the shop contained a lot of clippings
from the Virginia City Enterprise, dated 1869 to 1872,
alongside which were the names of a lot of old-timers with
their subscription dates, about a year in arrears, as usual.
With the rest of the junk purchased, was a heterogeneous
assortment of type cast during the pliocene age of the
founders’ art, before the days of point line, point body,
point set. Following is a list of the trade-marks on some
of the old type: Palmer & Rey; Dickens, Chicago; John¬
son’s Foundry, Philadelphia; Ryan Company, Baltimore;
B. T. F. ; Krug, New York; Bruce, New York; Painter
& Co.; Poole Brothers, Chicago; Central Type Foundry;
Chicago Type Foundry; S. & S.; Keystone; U. T. F.;
California Type Foundry; Conners Sons, Type Founders,
New York; and a few, very few, of the modern type¬
founders. There was also a font cast by a London type¬
founder whose name we can not recall.
We have searched for a mysterious left-handed monkey-
wrench in the cellar of the old Saturday Evening Post,
listened to George W. Childs read his own editorials, sorted
“ pi ” on the Washington Post, pushed a hand-roller on a
G. Wash, in a lot of country offices that have later grown as
large even as the Prospector ; we have folded papers on
the Trenton Gazette, and licked a North American kid for
tryin’ to run down the Inquirer; we’ve aspired to emulate
Dana and worshiped at the shrine of Marse Henry — but
we’re stumped; surrounded by that mess of prehistoric
type, we feel much as did the Connecticut Yankee who
went to sleep in the nineteenth century and waked up in
Merrie England of the fourth. Won’t some antiquarian in
the trade rescue us from this predicament by telling us
where the departed makers of this spook type hung out
their shingles? — The Prospector, Official Newspaper and
County Printery; Robert Graham, Editor; Caliente, Lin¬
coln County, Nevada.
A TWENTY-YEAR RECORD.
I have taken The Inland Printer for twenty years.
In renewing my subscription I offer you my hearty con¬
gratulations on its constantly growing success. — H. Bode-
muller, Opelousas, Louisiana.
THE WORK OF G. DOLA, PARIS.
Three-color half-tone from a lithographic print, by permission of the artist.
Engraved and printed by The Henry O. Shepard Company, Chicago.
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Translated for The Inland Printer.
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PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS.
By OUR SPECIAL FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT.
T the International Congress of the Period¬
ical Press, held at Brussels, in the latter
part of July last, the following report was
made, which is reproduced from the
Bulletin Officiel, the organ of the master
printers’ syndicate of France, because of
its interest in connection with the trou¬
bles the periodical press of the United
States has in the warding off of oppression, repression
and suppression by the Postoffice Department. The maker
of this report, M. Blondel, manager of the Revue des
Produits Chimiques (Review of Chemical Products), had
been commissioned to get it up and present it on behalf of
L’Association Generale de la Presse Technique (General
Association of the Technical Press), whose headquarters
are at Paris.
As to France, he says that the law of April 29, 1908,
concerning the postal tariff applicable to journals and
periodicals, since being put in force, has given occasion for
numberless complaints, emanating mainly from publishers
of technical and professional journals, who in particular
feel great damage to their interests from this law.
L’Association Generale de la Presse Technique, faith¬
ful to the mission which it has taken up — a mission which
includes that of defending the general interests of the cor¬
porate press, under all its forms — can not remain indiffer¬
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extended inquiry among its confreres, whether they belong
to the association or not, with the purpose of ascertaining
to a degree of certainty the principal grievances due to this
law and the desires of those interested.
It is with the information received in the course of this
inquiry that we are able to make in part this report. It
shows that the law of April, 1908, which seems to have had
for its object the promotion of journals and periodicals,
with the purpose of aiding in the spread of ideas and the
diffusion of the fruits of thought, far from being an amelio¬
ration of the condition of the periodical press, has estab¬
lished a new regime which is most detrimental to it.
The journals and periodicals were to profit greatly
through this law, by its reduction of certain taxes, but this
has been accompanied by certain conditions which now
engage our attention, and which, in practice, stand in the
way of the technical press securing the benefits it ought to
be able to derive from these reductions.
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Spain.
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It is well to remark in passing, that, contrary to the
opinion of certain of our confreres, the transmission of
journals and periodicals is not a part of France’s postal
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(1 pfennig equals 14 cent.)
For official journals the fee for distribution is uniformly
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advises the publisher of the number of copies required.
The making up into packages of the copies is done by the
postoffice of the place of publication. This making up of
packages may be turned over to the publisher at any time
he may demand it, but without receiving any compensation
from the postoffice for the work. The copies are placed
under bands or in packages and the inscription, “ Copies of
. for . ,” is written as the address.
All copies for subscribers at one postoffice are put in one
package, addressed to the office.
Transport — The transmission of the copies thus depos¬
ited must be effected by the first mail, wherever this is pos¬
sible without occasioning any delay of the ordinary letter
mail. If the wrapping is done by the publisher the dis¬
patching by the first mail after deposit is made is obliga¬
tory.
Distribution — The copies are not delivered at subscri¬
bers’ domiciles if the distribution fee, as before stated, has
not been paid. In such cases the copies are retained at the
delivery window and held at the disposition of the sub¬
scribers for a period of two weeks. The postmaster, being
in possession of a list of the subscribers at his office, sepa-
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rates and delivers the copies received. It is his duty to
give immediate notice of any shortages which may occur.
Periodicals which are mailed by the general public are
subject to the ordinary rules of the postal service, and the
rate of postage on them is as follows :
For the locality and neighboring rural radius of the
office of publication : Packages weighing up to 50 grams,
2 pfennigs; 50 to 100 grams, 3 pfennigs; 100 to 250 grams,
5 pfennigs; 250 to 500 grams, 10 pfennigs; 500 to 1,000
grams (or 1 kilogram — the maximum package weight),
15 pfennigs. (50 grams equal 1% ounces.)
For anywhere else outside of these limits: Packages
weighing up to 50 grams, 3 pfennigs; 50 to 100 grams, 5
pfennigs; 100 to 250 grams, 10 pfennigs; 250 to 500
grams, 20 pfennigs; 500 to 1,000 grams (the maximum),
30 pfennigs.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The postal service does not in any manner intervene in
the nrocuring or sending of subscriptions. However, there
has been instituted a special postage rate in favor of those
publishers who apply for the registration of their journals
at the General Postoffice. This registration requires the
payment of an annual fee of 5 shillings ($1.25) for each
publication. The postage rate is then Vz penny (1 cent)
for each copy. When a number of copies are assembled in
one package the rate is V2 penny per copy, but it may not
be higher on the package than the rate for a letter of the
same weight (1 penny up to 4 ounces and Vz penny for each
extra ounce) or for a mail package of the same weight sent
by the “ half-penny packet post,” a system unique with
England (that is, % penny for matter not exceeding two
ounces in weight) .
Publications which are not registered at the General
Postoffice are admitted to the mails, up to two ounces at the
half-penny packet rate, and above that at the rate for let¬
ters or mail packages.
No special rules apply to the deposit, transmission or
delivery of such mail matter, it being subject to the ordi¬
nary regulations in force.
BELGIUM.
The rate for journals and periodical prints of all sorts,
appearing at least once in every trimestre (three months),
is 1 centime (1-5 cent) per copy or number weighing up to
75 grams (2.64 ounces). Above this weight it is 1 centime
for each 75 grams or fraction of 75 grams. When several
copies are placed in a single package the above rate applies
to each separate copy.
There are no special rules that relate to the deposit,
transmission or delivery of copies of periodicals mailed by
the general public; but, according to the regulations which
concern the depositing of the copies for the postoffice’s sub¬
scribers, these must be placed by the publishers in packages
addressed to the postmasters of the various destinations.
The wrappers do not carry stamps showing prepayment of
postage; this is deducted from the price of subscription,
account of which is rendered by the postoffice to the pub¬
lishers. Upon receipt of the packages at an office of des¬
tination, their checking off and delivery is proceeded with
in accordance with detailed lists of subscribers furnished to
the postmen.
SWITZERLAND.
Journals and periodicals are subject to two different
postage rates. Those of which the subscriptions have not
been made through the medium of the postoffice, and those
which are not deposited by the publishers, must be prepaid
at the rate of 2 centimes (2-5 cent) per copy, when weigh¬
ing not over 50 grams (1% ounces) ; 5 centimes (1 cent),
if weighing between 50 and 250 grams, and 10 centimes, if
weighing between 250 grams and 500 grams, the maximum
weight. Such packages are not subject to special condi¬
tions or regulations. On the other hand, the publications
furnished by the publishers to their postoffice subscribers
are subject to a rate of but 1 centime per copy and per
75 grams, the postage being payable at the end of each
trimestre (quarter), according to the report of the pub¬
lishers of the number of copies mailed. The quantity stated
must be verified at least twice per trimestre by the post-
office of deiDosit.
The copies must be deposited by the publishers in sepa¬
rate packages, according to the offices of destination and
the instructions given by the postal department. The pack¬
ages must permit of easy inspection and checking up.
Their deposit must be made at the postoffice. In excep¬
tional cases, or upon authorization by the superintendent of
the postal district, they may be delivered directly to the
postal wagons, cars or boats. The hour of deposit is to be
mutually agreed upon by the postoffice and the publishers
and so fixed that the checking up and handling of the mat¬
ter can proceed without disturbing the regular service.
The forwarding of the publications must be done at the
earliest opportunity and must be by the most rapid way.
Upon arrival at destination, each postman receives a
number of copies without addresses equal to the number of
subscribers in his particular territory, which he has listed
in a special booklet, together with their addresses.
The transmission of periodicals is part of the Swiss
postal monopoly.
ITALY.
The rate of postage for journals and periodicals is 6-10
centesimo ( Vs cent) per copy, for such as appear at least
six times per week, and 1 centesimo (1-5 cent) for all oth¬
ers and for a weight of 50 grams or any fraction of 50
grams. This is on the condition that the publishers deposit
their mail at the postoffice, wrapped and classified accord¬
ing to the railway lines and the destinations. The payment
of postage on such matter is made upon an account between
the publisher and the postoffice. The quantities comprised
in each deposit is verified by means of weighing.
Journals mailed by the public are subject to a rate of 2
centesimos for each 50 grams of weight or fraction thereof,
and must be prepaid by affixed stamps.
The transmission and delivery of periodicals in Italy
are under the same regulations as apply to all other mail
matter.
SPAIN.
The postage on journals and periodicals intended for
delivery anywhere throughout this country is fixed at 14
centesimo (Vz mill) for each 35 grams (114 ounces). For
publications delivered locally the rate is 5 centesimos (1
cent) each, whatever the weight may be. It is to be noted
that the transmission of journals is part of the Spanish
postal monopoly. There are no special regulations gov¬
erning the deposit, transport or delivery of journals and
periodicals in this country.
_
THE PRICE OF SERVICE.
Most of the differences that exist in the business world
to-day are over service rather than commodities. Labor
troubles are over a matter of service. — David Gibson, in
Cottrell’s Magazine.
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747
Editors and publishers of newspapers desiring criticism or
notice of mew features in their papers, rate-cards, procuring
of subscriptions and advertisements, carrier systems, etc», are
requested to send ail letters, papers, etc0, bearing on these
subjects, to Oa F» Byxhee, 4*72,7 Malden street, Chicago* If
criticism Is desired, a specific request must he made by letter
or postal card®
Ad.-setting Contest No® 32®
Several months ago a subscriber to The Inland
Printer sent a clipping of an ad., suggesting that it be
used as copy in one of our contests. There is not very much
to the copy, but as it has several puzzling features, and
there is room for various arrangements, I have decided to
use it for Ad. -setting Contest No. 32. Small ads. have
always proved most popular in these contests, and there will
undoubtedly be a fine showing of talent in the present
instance. Here is the copy:
If you have any especially fine shirtwaists, ladies, you can send them
here for fine laundering with perfect security.
Fine laundry work is an art, and our employees are artists in their line.
The dainty' waist and fine lingerie you are planning to wear on Easter
Sunday should be laundered carefully at our laundry.
Iowa Steam Laundry Company'. William Pohlmann, Jr., manager.
“ The Laundry' of Quality.” 213-215 East Third street. Both ’phones 227.
The compositor who set the original was puzzled over
the main display line. There being no definite line, he dis¬
played “ If You Have,” which means nothing. This kind
of copy is frequently encountered on daily and weekly
papers, and those who enter this contest and get a full set
of the specimens submitted will receive a lot of valuable
pointers. Last month we deviated slightly from the usual
rules, as the compositors had no part in the judging, but
this time we will in a large measure return to our original
plan. The rules are as follows :
1. Set 13 ems pica wide by 4 inches deep.
2. Each contestant may enter as many specimens as desired.
3. The compositor is at liberty to change the arrangement of the cop3r,
blit must neither add nor omit any portion or words.
4. No illustrative cuts allowed. Material used to be limited to type,
border, rule and such ’cuts and ornaments as are furnished by typefoundries
in series or as parts of border and ornament fonts.
5. Two hundred printed slips of each ad. to be mailed to “ 0. F.
Byxbee, 440 South Dearborn street, Chicago.”
6. Use black ink on white paper, 4 inches wide by 6 inches deep,
exactly.
7. Write plainly or print name of compositor on one slip only, which
should he enclosed in the package.
8. Each contestant must enclose 20 cents in 2-cent stamps or coin, to
cover the cost of mailing to him a complete set of the specimens submitted.
Canadian dimes may be used, but not Canadian stamps. If two or more
designs are entered, no extra stamps will be required.
9. All specimens must reach me not later than September 15, 1911.
The sheet with the compositor’s name and address, and
the stamps or coin, should be enclosed in the package of ads.
and not sent in a letter; in fact, it is better not to write a
letter at all. The usual plan of designating the best ads.
will be followed : A complete set of all the specimens sub¬
mitted will be mailed to each compositor within a few days
after the close of the contest, and the compositors them¬
selves will act as judges, each being requested to select
which, in his judgment, are the best three ads., and those
receiving the largest number of points will be reproduced
in The Inland Printer, together with the photographs
and brief biographical sketches of the compositors who set
them. Three points will be accorded each ad. selected for
first place, two points for each second choice, and one point
for each third. In addition to the compositors acting as
judges, three experts in typographical display will be asked
to pass upon the specimens. This will give an opportunity
of seeing how near the compositors come to selecting what
is really correct display. Contestants should read the rules
very carefully and see that each provision is fully complied
with, as failure to meet the conditions may debar their
work. Special care should be taken to have the size of the
paper correct, as one ad. on paper too long or too wide
would make every set inconvenient to handle, and any such
will be thrown out. Particular note should also be made
of the closing date, as ads. received too late can not be
accepted. Where a compositor enters two or more ads.,
each set of specimens should be wrapped separately and all
enclosed in one package. The Inland Printer is able to
reproduce only a limited number of the ads. submitted, so
that those who do not participate are missing- much of the
benefit to be derived from a study of the various styles of
display in a complete set. There will be two hundred sets
of ads., and should the number of contestants be unusually
large the sets will be given to the first two hundred who
enter, so that the advisability of submitting specimens early
is apparent.
Good Ad. Display.
Most of the ads. submitted for criticism this month are
full pages, and I have selected three of the best of these for
reproduction. That of W. Lewis & Co. is from the Cham¬
paign (Ill.) Gazette, and is submitted by George A. Selig,
_ CHAMPAIGN DAILY GAZETTE _ _ — " ■"
Qiir14~Qjiniverjarj{
Celebration in our Men’s section is char-
aeterized by the most extraordinary value
: giving. Attend It.
We’ve had fourteen years of success- fourteen yean of untiruig effort lo successfully serve the
public through the medium of good service, good values, good merchandise and uniformly low prices.
advertising manager for the advertiser. Frequently one
great fault with a full-page ad. is the lack of a strong dis¬
play line. In this instance a special line was drawn and
engraved, and the result is well worth the trouble and
expense. The strong signature at the bottom balances the
ad. nicely. Another good feature about this ad. is the
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harmonizing display. There is but little deviation from
one style of type and then only enough to lend pleasing
variety. Mr. Lewis also submitted a double-page ad. that
was equally well written and displayed, but another full
page had too much copy and the display was crowded down
to practically all the same size. In the ad. of the S. K.
McCall Company, submitted by J. D. Womack, of the Nor¬
man (Okla.) Democrat-Topic, there is another ad. with
distinctive display and also with much less work on the
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By Far the Greatest Special Sale
We Have Ever Placed Before You
We hive employed extra salespeople in ibis dep,
run with our good old Alter-Supper Silos, ever
20 - SATURDAY SPECIALS- 20
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One Piece Silk Dre
Then For Our POPULAR AFTER-SUPPER SALE
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From Seven O’clock Until
Coraei Special
Pun- Ijnco Handkerchiefs
Closing Time
"^Handsome Underpin.
Delicate Neckwear
Cel ydur supper early and follow the crowd lo Scbal-
urged to buy Bring the children along and cnioy your-
Stylish Parasol.
Every Lady Will Receive a Souvenir
Gingham Petticoat*
Fan Free Saturday Night
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panels. The main display line in the original was seventy-
two point, and is a good style of letter for this class of
work. Mr. Womack sent another full-page ad., which was
equally good, but a smaller ad. lacked sufficient contrast in
the display at the top. Alfred Steinman, of the Modesto
(Cal.) Herald, sends a big lot of large ads., most of them
for a department store (Schafer’s). One of the best of
these, a full-page, is shown. There is good contrast in this
ad., although the two main display lines are practically the
same size. The headings in the small panels stand out
nicely, and the panels, illustrations and display are all
arranged so as to give the best possible balance. There are
three other full-page ads. that I would like to show if space
permitted. One of these comes from H. C. Kenyon, Ken-
mare (N. D.) News, a well-balanced ad. but handicapped
by having the main display line in caps, and going to the
opposite extreme to that advocated above by being too
large; another was submitted by the Lee’s Summit (Mo.)
■Journal, and has very neat double panels, almost too heavy
to make the ad. the best kind of a trade-bringer, although
from an artistic standpoint it has much to commend it.
The third of these full-page ads. comes from E. D. Camp¬
bell, of the Loveland (Colo.) Reporter, and is printed in two
colors. This ad. is carefully laid out, but would be equally
effective in black ink instead of blue and red. There is a
slight tendency to overdisplay, which could have been
relieved by using a lighter-faced type for the three full
lines of body matter. Another lot of excellent small ads.
was submitted by M. Earle Adams, of Los Alto, California,
whose work has received favorable mention on previous
occasions.
Soliciting Advertising in Hot Weather.
Did you ever meet this man? The Rockford (Ill.)
Register-Gazette uses this illustration on the first page of
one of its summer advertising folders with the caption,
“ No, you can’t interest me in biz these hot days; can’t you
see I’m enjoying my vacation and want to be let alone? ”
This making use of the subject which is uppermost in a
man’s mind to secure his attention is a good one. Soliciting
advertising in hot weather is discouraging work, but some¬
times you can talk to a man about his vacation and lead
from that to what he is going to do to maintain and increase
business after he gets back — perhaps he will decide to
“ start something ” while he is away.
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Keeping Track of Advertising.
Publishers always have more or less difficulty in making-
correct insertions of ads. which do not run daily, or which
have specified position or location. A wrong- insertion or
an ad. out of contracted position will not be paid for by an
advertising- agency, and this leads to considerable loss in
education of men for the pulpit. He has gone “ through
the mill ” and knows what he is talking about. Here is
what he says :
I spent three years in a theological seminary and seven years in news¬
paper offices, principally the Globe-Democrat. Knowing the life of both, I
do not hesitate to say I was better prepared for the ministry by my chief,
the city editor, than by any three theological professors I can now recall.
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COMPOSING-ROOM ADVERTISING RECORD.
the course of a year. Vallee Harold, one of the proprietors
of the Portsmouth (Ohio) Daily Times and Weekly Senti¬
nel, has devised a system which he says is working per¬
fectly. It consists of a heavy card, printed on both sides,
which is filled out by the bookkeeper and turned over to
the foreman. Both sides of the card are reproduced here¬
with. In describing his plan, Mr. Harold writes: “After
‘ wrastling ’ for years with the dual problem of the book¬
keeper and foreman in handling advertisements, we believe
we have solved it with the enclosed card, now in use. We
have six pigeonholes for the daily and one for the weekly;
we also have a cut-cabinet, and this is operated in conjunc¬
tion with the card. Say the advertisement is to run Mon-
day-Wednesday-Friday. When the foreman receives the
card he puts it in Monday’s pigeonhole. When Monday
comes he takes it out, selects the cut or copy from Mon¬
day’s drawer in the cabinet and then passes the card into
Wednesday’s pigeonhole, and so on through the run. For
convenience sake we use different colored cards for daily
and weekly.”
A Canadian Special Edition.
A very creditable “ Special Souvenir Number ” was
recently issued by the Cranbrook (B. C.) Prospector. It
consisted of thirty-two six-column pages and cover, the
cover being of heavy enameled stock, printed in three col¬
ors. The issue was profusely illustrated with well-printed
half-tones. All the work was done in the office of the
Prospector.
Fire Fails to Stop Publication of Oklahoma Paper.
Even with its plant a complete loss by fire, the Medford
(Okla.) Star did not miss a single issue. All that was
saved were its books, which included its subscription rec¬
ords. The fire completely destroyed the greater part of the
town, causing a loss of half a million dollars, and the fol¬
lowing issue of the Star, its “ Fire Edition,” contained a
complete story of the disaster, including photographs of the
business streets before and after the conflagration. The
paper was printed at the plant of the Western Newspaper
Union, at Wichita, Kansas, sixty miles away. The Star
has ordered a complete new outfit and will have one of the
best equipped offices in northern Oklahoma.
There were few phases of life indeed I failed to touch, when running on
those multitudinous assignments to cover this or that type of story. In the
seminary I learned what people used to think and believe many centuries
ago ; in the newspaper office I learned how people live to-day. Since, try
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Newspaper Office Best Training School for Ministers.
Rev. Bernard Gruenstein, of St. Louis, in accepting his
first call as a minister of the gospel, says that the news¬
paper office and the city editor “ infinitely surpass ” the
theological seminary and the professor as agents in the
COMPOSING-ROOM RECORD FOR ADVERTISEMENTS.
what I will, I can not add comfort or give aid to the honored dead of
long- ago, I feel certain the newspaper office has taught me how men live
and struggle .now, and therefore the education I received under the city
editor infinitely surpasses the narrowing curriculum of the seminary.
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“Town Achievement Number.”
Another new name for a special issue was devised by
the Monroe (Wash.) Monitor -Transcript, when it published
a “ Town Achievement Number ” last month. Neither
news nor advertising- features were neglected, and there
were twenty-four pages of attractive half-tones, inter¬
spersed with a liberal quantity of advertising. This is cer¬
tainly a good-sized paper for a town of 1,500 people.
Publishing Names of Delinquent Subscribers.
J. B. Miller, who has just left his position as editor of
the Meade County News, Meade, Kansas, to take charge of
from its competitors, and as a result it will be many months
before the war is over.
Newspaper Criticisms.
The following papers were received, together with
requests for criticism, and brief suggestions are made for
their improvement:
Santa Clara (Cal.) Tocsin. — Your “Commencement Number” is a nice
piece of work. The arrangement is particularly good, the grouping of the
photographs and reading-matter showing commendable care.
Sawyer County Record, Hayward, Wisconsin. — Excellent ad. display is
a distinctive feature of the Record. Your fourth page would look better
if the “ Legal Notices ” were run in the bottom part of the fifth and sixth
CHARACTERISTIC LOGGING SCENE IN A CANADIAN FOREST.
the Bucklin (Kan.) Banner, threatened some time ago to
publish the names of subscribers who had not paid up. In
a recent issue he “ made good ” by publishing, under the
heading, “ Here’s Them,” the following item :
A few weeks ago we announced that we would print the names of our
delinquent subscribers in bold-face type on the front page of this issue.
Since we have decided to leave the town we have no hesitancy in making
good our word. Many thought we would not do it, but here they are:
S. c lmiblimB tfv
lkJ. sdt M. sreyr
ihknbrysi A. mr
grt. M.h enmhT.
fdgtvjlog. F. ibfd.
The balance all paid up. If these will kindly send in remittance we
will apologize for the publication and thank them for the courtesy.
Big Newspaper War in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, California, has a new morning paper, the
Tribune. The first number appeared on July 4, only ten
days after a decision to publish it had been reached. It has
every appearance of being a well-seasoned metropolitan
daily, consisting of twenty-four eight-column pages, with
a hundred columns of advertising, including three pages of
classified. In addition to this the Tribune starts with forty
thousand paid circulation. Edwin T. Earle is back of the
enterprise. Naturally the advent of the new paper is not
welcomed by the other Los Angeles dailies, particularly as
a large part of the editorial and office force was recruited
columns, leaving as much as possible of the upper part of the page and
the left-hand columns for reading-matter. The first page is fine.
McKees Rocks (Pa.) Herald. — The first page is the most attractive
part of your paper ; the news is well featured and the heads are in good
taste. The ads. need attention — too much display type is used and it is
all of the same size. Every ad. should have at least one distinctive line.
Some of the ads. show good taste, but the majority of them are poor.
Osakis (Minn.) Review. — A first page always looks better without
advertising, but you are not seriously offending in this respect. If you
could arrange to run George Herberger’s ad. at the bottom of the page,
it would be a great improvement. You are running so many of the six-
point black borders on the small ads. that it gives your paper the appear¬
ance of being in mourning. However, the Review is nicely printed, is
filled with news, has a good advertising patronage, and is a creditable paper.
AN EDITOR’S INVOICE.
A North Carolina editor has kept track of his profit and
loss during the year, and gives an invoice of his business at
the end of twelve months of ups and downs:
Been broke 361 times.
Had money 4 times.
Praised the public 9 times.
Told lies 1,728 times.
Told the truth 1 time.
Missed the prayer meeting 52
times.
Been roasted 431 times.
Roasted others 52 times.
Washed office towel 3 times.
Missed meal 0.
Mistaken for preacher 11 times.
Mistaken for capitalist 0.
Found money 0.
Took bath 6 times.
Delinquents who paid 28.
Those who did not pay 136.
Paid in conscience 0.
Got whipped 0.
Whipped others 23 times.
Cash on hand at beginning $1.47.
Cash on hand at ending 15 cents.
— Davie Record.
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Big Meeting at Denver.
When the de luxe specials from New York and Chicago
carrying’ employing printers to the Cost Congress and
United Typothetae meetings arrive at Denver, it is reason¬
ably certain that the most numerously attended and most
important gathering of employing printers will have been
started.
Space does not permit us to give even an inkling of the
enjoyable things promised on the specials from New York
and Chicago, nor can we dilate on what the Denverites intend
doing as entertainers. If the reader wants to know about
any or all of these things he should address these gentle¬
men:
For New York Special — Franklin W. Heath, the
Bourse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
For Chicago Special — E. W. Chesterman, 1237 Monad-
nock block, Chicago, Illinois.
For Denver Arrangements — William G. Chamberlain,
Jr., 312 Chamber of Commerce building, Denver, Colorado.
The Cost Congress will be held September 7 to 9, and
the commission has announced the following program:
Address of Welcome — ffm. H. Kistler. Denver, Colorado.
Annual Report of the American Printers’ Cost Commission.
Report of Treasurer of the American Printers’ Cost Commission.
What the Second International Cost Congress Did for St. Louis — Earl
R. Britt, St. Louis, Missouri.
Report and Effect of the Southwest Cost Congress, Held at Wichita,
Kansas — G. M. Booth, Wichita, Kansas.
Report and Effect of the Pacific Coast Cost Congress, Held at Portland,
Oregon — Robert E. Morrell, Portland, Oregon.
Report and Effect of the Southeastern Cost Congress, Held at Atlanta,
Georgia — R. P. Purse, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Chart Demonstration of the Standard Uniform Cost-finding System —
F. I. Ellick, Omaha, Nebraska.
“ Correct Selling Prices ” — W. .T. Hartman, Chicago, Illinois.
“ Observations Upon Vertebral Phenomena ” — C. D. Traphagen, Lincoln,
Nebraska.
“ Practical Working of a Cost System,” to be demonstrated by an
accountant — P. P. Tyler, Schenectady, New York.
A Message — Theodore L. De Vinne, New York city.
“ Value of Organization ” — Chas. F. Hynes, Denver, Colorado.
“ Inventories and Appraisals ” — Fred M. Lloyd, Chicago, Illinois.
“ Nehemiah iv, 6” — II. P. Porter, Boston, Massachusetts.
“ Mutual Fire Insurance ” — Alfred J. Ferris, Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬
vania.
“ The Supplyman’s View of the Situation ” — Win. H. French, Chicago,
Illinois.
“ Why Stay in the Printing Business? ” — John Clyde Oswald, New York
city.
UNITED TYPOTHETiE PROGRAM.
The executive committee of the United Typothetse will
meet on the evening of Monday, September 4. On the fol¬
lowing morning President Lee will call the delegates to
order, and the convention soon will be in full swing. The
usual routine business and consideration of reports will be
disposed of in the order provided for by the committee, and
meantime several papers will be read. The framers of the
program have arranged for an innovation in printers’ meet¬
ings by designating the persons to lead discussions after
prepared papers are read. This will assure the presenta¬
tion of several points of view, and stimulate thought and
expression among the brethren on the side and rear benches.
The papers, their authors and the designated leaders of dis¬
cussions are as follows:
“ Results from Use of a Cost System ” — Ennis Cargill,
Houston, Tex.; leaders — E. Lawrence Fell, Philadelphia,
Pa.; C. V. Simons, Waterloo, Iowa; D. S. Gilmore, Colo¬
rado Springs, Colo.
“ Trade Schools ” — Prof. F. O. Climer, superintendent
Winona School of Printing; leaders — -William Pfaff, New
Orleans, La.; Claude Kimball, Minneapolis, Minn.
“ The Element of Time” — Joseph A. Borden, Spokane,
Wash.; leaders — Edward L. Stone, Roanoke, Va.; James
A. Bell, Elkhart, Ind.
“ The Printer Ascendant ” — • Henry P. Porter, Boston,
Mass.; leaders — George A. Saults, Winnipeg, Can.; C. V.
White, Seattle, Wash.
“ How Can Printers Be Shown the Necessity of Organ¬
ization? ” — Robert W. Ewing, Birmingham, Ala.; lead¬
ers — Robert Schalkenbach, New York city; H. W. Walk-
enhorst, Kansas City, Mo.
Among the gaieties arranged for the visitors is a pur¬
pose play, “ The Revised Proof.” It will be presented by
the Proof Club of Philadelphia, which gives assurance that
the objectionable features of the average purpose drama
will be missing. The production is said to be an excellent
illustration of practical, commercialized Ibsenism.
What Is the Matter with the Printer?
Never in the history of the printing industry has there
been such widespread education for the printer as is now
attempted by the various trade associations.
Cost congresses have been held; cost systems have been
adopted; thousands of dollars have been spent and many of
our leading and successful master printers have unselfishly
given their time and labor for the benefit of every printer
operating a shop in this country.
Cost finding has been standardized and made simple.
The printer no longer has to guess at what to charge his
customers. He has the means whereby he knows exactly
what each job costs him to produce. He can quickly dis¬
cover whether he is in business to make a fair and legiti¬
mate profit, or whether he is in business to “ just make a
living,” and cut prices for the consumer’s benefit.
However, it is very ungratifying to note that, with all
the above stated progress, there are so few printers availing
themselves of the great opportunities offered to better their
business.
Unfair competition — or rather price-cutting — is now
in vogue as it was ten years ago. The man who cuts prices
fails to realize that he is cutting his own profit; and the
majority of profitless jobs that go into the shop are taken
through ignorance of cost.
When you try to talk “ cost system ” to some printers
they imagine that you are trying to find out the secrets of
their business, and their answer almost invariably will be
“ that a cost system is too cumbersome, and anyway, I know
when I am making or losing money.”
This is just the kind of man who is the stumbling-block
in the way of printing-trade progress.
This is just the kind of printer who “ must be shown ”
that his own prosperity is at stake and that he must join
the rank and file, and march with them toward progressive¬
ness and prosperity.
This is just the kind of business man who must be made
to realize the advantage of having a standard cost system
installed in his shop. The gain derived therefrom is not
only for himself, but also for the benefit of his customers.
There are many cases, where, without knowledge of the
actual cost of a job, the printer will sometimes overcharge.
And it often occurs, where a legitimate price is charged, the
customer will think it’s too high and compel a reduction.
But with the exact knowledge of cost as proof that his
charge is fair, the printer is not apt to make any reduction,
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and the customer can be satisfied that he is not being over¬
charged.
This question of a standard cost system being of any
benefit to a printing-shop is not a theory — but a fact.
There are at least twenty-five shops in New York city,
which previous to adopting a cost system were just exist¬
ing — hand-to-mouth affairs; but after installing a cost
system they gradually released themselves from debt, and
are now in a healthy and prosperous condition.
By adopting a method whereby you know the cost of
your product, you are only doing what is fair to yourself,
to your customer, and to your competitor.
The difficulty that is experienced in getting attendance
to the meetings held by the various printers’ associations in
this city is discouraging. Just stop and think for a moment.
When a business man is continually urged to give a few
hours of his time every month, so that his own business may
prosper; that he may meet his fellow printers and get
acquainted; where he can learn something new all the time
— and still shows his skepticism by not attending —
What is the matter with that printer?
Is it possible that news of the good results accomplished
by the printers’ trade associations has not reached him?
This, however, is to be doubted. By the means of many
trade journals, associations, association bulletins and news¬
paper announcements, this crusade for the betterment of
the printing industry has been distributed throughout the
entire country.
It is time every master printer realized that there is a
remedy at hand to cure the trade of all its past ills, and the
bigger the dose he takes, the better for him. — A. Colish,
New York.
Economizing.
In the abstract, economy is a good thing. In concrete
instances, economy may be good or bad according to circum¬
stances — always good when wisely applied, always bad
when it approaches meanness or penuriousness.
“ By ginger! ” said one printer recently, “ times are bad
and business is rotten. I’ve turned off the bookkeeper, dis¬
charged the foreman, cut down the wages, taken the chil¬
dren from school, and if this thing keeps on much longer, I
shall have to sell the automobile.”
Billy Kaj insky does printing, and, like most of us, he
has a bug. His particular insect is an idea that the profit
in his business depends on buying right. Now Bill is right,
in the abstract, but his idea of buying right is to buy at a
very low price. The supply men and paper men are wise
guys, and are onto Bill’s bugginess. Whenever they get an
off-color lot of paper, or a bum car of stuff, they hot-foot to
Bill’s office.
They say nothing about their cargo of lemons — not
they. Straight goods at regular prices, until Bill pulls a
face and talks half-price. Then, “ Oh, well ! If you can’t
pay only so much, I have just one lot - ” Bill falls for it,
and then' spends all he saved in price, and some more, in try¬
ing to work the punk, and the most of his time the next two
months trying to convince his customers the goods are all
right.
We know another printer who has never taken a vaca¬
tion — couldn’t afford it. Had to stay home and tend to
things while the help had their holiday. Result: he has
become nothing but a sort of machine, narrow in outlook,
ill-informed as to what is going on in the world around, and
has had loaded off on him a choice lot of freak, out-of-date
machinery. What he used to say as an excuse is now a
solemn reality — he can not afford a vacation, and due in
part to the fact that he did not afford it when he was young
enough to learn and adapt himself to the progressive move¬
ments in his business.
We know many printers who know what wise economy
is and practice it rigidly in every part of their works.
There is no surplus help around. Every employee has a
full day’s work planned for him. Stock is always on hand
when wanted. A loafer gets a walking ticket instanter.
Waste is dealt with severely. Material is always good —
no job lots — wages fair and promptly paid; discounts are
taken ; collections kept up close and every one about kept
so busy he does not have time to become discontented.
They do not buy poor stock because it is cheap, only to cut
down the output of the help and make it sore. They keep
their machinery up to the highest state of efficiency, and so
get the greatest output with only the necessary investment.
— Adapted from the Box Maker.
First Meeting of Steel and Copper Plate Engravers.
The first annual convention of the National Association
of Steel and Copper Plate Engravers was held on July 11-
13, at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. It was a notable meet¬
ing, being the first of its kind in the history of the country,
and prominent engravers from all parts of the United
States were in attendance. We regret to be unable to pre¬
sent a detailed report in this issue of The Inland Printer,
but will give a full account of the history-making conven¬
tion in the September number.
Courage at Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
Although there are nine other printing concerns at
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, the Dix Printing Company is not
afraid to let the public know that it charges good prices for
good work. The head of the company — Edward Dix — is
a believer in good typography and is not in the market for
ch-eap -printing contracts. Several months ago he placed in
one of his windows a card bearing the following words:
& WE ARE ^
The Highest Price Printers
in Town
It required some courage to put up such a sign, but
Mr. Dix has considerable of that ingredient, and so far he
has not found it necessary to “ back up.”
The Square Inch Plan of Figuring Composition.
“ Please send me full information regarding the square-
inch plan of figuring composition which your club is advo¬
cating, and which I see commented upon in the various
trade publications.” This is but one of many score of sim¬
ilar letters which have been received during the past few
weeks by the Ben Franklin Club of St. Louis, showing the
tremendous interest which has been awakened by the propo¬
sition.
Since its inception over a year and a half ago, the Ben
Franklin Club of St. Louis has been advocating and at¬
tempting to standardize composition so that it could be sold
by the square inch, and its efforts in this direction are being
crowned with success. For the past three months the club
has been in correspondence with nearly every organization
of employing printers throughout the country on the sub¬
ject, and so much interest has been awakened, and so much
correspondence has been addressed to the St. Louis Club
that an explication of what is advocated by that progressive
organization should prove of interest to our readers.
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In April last, the club published its “A Practical Guide
for the Sale of Printing,” which, by the way, has already
run into its second edition and will shortly have to be
reprinted. In this work was printed the recommendations
of the committee, who had labored for over a year in trying
to classify and bring about a correct solution of the proper
price for composition figured by the square inch.
At the Second International Cost Congress perhaps the
paper which was most vociferously applauded by the dele¬
gates was that on “ Standardization,” by H. P. Porter, of
Boston. It pleaded for a standardized printer in every
shape and form, standardized shop practices, business eth¬
ics, hour costs, cost-finding systems, process of manufac¬
ture, cooperation and a standardized association. Through¬
out ran the golden thread which seemed to weave all
together by standardization. Thoroughly in accord with
the doctrine contained in Mr. Porter’s magnificent effort,
the members of the Ben Franklin Club of St. Louis have
gone one better in attempting to standardize composition
by selling it by the square inch.
The arguments in favor of the method such as tend
toward a solution of one of the most perplexing problems
which to-day face the printer — namely, the variation in the
number of hours it is estimated it will take to set certain
classes of copy — are irrefutable. If a happy solution can
be decided upon of determining the proper price per square
inch, then more advance toward standardization has been
made than has ever been accomplished before.
Practically every kind of commercial composition can
be included in classes. Having once established and prop¬
erly graded your classes, why is it not possible to apply a
simplified method of estimating? Already, straight matter
is measured by a simple means. What can be the objec¬
tion, then, of applying the square-inch method to tabular
work? Let any one whose mind is not clear on the efficacy
or practicability of the matter, take the “ Guide ” and
figure out for himself the question of deciding if the sub¬
ject is not one that demands investigation of a close and
earnest character.
For the purpose of reducing the theory to actual prac¬
tice, the committee in charge of the matter determined that
all kinds of composition for catalogues, price-lists, pam¬
phlets, etc., could be classified in four groups, and results
and experience have since demonstrated the wisdom of that
decision.
Class “A” deals with large cuts with slight descriptive
matter, four or less to the page, and the price per square
inch will not be found to vary because of the size of type
used in this class, although generally the size of the type
governs the price. The table of charges will, however, vary
according to the size of the type-page. The following table
gives the prices advocated :
CLASS A
Large cuts with slight description, 4 or less to the
page.
3x654
and lesi
854 x 554
up to
4x654
454 x7
up to
654 x 854
6x9
up to
8 1 19
Any Size
Type
•10J4c
.0654c
,05c
.0454c
Extra Color
Add 85c
per page
Add 1.20
per page
Add 1.59
per page
Add 2.55
per page
Class “ B ” takes in all straight matter, including titles,
paragraph heads and initial letters, display advertising,
and catalogue and booklet matter other than tabular work.
5-8
With regard to display advertising, it is deemed advisable
to figure it on the eight-point schedule, which is contained
in the following table:
CLASS B
Type Size
3x554
and less
3 54 * 654
up to
4x654
454 x7
up to
554 x 854
6x9
up to
8x12
6 Point
• 1454c
.1354c
■ Vi'Ac
• 1154c
8 Point
.1054c
,09c
,0854c
.08c
10 Point
.0854c
.07c
.0654c
.05 He
Extra Color
Add 85c
Page
Add 1.20
Page
Add 1.59
Page
Add 2.55
Pa go
Class “ C ” embraces tabular work without rules, tabu¬
lar work with rules, but loosely set, catalogue and booklet
work with cuts, and ruled tabular matter; one or two box
heads to the page if tables are loosely set, but no piece frac¬
tions. The schedule of prices for this class is:
CLASS C
Type Size
3x554
and less.
354x554
up to
4x654
454x7
up to
8x12
6 point
•2354c
,2254c
.2154c
8 point
,19c
,18c
.1754c
Extra color
add 85c
add 1.20
add 1.59
Not registered
per page
per page
per page
The final class “ D ” contains difficult tabular matter
with not more than three box heads to the page, but no
piece fractions. The prices for this kind of composition are :
CLASS D
Difficult tabular matter with not more than three
box heads to page.
NO PIECE FRACTIONS.
Type Size
3x554
354x554
up to
4x654
454x7
up to
8x12
6 point
,2854c
• 2754c
•26c
8 point
.22}4c
,2254c
,20c
Extra color
add 85c
add 1.20
add 1.59
Not registered
*
per page
per page
per page
In its publication the club gives illustrations of the
various pages which can be classified under the four heads.
The figures which are given in all the tables above carry
with them an estimated profit of twenty-five per cent added
to the following net cost prices per hour used in the compila¬
tion: Hand composition, $1.30; machine composition, $1.60
per hour, net.
From all parts of the country, inquiries have come to
the St. Louis Club for particulars of the proposition, and
asking how it has been found to work. The results have
been astounding. The most skeptical person, after giving
the subject thought and consideration, has to acknowledge
the feasibility and practicability of the subject. He has to
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take some work of which he knows the cost. Provided he
has a complete cost system, let him take a catalogue or
booklet which he has completed and apply the square-inch
measurement to his composition, and he will be amazed.
Simplicity in standardization has been arrived at. It
must be remembered that the plan advocated is now in
its experimental stage. The question of what is a proper
average on each of the classes will, of course, be subject to
such modifications as from time to time may become neces¬
sary. Interest in the proposition is being awakened. No
latent energy in the new progressives is allowed to exist.
Every one is keen and alive to the possibilities which this
means to the printing trade generally, because it will stand¬
ardize by measurement and bring about a condition which
will be much easier than guessing at the amount of time
required. _ _
THE CHAPMAN LINO-LINEUP.
A Chicago machinist, Leo M. Chapman, has perfected a
new lining mechanism for tabular work, an illustration of
which, in position on a linotype machine, is shown here¬
with. Mr. Chapman describes his invention as follows:
In the composition of tabular or column matter, such
as ball scores, telephone directories, leader and ditto work,
etc., the Chapman Lino-Lineup, in combination with the new
unit system matrices and Lino-Tabler rule, will produce
any class of tabular matter without appreciable diminish-
ment of the operator’s straight-matter speed. This device
is so constructed that it can be applied to any linotype
machine in a few minutes without drilling or filing, can
be instantly thrown in or out of working position, and does
not interfere with the setting of straight matter in any
way. The operator simply locks the stops on the half-pica
scale at points where lineups are to occur on the slug. He
then watches the vertical pawl on the end of the assembler-
slide as it moves toward the stop. When the pawl touches
THE CHAPMAN LINO-LINEUP IN POSITION ON A LINOTYPE MACHINE.
the stop the dial index will begin moving counter-clockwise,
and will show the exact number of points needed to make
the measure at which point the stop is fastened. In the
illustration the first stop is set at seven and one-half picas
and the index is pointing to 4, which shows that four points
must be dropped into the assembler to make the first justi¬
fication or seven and one-half picas. When the four points
have been dropped, the pointer will be erect, or in “ lineup ”
position, and if more than four points are dropped the
pointer will show by the outline figures at the left the num¬
ber of points over seven and one-half picas. After one
revolution of the pointer, the pawl and stop are automat¬
ically separated, and the pawl then continues on toward the
remaining stops.
Und er this head inquiries reg£ardin{£ all practical details of
bookbinding will be answered as fully as possible. The opinions
and experiences of bookbinders are solicited as an aid to making
this department of value to the trade.
Stamping.
Stamping is really machine finishing. It is therefore
necessary that the stamper should have the same knowl¬
edge of the materials on which he woi'ks as the hand-
finisher, in order to know what size to use and how to
apply it. He must also learn by experience to distinguish
the particular degree of heat suitable to the work in hand.
It should be comparatively easy for a finisher to do stamp¬
ing, as he already possesses the theoretical knowledge. A
stamper can not expect to be anything more than an expert
mechanic; whereas the finisher, who is a master of his
craft, must also be an artist. The same preparations are
necessary whether the stamping is to be done in a small
bench-stamper or a large hand-lever machine or power
embosser. The smaller machines are usually heated with
gas burners supplied with proper mixers, so that clean
flames may be obtained, devoid of smoke. The larger
machines are more convenient when fitted with steam con¬
nections. Where only one machine is used a cold water
connection should be installed in addition. A machine so
fitted can have the steam shut off and the water turned on,
circulating through the head and cooling it down in fifteen
minutes. The full heat of live steam gives sufficient heat
for any kind of work and too much for some, in which case
it may be turned down. Brass stamps should be cut for
all long runs or for heavy work even if only short runs.
Electrotypes may be used for lettering or other small
impressions, for runs not exceeding a thousand, but in
such cases two stamps should be made for safety. The
stamps are glued onto iron or steel plates, of which several
should be on hand of different sizes; one of these should
be as large as the jaws of the machine will take. This
plate ought to have several one-quarter-inch holes drilled
through it and countersunk on the opposite side from that
on which the dies are to be fastened. When a large, heavy
die or stamp is glued on for a long run, at least four of the
holes in the backing plate should be filled with soft solder.
Cover the back of the stamp with fish-glue and glue on a
piece of stout red express paper, the full size of the stamp,
which should be attached after the glue has set sufficiently
to be tacky. Lock up the backing plate, lay the stamp on
in its proper position on a board, and place this on the bed
of the press, the paper on the back of the stamp covered
with fish-glue; then run the press up slowly by hand to
insure a tight contact, and leave it for about half an hour.
Take it out of the press when baked, and clean out the holes
intended for the solder. The tang end of a small file, or an
awl, will be found convenient for this work. The paper
must be scraped off the die and the brass scratched into;
then put a drop of soldering fluid in each hole, and melt
enough solder from wire or bar by means of a torch or
blow pipe to fill the hole and the countersinking. The iron
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plate should be heated around each hole, so that the metal
will run down on the brass. When cooling, the solder in
the countersunk hole will form a head, which will prevent
the die from dropping down. This soldering process is not
necessary for the ordinary runs. It is very important that
dies, of whatever size, should be centered in the press.
When stamping jobs having more than one impression or
more than one die, a pick-up board should be stamped;
that is, an impression is taken on a piece of board with each
stamp in its proper place and gages marked so that, if any
breakdown occurs during a run or a duplicate order comes
in, all that will be necessary is to fit each stamp in its
impression, glue and fasten in by lifting the board up with
the stamps upon the press bed and run it up against head.
Sizing.
Egg albumen is the most reliable material for size, but
if a large quantity is needed, blood albumen will do just as
well. The albumen crystals are dissolved in cold water in
proportion of four ounces to the quart, with a small piece
of camphor or a few drops of formaldehyde to keep it from
spoiling, and a tablespoonful of skim-milk to keep it from
frothing. This size will work for gold on cloth, leather or
buckram. It also can be used on silk and certain kinds of
cover-paper, if it is used thin and afterward washed off
with clean water or benzin. Aluminum or composition leaf
can be worked more successfully with a size made by dis¬
solving one pound of white lump shellac and a quarter
pound of borax in a quart of water. This size is prepared
by boiling in a water bath, although it can be done by
direct boiling over a slow fire. After dissolving, the size
should be strained through a cloth before using. It should
be very thin when used on silk-finished cloth of extra
colors. If it streaks, it should be reduced with cold water.
This size will keep indefinitely and has a strong binding
power. Gelatin makes one of the best sizes, but it must be
used warm, and is therefore not so convenient. One cake
to the quart of water dissolved over the gas flame is about
the proper proportion.
For colored or white foil, any of the sizes named will
do, and in addition skim-milk can be used as a size for
this purpose, as the leaf itself has a binding agent incorpo¬
rated to hold the pigments. For that reason many stamp¬
ers depend on that alone and the glue on the cloth, espe¬
cially if the covers have not been made too long. The best
way, however, is to size for foil. While the work of sizing
is simple, it requires care. The sponge when dipped in
should be squeezed just enough to keep it from dripping.
The strokes should be full length of the cover, with light
pressure. Repetition of strokes and too much pressure will
take the color out of materials the same as if washed.
Sizing must be done quickly and without overlapping in
order to avoid streaking. The covers should not be touched
when newly sized or during the operation except on the
unsized parts. A finger-spot on wet size will leave a mark
on the cover when dry. Work should not be sized up ahead
for more than two hours before stamping.
One sizing without any preliminary washing is all that
is necessary for stamping on the ordinary materials of cloth
and leather. In this respect it differs in some instances
from finishing.
Gold Laying.
Gold leaf is cut to the best advantage according to the
size of the stamp. It may be necessary to lay out two
leaves on the cushion and cut them into different-size pieces
so that one cover can be completely even, if it takes half a
dozen or more layings. The cutting and handling of the
gold leaf have to be learned by experience. A light, square
piece of wood covered with cotton-flannel and having a
wooden knob or hand-piece glued on is used to pick up the
gold. Each cover, as it is picked up for laying, is rubbed
over quickly and lightly with a flannel rag thoroughly
impregnated, but not soaked, in olive oil. The pad should be
rubbed over the hand, hair or forehead — this gives enough
grease to hold the leaf while in transit. If oil is used on
the pad it will not let go of the gold when set on the cover.
Pieces of strawboard may be cut for laying guides.
For instance, if three lines of lettering are to be stamped
a little above the center and one near the bottom, the guide
should be cut the full length of the cover and about one-
eighth of an inch narrower than the actual space desired
at the left of the impression. Another strip should be cut
for a guide at the top of the cover and still another for
the bottom line. Now, if these two transverse strips are
fastened to the upright, one-eighth of an inch higher than
the desired location of the stamp, the gold when laid close
against the left side and top will give ample space for cov¬
ering the stamp. The leaves or strips of gold are picked
up so they will lie flush on the top and left side of the pad.
The gold should be cut large enough to cover the impres¬
sion in one direction at least, where practical. The guides
can be cut in one piece and from thick paper just as well.
The gages on the machine bed being adjusted and the
bed raised to the proper height for the thickness of the
article to be stamped, the stamp should be heated up as
much as steam in a one-inch pipe can heat it; it only
remains to feed in the cover, or other piece to be stamped,
against the gages, and step on the tread or bring down the
lever, as the case may be, and immediately release the
pressure. The cover is then taken out and wiped with an
oiled rag. Where the gold sticks so that it can not be
removed with the rag, which will happen quite frequently
around electrotypes on leather, a special soft rubber is
used. This can be prepared by cutting up pieces of crude
rubber into a bowl having kerosene in it. The oil will
soften the rubber so the different pieces can be kneaded
into one lump. A kneading rubber of that kind will retain
the gold until well loaded, when it can be recovered by
refining. In jobs having gold or other metal leaf in com¬
bination with foil and ink, the metal is stamped first, foil
next and the ink last.
When leather or cloth is stamped before being made up,
the pieces can be tipped in the corners on squared pieces of
strawboard, or a frame can be made on a piece of tarboard
in such manner that the material can be slipped under the
frame on two or three sides.
Gilding Powder.
In cases where liquid sizes can not be used, owing to
the finish of the material, finishing-powder dusted over the
surface with a bunch of cotton will do the job. Powder
leaves no stain and holds the metal as well, but it is more
difficult to lay the leaf on. Supposing there is a job of
ooze sheep or calf, or it might be silk or velvet; if un¬
mounted it would have to be fed in under a frame as
described above. Now, if a paper flap is pasted along one
edge of this frame large enough to cover the whole of it
and cut out just over the impression, the gold can be laid
on the powder, covering more space all around than actu¬
ally needed for the stamp and the flap laid over the gold,
thus holding it in place while feeding into the press. The
gold can also be picked up on pieces of tissue-paper mois¬
tened with benzin and laid on the powder, leaving the
paper in for the impression. This is the easiest method,
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but the gold will not look as bright when struck through
the tissue.
Gold impresses over a flat area, but covers only slightly
on the surface of borders, frames, etc., on finer grades
of leather, which should be stamped in blind without size.
The size can then be painted into the blanking with a fine
brush and the gold laid on and struck in, leaving the leather
with its natural finish.
Glazed paper or cover-stock can be stamped hot with
powder or run cold with good gold size (a yellowish var¬
nish ink) and the gold laid on that. The job, if done in the
last-mentioned manner, would have to be spread out in
trays and left a sufficient length of time to dry before
wiping.
(To be continued.)
Written for The Inland Printer.
SCIENTIFIC COLOR IN PRACTICAL PRINTING.
NO. XV. — BY E. C. ANDREWS.
COLOR-CHORDS AND SEQUENCES - ANALOGIES OF HUE VALUE
AND CHROMA.
N the table of typical color combinations,
March number of The Inland Printer,
under Section IV e, I speak of a three-
color combination where the second color
is neither analogous nor contrasting to
the first color, and the third color holds
the second color in place, obviating the
results of simultaneous contrast. This is
called the harmony of color-chords, and I purposely left
the discussion of this subject until after we had taken up
the modification of colors due to opposition, so that the
First Color
i
Fig. 40.
purpose of the third color would be self-evident. To illus¬
trate: let us take yellow as the first color of the combina¬
tion; with this we wish to use blue-green, a color which is
neither analogous nor contrasting. We know from experi¬
ment that the yellow will tend to make the blue-green
appear blue, and we know further, from experience, that
yellow and blue-green do not make a pleasing combination
unless they are brought into harmony by reducing their
chromas or changing their values. The way out of the pre¬
dicament is to add a third color to the combination, a color
lying on the opposite side of blue-green, farther away from
the yellow. The color immediately to the right of blue-green
— namely, blue — is too close to serve the purpose, but
any of the next three — purple-blue, purple or red-purple — -
White
Fig. 41.
may be selected. It is obvious that as the third color is
closer to the complement of yellow, or in one case the com¬
plement, it would tend to make the blue-green dissimilar to
itself — namely, more greenish, just opposite from the way
it is affected by yellow. The blue-green between opposite
influences retains its normal appearance and the third color
also completes the chord, giving us a relation of the two
intervals between the middle color and the extremes. If the
second color is three steps away from the first color selected,
then the third color may be five, six or seven steps away;
if four steps, as in the case above, the third color may be
the sixth, seventh or eighth color. Always count the first
color selected, the color you sta?-t from, as one. In the
example given, yellow would be one, green-yellow two, green
three, blue-green four. The total number of these three-
color combinations would be:
One (the first color selected) with 3 and 5, 6 or 7, count¬
ing to the right.
One (the first color selected) with 3 and 5, 6 or 7, count¬
ing to the left.
One (the first color selected) with 4 and 6, 7 or 8, count¬
ing to the right.
One (the first color selected) with 4 and 6, 7 or 8, count¬
ing to the left.
Fig. 40 illustrates the color-chords of these four classifi¬
cations with yellow as the first color. It is understood, of
course, that in selecting a color-scheme by any of the four
methods the values of the colors must conform to the
requirements of the design. A large tint-block should not
be printed in a color of high chroma; use a color of low
chroma, and alter the value by adding white until it bal¬
ances with the darker type-matter and decorative color. If
a strong color is used, confine it to a small area, as stated
before in regard to other methods of obtaining color har¬
mony; let it accentuate the design, and do not injure the
effect by introducing another bright color. Constantly keep
in mind that the farther you get from the high-chroma col¬
ors in selecting your color-scheme the more refined is the
color harmony.
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757
In articles two and three it was demonstrated that in
the neutral value scale analogy is the surest road to har¬
mony. This is true also of colors, and in obtaining- tone
harmony tones may be analogous in value, in hue, and,
when they are of the same hue, they may be analogous in
chroma. If two or more tones of the same color are used, a
light and dark green for example, the harmony of chroma
is obtained by bringing both colors to approximately the
same chroma.
Let us apply this principle of analogy to correcting
an unsuccessful color-scheme. The first thought is to bring
the tones of the color-scheme into more analogous values —
namely, to diminish the range of values toward one value.
The value toward which we converge them may be any
value between black and white; in printing-inks, however,
the very dark tones are often mistaken for dirty blacks, and
light tints soil too easily to be practical. In Fig. 41 the
colors a to i have values from 90 down to 10, and are
indicated in four places as approaching analogy in middle
value. A, b, c, etc., may be any color at the value indicated,
and in experimenting with color combinations three colors
probably would answer; for example: tint-block at 80 (b),
type color at 20 (h), and decorative color at 50 (e). They
may be made more analogous, as indicated in the four posi¬
tions, but absolute analogy in value is not desired and
becomes monotonous.
The second thought in altering an unsuccessful color-
scheme is to obtain a closer analogy of hue. This may be
done by adding some color which we wish to predominate
to each of the colors. If we view nature through a piece of
blue-green glass, blue-green is added to every color we see
and reds appear almost black; in pigments the same effects
are obtained as indicated above and are extremely interest¬
ing. Often it is possible to save a color-design by mixing
a given color — blue, for example — with each of the colors,
the smaller circle; they are much nearer neutrality than
the purple-blue and blue-green on the same circle.
A third method of correcting an unsatisfactory color-
scheme is to approach a harmony of neutrality; a glance
at the color solid will show the method of procedure. To
Y
each color we must add the complement of that color or
black, and if by so doing the value of color is lowered, it
must be raised to its original value with white. It is also
possible to combine analogy of value with analogy of neu¬
tralization by converging the values first and then graying
them toward neutrality.
In Article XI, February number of The Inland
100
(White)
90
RP
R
YR
80
RP
R
YR
70
RP
R
YR
60
RP
R
YR
50
RP
R
YR
40
RP
R
YR
30
RP
R
YR
20
RP
R
YR
10
RP
R
YR
0
(Black)
DIAGRAM
Y
GY
G
BG
B
Y
GY
G
BG
B
Y
GY
G
BG
B
Y
GY
G
BG
B
Y
GY
G
BG
B
Y
GY
G
BG
B
Y
GY
G
BG
B
Y
GY
G
BG
B
Y
GY
G
BG
B
OF POSSIBLE COLOR
PB
P
RP
R
PB
P
RP
R
PB
P
RP
R
PB
P
RP
R
PB
P
RP
R
PB
P
RP
R
PB
P
RP
R
PB
P
RP
R
PB
P
RP
R
Table
11.
,'ALUES.
YR
Y
GY
G
A'R
Y
GY
G
YR
Y
GY
G
YR
Y
GY
G
YR
Y
GY
G
YR
Y
GY
G
YR
Y
GY
G
YR
Y
GY
G
YR
Y
GY
G
BG
B
(White)
PB P
100
90
BG
B
PB
P
80
BG
B
PB
P
70
BG
B
PB
P
60
BG
B
PB
P
50
BG
B
PB
P
40
BG
B
PB
P
30
BG
B
PB
P
20
BG
B
PB
P
10
(Black)
0
using one-half as much blue as the color itself. Where the
quantity of blue added equals the quantity of the other
color, allowance being made for inequality of chromas, the
complement of blue — yellow- red — becomes a neutral. The
addition of blue is shown as follows, using five of the funda¬
mental colors and yellow-red :
R YR Y GBP
Plus . B B B B B
Equals . P N G BG B PB
Therefore, in this analogy of hue, purple would be used
where we had used red before, neutral gray for yellow-red,
green for yellow, blue-green for green; blue remains the
same, or we may alter it by adding white to raise the value,
and purple-blue is used instead of purple. The analogy as
far as hue is concerned is illustrated in Fig. 42; the purple
and green obtained by mixing the red and blue and yellow
and blue are not as high in chroma, however, as the original
purple and green. This fact is shown in the diagram by
the position of the lines from red and yellow as they cross
Printer, I outlined the three paths through the color solids
as bases for color-schemes and further suggested the com¬
bination of these paths one with anothehr. Combining the
lateral with the vertical path — namely, sequence of hue —
in all values gives us such a great variety of tones from
which to choose color-schemes that, even neglecting the
question of varying chroma, we are often at a loss as to
where to begin. The diagonal path, in sequence of hue, con¬
fines our attention to certain possibilities; but even with
this formula to guide us, we have a great variety of color-
schemes from which to choose, as we may select colors at
various intervals. Let us trace the diagonal paths in
Table II, which is Table I doubled in size for the sake of
convenience. Let us start from red (R), value 10, near the
middle of the table. The sequence of the diagonal to the
right is R (10) YR (20) Y (30) GY (40) G (50) BG (60)
B (70) PB (80) P (90) ; to the left R (10) RP (20) P (30)
PB (40) B (50) BG (60) G (70) GY (80) Y (90). Since
these sequences are composed of hues which lie adjacent to
each other, such sequences would be called sequences of
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seconds. More interesting- sequences are those of intervals
of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth. Always count the
color you start with as one, and after counting one interval
count it again as one in the second interval. Using inter¬
vals of the sixth gives us a color and its complement
repeated in different values. If we start with red, value 10,
as before, and trace the diagonal to the right in sixths, we
have: R (10) BG (20) R (30) BG (40), etc., which is a
sequence without enough change in value in the successive
reds and blue-greens to make it interesting. Dropping out
the even values in Table II — namely, 20, 40, 60, and 80 — will
improve the sequence; it would then be: R (10) BG (30)
R (50) BG (70) R (90). Sequences may also be obtained
by the repetition of certain intervals, such as the fourth
followed by the fifth, which would give R (10) GY (20)
BG (30) P (40) R (50) GY (60) BG (70) P (80) R (90),
or, omitting the even values as before, R (10) GY (30) BG
(50) P (70) and R (90), which is a good five-color scheme.
For those who are anxious to go more deeply into the
question of sequences, I would recommend again “A Theory
of Pure Design,” by Denman W. Ross. He treats the sub¬
ject exhaustively. My personal regret is that his use of the
twelve-step sequence of hue instead of the ten-step sequence
may prove confusing to some.
(To be continued.)
BUYING BUSINESS.
It doesn’t pay to buy friends. If you can buy them,
they will sell that friendship to the next highest bidder.
E. C. ANDREWS.
Half-tone from an etching* by F. O. Griffith,
Palette and Chisel Club, Chicago.
This department is designed particularly for the review of
technical publications pertaining to the printing industry. The
Inland Printer Company will receive and transmit orders for any
hook or publication. A list of technical books kept in stock will
be found in the advertising pages.
“The American Manual of Presswork.”
The Oswald Publishing Company, New York, have just
issued a sumptuous edition of “ The American Manual of
Presswork,” 8% by 1214 inches in size and printed on
antique paper, with numerous handsome colored inserts in
various processes. The work has been contributed to by
many writers, and is as comprehensive as it is attractive
and inspirational. Price $4. The work may be purchased
through The Inland Printer Company.
“Practical Printing.”
In his new book, “ Practical Printing,” the author,
George Sherman, has furnished the typographer with a
text-book of the methods and processes in use in the modern
printing-plant. Beginning with the needs of the apprentice,
and continuing through a discussion of display composi¬
tion, bookwork, proofreading, imposition, presswork, equip¬
ment, etc., to the sending out of the job from the shipping-
room, Mr. Sherman treats profitably and entertainingly of
the practical side of printing. The book contains 144 pages
of text, 140 illustrations, and is attractively bound in gray
cloth, the cover being stamped in white. Published by the
Oswald Publishing Company at $1.50. May be ordered
through The Inland Printer Company.
Year-book of the Plimpton Press.
An innovation in publicity for printers is the Year-book
for 1911, just issued by the Plimpton Press, Norwood,
Massachusetts. To one familiar even with the high char¬
acter of the product of this well-known press, the manner
in which this year-book is gotten up is a revelation — - an
exposition of the best in modern bookmaking.
The book is intended as an exhibit of types and typog¬
raphy, paper and presswork, designing, book cloths and
binding, with a view of assisting those who have to do with
the making of books. To this end are shown a number of
actual book-covers, stamped on the original stock and in
the original colors, and tipped in; numerous title-pages and
text pages; examples of half-tone and line engravings in
one and more colors; initial letters, ornaments and type¬
faces in use by the Plimpton Press; exhibits of paper,
rules, etc.; and a style manual containing the typograph¬
ical rules followed at the Plimpton Press.
Containing over three hundred pages, and handsomely
bound in cloth, the year-book is one of valuable reference
material. Although primarily issued for complimentary
distribution, a limited number have been set aside, and will
be supplied by the Plimpton Press at $3, prepaid.
PAY UP.
Do you expect your debtors to pay you promptly? If
so, you should expect -the same right of your creditors.
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759
Brief meetioe of men and events associated with the printing
and allied industries will he published under this heading. Items
for this department should he sent before the tenth day of the
month.
To Give Apprentices I. T. U. Course.
John J. O’Leary, the new president of the Boston Typo¬
graphical Union, in his inaugural address, strongly urged
that apprentices be given the advantage of the I. T. U.
Course of Instruction. He believes that one of the union’s
most important duties is to look after the welfare of the
printer-to-be, not merely as a means of elevating the future
in September. The election of local officers resulted as fol¬
lows: President, Grant Goodrich, of the James Bayne
Printing Company; vice-president, A. S. Hicks, of the
Dean-Hicks Printing Company; secretary-treasurer, W. F.
Powers, of the Powers-Tyson Printing Company. Execu¬
tive Committee — H. K. Dean, Frederick Reed, James Muir,
T. S. Etteridge and Milo Schuitema.
President Berry Sustained in Removal of Kreiter.
At its recent annual convention at Hale Springs, Ten¬
nessee, the Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union of
North America by a vote of 149 to 86 sustained the action
of its president and board of directors in the removal from
office last November of Albert B. Kreiter, of New York city,
who had been the third vice-president of the organization.
At the time he was ousted from office it was charged that
he had made threats to a representative of the American
Newspaper Publishers’ Association that no contracts would
be observed under certain conditions; that he had called
strikes without authority, and that he had refused to report
to the president of the union, as required by the laws of the
A PRINTER’S HOME.
Residence of II. C. Brock, journeyman printer, 614 Cass avenue,
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
printing craftsman, but in order that the art itself may be
developed, to the betterment of all mankind.
Several typographical unions already have incorpo¬
rated in their laws a provision that all apprentices shall be
required to have a graduation certificate in the I. T. U.
Course before admission to the union, and it is expected
that within a few years this requirement will become gen¬
eral throughout the jurisdiction of the International body.
Prosperous Year for Grand Rapids Printers.
The Employing Printers and Publishers’ Association of
Grand Rapids, Michigan, held its annual dinner and elec¬
tion of officers at the Livingston Hotel on June 21. Reports
from a large majority of the association’s members showed
that it was a prosperous year for Grand Rajnds printers,
and enthusiasm was marked for the work of the local
organization and for the progress which is being made as a
result of cost-system agitation. H. K. Dean, M. F. Powers,
Claude Jaqua and Grant Goodrich were elected delegates
to the international meeting to be held at Denver, Colorado,
organization. The Kreiter case took up much of the time
of the convention and its final disposition has placed Presi¬
dent Berry in a still stronger position as chief executive
of the pressmen’s international body.
Poster Printers Make Resolution.
The following resolution has been adopted by the Poster
Printers’ Association of America.
Resolved, That the members of this association, severally and collect¬
ively, agree hereafter not to print any posters or show-bills or make any
cuts to illustrate any heralds, couriers or distributing matter that is or
even borders upon the suggestive or salacious, or that depict scenes of
undue violence, such as pointing firearms, shedding blood, highway robbery,
etc., and that we call upon other printers of posters of the country, who
are unattached to this organization, to cooperate with us in this respect
and thereby clean the billboards and abolish a class of posters and adver¬
tising matter which has long been offensive to people of taste and refine¬
ment and harmful to the children and youth of our cities.
The association includes all but three or four of Amer¬
ica’s poster printers, and its action will be effective in
doing away with the illustrated posters condemned in the
resolution.
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Type Kings in the West.
R. W. Nelson, president of the American Type Founders
Company, accompanied by Messrs. Phinney and Capitan,
visited Chicago and adjacent cities, looking over the com¬
pany’s splendid properties. Though in the especial baili¬
wick of Judge Landis, of Standard-Oil-fine fame, the gen¬
tlemen were unafraid and as genial and gracious as become
those who are the personification of permanent prosperity.
Ohio Printers to Hold Cost Congress.
Edward T. Miller, Fred J. Herr, D. Birney, and W. R.
Colton, of Columbus, Ohio, have been selected as a com¬
mittee of arrangements to inaugurate Ohio’s first printers’
cost congress, which will be held in Columbus in October.
All Ohio printers, whether newspaper, book or job, will be
eligible to participate in the proceedings, which will be
devoted entirely to the subject of cost finding, as affecting
effect plans already perfected for the erection in Colorado
of a $250,000 sanitarium for the care and cure of members
afflicted with tuberculosis and other diseases. The Denver
State convention recently unanimously indorsed the move¬
ment, and the city of Boulder has offered forty acres for
grounds and buildings. The home is to be similar to that
of the International Typographical Union.
Dayton Company Reorganized.
The Commercial Binding Company, of Dayton, Ohio,
was recently reorganized at a meeting of the stockholders,
electing the following officers: William L. Foust, presi¬
dent; William F. Straukamp, vice-president; Frank X.
Zindorf, secretary, and Hugo E. Niehus, treasurer. The
capital stock was increased from $5,000 to $10,000. Owing
to the addition of a complete and up-to-date printing
department, the firm name was changed to the Commercial
A PRINTER’S HOME.
Residence of P. F. Lutz, journeyman printer, 4G Franklin avenue,
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
the status of the business. Speakers of national reputation
on printing topics will be in attendance.
Michigan Printers Have Two-day Session.
The fourth annual convention of the Michigan Federa¬
tion of Typographical Unions was held at Flint on June
26-27. Governor Osborn’s appointment of a commission to
draft an employers’ liability and workmen’s compensation
bill, for presentation to the next legislature, was indorsed.
Among the entertainment features was a banquet at the
Hotel Bryant. Port Huron was selected as the meeting-
place for next year. The following officers were elected:
President R. L. Drake, Detroit; vice-president, C. B. Wad¬
dell, Grand Rapids; secretary and treasurer, J. C. Jenkins,
Jackson. The officers and J. C. Welch, of Jackson, com¬
prise the executive committee.
Foresters to Build Home Like Printers.
Another organization is to follow the lead of the Inter¬
national Typographical Union in establishing a home and
tuberculosis sanitarium for the benefit of its members. It
is expected that the supreme convention of the Foresters of
America, which meets in Detroit this month, will put into
Printing & Binding Company. Having outgrown the pres¬
ent quarters, corner Grimes and Edgewater avenues, the
plant was moved to the corner of First and Madison streets
July 16, in a very commodious space. The firm as a bind¬
ing company has been highly successful, and the increasing
business practically necessitated the addition of the print¬
ing department.
Typothetae and Typographical Union Co-operate.
J. W. Tucker, secretary of the Mississippi State Typoth-
etce, recently addressed a letter to A. J. Seeley, president of
the Jackson Typographical Union, requesting the coopera¬
tion of the printers’ organization in an effort to prevent
contracts for local printing being placed outside the State.
President Seeley called a meeting of the union to consider
Secretary Tucker’s request, with the result that his letter
was indorsed and the following resolutions adopted :
1. That whereas the state printing for the State of Mississippi has not
been done in the State for many years, and whereas Mississippi now has
printing establishments fully equipped to handle this work in every detail,
and whereas the letting-out of these contracts outside of the State deprives
the members of the International Typographical Union residing and paying
taxes within the State of the privilege of being employed thereon, and
deprives the printing establishments operating and paying taxes within
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the State of this business, be it resolved that the officers and members of
this institution declare it an injustice to be deprived of this work.
2. Whereas it has come to our knowledge that several large institutions
within the State are sending- their printing- outside of the State to estab¬
lishments operating non-union help to the detriment of the members of the
International Typographical Union residing and paying taxes within the
State of Mississippi and to the printing establishments doing business within
the State of Mississippi, be it resolved by the officers and members of this
union that we protest as an injustice to ourselves, against such firms and
corporations sending their business without the State.
3. Be it resolved that officers and members of this union cooperate
with the Mississippi State Typothetse in keeping Mississippi business within
Mississippi, to be handled bj' legitimate union workmen.
4. That a copy of these resolutions are to be handed to our representa¬
tives and the influence of candidates and state officials solicited in behalf
of this movement.
Pittsburg Printers in Camp.
The Typographical Outing Club, of Pittsburg-, com¬
posed of daily newspaper printers, is in camp on the shores
of Lake Algonac, Michigan. As is the usual custom, the
Pittsburg newspaper “ boys ” have taken along with them
Not One Printer in Penitentiary.
Of all the ancient and honorable trades and professions
whose votaries are represented in the state penitentiary,
that of the printer is missing, says the Richmond (Va.)
Dispatch. An inquiry set in motion by Governor Mann
reveals this fact. There are preachers and doctors and
lawyers and cashiers and blacksmiths and bricklayers and
factory girls and teachers and clothiers and cooks, but not
a single printer.
A publisher of a country newspaper in Virginia made
the rather unusual request for information regarding any
printers who might be incarcerated. He needed one in his
town, where labor of this sort is perhaps difficult to procure.
So with a desire perhaps to reform some one, he asked for
data. If he found a worthy case where the term had half
expired, it was his intention to bring the matter to the
attention of the directors with a view to securing a parole
by a promise of employment.
A PRINTER’S HOME.
Residence of C. C. Gilleo, journeyman printer, 43 Sunset avenue,
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
an official font of type and a press, which are used in the
publication of a miniature daily. In this little newspaper
are chronicled the daily happenings, and things of interest
incident to the outing, but it is a sacred law that no member
shall be permitted to read any other newspaper during his
sojourn in camp, and a heavy fine is imposed for an infrac¬
tion of this law. The club has a membership of about fifty,
each individual having his own tent. In addition to this a
large cottage is kept in readiness for emergencies — which
are brought about chiefly by cold weather or an oversupply
of mosquitoes. George Dabney is the big chief of the expe¬
dition.
New Printers’ Building at Minneapolis.
Architects recently completed plans for a new printers’
building at Minneapolis. It is to be erected by David P.
Jones & Co., and will be five stories high, to cost $150,000.
The location is at Seventh avenue south and Fourth street,
indicating that the printing trades are moving southward.
The structure is to be of fireproof construction and the
elevators and wide stairways are to be enclosed. The first
floor will be exclusively used for counting-rooms, in order
that each tenant’s office will be readily accessible to the
public. There will be twenty thousand square feet of floor-
space.
The governor asked about it. Superintendent James B.
Wood expressed his regrets at not being in position to
accommodate the inquirer, but among all the 1,200 boarders
at his institution, there was not one who would own up to
being a graduate in the art of printing.
Printer Rivals Edward Payson Weston.
Thomas Braheny, a printer seventy-two years old,
recently walked from Omaha, Nebraska, to New York city
in eighty-five days, according to the New York American.
Braheny’s long tramp was begun on April 12. He was
penniless when he left Omaha, being taken care of by fellow
craftsmen on his journey, but he arrived safely in the east¬
ern metropolis on July 6 with 8 cents in his possession.
The aged printer has been affected with the wanderlust
since 1885, having traveled through Canada and the greater
part. of the United States.
Combine of Trade-papers.
What is said to be a most important and far-reaching
movement in the trade-paper world was begun early in
May. According to authentic reports a combine has been
formed for the purpose of getting control of technical and
trade journals. On May 1 four dry-goods publications,
four iron and steel papers, and four automobile publica-
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tions were taken over by a newly organized holding- com¬
pany, capitalized for $7,500,000. The new concern is
headed by Conde Nast and officers of the Root Newspaper
Association and the David Williams Company. The papers
included in the transaction are the Iron Age, Metal Worker,
Iron Age Hardware , Building Age, Dry Goods Economist,
Dry Goods Reporter, Boot and Shoe Recorder, The Automo¬
bile, Motor Age, and the Commercial Vehicle and Blue
Book. The directors of the new concern, which is known as
the United Publishers’ Corporation, besides Mr. Nast, are
I. A. Mekeel, Charles G. Phillips, W. H. Taylor, Charles T.
Root and H. M. Swetland. Mr. Root is the president.
Printer’s Epitaph.
According to the Kansas City Star, George V. Millett,
a Kansas City artist and son of the late Henry S. Millet,
who was one of the first printers in that part of the coun¬
try, recently found among the papers his father left a
Ur^es Change in Civil Service Law.
A writer in the Washington Herald, who has been
observing the workings of the civil-service law as applied
to the Government Printing Office, says :
V liile on the whole the civil service law has been beneficial to the
employees of the Government Printing Office, there are some of its appli¬
cations which would appear to: do great injustice at times. For instance,
a person on the eligible list accepts a temporary appointment as compositor
or bookbinder or pressman, and is given six months’ work in one year,
lie proves his competency and makes good in every particular. Before he
can get even a temporary appointment next year he must again take the
examination and his rating must be higher than others who have not
proved their competency. Instances can be cited where men of the best
abilities, who have been rated one year over .90, have failed to make that
rating at the next examination, and were not chosen for temporary work
for that reason. Then, too, a person who has demonstrated his competency
in every way and lias taken the examinations perhaps a dozen timesj and
been rated high on each occasion, will be passed over for a new and
untried man if the latter have the higher percentage. It would appear to
be good business policy to take the man who is known to be competent, and
A PRINTER’S HOME.
Residence of C. JI. Caldwell, foreman, composing-room, Central Printing Company,
Muncie, Indiana.
“ Printer’s Epitaph.” This epitaph was written by Mr.
Millet in 1853. It bears the name of the town in which it
was conceived, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The son says he
will have the epitaph placed upon his father’s tombstone in
the old Union Cemetery. This is the epitaph as it was writ¬
ten fifty-eight years ago :
Here lies his form, a type of matter dead !
Rear no imposing* stone to mark the spot ;
But, fast locked up within his narrow bed,
May all his errors be for aye forgot.
His rule he left, a token of his love
Revised, corrected, may be set above.
Flag* on Cover-page Stops Collier’s.
The Fourth of July edition of Collier's Weekly was not
allowed to be placed on sale at Boston, because the cover-
page displayed an American flag in colors. The police
placed a ban on the magazine on the ground that it vio¬
lated a Massachusetts law providing that —
Who publicly mutilates, tramples upon, defaces or treats contemptuously
the flag of the United States or Massachusetts, whether such flag is public
or private property, or whoever displays such flag or any representation
thereof upon which are words, figures, advertisements or designs, shall be
punished by a fine of not less than ten or more than one hundred dollars.
It is claimed by lawyers for the magazine that the pub¬
lication of the illustration was not a violation of the law,
and suit for damages may result.
when he has once filled the bill in all its requirements as a temporary
employee he should be given first chance when it comes to a permanent
appointment. The priority law is a good and just measure, fair to all,
and should be as good in the Government Printing Office as it is in every
other office under the jurisdiction of the International Typographical Union.
That the civil service laws should be amended to the extent that the man
who has demonstrated his ability to do the work required should not be
compelled to again take the examination before he can be appointed to a
temporary position in the Government Printing Office is the belief of many
members of organized labor, and that it may be so amended it is believed
it is only necessary to call the attention of Congress to the matter.
Chicago Superintendents’ Organization Effected.
Superintendents, foremen, etc., of Chicago printing
trades to the number of about one hundred dined together
on the evening of July 18 at the rooms of the Chicago
Advertising Club. Joseph Hays, manager for the Mono¬
type Company in its western division, delivered an inter¬
esting address on “ Scientific Management,” and was fol¬
lowed by William B. Prescott, of The Inland Printer, in
a short talk. After that those present got down to busi¬
ness and considered the report of the committee on consti¬
tution and by-laws. W. R. Goodheart defended the pro¬
posed constitution and by-laws against the attacks and
criticisms of the statesmen with fair success and much good
humor. So far as the printed word may indicate the pur¬
poses of an organization, this one is tinged with exclusive¬
ness, and much power is vested in the board of governors.
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It was decided that the club year should synchronize with
the calendar year and the governors were appointed for
the ensuing- five months, after which they will be elected.
Accordingly President Richardson named the following gen¬
tlemen to serve out the year:
Vice-president, Goodheart, who is ex officio chairman of
the board; H. T. Merry, of Stromberg, Allen & Co.; T. H.
Becker, H. L. Ruggles & Co.; A. W. Campbell, W. F. Hall
& Co.; U. G. Hinman, Rogers & Co.; F. H. Shank, the
Faith orn Company, and V. C. Guston, Metropolitan Syn¬
dicate Press.
There was some discussion as to what name should be
chosen, but a substantial majority decided in favor of “ The
Chicago Printing Crafts Association,” and the new organ¬
ization starts on its way evidently well officered and having
a hundred members.
The membership, according to the constitution, embraces
superintendents, assistant superintendents, and foremen
Typothetae Preparing for National Meet.
The Denver branch of the United Typothetae of America
has opened an office at 312 Chamber of Commerce building,
that city, and placed a secretary in charge of the work of
preparing for the annual convention of the national body,
which will be held there in September. The office is also
occupied by J. Gillespie, representing the parent organiza¬
tion, and a joint active campaign has been set in motion to
make the Denver meeting the greatest in the history of the
Typothetae. It is confidently expected that the most influ¬
ential and progressive men in the trade will be at Denver
in large numbers to take part in the discussion of impor¬
tant questions both in the convention of the Typothetae and
in the third annual meeting of the International Cost Con¬
gress, which is to be held in the same city immediately fol¬
lowing that of the United Typothetae. Officers of both
organizations are jubilant over the outlook for a record-
breaking printers’ “ get-together.”
A PRINTER’S HOME.
Residence of Robert Meikle, linotype operator, 466 State street, Browne Park, Flushing,
Long Island.
actually engaged in the management of composing-rooms,
pressrooms, binderies, electrotype and stereotype foundries,
engraving and lithographing departments, who have held
such positions for at least one year.
Duplex Company Increases Capacity.
A dispatch from Battle Creek, Michigan, to the Grand
Rapids Herald states that the common council of that city
has passed an ordinance vacating Linman street from Car¬
lyle to Washington, and Carlyle street between Linman and
the Michigan Central tracks, in order to enable the Duplex
Printing Press Company to double the capacity of its plant.
The big printing-press concern owns all of the adjoining-
property between the present plant and Washington ave¬
nue, and plans to build several long shops stretching from
the Michigan Central tracks to Houston street. Nearly
half a million dollars will be expended in buildings and
equipment, which will give the company practically double
its present facilities. A new foundry, a new machine shop
and erecting department are included in the contemplated
improvements, necessitating the employment of several
hundred more men.
No Automobile and Only One Wife.
George Arliss, speaking before the Chicago Press Club,
at a recent luncheon given in his honor, said: “I’m the
despair of the press agent? I don’t own an automobile.
I’ve got but the one wife; and, to make matters more diffi¬
cult for the press agent, she is the very same wife I had
ten years ago. I seem to have missed fire, as it were,
hereditarily speaking, for behind me are four generations
on the paternal side of printers and newspaper publish¬
ers. My father, indeed, was a very genuine journalist. He
founded and edited two newspapers on the other side and
both are now quite prosperous concerns, the prosperity
dating, of course, from the day he gave them up and turned
them over to men who were not journalists at all.”
Predicts Cheap Books for Future.
At the Book Fair held in Chicago last month a promi¬
nent eastern publisher made the following prediction con¬
cerning prices of books.
“ Formerly, we sold books at ‘ regular ’ prices, but now
we have about decided to base the price on the net cost of
production, which brings the publisher down to a bedrock
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basis. Copyright, cloth-bound books of fiction for 25 cents
is the latest in this regard. This means that we sell the
books to the retailer for about 15 cents each. You can
imagine what the author and the publisher make.”
Noise-proof and Non- vibrating* Printers’ Building*.
A modern fireproof building constructed especially for
printers’ use is being erected for the Blakely Printing Com-
jiany and the Osgood Engraving Company of Chicago. It
will occupy a ground space of 95 by 160 feet and will face
Market street, extending west to the river. The building is
to be constructed according to design and plans made by
Perkins, Fellows and Hamilton, of Chicago, and is being
financed by Seney, Rogers & Company. The cost will be
about $325,000. The structure will be eight stories and will
be arranged for the special requirements of the printing
and engraving business. Three floors will be reserved for
the occupancy of tenants engaged in the allied trades. The
•pERmtiA FlllQvs. & Hamilton /Irchts .
SOUND-PROOF, NON-VIBRATING BUILDING OF THE BLAKELY PRINTING
COMPANY AND OSGOOD ENGRAVING COMPANY^ OF CHICAGO.
construction embodies many novel features. It is non¬
vibrating and the floors are to be non-sound-conducting, thus
neutralizing the vibration and the noise from the presses
and other machinery. The building is constructed with
steel columns and deep cement girders, with special bracing
to prevent lateral motion and vibration. Particular atten¬
tion is paid to the soundproofing of floors. This is accom¬
plished by means of cellular asbestos deadening and special
compressed-cork press foundations to prevent, as far as
possible, any objectionable transmission of sound from the
presses.
The building will have an equipment that will include
a system of power transmission, and of indirect heating
and ventilation, of drinking-water filtration, of pneumatic
forcing of oil and benzin, a compressed-air service, three
elevators, three power dumb-waiters, a means of waste
disposal, etc. A spacious teaming court for handling mer¬
chandise and mails is also provided for wholly within the
lot limits. The roof of the building is provided with a
series of saw-tooth skylights over the artists’ rooms, and
there is a special camera-room with skylight for north light,
so arranged as to obtain perfect direct or diffused light, as
may be required.
Rapid Growth of Moline Concern.
The printing plant of Desaulniers & Co., Moline, Illi¬
nois, is to be enlarged to double its present capacity. Ar¬
rangements have been made for an addition to the Caxton
block, occupied by the big printing company, which will
give the plant a total frontage of one hundred feet on both
Third and Second avenues. The first floor of the addition
is to be devoted to a department in which the Furrow, a
farm-implement magazine, will be produced, all operations
incident to production to be handled automatically. To
this end a large rotary printing-press, specially designed,
printing two colors at once and folding and stitching the
papers at the same operation, will be installed. Trimming,
imprinting and wrapping machines will be included, the
papers to be delivered direct to the postoffice on leaving the
department. With the new addition, Desaulniers & Co.
will have one of the largest and best equipped printing
plants in the West, placing the firm in a position to meet
the requirements of an extraordinary growth in its busi¬
ness within the past few years.
Recent Incorporations.
South Hill Publishing Company, South Hill, Va. Capital, $5,000.
II. P. Wall, president.
Walford Stationery & Printing Company, Richmond, Va. Capital,
$25,000. J. B. Walford, president.
William Ellis Jones’ Sons (printing), Richmond, Virginia. Capital,
$15,000. R. T. G. Jones, president.
Paulas & Howell Press, Esopus, N. Y. Capital, $40,000. Incorporators:
A. 0. Howell, W. A. Paulus, S. Paulus.
The Civic Press, Manhattan, N. Y. Capital, $50,000. Incorporators:
R. G. Hamilton, C. Rullman, C. Storck.
Dante Printing & Publishing Company, Boston, Mass. Capital, $20,000.
Incorporators: G. Grillo, A. Forte, S. W. Culver.
Winston Printing Company, Winston-Salem, N. C. Capital, $100,000.
Incorporators: C. Ellis, F. Brumley, W. L. Harper.
The Pearce Printing Company, Moline, Ill. Capital, $300,000. Incor¬
porators: R. B. Pearce, F. V. Pearce, E. C. Pearce.
The Restitution Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill. Capital, $2,500.
Incorporators: S. J_. Lindsay, J. E. Cross, F. Knodle.
The Sale Lithograph Company, Buffalo, N. Y. Capital, $50,000. Incor¬
porators: II. Buckelmueller, C. G. Denny, li. L. Sale.
Midwest Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill. Capital, $25,000. Incor¬
porators : G. C. Crandall, G. M. Cohen, S. J. Samelow.
Frouros Publishing Company, Manhattan, N. Y. Capital, $10,000.
Incorporators : C. Sakellarakos, F. H. Jones, F. O’Neill.
James Gilray Cannon, Inc. (printing and advertising), Chicago, 111.
Capital, $10,000. Incorporators: J. G. Cannon, E. D. Rose, R. F. Brady.
The Barnett Publishing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. Capital, $10,000.
Incorporators : J. W. Barnett, I. Timms, B. Walsh, M. B. Hall, L. F. Jenny.
The Kaiser-Fisher Company (printing, engraving, publishing, etc.), New
York city. Capital, $15,000. Incorporators: A. Kaiser, N. Kaiser, H.
Fisher.
The Poster Engraving Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. Capital, $6,000.
Incorporators: A. Noelcke, L. J. Folz, F. R. Gusweiler, S. Klein, E.
Schoettle.
The Charles H. Fryer Advertising & Printing Company, Providence,
R. I. Capital, $25,000. Incorporators: H. F. Butler, F. J. De Velin,
C. F. Fryer.
The Andrew Stevenson Company (printing, publishing, advertising),
Chicago. Ill. Capital, $150,000. Incorporators: H. F. White, B. Payne,
R. Hawkhurst.
The Associated Newspapers (printers, publishers, etc.), East Orange,
N. J. Capital, $10,000. Incorporators: J. C. Mulford, I. S. Dillingham,
Jr., J. M. Watkinson.
The Twentieth Century Publishing Company, Pine Bluff, Ark. Capital,
$50,000. Incorporators: C. C. Cline, W. F. Parker, P. Martin, F. G.
Hiner, E. L. Vail, G. W. Seymour, J. A. Laminack.
DEMOCRATIC PRAYER.
O Lord, now that everything is coming our way, purge
every Democratic soul of hot air and vainglory and insert
large instalments of common sense in every Democratic
cranium; and oh, remember, Lord, our proneness to make
fools of ourselves just when we have the world by the tail
and a down-hill pull, and see that we don’t get in bad this
time. — - Houston Post.
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Questions pertaining to proofreading are solicited and will
be promptly answered in this department. Replies can not be
made by mail.
Aims and Objects in South Africa.
Reader, Oudtshoorn, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa,
writes: “Will you please settle a difference of opinion
with regard to the construction of the following? ‘ The
aims and objects of the society are to promote and encour¬
age the frequent production of amateur musical, dramatic,
and operatic performances, and to enkindle and foster a
true love of musical and dramatic art.’ Is it correct, or
should it read ‘ The aim and object of the society is,’ etc.? ”
Answer. — We can not perceive how a difference of
opinion can be possible here; but we are constantly encoun¬
tering similar cases of difference where none had seemed
possible. The aim and object would be only one, and here
are plainly two. In all such mention of two or more things
the plural words are the right ones, and “ aims and
objects ” is the correct form. In this sentence just writ¬
ten both aims and objects occur, and these words, as sepa¬
rate words, are plural; yet the singular verb in the sen¬
tence is right, because the sense is not relative to a num¬
ber of individual things, but to one expression which is
made up of these elements. Whenever a phrase is the
single subject of a sentence, though it includes two or
more plural words, its proper verb is singular. The most
frequent occurrence of this as a correct use is in citing a
book or article by its title, including a plural, as in saying
“ ‘ The Graysons ’ is a book about Lincoln,” where we are
speaking about the book, and not about the characters.
Here is a slight digression from our real subject-matter,
but of a kind very clearly showing how it was suggested.
When we speak of a number of things we should use the
words that name them as such, as “ aims and objects ”
when we name more than one of them, as is done in the
sentence in question.
Punctuation in Firm-names.
A. M., Mohawk, Michigan, asks for our opinion as to
whether “ J. Vivian, Jr., & Co.” or “ J. Vivian, Jr. & Co.”
is right.
Answer. — To be strictly correct, the form with the
comma after “Jr.” should be used. As a matter of gram¬
matical principle this is beyond question. A great many
people now, however, omit the comma, for some reason best
known to themselves, if they have any reason except their
imagination that it looks better so. Similar to this is the
printing of dates without commas, as July 1911 — we do
not remember ever seeing such a date as July 5 1911, but
think we have seen such as July 5th 1911, and certainly
those like 5th July 1911 are not uncommon, especially in
British print. The Encyclopaedia Britannica is one very
prominent British book in which such eommaless dates are
found. It may well be supposed that a firm-name like the
one asked about would also be eommaless should one be
printed in that book. Now, if people choose to use such
forms, no one can say them nay, as they have a perfect
right to inflict their use of language with anarchy if they
choose to do so. But they may safely be defied as to ability
to show that in doing so they are following any sort of
principle. On the contrary, everything that can be thought
of as a reason for using a comma anywhere dictates its
use before and after “Jr.” with a name. In such a firm-
name both commas might better be omitted than either
one. Certainly there is no more occasion for one of them
than there is for the other. But if punctuation is to be
based on any kind of principle, as of course it should be, a
comma should be used in each place in such firm-names
and in each possible place in dates. One of the most neces¬
sary commas is now very commonly omitted, though it is
always used by the people who know best how to punctuate.
It seems to be an almost universal trait to become obsessed
in favor of slipshod and erroneous practice, just as it is so
much more common for children to catch and keep bad
language rather than good, or for nearly all human beings
to contract bad habits rather than good ones. If any
comma is necessary anywhere as a matter of principle, one
is needed after each item of three or more in an enumera¬
tion, fully as much after the one before the conjunction as
anywhere else. Men, women, and children seem to be get¬
ting more and more convinced that it is correct to write
men, women and children; whereas the only correct way
is with the comma they so often omit. In such cases, as
also in those of the firm-names and dates, it is almost
impossible for any one to speak the words without sepa¬
rating them at each of the places in question by a slight
pause of the kind that is recognized in writing by the use
of a comma. In each of our large dictionaries these com¬
mas are always used. Nobody knows better than the lexi¬
cographers the value of commas, and it is safe to say that
those in question would not be used in the dictionaries if
they were wrong.
Everyone and Other WronfJ Joinings.
C. M. N., Washington, D. C., writes: “ In the sentence,
‘ Does the lecturer make the sweeping claim that every one
of us should be held to equal account? ’ and in the phrase
‘ every one of its eitizens,’ would it be permissible to make
everyone one word, and if so what would be the reason? ”
Answer. — It would not be permissible, and no reason¬
ing could possibly justify it, although it is very often done.
Some words of similar make are thoroughly established as
single words, but even they are still properly usable sepa¬
rated in their literal grammatical senses. Anybody, every¬
body, anything, everything, anywhere, everywhere, are the
words that suggest the unifying of anyone, someone, and
everyone. Any body, every body, and some body, however,
are the correct forms when referring to bodies meaning
companies or associations. It is only with body in the
sense of a person that the single words anybody, etc., are
correct. As has been said above, it is the strong sugges¬
tion of analogy between body and one in this sense that
has misled some people to consider anyone, everyone, and
someone proper single words when they mean any person,
every person, and some person. The analogy is just as
strongly in favor of noone, yet no one writes it so. Inas¬
much as there is. a strong reason in favor of no one in
separate form, that in itself is a strong reason in favor of
writing the others separately also (that is, the others with
one; thing and where are different). Every one of us (or
of anything else) uses the separate words in their regular
and literal senses and grammatical separate functions,
and only those who are too thoughtless to perceive this
decided difference would ever think of making the joining
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in such use. Webster’s New International Dictionary says
of anyone (which it defines only as one taken at random,
anybody) that it is commonly written as two words. It
should have said properly, not commonly. The same dic¬
tionary unites every one and everyone in one entry, with
two definitions, the first of which is exemplified by the
phrase “ every one of us,” and by the Scripture quotation
“ We have turned every one to his own way.” Its second
definition, “ everybody,” has the remark, “ In this sense
preferably written everyone.” This is one instance in
which the dictionary record is merely an expression of
somebody’s opinion, and an opinion given evidently with¬
out reference to the other word, anyone. The better form
in one of these cases is certainly also better in the other.
No mention of someone or some one is in this dictionary.
It may be safely asserted, emphatically and dogmatically,
that the single-word form is not preferable nor even good
on any ground except a possible prevalence in usage, for
any of these terms with one. Anyone, everyone, and
someone are forms that some people use, but they are not
good forms; for such use as that in our question they are
utterly unjustifiable.
This department is designed to furnish information, when avail¬
able, to inquirers on subjects not properly comind within the scope
of the various technical departments of this magazine. The publi¬
cation of these queries will undoubtedly lead to a closer under¬
standing of conditions in the trade.
All requests for information demanding a personal reply by mail
should be accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Makers of Flags.
(910.) “ Would like to receive addresses of firms
making flags in large sizes.”
Answer. — ■ George B. Carpenter & Co., 200 South Water
street, Chicago; Cheney Brothers, South Manchester, Con¬
necticut; William H. Horstman Company, 459 Broadway,
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PRINTER’S ERROR CREATES HAVOC.
A curious claim for damages came before the correc¬
tional court. M. Tournieux, a cabinetmaker, died from the
effects of a prescription which his wife had culled from a
book called, “ The People’s Doctor,” where, owing to a mis¬
print, fifteen grammes of ammonia were prescribed instead
of fifteen drops.
The author of the book, Dr. Georges Migot, was sen¬
tenced to three months’ imprisonment and fined £4, and the
chemist, who made up the prescription, to one month’s
imprisonment and a fine of the same amount. Mme. Tour¬
nieux, the widow, was awarded £40 damages and an annuity
of £12, while her children will receive £1 a year each until
reaching their majority. — London Mail.
New York city; American Flag Company, 45 Elizabeth
street, New York city. These concerns make flags of all
nations.
The Photogravure Process.
(900.) “ Having become interested in the photogra¬
vure process (not photoengraving as generally termed), we
desire to get some information about it, that is, as to books
on the subject, etc. What we have reference to mostly are
the photo-plates sent out by manufacturers of silverware
to the trade. Any information will be thankfully appre¬
ciated.”
Answer. — As photogravure work is used now largely in
high-class catalogues and de luxe productions, it would be
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well for you to get in touch with the makers of presses for
such work. From these makers you will get much prac¬
tical information, which will enable you to determine at
once whether or not you can enter the field. Two books will
be found listed in our catalogue which are comprehensive
in the treatment of photogravure processes and should
be easily understood by practical engravers. They are:
“ Photomechanical Processes,” by W. T. Wilkinson, and
“A Treatise on Photogravure,” by Herbert Deniston.
Standard Automatic Job-press Company.
(907.) “ Will you kindly fill in address on enclosed
envelope and mail to Standard Automatic Press Company?
I understand these people have several machines in opera¬
tion, but can not locate the company. This is not the Auto¬
press, Kavmoor, or Cartwright.”
Having been unable to gather any information relative
to the existence of such a concern, the letter was returned
to the sender. Possibly some reader can advise our corre¬
spondent. — [Editor.
Gold and Silver Letters.
(899.) “ Please send me the names of several firms
who sell gold and silver letters used for window advertise¬
ment.”
Answer.- — Gold and silver letters on metal, glass and
enamel can be procured from George Steere, 432 South
Dearborn street; Metallic Sign Letter Company, 433 North
Clark street; John R. Burdick, 77 Dearborn street. Decal-
comanie and transparent: Meyer cord Company, 136 Wash¬
ington street; Decalcomanie Company, 66 North Green
street. Paper: Tablet & Ticket Company, 70 West Jack-
son Boulevard. All of Chicago.
Waste-paper Shredder.
(909.) “ We have been referred to you in regard to a
machine that shreds paper. Do you manufacture a paper-
shredder? We have a place for one here, but up to date
have not been able to find such a machine on the market.
There is a firm here who claims that it can get more for its
paper when shredded than when merely baled. If you know
of such a machine, we can place one for you. Do you know
of a market for baled waste paper, or for baled shredded
paper? ”
Answer. — We are not manufacturers of machinery of
any kind. Our company is the publisher of The Inland
Printer and of technical books bearing on the art of print¬
ing. We are pleased, however, to refer you to Blomfeldt &
Rapp, 108 North Jefferson street, Chicago, who are makers
of a waste-paper shredding machine, which is used by
department stores for cutting up waste paper to be used in
the packing of glassware, crockery, etc. It is also used in
railroad offices for destroying old records and tickets. As
to a market for baled waste paper or baled shredded paper,
inquire of Blomfeldt & Rapp.
Small Rotary Presses.
(908.) “ I am desirous of purchasing a small auto¬
matic rotary printing-press. I have had communication
with the Cincinnati Time Recorder Company, an Ohio con¬
cern; but I find that rubber type is used in connection with
its presses instead of metal type. I am of the conviction
that printing-matter produced on such a press would have
a blurred appearance, and not of clear-cut outlines as is
noticeable when metal type is used. Would be pleased to
have you enlighten me on this point. Can you give me the
addresses of any firms manufacturing small automatic
rotary printing-presses — that are made so as metal type
can be used in the type-cylinder? ”
Answer. — As the correspondent has been considering
purchase of the press referred to in his letter, which prints
from rubber type, he evidently wants a low-priced machine
that will print from a type-cylinder. In this case the form-
letter presses using the Thompson metal type might answer
the purpose. Of this style machine there are three differ¬
ent makes — the Multigraph, made by the Multigraph
Sales Company, Cleveland, Ohio; the Flexotype, Flexotype
Company, Burlington, New Jersey, and the Rogers Ad-
dressograph, Rogers Addresser Company, 12 North Des
Plaines street, Chicago.
This department of service is designed to bring men of capacity
in touch with opportunities which are seeking them and which they
are seeking. There is no charge attached to the service whatever.
It is entirely an editorial enterprise. Applicants for space in this
department are requested to write fully and freely to the editor,
giving such references as they may consider convenient. Their
application will be reduced to a formal anonymous statement of
their desires and their experience, a reference number attached
and published in “The Inland Printer.” Their names will be
furnished to inquirers. Similarly those who command opportu¬
nities which they are seeking men to fill will he accorded the same
privilege under the same terms. The 6 6 ^et-to^ether 9 9 movement
has many phases. This is one which “The Inland Printer99 has
originated as especially desirable for the good of the trade.
Manager of a Printing or Printing and Stationery Plant.
152. I am so situated that I desire a change. I have a
record that will stand the closest investigation. I am man¬
ager of a printing plant. Am perfectly familiar with every
detail of newspaper work, printing and stationery busi¬
nesses, but prefer the two latter. I know paper-stock and
its proper uses. I am told that I am safe on estimates, and
employees are my friends. I am accustomed to meeting
and dealing with all classes, and have been quite fortunate
in getting the confidence of my patrons. My principal trade
just now is made up of folk who send for me just as they
would send for a physician. I am a practical bookkeeper
and accountant. Have originated and carried out many
special advertising campaigns. I am looking for charge of
a plant or estate that requires a reliable and competent
manager. — (Condensed from letter of applicant.)
COURSE IN PRINTING AT CINCINNATI.
Arrangements for a course for printing apprentices at
the Boys’ Continuation School at Cincinnati, Ohio, were
made recently at a conference between a committee of
printers and the board of education, held at the Pen and
Pencil clubrooms. A committee, consisting of Superinten¬
dent Dyer, Secretary Bell, of the Allied Printing Trades
Council, and J. L. Frazee, secretary of the Ben Franklin
Club, were designated to work out a course of study. The
course will open at the Continuation School in the Second
Intermediate building, September 5. The instructions will
be theoretical in character, no shopwork being attempted.
The proposed course has the endorsement of both employ¬
ers and employees in the printing craft.
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George E. Matthews.
After an illness of many months, on June 11, George E.
Matthews, treasurer of the Matthews-Northrup Works, the
well-known printing concern of Buffalo, passed away. Mr.
Matthews was also editor and publisher of the Buffalo
Express. He was the inventor of a four-color process of
GEORGE E. MATTHEWS.
printing, and also had been largely interested in the perfec¬
tion of a noiseless typewriter. Mr. Matthews was a public-
spirited citizen and a progressive editor and printer. In
1901 he was president of the United Typothetae of America,
and had always taken a deep interest in the collective
progress of the trade’s members.
Mr. Matthews was born at Westfield, New York, in
1855, but went to Buffalo with his father when only a boy,
and spent all his life in that city.
John R. Manning.
On Sunday morning, July 9, John B. Manning was
found dead in his bed at Norwich, New York, where he had
conducted a job-printing business for many years. Mr.
Manning was born in Cork, Ireland, July 21, 1844, and
came to the United States in 1883. After filling several
positions as a practical printer, among which were the
foremanships of the Rome (N. Y.) Sentinel and the Fort
Wayne (Ind.) Gazette, he became the editor of the Kokomo
(Inch) Independent. Later he resumed work as a practical
printer, going to the Chenango (N. Y.) Telegraph as fore¬
man of the composing-room, subsequently filling a similar
position on the Norwich Sun; all of which antedated his
entry into the job-printing business. The deceased printer
wrote several books on typography, among which was the
“ Printer’s Vade-Mecum.” He had been a member of the
London (Eng.) Society of Compositors and transferred his
membership to the International Typographical Union on
his arrival in America. He was one of Norwich’s best-
known and most respected citizens.
Pulaski, Iowa — W. S. Allen, editor and publisher of the
Press.
Kansas City, Kan. — T. C. Peffer, editor of the Eureka
(Kan.) Herald.
Cadiz, Ohio — William H. Arnold, editor and publisher
of the Sentinel.
Indianapolis, Ind. — George Trask, forty years a writer
of railroad news for the Journal and Star.
Holyoke, Mass. — Moses Newton, founder of the Chem¬
ical Paper Company and the Newton Paper Company.
Wheeling, W. Va. — William C. Jones, veteran printer
and for twelve years secretary of the Wheeling Typograph¬
ical Union..
Easthampton, Mass. — John McDonald, manager of the
Easthampton News Company, and a well-known printer of
the old-school type.
Granby, Que. — S. H. C. Miner, president of the Granby
Printing and Publishing Company, and for twenty-three
years mayor of the city.
Gardiner, Me. — Hiram Kelly Morrell, among the oldest
newspaper men in Maine. He was a charter member of the
Maine Press Association.
Peoria, Ill. — Robert H. Hannah, at one time associated
with Robert Burdette on the Burlington Hawkeye. He was
known as the dean of Illinois newspaper men.
Chicago, Ilk— James B. Smiley, a book publisher of the
city for over twenty years. He was a member of the Ham-
.-ilton- Club and of Garden City Council, Royal Arcanum.
Pine Bluff, Ark. — : Colonel C. G. Newman, for more than
half a century engaged in newspaper work in Arkansas.
He was one of the founders of the Arkansas Press Associa¬
tion.
New York, N. Y. — Thomas A. Kenneth, widely known
as a publisher of trade-papers, and also well known as a
newspaper man. At the time of his death he was connected
with the Carpet Upholstery and Trade Review, which he
founded.
Inglewood, Cal. — Robert P. Boss, many years superin¬
tendent of the Boston (Mass.) Globe composing-room, and
a well-known old-time Boston newspaper printer. He was
a member of Dahlgren Post, G. A. R., the Kearsarge Vet¬
erans’ Union, a member of the Masonic fraternity, of the
Press Club, and of Typographical Union No. 13, all of
Boston.
Seabreeze, Fla. — Harding L. Kochersperger, formerly
an executive officer of the Werner Publishing Company,
and widely known among newspaper publishers. He was
distinguished for having introduced a new variety of period¬
ical publication — the illustrated portfolio with coupon
attachment, which became very popular in England and
France as well as the United States.
Brooklyn, N. Y. — Charles H. Burrill, known as the
“ best colored proofreader in the country.” When he was
final reader on the Greenwich (R. I.) Pendulum, that pub¬
lication was known throughout the Eastern States as “ the
paper printed without a typographical error.” At the time
of his death he was part owner and vice-president of
the Nashville Globe, published in the interests of Afro-
Americans in Tennessee.
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Written for The Inland Printer.
SLUG 6’ S LOCK-UP MACHINE.
BY LEON IVAN.
« it ever occur to you,” asked Slug 6, “ that
there is one branch of the typographical
profession that is still in a most embry-
otic condition? I imagine that the lock¬
up end of the business is in about the
same rudimentary state as it was left by
Columbus.”
“ What’s eating- you now? ” inquired
Side Guide; “everybody knows that it only takes brute
strength and stupidity to be a stoneman.”
“ That’s where you are fooled. It takes more than that
to match crossbars into a chase. I’ll admit it gave me a
pain the other day when I hit a job on the rock and put in
my time lifting and hauling around forms that seemed to
weigh about a ton. But I am going to invent a machine
that will make the work of the lithologist a real pleasure.
It will help so much to elevate the business when a man can
sit down at a keyboard and by simply manipulating the
ivories eliminate all the manual labor. The scheme I have
in mind will enable a man to do as much in an hour as half
a dozen hustlers can do in a day. There will be no pawing
around in a pile of junk hunting chases and crossbars, and
the complete form will register with scientific accuracy.”
“ Say, I think I have heard you shooting hot air before.
The other day you were bughouse on a make-ready machine
that was going to revolutionize the printing industry. But
you couldn’t get a machine that would make a form ready
in a thousand years, yet you were going around with a
scheme that would cut out an overlay, set the guides and
regulate the ink-fountain all at one operation. And do it
all with the electricity you got out of the stock, wasn’t it? ”
“You’ve got the wrong idea altogether,” said Slug 6;
“ my machine was merely intended to make a mathematic¬
ally correct overlay and do away with the necessity for a
half-stewed pressman and a bum feeder sitting around for
a couple of hours telling smutty stories and cutting up bits
of folio with a dull knife under the impression that they are
perpetrating an art job for other prints to admire. But that
has got nothing to do with this lock-up scheme. Because
this is something so eminently practical that anybody who
is moderately sober will be able to appreciate its advan¬
tages.”
“ I suppose your machine will read the ticket, lay out
pages, hustle for furniture and quoins and register the
form so that it won’t be necessary to have a fool comp,
coming to the press just as the job is ready to run to say
that the layout is wrong and the margins are all twisted,
and tie up the machine for the rest of the day! ”
“ Your pei'spicacity is amazing. You have grasped the
idea with almost human intelligence.”
“And I suppose it will soon be that a man would as soon
try to set type without gloves as attempt to lock up a form
with his bare hands. What have you been drinking any¬
way? I note you always get ’em after you have had a few
high ones. You might know that a machine can’t do that.”
“ That’s what you fellows say about everything new.
If everybody were like you, you would still be puttering
around an old hand press, sweating and swearing to get
off your token an hour. But the Miehle put you on an easy
seat and now all you have got to do is to shove sheets and
chew tobacco. The Thompson typecaster has knocked out
the dis., and my machine will put the bummest part of the
trade on a level with an intellectual occupation.
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“ Well,” said Side Guide, “ when do you expect to get
this machine going? ”
“ I don’t just know. I have got the idea all right, and as
soon as I get hold of an old keyboard I am going to start
making it.”
“ Say, I’ve got to go to work in the morning. When you
get her going let me know. So long.”
THE SONG OF THE PRINTING-PRESS.
BY THOMAS E. WATSON,
In Watson’s Jeffersonian Magazine for March.
(Explanatory Note: The sight of big machinery in
motion exerts a fascination over most of us. The wonder¬
ful work of it, and the organized power of it, thrill one,
through and through.
When our immense Babcock press was put together (it
has more than nine thousand separate parts) and the elec¬
tric connection was made, the roar and rhythm of it was
something altogether new to my experience. I listened,
enthralled. Then the history of printing flashed across
me; and I recalled the almost numberless ways and degrees
in which the type-set word affect humanity.
Then and there, the conception of the following piece of
blank verse occurred to me.
At first I had no idea of giving it the present form; but
when, after several days of occasional reflection on the sub¬
ject, I came to write it out, the words of themselves took
the meter, which is a verbal reproduction of the sound of
our big press.
If one should recite the poem, while the machine is at
work, he would find that the long line, of nine syllables, fol¬
lows exactly the length of the long stroke of the levers,
while the short line, of seven syllables, corresponds with
the second and shorter roar of the press.
I repeat, the adoption of this peculiar rhythm was due
to the fact that the song of the machine had fixed itself in
my head: I unconsciously transferred it to the poem. No
other poem has that peculiar lilt, and the swing of it was
due to the subconscious action of the brain. Many a time
you do a thing involuntarily : sometimes you do and say
things that you can’t recollect: in such cases it is the
subconscious intelligence which guides. We all have it;
but in some it acts oftener and does more than in others.
Of course, you will understand that in the “ Song of the
Printing-press,” the reference is to the work done by the
machine, rather than to the machine itself. T. E. W.)
My voice is the roar of the thunder:
My force is that of the storm.
I stop not because it is winter ;
I reck not the Summer’s sun.
My feet are the tireless plodders ;
My hands, they never are still.
I run, I run with my message ;
I go, I go with my creed.
I fly on the wings of the morning:
1 fly on the wings of night.
Of all the great teachers I’m chiefest ;
Of all the great sowers, the lord.
I leap to the front, in the battle ;
I cover the rear, in retreat :
I’m the sapper, undermining foundations ;
I fight in the open field.
I’m the cloud-guide that leads in the daytime ;
The pillar of fire at night.
I’m loved by the Lovers of learning ;
I’m feared by lawless and bad :
I’m courted by men of ambition :
The vain, they flatter and feed,
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Philanthropy leans on my shoulders,
Diplomats tell me their lies.
The populace sees the mere surface —
I enter behind the scenes.
I’m the hope of a weary people,
I’m the mouthpiece of their woe.
I’m the Friend of the friendless and wretched:
I’m the foe of oppression and sin.
I gaze in the sun, like the eagle ;
Like Ajax, the lightnings, dare.
My home is the millionaire’s palace ;
My home is the laborer’s cot.
My home is in town and in country ;
My home, it floats over the wave:
My home is the house of the happy :
My home is the house of despair.
An angel, I visit affliction ;
A devil, I crush the weak,
A hero, I strike for the Righteous,
Traitor ! I strike for the Wrong.
I’m honest, and care not for riches;
Venal, I serve for a price.
A patriot, I lead the State upward ;
Corrupted. I drag the State down.
Virtuous, tlie ground yields its harvest :
Vicious, I sow dragon’s teeth.
I ’m the source of innocent laughter :
I’m the source of scalding tears.
I sing — and the lowly are lifted :
I sing — and the great are brought low.
I sing — and the temple is shaken :
I sing — the throne topples down.
I sing — and Freedom is victor,
I sing — and Liberty dies.
I’m the steed of the poet, and on me
He rides his way into fame.
The scholar, mounting my chariot.
Ascends to the skies of renown.
The orator’s silvery trumpet,
The statesman’s golden horn :
I’m the bearer of good tidings:
I’m the messenger of grief.
I’m the voice of peace and progress ;
Or the herald of war and waste.
I rise to the heights of the Heavens :
1 sink to the depths of Hell.
I feast, at times, on the living;
I sometimes prey on rhe dead.
To wounds, I’m the balm of Gilead,
Or, streams of molten lead.
Sometimes I’m as pure as a Vestal,
Am sometimes foul as the pit.
Sometimes as brave as a Bayard,
Am sometimes pallid Fear.
Of learning, the winged Mercury :
Am often its tireless foe.
I would free the brain of the fettered.
Would ope the door of the mind :
But I serve Superstition as truly:
And aid enslavers of thought.
At my best, I’m the Hope of the Future:
At my worst, the people’s Dread.
I’m the weaver who throws the far shuttle,
As the life-loom weaves the cloth :
I speed the web backward and forward,
A golden strand in the woof.
I’m the watchman upon the high tower ;
Preserver of archives, am I.
I’m the pearl-diver bringing up riches ;
I’m the prodigal, wasting gems.
I’m the feeder of swine and a swine-herd :
A guest, in the houses of kings.
I warn and I teach and I frighten
The erring, the dull and the vile.
I’m the pilot that weathers the tempest —
The sail that is never furled.
I’m the keel that plows all the waters:
I’m the flag that ever waves.
I’m the lighthouse, off the breakers:
I’m the flash-light of the ship.
I’m the greyhound of the ocean,
I’m the war-ship of the main.
I’m the dove that flies with the olive:
I’m the war-trump, hoarse and loud.
I’m the builder of new institutions,
1 tear down those that are old.
I sing of the heroes living, and
I sing of those who are dead.
I’m the prophet of the Future and
Historian of the Past.
My voice is the echo of thunder :
My strength is that of the storm.
I’m Life, in its myriad motion:
I’m of the world to the end.
My song will be hushed in the awful
Blast of the arch-angel’s trump.
Oh ! think of the wonderful record !
Think of the changes I wrought !
More enduring than brass are the tablets
That tell of the mighty work.
The world was asleep, and I woke it ;
The mind was in chains — I freed.
The world was in darkness and terror —
I lit the torch that illumes.
With me, marched the legions of learning ;
With me, the fearless and true.
With me, marched the soldiers of freedom :
With me, the lovers of men.
The world was acroueh to the Feudal ;
Mankind, in awe of the Priest :
The chain of the lord was on body,
The cowl of the monk, on brain.
The peasant, in fear of the castle,
Gave humble neck to the yoke:
The | easant, in fear of the Temple,
Gave humble lips to the creed.
Ah, the red wine of battle was drunken 1
Ah, the war was hard and long.
But the tips of our lances, advancing,
At last caught the light of dawn.
The sword, it is great, but remember
My ally’s, the deathless pen.
The Thinker, he traces the border,
And the warrior fights, within.
No farther flashes the falchion
Than the pen has drawn the line.
No Armada covers the ocean to conquest,
No army enters the field,
Till 1 and my ally have thundered
And shaken the souls of men.
We open the Temple of Janus:
We say when the doors must close:
We hand down the story of valor.
Awarding the victor his crown.
“ Le roi est mort — vive le roi ! ” is never
The cry that is made for me.
My diadem passes to no other,
My sceptre is ever mine.
For aye ! For aye ! my dominion,
Is the fixed star of the sky.
I throb and I thrill with my power,
I glory in all my strength.
Yesteryear had snowdrifts and roses:
Yesteryear had thrones that are gone:
Yesteryear had the cloud and the dewdrop:
Yesteryear, the poppy and rue.
But Fate had no power to hurt me,
Like laws of Nature, I lived.
Like the brooklet, I go on forever,
Though men may come and may go.
My voice is the roaring of thunder,
My force is that of the storm.
I shall last out the whole of Time’s journey
I shall die at the death of the world.
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Fill the cup, fill the chalice with nectar,
Let the red wine brimming foam.
Let us drink to the glories of Effort,
Quaff to the gladness of Toil.
Let us honor the man of the overall,
And toast the man of the pen.
Let us drink to the cause of the lowly,
Let us drink to the good and true.
Here’s hoping humanity prospers;
Here’s hoping' the sobs will hush,
Here’s hoping that kindness will conquer ;
Here’s hoping that justice wins,
Here’s hoping the ciuel will perish:
Here’s hoping the pure increase.
Here’s hoping that sunshine and shadow,
May be as we’d have them be.
All hail ! All hail, thou uncertain,
Inevitable, merciless Fate.
All hail ! All hail ! coming Future,
We fear not the face of thee.
Our feet, they are shod for the journey,
Our hearts feel nothing of fear.
We shall strike, for the faith of the Fathers ;
We shall strike, for God and Right,
We shall march, like an army with banners.
We shall fight for home and creed,
And whatever fate may betide us
We shall meet as beeometh men.
Who’s afraid of Death and hereafter
That has lived as heroes should ?
My voice is reverberant thunder,
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My race is that of the storm.
I’m the argosy, sailing forever,
I’m the army that never disbands.
I’m the fortress that never is taken ;
I’m the tale that is never told.
I’m the tempest that never is ended
The cloud that never returns,
I’m the sentry that never has slumbered.
The courier that always rides.
I’m the petrel that never is resting,
The steed that never is spent.
I’m the quarry that never is grounded,
The hunter that winds no Recall.
I'm the ocean that mirrors the heavens,
The sea that Intellect sails.
What the wild waves are saying and singing,
Is the song that I sing unto you.
And my voice, it reminds you of thunder,
My rush being that of the storm.
HIGH-SPEED HEARING.
Two negroes got into a row with a white man. The
latter had a revolver and fired a shot. The darkies did a
Marathon stunt until out of range, when one of the negroes
said to his friend :
“ Did you hear that bullet? ”
“ ’Deed I did. I hearn it twice.”
“ What yo’ mean by dat? ” asked the first one.
“ I hearn dat bullet once when it passed me, and den
another time when I passed it! ” — Miami Enterprise.
BARKIS ON THE JOB.
A New York newspaper wired its Washington office:
“ Suggest a good man to go with Roosevelt for the paper
on his long trip West.”
The man in charge of the bureau, seeing a good trip
ahead, wired back: “ Barkis is willin’.”
“ Who is this new man Barkis we’ve got over in the
Washington office? ” asked the telegraph editor of the man¬
aging editor when the dispatch came in. — Editor and
Publisher.
This department is exclusively for paid business announce¬
ments of advertisers, and for paid descriptions of articles,
machinery and products recently introduced for the use of print¬
ers and the printing trades. Responsibility for all statements
published hereunder rests with the advertiser solely.
THE WORONOCO PAPER CO., THE STRATHMORE
PAPER CO. AND THE MITTINEAGUE PAPER
CO. CONSOLIDATE.
Announcement is made of a consolidation of the Woro-
noco Paper Company, the Strathmore Paper Company, and
the Mittineague Paper Company. The new company will
be known as the Woronoco Mill of the Strathmore Paper
Company, Woronoco, Massachusetts. The new company
acquires all the assets and the good will of the old compa¬
nies, assuming all contracts and obligations. It is predicted
that under the amalgamation many advantages will be
gained by concentrating advertising and selling expenses.
COTTRELL SINGLE-REVOLUTION PRESSES.
The Cottrell Single-Revolution Press, new series two-
roller, is the subject of a monograph, just issued by the
C. B. Cottrell & Sons Company. The work is devoted to
the merits of the Cottrell press, and apart from the value
of this purpose, it is highly informing and written in a
most attractive style which, with its beauty of illustration
and dignified and tasteful typography, makes it exception¬
ally attractive. The cover-design is shown herewith. Cop¬
ies may be obtained on application to the C. B. Cottrell &
Sons Company. _
HART & ZUGELDER’S NEW FACTORYfIN PITTS¬
BURG.
Hart & Zugelder, of Rochester, New York, manufac¬
turers of the “ nonmeltable ” roller, have erected a new
factory in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, on the corner of Penn
avenue and Third street.
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NEW FACTORY OF THE LANSTON MONOTYPE
MACHINE COMPANY.
Within fifteen months the Lanston Monotype Machine
Company expect to have completed and ready for occu¬
pancy the new reenforced concrete building, of which a pic¬
ture is shown herewith. The new factory will be located at
Twenty-fourth and Locust streets, occupying the block
front from Twenty-fourth to Twenty-fifth streets, and it is
very conveniently located for the many out-of-town printers
who visit the plant.
To-day there are more than 3,500 Monotypes in use all
over the world on every kind of work, and it is convincing
testimony of the growing use of this machine in the book,
job and newspaper offices of the country that new instal¬
lations and repeat orders have been greater during the past
year than ever before.
The general increase in the company’s sales, the demand
for matrices of the new cellular type, and the style D and
DD keyboards, which has been unprecedented, have been
such during the past year as to outgrow the facilities of
their present quarters. The new building is fireproof, and
has been planned upon the most thoroughly scientific lines
for conducting a growing business. It contains fifty-one
thousand square feet, approximately ten times the floor-
space required by the Monotype Company seven years ago.
It is evident that the popularity of the Monotype has
increased even more rapidly than the demand for room in
which to build more machines.
A. H. MCLAUGHLIN RESIGNS FROM CHAS. ENEU
JOHNSON & CO.
A. H. McLaughlin, western representative of Chai'les
Eneu Johnson & Co., ink manufacturers, with headquarters
in Chicago, and one of the most widely known of the old-
time printers, has resigned his position owing to failing
health. Mr. McLaughlin was president of Chicago Typo¬
graphical Union for the years 1885 and 1886. During
his connection with Charles Eneu Johnson & Co. he has
seen the western business under his care increase vastly.
His employers and the many friends he has made in their
interest part with Mr. McLaughlin with that regret which
in a parting of the ways under such circumstances is most
deeply felt. Mr. McLaughlin is succeeded by Clifford R.
Hunn — “ Cliff ” — as manager of the western branch.
Mr. Hunn is a good type of the modern salesman, with high
ideals of business, and a wide reputation in the Middle
West, where he has had most of his experience, for personal
integrity and clean-cut methods.
A. F. WANNER & CO. NOW WHOLESALE DEALERS
AND MANUFACTURERS EXCLUSIVELY.
Effective August 1, A. F. Wanner & Co., Nos. 516-520
South Dearborn street, Chicago, discontinued all busi¬
ness at that location. They announce the disposal of their
entire retail business and the opening of offices on the tenth
floor of the Monadnock building, Chicago, where they
will conduct an exclusively wholesale business in printing
machinery, making a specialty of various printing devices
of their own manufacture. The present stockholders will
remain with the new arrangement.
FOLDING AND PUNCHING MACHINE DEMONSTRA-
TIONS BY THE RAYFIELD-D AHLY CO.
Rayfield-Dahly Company, 720-722 South Clark street,
Chicago, Illinois, manufacturer of bookbinders’ special
machinery, has completed arrangements with the American
Folding Machine Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, manufac¬
turer of the new and novel tapeless folder, for the exclusive
selling agency for the States of Illinois, Iowa, Indiana and
Wisconsin. One of the folders has been installed in the
salesrooms in Chicago under power and is being demon¬
strated and fully explained by experts. A cordial invita¬
tion is extended by the Rayfield-Dahly Company to the
trade to visit its premises and examine this interesting
mechanism in operation in various tests and speeds. The
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No. 1. — The American Folder set for making parallel folds.
company is also putting' on the market a special extra
heavy and improved Dahly Multiplex Power Punching
Machine with many new features which should command
the careful consideration of intending purchasers of
machines of this type.
No. 2. — The American Folder making and stacking parallel folds.
operation. Another novel feature is the rectifying mechan¬
isms whereby the sheet if fed in crooked is straightened and
brought to a true alignment before each separate operation.
Cut No. 1 shows the machine set for making parallel
folds. Cut No. 2 shows the machine making and stacking
chine, embodying unusual folding-machine qualities. It is
the acme of simplicity, and its operation is quickly learned
— a feature relieving the owner of the necessity of oper¬
ating the machine with skilled help. Each action is posi¬
tive, all folds being made with a knife. The machine is
self-contained, and no part of the folding mechanism is
removed in changing from one style of fold to another, as
from parallel to right angle. It is operated by a one-sixth
horse-power motor. The total floor-space necessary for the
entire machine is 24 by 36 inches. The weight is 350
pounds. The machine will fold any grade of paper, from
onion-skin to 120-pound double-coated. It will make every
conceivable commercial fold. It will make one, two, three
parallel folds, one or two right-angle folds, as well as two
right angles and a parallel to the last fold. It will make
4, 8, 12 and 16 page parallel book folds, as well as 4, 8, 16
page right-angle book folds, making any of these folds in
one operation with clean straight edges and perfect regis¬
ter on all folds. It is perfect in register. Absolute control
THE AMERICAN FOLDER.
The American Folding Machine Company, of Cleveland,
Ohio, is not a newly organized manufacturing concern.
For four years the company has been experimenting, test¬
ing and building a tapeless folding machine. To-day this
machine is considered by those who have witnessed its
operation and severe tests a remarkable success. The com¬
pany has wisely paved the way for successful sales and
satisfied buyers, by first placing a number of machines in
the hands of printers throughout the country for complete
tests. These gentlemen have watched the machines closely,
operating under all kinds of conditions. Having fully
tested them, they have pronounced them satisfactory, and
the makers are now placing the folding machine on the
market. It is a single-cycle three-fold paper-folding ma-
of the sheet is maintained from start to finish, the com¬
bination of a tapeless and knife-folding machine making
this possible. Atmospheric conditions in no wise affect its
No. 3.— The American Folder making and stacking right-angle folds.
parallel folds. Cut No. 3 shows the machine making and
stacking right-angle folds. As each folding mechanism
rotates on its own axis, to change from parallel to right
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angle, it is only necessary to remove a retaining pin and
rotate the mechanism to whatever position is desired. The
American Folding Machine Company is in the hands of
experienced folding-machine builders, which insures the
correctness of its construction and efficiency of its output.
Full information and plan of selling will be promptly for-
wai’ded upon request.
POTTER SELF-INKING PROOF PRESS.
A. F. Wanner & Co., Chicago, manufacturers of the
Potter Proof Press, have with characteristic energy devel¬
oped this time and trouble saving composing-room acces¬
sory to a high degree of simplicity, strength and efficiency.
The latest improvement is a self-inking attachment, which
POTTER SELF-INKING PROOF PRESS.
is adjustable at a slight additional cost. This new develop¬
ment, the result of long and careful experimentation, is a
most pronounced success. The work from the Potter is like
finished cylinder work — effecting saving all along the line.
Full particulars will be furnished on request by A. F.
Wanner & Co.
THE MILLER SAW-TRIMMER SPECIAL ATTACH=
MENTS.
The Miller Saw-Trimmer Company, of Alma, Michigan,
send an advance copy of their illustrated price-list for
1911, superseding all previous lists. The remarkable versa¬
tility of the Miller Saw-Trimmer is shown graphically, and
the standardizing attachments are numerous and interest¬
ing. No student of composing-room economics should fail
to study this well-printed booklet, as it will surely empha¬
size the fact that work started right is half finished. It
will be forwarded by the Miller Saw-Trimmer Company on
request.
TO MAKE DUSTPROOF CONCRETE FLOORS.
It will be of interest to printers and lithographers to
note a great improvement in the making of concrete floors.
While concrete floors are the most logical floors for the
pressroom of the modern shop, still they have a great dis¬
advantage, and that is that they will dust.
The dust arising from ordinary concrete floors will
injure machinery, ink and paper. Then again the ordinary
concrete floors do not seem to be able to stand a great deal
of heavy trucking. But the Master Builders’ Company, of
Cleveland, Ohio, has a “ method ” for making concrete floors
that are dustproof, and at the same time concrete floors
laid by this “ method ” will stand an endless amount of
heavy trucking without any apparent effect.
Where concrete floors have been worn badly in spots,
its method can be used for patching them, making old con¬
crete floors practically as good as new.
For printers and lithographers contemplating the laying
of new concrete floors, this method will surely be worth
investigating. _ _ _
IMPROVED REVOLVING TIERING MACHINE FOR
PRINTERS.
The time and space saving advantages of a tiering
machine have become well recognized in paper mills, paper
warehouses, printing-offices and binderies. Important
improvements in this form of labor-saving device have
been made by the New York Revolving Portable Elevator
Company in the tiering machine illustrated herewith. Com¬
bining great power with ease of operation the Revolving
Tiering Machine can be swung on its base easily from side
to side of an aisle and at any angle. It is a remarkable
combination of strength and convenience, and saves floor-
In paper-mills, binderies, printing-houses,
etc., the “ Revolvator ” saves time, warehouse
space and mutilation ot paper.
space and rent by making it possible to fill ceiling spaces as
easily as floor spaces. Its price places it easily within the
reach of any printing-office which needs such a mechanism.
Catalogue and full particulars will be mailed by the com¬
pany on request. _ _ _
AMERICAN ROTARY VALVE COMPANY ACQUIRES
JENNEY ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO.
The American Rotary Valve Company, Chicago, an¬
nounces that it has taken over the business of the Jenney
Electric Manufacturing Company. Its announcement runs
as follows: “We will continue to manufacture the well-
known line of Jenney Universal Type direct and alter¬
nating current motors for power purposes, also the line of
specialties that have made these motors so well adapted to
driving individual machines. We will continue to build the
well-known Jenney full automatic system of press drive
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with push-button control for newspaper presses. The new
factory recently built by the Jenney Company, together
with additional equipment now being installed, will give us
facilities to meet the growing demand for Jenney motors
and permit us to give much better deliveries than hereto¬
fore.” _ _
AN ADVERTISING PROSE POEM.
Foster Gilroy, of the Frank A. Munsey Company, sends
to The Inland Printer a copy of a page advertisement
from Munsey’s Magazine for July, reproduced herewith.
“ This advertisement,” writes Mr. Gilroy, “ was written by
MUXSEY'S MAGAZINE— ADVERTISING SECTION 15
I AM THE PRINTING-PRESS.
I AM the printing-press, born of the moth r earth. My heart is of
steel, my limbs are of iron, and my fingers are of brass.
I sing the songs of the world, the oratorios of history, the sym¬
phonies of all time.
I am the voice of to-day, the herald of to-morrow. I weave into
the warp of the past the woof of the future. I tell the stories of peace
and war alike.
I make the human heart beat with passion or tenderness. I stir the
pulse of nations, and make brave men do braver deeds, and soldiers die.
I inspire the midnight toiler, weary at his loom, to lift his head again
and gaze, with fearlessness, into the vast beyond, seeking the consola¬
tion of a hope eternal.
When I speak a myriad people listen to my voice. The Anglo-
Saxon, the Celt, the Hun, the Slav, the Hindu, all comprehend me.
I am the tireless clarion of the news. 1 cry your joys and sorrows
every hour. I fill the dullard’s mind with thoughts uplifting. I am light,
knowledge, and power. I epitomize the conquests of mind over matter.
1 am the record of all things mankind has achieved. My offspring
comes to: you in the candle’s glow', amid the dim lamps of poverty, the
splendor of riches; at sunrise, at high noon, and in the waning evening.
I am the laughter and tears of the world, and 1 shall never die
until all things return to the immutable dust.
I am the printing-press.
"THE FRANK A MIWSEY." THE LARGEST MAGAZINE MULTICOLOR PRESS IN THE WORLD
The achievement of thi< wonderful press, tmili by R. Hoe & Co., is. little short of incredible. Anion? other
limit's, it prints, folds, and delivers this amarine output: iaj.ooo eicht-pnce sections an hour in two colors. :.\ooo
eight-page sections an hour in four colors; >i\tei n-p:u;c sections an hour in two color-; 72.000 sixteen-naRe
sections an hour— half in three colors, half in one color; sixtccn-muc sections .11* hour in four colors.
In antvering this advertisement i: is desirable that ywi nunliun .Messer's Macazise.
Mr. Robert H. Davis, of our editorial staff, on the spur of
the moment to fill a page for an advertiser, and has aroused
a great deal of interest in printing and publishing circles.
George Allen England, the well-known author, declares it
to be one of the finest prose poems that he has ever read.”
ROCHESTER BRANCH OF THE BINGHAM BROTHERS
COMPANY.
Bingham Brothers Company, roller-maker, 406 Pearl
street, New York city, announces the opening of a fully
equipped branch at Rochester, New York, located in the
heart of the printing district. The company has largely
increased its business in the district of Rochester, the needs
of which demanded a modern equipped plant to take care
of its rapid expansion. Aside from this new branch, the
company operates a branch at Philadelphia, at 52 Cherry
street, and is also allied with Bingham & Runge, of Cleve¬
land, Ohio, making in all three branches operated from the
New York shop, under the management of the famous
Herbert M. Bingham.
HOOLE MACHINE AND ENGRAVING WORKS-
BOOKBINDERS’ TOOLS AND MACHINERY.
Hoole Machine and Engraving Works, of Brooklyn.
New York, has recently issued catalogue No. 79, embracing
its complete line of bookbinders’ tools, machinery, etc. This
establishment was founded in 1832, and bears the distinc¬
tion of being the oldest firm of its kind in the United
States that has successfully manufactured from the very
beginning a line of bookbinders’ accessories that have stood
for quality and service.
The catalogue is illustrated from cover to cover, making
it unusually interesting. The Hoole Machine and Engra¬
ving Works announces that from now on it proposes to sell
direct to the consumer, who will get the best terms and
lowest prices — there is now one price to all, and the con¬
sumer gets the same terms as the dealer. The catalogue
will be sent on request.
BEN FRANKLIN CLUB OF MINNEAPOLIS.
The Ben Franklin Club of Minneapolis gave its annual
picnic on Saturday, July 15. It was one of the most enjoy¬
able outings ever given by this organization. There were
about 175 printers, supply men and their families present.
After arriving at Coney Island on Lake Waconia — -
thirty miles from Minneapolis — the picnickers assembled
in the open-air dancing pavilion and whiled away an hour
tripping the light fantastic to the strains of an orchestra
brought for the occasion.
Dinner was served in the dining-room, and it was quite
up to the standard of the Zeglin Brothers’ usual bounteous
spread. After dinner the picnickers gathered in the base¬
ball field and watched a spirited five-inning encounter
between the Ben Franklin Club and the Supply Men teams
— the latter winning by a score of 2 to 3.
Following the ball game there were other games of the
usual picnic order, and prizes were awarded to the winners
of each event.
Supper was served in the dining-room after the contests
on the field, and the tired but happy assemblage took the
boats to connect with the train for home at seven o’clock —
but not before giving Mr. Gustavus Monaseh, chairman of
the Entertainment Committee, a vote of thanks for the
manner in which he managed the affairs of the day.
$6,000 FOR “TALKING HAND.”
A jury in New York city recently returned a verdict for
$6,000 in the suit of Walter Harriman, a deaf mute, to
recover $25,000 damages from the Francis H. Leggett Com¬
pany for injuries to his hand in a printing-press. Harri-
man’s hand was badly crushed, and he claimed that the
accident was caused by negligence on the part of the defend¬
ant. A big sum was asked because it was the plaintiff’s
“ talking hand ” that had been disabled, compelling him to
go back to the St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf and Dumb
to learn to express himself with his left hand. As there
were several other deaf mutes employed in the office with
the plaintiff, nearly all of the testimony was given in the
sign language through an interpreter. A motion was made
to set aside the verdict, but was denied by Judge New-
burger.
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WANT ADVERTISEMENTS.
Prices for this department: 40 cents for each ten words or less; mini¬
mum charge, 80 cents. Under “ Situations Wanted,” 25 cents for each ten
words or less ; minimum charge, 50 cents. Address to be counted. Price
invariably the same whether one or more insertions are taken. Cash must
accompany the order. The insertion of ads. received in Chicago
later than the I 5th of the month preceding publication not guar¬
anteed.
BOOKS.
“ COST OP PRINTING,” by F. W. Baltes, presents a system of accounting
which has been in successful operation for many years, is suitable for
large or small printing-offices, and is a safeguard against errors, omissions or
losses ; its use makes it absolutely certain that no work can pass through
the office without being charged, and its actual cost in ail details shown.
74 pages, 6% by 10 inches, cloth, $1.50. THE INLAND PRINTER COM¬
PANY, Chicago.
PAPER PURCHASERS’ GUIDE, by Edward Siebs. Contains list of all bond,
flat, linen, ledger, cover, manila and writing papers carried in stock by
Chicago dealers, with full and broken package prices. Every buyer of paper
should have one. 25 cents. THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
PRICES FOR PRINTING, by F. W. Baltes. Complete cost system and
selling prices. Adapted to any locality. Pocket size. $1 by mail.
THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
SIMPLEX TYPE COMPUTER, by J. L. Kelman. Tells instantly the number
of picas or ems there are in any width, and the number of lines per inch
in length of any type, from 5% to 12 point. Gives accurately and quickly
the number of ems contained in any size of composition, either by picas or
square inches, in all the different sizes of body-type, and the nearest
approximate weight of metal per 1,000 ems, if set by Linotype or Monotype
machine. Price, $1.50. THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
THE RUBAIYAT OF MIRZA MEM'N, published by Henry Olendorf Shepard,
Chicago, is modeled on the Rubaiyat of Omar Klnlyyam ; the delicate
imagery of old Omar has been preserved in this modern Rubaiyat, and there
are new gems that give it high place in the estimation of competent critics;
as a gift-book nothing is more appropriate ; the binding is superb, the text
is artistically set on white plate paper, the illustrations are half-tones, from
original paintings, hand-tooled; size of books, 7% by 9% inches, art vellum
Cloth, combination white and purple, or full purple, $1.50 ; edition de luxe,
red or brown India ooze leather, $4; pocket edition, 3 by 5%, 76 pages,
bound in blue cloth, lettered in gold on front and back, complete in every
way except the illustrations, with full explanatory notes and exhaustive
index, 50 cents. THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
TO LOVERS OF ART PRINTING — A limited edition of 200 numbered
copies of Gray’s “ Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,” designed,
hand-lettered and illuminated in water-colors by F. J. Trezise. Printed
from plates on imported hand-made paper and durably and artistically
bound. Price, boxed, $2 postpaid. THE INLAND PRINTER CO., Chicago.
VEST-POCKET MANUAL OF PRINTING, a full and concise explanation of
the technical points in the printing trade, for the use of the printer and
his patrons ; contains rules for punctuation and capitalization, style, mark¬
ing proof, make-up of book, sizes of books, sizes of the untrimmed leaf,
number of words in a square inch, diagrams of imposition and much other
valuable information not always at hand when wanted ; 50 cents. THE
INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
FOR SALE — Thriving weekly newspaper and job office serving northern I
interior of British Columbia ; capable of great development ; $6,000
cash and $6,500 easy payments. C. STACKHOUSE, Ashcroft, B. C.
FOR SALE — Two-thirds interest in a modern-equipped printing plant;
fine established trade in bank supplies and loose-leaf goods over the
South : the best proposition in the South for right parties ; plant invoices
$18,000; complete bindery; this is an A-l proposition; health failing
reason for selling. H 406.
GOOD POSITION for voting man of ability, outside, in city ; also foreman
composing-room ; must be first-class men and in position to buy some
treasury stock in job-printing plant in Middle West. H 411.
WANTED — A practical printer who has some money and experience in
mail-order business; I have the plant. D. B. CROPSEY, Fairbury, Neb.
WANTED — Agencies in Canada for pressroom and bookbinders’ supplies;
references. II 419.
WOULD INSTALL LINOTYPES — A-l linotype operator, experienced in
composition business, seeks opportunity to place one or more machines
in connection with live, reliable printing plant ; any good locality ; can
furnish references. H 415.
Publishing.
IF YOU WOULD BUY or sell a trade, technical or class paper, communi¬
cate with us; we can serve you. H ARRIS- DIBBLE COMPANY,
Masonic bldg.. New York city.
ENAMELING, GLAZING AND PRESERVING.
ENAMELING, GLAZING AND PRESERVING — Manufacturers of art
prints, photographs, hand-colored work, calendars, cards, leather goods,
novelties, fancy boxes, post-cards and allied lines can now arrange for this
modern, improved method on a reasonable royalty basis ; greatly augments
the value of every thing where applied, producing new goods in a new,
attractive way at very low cost. H 413.
ENGRAVING METHODS.
ANYBODY CAN MAKE CUTS with my simple transferring and etching
process : nice cuts from prints, drawings, photos are easily and quickly
made by the unskilled on common sheet zinc ; price of process, $1 ; ail
material costs at any drug store about 75 cents. Write for circulars and
specimens. THOMAS M. DAY, Box 12, Windfall, Ind.
FOR SALE.
BOOKBINDERS’ MACHINERY" — Rebuilt Nos. 3 and 4 Smyth book-sewing
machines, thoroughly overhauled and in first-class order. JOSEPH E.
SMYTH, 634 Federal st., Chicago.
COMPLETE ELECTROTYPE PLANT, motors attached, everything in fine
shape; price very low. PECKHAM MACHINERY COMPANY, 1 Madi¬
son av., New York city.
FOR SALE — Cases, news and italic cases ; in good condition ; will sell
cheap. THE H. O. SHEPARD CO., 632 Sherman st., Chicago, Ill.
FOR SALE — One 62-inch Cross continuous automatic press-feeding machine,
used only slightly. II 423.
FOR SALE — We have a 32 by 44 inch Cross folder feeder in good working
order, two years old ; very reasonable. H 422.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
A PRINTING PLANT FOR SALE — In southern New England, an old,
established printing plant, now running and doing a large business ;
real estate owned by the company, and the plant equipped for doing a
general printing business and handling large orders, and is considered by
experts a model one and lip to date in every particular ; the entire assets
of the company are offered for sale, which includes real estate, machinery
and tools, work in progress and accounts receivable, and will inventory
nearly $200,000 ; for further particulars, address AV. H. WARNER, 286
Fifth av., New York city.
LINOTYPE FOR SALE, Model No. 1, complete with 2 extra fonts of 2-
letter matrices and alternating-current motor ; onlv reason for selling —
have replaced with Monotype. Address ROGERS PRINTING COMPANY,
Dixon, Ill.
RULING-MACHINE FACTORY’ — Entire plant, patents, patterns, finished
machines. Sold account illness. PECKHAM .MACHINERY" COMPANY,
1 Madison av., New York city.
TWO LINOTYPES, 3 cylinder presses, folder (feeder attached), embosser,
15 tons linotvpe metal at 5% cents, to close plant. PECKHAM
MACHINERY COMPANY, 1 Madison av., New York city.
FIVE NEAV TOAVNS A DAY" — Opening in Canadian AVest for printers and
newspaper men ; $500 to $1,000 capital required ; best locations can
be secured by writing. MILLER & RICHARD, 123 Princess st., AVinnipeg,
Can.
FOR SALE — An established job-printing, business in the best town in Mis¬
sissippi ; price, $2,500 ; terms. H 185.
FOR SALE — An established monthly mail-order trade magazine ; good
advertising patronage, substantial circulation ; both can be rapidly
increased to a large proportion ; this is an opportunity for some one who
wants an easily managed and profitable mail-order business ; would
exchange for printing-press or automobile. H 424.
FOR SALE — First-class printing plant doing very profitable business in
large southern city ; reason for selling — ill-health. II 366.
TAA70 SIMPLEX MACHINES — Each $100 cash, f. o. b. Chicago; one 10
point, one 8 point. Address SIMPLEX, 328 AVabash av., Chicago, Ill.
HELP WANTED.
Artists.
AV ANTED —
A first-class
commercial artist. II. C. BAUER ENGRAVING
CO., 109
S. Penn st.,
Indianapolis, Ind.
Bookbinders.
AA’ANTED - - Foreman for bindery located in Middle AVest: chiefly enamel
papers to handle ; large part of work is paper binding ; permanent
position and good wages to fine executive. II 250.
GOl
LI
D I IN K — At
: Last a Success !
O' I combines perfect working qualities with a brilliant, smooth, finished appearance. We shall be glad
1 1. 1. to demonstrate this fact to any interested printer by shipping a one-pound can on approval. Light
Gold, Deep Gold, Copper and Aluminum — $3.00 per pound. Liberal discounts to jobbers.
Manufactured by THE CANADIAN BRONZE POWDER WORKS
Montreal — Toronto — Valleyfield.
Sole Agent and Distributor
in the United States:
JAS. H. FURMAN,
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Compositors.
WANTED - — A first-class compositor ; one who is capable of originating
ideas and executing same in a workmanlike manner ; steady position
for right man ; unless you are absolutely capable of taking a position of
this kind, please do not answer. Address K ILHAM STATIONERY &
PRINTING CO., Portland, Ore. Scale, $25.50.
WANTED — First-class job compositor and all-around printer ; prefer man
who understands stonework, stock handling and cutting, and can do best
job and catalogue composition rapidly ; high-grade job plant in small town ;
first-class position for man who can make good. H 437.
WANTED — Up-to-date union job compositor \vho can create the best in
stationery and advertising printing ; profitable position with long-estab¬
lished concern in hustling southern city ; send samples, references, and
state salary expected ; all communications will be considered strictly con¬
fidential. H 410.
Engravers.
WANTED — Competent foreman for photoengraving department by a high-
grade catalogue house ; must be experienced on mechanical, catalogue
and color work ; address with full particulars as to experience and salary
expected, also send samples showing line of work handled. H 402.
WANTED — First-class mechanical wood engravers, also man competent to
take charge and build up the department ; reply, stating particulars
as to experience and salary expected, together with samples of work.
H 401. _
WANTED — Photographer for engraving house ; man capable of making
half-tone and line negatives; young man preferred. II 199.
Folder Operator.
WANTED — Good folding-machine operator, good wages and steady work.
FOREST CITY BOOKBINDING CO., 625 Caxton bldg., Cleveland, Ohio.
Foremen, Managers and Superintendents.
APPLICATIONS are invited for position as general manager of large
printing establishment in British colony producing best class work ;
applicants must possess a first-class general knowledge of letterpress, litho¬
graph and tin printing, the last absolutely essential ; please state in con¬
fidence full particulars of experience, where gained, age, etc., and salary
required. H 438.
WANTED — An experienced foreman to take charge of a printing depart¬
ment of a manufacturing concern in a city of 60,000 population ; fore¬
man required to assume responsibility of turning out satisfactory work and
to do stonework ; union shop ; references required. H 434.
WANTED — FIRST-CLASS SUPERINTENDENT ; a man who is thoroughly
experienced in the general job-printing business — composing-room, press¬
room and bindery ; the plant is located in the Central West, and is modern
in every respect and up to date in its methods ; the position is a perma¬
nent one, and will pay a good salary to the right man, but he must be
forceful, energetic and know his business thoroughly. H 392.
Operators and Machinists.
LINOTYPE MACHINIST-OPERATOR for job office; non-union; steady
work, good wages. H 396.
WANTED — Female linotype operator for commercial office having three
machines. Wages satisfactory. II 427.
WANTED — First-class linotype machinist-operator, non-union ; permanent
position ; location — south Missouri. II 405.
Proofreaders.
PROOFREADER WANTED — Must be quick and accurate with both Eng¬
lish and French proofs. Apply, giving references, also stating salary
and when you can report for duty, to THE MORTIMER CO., Limited,
Ottawa, Can.
WANTED — Experienced proofreader, either male or female, for commercial
office of medium size. References required. H 428.
Salesmen.
PRINTING-INK SALESMAN WANTED; territory the far West, state expe¬
rience, age, with whom you have been, average daily expenses and
salary expected. II 417.
WANTED — Advertising and sales manager for photoengraving establish¬
ment in Philadelphia doing high-grade work, making a specialty of
colorwork. State full particulars, experience and salary expected. H 40S.
WANTED — Experienced traveling salesman familiar with bank and com¬
mercial printing and lithographing ; office equipment and stationery ;
good position to right party. Address M. S. & D. A. BYCIv CO., Savan¬
nah, Ga.
Stoneman.
WANTED — Competent stoneman for book make-up. FREE PRESS, Bur¬
lington, Vt.
INSTRUCTION.
A BEGINNER on the Mergenthaler will find the THALER KEYBOARD
invaluable ; the operator out of practice will find it just the thing he
needs; exact touch, bell announces finish of line; 22-page instruction book.
When ordering, state which layout you want — No. 1, without fractions;
No. 2, two-letter with commercial fractions, two-letter without commercial
fractions, standard Junior, German. THALER KEYBOARD COMPANY, 505
“ P ” st., N. W., Washington, D. C. ; also all agencies Mergenthaler Lino¬
type Ccmpanj'. Price, $4.
LINOTYPE INSTRUCTION, 6 machines, 12 weeks’ thorough operator-
machinist course, $80 ; hundreds of successful graduates. Write for
prospectus. EMPIRE MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE SCHOOL, 419 First
av., New York city.
N. E. LINOTYPE SCHOOL, 7 Dix place, Boston, Mass. Four-machine plant,
run solely as school ; liberal hours, thorough instruction ; our grad¬
uates succeed. Write for particulars before deciding.
SITUATIONS WANTED.
Artists.
ARTIST — First-class experienced man wants position ; valuable proposi¬
tion ; has something new, investigate ; will consider partnership ; East
or Middle States. Address J. FRED HALLER, 3153 Portis av.. St. Louis,
Mo.
ARTIST, thoroughly practical, with 14 years’ experience at figure and bird’s-
eye-view work for engravers and lithographers, would like to make a
change. 14 435.
Bookbinders.
BOOKBINDER — Experienced finisher, stamper and forwarder, also good
at loose-leaf binders, wants position. II 132.
BOOKBINDER - Two and onedialf years’ experience in first-class general
bindery ; 19 years of age, strong, healthy, steady, willing and of good
habits, now employed, desires change ; Pacific coast, AVest or Northwest.
II 414. _
FOREMAN — Twelve years’ bindery experience, 6 years foreman, thoroughly
familiar with edition, blank and pamphlet work, some loose-leaf expe¬
rience ; sober ; can handle help to secure best results ; change September
15, also working foreman. H 416.
Compositors.
JOB COMPOSITOR — I. T. U. student, union, wishes to locate in Middle
West, Chicago preferred. PRINTER, 3358 Fiftli av., Pittsburg, Pa.
WANTED — Position as a compositor, union, have had some experience at
other work in office. Address MISS PIIEBE PATTERSON, Batesville,
Ark.
WANTED — Position by first-class job compositor ; union ; East preferred.
II 432.
Engravers.
WANTED — -Position as coarse-screen operator; am willing to do line
photographing. II 3S9.
Foremen, Managers and Superintendents.
HIGH-GRADE PRINTER desires position as superintendent or composing-
room foreman; S years’ experience as an executive; union. Wisconsin,
Indiana, Michigan or Illinois preferred. H 439.
POSITION AS MANAGER or superintendent by a thoroughly competent
man in all branches of the letter-press and lithographic business ; has
been in charge (for the past five years) of a plant producing the very
finest half-tone colorwork and novelties ; can demonstrate his knowledge
and ability by doing any part of the work personally ; close buyer, strict
in discipline and system ; desire for a more congenial location the reason
for this advertisement. II 407.
SUPERINTENDENT — Man seeks position as superintendent or manager;
experienced executive, accustomed to handling large force and big vol¬
ume of business ; systematic factory manager, familiar with cost systems
and cost-system installation ; first-class houses only ; Philadelphia or New
York preferred. H 358.
PRINTING SUPERINTENDENT — the kind you are looking for; write
me ; estimates, sales, efficiency, costs. H 222.
YOLTNG MAN of 30 wants position, estimator, assistant manager, superin¬
tendent ; efficient and practical ; good references. H 429.
M iscellaneous.
OFFICE MAN wants work : ten years’ experience, from sorting pi to
managing medium-sized office; what offers? II 403.
Machinist.
WANTED — Position as printing-press machinist and erector by man of
wide experience ; best of references. H 418.
QUICK ON
Megill’s Patent
SPRING TONGUE GAUGE PINS
$1.20 per doz. with extra tongues.
Your Job Press Slow
Without The Megill Gauges !
Ask for booklet about our Gauge that automatically sets the sheet
to perfect register after the human hand has done all it can.
E. L. MEGILL, Manufacturer
60 Duane Street, New York
No glue — No sticky fingers — Clean work — Hurry work — Best work
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Megill’s Patent
DOUBLE- GRIP GAUGES
$1.25 set of 3 with extra tongues.
778
THE INLAND PRINTER
Pressmen.
CYLINDER PRESSMAN — A live, up-to-date man, 30 years old, half-tone
and color work, good executive, desires to make change. H 420.
FIRST-CLASS CYLINDER PRESSMAN, married, sober and reliable, desires
steady position ; not less than $20 per week ; union. PRESSMAN,
126 Prospect st., Binghamton, N. Y.
PRESSMAN — Cylinder pressman, experienced on the better class of work,
sober and reliable, young man, Eastern States preferred. H 433.
SITUATION WANTED — By pressroom foreman, 20 years’ experience in
large offices ; high-grade work ; temperate and a hustler ; reference.
H 430.
Proofreaders.
LADY PROOFREADER, union, wants position; 10 years in Government
Printing Office, 3 years with law-publishing house. H 421.
Rollermaker.
FIRST-CLASS ROLLERMAKER wants position; 15 years’ Gatling-gun expe¬
rience ; best formulas ; take charge ; highest references ; employed.
H 436.
Salesmen.
SALES MANAGER printing and engraving plant ; thoroughly experienced,
well posted of users of high-class work throughout the country ; wants
position with modern, progressive concern who will make liberal offer of
interest in the company as the business develops ; was in charge of sales
2 years with one house and 5 years with another, both high-grade, large,
well-known houses; worked at the trade 10 years prior to taking the
sales end ; am in touch with capable superintendent, artists and pressmen ;
can unquestionably deliver the business with the proper backing. II 287.
SITUATION WANTED by experienced young man as salesman or office
man ; am familiar with all departments, competent estimator, under¬
stand cost systems and can install same. II 394.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Advertising Blotters.
A GOOD BLOTTER will pull business any month in the year; why not
get some extra business during the summer by stirring it up with a
good blotter? Our service is not expensive — attractive 3-color cut and
copy for business-pulling wording, $2 ; signature cut free to each new
customer. WM. J. PLATT & CO.. Bridgeport, Conn. Samples free. 8-11
Bookbinders* and Printers* Machinery.
DEXTER FOLDER COMPANY. Pearl River, N. Y. Folding machines, auto¬
matic feeders for presses, folders and ruling machines. 2-12
Bookbinders* Supplies.
SLADE, IIIPP & MELOY, Incpd., 157 W. Lake st., Chicago. Also paper-box
makers’ supplies. 1-12
Book Dies.
BRASS BOOK STAMPS and embossing dies of all descriptions. CHICAGO
EMBOSSING CO., 126 N. Union st., Chicago. tf
Calendar Manufacturers.
COMPLETE AND ARTISTIC LINES of high-embossed calendar subjects,
German make excelled, with prices that insure business. CHICAGO
EMBOSSING CO., 126 N. Union st., Chicago, Ill. tf
HEAVY EMBOSSED bas-relief calendars. America’s classiest line. Black
and white, three-color and hand-tinted. H. E. SMITH C'O., Indianapolis,
Ind. 12-11
Case-making and Embossing.
SHEPARD, THE H. O., CO., 632 Sherman st., Chicago. Write
mates.
for esti-
1-12
Chase Manufacturers.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, 168-172 W. Monroe st.,
Electric-welded steel chases for job and cylinder presses.
Chicago.
7-12
Chicago Embossing Company.
EMBOSSERS of quality. Calendar backs, catalogue covers, menu tablets,
announcement covers, etc. CHICAGO EMBOSSING C'O., 126 N. Union
s/t., Chicago. tf
Copper and Zinc Prepared for Half-tone and Zinc Etching.
AMERICAN STEEL & COPPER PLATE COMPANY. THE, 116 Nassau st.,
New York ; 610 Federal st., Chicago ; Mermod-Jaccard bldg., St. Louis,
Mo. Satin-finish plates. 6-12
Cost Systems and Installations.
COST SYSTEMS designed and installed to meet every condition in the
graphic trades. Write for booklet, “ The Science of Cost Finding.”
THE ROBERT S. DENHAM CO., 342 Caxton bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. 10-11
Counters.
HART, R. A., Battle Creek, Mich. Counters for job presses. Also paper
joggers, “ Giant ” Gordon press-brakes. Printers’ form trucks. 5-12
Cylinder Presses.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, 168-172 W. Monroe st., Chicago.
Babcock drums, two-revolution and fast new presses. 7-12
Electrotypers and Stereotypers.
II. F. McCAFFERTY CO., nickeltyping and fine half-tone work. 141 East
25th st.. New York. Phone, 5286 Madison square. _ 3-12
Electrotypers* and Stereotypers’ Machinery.
HOE, R., & CO., New York and London. Manufacturers of printing, stereo¬
tvping and electrotvping machinery. Chicago offices, 7 S. Dearborn st.
11-11
THE OSTRANDER-SEYMOUR CO., General Offices, Tribune bldg., Chicago. |
Eastern Office, 38 Park Row, New York. Send for catalogue. 1-12
WILLIAMS-LLOYD MACHINERY COMPANY, office and salesrooms, 638
Federal st., Chicago. Eastern representatives: United Printing Machin¬
ery Company, Boston-New York. 2-12
Embossers and Engravers — Copper and Steel.
FREUND, WM., & SONS, est. 1865. Steel and copper plate engravers and i
printers, steel-die makers and embossers. Write for samples and esti- !
mates. 16-20 E. Randolph st., Chicago. 4-12
Embossing Composition.
STEWART’S EMBOSSING BOARD — Easy to use, hardens like iron; 6 by 9
inches; 3 for 40c, 6 for 60c, 12 for $1, postpaid. THE INLAND
PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago. _
Embossing Dies.
EMBOSSING DIES THAT EMBOSS. We are specialists in this line. Every
job tested upon completion before leaving the plant. CHICAGO EMBOSS¬
ING CO., 126 N. Union st., Chicago, Ill. tf
YOUNG, WM. R., 121-123 N. Sixth st., Philadelphia, Pa. Printing and
embossing dies, brass, steel, zinc: first-class workmanship. 7-12
Grinders and Cutting-room Specialties.
WE SELL to printers, lithographers and related trades, and satisfj' them
because * of a knowledge of what is required. Our personal service
makes our patrons satisfied customers. Our specialties: High-grade paper-
cutter knives; cutting sticks (all sizes); Iv. K. knife lubricator, takes
place of oil and soap ; Iv. Iv. paper-slip powder, better than soapstone.
Also expert knife grinders. Prices right. E. C. IvEYSER & CO., 722
S. Clark st,., Chicago. 6-12
Gummed Labels and Advertising Stickers.
STANDARD PUB. CO., Vineland, N. J. Gummed labels and stickers for
the trade. Send for catalogue.
Gummed Papers.
IDEAL COATED PAPER CO., Brookfield, Mass. Imported and domestic
guaranteed non-curling gummed papers. 5-12
JONES, SAMUEL, & CO., Waverly Park, N. J. Our specialty is Non¬
curling Gummed Paper. Stocks in every city. 2-12
Gummed Tape in Rolls and Rapid Sealing Machine.
JAMES D. McLAURIN & CO., INC., 127 White st.. New York city. “Bull¬
dog ” brand gummed tape. Every inch guaranteed to stick. 6-12
Ink Manufacturers.
AMERICAN PRINTING INK C’O., 2314-2324 W. Kinzie st., Chicago. 3-12
Job Presses.
GOLDING MFG. CO., Franklin, Mass. Golding Jobbers, $200-$600 ; Em¬
bosser, $300-$400 ; Pearl, $70-$214 ; Roll-feed Duplex, Triplex. 8-11
Machine Work.
CUMMINGS MACHINE COMPANY, 238 William st., New York. Estimates
given on automatic machinery, bone-hardening, grinding and jobbing.
Up-to-date plant ; highest-grade work done with accuracy and despatch.
1-12
Machinery.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER. Chicago. New; rebuilt. 7-12
Material.
BEST TYPE IN THE WORLD, 35 cents per pound; 8 cents allowed for
your old type ; order your next type from us — if you are not satisfied,
return the type and get your money back. PEERLESS TYPE FOUNDRY,
Winona, Minn., Dept. I. 8-11
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THE INLAND PRINTER
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Mercantile Agency.
THK TYPO MERCANTILE AGENCY. Central Offices, 160 Broadway, New
York; Western Office, 108 La Salle st„ Chicago. The Trade Agency
of the Paper. Book, Stationery. Printing and Publishing Trade. 7-12
Motors and Accessories for Printing Machinery.
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC COMPANY', 527 \Y. 34th st., New York. Electric
equipments for printing-presses and allied machines a specialty. 3-12
Paper Cutters.
DEXTER FOLDER CO., Pearl River. N. Y., manufacturers of automatic-
clamp cutting machines that are powerful, durable and efficient. 2-12
GOLDING MFG. CO., Franklin, Mass. Lever, $130-$200 ; Power, $240-
$600 ; Auto-clamp, $450-$600 ; Pearl, $40-$77 ; Card, $8-$40. 8-11
OSWEGO MACHINE WORKS, Oswego, New Y'ork. The Oswego, Brown &
Carver and Ontario — Cutters exclusively. 4-12
SHNIEDEWEND, PAUL, & CO., 631 W. Jackson blvd., Chicago. 7-12
Photoengravers.
BLOMGREN BROTHERS & CO., 512 Sherman st., Chicago. Photo, half¬
tone, wood engraving and electrotyping. 11-11
SHEPARD, THE HENRY" O.. CO., illustrators, engravers and electrotypers,
3-color process plates. 632 Sherman st., Chicago. 12-11
Photoengravers’ Machinery and Supplies.
THE OSTRANDER-SEY’MOUR CO., General Offices, Tribune bldg., Chicago.
Eastern Office, 38 Park Row, New Y'ork. Send for catalogue. 1-12
WILLIAMS-LLOYD MACHINERY COMPANY, headquarters for photoengra¬
vers’ supplies. Office and salesrooms: 638 Federal st., Chicago. Eastern
representatives: United Printing Machinery Co., Boston-New York. 2-12
Photoengravers’ Screens.
LEVY, MAX, YVayne av. and Berkeley st., YVayne Junction, Philadelphia,
Pa. ‘ ' 3-12
Presses.
■GOSS PRINTING PRESS COMPANY, 16th st. and Ashland av., Chicago,
manufacturers newspaper perfecting presses and special rotary printing
machinery. 1-12
HOE, R.. & CO., New Y’ork and London. Manufacturers of printing, stereo¬
typing and electrotvping machinery. Chicago office, 7 S. Dearborn st.
11-11
THOMSON, JOHN, PRESS COMPANY, 253 Broadway, New Y'ork: Fisher
bldg., Chicago; factory, Long Island City, New York. 10-11
Printers’ Rollers and Roller Composition.
BINGHAM’S, SAM’L, SON MFG. CO.. 636-704 Sherman st., Chicago ; also
514-518 Clark av., St. Louis; First av. and Ross st., Pittsburg; 706
Baltimore av., Kansas City; 52-54 S. Forsythe st., Atlanta, Ga. ; 151-153
Kentucky av., Indianapolis; 675 Elm st., Dallas, Tex.; 135 Michigan st.,
Milwaukee, Wis. ; 919-921 4th st., So., Minneapolis, Minn. ; 609-6li Chest¬
nut st., Des Moines, Iowa. 3-12
BINGHAM BROTHERS COMPANY, 406 Pearl st.. New Y'ork ; also 521
Cherry st., Philadelphia. 10-11
BUCKIE PRINTERS’ ROLLER CO., 714 S. Clark st., Chicago; St. Louis,
Detroit, St. Paul ; printers’ rollers and tablet composition. 6-12
MILWAUKEE PRINTERS’ ROLLER CO., 372 Milwaukee st., Milwaukee,
Wis. Printers’ rollers and tablet composition. 1-12
YVILD & STEVENS, INC., 5 Purchase st., cor. High, Boston, Mass. Estab¬
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Printers’ Supplies.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, 168-172 W. Monroe st., Chicago.
Scientific printing-office equipments. 7-12
Proof Presses for Photoengravers and Printers.
SHNIEDEWEND, PAUL, & CO., 631 W. Jackson blvd., Chicago. 7-12
Show Cards.
SHOW CARDS AND COUNTER CARDS. Cut-outs that attract attention.
High-class in every particular. CHICAGO EMBOSSSING CO., 126 N.
Union st., Chicago, Ill. tf
Stereotyping Outfits.
A COLD SIMPLEX STEREOTYPING OUTFIT. $19 and up. produces the
finest book and job plates, and your tl'pe is not in danger of being ruined
by heat, simpler, better, quicker, safer, easier on the type, and costs no
more than papier-mache ; also two engraving methods costing only $5 with
materials, by which engraved plates are cast in stereo metal from drawings
made on cardboard. “ Ready-to-use ” cold matrix sheets, $1. HENRY
KAHRS, 240 E. 33d st.. New York city. 8-11
Typefounders.
AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS CO., original designs, greatest output, most
complete selection. Dealer in wood type, printing machinery and print¬
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Houses — Boston. New York, Philadelphia. Baltimore, Washington, D. C.,
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BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, 168-172 YV. Monroe st., Chicago.
Type, borders, ornaments, electros, brass rule, galleys. 7-12
HANSEN, H. C., TYPE FOUNDRY (established 1872), 190-192 Congress
st., Boston; 43 Centre st. and 15 Elm st., New York. _ 11-11
INLAND TY'PE FOUNDRY. Standard Line type and printers’ supplies. St.
Louis, New York and Chicago. 11-11
Why You Should
Kimble-ize Your Shop and
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KIMBLE
Variable Speed, Reversible
PRINTING PRESS
MOTORS
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None of it is wasted in resistance coils, compen¬
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after it is metered.
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And it doesn’t speed up or slow down by jerks
(or “steps”), but steadily, smoothly, on the prin¬
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Current-cost is exactly proportionate to the
speed at which motor is driven.
A slow, careful color-register job costs no more
current per thousand impressions than a rough-
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On ordinary motors, full current is consumed
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a sheer waste of power, like putting a brake on
an engine.
The Kimble A. C. Reversible Variable Speed
Printing Press motors will pay dividends on their
cost from the first day you install them.
% h. p. to l/z h. p. friction drive
for job presses
U h. p. to 7Yz h. p. belt drive
for ponies and cylinders
Exactly the right motor for every machine in
your shop — linotypes, presses, folders, cutters,
stitchers, etc. — single phase, polyphase, variable
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Send for full information. Give list of
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Kimble Electric Company
1125 Washington Boulevard Chicago
1,000 Magazines
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for
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Labor
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(1 ) operator assistant .
1.50
(2) good feeders . . .
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(1) good feeder assistant
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( 1 ) good take-off . . .
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.... 1/2%
.12
$3.59
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.
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3,000 books per hour X 9
27,000 books per day .....
$ 0.5033
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CROTON FALLS, N. Y.
WE HAVE NO AGENTS
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There Is No Other Paper that Gives the CAMEO Result.
The next time you have a job for one of your finicky customers who demands something unusually attractive, use
Cameo Plate. It will deepen the half-tones, enrich the illustrations and add new dignity to the type.
“The Cameo result" is evident even to the man who does not appreciate many of the finer points in the printer's art.
CAMEO PLATE
COATED BOOK — White or Sepia
To get the very best results with Cameo, note these few suggestions.
HALF-TONE PLATES, The plates should be deeply etched. The screen best adapted is 150 lines to the inch,
although the surface is receptive to any ordinary half-tones,
OVERLAYS. Should be cut on slightly thicker paper than required for regular coated.
MAKE-READY. Build up an even grading from high lights to solids.
INK. Should be of fairly heavy body, one which will not run too freely, and a greater amount of ordinary
cut ink must be carried than for glossy papers. The richest effect that can be obtained in one printing comes from the
use of double - tone ink on Cameo Plate. Of this ink less is required than for glossy paper. There is no trouble
from “picking.
IMPRESSION. Should be heavy, but only such as will ensure an unbroken screen and even contact.
Cameo is tbe stock for all half-tones except those intended to show polished and mechanical subjects in
microscopic detail.
Use Cameo paper according to these instructions and every half-tone job you run will bring you prestige.
Send for Sample-boof( To-day.
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Manufacturers of the Best in Staple Lines of Coated and Uncoated Booh Papers.
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'Pressmen!
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Headquarters for Photo-Engravers ’ Supplies
Williams- Lloyd Machinery Co.
626 Federal Street, CHICAGO
Manufacturers of a Complete Line of
Electrotyping , Stereotyping and
Photo - Engraving
Machinery
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246 Summer Street, Boston :: 12 Spruce Street, New York
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printer, will prove all of our claims in behalf of the quality we guarantee in our special
manufactured bond paper.
will not only please the eye of the user, but by reason of its distinctive character and
high-class snap and crackle qualities, it will catch the eye of the business concern to
whom the letter is addressed; the result — an effective introduction. Marquette Bond
is not the kind that will turn color or crumble. Is an honest product, made accord¬
ing to our own demands and to dll what we know is required by the printer.
We carry a full line in all sizes and = weights , white and eight colors, for
immediate shipment, including 22x34-26; also white and in eight colors
SWIGART PAPER COMPANY
653-655 S. FIFTH AVENUE CHICAGO, ILL.
Just Turn the Handle andJfakeI-oof
WHEN YOU USE THE
POTTER PROOF PRESS
With Inking Attachment
This machine makes proofs “almost
equal to the finished job,” as one printer
says, without make-ready.
It is in reality a two-revolution press for
hand operation; proves three-color and
fine half-tope work quickly and perfectly.
Made in three sizes :
10x15 1614x25 25x32
Every printer who wants to reduce cost of
production and keep up the quality needs the
POTTER. Let us send you sample proofs and
circular to-day.
SOLE OWNERS
A. F. WANNER & CO. Chicago, Illinois
SOLD BY DEALERS EVERYWHERE
786
Pressroom Efficiency Carried to Its
Highest Point — and Why ?
Because the maximum output of any press printing from plates can he secured only with Rouse Unit System Bases and Register
Hooks — the system that eliminates all waste time in making up, making ready and registering ; the system that permits the
quickest change in plates, the narrowest possible margins, and a permanent make-ready.
The Rouse Unit System of bases and register hooks does all this — and more — it reduces the waiting time of your presses
to the last degree and insures the greatest output as well as the best work.
Don’t Be Deceived — Compare the Goods
The unprecedented success of our Climax and Combination Register Hooks has led some manufacturers to imitate them — -
don’t be deceived. Don’t spend another dollar for hooks of any kind until you have compared the Climax and Combination
with the imitations — then buy the best.
SOLD BY DEALERS EVERYWHERE — MADE ONLY BY
H. B. ROUSE & COMPANY, Chicago
2214-2216 WARD STREET
“THE REGISTER HOOK PEOPLE”
€©¥
embody a combination of high quality and low price
that is unique in the history of papermaking. The
largest-selling brand of covers in the world, not only
because they are the best for the money, but also
because they are the best for the purpose , regardless of price ,
wherever the effectiveness of the finished job is the first con¬
sideration. Our “ Buckeye Proofs,” sent free by prepaid express
if requested on your business letter-head, will show you how many
progressive printers have profited — in prestige as well as in pocket
— by using BUCKEYE COVERS in place of the more costly stocks they had previously thought
were necessary. W rite to-day.
THE BECKETT PAPER COMPANY
MAKERS OF GOOD PAPER in HAMILTON, OHIO, since 1848
Made in 16 colors, 4 finishes and 4 weights. Carried
in stock by representative jobbers in principal
cities of the United States, Canada and England.
787
THE HUBER-HODGMAN
PRINTING PRESS
THE HODGMAN
THE HODGMAN PRESS is a new principle in bed-driving mechanism, doing away
with the old cumbersome shoe and heavy rack-hanger. You must see this simple
mechanism before you can appreciate how durable and powerful the drive is. The
Hodgman is a well-built machine, and will really last a lifetime, for the wearing
parts of this bed-motion can be replaced new for a cost not to exceed $50. We do not
believe this motion would cost a dollar for repairs for many years. Enough printers
of an inquiring mind are examining this new design to keep our factory running twenty-
four hours a day. Scarcely a customer, seeing this press in operation, fails to place his
order with us. This press has five tracks. The cross-stay is solid — not cut away to make
passage for the rack-hanger to pass. The cylinder-lift is absolutely rigid — no elasticity
anywhere — and the speed is the capacity of the feeder. The bed is only 34 inches from
the floor. This is made possible by tbe elimination of the rack-hanger.
We ask you to see this press. After you have examined it vre have no doubt about the
order, because we know your good judgment will concede these points: The greatest in
speed, the lightest in operation, the simplest in mechanism, the most rigid in construction,
the most up-to-date in conveniences. If these claims are proven u^e are entitled to the
order. See it and be convinced.
VAN ALLENS & BOUGHTON
iy to 23 Rose St. and 1 33 William St., New 3 ork.
Factory — Taunton, Mass.
Agent, England,
P. LAWRENCE PRINTING MACHINERY CO-., Ltd.
57 Shoe Lane, London, E. C.
Western Office, 343 S. Dearborn Street,
H. W. THORNTON, Manager ,
Telephone, Harrison 801. CHICAGO
7S8
Progressive Printers
are throwing out all of their old-style,
antiquated quoins and are putting in
the one and only positive neverslip
quoin — the
Grasso
Neverslip Quoin
There certainly are reasons- — hun¬
dreds of them.
You’ll readily see every one if you’ll
get a sample dozen.
4-inch size, $2.10 net, per dozen
3-inch size, 1.75 net, per dozen
They will save their cost the first
time they are used, and are an absolute
insurance against press smash-ups.
SOLD BY ALL DEALERS, OR BY
AMENT & WEEKS
World Building NEW YORK
Patronage -Your Stock
in Trade
Appearance of Our Neat
Cards in Case
The power to draw patronage and support has been char¬
acteristic of
Peerless Patent Book Bonn Cards
ever since they were first placed on the market. They have
been creating friends, and opening up ways of easy influence
for salesmen in a way never thought possible before.
They will create friends for you as a dealer, they will draw
you patronage and support from new and unexpected sources,
and will open up ways of easy influence for business which
you have hitherto failed to get.
I'he Peerless is a detachable card, having a perfectly
smooth edge after the detaching ; its binding insures clean¬
liness, utility and ultimate economy. Send for sample tabs
of the cards, and also our plan for dealers.
The John B. Wiggins Company
Established 1857
Engravers, Plate Printers, Die Embossers
52-54 East Adams Street Chicago
The American
Folder
ABSOLUTELY TAPELESS
All folds made with knives, which assures
accuracy.
A complete parallel and right-angle fold¬
ing machine in one.
Makes one, two, three parallel, one, two,
three right-angle, and the regular letter
fold.
Has range from 18” x 24” down to 5"x5".
To appreciate its worth you must see it in
operation.
Write for descriptive booklet
The American Folding Machine Co., Cleveland, Ohio
789
Make Your Shop
Convenient and Pleasant
Let your employees feel by action your interest in them — ■
and the result is you increase their efficiency. These two
devices are reasonable in cost — better still, they are indispensa¬
ble in the modern and progressive print-shop.
With this brake added to your job press you provide protection both to press
and operator. This brake is controlled by the impression throw-off lever. Brake
can be applied quickly, easily and with positive effect and control. Its method of
attachment (see illustration) insures against springing the fly-wheel. Any press
owner can quickly add this device to a press. Is inexpensive — therefore ought
to be in use on all your job presses.
The Montgomery Pressfeeder’s Seat
This pressfeeder seat is made removable , can easily be placed in right comfort¬
able position for either job or cylinder press. Its adjustable and removable
features make it popular with all pressfeeders who are now using the Mont¬
gomery seat. Its price is right and its service is highly satisfactory.
If interested — send for particulars about the Hamilton Platen Press Brake.
We want live, hustling agents in all principal cities. We offer
splendid territories and good profits.
MONTGOMERY BROTHERS CO.
St. Paul, Minnesota
PRINTERS’ AND BINDERS’
MACHINERY
215-223 W. Congress St., CHICAGO, ILL.
Near Fifth Ave.
Machinery Bargains
10x15 Golding .
$200.00
11x16 Peerless . .
$140.00
12 x 18 Golding .
325.00
11x17 Peerless . .
150.00
15x21 Golding .
450.00
10 x 15 Improved
8x12 Chandler
100.00
Prouty
160.00
10 x 15 Chandler
155.00
12 x 18 Improved
12x 18 Chandler
185.00
Prouty
200.00
14x20 Chandler
225.00
23x30 Campbell
650.00
8x12 Challenge
90.00
24x28 Scott . . . .
650.00
9x13 Challenge
100.00
27x37 Cottrell . .
1100.00
10x15 Challenge
. 135.00
32x47 Optimus . .
1200.00
12x 18 Challenge
. 160.00
37x50 Campbell .
800.00
14x22 Challenge
. 240.00
41x56 Campbell .
950.00
10 x 15 Peerless .
120.00
Write for Cash Discounts
Largest Dealers of Rebuilt Standard and Special Printers’
and Bookbinders’ Machinery in Chicago
Machinery Is Cheaper
Than Labor
Here’s a very
simple proposition.
A Revolvator
will take the place
of half a dozen men
in your warehouse
or storeroom, and
only costs about one
quarter as much as
you are paying
them per month.
What per cent divi¬
dend will it pay on
the investment ?
The Revolvator
method is the cheap¬
est one for stacking
bales, boxes, cases,
etc. A prominent
textile mill using
three Revolvators
says that each one
saves $300 per
month. The whole
secret of its success
lies in the revolving
base.
Get our book No “/” and find out --why
N. Y. Revolving Portable Elevator
Company
351 Garfield Avenue Jersey City, N. J.
No. 10-A
790
Latest
Balance Feature
Platen Dwell
Clutch Drive
Motor Attachment
(Unexcelled)
Prouty
Obtainable through any Reliable Dealer .
--- MANUFACTURED ONLY BY --
Boston Printing Press
& Machinery Co.
Office and Factory
EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASS.
To Envelope Manufacturers
Subscriber having opportunity to use in trade,
in connection with other established business, a
considerable number of envelopes, would be pleased
to get in communication with manufacturers who
are in position to quote lowest spot cash prices in
case lots, for a complete line of these goods.
Manufacturers who are inclined to consider
above, and will submit samples and prices, kindly
addrCSS’ T>-251 , Inland Printer
James White Paper Go.
Trade-Mark
REGISTERED U. S. PATENT OFFICE.
COVER AND BOOK
PAPERS
219 W. MONROE ST. - - - CHICAGO
To the Printers9 Supply Houses
of the United States:
©. if you are selling directly or indirectly to the printers and
publishers of Canada you can make the advertising columns of
Printer and Publisher a powerful adjunct to your present sell¬
ing plans. Printer and Publisher is essentially a master printers’
paper — it reaches every month the buying heads of 80% of the
printing and publishing plants of Canada.
d Will you allow our advertising manager to prove by uhat it
has done for other United States supply houses that advertising
in Printer and Publisher will be a profitable investment for you ?
He can do it and gladly will if you will ask him in a letter
addressed to
The Printer and Publisher of Canada
I43-I4Q University Avenue , ^Toronto, Canada
791
5 con tact p>o7njt\s onj T'Y'/vi pan
NO SCAUNCr vfe
ss^f
EASY TO AO JUST. P»v*.Y-o
Witt NOT WEAR OUT.
3^
END ADJUSTMENT OF 30 POINTS
Milled SPRING ADJUSTABLE QoJde mead 1
SlVirgGr POSAT IVR, «E<r*ISTEJ^.
THE NEW IMPROVED
ADJUSTABLE GAUGE PIN
With Adjustable Brass Spring Tongue
A universal gauge pin easy to adjust , with time-saving features.
Adjustable to point system with long range of adjustment. Work
can not feed under guide. Will give perfect register on colors, t SIDE ADJUSTMENT FOR CLOSE MAR&iNS j
No wax required. A dutable gauge pin of highest mechanical con- l*^ - — — - J
struciion Guaranteed to meet all requirements, with long life.
T*££Th INSERTS, on GUtoE head
4sr
IF rOUR DEALER CAN NOT SUPPLY THEM WILL BE MAILED UPON RECEIPT OF PRICE , $1.20 PER DOZEN.
Add ress THE MORSE GAUGE PIN COMPANY, Saratoga Springs, N. Y., U. S. A.
Modern Monthly' —
yill About VAVE'R
The paper dealer
gives the wanted information
on the general and technical sub¬
ject of
jpaper
It will enable the printer to keep
posted on paper, to buy advanta¬
geously, and to save money on his
paper purchases. No dollar could
be spent more profitably for a year’s reading.
Printed on enamel book paper.
THIS SPECIAL OFFER
Includes 1911 and 1912 at the very special rate of
$1.50 instead of $2.00. This is an opportunity
worth while. Proves an investment, not an expense
to printers.
15 h e PAPER. DEALER.
164 WEST WASHINGTON STREET. CHICAGO
Know Your Exact Costs
An indisputable record of production and labor is furnished
^DURANT COUNTERS
ACCURATE, POSITIVE, UNFAILING
Record only actual impressions of press. Ask any printer’s supply house or write
us for details.
The W. N. DURANT CO., 528 Market St., Milwaukee, Wis
SUMMER and PADS
Summer is the most trying time of the
year for the padmaker. That is, the
padmaker who is not using R. R. B.
Padding Glue. IT can be relied
upon at all times of the year. A good
time to try it is now.
ROBERT R. BURRAGE
83 Gold Street NEW YORK
COST ACCOUNTING
GENERAL ACCOUNTING
AND OFFICE SYSTEMS
SUCCESSFULLY TAUGHT
Right theory. Correct application. Accurate results.
The plan is simplicity itself. Guesswork eliminated.
Not the average cost of all jobs, whether above or
below the average, but the absolute cost of every job.
Just the thing for the small and medium-size shops,
yet comprehensive enough for the largest.
Resident and Extension Courses.
Complete Systems Personally Installed.
Rates on application. Address =
THE SCHOOL OF COSTS
M. J. BECKETT, Manager
800 Ship Street . ST. JOSEPH, MICH.
Successor to Cost Department, Inland Printer Technical School.
n GUARANTEES LI NOTYPERS,
l\ '/4 LOWER TABULAR COST425
Sell Direct to the Paper Mill
We are in the market for paper stoclj;
MARSEILLES WRAPPING PAPER CO.
MARSEILLES, ILL.
For Sale
An up-to-date plant for the
manufacture of Tags, Labels
and Boxes. Also in connec-
plant, a well and fully equipped printing
Plant is constantly in full operation.
Address, M. M. READ, Ypsilanti, Mich.
tion with said
establishment.
MAKE MONEY
by attaching NEW CENTURY FOUNTAINS
to your jobbers. The perfection of fountains. Will increase
press output from 3,000 to 5,000 a day on steady runs. No readjusting
after washup or when changing impressions. One-screw ink feed. One-screw roller contact. Will not mark the print.
Minimizes danger of offset by reason of uniform inking. Can be taken apart in a few seconds, with the fingers, without
screw-driver or wrench. Will do the work of a long fountain without its disadvantages. It is a producer of RESULTS —
More Impressions and Better Work. For Chandler & Price, Challenge , and all Gordon Presses.
Get a descriptive circular from your dealer or send to us.
THE WAGNER MFG. CO., Scranton, Pa.
792
— CRAMER’S NEW -
Process Dry= Plates and
Filters “Direct” Three=color Work
Not an experiment but an accomplished fact.
Thoroughly tested in practical work before being advertised.
Full details in our new booklet “ DRY-PLATES AND COLOR-
FILTERS FOR TRICHROMATIC WORK,” containing
more complete practical information than any other book yet
published. This booklet sent free to photoengravers on request.
G. CRAMER DRY-PLATE COMPANY, St. Louis, Mo.
AS PRINTERS’ ADS Do bring orders — hun¬
dreds of printers are proving this with my service of
3-color cuts and wording. Easy to print
in any shop. 12th year. Samples Free.
CHAS.L. STILES, COLUMBUS, O.
THE GOVERNMENT STANDARD
KEYBOARD PAPER Perforation*
for the MONOTYPE MACHINE
COLONIAL COMPANY, Mechanic Fai.ls, Mainb
PRINTERS — You can not afford to purchase new or rebuilt Printers*
Machinery, exchange or sell your old without consulting us.
DRISCOLL & FLETCHER PrinterBs’f^och^ Works’
PRESS CONTROLLERS
MONITOR AUT?ystem
Fills All Requirements of Most Exacting Printers.
MONITOR CONTROLLER COMPANY
106 South Gay Street, BALTIMORE, MD.
The Central Ohio Paper Co.
COLUMBUS, OHIO.
C, Exclusive manufacturers of the Famous Swan
Linen paper for high-class Stationery and “Swans-
down” Enamel Paper. Gives any book a finished
look. Write for dummies. Prompt shipments.
“Swan Delights Whoever Writes.**
ii
Rmidhind” tor the Trade
H J P4, I, J. 111 We have put in a ROUGHING
1 — MACHINE, and should be
pleased to fill orders from those desiring: this class of work. Three-color half¬
tone pictures, gold-bronze printing, and, in fact, high-grade work of any
character, is much improved by giving it this stippled effect. All work
given prompt attention. Prices on application. Correspondence invited.
THE HENRY O. SHEPARD COMPANY
632 Sherman Street
CHICAGO
Solid Gold Matrix
Stick- pin
Machinists and Operators who have pride
in their calling are buying and wearing it.
Employers can make no more suitable or
pleasing present to their employees.
The Inland Printer Co.
$3.00 632 Sherman Street, Chicago
| SUMMER ROLLERS
1 WE MAKE
j THE BEST
\ THAT CAN
> BE MADE
CINCINNATI, OHIO. j
We use the latest up-to-date GATLING GUN t
system in casting, with the finest steel moulds, (
and make solid, perfect rollers by the best \
formulas. \
Established 1868. Cincinnati is sufficient (
address in writing or shipping. (
Paper Testing
We have facilities for making chemical, microscopical and
physical tests of paper promptly and at reasonable prices.
We can be of service to the purchaser by showing him
whether he is getting what he has specified.
We can be of service to the manufacturer in disputes where
the report of a third party is likely to be more effective.
Electrical Testing Laboratories
80th Street and East End Avenue. NEW YORK CITY
Send for our Booklet No. 1 on the subject of Paper Testing.
RUBBER STAMPS
AND SUPPLIES
FOR THE TRADE
YOUR customers will appreciate our prompt service.
Send for ‘ Illustrated Catalogue and Trade Discounts ”
The Barton Mfg. Co., 335 Broadway, N. Y.
Tympan Gauge Square
FOR QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY PLACING
THE GAUGE PINS ON A PLATEN PRESS.
Made of transparent celluloid, ruled in picas. Size,
3% x 8% inches.
By placing the square over the impression of the job on
the tympan in the proper position, and marking with a pen¬
cil along the left and lower edges, the gauges can be placed
correctly at once. Will save its cost in one day’s use.
Twenty-five cents, postpaid to any address.
THE INLAND PRINTER CO.
632 SHERMAN STREET .... CHICAGO
Quick
Stringing
Saves
Tune.
Universal
Loop Ad
instable
from 78
an inch.
Universal
Wire Loop
Is the cheapest and best device for
"Stringing” Catalogues, Directories,
Telephone Hooks, Prices Current, etc.
Look Better and Won’t Break or Wear Out!
Let us send sample and quote you
prices.
WIRE LOOP MFG. CO.
(Successors to Universal Wire Loop Co.)
75 Shelby Street
DETROIT - » o - MICHIGAN
PATENTED
This cut illustrates one
of the various sizes of
hangers for books % to
2 inches in thickness.
793
FOR PRINTERS
Best Detergent for cleaning and preserving Rollers.
One of the Meanest Packages
to Pile is a Roll.
Handled by one of these
machines, however, the job
is easy. And it will pile
anything.
Economy Engineering Co.
415 S. Washtenaw Ave., Chicago, III «
FOREIGN ACTS.
Parsons Trading Co., New York.
ROLLED
PAPER
Polished Copper
for Half-tone and Color Processes
Polished Zinc
for Line Etching, Half-tone and
Ben Day Processes
Chemicals, Supplies
and Equipment
for the Shop, Gallery and Artroom
National Steel and
Copper Plate Co.
OFFICES AND STOCKROOMS
704-6 Pontiac Bldg., 542 S. Dearborn St., Chicago
1235 Tribune Bldg., City Hall Square, New York
214 Chestnut St. : : : St. Louis, Mo.
FACTORIES
1133-1143 West Lake Street : Chicago, III.
220-224 Taaffe Place : Brooklyn, New York
Copper and Zinc Plates
MACHINE GROUND AND POLISHED
CELEBRATED SATIN FINISH BRAND
FOR PHOTOENGRAVING AND ETCHING
MANUFACTURED BY
The American Steel & Copper Plate Co.
116 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y.
We cater to the Printing Trade
in making the most up-to-date
===== line of =
Pencil and Pen
Carbons
for any Carbon Copy work.
Also all Supplies for Printing Form Letters.
MITTAG & VOLGER, Inc.
PARK RIDGE. NEW JERSEY
MANUFACTURERS FOR THE TRADE ONLY
METALS
Linotype, Monotype, Stereotype
Special Mixtures
QUALITY
First, Last and All the Time.
E.W. Blatchford Co.
230 N. Clinton St. 5 Heckman St.
Chicago New York
OUR NEW IMPROVED
ha&tng iFtlms
Are Guaranteed to Remain Transparent,
are Deep and Do Not Smudge.
— - = Write for Catalogue =
®be American leaning; ^ftacljiiie Co.
164-168 Rano St., Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A.
A SULLIVAN PRESS
will increase the
income from
your waste
paper, by pack¬
ing it in neat,
tight bales for
storage or ship¬
ment. Circular 64-F
SULLIVAN
MACHINERY
COMPANY
122 South Michigan Avenue# CHICAGO
CARBON
BLACK
MADE BY
Godfrey L. Cabot
940-94 1 OLD SOUTH BUILDING
BOSTON, MASS.
ELF. ECLIPSE (PN).
B. B. B. DIAMOND. ACME.
794
The BEST and LARGEST GERMAN TRADE JOURNAL for
the PRINTING TRADES on the EUROPEAN CONTINENT
irutadun* Much- mth
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Devoted to the interests of Printers, Lithographers and kindred trades,
with many artistic supplements, Yearly Subscription for Foreign
Countries, 14s. '9d. — post free. Sample Copy, Is.
Untlsrltpr ludt- unit :§>UnnLtntrte
ERNST MORGENSTERN
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%\)z American pressman
A MONTHLY TECHNICAL TRADE
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Best medium for direct communication with the
user and purchaser of
Pressroom Machinery and Materials
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
Second National Bank Building , CINCINNATI, Ohio
Bishop’s Order Book
and Record of Cost
€(fThe simplest and most accurate book for keeping
track of all items of cost of every job done. Each
book contains 100 leaves, 10x16, printed and ruled,
and provides room for entering 3,000 jobs. Strongly
bound, price $3.00. Fourth edition.
SOLD BY
The Inland Printer Company
Chicago
M
HOW
TO
PRINT
FROM
METALS
tStr
(fltiaa.
ffiarrap
ETALOGRAPHY
Treats of the nature and properties of zinc and
aluminum and their treatment as printing sur¬
faces. Thoroughly practical and invaluable
alike to the expert and to those taking up
metal-plate printing for the first time. Full
particulars of rotary litho and offset Iitho
methods and machines; details of special
processes, plates and solutions. The price is
3 / - or $2.00, post free.
To be obtained from
THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY
632 Sherman Street, Chicago
Metal Plate Printing
Price, $2.00 Postpaid.
A text-book covering the entire subject of Printing
in the Lithographic manner from Zinc and Alumi¬
num Plates. Complete from graining the plates to
producing the printed sheet.
- — - PUBLISHED BY——— - - - — -
THE NATIONAL LITHOGRAPHER
150 Nassau Street, New York City
The Only Lithographic Trade Paper Published in America.
Subscriptions, $2.00 per year. Foreign Subscriptions, $2.50 per year.
Single copies, twenty cents.
The Best Special Works for Lithographers, Etc.
ARE THE
ALBUM LITHO — 26 parts in stock, 20 plates in black and color,
$1.50 each part.
AMERICAN COMMERCIAL SPECIMENS — three series, 24
plates in color, $3.50 each series.
TREASURE OF GRAPHIC ARTS— 24 folio plates in color, $4.50.
TREASURE OF LABELS — the newest of labels — 15 plates in color,
$3.00.
“FIGURE STUDIES” — by Ferd Wiist — second series, 24 plates,
$3.00.
AND THE
FREIE KUNSTE
-SEMI-MONTHLY PUBLICATION—
This Journal is the best Technical Book for Planters, Lithographers
and all Kindred Trades. Artistic supplements. Yearly subscription,
$3,00, post free ; sample copy, 25 cents.
PUBLISHED BY
JOSEF HEIM ------ Vienna VI./ i Austria
PRIOR’S AUTOMATIC
Moto S&calr
SHOWS PROPORTION AT A GLANCE
No figuring — no chance for error. Will show exact
proportion of any size photo or drawing— any size plate.
SIMPLE — ACCURATE.
Being transparent, may be placed upon proofs
of cuts, etc., and number of square inches de¬
termined without figuring. Price, $2.00.
Sent postpaid, on receipt of price, by
The Inland Printer Co.
632 Sherman Street . .
1729 Tribune Building,
. CHICAGO
NEW YORK
Established January, 1894.
Deals only with the Illustration side of Printing, but deals with
that side thoroughly. Post free, $2 per annum.
Geo. Routledge&Sons, Ltd. j ^L^TYt^Hin"6 [London, E. C.
AMERICAN AGENTS:
Spon & Chamberlain, 123 Liberty Street, New York
795
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FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT
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THE I. T. U. COMMISSION
632 SOUTH SHERMAN STREET, CHICAGO
SOLD BELOW ACTUAL COST. TERMS— $23 FOR CASH, OR $25 IF PAID FOR IN INSTALLMENTS OF
2 DOWN AND $1 A WEEK TILL PAID. THE INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION GIVES A
REBATE OR PRIZE OF $5 TO EACH STUDENT WHO FINISHES THE COURSE
VUi idnCTKJ! ZJJ ICT Wl+SJMJMJ. no.n.V.iii.UFi.l^iFinnTig
Knowing ThatYou Know
Brings Confidence
LACK OF CONFIDENCE IS THE PROLIFIC MOTHER OF
FAILURES AMONG COMPOSITORS. NOTHING TENDS TO
GIVE THAT DESIRED CONFIDENCE SO MUCH AS KNOW¬
ING THE REASON WHY THINGS ARE DONE.
THE I.T.U. COURSE
IS DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
MAKING CLEAR THE PRINCIPLES ON WHICH GOOD
TYPOGRAPHY IS BASED. AND IT GIVES THE COMPOSI¬
TOR THAT CONFIDENCE WHICH WINS. HERE IS WHAT
A STUDENT OF HALIFAX, CANADA, SAYS:
“THE CONFIDENCE I HAVE NOW IN UNDER¬
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TABLE OF CONTENTS — AUGUST, 1911
PAGE
Advertisements, The Typography of — No.
VII (illustrated) . 696
A New Profession . 713
Apprentice Printers’ Technical Club — No.
IX (illustrated) . 699
A Quiet Strike . 702
Beer Slang- in Germany . 723
B. L. T. “ Pick-ups ” . 711
Ben Franklin Club of Minneapolis . 775
“ Best of Its Kind on the Face of the Earth ” 736
Bookbinding :
Gilding Powder . 755
Gold-laying- . 755
Sizing- . 755
Stamping . 754
Book Review :
“ Practical Printing ” . 75S
“The American Manual of Presswork ” . . . 75S
Year-book of the Plimpton Press . 758
Business Notices :
American Folder, The (illustrated) . 773
American Rotary Valve Company Acquires
the Jenney Electric Manufacturing
Company . 774
An Advertising Prose Poeni . 775
Bingham Brothers Company, Rochester
Branch of the . 775
Concrete Floors, To Make Dustproof . 774
Cottrell Single- revolution Presses . 771
Hart & Zugelder’s New Factory in Pitts¬
burg . 771
Hoole Machine & Engraving Works —
Bookbinders’ Tools and Machinery.... 775
Lanston Monotype Machine Company, New
Factory of the (illustrated)...' . 772
McLaughlin, A. II.. Resigns from Chas.
Eneu Johnson & Co . 772
Miller Saw-Trimmer Special Attachments,
The . .774
Paper Companies Consolidate . 771
Potter Self-inking Proof Press (illustrated) 774
Rayfield-Dahly Company Folding and
Punching Machine, Demonstrations by
Tiering- Machine for Printers, improved
Revolving (illustrated) . 774
Wanner, A. F., & Co., New Wholesale
Dealers and Manufacturers Exclusively 772
Capital-and-Labor Discussions, Public Forums
for . 706
Chapman Lino-Lineup, The (illustrated) . 754
Contributed Articles:
Apprentice Printers’ Technical Club — No.
IX (illustrated) . 699
Does Trade-paper Advertising Pay? . 703
European Postage Tariffs for Periodical
Publications . 745
Grammar and Proofreading — No. II.. . . ! . 710
Photoengravers’ Fifteenth Annual Conven¬
tion . 739
Salesman and the Shop, The . 733
Scientific Color in Practical Printing —
No. XV . 756
Slug 6’s Lock-up Machine . 769
Song of the Printing Press, The (poem).. 769
Typography of Advertisements. The — No.
VII (illustrated) . 696
1 anderpoel, John II., and His Work . 689
Workslips, The Making Out of . 694
Correspondence :
Clemmitt, William II., Oldest Active
Printer . 744
New Profession, A . 743
Cost and Method:
Big Meeting at Denver . 751
Courage at Sheboygan, Wisconsin . 752
Economizing . 753
Square-inch Plan of Figuring Composition.
Steel and Copperplate Engravers, First
Meeting of . 752
What Is the Matter with the Printer?.... 751
Courts and Business Interests, The. .
Does Trade-paper Advertising Pay ?.
Dragon’s-blood .
Economy and Efficiency . .
707
703
732
719
Editorial : page
An Australian Government Asks for the
I. T. U. Course . 709
Courts and Business Interests, The . 707
Getting Together for One Organization.... 707
London Shorter-hour Movement, The . 708
Notes . 705-706
Public Forums for Capital-and-Labor Dis¬
cussions . 706
Teaching Apprentices . 708
Editor’s Invoice, An . 750
Electrotvping and Stereotyping:
Casting Chalk-plates . 720
Hard Stereos . . . 720
Hot Solution . 719
Roller-machine Paste . 719
Sweating . 719
European Postage Tariffs for Periodical Pub¬
lications . 745
Foreign Graphic Circles, Incidents in . 715
Getting Together for One Organization . 707
Grammar and Proofreading — No. II . 710
He Wouldn’t Advertise . 730
Illustrations :
Characteristic Logging Scene in a Cana¬
dian Forest . 750
Freedom ! . 712
Gossips . 693
In His Name . 690
In Holland . 691
Marble Statue — “ The Awakening ’’ . 742
Out of Work . 692
Study . 694
The Suffragette Print-shop — Shall It Ever
Come to This? . 704
Pets . 766
Incidents in Foreign Graphic Circles . 715
Inclined to Be Suspicious . 715
I. T. U. Course, An Australian Government
Asks for the . 709
Job Composition:
Tucker, J. Forest . 721
“ Kinks ” :
Dotted Guide Lines . 736
Methods for Quick Work on Job Presses.. 736
Plan of Nicking Spaces to Indicate Their
Width (illustrated) . 745
Local Newspaper, The . 723
London Shorter-hour Movement, The . 708
Machine Composition :
Clutch Adjustment . 732
Distributor . 731
Parts Subject to Wear . 731
Plunger Sticks in Well . 730
Recent Patents on Composing Machinery.. 732
Repairing a Knife Wiper . 731
Transpositions . 732
Making Out of Workslips, The . 694
Management and Efficiency . 711
Misuse of Word “While”...., . 719
Money in Its Pages . ’ . 739
Newspaper Work:
Ad. -setting Contest No. 32 . 747
Advertising, Keeping Track of . 749
Big Newspaper War in Los Angeles . 7 50
Canadian Special Edition. A . 749
Delinquent Subscribers, Publishing Names
of . 750
Fire Fails to Stop Publication of Okla¬
homa Paper . 749
Good Ad. Display . 747
Newspaper Criticisms . 750
Newspaper Office Best Training School for
Ministers . 749
Soliciting Advertising in Hot Weather (il¬
lustrated) . 74s
“ Town Achievement Number ” . 750
Obituary :
Manning, John R . 768
Matthews, George E . 768
Oldest Active Printer, William H. Clemmitt. 714
Only a Newspaper Guy (poem) . 702
Photoengravers’ Fifteenth Annual Convention. 739
Practical Printing, Scientific Color in — No.
XV (illustrated) . 756
Pressroom : page
Cheap Embossing Plates . 729
Heat Accelerates for Drying of Ink . 729
New Light for Color Printers, A . 729
Permanence of Color in Printing-inks . 729
To Clean Rubber Blankets . 729-
Vermilion Noi a Stable Pigment . 729
White Letters on Red Stock.... . 729
Price of Service, The . 746-
Printers' Homes:
Brock, H. C . 759
Caldwell, C. M . 762:
Gilleo, C. C . 761
Lutz, P. F . 760
Meikle, Robert . 763
Shiner, Elmer E . 744
Process Engraving:
Benedict, Geo. H., Etching Machine (illus¬
trated) . 738
Cooperation Considered in Great Britain... 738
Employees of Maurice Joyce Company En¬
joy Picnic (illustrated) . 739
Etching Face-down . 738
Globe Engraving & Electrotype Company’s
Scale of Prices, The . 737
Image Direct on the Metal in the Camera. 738
Process Journal, The Best . 737
Uneven Flat Etching . 737
Vignetting Round agd Elliptical Half-tones 737
Proofroom :
Aims and Objects in South Africa . 765
Everyone and Other Wrong Joinings . 765
Punctuation in Firm-names . 765
Question Box :
Gold and Silver Letters . 767
Makers of Flags . 766
Photogravure Process, The . 766
Small Rotary Presses . 767
Standard Automatic Job-press Company... 767
Waste-paper Shredder . 767
Salesman and the Shop, The . 733
Scientific Color in Practical Printing — No.
XV (illustrated) . 756
Short But Good . 736
Slug 6’s Lock-up Machine . 769
Some of the Troubles of a Department Store. 720
Song of the Printing Press, The (poem) . 769
Specimen Review . 723
“ Talking Hand,” $6,000 for . 775
Teaching Apprentices . 708
The Man — The Field . 771
Three-color Work, Estimating the Quantity
of Ink for . 767
To John H. Vanderpoel (poem) . 692
Trade Notes:
Chicago Superintendents’ Organization Ef¬
fected . 762
Combine of Trade-papers . 761
Dayton Company Reorganized . 760-
Duplex Company Increases Capacity . 763
Flag on Cover-page Stops Collier’s . 762
Foresters to Build Home Like Printers. ... 760
Michigan Printers Have Two-day Session. . 760
New Printers’ Building at Minneapolis.... 761
No Automobile and Only One Wife . 763
Noise-proof and Non-vibrating Printers’
Building . 764
Not One Printer in Penitentiary . 761
Ohio Printers to Hold Cost Congress . 760
Pittsburg Printers in Camp . 761
Poster Printers Make Resolution . 759
Predicts Cheap Books for Future . 763
President Berry Sustained in Removal of
Ivreiter . 759
Printer Rivals Edward Payson Weston. . . . 761
Printer’s Epitaph . 762
Prosperous Year for Grand Rapids Printers 759
Recent Incorporations . 764
To Give Apprentices I. T. U. Course . 759
Type Kings in the West . 760
Typothetae and T,ypographical Union Coop¬
erate . 760
Typothetae Preparing for National Meet.. . . 763
Urges Change in Civil Service Law . 762
Twenty-year Record, A . 744
Up and Down . 739
Vanderpoel, John H., and His Work . 689
We Think We Do and Then We Don’t . 728
White Pulp from Printed Paper . 730
“Worth a Good Little Bunch of Money”... 709
THE HENRY O. SHEPARD CO.,
Sris’ PRINTERS, CHICAGO.
799
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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.
PAGE
Acme Staple Co . 664
Advertisers’ Electrotyping Co . 685
Albemarle Paper Co . 660
Ament & Weeks . . . 789
American Electrotype Co . 684
American Folding- Machine Co . ‘ . 789
American Pressman . 795
American Printer . 797
American Shading Machine Co . 794
American Steel & Copper Plate Co . 794
American Type Founders Co . 644
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe . 785
Ault & Wiborg- Co . 656
Babcock Printing Press Mtg. Co . 653
Barnhart Bros. & Spindler . 653
Barton Mtg. Co . 793
Beck, Charles, Co . 663
Beckett Paper Co . 787
Blatehford, E. W., Co . 794
Boston Printing Press & Machinery Co . 791
Brislane-Hoyne Co . 785
British Printer . 784
Brown Folding Machine Co . 656
Burrage, Robert R . 792
Butler, .1. W., Paper Co . 641
Cabot, Godfrey L . 794
Calculagraph Co . 1 . 662
Carver, C. R., Co . 660
Central Ohio Paper Co . 793
Challenge Machinery Co. . . 667
Chambers Bros. Co . 687
Chicago & North Western Ry . 782
Chicago Lino-Tabler Co . 792
Cleveland Folding Machine Co . 671
Coes, Loring, & Co . . . . 661
Colonial Co . 793
Cottrell, C. B., & Sons Co . 688
Cramer, G., Dry Plate Co . 793
Crane, Z. & W. M . 672
Dennison Mfg. Co . 654
Detroit Sulphite Pulp & Paper Co . 685
Deutseher Buch- und Steindrucker . 795
Dewey, l1’. E. & B. A . 685
Dexter Folder Co . 650, 651
Dick, Rev. Robert, Estate . 671
Dinse. Page & Co . 664
Driscoll & Fletcher . 793
Durant, W. N„ Co . 792
Eagle Printing Ink Co. . . 687
Eastern Sales Co . 672
Economy Engineering Co . 794
Electrical Testing Laboratories . 793
Engravers’ & Printers’ Machinery Co . 684
Franklin Co . 647
Freie Kunste . 795
Freund, Will. , & Sons . 686
Fuchs & Lang Mfg. Co . 642
PAGE
Fuller, E. C., Co . 652
Furman, James II . 776-778
General Electric Co . 648
Globe Engraving & Electrotype Co . 665
Gould & Eberhardt (see transfer-press adver¬
tisement in September issue).
Graphic Arts . 781
Hamilton Mfg. Co . 658
Hampshire Paper Co . 649
Harris Automatic Press Co . 655
Hellmuth, Charles . 664
Hess, Julius, Co . 662
Hiekok, W. 0.. Mfg. Co . 662
Hoe, R., & Co . 673
Hoole Machine & Engraving Works . 666
Huber, J. M . 684
Inland Printer Technical School . 672
Inland Stationer . 797
I. T. U. Commission. . 796
Jaenecke Printing Ink Co . 678
Johnson, Charles Eneu, & Co . 664
Juengst, Geo., & Sons . 780
Justrite Mfg. Co . 686
East & Ehinger . 664
Kavmor Automatic Press Co . 645
Keystone Type Foundry . Insert
Kidder Press Co . 670
Kimble Electric Co . 779
Kreiter, Louis, & Co . 669
Lanston Monotype Machine Co . 643
Levey, Fred’k H.. Co . 660
Logemann Bros. Co . 666
Marseilles Wrapping Paper Co . 792
Master Builders Co . Insert
Master Printer Pub. Co . 676
Mechanical. Appliance Co . 783
Meg-ill. E. L . 777
Meisel Press & Mfg. Co . . 669
Mergentlialer Linotype Co . Cover
Miehle Printing Press & Mfg. Co . Cover
Miller Saw-Trimmer Co . 671
Mittag & Volger . 794
Modern Machine Co.. . 6i4
Monitor Controller Co . 793
Montgomery Bros. Co . 790
Morrison, J. L., Co . 684
Morse Gage Pin Co . 792
National Electrotj-pe Co . 660
National Lithographer . 795
National Machine Co . 680
National Printer Journalist . 797
National Printing Machinery Co . 686
National Steel & Copper Plate Co . 794
New York Revolving Portable Elevator Co... 790
Niagara Paper Mills . 798
Oswego Machine Works . 000
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Paper Dealer . 792
Parker, Thomas & Tucker Paper Co . 662
Parsons Trading Co . 669
Peerless Electric Co . 685
Peerless Printing Press Co . 667
Potter Printing Press Co . 800
Printer & Publisher . 791
Printing Art . 797
Process Engravers’ Monthly . 795
Queen City Printing Ink Co . 648
Read, M. M . 792
Redington, F. B., Co . 671
Regina Co . 683
Richmond Electric Co . 687
Rising, B. D., Paper Co . 674
Robbins & Myers Co . 666
Roberts Numbering Machine Co . 783
Rouse. H. B., Co . 787
Rowe, James . 664
School of Costs . 792
Scott, Walter, & Co . 681
Seybold Machine Co . 646
Shepard, Henry O., C'o . Insert, 682, 793
Sheridan, T. W. & C. B., Co . 657
Shniedewend, Paul. & Co . 663
Sprague Electric Co . 665
Star Engravers’ Supply Co . 794
Star Tool Mfg. Co. . . 1 . 782
Steinman, O. M . 668
Stiles, Chas. L . 793
Sullivan Machinery Co . 794
Swigart Paper Co . 786
Swink Printing Press Co . 659
Tarcolin . 794
Tatum, Sam’l C., Co . 680
Thalmann Printing Ink Co . 669
Thompson Type Machine Co . 679
Triumph Electric Co . 784
Ullman, Sigmund, Co . Cover
Universal Automatic Type-Casting Machine Co. 670
Van Allens & Boughton . 78S
Van Bibber Roller Co . 793
Wagner Mfg. Co . 792
Wanner, A. F., & Co . 786
Warmer Machinery Co . 790
Want Advertisements . 776
Warren, S. D., & Co . 781
Watzelhan & Speyer . 782
West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co . 688
Western States Envelope Co . 784
Westing-house Electric & Mfg. Co . 686
White, James, Paper Co . 791
Whitlock Printing Press Mfg. Co . 675
Wiggins, John B., Co . 789
Williams-Lloyd Machinery Co . 784
Wire Loop Mfg. Co . 793
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MR. PETERSON SAYS
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The following is a list of
Miehle Presses
shipped during the month of
June .... 1911
THIS LIST SHOWS THE CONTINUED DEMAND FOR MIEHLE PRESSES.
Parsons Trading Company . Mexico City, Mex... 2
Previously purchased four Miehles.
United States Printing Co . Brooklyn, N. Y . 2
Previously purchased for this and other branches,
fifty-one Miehles.
Dana T. Bennett Company . New York city . 1
Previously purchased two Miehles.
Tri-City Litho. & Printing Co . Davenport, Iowa ... 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Southam, Limited . Montreal, Que . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Beauchemin, Limited . Montreal, Que . 1
Previously purchased two Miehles.
Forbes Lith. Mfg. Co . Forbes, Mass . 1
Previously purchased fourteen Miehles.
Regensteiner Colortype Co . Chicago, Ill . 2
Previously purchased thirty Miehles.
E. F. Harman & Co . Chicago, Ill. . . 1
United States Printing Co . . Cincinnati, Ohio .... 2
Previously purchased for this and other branches,
fifty-three Miehles.
The Copp-Clarke Company . Toronto, Ont . 1
Previously purchased four Miehles.
Corn Products Refining Co . Argo, Ill . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Linotype & Machinery Co . London, Eng . 1
Previously purchased forty-two Miehles.
The A. J. Showalter Company. ... Dalton, Ga . 1
Previously purchased three Miehles.
The Public Press . Winnipeg, Man . 1
Previously purchased two Miehles.
Department of Public Ptg. &
Stationery . Ottawa, Ont . 2
Previously purchased five Miehles.
Chronicle Publishing Company. ... Perth Amboy, N. J.. 1
Tribune Printing Company . Independence, Kan.. 1
Daily Washingtonian . Hoquiam, Wash. ... 1
The Windermere Press . Chicago, Ill . 1
Traders Printing Company . Chicago, Ill . 1
Previously purchased four Miehles.
Geo. & J. Albert Tucker . Brenham, Tex . 1
Post Publishing Company . Salisbury, N. C . 1
The Reformer Printing Co., Ltd. . . Galt, Ont . 1
Mo.
1
Frank T. Riley Publishing Co . Kansas City,
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Isaac H. Blanchard Company . New York city . 1
Previously purchased three Miehles.
Pantagraph Ptg. & Stationery Co.. Bloomington, Ill.
Previously purchased five Miehles.
The Bryant Press . Toronto, Ont . 1
Previously purchased four Miehles.
Brown & Power Company . San Francisco, Cal.. 1
Previously purchased two Miehles.
Record Publishing Company . Stockton, Cal . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Columbian Three Color Co . Chicago, Ill . . .
Previously purchased nineteen Miehles.
Read Printing Company . New York city .
Previously purchased three Miehles.
Charles E. Brown Printing Co, _ Kansas City, Mo _
Previously purchased four Miehles.
John V. Martenson . Chicago, Ill . . .
Winnipeg Telegram . Winnipeg, Man. .....
Previously purchased three Miehles.
Stearns Brothers Company . Chicago, Ill .
Previously purchased thirteen Miehles.
The Star Printing Works . Calgary, Alta . .
H. M. Smyth Printing Company.. St. Paul, Minn .
Previously purchased three Miehles.
H. M. Plimpton & Co.. . . . . .Norwood, Mass. .
Previously purchased eighteen Miehles.
Colorprint Label Company . St. Louis, Mo .
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Paulinus Druckerei . Trier, Germany .
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Evans & Hastings . . Vancouver, B. C .
Previously purchased one Miehle.
The City of Chicago . Chicago, Ill . .•
Moline Plow Cdmpany . Moline, Ill . •* J|§j
Previously purchased one Miehle.
American Book Printing House... New York city .
Previously purchased six Miehles.
Charles H. Jensen . Minneapolis, Minn...
Previously purchased five Miehles.
Chemical Publishing Co . Easton, Pa .
Previously purchased two Miehles.
Excelsior Printing Company . Chicago, Ill .
Previously purchased eighteen Miehles.
Imprimerie de L’lllustration . Paris, France .
Previously purchased ten Miehles.
Defiance Printing & Engraving Co . Defiance, Ohio .
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Patterson & White Company . Philadelphia, Pa. ...
Previously purchased seven Miehles.
Folk-Keelin Printing Co . Nashville, Tenn .
Previously purchased two Miehles.
John C. Houston . New York city .
Angel Guardian Orphan Asylum .. Chicago, Ill . . .“
Princeton University Press.. . Princeton, N. J .
First Catholic Slovak Union . Middletown, Pa. ...
National Carbon Company . Fremont, Ohio .
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Gleeson Brothers . . Chicago, Ill . .
The American Thread Company. . . Willimantic, Conn.. .
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Amoskeag Mfg. Co . Manchester, N. H...,
Previously purchased one Miehle.
The Hall Lithographing Co.. .... .Topeka, Kan . .
Previously purchased nine Miehles.
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Shipments for June, 1911, 70 Miehle Presses
For Prices, Terras and Other Particulars, address
The Miehle Printing Press €i Mfg. Co.
Factory. COR. FOURTEENTH AND ROBEY STREETS
(South Side Office, 326 S. Dearborn Street)
CHICAGO. ILL., U.S.A.
New YorK Office, 38 ParK Row. Philadelphia Office, Commonwealth Bldg. Boston Office, 164 Federal Street,
San Francisco Office, 401 Williams Bldg., 693 Mission St. Dallas Office, 411 Juanita Building.
6 Grunewaldstrasse, Steglitz-Berlln, Germany. 23 Avenue de Gravelle, Charenton, Paris.
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PRINTER. /6r
5EPTEMBER_S> 1911
VOL 47- NO. 6 PRICE JO CENTS
The Ink
Is the only evidence
Of your work
Your customer ever sees.
By what the ink shows
You stand or fall.
You do yourself
No more than justice
By using inks that
Do justice to your work.
That is why
Most successful printers
Use Ullman’s Inks.
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Sigmund Ullman Co
New York
Chicago
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
SI VNO\Bi> HU'Ht CO. . . . . Milwaukee, Wisconsin
■ . :• INTERSTATE P APi< R CO . . Kansas City. Mo.
SGUTUVVES‘1 CRN PAPER CO. . . . . . . ......... . ... . . .Dallas, Texas.
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: . , MUTUAL PAPER COMPANY.' . . . . ... . . . .Seattle, Washington,
AMERICAN TYPE ITH’.YDERS CO... . . ..... . , .Spokane, Washington.
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A " ^NATIONAL PAPER & TYPE. CO. {Export only! New York CSty.N. Y.
. : -NATIONAL PAPER & ■ TYPE CO. ............ City of Mexico, Mexico.
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Thirty-one Catalog
Suggestions to Help
You Make More Money
It costs you nothing to get
them — and you can profit by every one.
<3 In the making of Kamargo Mills Covers we be¬
lieve more care and skill has been exercised than has been
applied to the manufacture of any other cover-paper. Service¬
able cover-papers require special equipment or “tackle” — careful
study and long experience. It is not practical to make cover-paper, book-
paper, and bond-paper under the same influences on the same machine. The
high-class cover-paper mill cannot be developed in a short time from a wrapping-
paper mill. <1 For 102 years, three generations of the same family have made a scien¬
tific study of manufacturing Kamargo Mills Covers. A great department and the most
modem machinery is devoted exclusively to the production of high-grade cover-papers.
But in addition to serviceability we offer Printers service. We have prepared an interesting
exhibit of unusually striking effects attainable only with Kamargo Mills Covers — a text book
on catalog printing of inestimable value to you.
Kamargo
Mills
Catalog
Covers
FOUNDED
1808
are suitable for big service catalogs, for dainty brochures, for small or large folders — any booklet
where artistic display plus permanence and durability are desired. The wide variety of wonderfully
rich tones, shades and colors of Kamargo Mills Covers, makes easy, unusual, striking printed and
engraved effects. It is not mere surface attractiveness that constitutes Kamargo Mills Cover value,
but an unequalled combination of beauty and strength absolutely unique in cover-papers. And
through our advertising in SYSTEM alone, every month, we are creating new customers for
you by telling over 100,000 executives — probably 300,000 cover-paper purchasers — the
economy and efficiency of Kamargo Mills Covers.
How to get this Sample Book
Kamargo Mills Samples de Luxe show you how various colors and inks can be
blended, giving striking effects to your catalog work. It tells you how you
can build up a reputation for high-grade catalog work and yet keep
your estimates reasonable. We will send it promptly and tell
you how you can get your share of the new business we
are creating for printers who use Kamargo Mills
Covers. Just write us a brief note on your
letter-head today — now.
Knowlton Bros Inc.
Cover Dept. B
Watertown New York
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The Gap is Bridged Between
Quality and Cost
There is a difference — not in your favor -between
the average consumer’s estimate of machine com¬
position cost and the actual cost, which may be
determined by your local printers’ organization.
This difference is the price which you are paying
for sacrificing quality and efficiency to a machine
product which cannot command a selling price
with a profit.
Consumers of printed matter who want quality
specify Monotype composition because they know
that they are buying hand quality, which you can
produce for a machine price.
If you are selling machine composition, why not
add Monotype quality and get a price for your
work just a little “ better than the market,” with¬
out increasing its cost?
The Monotype sets type in all sizes from five
point to eighteen point and casts all sizes up to
and including thirty-six point.
No other system of machine composition so easily
adapts itself to a scientific standardization of com¬
posing room methods.
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Century Bold Extended
72 Point 3 A $8 85 4 a $5 90 $14 75
RICH Maple
60 Point 3 A $7 25 4 a $4 30 $1155
Brighter KIND
48 Point 3 A $4 70 4 a $2 90 $7 60
MODERN Printers
42 Point 4 A $3 75 5 a $2 60 $6 35
Charters REQUIRED
36 Point
4 A $2 85 6a $2 40 $5 25
HANDSOME Contributor
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30 Point 4 A $2 10 8a $2 15 $4 25
RIGHT SCHEME
Charming Design
12 Point 13 A $130 25 a $145 $2 75
ENTHUSIASTIC STUDENT
Meritorious Reports Signed
Enjoyable Holiday Exercise
Right $1234567890 Figure
24 Point 5 A $1 65 10 a $1 85 $3 50
STRONG REMARKS
Determined Manager
10 Point 14 A $1 15 29 a $135 $2 50
DURABLE PRINTING TYPES
Legible Effects Easily Secured
Desirable American Line Faces
Extraordinary Profits Assured
18 Point 8 A $1 65 14 a $1 65 $3 30
CURIOUS ENTERPRISES
Royal Monarchs Disturbed
8 Point 17 A $105 34 a $120 $2 25
CHARMING TYPOGRAPHIC RESULTS
Century Bold Extended Series a Winner
Bright and Profitable Advertising Style
Dignified Printing Brings Larger Profit
14 Point 11 A $1 45 21 a $1 55 $3 00
USEFUL EXTENDED LETTERS
Harmonious Type Family Bought
6 Point 20 A $0 95 38 a $105 $2 00
PROFITABLE COMPOSING ROOM METHODS
Less Faces and Larger Fonts is Real Economy
Bright American Line Styles Compel Attention
Remarkable Character SI 234567890 Inspected
American Type Founders Company
ORIGINATOR OF THE POPULAR CENTURY FAMILY
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Gummed Papers
Have had a large part in building up a reputation for
good merchandise. Our experience as printers of
Gummed Labels has convinced us that to produce a
quality label, the adhesiveness is just as important
as the Printing and Cutting. We manufacture
Gummed Papers for every kind of requirement.
THREE GRADES
_ Heavily gummed with fish glue, insuring
quick and permanent adhesion to such
surfaces as cotton, woolens, wood, metal
and all rough surfaces.
CROWN _ A medium fish gummed paper, to be
used when the requirements do not
demand the Standard Papers.
EAGLE
_ A dextrine gummed paper for ordinary
uses on smooth surfaces where no great
adhesive strength is demanded.
Write us your requirements and we will
send samples and prices
eiMii^ons
BOSTON
26 Franklin Street
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THE TMi JIAKKUS
NEW YORK
15 John Street
15 W. 27th Street
. CHICAGO
62 E. Randolph Street
PHILADELPHIA
1007 Chestnut Street
ST. LOUIS
413 N. Fourth Street
Sales Offices in thirty-three leading cities of the
United States, Canada and Mexico
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VISITING PRINTERS
When in New York Inspect
These Presses
Three New Era Presses in One Plant
These presses are ideal for labels, tickets
of all kinds, loose-leaf forms, index
cards, or any form requiring a number
of colors; also punching, cutting and
slitting to any size or shape, or rewind¬
ing when desired. Prints from flat
plates, with the speed of a rotary.
Suitable for long or short runs.
THE REGINA GO.
HENRY DROUET, Sales Agent
217 Marbridge Building
47 W. 34th STREET, NEW YORK
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Any Good Business Man
will se£ the advantages of using high-grade
stationery if they are properly presented. IN
OUR ADVERTISING we are telling of these
advantages and explaining why
(watermarked)
BROTHER JONATHAN
BOND
should be used in order to ensure the maximum
of stationery efficiency. If you are not taking
advantage of the presence o f BROTHER
JONATHAN BOND you are neglecting an
opportunity.
Let us send plain or demonstrative samples for
your critical inspection; then only can you decide
whether the adoption of this paper will be bene¬
ficial to you as it has proven to others.
DISTRIBUTERS OF “BUTLER BRANDS”
Standard Paper Co .
Interstate Paper Co . .
Southwestern Paper Co .
Southwestern Paper Co .
Pacific Coast Paper Co .
Sierra Paper Co .
Oakland Pap er Co .
Central Michigan Paper Co .
Mutual Paper Co .
American Type Founders Co .
American Type Founders Co .
National Paper & Type Co. (Export only)
National Paper & Type Co .
National Paper & Type Co.
National Paper & Type Co .
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Kansas City, Missouri
. Dallas, Texas
. . . . Houston, Texas
. San Francisco, California
. Los Angeles, California
. . . Oakland, California
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Seattle, Washington
. Spokane, Washington
Vancouver, British Columbia
. New Y ork City
. City of Mexico, Mexico
. City of Monterey, Mexico
. Havana, Cuba
Address Division I
J. W. BUTLER PAPER COMPANY
Established 1 844
Chicago
S07
THE HUBER-HODGMAN
PRINTING PRESS
THE HODGMAN
THE HODGMAN PRESS is a new principle in bed-driving mechanism, doing away
with the old cumbersome shoe and heavy rack-hanger. You must see this simple
mechanism before you can appreciate how durable and powerful the drive is. The
Hodgman is a well-built machine, and will really last a lifetime, for the wearing
parts of this bed-motion can be replaced new for a cost not to exceed $50. We do not
believe this motion would cost a dollar for repairs for many years. Enough printers
of an inquiring mind are examining this new design to keep our factory running twenty-
four hours a day. Scarcely a customer, seeing this press in operation, fails to place his
order with us. This press has five tracks. The cross-stay is solid — not cut away to make
passage for the rack-hanger to pass. The cylinder-lift is absolutely rigid — no elasticity
anywhere — and the speed is the capacity of the feeder. The bed is only 34 inches from
the floor. This is made possible by the elimination of the rack-hanger.
We ask you to see this press. After you have examined it we have no doubt about the
order, because we know your good judgment will concede these points : The greatest in
speed, the lightest in operation, the simplest in mechanism, the most rigid in construction,
the most up-to-date in conveniences. If these claims are proven we are entitled to the
order. See it and be convinced.
VAN ALLENS & BOUGHTON
17 to 23 Rose St. and 1 35 IV illiam St., New Y ork.
Factory —Taunton, Mass.
Agent, England, Western OFFICE, 343 S. Dearborn Street,
P. LAWRENCE PRINTING MACHINERY CO., Ltd. H. W. THORNTON, Manager ,
57 Shoe Lane, London, E. C. Telephone, Harrison 801. CHICAGO
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PRINTING INKS
CINCINNATI • NEW YORK * CHICAGO * ST. LOUIS
BUFFALO • PM I LADE LPHIA - MINNEAPOLIS
SAN FRANCy&CO TORONTO • HAVANA- CITY OF
MEXICO • efl^NQS AIRES • PAR lA * LONDON
Sheridan’s New Model
Automatic Clamp — Improved — Up to Date
Write for Particulars, Prices and Terms
T. W. & C. B. SHERIDAN CO.
Manufacturers of Paper Cutters, Book Trimmers, Die Presses, Embossers, Smashers,
Inkers, and a complete line of Printers’ and Bookbinders’ Machinery
NEW YORK ... 56 Duane Street
CHICAGO . . 17 So. Franklin Street
LONDON . . 65-69 Mount Pleasant
809
ATTENTION
is what you want as an advertiser
when your catalog or announce¬
ment reaches your customer.
Without attention your entire
investment in printing is lost.
You can now obtain Imported
Cover Papers in such attractive
colors and interesting textures
that they at once have the high¬
est ATTENTION value. The
use of these covers will add
greatly to the efficiency of your
advertising.
U rite for particulars
about Imported Covers and other
novelties in papers
O. M. STEINMAN, Importer
96 BEEKMAN STREET, NEW YORK
New Periodical Folder
Has a range of 8, 12, 16, 20, 24
and 28 pages. Pastes and trims 8,
12 and 16 pages. Pastes 8, 12, 16,
20, 24 and 28 pages.
MADE BY
Brown Folding Machine Co.
Erie, Pa.
Chicago New York City
345 Rand-McNally Building 38 Park Row
Atlanta, Ga.
J. H. Schroeter & Bro.
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THE HEAVIEST, SIMPLEST, MOST COMPACT AND HANDSOMEST TWO-REVOLUTION. COMPARE THIS ILLUSTRATION WITH THAT OF ANY OTHER
THE BABCOCK PRINTING PRESS MANUFACTURING CO., NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT
New York Office, 38 Park Row. J ohn Haddon & Co., Agents, London. Miller & Richard, Canadian Agents, Toronto, Ontario
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, WESTERN AGENTS, 168-172 W. MONROE ST., CHICAGO
Great Western Type Foundry, Kansas City, Missouri; Great Western Type Foundry, Omaha, Nebraska; Minnesota Type Foundry Co., St. Paul, Minnesota; St.
Louis Printers Supply Co., St. Louis, Missouri; Southern Printers Supply Co., Washington, District Columbia; The Barnhart Type Foundry Co., Dallas, Texas;
National Paper & Type Co. , City of Mexico, Vera Cruz, Monterrey, and Havana, Cuba. On the Pacific Coast — Pacific Printers Supply Company, Seattle, Wash.
The Babcock Optimus
The Babcock Optimus
In any pressroom where there is an Optimus among
a number of other two-revolutions it is the busiest. It
is given the heaviest forms, the closest register, and the
shortest time. Especially is it given the forms from
which the very long runs are wanted.
The truth of all this is open to any observation and
inquiry. Look it up. It will be found, too, that though
the Optimus is old the facts remain unchanged.
Why? Unequaled strength and rigidity, unequaled
precision in the action of a faultless driving motion.
The Optimus cylinder remains on the bearers what¬
ever the form. It does not go up when overlays go on.
Tissue shows big in bringing up a light spot. These are
proofs of helpful strength in perfect impression and fast
make-ready. There is another: the Optimus does not
gutter. Forms are saved to produce work of the high¬
est character in unusual amounts.
Before these familiar tests all others fall. They
show the Optimus without equal in the most vital quality
in a printing press. The best work from heavy forms
is impossible without this supreme strength. It quickens
and cheapens production. It is but one of the reasons
why the Optimus is busy while others stand idle. It is
clear to the practical mind that the very things that
make it best for hard and heavy work are those that fit
it most perfectly for the light and easy.
Where difficult work makes exceptional press qual¬
ities necessary; where faith in efficient printing machines
is at low ebb, we prefer to install our splendid press. It
has met easily every known printing condition, and pos¬
sesses a reserve of power for the unknown. For this
reason the buyer of today will not have an inefficient
machine on his hands next year or in ten years. No Op¬
timus has grown too old to compete with any other new.
The Babcock Optimus
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ESTABLISHED 1830
Paper Knives
are just enough better to warrant inquiry
if you do not already know about them.
“New Process” quality. New package.
“ COES ” warrant (that’s different) better service and
No Price Advance !
In other words, our customers get the benefit of all
improvements at no cost to them.
LORING COES & CO., Inc.
DEPARTMENT COES WRENCH CO.
WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.
New York Office — W. E. ROBBINS, 21 Murray Street
Phone, 6866 Barclay
COES RECORDS
First to use Micrometer in Knife work . 1890
First to absolutely refuse to join the Trust . . . 1893
First to use special steels for paper work . 1894
First to use a special package . . . 1901
First to print and sell by a “printed in figures" Price-list ..... 1904
First to make first-class Knives, any kind . . • 1830 to 1905
COES is Always Best!
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This pictures only one of the ninety sizes and styles of cutters that are made at Oswego as
a specialty. Each Oswego-made Cutter, from the little 16-inch Oswego Bench Cutter up to the
large 7-ton Brown & Carver Automatic Clamp Cutter, has at least three points of excellence on
Oswego Cutters only. Ask about the Vertical Stroke Attachments for cutting shapes.
It will give us pleasure to receive your request for our new book No. 8, containing valuable
suggestions derived from over a third of a century’s experience making cutting machines exclusively.
Won’t you give us that pleasure ?
OSWEGO MACHINE WORKS
NIEL GRAY, Jr., Proprietor
OSWEGO, N. Y.
CUTTING MACHINES EXCLUSIVELY
OSWEGO CUTTING MACHINES
THE BROWN & CARVER AUTO
TRIPLES PRODUCTION
And cuts work as accurately as the reliable BROWN & CARVER Hand Clamp
Cutter. It has the new double -shear motion
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The Universal Type-Making
Machine Company
owning the processes, patents and plants by and in which have been per¬
fected and manufactured the Nuernberger-Rettig Type-Maker, succeeds
the Universal Automatic Type-Casting Machine Company of Chicago.
The new organization includes men of national reputation and high
standing in printing and publishing, as well as the excellent business men
and acute inventors under whose handling the Nuernberger-Rettig Type-
Maker has been brought to notable perfection. The organization includes
WILLIAM B. HOWLAND, Publisher of The Outlook, New York
J. HORACE McFARLAND, Mount Pleasant Press, Harrisburg, Pa.
RAY NYE, Omaha Printing Company, Omaha, Nebraska
ARTHUR S. ALLEN, Philip Ruxton, Inc. (Printing Inks), New York
and others closely related to the printing industry.
The Nuernberger-Rettig Type- Maker is a simple, compact, and
wonderfully efficient machine, which enables the printer to produce
readily and cheaply perfect and completely finished type in any size
from five-point to forty-eight-point, and of any face within the range of
matrices provided. The type thus made is equal in every respect to the
best foundry product, for, owing to the peculiar construction of the
machine, the toughest and hardest type metal is rapidly cast into solid,
finished type, complete with “feet,” “nicks” and “pin-marks,” and re¬
quiring no hand labor whatever to inspect, dress or finish it.
There are now available matrices of exceptional wearing quality and accuracy for
making many of the desirable type faces in general use. To these the new organization,
through greatly extended facilities for producing additional faces, under conditions of
selection and scrutiny which will assure the printer of a new and important resource,
adds extensively.
The Nuernberger-Rettig Type-Maker is not designed to supplant
but to supplement in complete efficiency existing composing machines,
as well as to give type-making facilities to those printers not now in
possession of these larger and more expensive outfits. It affords to
master printers generally an admirable means for quickly and cheaply
producing unlimited quantities of type faces that may be required, of
such perfection and durability as to greatly extend availability for
long runs on presses without electrotyping.
With the Nuernberger-Rettig Type-Maker and a complete equipment of molds, and in
connection with the growing and convenient Matrix Libraries, the printer may extend
his typographic operations independent of foundry relations or prices.
As the Universal Type-Making Machine Company is operated by master printers from
the standpoint of the printer rather than that of the machinist, the conditions provided,
in respect especially to favorable consideration of new type designs proposed or desired,
are both unique and advantageous.
Inquiries as to the scope and details of the Universal Type-Maker
will be promptly responded to on addressing
Universal Type -Making Machine Co.
200- 202 Crescent Street 321-323 North Sheldon Street
HARRISBURG, PA. CHICAGO, ILL.
Set in Series 219.
We have just issued a Booklet containing letters which prove that this is true
C. B. Cottrell & Sons Co.
Keystone Type Foundry
MANUFACTURERS
GENERAL SELLING AGENTS
Works: 25 Madison Sq. North, New York
Philadelphia New York Chicago
Westerly, R. I. 279 Dearborn Street, Chicago
Detroit Atlanta San Francisco
Use a Post Card
When You
Wish to
Send Your
Order for a
Single
Revolution
ottrell
PARAGON
Single Revolution Press
with rack, cam and
table distribution
YOU CAN do this with the
same degree of confidence as
you would if ordering a C.&
P. Gordon — because they both rep¬
resent the very highest standard of
quality and enjoy the same prefer¬
ence in their respective fields. The
Single Revolution Cottrell contains
the greatest value obtainable
and therefore gives the best
service for the longest peri¬
od of time at the smallest
outlay for up -keep and re¬
pairs. This press is easily
understood and operated —
a recognized leader in its
field. Price always the same
Set in Keystone's Powell Italic. Printed on a No. 5 Cottrell. WATCH THESE INSERTS FOR EXAMPLES OF GOOD TYPOGRAPHY
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POWELL ITALIC SERIES
Patented
A Beautiful Non-Kerning Italic Letter made on Universal Line of Nickel Alloy Metal
6 Point Font S2 00
24 A SI 00 48 a $1 00
SLANTING LETTERS THAT DO NOT HANG OVER
The Keystone Type Foundry was the First to cast Italic Type
on normal bodies and sets, with no kerned characters. You
will doubtless admire this new series. It is not only a worthy
companion to the vertical face, but has the great advantage of
being Non-Kerning. By Non-Kerning we mean that the let¬
ters or characters do not slant beyond the width of the body
8 Point Font $2 25 22 A SI 15 44 a SI 10
POINTS OF EXCELLENCE IN OUR TYPE
One of the most important things to consider in
purchasing new type faces is the strength and dur¬
ability of the metal. Ordinary type shows the wear
much sooner than Keystone Nickel - Alloy Type
10 Point Font S2 50
16 A Si 25 32 a SI 2:
UNUSED TYPE IS IDLE MONEY
It is a wise plan to discard the old and
worn-out type in your office, and re¬
place it with up-to-date faces. Type
that is never in use brings no return
12 Point Font S2 75
15 A SI 35 31 a Si 40
JOB WORK OF ALL KINDS
Some idea of the beauty and utility
of Powell Italic can be obtained
from the “ ad ” on preceding page
14 Point Font S3 00
12 A SI 50 24 a SI 50
FINE LEGIBLE SERIES
Powell Italic has many good
features which are seen at a
glance hy “ ad ” compositors
18 Point Font S3 25
A Si 65 17 a SI 60
MODERN DEVICE
Bad features of Italic
type are now obviated
24 Point Font S3 50
A SI 75 10 a SI 75
A GOOD IDEA
Making an Italic
without Kerning
30 Point Font S4 25
5 A S2 40 8 a Si 85
PLENTY GRAIN
Reports from Farm
36 Point Font S5 00
4 A S2 85 6 a S2 15
FINE CLOTH
Specified Prices
42 Point Font S6 25
3 A S3 45 6 a $2 80
CHILDREN
Parlor Sports
48 Point Font S7 85
3 A S4 25 6 a S3 60
SPOILING
Grand Rugs
60 Point Font Sll 35
3 A S7 20 4 a S4 15
FINES T
72 Point Font S13 65
3 A $8 70 4 a S4 95
Masked
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
KEYSTONE TYPE FOUNDRY
Detroit
Atlanta
San Francisco
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The Seybold Die Press
A simple , compact , substantial and easy operating
machine, capable of immense production.
The platen is brought down synchronously at all
four corners, obviating wear and kip in the bearings,
insuring uniform pressure throughout, and con¬
sequently producing accurate work.
LET US SEND FULL PARTICULARS
THE SEYBOLD MACHINE COMPANY
Makers of Highest Grade Machinery for Bookbinders , Printers , Lithographers , Paper Mills ,
Paper Houses , Paper-Box Makers , etc.
Embracing — Cutting Machines, in a great variety of styles and sizes, Book Trimmers, Die-Cutting Presses, Rotary
Board Cutters, Table Shears, Corner Cutters, Knife Grinders, Book Compressors, Book Smashers,
Standing Presses, Backing Machines, Bench Stampers; a complete line of Embossing
Machines equipped with and without mechanical Inking and Feeding devices.
Home Office and Factory, DAYTON, OHIO, U. S. A.
BRANCHES: New York, 70 Duane Street; Chicago, 426 South Dearborn Street.
AGENCIES : J. H. Schroeter & Bro., Atlanta, Ga.; J. L. Morrison Co., Toronto, Ont.; Toronto Type Foundry Co., Ltd., Winnipeg, Man.;
Keystone Type Foundry of California, 638 Mission St., San Francisco, Cal.
The Barnhart Type Foundry' Co., 1102 Commerce St., Dallas, Tex.
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HICKOK
Paper- Ruling Machines
*»> Ruling Pens
'Bookbinders ’ Machinery
The W. O. HICKOK MFC. CO.
HARRISBURG, PA., U. S. A.
Established 1844 Incorporated 1SS6
MILLER & RICHARD, Sole Canadian Agents, Winnipeg and Toronto
JAMES WHITE PAPER CO.
Trade-mark
Registered U. S. Patent Office.
BOOK AND COVER PAPERS
219 W. MONROE STREET CHICAGO
Mashek Manufacturing Co. (Notinc.)
1616 West Lake St., Chicago
S. Kochanski, Berlin, Germany
Printers’ Patent Form Truck
Time and Labor Saver. Not a Luxury, Nor Expensive
ICTURES have always been the only language that persons
of all nations and all ages could understand. A picture with a
brief description is a better presentation of any article than
pages of eloquence in type.
Every circular or catalog is intended to be a silent sales¬
man. Like the man, it may be genteel and high grade— a
read selling force, or by its inferiority, misrepresent the
superior article it advertises.
Making pictures — CUTS — for all illustrating and advertising
purposes — is our business.
Without enumerating the different kinds and grades of engravings,
the point we wish to emphasize is, that we have unexcelled facilities and
capacity for executing large or small orders for any style of cuts or plates
for use on the printing press.
701-721 South Dearborn Street,
CHICAGO
Our scale of prices is the most complete, comprehensive and consistent ever issued.
your desk the necessity for correspondence is practically eliminated.
This advertisement is printed from a nickelsteel “ GLOBETYPE
With it on
Fill Your Store Room
Up to the Ceiling
Save the 25 per cent Usually Wasted
A Revolvator
enables two men to
stack rolls or reams
of paper, etc.,
weighing 1500 lbs.,
in less time than
five men stacking
by hand. They
can work in narroiu
aisles, or can stack
the warehouse en¬
tirely solid, filling
up the space near
the ceiling which is
usually wasted.
The Revolving
Base is the essential
feature, as the plat¬
form can be loaded
and swung in any
direction for un¬
loading.
Tell us the height
of your ceiling and
size of bales or
boxes and we will
quote prices or send
you a Revolvator for free trial. Write for our booklet,
“ Hovo a Revolvator Saves Time, Money and Space."
N. Y. Revolving Portable Elevator Co.
351 Garfield Avenue Jersey City, N. J.
No. 6
A Universal Testimonial:
‘‘We will say that your
“ Reliance” Photo-En¬
gravers’ Proof Presses
are thoroughly well
known
throughout
the trade as
being the BEST of
their kind. ”
The above expresses prac¬
tically every photo¬
engraver's thought
the world around.
They ALL KNOW
it is THE BEST,
because they are ob¬
taining proofs of
half - tones which
fulfill their every
requirement.
MANUFACTURED AND
SOLD BY
Paul Shniedewend & Co .
627 W . Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, U. S. A.
also sold by Williams - Lloyd Machinery Co ., 63S Federal St , Chicago ;
Geo. Russell Reed Co,, San Francisco and Seattle; New York Machinery Co
101 Beekman St ., New York City; Toronto Type Foundry Co., Toronto, Montreal
and Winnipeg ; Klimsch Of Co , Frankfurt am M ., Germany ;
A. IV . Penrose Of Co., London , E. C. England.
We Also
Manufacture
SHNIEDEWEND PRINTERS’ PROOF PRESSES
RELIANCE LEVER PAPER CUTTERS
RELIANCE JOB GALLEY ROLLER PROOF PRESSES
IV rite for Prices and Circulars
®ljalmann printing Jnk (Cn.
MANUFACTURERS OF
LITHOGRAPH and LETTERPRESS
INKS
PROCESS INKS Gf INKS FOR OFFSET PRESSES
BEST GRADES IN ALL SHADES OF COLORS
STEEL AND COPPER PLATE INKS
Our Electric Annihilator a Benefactor for Pressmen
HOME OFFICE
212 Olive Street, ST. LOUIS, MO.
DEPOTS
Chicago, Ill., 711 S. Dearborn St. Nashville, Tenn., 222 N. Second St.
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New Orleans, La., 535 Magazine St.
The Green Data Book
A compilation of facts and figures culled
from many of the largest printing
plants in the country. A clear, concise
statement of a printer’s wants in con¬
nection with his motor equipment.
Contains information of great value to
printers, and shows how to reduce
operating expenses.
WRITE FOR A CORY
The Triumph Electric Co.
Cincinnati, Ohio
819
JAENECKE’S
FAMOUS
INKS
Comprise an ink for every purpose, and for
every character of printing. Known the world
over for their excellence and unvarying quality.
LOOK FOR THE ANCHOR TRADE-MARK
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CHICAGO OFFICE: New Number, 531 S. Dearborn Street
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NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA ST. LOUIS DETROIT
PITTSBURG BALTIMORE
820
magazine
SECTION.
THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS
THIRD
SECTION
ALBANY, N. Y., SUNDAY, APRIL 1911.
The Knickerbocker Press Installs Most Perfect Printing Press That Invention Has Produced.
Sixty-Eight Years
In Chrrk
Saving of
power, paper and
time, safety of pressmen
and press, cleanliness and
increased production follow the
adoption of General Electric
printing-press drives
Since Its Founding It
bocfyer Press Has J
Press” and the I
--How Co/onrl
Rivals on Pi
CHRONOLOGY OF THE KNICK'|
BOCKER PRESS.
September 3, 1843 — Colonel •
Hastings founds and first
The Knickerbocker.
Auftust 11. 1C'7 — John H. Farrell b 1
The Knickerbocker and consolidaj
: it with the Daily Press.
Augjtt 15, ’7 — The Press compa*|
.-bforb* •Knickerbocker
Daily F-
January -John A. McCarthy
buys the Albany Morning Expr
from the Journal 'company and e
tolidatcs it with The Press-Knieker-J
Way 20. 1910— The Press^Knicki
toocker-Express is purchased by t
present management and becomes |'
Th* Knickerbocker Press.
Indelibly stamped upon the Oihoni
clea of Albany— the warp and woof of |
Its growth, prosperity and progress in
terwpven with the closest associations
of the Capital City— Tiie Knicker^
t>ocker Press emerging through many > tbirty-
ebaoges of its career of nearly sixty- 1 Press.
*lght years, to-day opens a new epoch. |n' .
•Quipped for every necessity for the I Knickert'
production of one of he most pro¬
gressive newspapers in the country. 1 Note!
To read The Knickerbocker Press | Tbou-h it5
An X pattern quadruple high-speed
Hoe press is driven by the new
General Electric Company alternat¬
ing current control system. This drive
is equally as efficient as the well known
direct current systems of the same com¬
pany, and gives a perfectly smooth ac¬
celeration at all speeds.
There are eight push button control
stations located about press, each of
which have four buttons marked “fast,”
slow,” “safe-stop” and “run,” each
station giving operator full control of
press. Depressing “fast” button and
releasing it starts press and runs it at
threading-in speed. Continued press¬
ing of fast button speeds up press to
full speed. Pressing “slow” button
reduces the speed to prevent break¬
ing paper web as the rolls decrease
in diameter.
“Safe-stop” button, when pressed,
stops the press quickly — a solenoid
brake being used for the purpose — -
and makes it impossible to start same
until “run” button at that station is
depressed. A movement of Y& inch
of printing cyclinder is possible when
threading-in.
Two motors are controlled by these
panels— a small constant speed motor
for threading and plating, which is
geared to main driving shaft of press
through a worm and spur gear re¬
duction, and a large variable speed
motor, which is geared direct.
e Press
, els All In City
Our expert engineers have the largest variety of
printing-press drives in the world to select just the
one best suited to your conditions. Write for literature
3 arts That Is Driven
2,000 Papers
\4— Splendid
Thai Aids
I /or£.
,B«nt here by the Hoe company.'
« Are Nearly Human.
Has A. Edison has said that tb®-
« press was one of the mo9t*
ful of modem inventions. -
'7 the printing press of 1911 and-
otype are two pieces of ma-
Uiai as nearly approach being
as inelal mechanism can. In-
he pressman will tell you that
Iming press has a 6oul, Just
locomotive engineer will tell:
•t his locomotive possesses th®
-.o reason.
<f the greatest advantages th®
ess will give is the drees" of
• nkkorbocker Press. "Dress'*
printer s term for a clean, neat
jmformly printed page. evqyy
• visible and the ink equally di*.
tod Aged eyes should have no
ulty In reading the clear printing
the taste of the pages will b®
.-ally enhanced by this notable
.ctor in an up-to-dme. live-to-the'
linute newspaper. 6uch as Th®
Knickerbocker Press is recognized t*
-e throughout New York state
Buitt for This Newspaper,
i The new press Is au example of th®
I latest, most modern and Improved
'ype cf priming machine. It was
General Electric Company
Largest Electrical Manufacturer in the World
Principal Office : Schenectady, N. Y.
Sales Offices In All Large Cities
821
$30
Chicago to Colorado
and Return
Colorado is just the place to spend your vacation. It has numberless resorts and offers
boundless opportunities for outings among beautiful mountains or beside rushing trout streams.
Three fast electric-lighted trains to Denver daily via
Union Pacific
Standard Road of the West
Protected by electric block signals — Excellent dining cars on all trains.
New and direct route to Yellowstone National Park.
For Colorado literature , call on or address
W. G. NEIMYER, Gen. Agent, 73 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago, III.
LIST OF AGENTS
!ant0l|
WRITES WELL
RULES WELL
ERASES WELL
To those who desire a high-grade ledger at
a moderate price, we recommend DANISH
LEDGER. Send for new sample-book.
Miller & Wright Paper Co., New York city
Hudson Valley Paper Co., Albany, N. Y.
Wilkinson Bros. & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
B. F. Bond Paper Co., Baltimore, Md., and
Washington, D. C.
Tileston & Livermore Co., Boston, Mass.
R. H. Thompson Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Donaldson Paper Co., Harrisburg, Pa.
Chope Stevens Paper Co., Detroit, Mich.
Crescent Paper Co., Indianapolis, Ind.
O. W. Bradley Paper Co., St. Louis, Mo.
MANUFACTURED BY
B. D. RISING PAPER CO.
HOUSATONIC, BERKSHIRE COUNTY,
MASSACHUSETTS.
822
You Are Going
to the Meeting
of the
United Typothetae
and Cost Congress
Denver, Colorado,
September 4 to 9, 1911
Of course !
Can’t afford to stay away.
This meeting means profit to every
employing printer, and the cream of
the trade will be present.
How to Go
Take the Colorado Flyer, leaving
Chicago at 9 : 30 a. m., or the Colorado
Express, leaving Chicago at 6:00 p.m.
You will have the best of every¬
thing.
New cars, fast time over the hnest
roadbed in the West; Harvey meals.
You will pass through the heart
of Kansas. Up the Arkansas Valley of
Kansas and Colorado to Pueblo ; and
from there to Denver, you will pass
along the front range of the Rockies,
a panorama of mountain scenery un¬
surpassed in America.
There will be- a big crowd.
You will have congenial company.
W rite me to-day and 1 will reserve Pullman
accommodations for you. That insures choice
Space. Also I will mail to you a copy of our art
book , “ A Colorado Summer." It tells what to
see and how to see it.
G. T. Gunnip, Gen’l Agt.»
64 West Adams St.
Chicago
ALL THE WAY
“Does It Pay
to Read Ads?
Well, Yes!”
says Mr. H. P. Hamaker, proprietor of
the Utopian Printery, Prosser, Wash.,
and he continues :
“ I sa-Tv your first ad. in the
Inland Printer, and the second
one landed tne. I have a
' H. P. friction drive Kimble
printing press motor for 10x15
C. & P. Gordon, on a concrete
floor, and it surprises all vcho
see it. I also shovu them the
money I have saved in having
no belting, shafting, pulleys,
steam fixtures on press, and the
usual cost of installing same.
Also, the improved appearance
of the office. Each povuer ma¬
chine I add in the future voill
have its individual Kimble
motor.
“ I avant to thank you, and
praise your motor, and help you
sell more motors like the one
you sold me."
In other words, Mr. Hamaker has
taken our advice, which is to
“Kimble-ize Your Shop, and
Paralyze Your Power Bill”
Kimble Printing Press Motors are for
alternating current only. One foot lever
starts, stops, reverses, or regulates speed
from 300 to 2600 revolutions per minute.
Cut the speed in two and you cut the
cost in two, as cost is exactly proportion¬
ate to speed, and none of the current is
wasted in resistance coils or other waste¬
ful controlling devices.
Kimble Motors are as nearly fool¬
proof as any piece of machinery can be
that has more than two pieces to it.
Vi h.-p. to Vz h.-p. — friction drive for job
presses
% h.-p. to 1V2 h.-p. — belt drive for ponies
and large jobbers
Vi h.-p up to yVz h.-p. — polyphase ( non -
reversible) for cylinders, cutters, folders,
linotypes, etc.
Send for information and prices
Kimble Electric Company
1125 Washington Boulevard Chicago
823
THE COST and PROFIT QUESTION
To know your costs is the stepping-stone to the reduction
of your losses.
The right price for your product is important.
The question of investment is very important.
Especially important is tlie point to place your plant in a
position to meet the competition of the immediate future — to
get the greatest returns in the shortest possible space of time.
To do this your platen presses should possess a combination
of labor-saving features such as found only in the Golding Jobber.
The results which the Golding Jobber can show prove con¬
clusively that contemporary machines are losing propositions.
Printer users of the Golding Jobber who know their costs
tell us this is so.
If we can prove to you that the Golding Jobber will save
you money in the various certain ways, you will be interested.
We don’t mind if you are skeptical.
SEND FOR OUR BOOKLET “FOR THE MAN WHO PAYS ”
GOLDING MFG. COMPANY, Franklin, Mass.
GOLDING JOBBER, PEARL PRESS, OFFICIAL PRESS, GOLDING & PEARL PAPER CUTTERS, CARD CUTTERS, TOOLS, etc.
Manufactured in the following sizes:
Size, 4>£ X 9 inches. 4% x 9, 3% x 8, 2% X 8, 2^2x4 inches,
C. R. Carver Company PHILADELPHIA, PA.
'Canadian Agents : Export Agent, except Canada:
MILLER & RICHARD, Toronto and Winnipeg. PARSONS TRADING CO., Sydney, Mexico City and New York.
Because it is the most efficient for the greatest variety
of work.
Because it is the most economical to operate.
Because of its simplicity and durability of construction
and small cost for repairs.
Because it has the best record where operated with
presses of other makes.
Because it will stand investigation wherever used.
Because it is approved by all users and preferred.
Because it is unquestionably the best and cheapest in'
the end.
Because it is built on merit, sold on merit and bought
for its merit.
Carver Automatic Die Press
You Will Not Regret It
If You Buy a
824
MEISEL
Press and Mfg. Company
940-950 Dorchester Ave., BOSTON, MASS.
PRINTING PRESSES
printing from roll paper, one or more colors, on one
or both sides of the web, for roll or sheet products,
flat or folded.
Automatic Attachments
Designed for Producing Finished Products
in One Operation
Correspondence solicited. — Advise us as to your re¬
quirements and we will submit descriptive data and
quote prices on suitable size and style of Automatic
Presses.
HOOLE MACHINE &
ENGRAVING WORKS
29-33 Prospect Street 111 Washington Street
— ■ — ^ = BROOKLYN, N. Y. =
“Hoole”
Hand Pallet
Machine
■ - ■ Manufacturers of -
End Name, Numbering, Paging and
Bookbinders' Machinery and Finishing
Tools of all kinds.
Inks that are used in every country where
printing is done.
Kast $c fclmuicr
(Bcruuunj
j Manufacturing Agents for the United States,
Canada, Cuba, Mexico
Charles Hellmuth
Printing
and Lithographic
The World’s
INKS
Originators
Standard
Three and
DRY COLORS. VARNISHES
of Solvine
Four Color
SPECIAL
Process Inks
OFF-SET INKS
New York
Bi-Tones
Gold Ink
154-6-8 W. 18th Street
that work
worthy of
Hellmuth Building
clean to the
the name
Chicago
nT 605-7-9 S. Clark St.
Poole Bros. Building
last sheet
ONCE WOOD
G. Baling Presses for waste paper were formerly made of wood. To satisfactorily
compress paper, enormous pressure is required, so that the life of the frail wood
constructed machine is very short. To-day every progressive printer seeks per¬
manency when installing equipment, realizing that the best is always the cheapest
in the end. To give service for a lifetime our Balers are
NOW STEEL
WE BUILD THE LARGEST LINE SEND FOR CATALOGUE
LOGEMANN BROTHERS CO.,
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
Westinghouse Motor Driving 2-color Miehle Press
Get rid of your shafting and
belts by using
Westinghouse Motors
direct connected to your presses and
other printing machines. The ap¬
plication of electric motors direct to
machines puts an end to all trans¬
mission troubles and losses, and does
away with all the dirt and grease
attending mechanical drive.
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
East Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Hand Cut Overlays
and all previous mechanical
overlays are superseded by
the
Mechanical Chalk Relief
Overlay
owing to the rapidity with
which the overlay can be
produced, the low cost
thereof, and the greater
amount of re lief that it
contains.
FOR SAMPLES OF THE OVERLAY,
LITERATURE PERTAINING THERETO,
ETC., ADDRESS
WATZELHAN SPEYER
183 William Street, New York
Patented in
United States
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Before You
BuyAnother —
Suppose you investi¬
gate the many nevo
and valuable im¬
provements found in
The
Acme
Binder
No. 6
You want a Stapler
that is accurate and
dependable at the
right price. The
“Acme” keeps
down your cost of
production. It is
equipped with all the
up- to- the - minute
advantages. For sale
by printers’ supply
houses throughout
the United States.
Send for full par¬
ticulars. Write
The Acme
Staple Machine
Co., Ltd.,
112 North Ninth St.,
Camden, N. J.
* Dr. Albert’s
Patented Lead Moulding
Process
is the one perfect and
satisfactory method of
ELECTROTYPING
especially adapted to half-tone and high-grade color-
work, and can be safely relied upon to reproduce the
original without loss in sharpness and detail.
We call for your work and execute it with the greatest
care, and deliveries are made promptly.
Telephone Harrison 765, or call and
examine specimens of our work.
NATIONAL ELECTROTYPE COMP’Y
626 Federal Street CHICAGO. ILLINOIS
826
CtoWIMtZ
Endorsement of Users
A^Curo - Revolution
PROBABLY no two-revolution cylinder press was ever accorded such prompt and unqualified endorse¬
ment by owners and pressmen as the ST ONEME I Z I WO-REVOLUT ION. 1 hese endorsements
do not come from any one State or Territory,
but from North, South, East and West — reports
telling of the splendid efficiency of the press and of
its record-breaking productiveness day after day,
week after week, month after month.
These results could not be secured with such
persistent regularity if the STONEMETZ did not
possess the impressional strength, perfect register,
splendid distribution and speed — qualities absolutely
necessary in the successful production of fine half¬
tone and color work.
Its simplicity and ease of operation are features which appeal
to every pressman. Its reasonable first cost, low cost of mainte¬
nance and large output are features which appeal to every owner.
Surely you can not afford to pass the Stonemetz by without
investigating our claims. Write to-day for illustrated descriptive
matter, samples of work, etc., sent free to any address.
A Stonemetz No-xv on Exhibition at Our Chicago Salesroom
The Challenge Machinery Company
Salesroom and Warehouse ^ i TT TV/f* f
124 So. Fifth Ave., Chicago Urranu riuvcn, Mich
Write and state your requirements
Blomfeldt & Rapp Company
108 N. Jefferson Street Chicago, Ill.
Get More Money for
Your Waste Paper
This Paper-Macerating Machine
will properly prepare your waste
paper and you get a better price.
It is simple in operation and the
price is reasonable.
It is a reliable machine for de¬
stroying railroad and other tickets,
manuscripts, waste paper, etc.
It saves the paper stock.
Made in four sizes to meet
all requirements, and have
recently added several improve¬
ments for the protection of
knives, gears, etc.
This destroyer is now a rec¬
ognized necessity and should
be in every auditor’s office.
Send for descriptive
circular.
Our other specialties
are
Card Local Ticket Presses.
Card-Cutting Machines, both
hand-fed and automatic.
Ticket-Counting Machines
and Ticket -Tying
Machines.
WE MAKE NUMBERING WHEELS RUNNING BACKWARDS
STEEL PLATE TRANSFER PRESS
For Transferring Impressions from Hardened Steel Plates or Rolls
USED BY THE FOLLOWING CONCERNS
Bureau of Engraving & Printing, Washington - 20 Machines
American Bank Note Co., New York 12
John A. Lowell Bank Note Co., Boston - 1
Western Bank Note Co., Chicago .... 2
Thos. MacDonald, Genoa . 2“
E. A. Wright Bank Note Co., Philadelphia 1
Richter & Co., Naples . 1 *'
ji m 'i
mmimne caut Mg. cictno Mggtiwmv
UTABUOHXO III!
NEWARK. MA U.
827
A Nearly New Dexter
Folder at a Sacrifice
Will Be Sold at a Low Price to Clear
A No. 1 01 Dexter Double Sixteen Rapid Drop Roll Folding
Machine (Serial No. 4409). In use only 8 weeks. Size of sheet,
16x26 to 32x44; 3 folds; shipping weight, 4,900 lbs.; floor space,
8 ft. x 12 ft. ; 2 horse-power. The Dexter Double Sixteen Folders are
designed for doing bookwork from a full sheet made up of two 16s, to
be delivered separately, or one 1 6 inserted into the other, making a single
section of 32 pages.
EXTRA ATTACHMENTS WITH ABOVE MACHINE
Mechanical Automatic Points , used on sheets that for any reason
may not have uniform margin by which to fold. The sheets are accu¬
rately registered to slits made in printing. The Automatic Pointing
Attachments are fully covered by patents and are not supplied with any
other make of folder. Perforators for Double 16s; these are used for
the better quality of work, especially where heavy sheets are folded.
This machine will be placed, boxed, F. O. B. Buffalo.
Read the following letter:
Toronto, July 12, 1911.
The Toronto Type Foundry Company,
70 York Street, Toronto.
Gentlemen, — The folder that you took in exchange for your
automatic feeding machine is designated as Dexter’s No. 101
Double Sixteen Folding Machine, and one of their latest makes.
It takes a sheet 32x44 and delivers sheets folded in 32s or two
1 6s in separate pockets. The machine has been in use only
about eight weeks, it being installed to help us out on a rush order;
the invoice price of the machine being $1,750.00, exclusive
of duty.
It is a first-class machine in every respect and hope you will
be able to dispose of it to your advantage.
Yours truly,
THE T. EATON COMPANY, LIMITED
(SGD) W. G. Dean, Director
Toronto Type Foundry Co., Ltd.
70 York Street, Toronto, Canada
WORONOCO BOND
WORONOCO DAMASK
WORONOCO COVER
WORONOCO BRISTOLS
WORONOCO LEDGER
FAIRFIELD PARCHMENT
FAIRFIELD COVER
FAIRFIELD BRISTOLS
FAIRFIELD DECKLE EDGE
FAIRFIELD JAPAN
The outside world judges us all a
good deal by what it sees of us in
the mail.
The papers listed above starts the
thoughts going right.
Refer to the set of the WORONOCO BOOKS
and they will show you why. If you haven’t the
books, it isn’t because we don’t want you to have
them. Write us about it.
STRATHMORE PAPER COMPANY
SUCCESSORS TO
WORONOCO PAPER COMPANY
WORONOCO, MASS., U. S. A.
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THE CHAMBERS
Paper Folding Machines
CHAMBERS BROTHERS CO.
Fifty-second and Media Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
Chicago Office 524 West Jackson Boulevard
Close Figuring Lands the Job!
Quick handling at the total elimination of power waste makes
it profitable ! You get every ounce of power you pay for, when !
and where you want it, if the motors that run your presses are
RICHMOND PHASE MOTORS ||
- — - - — — Vz to 100 H. P. - - - - -
Send to nearest branch for catalog, bulletin or other information and learn
how we can cut down your operating expenses!
145 Chambers Street ... New York City
176 Federal Street .... Boston, Mass.
322 Monadnock Block, - - Chicago, Ill.
1011 Chestnut Street, Room 626, Philadelphia, Pa.
1120 Pine Street, ... St. Louis, Mo.
148 McGill Street ... Montreal, Canada |
HUrfpnanfr lElertrtr (Co.
RICHMOND, VA.
Eagle Printing Ink Co.
24 Cliff Street :: New "York
«L Manufacturers of the Eagle
Brand Two-Color, Three-
ColorandQuad Inks for Wet
Printing. Inks that retain
their Full Color Valuewh en
printed on Multicolor presses.
Western Branch :
705 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago.
Factory :
Jersey City,N. J.
S30
Latest
Balance Feature
Platen Dwell
Clutch Drive
Motor Attachment
(Unexcelled)
«
Prouty
Obtainable through any Reliable Dealer.
--- MANUFACTURED ONLY BY :
Boston Printing Press
& Machinery Co.
Office and Factory
EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASS.
IF YOU HAVE NEVER USED A
Peerless Motor
it will be worth your time
to investigate, before you
buy.
The Peerless Motor sup¬
plies all the good
features that can
be desired.
File exacting
service required of
a Motor by the
printers, calls for
the PEERLESS.
It is built for
full-day, Every¬
day Service and
gives it.
Motors made for all Printing Machinery.
On ANY POWER PROBLEM write :
The Peerless Electric Co.
Factory and General Office: IVarren , Ohio
Sales Agencies:
CHICAGO, 528 McCormick Bldg. NEW YORK, 43 West 27th Street
And All Principal Cities
Run Advertisements
That Stand Out
These are the advertisements that grip the reader’s
attention — that more than return to you the few
extra cents invested in the best printing plates.
For you can’t make good impressions by running
the cheaper grades of plates — they either print up
gray or are blurry and hard to read.
‘print up*
Ask any
advertiser
We absolutely guarantee that every one of our Kiln-Dried
Cherry Base and Interchangeable TopTI 1 ^
will print clear and sharp in any magazine/\CW£r,tlip£&
or newspaper. Let us tell you about our ““
advertising plate service — how we can handle 60,000 column
inches of plate matter daily.
Advertisers’ Electrotyping Co.
501 to 509 Plymouth Place Chicago, Ill.
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The 28x42 Two-Color Harris
Mr. Printer!
Why do you buy a large single-color 1,500 per hour flat-bed printing-
press on which you will print 80% of your work in sheets smaller
than the maximum capacity of the machine? This means you are
printing 80% of your work at a disadvantage for the sake of printing
20% of it at an advantage. Cost systems will not help this trouble.
Harris Automatic printing-presses will. The above cut represents a
two-color Harris Automatic printing-press in 28x42 size. It will
print 80% of your work at an advantage in either one or two colors
at one automatic feeding of the stock. At the same time with its
magnificent distribution and rigid impression it will produce for you
a piece of printing equal to that which can be produced on any flat¬
bed press and better than some. With its art delivery it piles these
sheets on top of each other at the rate of 2,000 per hour, although
the press will run to accurate register at 4,000 per hour. The reason
for this is the double delivery feature which keeps four sheets of paper
exposed to the air at all times, delivering the stock in two piles. Get
busy with your stenographer and ask for further information. It will
be cheerfully given without cost to you and may help your cost system.
The Harris Automatic Press Go.
CHICAGO OFFICE FACTORY
Manhattan Building NILES, OHIO
NEW YORK OFFICE
1579 Fulton
Hudson Terminal Building
6-3
833
R-PRJNTER-
You Must Believe the Truth
The National Gash Register Company, of Dayton, Ohio, ordered an Auto¬
press. Two weeks after its installation they wired an order for a second Autopress,
asking immediate delivery.
The Facsimile Printing Company, of London, England, purchased an Auto¬
press, and immediately after its installation we received orders from Blades, East
& Blades, and also from Henry Blacklock, Ltd., two of the largest printing plants
in England. Following those installations we shipped an Autopress to the Cape
Times, Ltd., of Cape Colony, South Africa.
What the Autopress is doing for C. S. Edman, of Pittsburgh, Pa., who bought
it two years ago; for Charles S. Beelman, the Autopress printer, of Fremont, Ohio;
for the Citizen Printing Company, of South Omaha, Nebraska; for the D’Ardell
Printing & Lithographing Company, of Memphis, Tennessee; for Hugo Jansen, of
90 Eighth Avenue, New York City; for J. W. Shumate, of Lebanon, Indiana; for
Hennegan & Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and for hundreds of other Autopress
users, can be best told by them if you will but write them, or, better still, see them
in person.
To tell you that big concerns, such as
THE AUTOPRESS
5,000
IMPRESSIONS
PER HOUR
FROM
TYPE OR FLAT
PLATES
John A. Roebling’s Sons Co., of Trenton, N. J.,
The Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co., of Baltimore, Md.,
The Easton Sunday Call, of Easton, Pa.,
The American Press Association, of New York,
The Troy Times, of Troy, New York,
The Schwabacher-Frey Stationery Co., of San Francisco,
The David C. Cook Publishing Co., of Elgin, Ill.,
The Federal Printing Co., of New York City,
are using one or more Autopresses is giving you merely a
small percentage of the hundreds of other large printers
in the United States and elsewhere who are operating Auto-
presses.
Were it possible for us to give you here the individual
name of every printer that is making money with the Auto-
press and to set forth the profitable experience that each printer
reports to us in the use of the Autopress, you wouldn’t hesitate
one moment in installing one.
Who knows but what your leading competitor has already
got an Autopress and is making money with it while you are
still deliberating ?
299 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
Western Sales Office:
Dearborn St., CHICAGO, ILL.
Southern Sales Office :
414 Rhodes Bldg., ATLANTA, GA.
Pacific Coast Sales Office :
Phelan Bldg., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
New England Sales Office :
176 Federal St., BOSTON, MASS.
In our last announcement we gave you a list of over one hundred Autopress
users to write to. We give you as many more on this sheet as space will permit
us to print.
Find a Dissatisfied Autopress User!
Can Every Printing Press Builder Say as Much?
The Bankers' Publishing Company,
Toledo, Ohio.
John A. Roebling’s Sons Co.,
Trenton, N. J.
Bernheim Distilling Co.,
Louisville, Ky.
L. X. Star Publishing Co.,
Long Island City, N. Y.
C. S. Edman,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Democrat Printing Co.,
Madison, Wis.
Germantown Independent Gazette,
Germantown, Pa.
Fidlar & Chambers,
Davenport. Iowa.
L. Breithaupt Printing Co.,
487 Broadway, Milwaukee, Wis.
Searcy & Pfaff, Ltd.,
New Orleans, La.
Hugh Stephens Printing Co.,
Jefferson City, Mo.
Virginia Ptg. & Mfg. Co.,
Petersburg, Va.
Latimer Press,
12 Cliff Street, New York City.
The Citizen Printing Co.,
South Omaha, Neb.
Tolman Print,
71 Centre St., Brockton, Mass.
Chas. E. Fitchett,
57 Warren Street, New York City.
Louis Nurkin,
52 Broome St., Newark, N. J.
Guide Ptg. & Publishing Co.,
353 Jay St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Victor Peterson & Co.,
210 So. Water Street, Chicago, Ill.
The Commercial Press,
35 W. 21st St., New York City.
The Schonbar Ptg. Company,
58 Fulton Street, New York City.
Alabama Paper & Ptg. Company,
Birmingham, Ala.
The Ansell Ticket Company,
436 N. Clark St., Chicago, Ill.
McDowell Printing Company,
48 No. Division St., Buffalo, N. Y.
Stuff Printing Concern,
Seattle, Wash.
William McWhorter,
16 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill.
Syms-York Company, Inc.,
Boise, Idaho.
J. W. Shumate,
205 S. Lebanon St., Lebanon, Ind.
N. C. Tompkins,
Atlanta, Ga.
Texas Printing Company,
Fort Worth, Texas.
The Dagget Printing Co.,
153 E. Bay St., Charleston, S. C.
Paxton & Evans,
Fort Worth, Texas.
Welsh & Murray Ptg. Co.,
126 No. Limestone St., Lexington, Ky.
Standard Statistics Bureau,
59 Broad Street, New York City.
The Daily Mirror.
Escanaba (Delta Co.), Mich.
The Essex Press,
216 Market Street, Newark, N. J.
American Druggists' Syndicate,
234 Fifth Ave., New York City.
William Siegrist,
146 Worth Street, New York City.
F. M. Preucil Printing Co.,
1516 Blue Island Ave., Chicago, Ill.
The Majestic Press,
64 Ann Street, New York City.
The Art Novelty Company,
Strathroy, Ont.
Judd & Detweiler, Inc.,
420 Eleventh St., Washington, D. C.
Charles S. Beelman,
Fremont, Ohio.
D. E. Moon Printing & Engraving Co..
702 Mulberry Street, Des Moines, Iowa .
The Youth’s Companion,
Boston, Mass.
The London Advertiser,
London, Canada.
Youngstown Printing Company,
Youngstown, Ohio.
Hankins & Hankins,
14 No. 14th St., Richmond, Va.
Chapman Printing Company,
St. Joseph, Mo.
Taylor-Atkins Paper Company,
Burnside, Conn.
W. A. Fiske,
103 High St., Portsmouth, Va.
D’Ardell Ptg. & Litho. Co.,
Memphis, Tenn.
U. S. Sample Company,
118 So. Clinton St., Chicago, Ill.
Skaer Printing Company,
423 No. 2nd Street, St. Louis, Mo.
The William Koehl Company,
Jamestown, N. Y.
S. Rosenthal & Co.,
15 W. 6th St., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Horton Printing Company,
Rockford, Ill.
Alex Duffer Ptg. Co.,
1323 Mission St., San Francisco, Cal.
Will J. McKeown,
928 Main Street, Anderson, Ind.
Hugo Jansen,
90 Eighth Avenue, New York City.
Highlands & Highlands,
Blymyer Bldg., Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Warden Printing Co.,
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Muskogee Printing Company,
Muskogee, Okla.
Zimmerman & Nichols,
137 Market St., Lexington, Ky.
Badger Printing Co.,
512 Second Ave., Spokane, Wash.
Commercial Printing Co.,
Birmingham, Ala.
If our space were greater we could tell you more. Every
claim we ever made for the Autopress has been fulfilled. Print¬
ers add “and then some.” When you come to know the Auto¬
press you’ll realize its marvelous power for profit. When
you come to know the Autopress Company you’ll realize that
we know how to take care of our customers. We give you
facts. You can prove them. We guarantee the Autopress
to do what we claim for it or no sale. YOU run no risk.
Mr. Printer, you will install an Autopress. It is only a
question of time. The sooner you do it the quicker your
profits.
Shall we send you some literature or our representative?
299 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
Canadian Sales Offices :
Carlaw Ave., TORONTO, CANADA
English Offices : Factories :
85 Fleet St., LONDON, ENG. COLLEGE POINT, L. I., N. Y.
THE AUTOPRESS
5,000
IMPRESSIONS
PER HOUR
FROM
TYPE OR FLAT
PLATES
835
Latham’s No. 1
— 20th Century
Monitor Wire
Stitcher
Monitor Success
The wire stitcher most generally used is one
with a capacity ranging from two sheets to
Fs inches.
For twenty years the No. 1 — 20th Century
Monitor Wire Stitcher (shown in cut) has de¬
monstrated that it is the only wire stitcher that
will successfully handle work within this range.
This machine placed alongside of that of any
other make will convince the most skeptical.
Are you willing to give it a trial?
More Monitors in use than all other makes
combined.
FEATURES
Uses wire No. 25 to No. 30 round and No. 20 X 25 flat.
Can be used for flat or saddle stitch.
No change of parts for different thicknesses of work.
We furnish complete bindery outfits. Write us for estimates.
Manufactured by
Latham Machinery Co.
306 S. Canal St., Chicago
New York, 8 Reade St. Boston, 220 Devonshire St.
KIDDER Self-Feed Bed and Platen Presses
KIDDER PRESS CO. 9 Main Office and Works, DOVER, N. H.
New York Office: 261 Broadway - GIBBS-BROWER CO., Agents
CANADA : The J. L. Morrison Co., Toronto GREAT BRITAIN: John Haddon & Co., London
THEY PRINT
FROM THE ROLL.
THEY PRINT
FROM PLATES.
THEY PRINT
ON ONE OR BOTH
SIDES OF THE
PAPER IN ONE OR
FOUR COLORS.
BUILT IN FOUR
SIZES.
Write for Information
One of Our Standard Styles
836
Pay Your Printer What You
Save on Paper Cost
Even the mo£t expensive papers will not make letter-heads effective un¬
less they are properly printed. Di^tindtive, attention-commanding business
stationery requires a paper that will permit of unusual printed effedts, and
good printing coSts money. So when you demand a “cheap” job, the printer
ordinarily has to sacrifice on either printing or Stock in order to make the
price low enough.
Naturally you want the moSt attractive, dignified and impressive letter¬
head you can get without paying an unnecessarily high price for it. But
while you muSt pay the coSt of careful printing, it is not necessary to pay a
high price for paper. By using a Stock that is capable of artistic, effective
printing, but inexpensive, you can get the kind of letter-heads you want with¬
out extravagance. Just phone your printer to call on you to-day. Ask him
what he can do with
OLD VEDA BOND
He knows all about it — knows he can give you better looking, better
feeling and better wearing letter-heads by using it. OLD VEDA BOND
offers the appearance and service you are entitled to expect of any firSt-class
bond — yet it coSts less than many that are more expensive and offer less.
With OLD VEDA BOND your printer can give you unusually Striking letter¬
heads, and its reasonable price enables him to give you more careful work¬
manship and still save you money.
In appearance, OLD VEDA BOND is equal to the moSt expensive bond papers,
and its wearing qualities are unsurpassed. Scientifically made by expert papermakers
on thoroughly modern machines, OLD VEDA BOND presents a surface that makes the
type of the typewriter Stand out with a clean, clear-cut distinctness, while it permits of
the moSt effective printing. It is made in four beautiful, exclusive shades, Regular and
Linen Finish, and permits you to add to the attraCtivenes of your letter-heads by adopt¬
ing a house color for all business Stationery. OLD VEDA BOND in colors also makes
possible a two or even three color effect without the expense of three-color printing.
Let Us Send You Samples and Full Information
As a business proposition it is worth your while to investigate OLD VEDA BOND. JuSt ask your
printer about it. If he does not use OLD VEDA BOND, dictate a note to us and we will send you an
interesting Sample Book showing specimen letter-heads. When you have formed your own opinion about
the samples — -show them to your printer and ask him if he can not give you better letter-heads for your
money on OLD VEDA BOND. You will save money if you investigate no n>.
This is the second of twelve full-page advertisements we have contrasted for in SYSTEM during
1911 and 1912. This advertisement in the September issue of SYSTEM will be read by 100,000 Business
Firms — possibly by 500,000 buyers of commercial printing. Consider what this advertisement means to
you. Do you know any other paper manufacturer that is doing half as much to help you ? Write us now
for full details of our unique plan to increase printers' profits.
Millers Falls Paper Company
Millers Falls, Mass.
837
YOU
NEVER
BETTER
CINCINNATI
THE QUEEN CITY PRINTING INK CO
CINCINNATI
CHICAGO
BOSTON
MINNEAPOLIS
PHILADELPHIA KANSAS CITY
DETROIT
DALLAS
ROCHESTER
838
PRACTICAL AND PROFITABLE
SIMPLE RELIABLE
= U. P. M. Automatic =
Continuous Pile Feeding
Machine
Is easily operated, quickly and conve¬
niently adjusted, positive in action.
Provides for handling short runs econom¬
ically.
Is recommended by the users and should
surely have your consideration if you are
contemplating the purchase of an Automatic
Feeder.
We shall be pleased to send our catalogue
and full information on request.
UNITED PRINTING MACHINERY CO.
246 Summer Street, Boston
12-14 Spruce Street, New York
Western Agent
WILLIAMS -LLOYD MACHINERY CO.
638 Federal Street, Chicago
839
Hamilton’s
MODERNIZED
COMPOSING- ROOM
FURNITURE
Street and No.
ALL PROMINENT DEALERS SELL HAMILTON GOODS
City . State .
Have you a copy of “Composing-room Economy”? .
A VALUABLE LINE GAUGE, graduated by picas and nonpareils, mailed
free to every inquiring printer.
The vacation period is coming to an end. The fall and winter rush of work will soon be on.
Thousands of composing-rooms were cramped for room during the past season and the problem will be
how to produce more and better work in quarters already inadequate.
With the installation of Hamilton’s Modernized Composing-room and Business Furniture, the solution
of the question is easy. Few printers appreciate the immense savings that can be made in floor space and
composing-room labor.
We have the statements of representative concerns known to almost every printer in the land, that
fully 50% in floor space has been saved, and through this concentration and the convenient layout of material
the composing-room labor account has been reduced fully 25%.
These are items worthy the attention of any printing-office proprietor who is seriously considering the
possibilities of cost reduction and increased volume of production.
The up-to-date concerns who have made the improvement include:
The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Rumford Press, Concord, N. H.
The Phelps Publishing Company, Springfield, Mass.
Joseph Mack Printing House, Detroit, Mich.
Review Printing & Stationery Co., Decatur, Ill.
The J. B. Savage Company, Cleveland, Ohio
Henry O. Shepard Company, Chicago, Ill.
MacLean Publishing Company, Toronto, Ont.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., New York City
The Butterick Publishing Co., New York City
Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co., St. Louis, Mo.
Dean & Hicks, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Kitterlinus Lithographic Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
S. Rosenthal & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio
William Green, New York City
Jersey City Printing Co., Jersey City, N. J.
Dorsey Printing Company, Dallas, Texas
Springfield Publishing Co., Springfield, Ohio
In addition to the above there are several hundred other representative concerns who have made the
improvement in their composing-rooms.
This is pretty good company to follow when considering up-to-date printing methods.
The results accomplished in the composing-rooms of these concerns can be duplicated in any printing
plant where modernized furniture has not been installed.
If interested in this question of composing-room economy and cost reduction, fill out the attached
coupon. Let an expert show you a proposed layout that will provide a saving sufficient to pay for the new
equipment in less than a year’s time. These are hard, stubborn facts which no live printer can
_ afford to overlook.
We are
interested
in the ques¬
tion of Modern¬
ized Furniture and
we would like to have
your representative show
us a floor plan of our compos¬
ing-room as you would rearrange
it, with a view to our installing such
furniture as you can show us would soon
be paid for in the saving accomplished.
Let us send you a copy of
Composing-room Economy,” showing floor plans in thirty
modernized offices.
THE HAMILTON MFG. CO
Name .
Main Office and Factories
Eastern Offi ce and Warehouse
TWO RIVERS, WIS.
- RAHWAY, N. J.
OUR NEW CATALOG OF SPECIAL FURNITURE IS NOW READY
TA _ About Our Liberal
Do I OU A HOW Plan of Installation?
The responsible printer or stationer
can secure this machine without tying
up his capital by
our method. Here
is a machine that
is indispensable.
Made for the pro¬
duction of high-
class commercial
and social station¬
ery, plate work,
built to fill the re¬
quirements of the
present-day de¬
mands of the en¬
graver and printer.
Write now and
arrange to get
your plant
equipped for the
trade
Engravers’ and Printers’ Machinery Co., inc.
108 Fulton Street, New York City, N. Y.
TITANIC
The biggest, newest
thing in bond papers.
Titanic Bond has al¬
ready circled the
world, winning ap¬
proval and repeat
orders .
Bright color, even texture, a bondy
rattle, good strength, all the character¬
istics of a high - priced sheet — and you
get it at a low price. Try it, and you,
too, will be sending repeat orders.
Stocked in bond finish and in linen finish
in attractive hues and useful weights.
Write for samples
PARSONS TRADING CO.
20 VESEY STREET NEW YORK
London
Bombay
Cape Town
Sydney
Melbourne
Wellington
Mexico
Buenos Aires
Havana
Dinse, Page
& Company
Electrotypes
Nickeltypes
- and - =
Stereotypes
725-733 S. LASALLE ST.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
TELEPHONE, HARRISON 7185
Roberts Numbering Machine Co.
Successor to The Bates Machine Co.
696-710 Jamaica Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
FULLY
GUARANTEED
SIDE PLATES
WITHOUT SCREWS
m 12345
FAC SIMILE IMPRESSION
Size 1%x1%6 inches
ALWAYS IN STOCK
FIVE-FIGURE WHEELS
ROBERTS’ MACHINES
UNEQUALLED RESULTS — MAXIMUM ECONOMY
View Showing Parts Detached
for Cleaning
NO SCREWS
To Number Either Forward
or Backward
MODEL 27A
FOR GENERAL
JOB WORK
ABSOLUTELY
ACCURATE
841
Platen Press Perfection
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HpHE attainment of absolute perfection in
A the building of job printing presses is as
impossible as the securing of absolute perfec¬
tion in any other field of endeavor; but in the
construction of C. & P. Gordon Presses a degree
of perfection has been reached which no other
platen machine manufacturer can lay claim to.
The nicety of adjustment, the ease of operation,
the adaptability to all classes of work (light or
heavy), the high character of the work turned
out, and the durability of these presses places
them in a class by themselves. The increasing
demand for Chandler & Price Gordon Presses is
an evidence of their wide popularity.
Write for Booklet
The Chandler Price Co.
Cleveland, Ohio
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Elapsed
Time Records
The best modern accounting practice requires that
the cost of labor as well as material shall be posted against
each job daily , instead of in bulk when the job is com¬
pleted; thus enabling the management to get a daily
report of the cost of work in progress, also supplying data
for settlement of insurance in case of a fire.
Calculagraph records of Elapsed Time or actual work¬
ing time are made in the most convenient form for such
daily entries.
Elapsed time records made by the Calculagraph also
furnish the most reliable data for making up pay-rolls.
One set of such records may be used for both jobwork
and pay-roll time by simply reassorting cards and adding
records. Thus the use of an “in and out” time-of-day
recorder may be dispensed with.
ASK FOR OUR BOOKLET, “ ACCURATE COST RECORDS"
Calculagraph Company H6!\iv vo,rk ckyding
842
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC MOTORS
AND
CONTROLLERS
PECULIARLY ADAPTABLE FOR DRIVING PRESSES and ALLIED MACHINES
FULFIL MOST EXACTING REQUIREMENTS
INCREASED OUTPUT, WITH DECREASED POWER BILLS
COMPACT RELIABLE
EFFICIENT DURABLE
Sprague Motors and Controllers stand alone as the
most widely used and satisfactory equipments for all
print-shops, electrotyping and engraving plants.
We were pioneers in the field, and our long and
varied experience enables us to make recommenda¬
tions which will lead to an increased shop efficiency.
LET US SOLVE THAT DRIVE PROBLEM
Write for Descriptive Bulletin N 0. 2IQ4 Round-type Motor Belted to Rotary Offset Press
Tvjo-vuire and Three-voire Generators
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC WORKS
OF GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Main Offices : 527-531 West 34th Street, New York, N. Y.
Branch Offices: Chicago Philadelphia Boston Baltimore Pittsburgh
Atlanta San Francisco St. Louis Milwaukee Seattle
The American
Folder
Knives are essential to accuracy; therefore
we use knives.
Tapes are a source of trouble; we alone
eliminate all tapes.
A complete right-angle and parallel folder
with no detached mechanisms.
Axial swing permits using same mecha¬
nisms for either right-angle or parallel
folds.
Makes one, two, three parallel; one, two,
three right-angle, and regular letter
fold.
Range from 18" x 24" down to 5" x 5".
Write for descriptive booklet
The American Folding Machine Co., Cleveland, Ohio
843
Reliable
Printers'
Rollers
Sami Binghams Son
Mfg. Co.
CHICAGO
636 = 704 Sherman Street
PITTSBURG
First Avenue and Ross Street
ST. LOUIS
514 = 516 Clark Avenue
KANSAS CITY
706 Baltimore Avenue
ATLANTA
52=54 So. Forsyth Street
INDIANAPOLIS
151=153 Kentucky Avenue
DALLAS
675 Elm Street
MILWAUKEE
133 = 135 Michigan Street
MINNEAPOLIS
* 719=721 Fourth St., So.
DES MOINES
609=611 Chestnut Street
844
How We Are Advertising for Printers
SYSTEM for JUNE — ADVERTISING SECTION
THE CROCKER-McELWAIN COMPANY
OF HOLYOKE
Offer
A Bond Paper for Business Use that
Looks Like the Most Expensive, but
Costs Less than Half as Much
Made in 7 Distinct Colors
Every Sheet Water-marked
Extensive advertising has created a wide-spread demand
for attractive Bond Papers for Business Correspondence.
Bond Papers carefully made from the
very highest grades of stock have been
so expensive that few business houses
could use them exclusively, many for
only a small portion of their work, and
the majority, not at all — despite a
thorough appreciation of the value of
an attractive Correspondence Paper.
Anticipating this situation we began to
experiment in the production of a
Bond of similar character, similarly
loft-dried, cockle-surfaced, etc. , that to
any but an expert papermaker would
bear all the earmarks of these very
costly bonds — but that could bepro-
If you are interested in seeing a Business Correspondence Paper that you can not detect
from the most expensive Bond, and that can be bought for less than half the price,
simply write for samples.
Crocker-McElwain Company
Holyoke, Mass.
duced to sell at less than half their
price. After years of work we have
succeeded in making such a paper —
TOKYO BOND.
Business firms using expensive Corre¬
spondence Paper can cut their paper
bills in half by usingT OK Y O BOND.
Those using any but the most expen¬
sive paper can greatly increase the at¬
tractiveness, and hence the effective¬
ness, of their letters by using TOKYO
BOND.
We will gladly send samples of this
Paper for comparison with any other
Bond Paper made.
This advertisement alone in the June issue of SYSTEM is telling 100,000 Business Firms — possibly 500,000 probable purchasers of
business stationery — the advantages of Tokyo Bond.
An examination of samples instantly convinces every practical printer of the worth, possibilities and economy of Tokyo Bond. You
can give your customers better letter-heads, do a larger business, and make greater profits without increasing your prices, by using Tokyo Bond.
If your jobber can not supply you, a note to us on your letter-head brings samples and trade prices. Just dictate a request now— it
will pay you.
Crocker-McElwain Company
104 Cabot Street, Holyoke, Mass.
845
Being Used Than All Other
Mal^e Machines Combined
THERE’S A “BECAUSE”
CHEAPEST
QUICKEST
MOST ACCURATE
There Are More “BREHMER” Wire Stitchers
CHARLES BECK COMPANY, Philadelphia
609 CHESTNUT STREET
No. 33. For Booklet and other General
Printers’ Stitching.
WRITE OUR
“SERVICE BUREAU”
No. 58. For
special gauge for Calendar Work.
STYLE D — with direct-connected motor.
Punches
Five styles, varying in price from $35 to $325, every one
the best in its class.
Absolute Accuracy — Clean Cutting — Prodigious Power
— Evident Economy.
TATUM PUNCHES may be adjusted to any desired
multiple without the removal of the idle heads.
Round shapes all interchangeable. Nineteen stock sizes.
Special shapes quickly furnished.
When you buy a punch, get the best — any user of the
“TATUM” is a good reference.
Write for Catalogue A
THE SAM’L C. TATUM COMPANY
3310 Colerain Avenue CINCINNATI, OHIO
Punch, with stripper and die.
What Does It
Cost to Make
Your Own
Type
l{ead what the
Minneapolis Tribune
Says :
Here’s what it costs to make type with the
THOMPSON TYPEGASTER
Total Cost*
Pounds Cast f
Cost per Lb.,
Cents
May .
$107.48
559
19.3
June ....
112.04
825
13.6
July .....
99.77
500
19.9
Aug .
57.20
326
17.6
Sept. .....
65.06
307
21.2
Oct .
65.11
427
15.3
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THE INLAND PRINTER.
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THE LEADING TRADE JOURNAL OF THE WORLD IN THE PRINTING AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES.
Vol. XLVII. No. 6.
SEPTEMBER, 1911.
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LANDING THE JOB.
BY A SALESMAN.
OU can sometimes land a job
by putting the emphasis on
something besides the actual
price in dollars and cents,”
remarked one of the salesmen
for a big house which goes
after high-grade work.
“ I had a case this week of
a man who wanted twenty-
five thousand mailing circu¬
lars. He wanted a good job,
and had bids all the way from $200 to $250, each
one, as he thought, representing a high-grade
proposition.
“ ‘ You are mailing these for a cent apiece, and
are enclosing a one-cent government post-card
with each circular?’ I asked.
“ ‘ Yes,’ he replied.
“ ‘ That is,’ I went on, ‘ you expect to pay Uncle
Sam some $250 for carrying your circular to the
prospective customer and spend another $250 to
induce him to send you a reply?’
‘“Yes, it amounts to that,’ he admitted.
“ ‘ Now, what I am wondering is this : if you
are going to spend $500 to get this circular in the
hands of your prospect, how much figure does $25
or $50 on the price of the printing cut on the price
of your whole job? — about five to seven per cent.
Now, if by putting that $25 or $50 more into the
printing, you stand a little bit better chance of
making the $500 postage worth while, isn’t it a
a good thing? If I were going to spend $500 to
get a message to a man, I wouldn’t let $25 or $50
stand in the way of making the message as effect¬
ive as it could be made.’
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“‘Yes,’ he replied; ‘but I am spending $250
on the post-cards to get a reply.’
“ ‘ If you are willing to spend $250 giving him
a handy means of replying, you are surely willing
to spend $25 or $50 more than an ordinary cir¬
cular would cost you to give him a good reason to
reply. There is a tangible difference between an
ordinary circular such as you could get for $200,
and the one we are talking about, which will cost
you $25 or $50 more. The best brains and skill
and experience go into our circular, and if that
doesn’t mean a difference in replies I lose my bet.
Suppose it makes a difference of only twenty-five
replies — one out of each thousand, the extra cost
of printing would pay a handsome profit wouldn’t
it?’
“ ‘ You are right,’ he said ; ‘ enter up the
order.’ ”
“Here is one way of getting a job from the
man who says ‘ your price is too high,’ that I often
find successful,” said the salesman for a firm that
goes in for fine booklets and announcements.
“ For instance I had a case yesterday of a man
who wanted a thousand sixteen-page-and-cover
booklets suitable for mailing on a high-class
proposition. As I mapped it out it figured about
$100. He had a copy of a printed circular some¬
thing similar on which he said he had a price of
$80. Now here was an apparent comparison of
prices on the same job, with our price $20 higher.
I tried to show him the advantages of making his
circular high-grade in every respect, and pointed
out a few minor points in which we could improve
on the printed circular he had. But it was hard
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for him to see this. The booklet contained two
cuts, and the rest was type-matter, so I said to
him, ‘ How would you like to print these two cuts
on the inside cover-pages and print the type-
matter on an antique stock, cutting down the
number of pages to eight or twelve?’ He didn’t
know how this would work, and I could see that
in his head all that was going on was the thought
that our price was $100 and the other fellow’s
$80.
“ ‘ I will make up a couple of dummies show¬
ing how this would work out,’ I volunteered, and
reluctantly he let me have the printed specimen
and his layout of the copy for a day’s time.
“ I made him up three dummies, one showing
an eight-page affair with printing mounted in —
price $80; a sixteen-page with pictures separate
at $90, and our original proposition at $100.
“When I gave them to him (I knew my man
and was confident he wouldn’t abuse the privilege
of having the dummies), I said, ‘Here are three
ways of getting out this job — each the best of its
kind for the money. If you want to put $80 into
it, here is the form which will give you the best
returns for $80. If you want to put $90 or $100
into it, here is your best prospectus for that
amount.’
“ We landed on the basis of the $90. It was
because I got him away from the $100-$80 com¬
parison of our job with the other fellow’s that
did it.”
“ The printing salesman has to have a good
imagination,” said the representative of a house
that does a good deal in the line of club year-books
and society printing. “ He has to be able to see
the finished job in his mind’s eye and then work
it out accordingly.
“ Most of us can tell pretty well how a job is
going to look when paged up, even if we have only
the galley proof at hand. But very few custom¬
ers can do this, especially women. I had a little
job to-day that shows this. It was only a four-
page program and a reprint at that. I sent the
proofs out this morning in galley form, for I
thought there was likely to be some alteration in
the list of addresses. A little later I got an
anxious inquiry over the ’phone from the lady,
saying she was terribly disappointed in the style
of type and the whole appearance of the thing.
I tried to explain that it was the same as before,
and would have the identical appearance when
spaced out, but she couldn’t see it. And now I
am having it made up and will send her good page
proofs of the job on the actual stock. Then I
guess she will believe me.”
Written for The Inland Printer.
THE PRINTING SALESMAN.
BY HARRY M. BASFORD.
ALESMEN who sell printing
are in a class by themselves,
apart from all others. There
is no training school for this
kind of salesmanship except
the one school of hard work
and long years called expe¬
rience. And for this very
reason, perhaps, high-class
printing salesmen are not common, and when one
man develops unusual ability in this line his serv¬
ices are very much in demand. Many men who
have been successful in selling other commodities
fail dismally when they exercise their salesman¬
ship on the product of the printing-press. They
have the principles of successful selling, but they
lack the technical knowledge of the goods that
seems to be born only of intimate association for
a considerable length of time with the detail work
and actual operation of a print-shop.
The present widespread interest in absolute
cost system will undoubtedly bring about a demand
for printing salesmen of higher ability than here¬
tofore. The era of the “ guess-timator ” is past,
for the new cost systems quickly point out where
he has guessed wrong. The need now is for
an estimator whose quotation on every job will
closely approach the results as shown by the cost
system when the order has been completed.
Prominent master printers of the country hold
different opinions as to whether their salesmen
shall make their own estimates on prospective
orders they are handling, or shall bring the copy
in to the office for the estimator, there to estimate
the cost and make the price to be quoted. They
must all agree, however, that the salesman should
be familiar enough with the trade to be able to
quote prices on small jobs, and to estimate an ordi¬
nary job of $10 or $15 without the delay neces¬
sary for the office man to pass upon it. To be able
to do even this requires time and work, how¬
ever ; for estimators are not born over night, and
unless the salesman has been “ raised in the busi¬
ness,” the problem of quoting the right price on
even a small job is a difficult one. They are like a
young man who had been for several years in the
office of a large printing-house doing such detail
work as he could. He said to me one day, “I would
like to estimate on work, too. I know something
about the cost of paper, and I know how much it
costs per hour to do the different kinds of work,
but what bothers me is, how do you know how
many hours it will take to do the work.” And
that is just what bothers all young estimators and
THE INLAND PRINTER
851
salesmen. To assist its salesmen and to enable
them to become more proficient in their work, one
of the large western printing-houses has recently
inaugurated a sort of a school on a small plan to
teach them something about estimating. With no
suggestions whatever, each of the salesmen is
given once a week a number of small jobs and
asked to estimate the cost and proper selling
prices upon them, writing out the work on a regu¬
lar estimate blank. At the end of the week they
turn these blanks in to the office estimator, who
looks them over and shows the salesmen where
they have made mistakes. The jobs referred to
of printing salesmen, and particularly those young
men who are just entering or who have not been
long in the field. These men, in particular, should
realize that the printing business is being revolu¬
tionized from a condition of slipshod methods to
one of exact methods, and in order to profit indi¬
vidually from the change, they must be alert to
grasp the new and better ideas and to turn them
to their own account, so that they may be fitted to
take the high positions which the reorganization
of the trade will surely bring about.
One of the hard things that the printing sales¬
man must contend with is the man who tries to
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are not actual orders, but any pieces of printing
that may be selected to give the men the practice
they need. Such a plan can not but be helpful to
salesmen who wish to become more capable of
meeting hard competition, and the only fault with
it is that the work is too limited, requiring con¬
siderable time to carry out a plan embracing the
many problems that confront a salesman every
day.
With this introduction to a subject of vital
interest to every man connected with the business
end of a printing plant, I wish to offer a few sug¬
gestions from my own experience for the guidance
bluff him into cutting his price. “ You are too
high,” he says; “Jones the printer will do the
same job for $10 less than your price.” Such a
man must be handled diplomatically, if you would
secure his orders at a profit, and at the same time
preserve your own self-respect, and the greatest
help to you will be confidence in your own ability.
If you know that the price you have quoted is a
fair one, based on correct costs, you can handle
such a situation, and, without telling your bluffing
customer that he is not stating the exact truth,
you can convince him that you understand what he
is trying to do, and that you know more about the
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production of the job in question than he does.
But if a salesman is really lacking in the technical
knowledge necessary and the customer is himself
familiar with printing costs, the salesman is apt
to fare ill in the encounter. He will probably
either return to his own house with the order
taken at a price that will show little or no profit,
or he will lose the job and perhaps lose also the
business friendship of the customer.
Another thing the salesman should always
remember is to be chary in making promises of
delivery unless he can fulfil the promise to the
exact minute. A buyer of printing is almost
always in a hurry, but the finished salesman will
adroitly learn from him the real time when he
needs the work and will then do his utmost to
deliver the job at that time.
Sample-books of paper, ink, and a type-speci¬
men book of all the type-borders, etc., in the plant
you represent are all valuable aids to the salesman
and should be used more frequently than they
often are. In the matter of paper the best plan is
to submit your own samples of the stock you
intend using on a job rather than the easier way
of agreeing to match your customer’s samples,
which may have come from some distant point
and not be easily obtainable in your locality. It is
usually an easy matter to secure the buyer’s
approval of a series of type you have in the shop,
if samples of it are presented to him in the right
way, when he might strenuously insist upon using
some type-face that you would have to buy espe¬
cially for his job if your own faces were not pre¬
sented to him in attractive form, as shown on
some other job. I do not mean to infer that you
should never agree to buy a series of type for a
customer, as this is sometimes necessary and expe¬
dient, but you should carry the idea, without
making it obnoxious, that you are better fitted to
select the type for a particular customer than he
is himself, and that you are doing him a favor by
giving him the benefit of your experience.
Much can be accomplished in the way of hold¬
ing customers to your house and increasing their
purchases of printing each month by those things
which are covered by the term service. As applied
to yourself, it means taking care of their orders
in a way satisfactory to the customers, being on
hand when they have an order to place, person¬
ally seeing that proofs are sent out on time and
deliveries made when promised, a little extra
attention in securing for them some desired result.
All of these things count in your favor, and, while
you should always remember that you represent
your printing-house, you can make your position
with your customers so friendly and intimate that
they will almost come to consider that you are
always on the alert for their interests. You must
not carry this too far, however, like a salesman
that I knew who allied himself so closely with his
customers that in his efforts to please and satisfy
them, he often sold work at cost and less. His
orders were large, but the profits on his work were
not in proportion to the volume of business han¬
dled. You must strike the happy medium, remem¬
bering always that the house that pays your salary
is entitled to a profit on every order you take.
Indeed, you will find that your customers are quite
willing that you should make a profit on their
work, if they are convinced that you know exactly
what every part of the work costs you and are sat¬
isfied with a reasonable margin above these costs.
In this age, both buyer and seller of a piece of
printing expect to profit by the transaction, and
this is understood by business men. The printed
matter, and particularly printed advertising, is
expected to bring direct results in profitable busi¬
ness, and the advertising business man appre¬
ciates the fact that he will get the best work and
service from the printer who is doing a profitable
business.
Persistence should be the watchword of every
seller of printing. Never stop calling on a pros¬
pective customer unless you are thoroughly con¬
vinced that you can never do any profitable busi¬
ness with him. That is, do not drop a prospect
from your list without a good reason for doing so,
and do not become discouraged because you do not
get orders after the first few calls. Persistent
effort wins, and there is no business on earth
where the value of a regular patron is greater
than in the printing trade. Not only will your
house profit by reorders of jobs that may be stand¬
ing in type or reset at less cost than the original
job, but most business buyers of printing place
their orders with one or two houses, and when you
once get on their list, work will come to you with¬
out effort. So, the business of the man from whom
it is hard to secure the first order may be the most
desirable business in your whole territory, and so
worth a great deal of hard work to secure.
Another small bit of advice that is valuable is :
always ascertain, before quoting on an order, if
the copy is handwritten, typewritten or reprint.
Of these three, the first costs most to set; type¬
written is next best, and the reprint can be set
either by machine or hand at least ten per cent
cheaper than either of the others. In ordinary
small jobs this matter of copy may make but little
difference, but in close competition the remem¬
brance of the difference in copy will be of great
value to you.
Progressive salesmen will not lose interest in
an order after they have secured it. They should
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853
keep in touch with the order all the way through
the plant, as much as the policy of the house they
represent will permit, and when the work is com¬
pleted and delivered they should go over the cost-
sheets to familiarize themselves with the details
of the cost of manufacture, so that any error in
the original estimate may be noted for future ref¬
erence. This plan is particularly valuable as
applied to the work of regular customers who may
have occasion to order the same job a second or
third time. Never take an order “At the same
price as before,” unless you absolutely know that
the price before was correct and carried with it
a fair margin of profit.
It has been said that the estimating and selling
of printing is one-tenth experience and nine-tenths
guesswork, but the time is almost here when this
Written for The Inland Printer.
PHILIPPINE PRINTING -SHOPS.
%
BY MONROE WOOLLEY.
HE Filipino printer long since
learned to refer to a dirty
proof as “ a map of China,”
only, instead of those words,
he says “ un mapa de China.”
It was in a musty, old-fash¬
ioned imprenta, which is the
Spanish for printing-office,
that the writer heard a native
typo, sweating over a hideous proof in English,
of which he knew not a word, mutter in Spanish
the old familiar phrase. Instantly this slang
expression of the composing-room came back to
him, awakening a train of thought as to how the
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can not be said of the trade throughout the coun¬
try. Printing will be sold on a basis of absolute
knowledge of costs and experience in the business,
with the guesswork entirely eliminated. The
experience can not, of course, be gained except
through years of practical work; but the knowl¬
edge of costs is something that every salesman
can acquire more quickly, and he should take an
active daily interest in the costs of the plant that
he represents, so that he may have as perfect a
knowledge as possible of the actual working condi¬
tions in the factory the product of which he is
selling. _
NIFTY NEIGHBORS.
The Man at the Door — “Madame, I’m the piano-
tuner.”
The Woman — “ I didn’t send for a piano-tuner.”
The Man — “I know it, lady; the neighbors did.” —
Chicago News.
expression found its way into the Spanish tongue,
and away off here in the hills of primitive Luzon.
This old office, with its dirt floor, its rusty,
cracked, and broken presses of another century,
its pied, dust-filled cases, would have interested
any old-time printer. The resourcefulness of the
natjve printer in bringing a printed sheet out of
the chaos was a matter for admiration. Posi¬
tively no American compositor could have done it.
No American, possibly, would have tried. When
the rain was not beating through the thatched
roof on the “ devil’s ” shaggy head, the sun was
sending its scorching rays over onto the gray pate
of the dignity who acted as chefe editor. For a
year, while shot and shell screamed over the town
(and sometimes through the building itself), the
plant had been idle. Finally, an American law¬
yer, after the insurrection subsided, took it over
in payment for a debt. He furthered his law
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interests by turning out a three-language semi¬
weekly. The English section he wrote himself,
this being translated into Spanish and the native
dialect common to the province. It was no won¬
der, then, that the native foreman saw maps of
China in his proofsheets. Most any American
printer might have seen snakes, or something
worse.
Since that time newspapers of similar style,
on an enlarged and better scale, have appeared in
all the larger provincial towns. But most of the
printing plants in the remote interior are of a
very crude design. Frequently the case racks are
made of bamboo tied together with rattan. The
presses are invariably of antiquated pattern,
manufactured in foreign countries many decades
ago. The Spanish monasteries, nearly all of
installed a battery of monotype machines, big,
modern presses, ruling machines, etc. His employ¬
ees, with the exception of a dozen or so American
foremen and heads of departments, are all native
Filipinos. Mr. McCullough held the very profit¬
able contract for all the military printing until
1906, when the contract went to the Spanish con¬
cern of the Viuda de E. Bota, where it has
remained ever since. Lately Mr. McCullough
purchased a large tract of land on Calle Isla de
Romero for $125,000, where he will build a new
home for his big plant. Other large American
printing-houses, aside from the American dailies
in Manila which operate their own plants, are
the Staples-Howe Printing Company, the Escolta
Press, and the Methodist Publishing House. Some
of the Spanish printing and bookbinding estab-
bureau op printing, Manila, the interior finish of which has no equal anywhere in the east.
which have a small printing plant, have some
presses which might bring a handsome price as
relics in this country. Still the old padres turn
out a fair and ofttimes rare grade of work upon
them.
There were, of course, no American printing-
houses in the islands upon occupation. The inva¬
ding army had a difficult time in getting its
orders and circulars printed for binding. A Cali¬
fornia printer, who had journeyed out with the
first expedition, Mr. E. C. McCullough, after
much annoyance, finally set up a small hand press
in the very entrance to the commanding gen¬
eral’s headquarters. In this modest manner,
Manila’s largest American printing-house was
founded. Mr. McCullough kept expanding until
in a few years his plant was one of the larg¬
est, if not the largest, privately owned plants in
the Orient. Shortly after the insurrection he
lishments in late years have employed Americans,
and are getting some little share of the English
work.
For a long time the cheap Chinese shops in
the metropolis have been a source of much annoy¬
ance to European and American houses. Of
course, few of these shops have English-speaking
employees. But houses bent on saving a few
cents in their printing bills and who were not
particular as to the kind of work turned out, got
into the habit of having the better shops turn out
an initial job, after which the Chinese printer
duplicated the work from the white man’s sam¬
ple at a ruinous price. However, the larger busi¬
ness houses, taking the hint from American con¬
cerns demanding the best the printer could turn
out, are beginning to patronize the American
printers in preference to the cheap Chinese.
For a time after the inauguration of civil gov-
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855
eminent in the Philippines, this branch of our
administration, as did the military government,
contracted out its printing. But in time it founded
its own printing plant, known as the Bureau of
Printing, a miniature of our own great plant in
Washington. There is no doubt but what this
plant is the finest and the most complete any¬
where in the far East. It turns out annually tons
of work for the Government, and often under¬
takes commercial work which can not be done by
the privately owned plants. Sometimes the com¬
mercial concerns sublet their work to the govern¬
ment institution. The employees of the bureau
are all natives, with the exception of foremen,
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PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES.
proofreaders, heads of departments, etc. The
building in which the government plant is housed,
while not imposing from without, is handsomely
finished within. It contains some of the finest
samples of hardwood in the world. When the
postal savings banks were started under the Phil¬
ippine government, the native employees of the
Bureau of Printing were the first to open savings
accounts.
Few, if any, of the several thousand plants in
the Philippines, excepting those owned by Amer¬
icans, come from manufacturers in the United
States. All the type and machinery of the Span¬
ish, Chinese, and native shops come from
Europe, principally Germany. The Spaniard inva¬
riably buys in Europe, regardless of the fact that
American employees of these concerns have
endeavored to send some of the business of buy¬
ing to their own country. Distance is not at
fault. There is very little difference in freight
from Germany and from the United States. The
shipment from this country crosses only the broad
Pacific. Shipments from Germany traverse the
Atlantic, and on out through the Mediterranean,
via Suez. The Spaniard seems to think the Ger¬
man presses, cutters, folders, rulers, etc., cost
less, but if they do the fact does not readily
appear. Again there is a notion prevalent that
the Germans make better presses. One thing that
appeals to the natives and Spaniards is that the
German machinery invariably has all dangerous
mechanism covered in such a way as to reduce
accidents to a minimum. ' The German wholesale
houses in Manila, which act as agents for German
typefounders, also carry large stocks of paper,
supplying a large portion of the retail trade. It
will not be many years, in view of our extensive
educational scheme in the islands, before period¬
ical publishing throughout the archipelago will
grow apace. Not only will new publications in
all languages appear, but the older plants, in an
attempt to keep abreast of the times, will be
renewing their worn-out apparatus, greatly to
some one’s profit. Whether the business will all
go to Germany is a matter for manufacturers in
this country to take cognizance of right now.
Honesty is not greater where elegance is less. — John¬
son.
CLEANED OUT !
856
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Written for The Inland Printer.
MAKING AN INVENTORY.
BY A. H. M.
LIST of the machines and
other equipment used in
manufacturing, with the
prices attached, is an equip¬
ment inventory. Compara¬
tively few average printers
have an accurate inventory.
It is not a very difficult job to
prepare one, but regarding
the work as a whole it appears formidable — and
few printers care to tackle it until circumstances
arise which oblige them to “ take stock.” Then
the establishment is surveyed in detail, an item¬
ized list prepared, and the job of attaching the
prices is undertaken. “ What is that press worth ? ”
“ Well, I forget just what we paid for it. I don’t
remember just when we bought it, but the bills are
filed away, and when I get time I will have a look
for it. Guess it’s worth about a thousand dollars
now. Put that down and we can correct it later if
I can find the bills.”
Not very satisfactory, is it? Nor very accu¬
rate, either. If one is to know what he has sunk
in equipment, and to be able to determine his pres¬
ent worth, the first essential is to know just what
he has in hand to do business with.
A fire loss is always imminent, no matter how
elaborate the precautions. To be able to demon¬
strate beyond question what has been destroyed is
the first essential to a quick settlement. An inven¬
tory properly kept and deposited in a fireproof
vault or safe will, under such circumstances, save
gray hairs and a number of useful dollars.
Some printers have a stock-inventory book in
which a record is kept of all machines and equip¬
ment purchased. Such books are expensive to get
up. Ten, fifteen or twenty-five dollars is about the
range of prices. Not extravagant, perhaps; but
the printer has a long way to travel to a full appre¬
ciation of the importance of order and method,
and the expenditure for an inventory book looks
big to him, and he puts off the work of the inven¬
tory until he has lost track of the dates of pur¬
chase of the items that should go into the book.
Modern accounting aims to work as close to the
original documents as possible, for every tran¬
scription increases the chance of error. For this
reason it would appear that the original invoices
or bills should be used for inventory.
Many business houses require all bills to be
made out specifying but one group of items. They
have a system of filing their invoices not only
under the names of the makers of the invoices, but
under a subject classification. Whoever has had
the vexatious task of looking up a bill of a date
long past will appreciate the importance of this
method of filing. Under ordinary circumstances
the item sought for may be buried in the middle of
a list of miscellaneous character about three feet
long.
The larger printing-houses are used to having
requests made upon them to make separate bills
for each group of items. The value to them — to
any printer, in fact — of having bills rendered to
them in separate classifications, on separate bills,
it is the purpose hereinafter to show.
In place of the inventory book suppose we use
an inventory file. Let us prepare a little slip,
reading something like this :
NOTICE.
It will convenience us very much if you will itemize
and classify all bills rendered to this house. We request
that no bill shall contain more than one description of
goods. Type accounts should be divided into separate bills,
not only according to size, but according to character.
This is to insure prompt checking of your statement and
dispatch of business. Order & Prompt,
Printers.
Attach this slip to all orders sent to the press
manufacturers, typefounders, dealers, etc. It
may cause them a little more trouble in making
out the bills, but these interests are now looking
for any opportunity to help the printer to con¬
duct his business in an exact and logical way. So
it may be taken for granted that they will try and
render the bills in any form that will help things
along.
The classification of the bills may be made
very exact, or the classification may be made in
groups — but it is better to make the classifica¬
tion precise. This may be a little troublesome in
type bills, for it will require both faces and sizes
to be classified. But if you are looking toward
an inventory that is an inventory, it is better to
make the classification complete.
The file preferable for our use is the vertical
file. This can be purchased from any of the
business-equipment houses, or, if one has a small
plant and just wants to try this scheme in a very
modest way, a file can be made from a cracker
box or a soap box. Make guide-cards of the size
of the box or buy them, as you prefer. Begin
with the business office and list all the furniture,
safes, etc. Then the composing-room. Put in a
guide-card for each item or group of items.
Look up all your equipment bills and place
them in their classification behind the guide-cards.
Before doing so you will find that the bills
vary in shape and dimensions. To preserve the
uniformity that will make the handling of these
more convenient, select the largest form of bill
and cut some waste cover-stock or stiff manila or
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857
ledger paper to the same size, and mount the bills
of smaller dimensions on these.
It would be well to have the filing box or case
or cabinet as near to the maximum-dimensioned
bill as possible.
With this inventory file before you there can
be no question of the exactitude of your inven¬
tory, for there are the original bills and all the
facts thereto pertaining.
If any of the material is sold or exchanged,
remove the bill referring to it and file in another
file, marking on it such data as caution may dic¬
tate to you for your future use.
Any one can have an inventory file at little
trouble and expense by following this method. It
can be extended to cover any ramification of the
business. But it must be looked after carefully.
Your bills for years back will be always accessi¬
ble, and the file will prove an incontestable evi¬
dence of the value of your equipment.
The matter of depreciation may be carried in
your books. Your inventory proper need have
nothing to do with this. The dates of your bills
will take care of that in making an adjustment in
case of fire.
This is merely a suggestion. It has not been
tested. It may have some holes in it that may
make it impractical. But whatever merit it has,
take it for what it is worth.
THREE DOLLARS A BUSHEL.
Photo by R. R. Sallows, Goderich, Ontario, Canada.
Written for The Inland Printer.
GRAMMAR AND PROOFREADING.
NO. III. — BY F. HORACE TEALL.
JR interest in language begins
with our first attempt to speak
a real word, which is in¬
variably confined to a single
sound, made in feeble imita¬
tion of some one of the words
we hear most frequently. Of
course we do not know for
some time that we are trying
to speak, but when we realize that the sounds we
make mean something, even though we say only
a single word at once, we are beginning to com¬
municate in sentences ; that is, each time we make
any one know what we mean, the content of our
meaning is understood as at least one complete
sentence. When first we put two words together
we intend a sentence, and have made our second
step toward the full expression of one. Like
Moliere’s M. Jourdain, who discovered that he
had been talking prose all his life without know¬
ing it, every one of us talks sentences a long time
before he knows it. Yet most of our grammar
text-books explain sentences only after they have
treated words separately, and many begin with
treatment of single letters. Some of our recent
writers say this is why grammar has always been
such a dry study, and they have begun with the
analyzation of sentences.
For our present purpose this new starting-
point is at least as good as any, although it is the
one of least probable demand for critical sugges¬
tion by a proofreader to an author. Construction
should be peculiarly the author’s special province,
but there is no phase of literary composition that
should escape the proofreader’s careful attention.
Perhaps the very fact that a change in the place
of ending a sentence is infrequently needed, com¬
paratively, is a strong reason for calling proof¬
readers’ special attention to the subject. In doing
so there is no intention of attempting to teach, or
of saying anything new of a didactic nature. Our
particular point of investigation is the identifica¬
tion of the elements of language, aiming at the
disclosure of their simplest and most widely com¬
prehended naming. Many of these elements, if
not most of them, have been named differently by
different teachers, as one may see most clearly
shown in Goold Brown’s “ Grammar of English
Grammars,” a work that devotes too much of its
space to telling how bad all other grammars are,
and has many faults in detail, but which makes
many truths more clearly evident than they are
made elsewhere.
A grammar that would probably have been
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I
execrated by Goold Brown, if it had been written
in time, is Huber Gray Buehler’s “A Modern Eng¬
lish Grammar,” published in 1900 by Newson &
Company, New York. It has a preface that we
should like to quote in full, but from which we
must be content to select a small part. “ This
book,” it says, “ is an attempt to present the
grammar of modern English in the manner pre¬
scribed by modern methods of instruction. . . .
When the mother tongue is the subject of critical
study, the aim is not to learn new forms of speech,
but to investigate the nature of forms that are
already familiar; therefore the treatment should
be analytic. With regard to arrangement, the
starting-point is the sentence ; for surely the first
months given to the formal study of the mother
tongue should be spent, not in examining the
properties of nouns and other parts of speech, but
in learning to separate sentences into subject,
predicate, complements, and modifiers. . . . These
larger elements of sentence-structure are the
foundations of grammar, and they must be famil¬
iar before the pupil is ready for the study of
separate words.” Of course our papers are not
written for young school pupils, but, as our aim
is certainly to investigate the nature of forms
already familiar, the same reasoning is good in
selecting our starting-point.
A sentence is either a single clause or a com¬
bination of clauses, and must contain a subject
and a predicate, and may have two or more sub¬
jects and predicates. In analyzing any sentence
it is necessary to recognize these elements as such,
although one may often properly indicate correc¬
tion of a deficiency, or any fault, without express¬
ing criticism by the use of any of the names of
elements. Proofreaders find most occasion for
supplying a deficiency or removing a redundancy,
so far as the wording is concerned, both of which
faults are sometimes so evident that the reader
should correct them unhesitatingly, and some¬
times of a nature that makes it necessary to query
them only and leave correction to the author or
editor. But the commonest error of all is the use
of a period instead of an interrogation-mark at the
end of a question. For definition of the names of
sentence-elements we must refer our readers to the
dictionary or grammar, since we write for persons
who are presumed to know these things already,
though it would be helpful to many of them occa¬
sionally to freshen their knowledge by consulting
reference-books.
A striking example of erroneous joining of
three sentences in the form of one is seen in
the following, from an editorial article about a
library : “Are the light and ventilation good ;
can the public get at the books; is the staff com¬
petent and civil?” Later this is referred to as
“ these questions ” ; but in form it appears as one
question. Its correct form, which form should be
given to it by any proofreader who is not bound by
strict order to follow copy, is : “Are the light and
ventilation good ? Can the public get at the books ?
Is the staff competent and civil?”
This is a kind of correction not at all likely to
be subject to objection by any reasonable person.
Even the writer would probably not remember
that he had written it with the semicolons, or, if
he did remember it, would only be pleased to see
that the proofreader had been thoughtful enough
to correct them. A little personal experience will
illustrate the proper attitude of reader and editor
or author in a similar case. The present writer,
when he was a proofreader on the same morning
paper from which the three questions are quoted,
read an article containing frequent mention of
the French Theater, sometimes written Theatre
Francais and sometimes Comedie Frangaise, and
was nearly ready to pass out the proof when the
managing editor came rushing into the room
shouting that this alternation of names should be
corrected. He was informed that already they had
all been made Comedie Frangaise, and a better-
pleased editor was never known.
A contrary experience occurred when the writer
had a desk in the city room of an evening paper.
He sent up copy of an article in small instalments
about five minutes apart, and the managing editor
came tearing into the room indignantly exclaim¬
ing that it was shameful for any one to handle so
long an article without marking any paragraph
division. He was still more exasperated on find¬
ing who had done it. “And you a proofreader,”
he said. The proofreader was a greenhorn at that
kind of piecemeal work.
Paragraphs are often begun at very inappro¬
priate places in newspaper editing. All that can
be done in the short time at command is to begin
a new paragraph about at a certain distance from
the preceding paragraph-beginning, and it some¬
times has a very queer effect. The latest instance
noted by the writer was in the report of the start
of a vessel for Europe. After telling that a well-
known man had sailed, with a little news as to
where he was going and for how long, the same
paragraph had a sentence saying that another man
had also sailed, and the next paragraph began,
referring to the second man, “ He goes for such a
purpose.” Each paragraph should contain all that
belongs to a natural division of the matter in hand,
and no more, unless the whole is short enough to
need no such dividing. The proofreader will do
well to mark needed changes when he can take
time to do so.
( To be continued.)
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859
Written for The Inland Printer.
LOOKING BACKWARD.
BY W. P. B.
N conversation with a journey¬
man printer recently it was
pointed out to the writer that
the arbitration agreement be¬
tween the American News¬
paper Publishers’ Association
and the International Typo¬
graphical Union was a poor
institution, so far as the mem¬
bers of his union were concerned. In fact, he did
not believe in the principle of arbitration to any
great extent, and thought that freedom to strike
should not be abridged by international agree-
create dissatisfaction with the present method of
settling wage controversies on daily newspapers
among a certain element of the typographical
union. It will not, of course, have the slightest
effect on men of sound judgment. In the one case,
it costs a few hundred dollars and a longer period
of time to secure results. But this is the maxi¬
mum cost! There will be no loss of business, no
interruption of service to the public, nor loss of
employment to the worker. The whole cost is con¬
fined to peaceable conference.
As against this method it is shown where more
prompt action was had in the settlement of the
commercial printers’ scale, with the saving of a few
paltry dollars to the organizations represented.
But it is admitted at the same time that negotia-
A PERSONALLY CONDUCTED OUTING.
Photo by R. R. Sallows, Goderich, Ontario, Canada.
ments. This journeyman illustrated his conten¬
tion with a comparison of recent efforts on the part
of Chicago job and newspaper printers to secure
increases in their respective scales. He said the
newspaper men had been endeavoring for more
than a year to better their conditions and bring
about a settlement of their new scale, before a
decision was finally reached, and the cost to the
organization had exceeded $1,500. On the other
hand, the commercial printers, unhampered by
arbitration agreements, had secured three sub¬
stantial increases within a period of five years, in
each case the settlement being made in a reason¬
able length of time and with scarcely any expense
to the union.
This seems a plausible argument against arbi¬
tration, and undoubtedly will have a tendency to
tions were at the breaking point during the entire
controversy, and it was only a gambler’s chance
that a settlement would be had through peaceable
means. If a strike had been declared, it probably
would have cost in money alone thousands upon
thousands of dollars, and partially wrecked organ¬
izations which it had taken many years to bring up
to their present efficiency, with untold cost of sacri¬
fice and energy. In addition to this the public
would have been greatly inconvenienced, men,
women and children would have suffered for the
ordinary necessaries of life, and the trade itself
incalculably injured. But the most destructive
result would have been the bitterness and hatred
engendered between two organizations which have
the power through friendly cooperation to render
immeasurable service to the trade’s membership.
860
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Newspaper printers who would go back to the
old system of the big stick in the settlement of
wage disputes either lack intelligence or are ene¬
mies of their organization. They may be able
finally to convince a majority of their fellows that
it is a part of wisdom to turn back to earlier meth¬
ods and principles, but if that day shall come it
will be one of the darkest in the history of the
International Typographical Union.
Written for The Inland Printer.
ADJUSTING PAY FOR LABOR SERVICE.
BY W. B. PRESCOTT.
HAT progressive publication,
Industrial Engineering , is a
persistent advocate of im¬
proving labor conditions. It
has exploited “motion study”
and more modern and equi¬
table methods of payment than
which prevail at present.
In a recent issue our friend
quotes from a letter of Stephen Gwynn, M. P.,
. which appeared in the London Mail. Mr. Gwynn
had been among those who believed that to most
factory employees work is mere drudgery, and had
so expressed himself. This resulted in the book,
“ Work, Wages and Profit,” by H. L. Gantt, being
brought to his attention. That gentleman says
“ men can be taught to like work even in a cotton
mill.” The way to do this is to foster a man’s
natural pride in his work, and the recognition that
there must be teamwork in the shop. We are
far from that in the average commercial-printing
office, though there is a semblance of it in the
mechanical departments of newspaper offices. That
is the result, however, of pressure of working con¬
ditions and the high class of labor employed rather
than any scientific treatment of the problem.
As Mr. Gwynn points out, while establishments
have expert designers, salesmen and purchasing
agents, the employment and treatment of labor —
the most expensive and most sensitive of all the
factors in production — are left to superintendents
and foremen whose time is consumed in attending
to other duties. If one is going to buy a press or
other inanimate utility he first studies its efficiency
and quality; after that, the price. When it comes
to purchasing labor power, either collectively
through agreement with unions or individually,
the constant demand is cheapness. Under the
fairest of existing conditions groups of employers
haggle about a small amount in the scale until the
trade is disturbed, the employees become excited
and the verge of a strike is reached. Individu¬
ally, exceptionally good workmen are sometimes
refused employment because they demand extra
money, and to give it to them would necessitate
increasing the wages of others as a preventive of
discontent.
Under the Gantt plan a bonus system of wage-
payments would prevail. As we have known
bonus systems, they usually have been employed
for the immediate purpose of speeding up the
worker and ultimately of reducing the basic wage.
Under the Gantt scheme the bonus is granted as a
stimulus to production, and the efficient worker
not only increases his salary but he benefits those
below him. The employer gets his reward in hav¬
ing the maximum output with the minimum of
overhead charges.
This eliminates the pressure on class loyalty
that pervades the human race. The “ swift,” to
drop into “pi alley” vernacular, by exercising his
powers to the limit will no longer be looked on as
a menace to the less efficient — he will be a valua¬
ble agent in the class uplift that looms so large in
the conceptions of thinking workers.
The more adequate system of payment paves
the way for a more efficient utilization of men and
machinery. Those of low efficiency will not be
required to work harder, but by showing them how
to “ cut out ” false motions, their producing capac¬
ity is improved. Similarly the output of the force
as a whole is improved by substitution of team¬
work for individual effort, for all benefit by the
enhanced production, and each employee will have
an interest in having those he follows or precedes
handle his work in the most efficient manner.
We find something of this spirit in newspaper
composing-rooms, where the employees ' protest
against shirkers even before capable foremen dis¬
cover the culprits. As a rule, one or two shirkers
would not provoke protests, but rather would set
an example likely to be followed by many of
their fellows. We mention this to show what is
too frequently forgotten — that environment has
an enormous influence on employees ; not that they
are different from others, but because they are like
the rest of mankind — very human. The question
is one of management, and Mr. Gantt’s plan will
meet the obstacles that confront innovations in
the labor field — managerial inertia and the work¬
ing-class prejudices that are the children of much
sharp practice and wrongheaded purpose in deal¬
ing with labor. _
IMPROVEMENTS.
“ Mr. Cleaver, how do you account for the fact that I
found a piece of rubber tire in one of the sausages I bought
here last week? ”
“ My dear madam, that only goes to show that the
motor-car is replacing the horse everywhere.” — New York
Times.
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861
Written for The Inland Printer.
THE TYPOGRAPHY OF ADVERTISEMENTS.
NO. VIII. - BY F. J. TREZISE.
“ AGENCY ADVERTISEMENTS.”
TH the rapid increase in the
cost of space in our maga¬
zines and journals has comq, a
form of advertising variously
known as “ agency ads.” and
“mail-order ads.” When the
advertiser pays $8 and $10 an
agate line for space he feels
that he can not afford the gen¬
erous white margins that are considered so much
a part of good display. He feels — and rightly,
too — that he must make every particle of space
count in the efforts to “ pull ” enough business to
make his advertisement pay.
An inch of space affords but little room for the
presentation of one’s proposition, and when one
This Book FREE
128 Pages of Vital Pointers on
How to W rite Letters That W in
—Sell Goods— Collect Accounts
“How to Write Letters That Win’’ is simply
128 pages torn from the every-day experience
of practical men who have sold millions of dol-
lars’ worth of goods, collected hopelessly over-due
accounts and pacified sore, belligerent customers by 1
the very methods they so clearly outline here for you.
First of all the book reproduces letters that are faulty and dearly ^
and spcdfically points out where the faults are, then it reproduces
these same letters rewritten as they should be, and explains fully t'
i cason for every change that has been made.
SYSTEM. 151-153 W.baah Atc.. Chica«o
Fig. 45. — A typical “agency ad.,” in which the whole story is told,
necessitating small type.
pays approximately $150 for that inch he must
bend every energy to the task in his effort to bring
returns commensurate with the cost.
And so we have the “agency ads.” — adver¬
tisements which frequently are set solid in five and
six point type, and in the setting of which the
compositor is compelled to cast aside all his pre¬
conceived ideas of artistic display and arrange his
advertisement in a manner calculated to use every
particle of space. It is not given to him to exer¬
cise his knowledge of typographical design — the
writer who prepares the copy does that, and with
the copy comes a sketch or layout which the printer
SIZE OF TYPE.
18-point solid .
14-point solid .
12-point solid .
12-point leaded
11-point solid .
11-point leaded
10-point solid .
10-point leaded
9-point solid .
9-point leaded
8-point solid .
8-point leaded
7-point solid .
7-point leaded
6-point solid .
6-point leaded
5-point solid .
5-point leaded
NO. OF WORDS.
. 7
. 11
. 14
. 11
. 17
. 14
. 21
. 16
. 28
. 21
. 32
. 23
. 38
. 27
. 47
. 34
. 69
. 50
Fig. 46. — Table showing approximately the number of words in a
square inch of various sizes of type.
is expected to follow. The printers’ part in the
preparation of these advertisements is to ascer¬
tain just what size of type will the most nearly fill
the space, without waste, and then set it up.
In Fig. 45 is shown an advertisement of this
nature — an advertisement in which the complete
story is told, necessitating the use of exceptionally
small type.
The first problem for the printer, then, is to
find out what size of type he shall use in order to
get in all the matter. Compositors have different
methods of ascertaining just how much space a
given piece of copy will occupy when put into type.
The great majority of them depend largely upon
a judgment based on a wide experience. Perhaps
the most common method of arriving at the
desired end is to set up three or four lines in the
type which one thinks will answer, and then, by
comparing the average number of words in a line
with the amount of copy, determine whether or
not the type will properly fill the space. This,
however, is a rule which can hardly be followed
in the agency ads., inasmuch as the different
shapes and measures which are made necessary
by the running of the matter around the cuts allow
of no standard length of line. For this reason
many compositors, in casting up agency ads., base
their calculation upon the number of words in a
square inch of any given type. This, of course,
has its drawbacks because of the difference in the
lengths of words and the variation in the type —
862
THE INLAND PRINTER
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measure, and then allowing for whether his own
type is condensed or extended, judge fairly accu¬
rately as to how it will come out. Or, better still,
one may ascertain with but little trouble the aver-
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Fig. 47. — Where the groups of type are irregular in shape it is much
more difficult to “ cast up ” the advertisement.
age number of words in a square inch of the
various type-faces and sizes in his office. In this
connection the table shown in Fig. 46, which
shows approximately how many words are con¬
tained in a square inch when set in body type of
standard measure, in sizes from five-point to
eighteen-point and both solid and leaded, will be
of interest.
With a table of this kind at hand, and keeping
in mind that in a square inch of type there are 36
square picas, the printer should have little trouble
in casting up his advertisement. If a certain space
is 9 picas wide and 4 picas deep it will contain 36
square picas, or one square inch. If it is 18 picas
wide and 4 picas deep it will contain 72 square
picas, or two square inches. One must, however,
make a little allowance where the measure is very
narrow, as a larger percentage of space is lost in
justification in the narrow measures.
But the spaces to be filled are not always rec¬
tangular in shape. One not infrequently encoun¬
ters such an advertisement as is shown in Fig. 47,
the shapes of the groups in which will almost
AREAS OF CIRCLES IN SQUARE INCHES.
Diameter
Diameter in Even Inches.
Inches.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
0
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3.1416
7.068
12 56
19.63
28.27
38.48
50.26
63.61
78.54
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3.546
7.669
13.36
20 62
29.46
39.87
51.84
65.39
80.51
1
1.227
3.976
8.295
14.18
21.64
30 67
41.28
53.45
67.20
82.51
1.484
4.430
8.946
15.03
22.69
31.91
42.71
55.08
69.02
84.54
1
1 767
4.908
9.621
15.90
23.75
33.18
44.17
56.74
70.88
86.59
2.073
5.441
10.32
16.80
24.85
34.47
45.66
58.42
72.75
88.66
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5.939
11.04
17.72
25.96
35.78
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60.13
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6.491
11.79
18.66
27.10
37.12
48.70
61.86
76.58
92.88
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Diameter
Diameter in Even Inches.
Inches.
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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28
113
255
452
750
1,020
1,385
1,818
2,290
2,830
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36
128
276
481
743
1,060
1,435
1.867
2,368
2,900
1
44
143
299
511
779
1,104
1 485
1.925
2,420
2,970
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53
160
324
541
816
1,149
1,537
1.985
2,485
3,044
64
177
346
572
855
1,194
1,580
2,042
2,552
3,118
75
196
372
605
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1,634
2,105
2,620
3,195
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214
397
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1,698
2,170
2,690
3,268
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237
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672
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1,754
2,228
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Fig. 48. — Tables showing the number of square inches and the number of
square picas in circles of given sizes.
baffle the closest figuring. In cases of this kind
one can arrive at only an approximate estimate of
the square inches of space to be occupied by the
type. It is well, however, to remember that in
these unusual spaces which have sharp angles a
little allowance must be made, for a triangle, while
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Fig. 49. — An advertisement set in the circular form.
containing half of the space of a rectangle of the
same height and width, will not hold quite half as
much type.
In computing the area of a circle in square
inches, one may follow the rule that the diameter
of the circle multiplied by itself and this product
by .7854 will give the area. If the diameter is in
inches the area will be in square inches, and the
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multiplying of the number of square inches in the
circle by 36 (the number of picas in a square inch)
will give the result in picas. In order to facilitate
this circular work, two tables are shown in Fig. 48,
one showing the areas of given circles in square
inches and the other showing the areas of circles
of the same sizes in square picas. In the latter
table the fractions have been omitted. Fig. 49
shows an advertisement set in this circular form.
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Fig. 50. — - In setting advertisements of this character, a “ cut-out ”
or pattern, such as that shown in Fig. 51, is used.
The advertisement shown in Fig. 50 presents,
at first glance, a most intricate problem in justifi¬
cation, but when one remembers that in these
agency ads. the illustrations are patched into the
plate by the electrotyper, the problem is not such
a difficult one. This patching in of the illustra¬
tions not only allows the printer to set his type
much nearer the illustration than he could if the
Fig. 51. — • Patterns of this kind are used in setting advertisements
such as that shown in Fig. 50.
cut itself were used in the type-form, but it enables
him, by quadding out the space to be occupied by
the illustration, to set the advertisement much as
he would straight matter.
In order to determine the space to be occupied
by the illustration, and to place his type in the
proper position, the compositor uses a “cut-out”
or pattern.
Taking a proof of the cut or cuts to be used in
the advertisement and cutting them out, allowing
the amount of margin desired around them, the
compositor places them in his stick or on the gal¬
ley in reverse position to that which they will
occupy in the completed advertisement.
Or, better still, he places the cuts just as they
are to appear in the advertisement, takes a proof
of them, traces the outlines on the back of the
proof, and secures a pattern such as is shown in
Fig. 51. With this pattern the rest is easy, as he
can see just where to commence and end each line.
Where the advertisement ends with a display
signature, the compositor has a little leeway in his
casting up of the matter, as he can put in or take
out a little space without any trouble, but where it
ends without display, as does the example shown
in Fig. 50, the utmost care is necessary in order
that it may not run over the allotted space.
CHANGE IN THE BRITISH ANTHEM.
A change has been made in the National Anthem. In
these days, when the main thought throughout the civilized
world is peace, one of the old verses of the anthem is said
to have struck the King as sounding a somewhat discordant
note. It runs :
0 Lord, our God, arise !
Scatter His enemies,
And make them fall ;
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On Him our hopes we fix,
0 save us all.
That verse has now been replaced by the following,
written by Dean Holt, and breathing a more peaceful spirit :
0 Lord, our God, arise !
Scatter his enemies.
Make wars to cease.
Keep us from plague and dearth,
Turn Thou our woes to mirth.
And over all the earth
Let there be peace.
The alteration has been specially sanctioned by King
George, and is therefore of national importance, seeing that
it is now likely to be universally followed. — Windsor (Nova
Scotia) Tribune.
BOIL IT DOWN AND READ THE BIBLE.
A beginner in newspaper work in a Southern town, who
occasionally sent “ stuff ” to one of the New York dailies,
picked up last summer what seemed to him a “ big story.”
Hurrying to the telegraph office he “ queried ” the tele¬
graph editor: “Column story on so and so. Shall I send
it?”
The reply was brief and prompt, but, to the enthusiast,
unsatisfactory. “ Send six hundred words,” was all it said.
“ Can’t be told in less than twelve hundred. Tremen¬
dous story,” he wired back.
Back the reply came: “ Story of creation of world told
in six hundred. Try your story, same length.”
Drawn by John T. Nolf, printer.
THE INLAND PRINTER
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Written for The Inland Printer.
APPRENTICE PRINTERS’ TECHNICAL CLUB.
NO. X. - BY W. E. STEVENS,
Assistant Instructor, Inland Printer Technical School.
This department is devoted entirely to the interests of appren¬
tices, and the subjects taken up are selected for their immedi¬
ate practical value. Correspondence is invited. Specimens of
apprentices* work will be criticized by personal letter. Address
all communications to Apprentice Printers* Technical Club, 624-
632 Sherman street, Chicago.
5 announced in last month’s
Inland Printer, this depart¬
ment is conducting a business-
card contest exclusively for
apprentices. We trust that
the entries will be many, and
are certain that every con¬
testant will be well repaid for
his time and trouble. No con¬
ditions are imposed that can not be carried out in
the most humble print-shop, and each contestant
will receive the same careful attention, no matter
what the quality of his work may be.
The contest closes October 10, so don’t keep
putting it off until it is too late to enter.
Our lesson this month is on “ furniture.”
METAL FURNITURE.
This material is used for blanking-out pur¬
poses, and must be light, yet strong and durable.
Being cast with solid edges and inside braces, the
minimum of weight is secured; and these braces
are so arranged, according to the length and width
of the pieces, as to secure the maximum of
strength. The metal is much the same as type-
metal, but with a greater proportion of lead.
One can readily see that solid pieces would be
very difficult to handle, and were many such pieces
used in a form it would be altogether too heavy for
safe handling.
There are many different styles of metal furni¬
ture on the market, but their main difference is in
the arrangement and form of the braces. Some
Fig. 57. — Ordinary metal furniture.
run crosswise only, while others run both cross¬
wise and lengthwise ; some are wedge-shaped, and
others rounding, etc. Fig. 57 shows one style of
metal furniture.
The material is furnished in fonts of 12, 25, 50
and 100 pounds, and is made in the following sizes :
4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40 and 50 picas long,
by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 picas wide. Every font is
6-5
carefully assorted, with the smaller pieces pre¬
dominating, as they are the most used. The long¬
est pieces — 30, 40 and 50 picas — are furnished
only with 50 and 100 pound fonts, or upon special
order.
As with other material which has been spoken
of in past lessons, one should, when breaking up a
form, be very careful to stack the pieces up in a
neat manner and not throw them in a heap on the
stone. The material is soft and is easily battered.
When wood and metal furniture are used
together in filling out from a form to the edges
of the chase, one should lock the wood, not the
metal, against the chase. Wood will give a trifle,
whereas the soft metal is in danger of being bent
Fig. 58. — Quotation furniture.
or battered. Furthermore, in locking up metal
against metal the furniture is liable to slip up and
cause considerable damage.
In colorwork, where accuracy and rigidity are
necessary, metal furniture is indispensable. Pieces
of wood furniture must be used, however, for, as
Fig. 59. — Railroad furniture.
we explained before, to lock metal against metal is
to run the risk of spoiling the material or having
it work loose and cause trouble.
QUOTATION METAL FURNITURE.
This material is designed for inside composi¬
tion : that is, for blanking out spaces inside a page
or panel. There are many different styles of quo¬
tation furniture on the market, but, like the metal
furniture, they differ only in the form of the
braces.
Regular fonts weigh 5, 12, 25, 50 and 100
pounds, and are made up of the following sizes:
2, 3 and 4 picas wide by 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20 picas
long. If longer pieces are desired the material can
be graded by 4 picas up to 84 picas in length.
Fig. 58 shows a piece of quotation furniture.
RAILROAD METAL FURNITURE.
Railroad furniture is used for blanking-out
purposes and for general imposition. Shaped like
a steel rail, as can be seen in Fig. 59, the material
866
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is very strong and durable, though harder to han¬
dle than ordinary metal furniture. It is made in
widths of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 picas, and to any
lengths up to and including 17 inches. If desired
it can be cut labor-saving.
LABOR-SAVING IRON FURNITURE.
This furniture has a distinct advantage over
type-metal furniture, in forms that are to be ster¬
eotyped ; there being no liability of its changing
in size by being heated. It is lighter than ordi¬
nary metal furniture, and is not easily battered,
nor can it be bent by a tight lock-up. It is accu¬
rate to the one-thousandth of an inch and, being
iron, will remain accurate.
Fonts of this material contain so many pieces
of each size, according to the total number that is
required. The smallest piece is 2 by 4 picas, and
the largest 10 by 25 picas.
PATENT STEEL FURNITURE.
Steel furniture is very useful for saving time
in making up and locking up forms. The pieces
are cut to accurate lengths, from 9 to 72 picas, and
each end is notched as shown in Fig. 60. Instead
Fig. 60. — Patent steel furniture.
we received, announcing the purchase of the plant
and good-will of the Garfield Leader, Garfield,
Kansas, by Messrs. Monger and Milford. They
have changed the name of their paper to the
Garfield Booster, and “ expect to make the Booster
a booster for the boosting little city of Garfield-on-
the-Arkansas first, last and all the time.”
Inside the folder is a photograph of these
youthful publishers, a reproduction of which is
shown herewith, also a poem reminiscent of their
apprenticeship. The poem is rather interesting,
and should brace up those apprentices who bewail
the lack of material as a hindrance to their career.
Here it is :
THE PRINTING CRAFT.
With stick and rule, in life’s hard school,
Our boyhood days were spent,
We see again the darksome den
Toward which our footsteps bent.
The Washington press — thing of distress;
The hand-made reglet rack;
The high stool marred, the roller hard,
The towel frayed and black.
The cases few, with no type new,
The hell-box full of dross,
The office cat, the desk where sat
The grand imperial boss.
Across the years we see, through tears,
The place where, half afraid
But with good heart, we made the start
To learn the printer’s trade.
of filling in the blank spaces the material is placed
around, joining neatly in the notches, and being
absolutely rigid when locked up. There is a dis¬
tinct saving in the use of this furniture, for less
time is required in placing the pieces in position,
and less material is needed to go around the spaces
than to fill them. The pieces are five-eighths of
an inch in height, and are made of 24, 36 and 54
point steel, with either 12 or 18 point notches.
Fonts are arranged in so many pieces as are
required, the shortest length being 9 picas and the
longest 72 picas.
There are a number of different kinds of steel
furniture on the market, but they are all practi¬
cally the same except for the way in which the
corners are joined.
AN INTERESTING ANNOUNCEMENT.
“A greeting. From two of the youngest own¬
ers, editors and publishers in the State of Kansas,
United States of America. L. K. Monger, born
November 8, 1889, at Larned, Kansas. ‘ Jack ’
Milford, born March 10, 1890, at Tribune, Kan¬
sas.”
This is the heading of a very neat folder which
And so we worked, and never shirked,
Among our fellow men ;
It made us proud — the paste-pot loud
Did not disturb us then.
The saving art, in every part,
We mastered fore and aft;
Now when we pray we always say,
“ God bless the printing craft.”
These young men served their apprenticeship
in a small, poorly equipped and none too clean
shop, yet they learned enough to give them confi¬
dence in their ability successfully to conduct a
newspaper. Their career so far has been unhin¬
dered by a lack of material to work with during
their apprenticeship.
HUMOROUS ANSWERS TO TEST QUESTIONS.
Each month we ask a few test questions con¬
cerning the previous lesson, and trust that appren¬
tices follow our suggestion of writing down the
answers as best they can, then referring to the
lesson for verification.
Mr. C. E. Wofford, of Roundup, Montana,
answers in a humorous way the questions asked in
our June lesson. He takes a very unesthetic view
of printers’ material and methods, but there are
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867
many grains of truth among the chaff of humor.
Read what he says :
What are mallets used for? Mallets are used for
driving nails, splitting kindling and hammering home cot¬
ter pins.
What is the difference between an ordinary planer and
a proof planer? The common or garden variety of planer
is a chunk of wood, the top being adorned with two pieces
of worn and frayed leather; the under side, which gives
evidence of once having been smooth, is noticeable for the
reason that it contains a myriad of small holes and is
thickly coated with an impervious black varnish. Proof
planer same as above, except that the reverse side has a
piece of billiard-table cover nailed on it; said piece of
material being criss-crossed with numerous cuts from
pounding on perforating-rule.
Can you describe the operation of “ pounding ” a proof?
The intelligent compositor ties up his job, dumps it on a
stone, puts nine letters on ends of nine lines, takes a chew
L. K. MONGER AND “ JACK ” MILFORD.
of tobacco, smears face of form with lampblack, lays
thereon a piece of wet print, grabs hammer and planer,
pounds tar out of print, paying especial attention to scripts
and Caslons.
What are coins (quoins), and what are they used for?
Dunno — none in this office.
What is a lead and rule cutter? Hand-power punch-
press for bending brass rule and chewing up linotype slugs.
What is a mitering machine? Apparatus for reducing
brass at 75 cents a foot to shavings at 15 cents a pound.
What is a mitering machine? Adjunct of high-brow
offices, calculated to produce a rule to two points less than
measure, one end beveled wrong, and with a burr on the
bottom.
What is a stick? Piece of rust, adorned with an eccen¬
tric screw and a reciprocating lug.
What are tweezers used for? To give the typefounders
a job.
TEST QUESTIONS.
What are brass column-rules? What are beveled column-
rules, and how are they used? What are head-rules? What
are perforating-rules, and what is their disadvantage?
What are cutting, scoring and creasing rules? What are
brass dashes? Explain the different thicknesses of spaces
and quads. What is a three-em space? What is an en
quad? How should one fill out a line with quads and
spaces? How should quads be used together? What are
circular quads? What are angular quads?
These questions were fully explained in The
Inland Printer for August.
(To be continued.)
UNPUBLISHED VERSE OF ROBERT BURNS.
Io ! Calvin, Knox and Luther cry
I ha’e the truth and I and I,
Puir sinners if ye gang agley,
The de’il will ha’e ye
And the Lord will stand abeigh
And will nae sa’e ye.
But hoolie, hoolie, nae sae fast.
When Gabriel shall blaw his blast
And heaven and earth awa ha’e past,
These lang syne saints
Shall find baith de’il and hell at last
Mere pious feints.
The upright, honest-hearted man,
Who strives to do the best he can,
Need never fear the church’s ban
Or hell’s damnation,
For God will need nae special plan
For his salvation.
The ane wha feels our deepest needs
Recks little how man counts his deeds,
For righteousness is not in creeds
Or solemn faces.
But rather lies in kindly deeds
And Christian graces.
Then never fear, wi’ purpose le’al,
A head to think, a heart to feel
For human woe, or human weal,
Nae preaching loon
Your sacred birthright e’er can steal
To heaven aboon.
Take tent o’ truth and heed thee well,
The man who sins inak’s his own hell ;
There’s nae worse de’il than himsel,
But God is strongest,
And when puir human hearts rebel,
He hauds out longest.
COLOR OF LIGHTNING.
The color of lightning is almost entirely due to the nature
of the substance in its track that is made incandescent.
The blue, red, purple or silver tints, which are ordi¬
narily much more brilliantly marked in tropical countries
than they ever are in this latitude, are due to the same cir¬
cumstance as those which produce the color designedly
communicated to the light of different kinds of fireworks.
Each different foreign ingredient that floats in the air has
its own proper hue, which it can communicate to the light¬
ning. The vapor of iron has one kind of shine and the
vapor of sulphur another. — Harper’s Weekly.
FAUST.
liuse of the Goethe statue, Frankfort, Germany.
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The Inland Printer reserves the right to reject any advertisement for
cause.
FOREIGN AGENTS.
W. H. Beers, 40 St. John street, London, E. C., England.
John Haddon & Co., Bouverie House, Salisbury square, Fleet street, London,
E. C., England.
Raithby, Lawrence & Co. (Limited), De Montfort Press. Leicester, England.
Haith by, Lawrence & Co. (Limited), Thanet House, 231 Strand, London,
W. C., England.
Penrose & Co., 109 Farringdon Road. London, E. C., England.
Wm. Dawson & Sons, Cannon House, Breams buildings, London, E. C.,
England.
Alex. Cowan & Sons (Limited), General Agents, Melbourne, Sydney and
Adelaide, Australia.
Alex. Cowan & Sons (Limited), AVellington, New Zealand.
F. T. Wimble & Co., 87 Clarence street, Sydney, N. S. W.
G. Hedeler, Niimbergerstrasse 18, Leipsic. Germany.
H. Calmels, 150 Boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris, France.
John Dickinson & Co. (Limited), Capetown and Johannesburg, South Africa.
A. Oudshoorn. 179 rue de Paris, Charenton, France.
Jean Van Overstraeten, 3 rue Villa Hermosa, Brussels, Belgium.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
No printer can be said to be doing justice to
himself whose information regarding his calling
goes no farther than his immediate needs.
The complex and exacting character of modern
printing and journalism is shown by the number
of colleges that are now establishing or have estab¬
lished courses in printing and journalism as fea¬
tures of their curricula.
Schools of estimating can not reach far enough
to leaven sufficiently the mass of misconception
regarding printing. What is most urgently needed
is that the printer who is a mechanic rather than a
business man should attend some good business
college and get posted on the science of accounting.
He will then be in shape to analyze intelligently
the propositions that the cost congresses are work¬
ing for.
It will become more rare for the pressman or
the compositor who has saved a little money to
enter business for himself. The increase in wages
and the shortening of the day’s work will make it
more difficult for him to equal his wages as a work¬
ing printer and more expensive to employ help.
In addition, the rank and file is absorbing from the
trade-papers inside facts regarding the cost of
doing business. Through the trade press the work¬
ing printer is comprehending that a price for work
that is two or three hundred per cent beyond what
the worker received to produce the job compre¬
hends other items of expenditure with which he
had nothing to do.
Some of the gentlemen who will assemble at
Denver the first week of this month were at the
photoengravers’ meeting at Cincinnati in June.
When the question of a new organization is up for
discussion it is to be hoped that they will not
forget the pungent remarks of President-elect
Houser as he assumed the chair. That gentleman
is not only a leader in this particular division of
the trade, but is acquainted with the forces that
make successful organizations. In those remarks
he said many things that would not be out of place
at any association gathering. One portion of his
remarks dealt with the work that had been done
by the photoengravers’ association. To the newly
elected president it did not appear to be a very
creditable array of accomplishments. He didn’t
accuse previous officers of incompetency, nor did
he rail against past policies. Mr. Houser went to
the nub of things — the nub in any organization.
He told his hearers that in the past there had been
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little time and practically no money expended in
organization, reminding them that “ as long as you
put nothing into this association, you can not
expect to receive any benefits from it.” In the ebb
and flow of discussion, and mayhap intrigue, at
Denver this thought should never be forgotten:
that in order to get anything out of any sort of
organization, both time and money — especially
money, in most instances — must be put into it. A
poverty-stricken organization of printers will do
little good, and may do much harm by adding an
additional obstacle on the road of discouragement
that every employing printers’ organization has to
travel. _
Canadian advices indicate that the forthcom¬
ing election will result in approving the reciproc¬
ity pact by the Canadians. If so, the executives
of the United States and American administra¬
tions will fix a day for the new tariff rates becom¬
ing effective, and the fervor with which President
Taft and Premier Laurier advocated reciprocity
is assurance that an early date will be selected.
We are not among those who believe the new
arrangement will affect prices seriously or cause
much economic disturbance. If the users of news¬
print do not secure better service or lower prices,
many advocates of Canadian reciprocity will be
disappointed. The interest of managers of large
newspapers in the duty on wood-pulp and on paper
was the main factor in popularizing reciprocity
with Canada, and by the same token it looks as
though that group will be the greatest beneficia¬
ries of the changed fiscal relations between the
two countries, though we hope some of the results
will trickle through to our friends, the weekly pub¬
lishers.
Frequently we are told that it requires at
least fifty per cent more time to do a piece of dis¬
play composition, such as an advertisement, in a
job-office than in a newspaper composing-room.
Granting that this is true, is it necessary that such
a condition exist? And what are the reasons for
this wide difference? Can it be charged entirely
to the lack of facilities? Or is it partly due to the
difference in the average “gait” of newspaper
men and job men? These are interesting ques¬
tions, and it would do no harm to discuss them. If
fifty per cent of cost of composition could be elimi¬
nated by providing better facilities, would it not
pay to make the investment ? On the other hand,
if the difference in production is brought about by
other causes, we should know what they are.
Finding out what it costs to do a job is one thing,
and ascertaining whether the cost is reasonable is
quite another. Probably some of our readers who
have had experience both in newspaper ad.-rooms
and job-offices could offer a few interesting points
bearing on the subject.
In his report to the “ members of the Interna¬
tional Typographical Union,” President Lynch
divulges that he addresses monthly letters to presi¬
dents of local unions. In these communications he
discusses intimate things. The public is given a
glimpse of what was discussed in some of these
epistles. We find that he noted the activity of the
United Typothetse and the movement for one
employers’ organization. And Mr. Lynch, becom¬
ing audaciously oracular, says unionists can have
no objection to a strong association of employers
“ intelligently conducted.” After using this pet
phrase of the critics of his cult, Mr. Lynch goes on
to say that the union must be prepared to meet
the opposition of such an organization if its
machinery should fall into the hands of “bitter
opponents.” From the tone and context we sup¬
pose this is done in furtherance of an organizing
campaign, as the typographical union does not
appear to be nearly as strong numerically as Mr.
Lynch desires or deems safe. He says there are
twenty-five thousand nonunion compositors work¬
ing in places where union charters are in exist¬
ence. The union’s membership is given at fifty-
three thousand — a little more than one-half of
the total compositor population — twenty-two
thousand living in localities not sufficiently large
to maintain a union. Mr. Lynch’s desire to
strengthen his organization apparently meets with
some opposition, for he says in one letter, “ Let me
say to those critics that they are in the position of
Nero, who fiddled while Rome burned.”
National and Business Peace.
The peace pact between the United States,
Great Britain and France is one of the most sig¬
nificant signposts in the march of advancing civili¬
zation. The old-world countries involved have
probably the longest and most inspiring military
records of any of the living nations — taking the
war god’s view for the nonce — and Uncle Sam
has been something of a “ husky ” in his active and
comparatively young life. This is not a treaty
signed by nations exhausted by war; so far as
men, money and spirit are concerned, the great
contracting nations are as well fitted for war as
any other. The cynical will tell us that the whole¬
some respect resulting from that fitness for war
is responsible for the agreement. We prefer to
think it is the cold, deliberate thought — humanized
thought — that is asserting itself. Time was when
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the now universally respected followers of George
Fox were conspicuous for their abhorrence of and
opposition to war. Men are no longer ostracized
for being antimilitarists, and it is becoming
increasingly difficult to foment the war spirit
among civilized nations.
The forces responsible for and arising out
of "these conditions are also responsible for the
recently signed peace pact — an instrument mark¬
ing the spirit of the age. And that spirit will
manifest itself more and more strongly in every
pathway of life. The passing of the belief that
“ competition is the life of trade ” is in part due to
the fact that it is an exploded theory, and in part to
the further fact that its corollary, “ business is
war,” has become offensive to the spiritual sense
of the public mind.
Despite precedence, the difficulty in shaking off
old habits and methods, the practical, hard-headed
business world is drifting toward the Golden-Rule
era, and it is drifting so rapidly that the most
obtuse must see and hear the swirl.
On to Denver.
In Denver this month there will be held two of
the most important conventions ever convened by
employing printers. The third annual meeting of
the International Cost Congress and the twenty-
fifth annual convention of the United Typothetse
of America, if we are not greatly mistaken, will
mark the beginning of a new era for printing
craftsmen. A spirit of toleration pervades the
atmosphere in the whole organized movement, and
at no time in the past has there been evident such
a marked and general desire for that cooperation
which shall include every one connected with the
art of printing.
One of the gratifying signs of the times is the
friendly spirit shown in the invitation extended by
President Lynch, of the International Typograph¬
ical Union, to every employing printer attending
the conventions, to visit the Union Printers’ Home
at Colorado Springs and partake of its hospitality.
No less gratifying is the good feeling with which
the invitation has been accepted by employers,
prominent members of the Typothetse and Ben
Franklin Clubs who are conducting “ open ” offices
urging that every one get aboard the special train
which is to be provided by the International Typo¬
graphical Union to carry the guests from Denver
to the Home, where a banquet will be spread in
their honor.
But this is only one among the many recent
incidents which point to a united printerdom in
the days only a little way ahead. The men who are
about to march on to Denver have uppermost in
their minds the thought that cooperation is the
only road to prosperity in the printing trades, and
that no genuine progress will be made in coopera¬
tive effort until they are able to join hands under
one banner and present a united and determined
attitude on those principles which underlie good
business methods. And this prevailing sentiment
is almost certain to bring about action which shall
redound to the credit and honor, not only of those
who participate in it, but of every one who is con¬
nected with the printing trades in America.
“ On to Denver! ” should mean more to Amer¬
ican employing printers than usually is compre¬
hended in a convention cry. Gathering the full¬
ness of its meaning, in the light of what has gone
before, we should see in it : “ On to unity, coopera¬
tion, and prosperity! ”
The Country Newspaper Office.
It is but a few years since the country news¬
paper job-office was not required to do good com¬
mercial work in order to hold the community’s
trade. But there has been a remarkable change
in recent years, partly due to a cultivated public
appreciation of good printing and partly to the
mail-order-house invasion of the country mer¬
chant’s business. The smaller-town merchants are
beginning to realize the power in printer’s ink —
(not the power of printer’s ink). They are not
content longer to buy it in bulk. They know it
must be applied intelligently, impressively and
diligently, if they are to meet the competition of
the city merchant.
That the catalogues and other printed matter
of these mail-order concerns have gone a long way
toward educating the country business men in the
value of good printing in their own advertising
campaigns is to be accepted without question. And
the effect has been to awaken the local printer to
the actual condition confronting him.
Of course, in many cases the printer has initia¬
ted the movement himself. Having seen his oppor¬
tunity in the changed business conditions, he has
used the columns of his paper with telling force in
an anti-mail-order campaign, and at the same time
has impressed the merchants with the need of
using printers’ ink in meeting mail-order competi¬
tion. In doing this he has cooperated in a sensible
way by urging the merchant to use only high-class
printed matter. And he has proceeded to execute
the best work, for which not only good prices
are paid, but his town and its business men are
immeasurably benefited thereby.
In the near future the country printing-office
will be a good money-making institution, if it shall
embrace the opportunities presented. There will
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be more business literature, proportionately, in the
next few years than ever before. But it will be, in
the main, work of the higher grade. The country
business man will demand the best, and if he can
not get it from his local printer, he will be forced
to look elsewhere for it.
With simplicity marking the work of the best
printers to-day, the country-newspaper office is not
required to go beyond its means in equipment. A
modest plant, selected by men of ability, will give
ample opportunity for turning out the very best
of work. What is needed more than anything else
is an understanding of what constitutes good print¬
ing, together with an appreciation of its value to
those who use it.
This is the crux, and herein lies the opportunity
for building into the country printing business
genuine prosperity. Evolution in business meth¬
ods has created a condition making it imperative
that the country merchant use the power in print¬
er’s ink. And the printer who digs it out for him
will not only bring prosperity unto himself, but aid
his fellow business men beyond measure.
The R eal Master Printers.
Superintendents and foremen of Chicago print¬
ing-houses have formed an association for mutual
benefit and for the furtherance of the interests of
the craft in general. It is the third organization
of its kind to be established in America, similar
organizations having been formed in New York
and Philadelphia some time ago.
Much benefit has resulted from bringing
together the men who direct affairs in the prac¬
tical end of the business. With organizations for
journeymen and for the employers, the superin¬
tendents and foremen naturally have felt some¬
what isolated so far as business association is con¬
cerned. While employees’ unions do not bar them
from membership, there is little of interest in the
discussions of such organizations bearing on the
work of superintendents and foremen; and the
employers’ associations have to do chiefly with
estimating and business methods.
Under these conditions there is need for the
new organizations — in fact, they are the only
bodies which properly can be termed associations
of master printers. The membership is com¬
posed of craftsmen who have not only mastered
the business from a technical standpoint, but are
capable of successfully directing the execution of
work by an organized force of workmen. It is
quite reasonable, therefore, that the bringing
together of these bona fide master printers is pro¬
ductive of much good. An exchange of ideas and
experiences is bound to lead to improvement in
mechanical methods, and in the handling of work
as it travels through the different departments.
The Chicago Printing Crafts’ Association has
started off with an “ I Will ” spirit imprinted all
over it, and we trust that it shall be the means of
instilling new life and greater ambition into every
one who has to do with the practical side of the
printing business in the “ Windy City.”
The Saturday Half-holiday.
Sunday baseball was condemned in the New
York legislature, recently, on the ground that it
would endanger the Saturday half-holiday. Pecul¬
iarly enough, this argument did not come from a
representative of the workingmen. The legislator
who sounded the warning was a minister of the
gospel — the Rev. Julius Lincoln, of Chautauqua
county. He contended that if Sunday be univer¬
sally set apart as a day for “ rest, spiritual contem¬
plation and deeds of higher neighborliness,” it
would be only a matter of time until the full Satur¬
day holiday were an established institution, to be
devoted to sports and recreation. While the con¬
tention seems reasonable, it probably would have
had more weight, coming from a churchman, if
religious institutions had taken the lead in estab¬
lishing the Saturday half-holiday.
But we can not now recall that efforts were
made by church organizations to bring about a
shorter Saturday in the interests of a Puritan
Sabbath. Nor had the question of a consecrated
Sunday anything to do with the establishment of
a shorter work week. Reduction of the hours of
labor was the primary object. Personal inclina¬
tions as to what employment should be made of
the leisure time were not to be considered. Men
simply were to have more time to cultivate social
relations and to devote to personal affairs. Un¬
doubtedly it has enabled some to give more atten¬
tion to church matters. That is but natural. And
while the enforcement of the Blue Laws may have
a tendency to make the Saturday holiday more
highly appreciated by lovers of sport, the non¬
enforcement of such laws will not operate to
lengthen the working week nor to prevent the still
further shortening of it.
Woman Labor in the Printing Field.
In the larger cities the organization of bindery
women is causing some uneasiness, and it presents
a problem. In many establishments employment
is of necessity precarious and the yearly earnings
are low, irrespective of what the weekly scale may
be. Perhaps the traits characteristic of female-
shop or factory labor are accentuated in this trade.
Few of those engaged at it have any intention of
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making it a life-work. So working forces are
constantly changing. This element also makes
the material somewhat undesirable from a union
standpoint, for an organization in such a trade as
bookbinding must have continuity in membership
if it is going to succeed. To an employer the labor
problem is a nightmare, and when women are
involved the difficulties are not lessened.
With labor officials not overly keen to organize
them, and employers being opposed to that policy
for all sorts of reasons, one would think that
female labor would not give much trouble. That
is how it has been in the past. But a new force
is in the field, which labor officials must heed and
with which employers of female labor will have to
reckon. It is the new woman, and what the irrev¬
erent call the suffragette. Women’s clubs and
other social machinery of modern life have imbued
multitudes with a high sense — in many cases an
exaggerated sense — of their social duty toward
their sisters. This explains the advent in the
labor movement of Miss Morgans, Miss Marburys
and Miss MacDowells. They see the concomitant
evils of low wages, and, guided by the advice of
skilled labor strategists, they play important parts
in “ hunger strikes ” such as we see in the clothing
trades. Cooperating with these women are many
economic reformers not of the working class.
Kindly disposed toward organized labor, they
would not interest themselves to help such organ¬
izations as the typographical or pressmen’s unions,
on the theory that they can take care of them¬
selves ; if they fall by the wayside it is the result
of indifference or the blunders of their members,
and it is a wise provision of nature that men should
suffer for their sins of omission and commission.
They reason that they can best serve the social
uplift by going among the poorly paid and organ¬
izing them.
Influential and capable of presenting a case in
a pleasing way, these men and women can get their
views in the daily press ; they do picket duty and
assume all the responsibilities of ordinary strikers,
and become an element to reckon with in indus¬
trial disputes.
The one point in the printing trades to which
the attention of this element is directed is the
bindery. If these people enter the arena, even
woman-hating labor officials will have to treat
them liberally or lose their jobs. The luckless
employer will find himself beset by the usual
machinery that works for improved labor condi¬
tions, plus perhaps the females of his family and
social circle. This is not a fanciful picture, for
we have knowledge of at least one woman stock¬
holder in a printing-office corporation vehemently
insisting on the wages of bindery workers being
increased even if to do so would eat up all the prof¬
its. Womanlike, there was nothing to the question
but the moral issue. Argument and business logic
did not move her. She would not be a party to any
arrangement which provided wages so meager
that they tended to drive her sisters into a life of
shame. Just what the management did we are not
informed, but this serves to show the perplexities
that loom up as an incident to the employment
of hitherto friendless cheap female labor. The
employer is between the upper and the nether mill¬
stones of business necessity and the ever-growing
demand for social improvement.
There are factors which serve to postpone the
inevitable so far as employing printers and binders
are concerned. Working conditions are not as
bad as in some other industries, and the number
employed is not so large. These militate against
the development of newspaper sensationalism, and
many of the dilettante crusaders have an inordi¬
nate fondness for the limelight. Looked at from
its brightest aspect, female labor is an exasper¬
ating problem to handle. That it will become a
more difficult one in the future as moral responsi¬
bilities are pressed home on employers, is not
pleasant to contemplate. Possibly the most phil¬
osophical way to look at it is to recognize that these
new demands constitute the pains and penalties of
advancing civilization, and meantime do the best
we can as individuals to solve what is really part
of a great social-economic question, in which the
individual can have but little weight.
WHITE PULP FROM PRINTED PAPER.
A patent has been granted to Doctor Hugo Henkel, of
Dusseldorf, and Director Otto Gessler, of Augsburg, for
the removal of ink from printed paper, by means of alka¬
line bleaching agents. The softened and defibered paper
is treated in an alkaline solution of peroxids, which in that
process are transformed into a colloidal condition, in con¬
nection with which silicic acid, silicates, or aluminates are
employed. Silicic acid is best used in the so-called “ solu¬
ble ” form, which is said to consist of a mixture of soluble
glass and soda. By dissolving this compound in water, a
hydrolitic change takes place through which the silicic acid
is precipitated, in colloidal form. The precipitation com¬
mences several minutes after the mixing, and is completed
in four or five hours; its duration being dependent upon
the concentration and the temperature. Freshly precipi¬
tated hydro-oxid of aluminum operates in the same way.
The fatty substance in the printer’s ink is so changed
by the alkaline solution of the super-oxid, that it loses its
binding power. In this manner the ink is transformed into
an emulsion by means of the colloidal silicic acid, and is
easily separated from the fibers. The fibers themselves are
not so much affected as by “ Javelle” lye or by chlorid of
lime solution. The bleaching effect of the peroxid has only
a subordinate part in the case in question. Its resinifying
or saponifying effect upon the printer’s ink constitutes the
most important feature of its operation. — • The Paper Mill.
THE HOUSE OF RIENZI, “THE LAST OF THE TRIBUNES ” — ROME.
From a half-tone plate, by The Henry 0. Shepard Company, Chicago.
Ilienzi was assassinated October 8, 1354. The populace had risen against him. Shaving his beard he disguised himself as a shepherd, and,
with a cloth over his head, he slipped into the crowd and joined in the cries against himself. Being recognized by the golden bracelets which
he had neglected to remove, he was instantly stabbed. For two days his body was left exposed to the insults of the mob, and was then burned.
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Compiled for The Inland Printer.
INCIDENTS IN FOREIGN GRAPHIC CIRCLES.
BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
GERMANY.
The city council of Leipsic has appropriated 500,000
marks to assist the International Book Trades Exposition,
to be held in that city in 1914. In addition, the council
authorized a guarantee of 150,000 marks.
According to statistics gathered for the Allgemeiner
Anzeiger fur Druckereien, 2,619 German cities and towns,
with a population of 34,158,717, now have 10,368 printing-
offices, as against 8,818 in 1902, an increase of eighteen per
cent.
As has been mentioned before in these notes, the H. C.
Bestehorn paper-manufactures house, at Aschersleben,
recently attained its fiftieth year. This concern employs
some twenty-five hundred persons, and is undoubtedly the
largest European establishment devoted to paper products.
Its buildings, of which a bird’s-eye view is here given, cover
6, the previous latest, is a three-letter-matrix double¬
magazine machine.
Herr Georg Meisenbach, the inventor (some thirty
years ago) of autotypy, or the method of printing illus¬
trations by means of half-tone plates, celebrated his seven¬
tieth birthday on May 27 last. He resides at present in
retirement at his country home in Emmering-Bruck.
At the convention of the German master printers, held
at Hamburg, in May, the question of raising prices on
printing received earnest consideration, and measures were
taken to revise the present tariff in an upward direction,
the new prices to go into effect January 1, 1912. The con¬
stant clamor for lower prices on the part of publishers who
do not do their own printing appears to have been without
effect. It was shown, in a report presented at this conven¬
tion, that, as a result of extensive inquiry and study of
costs, no very appreciable lowering of costs could be gained
in machine composition. Linecasting machines on straight
matter, under certain conditions and when no material
alterations were made in the author’s proofs, could produce
BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE PLANT OF H. C. BESTEHORN, ASCHERSLEBEN, GERMANY.
18,000 square meters of ground. The small view in the
corner shows a colony of villas, in which reside officials and
employees of the concern.
The printing and publishing house of Trowitzsch &
Sohn, of Frankfurt a. O., on June 17 and 18, celebrated the
two hundredth anniversary of its birth. At the same time
was celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the
Frankfurt-Oder Zeitung.
The Bibliographic Society, for its special publication
of this year, has issued an edition of Ibsen’s “ Die Kron-
prdtendenten,” limited to 250 copies. It was produced by
the Royal Academy of Graphic Arts at Leipsic, and in
form is a large quarto, printed in black and red, with
numerous initials and illustrations. The work, which is
delivei’ed unbound (so that purchasers may have it bound
to their own taste) , is sold by subscription at 45 marks
($11.75).
The Mergenthaler Setzmaschinen-Fabrik, of Berlin,
now offers as “ Model 7 ” the former Victorline machine
of the General Composing Company, which latter concern
was recently merged with the former. This Model 7 has
102 keys, twelve more than the ordinary keyboard. Model
work somewhat cheaper. On Monotype machines straight
matter cost more than hand composition ; some advantages
had been found, however, on mixed matter by using them.
On the whole, it was considered inadvisable to reduce prices
because of the installation of typesetting machines.
A peculiar case of underbidding recently occurred at
Stuttgart. A turner society had a job of printing to give
out. One printer, whose son is a member of the society,
gave an estimate of 345 marks. The director of the
society — a union machine compositor, by the way — went
upon a search for a lower bid, and got one from a non¬
union printer, who offered to do the job for 195 marks.
Then Mr. Machine Compositor came back to the first bid¬
der and by dint of much persuasion got him to reduce his
bid to 280 marks, but of no avail to him, as the work was
given to the nonunion bidder. He obtained satisfaction,
however, by securing an expert estimate upon the job,
which showed that, according to usual rates, it should have
been priced at 374 marks.
Dr. Konrad Duden, the compiler of a number of Ger¬
man dictionaries and dean of the literati who are inter¬
ested in the simplification of German spelling, on July 11,
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celebrated his golden wedding. Doctor Duden is now in his
eighty-third year and lives in retirement near Wiesbaden.
His books are universally recognized as authoritative by
printers and writers. He has done much to secure the
weeding out of superfluities, inconsistencies and absurdi¬
ties from German orthography. It may here be remarked
that the Germans do not balk as do the users of English
when confronted with propositions to bring about improve¬
ments in spelling (and German requires such less than
does English). Their great appreciation of law and order
makes them more receptive to suggestions in this line.
We reproduce here a copy of a picture constructed by
an employee of the house of Karl Krause, of Leipsic, which
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KARL KRAUSE, LEIPSIC.
manufactures embossing, cutting and shape-stamping
machinery. As will be noted, the picture is made of prod¬
ucts of such machinery.
ENGLAND.
The lately deceased Sir Thomas Andros De La Rue,
manager of the T. De La Rue & Co. printing-office and
playing-card manufactory, of London, left an estate val¬
ued at about $4,000,000. Out of this there were devised to
all employees over two years with the company sums vary¬
ing from $100 to $2,500, according to length of service,
while the older ones receive pensions ranging from $250 to
$2,500 per year.
English linotype compositors take exceptions to the
claims of the manufacturers of the machine as to high
productivity. According to these claims, an average record
of 6,000 ems per hour of corrected matter was achieved in
a certain instance, and in another a speed of 6,500 ems per
hour had been maintained for several hours. This led to
some record-taking on the daily runs of ordinary work,
which showed, though some speeding was incidental to it,
that the general average was nearer to 3,000 than to 5,000
ems per hour.
In a lecture given by Mr. J. Chappel, before the Print¬
ers’ Managers’ and Overseers’ Association, of London, he
made the following salient remarks: “I can not, gentle¬
men, for the life of me, understand why a society-works
[union-office] manager should be cross when his men refuse
to assist a ‘ rat ’ printer to rob him of work, for that is
what it amounts to. After all, master printers are in com¬
petition with each other, and in deadly competition, too,
if all the estimating tales one hears are true. That being
so, where on earth is the sense of helping a competitor, a
competitor who possibly underpays his men and undersells
you. The position seems to be the same as if a British
battle-ship lent an enemy’s battle-ship one-half its guns
and ammunition during an engagement. That is obviously
an extreme case of an absurd proposition. But it is pre¬
cisely what a society [union] printer does who helps a non¬
society printer over a difficulty.”
FRANCE.
A Parisian firm sent a letter addressed to “The Most-
read Journal in Koburg, Germany.” It was returned by
the postmaster at Koburg (whose sense of humor is appar¬
ently well developed), with the inscription: “There are
three dailies in Koburg; each claims to have the most
readers.”
A recent case in Paris shows what an error in proof¬
reading may sometimes cost. A physician had published
a “ Home Hand-book of Medicine,” for the use of laymen.
It contained a recipe against what the Germans so ludi¬
crously describe as “ Katzenjammer ” (that awful feeling
the day after) . Among other things this recipe prescribed
fifteen drops of ammonia. In the second edition of the
book this appeared as fifteen grains of the chemical. A
workman’s wife, whose husband had a very severe attack
of the malady in question, had the neighboring apothecary
mix a remedy according to the recipe found in the hand¬
book, of which she happened to possess the second edition.
The husband was cured of his ailment, through his death
on the same day. She then sued the author of the book
and the apothecary. The court’s verdict was that the
author had not read the proof of his work carefully enough
and sentenced him to three months’ imprisonment. The
apothecary, though he had faithfully filled the prescription,
was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment. In addition,
the two are to pay the widow a lifelong annual pension of
$60, and to her children a similar pension during their
minority.
SWITZERLAND.
The Swiss Master Printers’ Association held this year’s
general assembly at Biel, on June 10 and 11. Official
reports show that on January 1, last, it had 292 members,
who employed 6,078 persons, of whom 5,628 were insured.
After a somewhat lengthy discussion of the subject, a revi¬
sion was made of the bases upon which to make reckonings
in finding the minimum cost of producing printed matter.
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AUSTRIA.
Available room becoming continually scarcer in the
University Library of Vienna, a special building will be
erected in Ottaring (the sixteenth district of the city), to
be exclusively devoted to files of the periodicals published
in Austria.
BELGIUM.
The International Bibliographic Institute at Brussels
is getting up a catalogue of the printed works of all nations
and ages, and so far has assembled about twenty-five mil¬
lion entry slips. _
ASHORE.
Seedy Visitor — “ Do you have many wrecks about here,
boatman? ”
Boatman — “ Not very many, sir. You’re the first I’ve
seen this season.”- — • Tit-Bits.
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While our columns are always open for the discussion of any
relevant subject, we do not necessarily indorse the opinions of
contributors. Anonymous letters will not be noticed ; therefore,
correspondents will please f£ive their names — not necessarily for
publication, hut as a guarantee of ^ood faith. All letters of more
than one thousand words will be subject to revision.
THE CAT AND THE LABEL.
To the Editor: St. Louis, Mo., July 22, 1911.
Enclosed is a proof of our new union label. Our office
cat is our trade-mark. You know a cat is always ready to
jump, catches the live ones, eats grasshoppers, and is hard
to kill.
Our cat was carried away in a sack, drowned, and other
dispositions made of it, but it always came back. We
chopped its head off the last time, but when we saw it com¬
ing up the walk with its head in its mouth, we concluded
that cat was all right for a mascot and a trade-mark, so we
decided to feature the kitty.
Yours truly,
Cheltenham Press.
Note. — Very good. You will find some variant cat
forms in this issue. — Editor.
THE POSTAGE RATE ON MAGAZINES.
To the Editor: Chicago, III., July 4, 1911.
One of the excuses (I can’t call it a reason) given by the
Postmaster-General for the effort to raise the magazine
postage rate is that as a rule the magazines have longer
hauls than the newspapers. It is quite pertinent then to
ask, Why do the magazine publishers have to pay a special
rate, with stamps affixed, for the delivery of magazines in
the city of publication, since no long hauls, if any at all, are
here required? Surely, this shows inconsistency.
I want to ask another question, not necessarily as an
argument, but because I happen to be ignorant in this
instance. All the large cities of the country have early
morning mail trains departing from them, about 2:30
o’clock, to accommodate the morning newspapers. I under¬
stand these are regular passenger trains, with coaches,
express and mail cars, and that the Postoffice Department
pays well for the service given it by the railways. Now, I
wish to know if the bulk of the morning newspaper issues
is transmitted by mail or by express service? Of course,
if it goes by express, it is because that is cheaper for the
publishers than the mail service. And the express service
is only possible because of the government’s paying so well
for the handling of the mail cars, as otherwise the railways
would not run these early trains. Can the editor of The
Inland Printer give me any light on this question?
Abou-ben-Adhem.
A NEWSPAPER FOLDING AND WRAPPING MACHINE.
To the Editor: Christchurch, N. Z., June 14, 1911.
You may be interested to hear that a New Zealander
has just invented a machine which has long been needed
by newspaper proprietors throughout the world. It is a
machine that will take an ordinary newspaper and fold,
enclose and seal it in a paper wrapper.
In other words, it will do work in the publishing-room
that now requires three or four men, as it will wrap a
single paper quicker than any man, and three papers are
in process of wrapping in it simultaneously, the first falling
out wrapped as the last one is going through the first fold¬
ing process.
Any sized paper can be folded, from a four-page daily to
a thick fifty-two-page weekly, besides which the machine
will have a very large use for folding plans and large sheets
of any description, drapers’ sale circulars and such matter.
Wrappers of any size may be used and the addresses can be
printed on these in rolls, according to the various districts,
or the addresses can simply be printed on perforated slips,
and pasted on as rapidly as the papers come out of the
machine, ready.
A special feature of this machine is that it does not sim¬
ply run a wrapper round the paper, but folds it right inside
as is done when the paper is folded and sealed by hand, so
that the paper emerges wrapped neatly and tightly, ready
for addressing (if not previously addressed).
The publisher of one of our local papers was very favor¬
ably impressed with this machine, and said that each one
installed would save his employers at least £50 a year in
wages in his department. Newspaper proprietors who
have seen it have been much impressed. A newspaper
proprietor secured one-sixth of the available shares in the
syndicate.
A small company has just been formed here, and pat¬
ents are being applied for in leading countries in the
world, when it is proposed to sell out to one of the large
English or American houses, or to form a larger company
with a view to manufacturing in Great Britain or else¬
where. The machine will sell for a very reasonable sum.
Ronald S. Badger.
EDUCATING DEAF-MUTES.
To the Editor: Effingham, III., August 6, 1911.
I have been a subscriber of your very interesting pub¬
lication for about two years, and during that time usually
I’ead each number from cover to cover.
The August number came to hand a few days ago and,
while reading it, I came upon an item that caused me to
smile.
Under the caption, “ $6,000 for ‘ Talking Hand,’ ” you
say that the deaf-mute’s hand that was crushed was his
“ talking hand,” thereby compelling him to return to school
to learn to talk with the other hand.
That statement is absurd. I am a deaf-mute, and all
deaf-mutes, besides those who know the deaf, will smile if
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they should see this item. But I don’t blame you, for you
don’t seem to know the deaf or anything about methods of
their education. You doubtless relied on reports, and I am
just trying to give you better information.
All deaf-mutes talk with both hands. The sign lan¬
guage is a two-handed language, and there is both a single
and double hand alphabet, but the deaf in this country
almost entirely employ the single-hand alphabet, while in
England the double is largely used. The single hand does
not imply an alphabet for the right hand and a different
one for the left, no more than there is one way of kicking
with the right foot and a different way with the left.
Deaf-mutes are not taught to talk with their hands
while in schools, but pick up the sign language and man¬
ual spelling as they go through the course. But they are
taught to talk by word of mouth with more or less success.
I am a graduate of the Ohio State School for the Deaf,
at Columbus, also of Gallaudet College, Washington, D. C.,
the only college for deaf-mutes in the world; taught a
literary class in the Oregon School for the Deaf at Salem
two and one-half years, and taught printing in the Wash¬
ington State School for the Deaf the past five years. I
am now learning photoengraving here. Very truly,
W. F. Schneider.
THE APPRENTICE OF TO-DAY.
To the Editor: Poughkeepsie, N. Y., July 18, 1911.
During the past year there have appeared in many trade
journals, published in the interest of printers and printing,
articles relating to the apprentice and the general lack of
interest that he, if these articles are to be believed, shows
in his work. That there may be two sides to the story has
apparently never occurred to the writers. To them the eye
of the apprentice reaches no farther than the pay-envelope.
When the writer first started to become acquainted with
the “Art of Printing” he was so unfortunate as to go to
work for a weekly paper owned by a certain stock company.
The manager’s idea was to hire a boy with the promise of
teaching him the trade, immediately put him to setting
“ straight matter ” and keep him there as long as he pos¬
sibly could without the danger of his leaving, for boys were
scarce in that section, especially those who cared to work
for the benefit of a future trade, plus a dollar a week. The
effect of the manager’s system was, however, counteracted
by that of the foreman, who would, at every available
opportunity, set the boy on small jobs, instructing him as
to the sizes of type and their arrangement, methods of com¬
position, stonework, lock-up, presswork, etc. As a result of
the foreman’s teachings, it may be mentioned that before
he was nineteen the boy had become managing editor of a
weekly paper and could set jobs and advertisements with
the best of results.
Some time ago this same boy desired to get more expe¬
rience by going into a city office where the majority of jobs
consisted of catalogue, book and the larger pamphlet work,
embracing a large range of colors, so that by carefully
studying the methods of skilled labor he might gain a more
comprehensive idea of the manner in which the better
classes of work were turned out, besides helping to perfect
his own education. At the same time he planned to learn
the make-up of magazine and book forms. The foreman
he was set to work under, when he was asked a question in
regard to the above, would say, “ When you have been in
the business as long as I have, you’ll know.” That here
was a fine opportunity to set the boy on the right path evi¬
dently never occurred to him. It is such thoughtlessness
as this that often leads apprentices or young men who are
just out of their apprenticeship to make serious blunders,
for they must either appeal to some one else with less
knowledge of the subject or get along as best they can until
the chance is theirs to experiment — and these experiments
are sometimes a costly procedure to their employers.
Now take the question of getting designs by studying
specimen-sheets and books that come from the typefoun-
dries. There are probably hundreds of such books and
sheets that come into every printing-office in the country;
and yet they are barred to the seeker of knowledge. A
request for the loan of such things hardly ever fails to
bring out a refusal; that, at least, is the experience of the
writer. Only this morning, being out of work on account
of the dull season, I went to the printing-offices in the city
in an endeavor to secure a specimen-book to study type-
styles, but strange to say, I was either laughed at or
refused. Thus some young men, who are obliged to help
support struggling families, and being unable to subscribe
for trade journals, have their only possible source of infor¬
mation cut off.
And yet, and again anon, the writers still continue to
prattle about the indifference of the modern young printer
and bemoan the sad fate that, as they insinuate, allows
such an incompetent jellyfish to continue to struggle in the
world of “Art.” S. M. poRR.
[Why not take the I. T. U. Course? - — Editor.]
UNIFORM TYPE COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION OF WORKERS FOR THE BLIND.
To the Editor: Saginaw, W. S., Mich., July 22, 1911.
In a disinterested philanthropic effort to ascertain and
introduce, through the Uniform Type Committee of the
American Association of Workers for the Blind (of which
investigating committee I am a member) , and thus to ter¬
minate the existing most wasteful polygonic confusion of
tactile systems for the blind, I desire, if possible, to obtain
some reliable statistics — any authoritative statistics —
touching the absolute or relative frequency of recurrence of
the various elements of English composition or of any lit¬
erary composition — the numbers, on a large scale, of the
several types used in printing ordinary literature, inclu¬
ding letters, spaces, punctuations, figures, capital forms and
lower-case types, italics, etc.; also any available statistics
of combinations of letters, whether as words, syllables, con¬
sonant groups, vowel groups, prefixes, suffixes, or other¬
wise. How do the several types and type combinations rank
as to frequency of recurrence in average English composi¬
tion or any of the leading literary languages? Any such
information which you may be able to give, or references
to any existing sources of such information will be very
highly appreciated.
What familiar short words, terminations, or syllables
occur most frequently, and with what frequency do they
recur? Is there any available list of all the words (with
numbers of recurrences) employed in the Bible or in any
particular work or collection of works in prose or verse,
ancient or modern?
Would any particular firm or company engaged in pro¬
ducing types on a large scale be able conveniently, and
probably willingly, to state the number of each type which
it has had occasion to make or has sold since beginning, or
during any particular period of time?
Have typewriter manufacturers made any reliable com¬
putations of the relative frequency with which the several
types occur in connection with other types or in general
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composition? I have heard that the so-called “ scientific”
keyboard was based upon some such statistics. Is the key¬
board of a linotype machine based upon any independent
investigation, or upon that of any particular typewriter?
Are the compartments in a compositor’s type-case based
upon any accurate statistics of frequency combined with
statistics of relative sizes of the several types? If large
type-font estimates are expressed in units of weight, where
could I obtain a reliable scale of the relative weights of the
several types? If expressed in terms of ems, how many of
each kind of type would occupy the space of one thousand
ems or any other given line-length or page-space or column-
space? Where can any of the statistics herein alluded to be
found?
Beyond vague impressions, more or less accurate, has
any authority declared what letters or combinations of let¬
ters occur more frequently or less frequently in French or
German than in English?
Thanking you in advance for your kind attention to this
matter, and hoping to be pardoned for thus trespassing
upon your valuable time, I have the honor to be
Yours very respectfully,
Ambrose M. Shotwell,
Librarian, Free Lending Library for the Blind.
[The Inland Printer has no complete statistics of the
character requested, and publishes this letter in the hope
that the aid requested may be procurable from among its
readers. — Editor.]
FROM AN I. T. U. STUDENT.
To the Editor: Cincinnati, Ohio, July 18, 1911.
Not everybody is fortunate enough to master languages,
nor is everybody fortunate enough to go abroad and study
typography.
In one of the private plants of one of the leading manu¬
facturing concerns in Cincinnati, we came across one of
these fortunate printers, and, relating his experience, this
is what he had to say:
“ I started at the case in 1889, and after an apprentice¬
ship of four years in both composing and press rooms, with
an additional two years of ups and downs in different
offices (the crisis of 1893, the installation of the Linotypes,
etc., caused these ups and downs) , I decided to go abroad
and see what Germany could offer me in the way of
printing.
“ You must know that my father was an old German
printer — nowadays they would call him master printer —
he was far above the average of his day, and to him I owe
the chance of getting acquainted with the German classics :
Schiller, Goethe, Lessing, Uhland, Wieland, Kleist, and his
favorite Heinrich Heine; but, above all, he inspired in the
youth that Teutonic desire for travel, and a yearning for
knowledge of the printing art.
“His very extensive library on printing ‘gave the
theory,’ and as the majority of the books were printed in
German, there came a longing to visit the country where
these ‘ Theories and Praxis ’ originated.
“ My ambition was realized in 1897, and after a seven
years’ stay abroad, working in the principal cities of the
empire, one nice morning in June, 1903, found me back at
the old familiar point of Hoboken and the Barclay street
ferry.
“Oh, yes — the average American compositor has a
‘ devil of a time ’ out there, keeping alert to their phrases
of Ausschluss and Durchschuss — they put it just that
way. Ink they call tarbe, and rollers walzen, and, in the
beginning, it’s up to you to get rattled — or take it good-
naturedly.
“ But I managed to pull along. If I didn’t know all of
their typographical expressions, I had the vocabulary of
the German tongue peeping through far enough to make
myself understood.
“At first I was somewhat in doubt as to my ability as
a German compositor — we all realize that speaking and
spelling are vastly different — and I embarked — as all job
presses and stop-cylinders looked alike to me — as German
pressman, or as they style it, Maschinenmeister.
“ In those days I was in no way a ‘ master of machines,’
but, having had a thorough training on the jobbers, and
some feeding experience on the Hoes and Babcocks, every¬
thing went along nicely, and the position I occupied in this
medium-sized town job and newspaper office, which issued
a paper three times a week, was so much to my liking that
I almost forgot the object of my journey.
“ Der Amerikaner had it all his own way, and I must
say that I never came across a more courteous and obliging-
class of people, and I certainly appreciated it.
“ One can hardly imagine how different the working-
conditions in Germany are, and not until a thorough study
of them has been made can it be realized that the German
printer, with his strong organization, his arbitration board
(Tarif—ausschuss and Tarifamt) , is, in a way, better situ¬
ated than his American brother.
“ The German printer is a very conscientious worker at
his trade. He takes a liking to it, and makes a life’s study
out of it.
“ I had the opportunity to be at the meetings of the
Typographical Club in Berlin, for instance, to listen to the
very interesting discussions and debates of the veterans
and authorities of printing; listened also to the lectures of
the professors of the art institutes on several occasions, and
if my memory doesn’t deceive me I am still an honorary
member of the Typographical Club of the city of Bremen.
“ It is this working hand-in-hand of the practical
printer, the art institutes and the public that have brought
these results in German typography.
“ In these typographical clubs the executive board
arranges during its summer months lectures on different
subjects; say, for instance, the services of a first-class
electrotyper or photoengraver is secured for a series of lec¬
tures; arrangements for the visit to one or two electro
plants are made, a date (generally a Sunday moi-ning is
selected so as to give everybody a chance to participate) is
set for the inspection, and the lecturer recapitulates the
points of his lecture on this inspection trip. This is not
only beneficial to the printer, but in no less degree to the
inspected plant; for, having everything explained, the
stoneman will use more precaution in locking up the forms,
the compositor in leveling up the cuts, etc.
“ This cooperation had its beneficial influence upon all
of us, and, during my stay in different parts of the country,
I had the pleasure of visiting large engraving plants, type-
foundries, paper and strawboard mills, and different art
galleries, not including attendance at numerous lectures per¬
taining to presses, inks, type, etc., all of which could not be
accomplished without the aid and influence of the clubs.
“ Every large city of the empire has by this time either
a typographical club, an art school for printers, one or two
instructors on printing, or a pressman’s club.
“ These social gatherings work wonders in the way of
good comradeship. Contests are arranged between neigh¬
boring clubs, prizes for the best solution of problems
awarded, and the general uplifting of the ideals and tradi¬
tions of the craft attained.
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“ Typefoundries and supply houses keep the members of
the club posted on the latest styles of type. Press demon¬
strators and erectors, whenever in town, visit the club,
relate their experiences in different towns, spring up new
devices and labor-saving appliances; and the art magazines
and trade journals of the foremost countries are kept on
files in the clubrooms.”
We in America need something on this order. We need
a give-and-take policy of all printers, a come-together of
all compositors and pressmen in a city at least once a week,
to bring the trade, or profession (whichever you choose
goes) , to a better understanding of the value of education.
A step in the right direction is being carried on through
the I. T. U. Course of Printing, and if I am not mistaken
the pressmen of the country are contemplating a move to
give the youngsters a chance.
If it could be arranged that every large city had its
typographical and pressmen’s club the result would be that
we would get the best there is in printing. The Inland
Printer, that Gibraltar of everything that is good in print¬
ing, could aid in this matter; ask for enthusiastic workers
and volunteers in all the cities, unite them under one head¬
quarters; place a blank, to be filled out, in the next issue of
The Inland Printer, and, I judge, it would have the heart¬
iest support of all who have a desire to cooperate in devel¬
oping and uplifting the printer’s art. E. Schiele.
PRINTING-PRESS IN RUSSIA.
In holding an annual exhibition of books and periodicals
and in collecting statistics to illustrate the output of the
printing-presses in Russia, says the Knoxville (Tenn.)
Sentinel, the Russian government has chosen an apt way of
instructing the average busy man about the great Slav
empire. One can hardly believe further that bears and
wolves are encountered in the suburbs of St. Petersburg
when one reads of the imposing- dimensions of this exhibi¬
tion, and some details of the history of the Russian press.
There were displayed this year 2,391 newspapers and
magazines in forty-two languages, besides 29,057 books of
which 109,990,000 copies were sold. Two of the daily news¬
papers have been published for one hundred and eighty-
four years. Six are more than a hundred years old and
ninety-seven have been issued, not quite continuously, for
from fifty to ninety-nine years. It must be explained that
interruptions of publication are often involuntary in Rus¬
sia, and they do not count against the standing of a paper.
They are imposed by the government. More than half of
the present newspapers originated after the revolution of
1905, and probably several times this number have per¬
ished under censorship.
The first three years of the revolutionary period wit¬
nessed the criminal prosecution or the arbitrary persecu¬
tion of 1,259 editors, of whom 462 were sentenced to jail or
fortress, and 1,085 periodicals were suspended or destroyed.
The press exhibition makes no concealment of the political
struggle still going on in print. A large wall map displays
the opposing forces by means of little flags. Loyal period¬
icals are represented by white flags, constitutional papers
are marshaled under the red banner, and the socialist and
anarchist papers are decorated with the black rag of
piracy. This is a fancy stunt of the exposition managers,
and by no means matches the sentiments of the majority of
either constitutionalists or of socialists.
Among the special exhibits are twenty large scrap¬
books containing twenty thousand Russian newspaper clip¬
pings on the last days of Count Tolstoy. An entire hall is
given over to literature of and about Tolstoy.
The 29,057 books issued in Russia last year line from
floor to ceiling the walls of ten spacious halls. They are
grouped as follows : Literary, 2,013 books, and a circulation
of 6,692,149 copies; religious works, 2,232 books, and a cir¬
culation of 8,692,399 copies; complete editions of authors’
works, 329, with a sale of 1,032,575 copies; educational
works, 2,075, circulation 20,730,510; books for peasants,
1,287, circulation 15,541,645; books for children, 1,287,
circulation 5,727,083; almanacs, 734, circulation 13,902,357.
The books for peasants, for children and the religious
books are, in the main, tracts that sell for a cent or two.
Perhaps the most interesting fact brought out by the
exposition is the sudden drop in the demand for “ Pinker¬
tons,” as detective stories are called. In 1909 there were
published 585 of these stories of murder and robbery. In
1910 there were only 90. No government action has been
taken against publishers who appealed to the bloodthirsty
instincts roused by the revolutionary struggle. The infer¬
ence seems to be warranted that the nation is recovering
from its orgy of blood and pillage.
Of the 29,057 books issued last year 22,321 were in Rus¬
sian; 2,062 were in Polish; 903 were in the Jewish-German
dialect; 884 were in German; 649 were in Latin; 313 were
in Tartar; 203 were in Armenian and 117 were in Geor¬
gian. The exhibition does not seem to have embraced Fin¬
land, else there would be a large catalogue of works in
Finnish and in Swedish.
These figures represent very imperfectly the strength
of nationalities in Russia. It is perhaps fair for Polish,
the Poles having resisted far more successfully than other
races besides the Finlanders efforts to make them over into
Russians. The Germans have ceased to struggle politically,
contenting themselves with such crumbs as they have inher¬
ited in parochial schools, in their Lutheran churches and in
their social and family life. The Little Russians, number¬
ing perhaps twenty million, are not allowed books in their
own language. The Tartars, equally numerous, are not yet
half awake. One misses notice of Lettish and Lithuanian
publications, which may indicate that they have fallen into
minor groups. The enthusiasm of these two races flashed
high in 1905, but they were crushed as ruthlessly as their
license had been unbridled.
“PAPAKUK” BAGS.
Paper-bag cookery promises to be something more than
a nine days’ wonder. The London Chronicle and the Daily
News are dropping out of the competition, but the Express
has successfully introduced its “ Papakuk ” bags (about
which you have already infoi-med your readers), to the
army authorities. On a day last week Mons. Leconte, the
Express chef, prepared the midday rations of a company of
soldiers encamped on Salisbury Plain, by the paper-bag
method. Officers and men alike seem to have been favor¬
ably impressed, and it is on the cards that this form of
cookery will be generally adopted by the army for field pur¬
poses. The Express is also sending a traveling kitchen
about the country, giving demonstrations and selling bags.
As indicated, the other papers have ceased to boom the
movement, but the Australian correspondent of the Daily
Chronicle writes from Melbourne that the paper method of
cookery has taken that city by storm, and the demand for
the Soyer bag has completely outrun the capacity of the
manufacturers. The Melbourne Age, says the correspond¬
ent, “ is organizing demonstrations which are the fashion
in private circles.” He adds that “ the retention of the
natural flavor will give zest to the fishing industry.” —
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In this series of articles the problems of job composition
will be discussed, and illustrated with numerous examples.
These discussions and examples will be specialized and treated
as exhaustively as possible, the examples being criticized on
fundamental principles — the basis of all art expression. By
this method the printer will develop his taste and skill, not on
mere dogmatic assertion, but on recognized and clearly defined
laws.
James Austin Murray.
“ Printing- that talks and pleases ” was the line that
attracted my attention on a card introducing me to a new
print-shop on Cottage Grove avenue, and I stopped to size
up the window in which was displayed some very unique
printing, which, in spite of the up-to-date material of
which the various specimens were made up, reminded me
strongly of the days back in the eighties when ornament
and rule played the star parts in the cast of a job, and
I wondered if the ambitious proprietor could really deliver
the goods. Talk about reading character in faces, and
handwriting — here in this window was a life history, a
story of the past, and a positive assurance of something
doing in the future. Printed on a half sheet of yellow
cardboard in thirty-six-point Post Old Style was the fol¬
lowing announcement:
Ye printer has come and has spiked down his press
To do printing that talks and pleases, I guess ;
He juggles “ Old English ” and makes it look new :
Puts life into paper, that’s what he can do.
He will write up your ad. in a style most unique,
Like magic ’twill bring you the blessing you seek:
When ink touches paper through Cloister Man’s art
There’s millions set rolling, controlled at the start
By the wizard o’ type, who through channels prepared
Pours gold in the coffers of merchants who dared
To throw a few dollars the Cloister Man’s way —
Take heed ! Better bring in your copy to-day.
I flatter myself that I know “types” — the human kind;
but here was one that I could not readily classify, so I
entered the shop to “ rubber,” and you may imagine my
surprise to find my old friend Jim Murray at the case. It
was twenty years since we had worked together for Rand,
McNally & Co., his first job in Chicago, after arriving from
Cleveland on the nineteenth century (unlimited), making a
stop at Toledo to help out on the city directory, and another
“ Ye Cloister Print Shop.”
at South Bend, where he cashed in dupes sufficient to bring
him in princely style to Chicago.
Here was the man whose original stuff in the window
had attracted me and drawn me like a magnet into his shop.
The same old sunny Jim, in spite of the years that had
passed, with the ambition and enthusiasm of a youngster,
and a nerve that was marvelous. Now the quaint speci¬
mens in the window were explained. Back in ’92, after
recovering from serious illness, Jim was advised to get
outside work, if possible, and one day he met a printer
friend delivering mail in the Rand-McNally building. It
was only a short time afterward that he donned the uniform
Ye Cloister Man
Ye Cloister “Best Thing”
Ye Cloister Secretary-Treasurer Ye Cloister General Manager
Ye Cloister Kid
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Ye Cloister Printing Company is a family affair, and these are the proprietors and officers.
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of Uncle Sam, and for sixteen years thereafter he handled
more manuscripts than the swiftest “ swift ” on a Linotype.
One day, when Jim was in a reminiscent mood, he told
me of his first start in the printing- trade :
“As a poor little orphan I always came in for a great
deal of sympathy, until I was initiated at the office of Short
& Foreman, of Cleveland, Ohio, where I was transformed
into a little devil. The reason the new boys are called
devils is because they start right in to have a hell of a
time. There were about ten compositors and two appren¬
tices, and they were all anxious to help me along with my
education. The foreman seemed to encourage them, and
In the course of conversation I learned that a Christ¬
mas present of a little press to his son Austin was the acci¬
dent that started the Cloister Shop. It was only a toy, with
a chase 3 by 5, and it was expected that after the novelty
wore off it would go to the junkheap. But the little press
would not down. The boy was devoting all his playtime to
it, and the basement had become the headquarters of his
playmates. More orders for cards came in than the little
printer could conveniently turn out, and to add to his per¬
plexities, a quarter bill-head was brought in from the
grocers, which was finally worked off by running it through
the press three times. All this time papa was watching the
Some views of Ye Cloister plant, together with Mr. Murray’s private “ workroom.”
their tactics would bring the blush of shame to a West-
Point hazer. What could you expect from a lot of grown¬
up devils? ”
From interesting reminiscences our conversation turned
to business prospects. I was afraid that I talked rather
discouragingly. “ Why, Jim,” I said, “ don’t you know
that the printing business has been revolutionized during
your sixteen years’ sleep in the postoffice? The old-time
printer has no show — -they don’t do things your way any
more.” And he came back with this convincing reply:
“ That’s just the reason why I am going to succeed; I
have forgotten all the old ways and am starting to learn
all over again.” And he pointed to The Inland Printer
on his desk and smiled: “ You see, I am going to school.”
game and lending a hand when needed. But the equipment
was woefully inadequate — something had to be done
quickly. Sixty dollars in nickels and dimes, the profits of
the miniature business, now reposed in Mamma Murray’s
stocking; so one fine day papa laid off, and the next day an
8 by 12 Gordon, a twenty-five-inch lever cutter and some
more type were moved into the basement, and the Murray-
Hurry Company (that was the name Austin had given his
print-shop) was in debt one hundred plunks.
Then it was that the long steady service for Uncle Sam
began to be intermittent, and sick reports would inform
Superintendent Beach, of the Twenty-second street station,
that Jim’s health was being steadily undermined. Big-
hearted Beach at first became worried, but the worry would
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be dispelled in a day or so, and Jim would appear at his
desk looking as healthy as ever, but with that far-away gaze
which boded ill for the efficient service which is impera¬
tive in the postoffice. At last he realized that he could not
serve two masters. A meeting of all interested parties was
called, consisting of Pa and Ma Murray, their two daugh¬
ters, Alice and Louise, and “ the boy.” It was then resolved
to cut the postoffice pay-day — the anchor to windward —
and to strike out boldly on the sea of trouble, and it was
further resolved that a corporation should be formed with
a capital stock of $2,500, consisting of 250 shares at $10 a
share, 150 shares to be held by the members of the family,
the remaining 100 shares to be put on the market. These
A clever arrangement.
100 shares were promptly taken up by loyal friends in the
postoffice, and the corporation, under the imposing title of
Ye Cloister Printing Company, became a reality. The pres¬
ent location was then decided upon, and has proven a for¬
tunate choice. All the outstanding stock has been redeemed
by the family, and they are looking for larger quarters to
accommodate a steadily expanding business.
Louise, the younger daughter, is the efficient bookkeeper,
and although she has checked up only seventeen summers
on the book of time, she has devised an office and cost sys¬
tem which assures fair profits for Ye Cloister. She has
made a close study of the beautifully printed samples put
out by the various paper mills, and her suggestions of color
combination and nicety of detail are appreciated by fas¬
tidious customers of the shop. Alice is the secretary-treas¬
urer, to which she adds the duty of proofreader, her four
years’ experience at the case making her a valuable aid in
this particular work. Austin is now entering upon his
senior year at high school, and puts in his spare time at the
A clever device, much used on Ye Cloister printing.
case. His job composition shows striking originality, and
he combines clever bits of hand-lettering with some of his
work. Mamma Murray has been the guiding star in the
enterprise, her exceedingly pleasant and optimistic nature
being reflected in the character of her children.
I live a block south of Ye Cloister, and I generally walk
to Thirty-ninth street to take the car. I never miss the
opportunity to look in at the window of my old-time friend,
The mark of “ Ye Cloister Man.”
and I am always rewarded with something new and refresh¬
ing. Pass the shop when you will, there is always some one
reading the display. Twice before the advent of Ye Cloister
Man, as Jim is now popularly known, printing-offices were
established in the same building, one moving to the more
promising district of Sixty-third street, and the other was
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relieved by the kindly ministrations of the sheriff. There
in the forest of Hyde Park, far from the mart of printers
and publishers, Jim started five years ago to make his
“ mouse-trap,” and an appreciative public has beaten a
path to his door.
Ye Cloister Shop, once so bare and roomy, is now
crowded to the last cubic inch with modern machinery, and
the dustproof cases are climbing to the ceiling. The cases
are handled with the same care as are the trays of gems in
\e jeweler’s shop. There is aristocratic type society set-
One of the business cards.
tied in family groups, like the human type in the mansions
thereabout; and they have coming-out parties, believe me!
every day, and weddings and swell functions, do these
Tiffanys and Caslons, and Cheltenhams and Camelots, and
ye olde Tabard is plenteously stocked for entertainment
and delight, all vieing with one another for precedence
quite as eagerly as do the nabobs of Drexel boulevard and
Lake Shore drive.
Almost simultaneous with the appearance of the type¬
founders’ specimens the new faces are shown in the work of
ye Cloister, and it is to this seeming extravagance and
abandon that I attribute in large measure the prosperity
which is crowding its ambitious proprietor out of his pres-
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A motto-card containing much truth.
ent sanctuary. Ye Cloister Man is one of the best adver¬
tised men in Hyde Park. All holidays and special events
are anticipated with some odd and interesting souvenir
booklet, blotter or postcard, which usually contains an origi¬
nal composition in prose or verse apropos of the occasion.
These little creations are liberally distributed — not a pack¬
age leaves the shop which does not contain a goodly assort¬
ment of these business bringers, not a letter is ever mailed
that does not contain some precious ballast. That is the
reason that the ubiquitous printing solicitor is not yet on
the pay-roll of ye Cloister; the last job on the hook has
never been reached in the five years of bustling activity
which has brought inspiration and new life to more than
one pretentious establishment in “ Greatest Chicago.”
A remarkable facility for putting what he has to say
into jingling verse has proven no inconsiderable asset, and,
while most of his writings have been tempered to the point
of their greatest advertising pull, some of them have
attracted unusual attention. “ The Game of Life ” was
copied by several popular magazines, one Chicago pastor
using it for the text of his Sunday morning sermon. “ The
Outcast’s Prayer,” written in the limited vocabulary of the
“ Tramp,” has come up for animated discussion by the gen¬
tlemen of the cloth. From the sublime to the ridiculous is
only a step for versatile Jim. For example: During the
recent gubernatorial campaign in New York, “ The Look¬
out,” a satire on Theodore Roosevelt, was issued from Ye
Cloister Press, and on the evening of the Hamilton Club
banquet in Chicago, the October number, handsomely bound
and beribboned, was placed in the hands of the distinguished
guest, which contained an article humorously commenting
on his attitude that same day which excluded a United
States Senator from the banquet table.
The publication ended, as was planned, with the Novem¬
ber (1910) number, when a characteristic poster was
printed advertising- the contents, and predicting the defeat
of the Republican candidate.
Jim (James Austin Murray, badly-in-need-of-a-hair-
cut) has a strongly developed hobby for antiques, old books
and prints, of which he has an interesting collection. It
would be larger, he told me in his almost serious way, if
Clarence Marder, of the American Type Founders Com¬
pany, of Jersey City, hadn't watched him so closely when he
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visited their magnificent library last summer. He fights
shy of the title of poet, though it would seem that there is
much incriminating evidence which may some day be used
against him. No college or university has ever burdened
him with degrees, yet he is a post-graduate of the Uni¬
versity of Hard Knocks, and a past master and grand jug¬
gler of English vocabulary. In all his typo-literary career
he has failed to cultivate a “ style,” so there is no telling
where the types or the dictionary will break out. Here is a
mouthful taken from his stationery which might perhaps
confirm the latter assertion :
Type, ink and paper crystallized with novel ideas and bon mots of Eng¬
lish phraseology for the delectation of lovers of nice typography and the
gratification of progressive advertisers.
The story of Ye Cloister would not be complete without
touching upon the real attainment — the reward of per¬
sistent effort, courage and initiative. The great desidera¬
tum of its founder was to educate his children to compe¬
tence and self-reliance, the real education which assures a
life of usefulness, the true expression of goodness. We all
love Ralph Waldo Emerson and good old Walt Whitman.
For the same reason I like Jane Addams, Elbert Hubbard,
Bruce Calvert and Booker T. Washington, because they are
the pioneer apostles of that “ real education,” and are devo¬
ting their lives to “ helping mankind help themselves.”
And that is “ Ye Cloister Man’s way ” ■ — and I like him, too.
July 24, 1911. Clarence M. Adams.
MISCELLANEOUS USES OF SHEEPSKIN.
From an article in a recent number of an English leather
review it appears that sheepskin is used as a substitute for
almost every kind of dressed skin. The article says, in part:
“ Sheepskin was used as parchment before the invention
of paper. Even then it was a substitute for vellum, which
is made from calfskin and of far finer quality than parch¬
ment, and was employed for fine illuminated work. Tanned
sheepskins are in the trade called basils. For these there
are many legitimate uses, but it is for imitation purposes
that the sheepskin is more largely used.
PREPARING SHEEPSKINS FOR IMITATIONS.
“After being tanned, dried, stained and dyed, sheepskins
are damped a little and passed between wood and copper or
other metal engraved rollers, which impress clearly upon
them the definite grain of the skin it is desired to imitate.
In this way alligator, pig, elephant, fish and goat skins are
so clearly imitated that when used on small articles only an
expert can detect the imitation from the real, and some¬
times even the expert is fooled. Sheepskin marked so as to
imitate morocco is often sold on cheap furniture, and the
ordinary purchaser can not tell the difference between the
real and the imitation, though he should know that morocco,
which is made of goatskin, would not be sold on a cheap
article of furniture. Sheepskin is saturated with a natural
grease, which must be removed before the skin can be used
for ‘ morocco ’ covering for furniture.
“ When sold in the basil form, sheepskin is often split by
very nicely adjusted machinery. The outer side is tanned
with sumac and becomes a skiver while the other portion
forms chamois, which is used in large quantities for gloves
and imitation suede and for dress materials, hats and trim¬
mings. A poorer quality is used for window, silver, and
other cleaning purposes, for purses and cash-bags. The
skiver, which is the outer portion of the sheepskin, is dyed
and sold, not usually as an imitation, but for legitimate
uses. The poorer qualities of skivers are used extensively
for hatbands, binding small books, and as plain leather for
lining pocketbooks and purses, while glazed skivers are
used for binding passbooks. A use to which sheepskin is
put, and a most important one, not generally known to the
public, is for covering the rollers in cotton mills. In Eng¬
land Welsh sheepskin is preferred for this purpose.
USES OF BASIL.
“ The solid skin or basil, either dyed or glazed, is used to
bind heavy account-books, and is made into bags, suitcases
and leather bags of all kinds. Many years ago curried
sheepskin was used largely for boots and shoes, but now,
under the chrome-tanning process, it is used as glace leather,
with a beautiful finish for boots and shoes. Leather so pre¬
pared wears well. It is not an imitation but a cheaper pro¬
duction than the finer qualities of kid. Sheepskin is used to
make a very good box-calf imitation. It was formerly used
in place of calf kid when that was in demand for boot-
upper leather. Ladies’ slippers are now made of sheepskin
dyed in many colors, wear well, and are most attractive in
appearance, and it is used almost exclusively for shoe-
linings when shoes are lined with leather.
“ The greatest use for sheepskin, however, is for gloves.
For this purpose it is made into a leather that is soft and
flexible and stretchy. Lambskins are employed for the finer
grade of gloves. Germany buys enormous quantities of
Argentine lambskins for gloves. The development of the
motor industry has caused the use of large quantities of
sheepskin for lining heavy coats and for leather suits that
are worn by chauffeurs. Sheepskin scraps go to the glue-
maker and are used to make gelatin. The grease recov¬
ered from the refuse is used for making soap, and the bal¬
ance for manure, while the trimmings are made into dye.
“ The skin of the sheep or lamb is a most useful raw
material for the manufacture of light leather, and, while
it is used largely as an imitation of other rarer and more
valuable skins, it has distinctive qualities of its own which,
owing to its lower cost in the first instance, gives no encour¬
agement to would-be imitations except by goods not of a
leather origin, and of these there are many, but which may
not on the whole be l'egarded as serious competitors to good
leather.” — From Consul Albert Halstead, Birmingham.
“THE SONNETS OF FOH’T McKINLEY.”
The Staples-Howe Printing Company, Manila, Philip¬
pine Islands, has published a brochure of verses with the
above title. From its monthly business leaflet, The Mul¬
tiplier, we take the sample of style hei’eunder. The verses
are in the alleged vernacular of the colored trooper, and are
said to have the characteristic flavor of the tropics. The
price of the book is $1.
Dis yere livin’ in de tropieks am a Tusion and a snare,
McKinley’s not a Paradise, on dat I'll shuahly swa’r.
Dis hikin’ on dem long ole tramps and eatin’ ’Stralian chow —
Dere’s a diffnmce ’tween de olden days and now.
But when the Filipino ladies first sot eyes upon a coon,
Dey went right off dere noodles and act’d dippy as a loon ;
Dey may have slowed a littel when dey spied out his big feet,
But when he rolled dem eyes at dem, dey went crazy wif de heat.
I jest nachully likes dem gals, and it makes me shuah feel qua’r
When I sees dat usual culled hide, but dat shiny, straight black ha’r ;
I knows if Rosy Jackson, bac’ in mah ole native State,
Could get dat ha’r upon her haid, she’d go off’n dissipate.
But de drawback to dese goo-goo gals and to your ole Uncle Dud,
Is dat vi’lent kind of laziness, dat’s boh’n right in dere blood.
Us cullud fokes am lazy, but you kin have mah new bandanna
If ev’thing dese women gwine to do, dey’s a’gwine to do manana.
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Under this head will be briefly reviewed brochures, booklets
and specimens of printing sent in for criticism. Literature sub¬
mitted for this purpose should be marked ** For Criticism,** and
directed to The Inland Printer Company, Chicago.
Postage on packages containing specimens must not be in¬
cluded in packages of specimens, unless letter postage is placed
on the entire package.
The August calendar of the American Steel & Copper Plate Company
shows an interesting three-color reproduction, which is well printed.
From the American Printing Company, Maracaibo, Venezuela, we have
received a copy of the special edition of El Fonografo, the morning paper
of that city. The book is attractively gotten up and illustrated with
reproductions in black and colors.
Wm. Mann Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. — The booklet is very
pleasing in its general arrangement, although we suggest a little less space
between words on the cover, and would also suggest that the spacing
around the initial letters in the inner pages be equalized.
A copy of The Multiplier , issued by Staples & Howe, Manila, Philip¬
pine Islands, is a very interesting house organ, although the second color
on the cover is rather too light for the best effect. The specimens shown
on the inner pages are very pleasing and are excellent examples of high-
class commercial work.
We show herewith a reproduction of a title-page lettered by Wm. C.
Magee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as part of his work on one of the les¬
sons in the I. T. U. Course of Instruction in Printing. The lettering is
ABCBKON
PRINTING
CHARLES EATON SMITH
CHICAGO
THE EMPIRE PRESS
1907
Artistic lettering by Wm. C. Magee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
very satisfactory and the arrangement of the page as a whole is unusually
pleasing, although perhaps the making of the lines at the bottom of the
page a trifle smaller would have been an improvement.
Among the most attractive packages of specimens that have reached
this department during the past month is one from C. A. Merrill, Farming-
ton, Maine, in which his excellent use of the plain old style and italic
EiuiliihJ 1S94
Sold to
THE F E. McLEARY COMPANY
Automobiles , Accessories and Supplies ^
Farmington. Maine)
Music Hall, Farmington May 4-5, 1911
The Ladies of the North Church Present
The Pirates of Penzance
Or the Slave of Duty
¥
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Richard, a Pirate Chief, . . . Mr. Burdick
Samuel, His Lieutenant, . . . Mr. Moor
Frederick, a Pirate Apprentice, . Mr. Kennedy
Ruth, a Piratical Maid of All Work, Miss Rogers
Major General Stanley of the British Army,
Mr. Barton
Edward, Sergeant of Police, . . Mr. Merrill
Mabel, General Stanley’s Daughter, Mrs. Packard
Kate More of Miss Stevens
Edith . General Stanley’s . Miss Huart
Isabel Daughters Miss Cragin
Most of General Stanley’s Daughters
Misses Blake. Brown. Carvill, Gould, Holbrook. Huart, Jones,
Kempton, Pooler. Robinson, Roderick, Spinney, Walker.
The Pirates of Penzance
Messrs. Brown, Dostie, F. Barton, Tardy. F. Pooler, White,
C. Pooler. Morrow. H. Pooler, Huart, Carr, Moor, Matthieu,
Day, Roderick.
Chorus of Police
Messrs. White, Brown, C. Pooler, H. Pooler, Moor, Day.
SYNOPSIS OF THE OPERA
Act One — The Pirates’ Lair Among the Cliffs;
Act T<zvo — General Stanley’s Estate.
Scene — The Coast of Cornwall, England
Time — The Present.
Production by Miss Austin and Mr. White
Accompanied by Farmington Opera Orchestra
A bill-head and a program page by Clarence A. Merrill, Farmington,
Maine.
letter is much in evidence. The specimens are all well handled and admit
of no criticism. We show herewith reproductions of a bill-head and a pro¬
gram page, both of which are very pleasing in design.
Commercial stationery from Hartzell Bros., Altoona, Pennsylvania,
shows the same quality of typographical design which is characteristic of
this concern, but the color combinations which have been used are rather
too bright and strong for the best effects in high-class printing.
Thomas Wade, Cowansville, Quebec. — The booklet is very pleasing in
design, although we think that if you had raised the panel on the cover
about three picas and used slightly heavier rules for the paneling of the
inside pages, the effect would be much more satisfactory. Where hair-line
rules are used, especially on coated stock, one is apt to have a broken line
which is not at all pleasing and suggests very poor rules.
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Pages from “ Curranian Printing,” by the Con P. Curran Company, St. Louis.
From Crane & Co., Topeka, Kansas, we have recieved a package of
high-class commercial printing, consisting chiefly of booklets and programs
of various kinds. The work throughout is very satisfactory, and we show
herewith reproductions of a few of the page designs.
“ Curranian Printing ” is the title of a handsome booklet recently
gotten out by the Con P. Curran Printing Company, of St. Louis. The
platemaking, typography and color printing are all of the highest order,
and reflect much credit upon the Curran Company. The cover-design is
handsomely embossed and the special end-papers add much to the attract¬
iveness of the book. We show herewith a reproduction of three of the
pages, the originals of which are in colors.
John McCormick, Troy, New York. — The booklet for the Allen Book
& Printing Company is unusually pleasing — in fact, one of the most
attractive pieces of typographical design that we have received in some
Waggoner
Jflemi
We Woman’s
Kansas Day Club
1910-1911
List of Officers
EE3
President, MRS. E. W. HOCH
Marion, Kansas
Vice-President, MRS. F. W. WATSON
Topeka, Kansas
Secretary. MRS. SCOTT HOPKINS
Topeka, Kansas
Treasurer, MRS. H. B. ASHER
Lawrence, Kansas
Auditor, MRS. J. D. McFARLAND
Topeka, Kansas
Historian, MRS. W. A. MeCARTER
Topeka, Kansas
Pages by Crane & Co., Topeka, Kansas.
888
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time. The selection of colors which you have chosen for this job is very
pleasing and brings out in an excellent manner the particular form of typo¬
graphical design which you have used.
We show herewith a reproduction of a title-page for a leaflet issued by
the Bureau of Printing of the Metropolitan Police Department, Kansas
Title-page by the Bureau of Printing of the Metropolitan
Police Department of Kansas City.
City, Missouri. The arrangement is unusually pleasing, and is in direct
contrast with much of the printed matter issued by municipal depart¬
ments.
A. E. Johnston, Minneapolis, Minnesota. — Our only criticism as to
the Year-book cover-page would be to suggest that you lower the line
“ compiled and published by the,” making it a part of the group which
follows it. The arrangement as a whole is unusually good.
We show herewith a reproduction of a program for a smoker, which we
have received from John J. J. Chilles, printer on the steamship Connecti¬
cut, and which indicates the manner in which one of resource can over-
An interesting smoker program by John J. J. Chilles, printer on the
steamship Connecticut.
come obstacles. In regard to this program, Mr. Chilles says : “ The front-
cover plate was made from a piece of wood taken from a one-hundred-
pound Navy tobacco box, the leaf-fold effect was made by laying a piece
of heavy linen thread on the tympan and an impression taken. The cutting
die was made by the ship’s blacksmith from two pieces of %-inch steel
strips and set into a mortised block of wood. The entire job of two thousand
copies was printed, cut and bound in forty-eight hours. Printing and cut¬
ting was done on a 13 by 19 Colt’s Armory and bound on a Boston (bench)
stapling machine, ink on cover was mixed by me and the ash effect was
made by dusting aluminum and red flitters on glue applied with a small
paint-brush.”
C. Harmony, Sapulpa, Oklahoma. — The portfolio of letter-head speci¬
mens is excellent and we find no criticism to offer. The typographical
arrangement, as well as the color schemes, are all well carried out, and the
work is of such a nature that it will appeal to one as commercially profit¬
able printing.
G. A. Hamon, Peterborough, Ontario. — The letter-head for the Peter¬
borough Typographical Union is a very pleasing conception, although we
think that the blue which you have used as a tint background is a little
strong and would suggest that it be a trifle weaker or another color be
used. The typographical arrangement is very satisfactory and we find
nothing whatever to criticize in it.
From the A. B. Doerty Printing Company, Findlay, Ohio, has come
a package of very pleasing commercial designs. Among these specimens,
A pleasing page from the A. B. Doerty Printing Company, Findlay,
Ohio.
the title-page of the leaflet, entitled “ Corn Farm Lands,” is perhaps the
most interesting, and we show herewith a reproduction of it.
A. Reinhardt, Livingston, Montana. — The program which you have
sent in for criticism is well gotten up and we wish to congratulate you
upon the manner in which you have confined nearly all of the advertise¬
ments to one series of type. This makes for a pleasing job as a whole,
and gets away from the indiscriminate mixture of type-faces which char¬
acterizes so many programs of this sort. We would, however, call your
attention to the poor rule joints which show throughout the job, and would
suggest that you avoid paneling of this kind where the rules are not of
the best. A small border design which does not necessitate tight joints
RULES FOR THE
REGULATION OF
STREET TRAFFIC
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
ISSUED BY THE
METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT
0
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would be much more satisfactory. We would also suggest that unless it is
absolutely necessary to print the cover in gold, a dark color would be much
more satisfactory.
E. T. Gassett, Cerro Gordo, Illinois. — The booklet of proceedings is
well gotten up and we find no opportunity' for criticism. The cover-design
is an excellent typographical arrangement, rather marred, however, by the
use of gold instead of an ink color. We presume that this was done
according to instructions.
We are in receipt of Volume 1, Number 1, of “ Print Talks,” issued
by The Pearl Press, Brooklyn, New York, and find it a very interesting
house organ, well printed and containing some entertaining text. Typo¬
graphically, it is gotten up in a very satisfactory manner, although the
spacing around the large initial letters is not good. The cover-design, in
two colors, is very pleasing.
From the Passenger Department of the Northern Pacific Railway we
have received copies of a newly issued “ Through Wonderland,” and also
Cover of an attractive booklet by the Northern Pacific Railway.
of a booklet descriptive of Hunter’s Hot Springs, Montana. The cover of
the latter booklet is an interesting design in decoration from Indian motifs,
and we show herewith a reproduction. The original is in colors.
The August number of “ Between Forms,” issued by the Blakely Print¬
ing Company, Chicago, is a unique advertising proposition in that it con¬
tains text referring to the patron saint of printing, Benjamin Franklin,
and has, tipped on it, a 1-cent stamp containing his picture, and the stamp
is to be used in sending orders to the Blakely Compary. The arrangement
is unique.
Ben Kline, New York city. — We find very little opportunity for choice
between the advertisements which you have sent in for criticism. In some
regards the specimens marked No. 2 are the best, but in others we fail
to see any improvement. The large advertisement has been improved to a
certain extent in the one marked No. 2, but we feel that the main line at
the top has been set in type altogether too large and that the use of these
condensed letters is not at all pleasing. The arrangement of the balance
of the advertisement is very satisfactory. The bank advertisement is of
the same general nature, the heading of No. 1 being of the best advertising
value, while the arrangement of the balance of the advertisement in No. 2
is perhaps better.
J. Warren Lewis, Kansas City, Missouri. — Of the commercial specimens
which you have sent for criticism, we like best the title-page for the
organ recital, and show herewith a reproduction of it. The original is
printed in black and orange. We would, however, suggest that the cut
which you have used would be much more satisfactory if turned the other
way.
A pleasing page by J. Warren Lewis, Kansas City, Missouri.
The package of commercial printing from the Larew Printing Company,
Knoxville, Tennessee, shows some exceptionally interesting type arrange¬
ments. The commercial stationery and booklet pages are very pleasingly
jf |~N engineering firm was or-
ganized in a western city
a few years ago — backed by am¬
ple capital and prepared to handle
large contracts. One of the young¬
er men, the secretary, was to have
charge of all purchases and he de¬
termined to make a showing for
economy and shrewdness in buy¬
ing.
There was a large building 10
be erected— the biggest local con¬
tract of the year— and the new
firm determined to figure down
practically to cost for the sake of
the advertising it would get from
the job. The men figured over
the specifications time and again
and. when their bid went in. they
were positive their competitors
could not lower it without making
a mistake in their estimates.
When the bids were opened the
new firm’s figures were consider¬
ably lower than the fourteen
other contractors bidding on the
job. but the contract was award¬
ed to another company At the
earliest opportunity the president
of the disappointed firm sought
an explanation from the architect:
he could not understand why the
low bid was thrown out
"Yours is a new firm and we
know nothing of your methods.
Still, that might not have cost you
the contract: but your letters and
your bids were on such flimsy
paper that— well, they didn’t in¬
spire confidence, to say the least.
To be perfectly frank, we were
afraid that a firm that skimped
so on its own stationery might
use inferior material when work
ing for someone else "
Investigation showed that the
Booklet pages by the Larew Printing Company, Knoxville, Tennessee.
handled and we find no criticism to offer in regard to the manner in which
they are gotten up. We show herewith a reproduction of two booklet
pages containing an interesting rule design. The embossing, of which a
considerable amount is used, is of an exceptionally high class.
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The program of the First Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Retail
Lumber Dealers’ Association is an exceptionally attractive piece of typo¬
graphical design, printed in brown and green on India tint stock. The type
arrangement, in old style, is very pleasing, the cover being set in text and
printed in brown and gold.
A booklet issued by the Neenah Paper Company, Neenah, Wisconsin,
to further the interests of its Old Council Tree Bond, is a handsome piece
of typographical design and presswork. The cover is heavily embossed in
gold and colors and presents a very rich effect, while the inner pages are
excellently printed on various tints of the stock advertised. The designs
used are very pleasing and show up in an excellent manner the possibilities
of this particular brand of stock.
Chas. B. Russell, Jr., Cleveland, Ohio. — Our only suggestion in regard
to the advertisements which you have sent for criticism would be that you
use parallel rules of equal weight rather than light and heavy rules for
underscoring lines, and that you exercise a little more care in spacing out
lines, so as to avoid too much space between words. The main line in the
advertisement for the Detroit Graphite Company is rather too widely spaced
for the best appearance.
D. A. Hussion, Jr., Galveston, Texas. — The commercial specimens which
you have sent for criticism are all excellent, and we find nothing whatever
in them to which we can take exception. The color combinations are all
specimens, omitting much of the decoration, would be much more satis¬
factory. The letter-head for Browning & Company is very pleasing, as is
also the page for Ogden Furniture & Carpet Company.
The Clover Press, New York city. — The Saturday-closing card is very
satisfactorily gotten up, and thd1 illustration which you have used is very
apt and should attract considerable attention. With the exception that the
line following the firm name is rather weak, we find nothing whatever to
criticize in the typographical arrangement. The color selection is very good.
From Mr. W. H. Slater, of the Borough Polytechnic Institute, London,
England, we have received a copy of the latest Borough booklet. The work
throughout is by students of the institute, and is very pleasing, both in type-
design and in the selection of colors. We note therein a tendency toward
the use of simple type arrangements which is very gratifying, and an
adherence to the principles of good typographical design. The work through¬
out is of a high order.
W. Dickson, Uvalde, Texas. — The commercial specimens are very satis¬
factory, although we would suggest a slightly different color arrangement
for one or two of them. On the card for the Uvalde Enterprise, we
would suggest that you use orange in place of the red in combination with
the blue-black, as the red is rather too strong and gives the ornament and
rule a more prominent place than the type matter. On the letter-head
for the same paper, we would suggest that the lighter green be used in
jtflcnu
CRAB COCKTAIL
CRACKED CRABS
FISH
SHRIMP SALAD
HOI TAMALES
BEER
bailors lluncf)
COMPLIMENTARY
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ana Supply association
Ctcmont lijotcl
FRIDAY, MAY TWENTY -RIXTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND CLEVEF AT NINE P. M.
GALA ESTON TEXAS
Pages by D. A. Hussion, Jr., Galveston, Texas.
pleasing and the type-designs are very satisfactory indeed. We would espe¬
cially commend the manner in which you have used the old style and gothic
faces, and show herewith several reproductions of these designs.
W. H. Denney, New York. — The booklet which you have sent for criti¬
cism is very pleasingly gotten up, and we find little, indeed, to which we
can take exception. We would, however, suggest that type-faces of slightly
smaller size used on the title-page would be more pleasing, as it now
appears rather heavy and black. We would also suggest that the same
weight rule be placed above the running-head as you have used below, as
we feel that it harmonizes better in tone with the line that you have used
for the running-head than does the lighter rule.
Ed. F. Reeder, of W. W. Browning it Co., Ogden, Utah. — The cover-
page for the Annual Report of Engineering Department is a very interest¬
ing arrangement, although we think that there is rather too much red
used. If, in the place of the red, a brown were used, making this particu¬
lar part of the page a little less prominent, the effect would be much more
satisfactory, as at present the real title of the book is overshadowed by
the decoration. We would also suggest that where you use gothic or text
type it should be spaced very closely between words, and would call your
attention to the title-page of the leaflet for the Ogden State Bank in
regard to this particular point. We note a considerable use of decoration
on your work, and suggest that a more simple treatment of some of the
combination with the brown. The title-page for the People’s Furniture
Store shows a lack of tone harmony which would have been avoided if you
had used parallel rules of equal weight to surround the page, rather than
the light and heavy rule, and had used rules of slightly heavy weight for
the underscoring of the type lines. The time you have taken to set the
page is very satisfactory, indeed, and indicates much ability on your part.
Alvin C. Mowrey, Franklin, Pennsylvania. — Of the two circulars for
Phipps it Sykes, we prefer the one printed in black and orange, as it is
much more legible than the one in brown and green, especially on the
particular stock which you have used. The type arrangement is very
satisfactorj-. We would suggest that for the four-page leaflet you use some
combination other than the brown and the yellow, as the latter color is
very unsatisfactory on work of this character. The typographical arrange¬
ment of this leaflet is also satisfactory, and our only objection to it is the
color combination.
C. F. McLaughlin Publishing Company, Olney, Illinois. — The large
circular is quite satisfactory, although we would suggest that a more simple
arrangement, gained by the omission of the ornaments at the sides of the
type matter set in the narrow measure, would be an improvement. There
is also a too great proportion of red on the page, but with the omission
of the ornaments this would be, to a certain extent, overcome. We think
that perhaps the use of a size larger type for the text matter would have
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been more satisfactory, and that if you had kept the whole job in one or
two series it would have harmonized much better.
From the Woodruff Bank Note Company, Lincoln, Nebraska, we have
received a copy of Imprint, a magazine devoted to art in ink and business
ethics connected therewith. The printing is very satisfactory', the arrange¬
ment pleasing and the text of an entertaining as well as instructive nature.
We shall be interested in future numbers of this excellent house organ.
Math Miller, Chicago, Illinois. — -Of the two advertisements which you
have sent for criticism, we like best the one in which the light-face type is
used for the solid matter, as the other page contains too many large type¬
faces, giving the advertisement too much of a crowded appearance. This,
however, is due partly to the manner in which the copy lias been written.
The ANNUAL
OUTING
THE SIXTH OCCASION
BASS POINT, NAHANT
SATURDAY, JULY 22
1911
EMPLOYEES OF
THE H. C. HANSEN
TYPE FOUNDRY
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Cover of program of the annual outing of the employees of The H. C.
Hansen Type Foundry.
The program of the sixth annual outing of the employees of The H. C.
Hansen Type Foundry, Boston, Massachusetts, is an attractive piece of
printed matter, the cover being in light and dark brown, on light-brown
stock. We show herewith a reproduction.
The Midland Times Printing Company, Midland, Ontario. — The com¬
bination of lining gothic and text letter, shown on the cover of the booklet
entitled “ Story of Georgian Bay,” is not pleasing, due to the fact that
these two type-faces, when used in comparatively large sizes, do not har¬
monize in shape. If you had used orange in the place of red on the book
of By-laws of the Royal Arch Masons, the effect of color combination
would have been more pleasing, inasmuch as the red is rather too dark
for the balance of the page. The rest of the specimens are very satisfac¬
tory in arrangement and color.
Chris. M. Vaeth, Utica, New York. — While the color combination
which you have used on the cover of the booklet is not inharmonious, still
we feel that, inasmuch as there is practically an equal division of the
colors, that one of them should be much weaker in tone, and we would
suggest that a lighter green be used. The inner pages are very satisfac¬
tory and we have no criticism to offer on the manner in which they have
been handled, although we think that just a trifle more care in the make-
ready of the cuts would be an improvement. The color combination of
the inner pages is much more pleasing than that on the cover, due to the
difference in the proportion of colors used.
R. L. Esson & Co., Johannesburg, South Africa. — Both of the booklets
which you have sent for criticism are very neatly gotten up, and we find
little, if any, opportunity to criticize them. The color schemes are both
very pleasing and the type-faces which you have used are thoroughly
harmonious and work well with the illustrations. We do not like the idea
of leading the first part of the paragraph and leaving the balance solid,
and would suggest an arrangement which would do away with this.
The Clover Press, New York. — The motto card is pleasingly gotten up,
although we would suggest that where type of a slightly condensed nature
is used, the space between words be rather less than where the ordinary
roman type is employed. We think that if this card were spaced consid¬
erably closer, the effect as a whole would be much more pleasing, without
in the least destroying its illegibility.
The .Tobson Printing & Manufacturing Company, Louisville, Kentucky,
has gotten out a leaflet, entitled “ Illustration and Evolution,” on one
page of which is shown an illustration of the Jobson plant in the days
when delivery was made by the push-cart system, while on the other page
is shown a picture of the plant of to-day, together with the automobile
delivery which the Jobson Company now uses.
H. A. Rogers, Weed, California. — The liandbilil is unique in its
arrangement and should be very good advertising. We will suggest, how¬
ever, that you pay a little more attention to the spacing of work of this
kind, as where there is an unusual amount of space between words it is
at times advisable to letter-space the words a trifle in order that the
appearance of the line as a whole may be much more satisfactory. We
also think that in setting a piece of work of this kind, casting it up to
avoid so many run-overs would give a much more satisfactory appearance
to the completed page.
We show herewith a reproduction of the cover of a new catalogue of
Steger Player Pianos. The original is a handsome design in colors, and
especially appropriate. The inner pages are printed in brown and black on
Cover of a handsome catalogue by The Henry 0. Shepard Company,
Chicago.
coated paper, the half-tone illustrations being exceptionally good. Typo¬
graphically the catalogue is very pleasing. The designing is by the Charles
A. MacFarlane Advertising Service, and the printing by The Henry O.
Shepard Company, both of Chicago.
The Camp Printery, Toledo, Ohio. — The book for the Switchmen’s
Union of North America is very pleasingly gotten up, and we find little to
criticize in its general appearance. If it were possible for you to set the
advertisements in fewer type-faces, the effect as a whole would be better.
However, we presume that lack of material would prevent this. Where
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several different type-faces are shown on the same page, the result is
rarely as satisfactory as where the whole page is set in one or two series.
The Frank T. Riley Publishing Company, Kansas City, Missouri, is
issuing a little magazine of short talks to busy business men on the big
subject of profitable publicity. It is entitled “ Proof Sheets,” and is
devoted to the creation of a desire for better advertising literature.
Guy Rummell, Brazil, Indiana. — The specimens which you have sent
are very satisfactory, although we think that the letter-head for the Eagle’s
Carnival would have been more pleasing if fewer colors had been used.
We would also suggest that the envelope printed in orange is rather flashy,
and that the same job printed in a darker color would be more satisfactory.
Alfred M. Anderson, Santa Paula, California. — The copy of the Year¬
book for the Santa Paula High School is very pleasing in its general
arrangement, although we think that you have made the title-page and
the headings rather too decorative. The title-page, especially, would have
been much more satisfactory if the simple design had been used instead of
the elaborate combination of rules and ornament which more or less over¬
shadow the reading matter. We would suggest that where you use text
type you space it closely, both between words and between lines, and
would call your attention to the letter-head for the Santa Paula Chronicle
in this connection. The leaflet for the Glen Tavern also shows a marked
degree of over-ornamentation, and we feel that the more simple type effects
would greatly improve the appearance of your work.
M. E. Miller, Fairmont, West Virginia. — Of the two large cards, we
prefer the one with the blind embossing, as it separates the calendar from
the balance of the text matter in a more satisfactory manner. The arrange¬
ment and the color combination used on this card are both very satisfac¬
tory. Of the two pages for the horse show, we prefer the one set in the
italic and roman letters, as the shape of the group on the other page is
not at all satisfactory. The use of a group of type which is of a trian¬
gular shape, and with the narrow part at the top, is rarely, if ever, pleas¬
ing in typographical design, and one should see that, wherever possible,
triangular arrangements are of such a nature that the longest and widest
line is at, or near, the top of the page, tapering down toward the bottom.
The booklet for the Fairmont Confectionery Company is very pleasingly
gotten up, as is also the blotter for the Fairmont Printing & Lithographing
Company. _
ESTIMATING THE QUANTITY OF INK FOR
THREE-COLOR WORK.
When estimating for three-color work the most uncer¬
tain quantity is usually the amount of ink likely to be
required, and, if the run should be a fairly good one, say,
25,000 double-crown sheets containing eight three-color
blocks 9 inches by 6 inches, unless a certain basis can be
found on which to make the calculation, it is usually very
much underestimated. When it is remembered that ink of
an average price of 5 shillings per pound is being used, a
few extra pounds above the quantity estimated may turn
into a very poor bargain what appeared on the estimate-
sheet to show a good profit. The class of machine to be
used needs to be taken into consideration also. Within the
last few weeks the writer had occasion to print 150,000
three-color post-cards on a royal cylinder (twelve up) and
within a few weeks to repeat the order, printing four up
on platen presses. For future reference the quantity of
ink used was carefully kept, and it was found that about
four pounds more had been used on the platens than on the
cylinder. This, doubtless, was partly explained by the fact
that the run for each color on the cylinder was 13,250,
about two days’ actual running time; while each color on
the platens was 40,000, or about five days’ run, allowing for
overs in each case. Thus, much more ink was wasted in the
increased number of times the platens required washing up.
Experience has proved, however, that for runs of 10,000 or
more the safest method is to find the number of square
inches contained in the print and to allow %d. per square
inch for all three colors per 1,000. To print 10,000 or
25,000 double crown sheets containing eight three-color
blocks 9 inches by 6 inches, the quantity of ink required
would be worked out thus : 9 by 6 = 54 by 8 = 432 far¬
things = 9s. per 1,000 sheets; 10,000, £4 10s.; 25,000,
£11 5s. This is a much safer method than jumping at
figures, for on first thought they may look high, but expe¬
rience will prove they are not. — Printers’ Register.
The experiences of composing-machine operators, machinists
and users are solicited with the object of the widest possible
dissemination of knowledge concerning the best methods of
getting results.
To Repair a Broken Keyboard Belt.
A round belt may be repaired readily with a common
pin. Drive the pin through the belt about an eighth of an
inch from the end, and then through the second piece in the
same manner. Grasp each piece with thumb and forefinger,
having the thumbnails against the protruding parts; bend
until the belt is horizontal. This operation makes a staple
of the pin with the head and point upward. Clip the head
and point off the pin, and bend each projecting part inward
toward the joint of the belt, and pound with a hammer to
clinch.
Portraiture with Slugcasting Machines.
Mr. F. Fuchs, whose work in the production of por¬
traits by means of Typograph slugs has been shown in
The Inland Printer from time to time, has sent a remark¬
able portrait of Johann Gutenberg, 11 % by 15% inches in
size, composed of four characters of different tonal value,
ranging in size from a small square dot to a solid square of
black. These portraits serve to show the ingenuity of the
designer and the accuracy of machine-cast slugs, and the
work of Mr. Fuchs is used extensively by the Typograph
Machine Company, of Berlin, in advertising its machine.
Linotypes Used on Arabic Daily Newspaper.
New York city now boasts, among other things, of a
daily newspaper printed in Arabic, the Al Hoda, and this
paper is now entirely set on the Linotype machine. Arabic
matrices are cut in twenty-two point, and cost $100 per
font. There are twenty-eight letters in the Arabic alphabet,
though there are about four hundred characters commonly
used in that language. These have been reduced to one
hundred and eighty, to accommodate the language to the
Linotype. A double keyboard was substituted for the ordi¬
nary one, and the capacity of the machine otherwise
enlarged. The result was attained only after years of
work and experiment, but it opens a new field to the Lino¬
type and increases the scope of this versatile machine.
Spaceband Shifter Adjustment.
An operator on a Kansas newspaper writes: “I have
a little problem, which I would like your views on. Please
give me your solution at your earliest convenience. When
the turnbuckle is adjusted so that the spacebands are prop¬
erly returned to the spaceband box, the first elevator hangs
on the transfer-slide finger an instant and then drops.
When the turnbuckle is adjusted so that the elevator does
not hang, and the first-elevator cam roller follows the cam
as it should, then the spacebands are not carried far enough
to the right to properly fall into the spaceband box. The
elevator only hangs as above stated when I am recasting.”
Answer. — See that cam 10 is firmly against the shaft¬
bearing. Set the cam roller on the upper shaft so that the
transfer slide comes back to lock. If this machine has an
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eccentric pin in the roller and it does not accomplish the
result, you should put a patch on the cam just where the
roller rests at normal position. This will cause the proper
return of the transfer slide. Then it will be an easy mat¬
ter to adjust the spaceband lever with the turnbuckle.
Clutch Knob Is Worn.
An Indiana operator writes: “ Have had considerable
trouble with the intermediate clutch. It will not stay in
position, but slips out frequently. I find the gripping ends
are worn. I have squared them up frequently and put in
new spring, but still they give trouble. This is a Model 1
machine. Can you suggest a remedy? ”
Answer. — It is quite likely the knob needs renewing.
Order new one (C-143). Remove the old one by driving
out the pin in the knob. Then drive the knob out of the
knurled ring. You will find a locking-ring on the knob,
which you can transfer to the new knob. To put the knurled
ring on the knob requires help. Fasten the knob in a vise
with the small end uppermost; place the locking-ring in
position, and have your assistant press inward on the
locking-ring from both sides while you drive on the knurled
ring.
Dripping of Metal from Pot.
An Iowa publisher writes: “ On our Model 1 Linotype,
rebuilt and installed last December, we are having trouble
with a dripping of metal down onto the gasoline burner, as
a result of which the flame is interfered with seriously. I
do not see any mention of this matter in your book, so
thought you might be able to help us. We dip out the metal
below the top of the well, as suggested by the Mergenthaler
Company when we close down the machine, but still when
we fire up (firing very slowly) we get some drip. We have
been told it comes through the pores of the iron. It seems
to me we ought to find a way of melting metal in the pot
without getting dripped metal on the burner.”
Answer. — -We are of the opinion that the fault is not
due to metal coming through the pores of the metal-pot, but
rather due to metal that is between the jacket and crucible.
This metal gets in the asbestos from running the pot too
full at times, the metal escaping’ through the seam at the
back of the pot near the top. To verify this, remove the
pot cover and liner by taking out the four screws on top.
If you find metal here you can be certain that the cause is
due to the melting of metal retained in the asbestos pack¬
ing. As a remedy, remove all metal visible and, in the
future, do not carry so much metal in the pot. The metal
should not be any higher than about one-half inch below
top of crucible. Of course metal will continue to drip until
all of it is melted out. We do not advise the dipping out of
metal, as we believe no great harm attends the melting of
metal when it is kept at normal height in the pot. If you
would remedy the matter completely, you could remove the
pot and then take out the crucible and packing, sift out the
metal and repack it. While the crucible is out, examine the
outer surface for crevices or openings through which the
metal may have escaped. Should one be found, apply a
solution of salt water and wood ashes, which will tend to
close it.
Worn Distributor Screws and Other Troubles.
A Mississippi operator writes : “ (1) I am enclosing you a
matrix from a new font we have just installed, showing
the outside upper ear is suffering a grinding process. I find
that the ‘ worms,’ close to the box end, are worn consider¬
ably — little ‘ cups ’ worn in them — but I am afraid to use
the file, as I have never run across this trouble before, and
do not know what damage I might do; but do know that
the damage, if any, could not be repaired unless by buying
new ‘ worms,’ so I am writing you in regard to the matter,
and if you will hurry your reply, you will greatly oblige me.
I know that if there is any way of getting around buying
new ‘ worms ’ you know that way, and it will be a feather
in my cap to be able to use the old ones, providing they do
not damage the new matrices. The machine is a Model 3.
(2) I am also sending you a proof, showing a peculiar
‘ stunt ’ performed by the lower-case ‘ e.’ I notice that
metal adheres to the letter and consequently does not show
up in the proof. It may happen once or twice to each gal¬
ley. Is it the fault of the metal? (3) Another trouble:
If I send a raised line into the first elevator and then press
on the elevator-jaw springs, the line will drop, but not
enough to allow the bottom ears to go over the lower rail,
and, of course, if the line goes through that way, the lower
ears are ‘ chewed.’ I do not think the jaw is sprung. In
the upper position a matrix fits snugly, but when in the
lower, it is quite tight, caused, as I can see, by the upper
and low ears ‘ jamming ’ the rails so tight that it takes
quite a good bit of force to cause them to slide.”
Ansiver. — (1) The grinding of the upper front ear is
probably due to box rails rather than to the distributor
screws. To test for the cause, remove the box. To do this,
turn the handle the full distance before allowing the box to
be taken down. When the box is out, place a matrix on the
top of the rails and note if the rails bind. If you find they
bind, straighten the front rail to allow more freedom. (2)
You should have sent a slug having the defective character
missing, as this, together with the matrix, would have been
a great aid in locating the cause of your trouble. The fault
perhaps lies more with the slug than with the matrix, but
the matrix is not wholly blameless, as the right wall is
slightly deflected inward, which would tend to pull off the
face from a poor slug. (3) The first-elevator back jaw
may possibly be deflected toward the front jaw. Try a
matrix here and note if proper freedom is present. It should
permit a free entrance and discharge of the matrices.
Metal Troubles.
A New Jersey operator writes: “ I have been having
metal troubles of late. Slugs seem to be too hot, seven and
eight-point slugs coming out almost red-hot; at the same
time, when testing metal with thermometer, I find metal to
be only 500° or less — old metal. Slugs are often porous
or hollow, yet mouthpiece frequently gets cold, though
there seems sufficient blaze there. Can it be that there is
dirt or other substance back of the mouthpiece, which pre¬
vents me getting enough metal, thus making slugs hollow
and apparently porous? Perhaps mouthpiece vents are not
deep enough. Slugs frequently stick in the mold. Can not
understand why slugs are so hot to the touch when metal
by test is not as hot as it should be, and mouthpiece some¬
times too cold. Metal was retempered a few weeks ago.”
Answer. — Your difficulty is not due to hot metal, but,
on the contrary, it is cold metal. The temperature should
be above 525° at least. A remedy for your troubles is to
clean the burners, if any of them show a yellow flame, and
have each burner turned on full as well as the supply cock.
Clean plunger daily, also the crossvents of the mouthpiece.
Do not deepen these unless you are sure they are too shal¬
low. Test the casting apparatus by sending through sev¬
eral lines. Note the appearance of the bottom of the slug
and the sharpness of the face. If you find that metal
adheres to the mouthpiece, increase the amount of heat
slightly by the machine governor and continue the tests
and observe if back squirts occur or if metal still accumu-
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lates on the mouthpiece. If either of these conditions pre¬
vail, then you should observe the amount of compression
the pot-lever spring sustains when the pot locks up to cast.
If the compression is much greater than one-eighth of an
inch, you may increase the stress by turning back on the
front nut on the eyebolt of the pot-lever spring. This
operation should give a tighter lock-up of the pot and in a
measure prevent squirts if the lock-up is even. A test of
the pot mouth may be necessary if the back squirts con¬
tinue. Proceed as follows: Open vise, draw out disk and
scrape back of mold with a sharp piece of brass rule to
remove adhering metal. Clean mouthpiece. Ink the back
of the mold lightly and evenly with bronze-blue or red ink.
Close the vise and allow the cams to make several revolu¬
tions. Draw out disk and examine test on mouthpiece.
This test will determine the state of lock-up between the
mold and mouthpiece. The transfer of ink to the mouth¬
piece should be evenly distributed over the whole surface.
If it is not, it shows imperfect lock-up. This condition may
be corrected by use of the pot-leg screws or by truing up
the mouthpiece with a file.
Suggestions from a Machinist-Operator.
A New York machinist-operator contributes the follow¬
ing: “ Having received much valuable information from
your department, allow me to suggest a little improvement
that I learned which may prove helpful to some of the read¬
ers of this department. From the time our machine was
installed in 1907 to about eight months ago I experienced
some trouble with the spacebands transferring. Despite
any suggestions or help I could get along this line, the
trouble continued. Two different Linotype inspectors vis¬
ited our machine and pronounced adjustments all right, but
still it would miss occasionally — altogether too frequently
to suit me. In discussing the trouble in a near-by city with
a machinist, he said he used a strip of leather about six
inches long in the back groove of the spaceband channel,
having the leather just thick enough to steady the bottom
of the bands as they passed over. I applied the remedy and
the results have been very satisfactory. When the leather
wears, slip under strips of heavy paper or renew the
leather occasionally. In the August Inland Printer I note
how a machinist overcame the trouble of the pin in the
hinge to the knife-wiper working out. When our machine
was new I experienced same trouble. I overcame it by
taking a piece of column-rule about two picas square, fitted
in new pin, drilled hole in brass just large enough and deep
enough to hold pin that I left projecting a trifle, bowed the
cap to fit over rod, and then filed out center of each of two
sides, leaving the four corners projecting just enough to
hold the thread with which I securely fastened brass cap to
the latch rod. Results were satisfactory. Now may I ask
just a word of advice: Do you advise the continued use of
the matrix-spring buffer (D-860) with which machine is
equipped when new? I have always kept it on, believing it
was made for a purpose and should be kept there. How¬
ever it makes some trouble at times.”
Answer. — The use of a strip of leather in the groove
back of the intermediate channel spaceband rail has been
practiced by machinists for over ten years, and has been
referred to in these columns. Another remedy to prevent
the turning of the spaceband as the line is shifted is to
insert a pin through the spaceband rail against which the
lower end of the bands would bank as they were shifted.
Still another is to remove the outside section of the inter¬
mediate channel, then take out the rail and raise it suffi¬
ciently so that the bands would ride on the upper edge of
the rail. This usually will effectually prevent the bands
turning as they are shifted. The matrix buffer (D-860) is
intended to prevent wear on the under side of the matrix
toes by lessening the impact with the matrix buffer pieces
in the assembling elevator. It is discarded by some opera¬
tors who figure that it causes occasional trouble by not
always allowing the end matrices to settle fully into the
elevator. As the attachment is not applied to late models
there would appear to be no harm in removing it from your
machine, as its efficiency is doubtful.
Gas Governors.
A letter from a Philadelphia operator says: “I am
working in a small newspaper office. The machinist fools
with the governor every time the metal gets hot or cold. I
kept it four days in good order by turning the gas down
under the pot, but he says not to, as he says it plugs the
mouthpiece holes, but it shows a good face. When metal
gets hot it squirts, and when I regulate the governor
beneath the pot by just turning it down it works all right.
Who do you think is correct: operator or machinist? ”
Answer. — The mercury governor, when adjusted prop¬
erly, should regulate the heat of the metal. Of course, a
pressure governor is also necessary on the gas supply pipe.
There may not be enough mercury in the temperature gov¬
ernor, or oxids may have accumulated on the mercury. In
this case, it should be removed and cleaned. The gas-cocks
beneath the pot should be turned only to give a good blue
flame and not to control the temperature.
Another New Linotype ; Model Ten.
The Mergenthaler Linotype Company has just placed on
sale another new model Linotype, a single magazine, two-
letter machine, called Model 10, the price of which is $2,250.
It is designed for the smaller newspapers and those that
require only a moderate speed and limited range of opera¬
tion. The magazine is shortened and contains only sixteen
matrices in each channel, as against twenty in the standard
machine. It is a low-base model, with quick-change maga¬
zine and is capable of handling all sizes from five to eleven
points and all measures from four to thirty ems.
Recent Patents on Composing Machinery.
Perforated-paper Controlled Mechanism. — V. S. Timmis, Crawford, N. J.
Filed March 10, 1902. Issued June 27, 1911. No. 996,300.
Linotype Machine. — J. R. Rogers, Brooklyn, N. Y„ assignor to Mergen¬
thaler Linotype Company, New York. Filed March 16, 1910. Issued July
25, 1911. No. 998,802.
Typograpli. — J. Dorneth, Berlin, Germany, assignor to Typograph
G. M. B. II.. of Berlin, Germany. Filed January 16, 1909. Issued August
8, 1911. No. 1,000,157.
Adjustable Trimming-knives. — A. W. LeBoeuf, Woonsocket, R. I.,
assignor to Electric Compositor Company, New York. Filed February 10,
1910. Issued July 25, 1911. No. 998,619.
ON THE GRAND CANAL, VENICE.
Photograph by Dr. C. A. Parker, Chicago.
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895
STEEL AND COPPER PLATE ENGRAVERS’
CONVENTION.
Over one hundred representatives from all sections of
the country were in attendance at the first convention of
the National Association of Steel and Copper Plate Engra¬
vers, held at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago, July 11-13, and
this youngest of the printing-trades associations starts off
with promising prospects of becoming one of the most virile
and effective among graphic-arts organizations. Enthusi-
business among’ engravers, namely, cooperation and friendly feeling versus
ruinous competition. * * * In our present enthusiasm, however, let us
not expect too much in too short a time. Let us not be discouraged if
everything that needs reforming is not immediately reformed. * * *
We all seem to have plenty of work, but no profit. So this seems to be
the question : What is the matter with the business, with sufficient work
and comparatively no profit? Let us attempt to solve this question in a
scientific and conservative manner. We can not lawfully bind ourselves
by any hard and fast rule, or attempt in any way to penalize a member
who fails to abide by this convention’s recommendations. What we can
do, however, is, by careful study of comparative costs of the different shops,
to arrive at a just and equitable charge for different kinds of work, and
p. T. HOEHN,
President.
ASHTON HARCOURT,
Chairman, Executive Committee.
CHAS. N. BELLMAN,
Vice-President.
C. E. FREUND,
Chairman, Committee on Price
Recommendation.
GUY GIBSON,
Secretary.
H. S. DORRIS,
Chairman, Committee on Trade
Customs.
JAMES J. MOLLOY,
Treasurer.
ARTHUR D. WIGGINS,
Former Secretary, who rendered
efficient service.
OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STEEL AND COPPER PLATE ENGRAVERS.
asm and good feeling pervaded every session, and there was
plainly noticeable a spirit of aggressiveness and determina¬
tion in this first meeting which is certain to command the
respect and cooperation of every worth-while steel and cop¬
per plate engraver in the United States, in the movement
for better trade conditions.
The first session was called to order at 10 o’clock on the
morning of July 11 by President Hoehn, who enthused the
members with a speech full of optimism and good cheer. In
part he said:
Gentlemen, members of the National Association of Steel and Copper
Plate Engravers : It is hardly necessary for me to express the pleasure
and honor I feel in opening this historic and epoch-making convention, the
first of its kind in the history of the country — a national association of
steel and copper plate engravers. * * * Judging from the very rapid
growth of this association. I would say the psychological moment has
arrived for the introduction of the modern and more wise method of doing
as honorable gentlemen, with the interest of the engraving business at
heart, abide by whatever recommendations are made and adopted by this
convention.
In closing he urged the formation of strong and sympa¬
thetic local bodies, held together by individual membership
in the National Association, with the locals using the
national body as a guide. The meeting then got down to
business, taking up the reports of the different officers.
Secretary Wiggins’ report showed that fifty members
had been added to the roll since the organization’s meeting
at Cincinnati in January, making a total membership of
sixty-nine, from which annual dues in the sum of $690 had
been collected.
The treasurer’s report showed that, with the additional
collection of dues since the meeting was called, there was a
balance of almost $500 in the treasury.
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The Executive Committee reported that it had exam¬
ined the reports of the secretary and treasurer and found
them O. K., after which they were accepted.
At this juncture, William H. Hartman, president of the
Chicago Ben Franklin Club and known from coast to coast
as a leader in the cost-finding movement among printers,
was invited by President Hoehn to address the convention.
Mr. Hartman went directly to the question which he has
been agitating for years, and which undoubtedly had been
a large factor in bringing together the steel and copper
plate engravers. In his well-known frank and plain style
he forcibly pointed out the pitfalls in the printing trades,
declaring that ignorance of costs was the cause of so many
printers closing their careers with nothing but a junk pile
to their credit. He urged the assembled engravers to study
their costs, pledging the aid of the Ben Franklin Club when¬
ever wanted, and invited every one to visit the third annual
convention of the International Printers’ Cost Congress at
Denver this month.
Grant Chandler was the next speaker, his address being
devoted largely to showing various forms in connection
with the cost system. The convention tendered him a vote
of thanks for his able address.
At the afternoon session the president announced the
appointment of a nominating committee, composed of Mr.
Wiggins, Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Bohlender, after which the
Price Recommendation Committee made its report. There
was a spirited and interesting discussion on this report,
which took up the greater part of the remaining sessions of
the convention. A wide difference of opinion seemed to
prevail on some sections of the report, Messrs. Laferty,
Quayle, Glosbrenner, Lewis and Moon being added to the
committee to revise the figures reported on engraving of
business dies and steel plates, and on embossing from same.
When the enlarged committee made its report it was
adopted by the convention. The entire report of the Price
Recommendation Committee was adopted, to become effect¬
ive on October 1.
Chester Jardine, of Chicago, urged that no member
should belong to the national who is not a member of the
local organization, if a local exists in his city; that the
local associations charge, plus their regular local charge,
the sum which the National Association charges for mem¬
bership, and have it paid in one lump sum to the National
Association. To carry out Mr. Jardine’s ideas, the follow¬
ing was adopted unanimously:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this convention that the course outlined
by Mr. Jardine, as to national and local dues, be recommended and applied
wherever there is a local.
On motion, the annual dues were raised from $10 to $12.
Among the resolutions adopted on the last day of the
convention are the following:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this convention that we eliminate cash
discounts, to be left to the discretion of local associations as to their appli¬
cation.
Resolved, That the National Association of Steel and Copper Plate
Engravers, in convention assembled in Chicago, respectfully express their
appreciation of the splendid entertainment and courteous treatment accorded
them by the local organization of the Chicago Plate Engravers’ Club, and
assure them of their continued respect and appreciation.
THE NEW OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.
When the Nominating Committee made its report there
was a disagreement on the office of secretary. Arthur D.
Wiggins, as a member of the committee, opposed the other
two members in their selection. Of course they had selected
Mi-. Wiggins to succeed himself, reporting that while the
honored secretary had positively declined to serve another
year, there had been such a pressure brought to bear on
the committee by the association’s membership to have Mr.
Wiggins continue the work, it seemed clearly their duty to
recommend his reelection. In fact it was generally believed
that the tireless work of Mr. Wiggins, together with the
last splendid letter he had sent out, was the chief factor in
making the first convention possible. The secretary stated
to the convention, however, that his business affairs made
it imperative that he decline to accept another term, but
assured the convention that he would do everything in his
power to assist the new secretary whoever he might be.
Guy Gibson was then selected to succeed Mr. Wiggins, this
being the only change made in the former list of officers,
and the following were unanimously elected, Mr. Wiggins
taking the place of Mr. Gibson on the Executive Com¬
mittee : -
President — Peter T. Hoehn, Buffalo, N. Y.
Vice-President — Charles N. Bellman, Toledo, Ohio.
Treasurer — James J. Molloy, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Executive Committee — Ashton Harcourt, Louisville,
Ky., chairman; Harry A. Heineman, St. Louis, Mo.; Arthur
D. Wiggins, Chicago; R. R. Galloway, St. Paul; George M.
Courts, Galveston, Tex.
Committee on Price Recommendation — Charles E.
Freund, Chicago, chairman; E. A. Wright, Jr., Philadel¬
phia; Theo. A. Isert, Louisville; A. N. Burke, Kansas
City; Charles J. McKenzie, Boston; A. M. Glossbrenner,
Indianapolis; Mr. Lewis, of Barnard & Sons, St. Louis.
Committee on Trade Customs — H. S. Dorris, Nash¬
ville, chairman; Peter Paul, Buffalo; L. M. Winter, St.
Louis; Harry Whedon, Cleveland; H. G. Whedon, Cleve¬
land; H. G. Mitchell, Little Rock; Robert W. Ewing, Bir¬
mingham; John Buchanan, Louisville.
The next annual convention will be held in Philadelphia,
it being the unanimous choice of the members. The time
for holding it was left in the hands of the Executive Com¬
mittee.
THE BANQUET.
A banquet was held on Tuesday evening, July 13, at the
Sherman House, at which M. M. Bear, president of the
Plate Engravers’ Club of Chicago, made the welcoming
address. He informed the banqueters that it was not only
with great pleasure that he welcomed them on behalf of his
organization, but that he considered it a great honor to be
able to entertain the first convention of the National Asso¬
ciation. “ We might call this convention our first love
feast,” he said, “ as it will open avenues of approach with
competitors in other cities, and rectify any abuses that
may exist, or at least make an opportunity for friendly
discussion of such abuse, because we have met our fellow-
workers at the convention and found each and every one of
them perfectly sane and reasonable and willing at all times
to listen to reason.”
William P. Williams, famed as the toastmaster of the
Chicago stationers' banquets, was introduced as the toast¬
master of the evening, and made a decided hit with the
plate engravers. It is not exaggerating to say that it was
one of the most pleasant affairs of the kind ever held in the
“ Windy City.”
A BUSINESS TRIP, WE INFER.
W. H. Winslow and T. L. Scott, of the Superior Water,
Light & Power Company, are in Madison, Wisconsin, on
business pertaining to their business. — Superior (Wis.)
Telegram.
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bronze, or leaf, and how was the embossing done? Can
such work be duplicated on a type press? ”
Answer. — The work is lithographic and the order of
color application is as follows: Yellow, red, green, gold.
The embossing probably was done on an embossing press.
The work can be duplicated on a type press. Almost any
engraver can make Ben Day plates to imitate the grain in
the colors. The gold and embossing plates will be readily
produced. The pressman by using special inks will have no
trouble running his colors first and following with the gold
plate. The embossing will be carried on in the same man¬
ner as ordinary embossing and will present no difficulties.
«
Printers* Overlays.
(935.) An invention that relates to the mechanical
reproduction of overlays of the kind wherein a proof from
the block is dusted over with a powder and fixed with var¬
nish, etc., is patented by Mr. H. Dietz. A proof from the
block is dusted over with dextrin and gently heated, the
surplus powder being removed by blowing, dusting, etc.
cylinder between two lines of pages. To the underside of
the feed-board may be attached two screw eyes, and to each
of these a stout rubber band. Fasten each piece of tape to
a rubber so the tape will be taut when the cylinder is
taking impression. This will insure that the sheet will be
held snug to the tympan and will eliminate this kind of
slurring. The hanging of a doubled sheet of rough wrap¬
ping paper to the top of the sheet-guards and allowing the
lower end to extend downward, quite up to the end of the
guards, will effect relief also. This sheet should be the full
width of the cylinder.
Adhesive to Unite Paper with Metal.
(932.) Platen pressmen frequently find it necessary
to attach a piece of stiff manila as a foundation sheet for
embossing compound. Ordinary glue is unsuitable for this
purpose because it fails to unite with the smooth metallic
surface of the platen. The following compound is said to
be a strong adhesive for this purpose: Take four parts by
weight of gelatin, add to three parts of water, and dissolve
WHAT’S THAT?
The surface is then washed over with varnish and alcohol
or ether, and heated gently until dry. — British and Colonial
Printer and Stationer.
Sheets Sag Between Headings.
(934.) Submits a twenty-four-page section of an oblong
booklet, run twelve pages at a time. The two rows of
pages with running-heads to the centers of the sheet show
an irregular register. The nature of the slur suggests the
sagging of the sheet, owing to its weight, while the blank
space between page heads is being traversed by the cylin¬
der. The printer writes : “ I would deem it a favor if you
will inform me the probable cause of the slurring on the
enclosed sheet. It was run on a cylinder press, and always
slurs between the pages.”
Answer. — The cause is due to the sheet making a double
print by the sheet sagging into the white space and caus¬
ing the baggy sheet to touch the edge of the back row of
page heads before they press the sheet to the tympan to
print. This touching of the type to the sheet slurs it a
trifle just before it is printed. The remedy lies in prevent¬
ing the sheet from having this freedom. This may be done
with the sheet guards, by setting them so as to press the
sheet with more force to the tympan. Another method may
be necessary: Attach one or two pieces of narrow tape to
the sheet-guard rod at the top and pass them under the
over a water bath; add, while stirring, one part of acetic
acid and one part of powdered alum ; when nearly cool, add
one part wood alcohol. Keep in a can with a tight cover,
and warm slightly before applying. The surface of the
platei* should be rubbed with emery or flint paper.
To Level a Cylinder Press.
(931.) “ Recently the floor of our pressroom was
braced, and now it is plain to see that our cylinder press is
not level. How will I proceed to level it? ”
Answer. — Assuming that the press is properly planked,
you may proceed as follows: Procure a dozen new pine or
redwood shingles and a hydrostatic level; if this article can
not be obtained, use a carpenter’s spirit level. Make a few
preliminary tests with this latter tool by placing it on the
gripper end of the bed when it is under the feed-board.
Insert a shingle under the plank on the low corner of the
press and drive it until a change is made toward an
approximately level position. If the press is very heavy, a
jackscrew or a lifting jack may be required to raise the
press sufficiently to wedge in the shingles. Run the bed to
the opposite end of the press, and place level on the back
edge of the bed, or the level may be placed on the upper
edge of the bed tracks. Both ends of the press may be
adjusted approximately even, sidewise, in this way; then
the leveling may be done lengthwise. In this operation the
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The assistance of pressmen is desired in the solution of the
problems of the pressroom in an endeavor to reduce the various
processes to an exact science.
Mechanical Overlays for Rotary Presses-
(933.) “ Can mechanical overlays be used on rotary
presses as well as on flat-bed cylinder presses? ”
Answer. — ■ Mechanical overlays are the only kind that
should be used on rotary presses, especially for fine work.
Practically all of the popular magazines that are printed
gradually around, using only enough pressure to hold firm;
then, after the form is leveled, lock up, bringing pressure
around crossbars from the inside of the chase.”
We judge the method will be effectual if carried out
properly.
Changing from Fly to Sheet Delivery.
(936.) “ Will you kindly give directions by diagram or
otherwise how a Miehle fly delivery is changed to a face-up
delivery? ”
Answer. — - It is rather a simple operation to make the
change, although it involves several steps. We are able to
furnish the following details, through the courtesy of Mr.
McCann, of the Miehle Printing Press & Manufacturing-
Company: 1. Lock the fly. 2. Remove a square-headed
screw from each end of the fly-rod arm and move the rod
laterally so as to remove the fly; place it to the left on two
similar lugs on the carriage and fasten it with the screws
referred to before. 3. Move the carriage to a position to
accommodate the sheet, which is placed on the fly-sticks
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on rotary presses use mechanical overlays, both in the let¬
ter press and advertising sections. These overlays stand
up on the longest runs and give perfect results. The two
overlays now generally used are the chalk relief and the
metallic.
To Prevent Chase Crossbars Rising
(938.) A New York printer of wide experience (whose
modesty will not permit the use of his name) suggests the
following method of keeping crossbars of chases from
rising in plate forms: ‘‘I write in reply to question No.
896, in April number, and will respectfully suggest a rem¬
edy for chases and crossbars working up. I have followed
this method for several years, and it has solved my trou¬
bles in that respect, using good, bad and the “ other kind ”
of chases. To begin, when form is received on press, gaged
and unlocked, fill in around chase with short furniture
only, using no quoins, clamps or furniture in vicinity of
crossbar or angles of chase. If twin chases are used, use
short, thin piece of strawboard or reglet between them. If
the chase will not lay true to the press bed, do not pound;
press down and use low reglets, 1% or 2 picas high, tighten
6-7
with the gripper edge forward against the sheet-stop
fingers. Move the pusher-fingers to within about one-half
inch of the back edge of the sheet and then lock the car¬
riage to the rack by inserting a pin or peg into each side.
In this operation see that both ends of the carriage are
equal distance from the end of the rack. Attach the con¬
necting-rod eye to the pusher-finger lever, and secure the
rod with the screw. 4. Place the fly-stick guard on the
same lugs that formerly held the fly-rod arm. 5. Set the
delivery connecting rod for the delivery of the sheet. This
is set by loosening a split arm on the fly-cam shaft. 6.
Place the upper sheet-guard sticks in position in their
bracket. The foregoing procedure will not be forgotten if
it is performed repeatedly in the same order. It is not
essential that all of these steps be taken in the order given.
Embossed Litho Box Cover.
(939.) Submits a candy-box cover on coated litho label
stock. The design is in three colox-s — gold and embossed.
The boxmaker, in writing, asks : “ Please inform me if ohe
enclosed samples were lithographed or partly printed, and
in what order the colors were applied. Is the gold an ink,
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hydrostatic level is valuable. This instrument consists of
two standardized vessels connected by rubber hose and
filled with water. The bed may be placed under the cylin¬
der so as to leave the tracks clear. Place both vessels in
the two outside tracks in a position where no wear has
occurred, and observe the level the water assumes in each
vessel; raise the low corner as before. Do this on each end,
then place the vessels in the same track on opposite ends;
the hose connection will be ample in length for this separa¬
tion. Observe the level the water assumes in each vessel,
and raise low end accordingdy. Where the planking extends
across beneath the ends of the frame of the press, the work
of leveling is attended with less trouble. If the floor is not
stable, a test should be made with a level several times a
year.
Four-color Plates.
(937.) A set of four-color plates has been received from
the Public Service Electric Company, Newark, New Jersey.
These specimens are from the press of the Quadri-Color
Company, New York, and they maintain the high stand¬
ard of excellence characterizing this concern’s work. The
plates represent interior views of showrooms, rich in color
effect. Every article of furniture and the various gas and
electric appliances are represented in natural colors that
are a marvel of delicacy and refinement. The photographer
and platemaker have done their parts well. However, with¬
out the aid of the artistic touch of the pressman their work
would be in vain. In this instance the skill and discrimina¬
tion of the pressman are evident, for the register is perfect,
the inking is faultless, the working of the cuts is clean
and soft, as they should be. A study of color specimens
of this kind will be a help to those who are as yet unable
to do the best grade of work. They should observe the
lightness of the impression and note how clean the edges
of the cuts print as a result. The clean working of the
middle tones will be a striking feature, due to carrying the
proper amount of color, which should be of a grade and
consistency to suit the stock. The hairlike register, so
important in all colorwork, can not fail to be observed.
This feature will show the care exercised by the pressman
in the matter of ripe stock and supervision of feeding appa¬
ratus. The brightness of the pure greens and the soft
ivory tones will delight the color sense of the observer.
Though this effect is due to the platemaker’s skill in color
separation, it should have an elevating influence on the
student, if he has any color perception at all. An examina¬
tion is not complete without a magnifier. This method will
reveal to the pressman how the color etcher gives color
gradations of tone by the contrasting and lapping of the
various dots. It will also show the effect produced where
too much color is carried — the effect of clogging up mid¬
dle tones and the producing of muddy prints, a feature so
noticeable in cheap work. The novice should observe all
kinds of colorwork and train his eye to differentiate between
litho and typo prints. If possible, procure specimens of
offset colorwork and examine the dots thereof, comparing
with prints from relief plates. All of this kind of study
will be beneficial to the pressman whether a novice or one
who “ knows it all.”
A BEAR STORY.
An author went to the editor somewhat hesitatingly:
“ May I not submit a bear story to you? ” she asked, tim¬
idly. The editor replied : “ My readers do not care to read
bear stories. They like something spicy.” “Oh, ah!” she
said, brightening up. “ This will suit them exactly; for it
is a story of a cinnamon bear.” The editor reconsidered.
Under this head inquiries regarding all practical details of
bookbinding will be answered as fully as possible. The opinions
and experiences of bookbinders are solicited as an aid to making
this department of value to the trade.
Stamping and Embossing.
(Continued from August issue.)
There are well-defined limits to machine embellishments
in all industries, that can only be overstepped by lack of
good taste. It is not pleasing to see a book-cover used as
an advertising medium for the binder’s stock ornaments.
Neither should an effort be made to cover up the material,
which in most instances is of a cheap cloth, with gold or
other less precious metals. Gold should be confined to titles
and, in extreme cases, if nothing else appears on the cover,
a narrow fitted-in gold line might be permissible near the
edges. As a matter of fact, simplicity is to be commended
and can be obtained by using cloth of coarse texture, with
a well-set and printed paper label pasted near the top of
the backbone. Nothing can be said against the cover-
designs in color now so prevalent. As a rule they serve to
supplement the title as well as attract the eye by their com¬
position and color-schemes.
Color impressions are made on cloth covers much the
same as in printing, except that the inks are made stiff and
contain more driers. They are classed as “Book Binders’
Inks,” and so labeled on the cans. It is best to blind in the
impression before applying the ink, and then it may be
necessary to run in the color twice in order to make it cover
evenly. White can not be run with ink; therefore a foil or
color leaf is used. Foils come in sizes of 5 by 18, and are
made in all colors. If black or dark-colored cloth is used,
it might be difficult to get satisfactory results from inks;
hence these foils are more certain. The application of foils
is accomplished with sizing and heat, the same as for metal.
If the covers have not dried out too hard, sizing will not
be necessary.
When ink is to be used in connection with metal or foil,
the metal should be stamped first and the ink last. The
best result is obtained when stamping twice for ink impres¬
sions, distributing the ink sparingly. If much ink is used,
it will squeeze out around the edges and destroy the finer
details of the design.
When mixing two or more colors it should be remem¬
bered that the lightest color of the combination is the base
wherein the darker should be mixed. It takes very little
of a dark color to change a light one, but it takes a great
deal of a light color to change a dark one. As a guide for
mixing the following tints, the principal color will be named
first and the others will follow in the order in which they
should be added, according to their importance in the com¬
bination :
Claret — Red, amber, and black.
Copper — Red, yellow, and black.
Chestnut — Red, black, and yellow.
Freestone — Red, black, yellow, and white.
Violet — Red, blue, and white.
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Purple — Violet, with more red and white.
Buff — White, yellow, and red.
Drab — White, yellow, red, and black.
Pearl — White, black, and blue.
Olive — Yellow, blue, black, and white.
Orange — Yellow and red.
STAMPING LABELS.
Lawbook titles are usually run from brass stamps, of
which there may be one or two in duplicate, or even more if
the run justifies the making of extra electrotypes from the
original brass. However, there are always an upper and
lower title which can be stamped at the same time, even in
short runs. These are set into the machine side to side, not
one under the other, because the top title usually is on red
leather, whereas the lower one is on black. Whether there
is one of each stamp or more, the leather to be stamped can
be cut twice the length and in strips of a little more than
the proper width, in order to allow a machine trimming of
the end after being stamped. These strips have to be
mounted on strawboards, cut to one size and squared in the
cutting machine. The leather strips are pasted across
each end and laid on the board, even at the top and right
side, each board being wide enough for two strips, one red
and one black. When ready to run, the two are sized over
in sufficient numbers to keep ahead of the layers. The gold
is laid on to cover the two strips all over. The gages in the
machine should be set so that the stamps will strike the
lower half of the strips. An underlay having a board strip
glued across to serve for the top impressions is then fas¬
tened to the bed. When feeding, the strawboard, on which
the title-strips are mounted, is pushed against the side
gage and the auxiliary head gage on the underlay. For the
next impression, the board is moved back over the auxiliary
and pushed against the back gage of the machine. The
strips of title skiver should be long enough to permit the
tijiped ends to be cut off when stamped.
EMBOSSING.
This differs from stamping in the making of the dies.
To emboss, the design or lettering must be cut in or sunk
into the plate, and from this plate a counter must be made.
The brass plate should be fastened in the machine in the
same manner as for stamping. A piece of tarboard not
thicker than a No. 35 and a little larger than the pieces
that are to be embossed is cut for an underlay. The coun¬
ter is then built upon the tarboard, either from thick blot¬
ting paper or heavy, rough cover-stock or composition.
Sometimes a combination of these methods is necessary, if
the die plate is cut in very deep. The first layer of stock is
glued on both sides and laid on the board, the succeeding
layers working up better if pasted. When layers enough
to fill up the die under pressure have been placed, a piece
of oiled thin board paper is placed on top and the bed moved
up tight against the plate and left to harden, which will
not take long, as the heat must be turned on. If the coun¬
ter is not high enough when a trial impression is taken
over it, the oiled paper can be pulled off and a layer of glue
in which plaster has been mixed can be spread over the
whole and another piece of oiled paper laid over that, and
the bed again run up hard against the plate. When this is
baked, an impression should be taken as before. This will
show where it is necessary to pare down edges of the coun¬
ter; or, if there are any low spots, these can be brought
up by pasting pieces of paper on the back of the underlay;
first small ones, then as the impressions even up, larger
pieces may be glued on over the small ones until the impres¬
sion becomes uniform. Sometimes the back of the board
may be pared down to lower some particularly high place
on the surface. If the plate has any deep, fine lines, it is
probable that these lines will be cut in if the stock is thick
or hard. Fine sandpaper will sometimes aid when rubbed
over the lines of the counter. If this is not sufficient, the
back of the underlay must be pared. Several sheets must
be struck off and held up in front of strong light to see if
any perforations are visible.
After the counter has been made to work satisfactorily,
the underlay board should be tipped down on the bed of the
machine with fish-glue. It must not be glued all over,
because then it will soon warp up off the bed and become
useless.
Satisfactory counters for short runs can be made
quickly from two or three thicknesses of heavy blotting-
paper, glued on both sides, or even from the composition
alone.
“ i'll lick that kid yet ! ”
Photo by’R. R. Sallows, Goderich, Ontario, Canada.
NEW GERMAN MECHANICAL PULP.
It is reported that trials are now being made in Ger¬
many for producing a mechanical pulp by a process entirely
different from that consisting of the defibration of wood by
the action of stones. The wood, after being reduced into
small fragments, would be subjected to a sort of crushing,
the product being at least equal in quality to ordinary
mechanical pulp. The great advantage of the new process
would be, it is claimed, to double the present output per
twenty-four hours with a given degree of power. It is
added that the results of the trials made have been such as
to lead to the decision to construct an experiment plant for
the purpose of making further tests on a large scale. — The
Paper Mill.
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CHICAGO MASTER BINDERS AND RULERS’ CLUB
OUTING A GREAT SUCCESS.
The third annual outing- of the Master Binders and
Rulers’ Club was held at Delavan Lake, Wisconsin, covering
in all a period of three days, July 21-22-23. The majority
of the members were out early the 21st, others followed on
the 22d; all, however, enjoyed themselves from start until
the last hour of the homeward trip.
Thanks to the Outing Committee. It was agreed that
they discovered and secured the most desirable spot for the
purpose in the country — a point slightly extending into
the lake. The hotel and cottages were surrounded with a
spacious green lawn, which again was studded here and
C. J. FARWELL,
President, Chicago Master Binders and Rulers’ Club.
there with massive oaks and maples and pretty vine-covered
arches near the water’s edge.
The view across the silvery lake, with many white sails
and other boats gliding across, was perfectly inspiring to
the stern business men, who for a few days had left their
places of toil and worry to breathe the fresh country air;
to join hands with their daily competitors in merriment
and out-of-door sport.
It was on the above-described spot that the so-called
indoor baseball was played. This game was beyond doubt
the greatest success of the outing, for all took part at some
time or other, each standing an equal chance of getting at
the bat in their turn. The liveliness and hilarity that this
game created among these otherwise sober men of business
can not here be described.
P. J. Mortell easily captured the honors as the come¬
dian of the day, causing side-splitting laughter with his
antics and witty remarks. Agreeable variation in amuse¬
ment was had by boating, bathing and full-party launch
rides. It was a picturesque water party, with President
Farwell directing the course at the bow of the boat.
Here Fred Laukert excelled by leading in song. New
and old melodies were sung in hearty harmony, which rang
clear and far across the water and surrounding country.
Long will the inhabitants of Delavan Lake shores remem¬
ber the day when the Master Binders and Rulers’ Club, of
Chicago, held its outing there.
Fishing was not a success. No one had any luck, no
doubt due to the impatience caused by the good time to be
had. The most interesting part of all the fishing was when
C. P. Weil was led away by the game warden because he
could not at once produce his license. He did not get out of
the sight of the crowd, however, before he located it in the
deep corner of his trouser pocket. Proudly producing the
license and flaring it in the eyes of the warden, he was
allowed to return to his companions, who started a general
rejoicing over his triumphant return, thus enlivening the
merriment, which for a moment had been threatened with a
dark cloud of disappointment for one of the members.
The good time continued even on the tally-ho to the sta¬
tion, where “ Pony-boy ” made the hit, firing up the horses
with the hearty “ giddy-yap,” “ giddy-yap,” which was
sung over and over, until the pleadings of the driver to
give his arms a rest changed the tune to “ Farewell.”
The Master Binders and Rulers of Chicago are not
unmindful of their neighbors. Being in Wisconsin, natu¬
rally the conversation drifted to their neighbors in Mil¬
waukee. Why could we not hold our outing together?
They did not stop at that, for plans are now on foot to
invite the Master Binders and Rulers from all over the
country to take their vacation at Delavan Lake, or some
other suitable spot, and thus have one grand getting-
together of the masters interested in the furtherance of
their particular trade. Friends, let us hear from you.
Address: The Master Binders and Rulers’ Club, 117 North
Fifth avenue, Chicago.
TREED !
HELPED TO REMEMBER.
A colored preacher was vehemently denouncing the sins
of his congregation. “ Bred’ern an’ sistern, Ah warns yo’
against de heinous sin o’ shootin’ craps! Ah charges yo’
against de brack rascality o’ liften pullets! But, above all
else, breddern and sistern, Ah demonishes yo’ at dis hyer
season aginst de crime o’ melon stealin’! ”
A brother in a back seat made an odd sound with his
lips, rose and snapped his fingers. Then he sat down again
with an abashed look.
“ Whuffo, mah frien’,” said the preacher sternly, “ does
yo’ r’ar up an’ snap yo’ fingahs when Ah speaks o’ melon
stealin ’? ”
“ Yo’ jes reminds me, pahson,” the man in the back seat
answered meekly, “ wha’ Ah lef ’ mah knife.” — San Fran¬
cisco Argonaut.
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Written for The Inland Printer.
THE “COMPOSING-ROOM EXPERT.”
BY C. A. HART MAN.
NEW child has been born to the printing
industry in these days of specialization.
The child is a “ new occupation,” and it
has been christened “ Composing-room
Expert.” It is a safe prediction that not
many similar situations will be created
for some time at least; therefore all the
little boys and young- men in the trade
may as well hold their ambitions in check for a while,
remembering that every one can not be an Abe Lincoln.
This new “ job ” is an experiment, as yet, on the part of
the Mergenthaler Linotype Company, which has notified
users of its machines throughout the East that, if they so
desire, an expert from the company will call upon and
advise with them as to matters and things in connection
with the Linotype — increased product, more economical
operation, etc. This expert is not supposed to make sales
or to install new machinery, neither does he make repairs.
“ He toils not, neither does he spin,” as one facetious
printer in New York city recently remarked.
Much interest would naturally attach to the personality
of the individual selected to fill a situation of this sort, and
in designating Mr. Hugh C. Curry as the pioneer in this
new line of specialists the company has picked a man who
is not only well known to printers throughout the United
States, but whose record as a foreman leaves nothing fur¬
ther to be said as to his ability to secure for the proprietor
of a printing-office the very last penny of profit possible to
extract from a plant’s mechanical equipment.
Mr. Curry’s career of many years in the printing busi¬
ness has been eventful and interesting. When thirteen
years of age he was an apprentice on the old Montour
American, of Danville, Montour county, Pennsylvania.
When he was seventeen years old he was foreman of the
plant, i-emaining foreman for one year. He went West,
working six months in St. Louis, and then back to Dan¬
ville, Pennsylvania, where he worked a year at the machin¬
ist’s trade.
At the age of nineteen years he went to Philadelphia,
working for six months on the Transcript. His next move
was to Cleveland, where he worked for one year on the
Herald. Moving again, Kalamazoo, Chicago and Sioux
City were the scenes of short visits; then St. Paul, where
he worked four years. Moving eastward, he spent some
time in Philadelphia, working on the Record and the Public
Ledger.
Twenty-seven years ago Mr. Curry came to New York,
working for two years on the World. Transferring the
scene of his activities to Brooklyn, he started in on the
Brooklyn Citizen in the earlier days of its existence. Here
he held the positions of ringman, copycutter, make-up and
foreman. Always progressive, and anxious to have the
most up-to-date equipment of labor-saving machinery in
the market, he fought hard for the installation of the lino¬
type machines in the Citizen office. The business manage¬
ment bitterly opposed the move, and finally, in desperation,
he made a proposition to the effect that if the machines did
not save at least $250 per week on the pay-roll for four
weeks he would forfeit a month’s salary. A counter sug¬
gestion was made him by the management, that if he did
save $250 per week for four weeks, the office would make
him a present of $250. The machines were installed and
at the end of the fourth week the pay-roll showed a decrease
of $350 weekly instead of $250. The management paid
Curry the $250 !
After three years as foreman of the Citizen, Mr. Curry
was made foreman of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, which
position he resigned May 19, last. Upon assuming charge
of the Eagle's composing-room, his genius for organization
and reorganization at once asserted itself. Twenty-three
linotype machines were then in use, and in addition a large
force of hand compositors was employed, but within three
days after the new foreman’s advent, every line of copy
was being set on the machines and the composing-room
expense materially reduced.
Acting upon Mr. Curry’s recommendations, the man¬
agement of the Eagle has, from time to time, installed the
very latest composing-room material and machinery, with
every labor-saving attachment. To-day, practically all of
the advertising matter, as well as the ordinary reading
matter in the paper, is set on the machines, the entire out¬
put, amounting to from twenty-six to thirty pages daily
and a Sunday edition of sixty-four pages, being produced
by a force of about eighty men — men, however, whose
mental equipment is far above the average of the craft.
The composing-room of the Eagle represents an invest¬
ment of about $250,000 and it is one of the show places of
New York newspaperdom. It is visited almost daily by
newspaper men and printers from all parts of the United
States and foreign countries.
This sketch would hardly be complete without some men¬
tion being made of the social side of Mr. Curry. He is a
member of New York Typographical Union, No. 6 (Big
Six) ; Covenant Lodge No. 758, F. & A. M.; Nassau R. A.
Chapter No. 109; Damascus Commandery No. 58, Knights
Templar, and Kismet Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Hanson
Place Methodist Episcopal Church, of Brooklyn. Before
the consolidation of Brooklyn Typographical Union, No. 98,
with Big Six, of New York city, Mr. Curry had been very
active in the affairs of No. 98, filling the offices of presi¬
dent, secretary, member of the executive board, delegate to
the Central Labor Union, and delegate to the Boston con¬
vention of the International Typographical Union.
For relaxation, Curry goes fishing, and fresh-water fish¬
ing is his hobby. He is not only an authority on the sport,
but is the author of several articles, most of them in a
humorous vein, that deal with the finny tribe. One of the
latest from his pen carries the euphonious title of “ Bugs
Is Bugs.”
It is safe to predict that Mr. Curry will always “ make
good ” in the printing business, whether it be as expert,
foreman or superintendent, for he possesses that inde¬
scribable something that gets results at a minimum cost, a
faculty that always finds a ready market and sells at a
good figure.
VOICES FROM THE RANKS.
“ What ails the bosses, anyhow ? ”
Says Michael J. M'Quade.
“ What do they want at all, at all.
In makin’ this parade? ”
“ Sure they’re busy organizin'
In a manner most surprisin’.
Don’t you see them advertisin’? ”
Says Patrick T. MeDade.
“ Then why don’t they go to it? ”
Says Michael J- M’Quade.
“ They take a rag and chew it
While they’re losin’ all their suet
Because they are afraid.”
— Old Comp.
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Queries regard in t! process en^ravin^, and suggestions and
experiences of engravers and printers are solicited for this de¬
partment. Our technical research laboratory is prepared to inves¬
tigate and report on matters submitted. For terms for this service
address The Inland Printer Company.
Transferring Prints to Wood.
J. W. Smith, New York, writes: “About fifteen years
ago you printed a way of transferring- old wood-engraving
prints to wood so that they could be recut. I have used it
many times since. It was to wet the back of the print with
strong soapy water containing a little turps, and while
damp burnish it onto the wood block that has been pre¬
pared with a little gelatin and whiting. Recently having to
recut a whole catalogue, the cuts of which had been lost in
a fire, I used this method. Brush over the whitened block
a little thin transparent shellac in grain alcohol. Bring
the print in contact with the shellac immediately, and with
blotter next to the print put it under heavy pressure. In
about five minutes you can wet the back of the paper print
and rub all the damp paper away with a soft rubber, or
your finger, leaving the ink of the old print stuck to the
shellac, which does not interfere with the graver.”
Eyes Injured by Ultra-violet Light.
“ Night Worker,” Chicago, writes: “ Since I have been
working on the night shift, I find my eyes are going back
on me. I write to know if you hear of others working with
arc lights having the same trouble? If so, I am going to
give up my job.”
Answer. — The writer injured his own eyes irreparably
by working for four years at night in a room with enclosed
arc lights. These lamps were the first of the enclosed arc
type introduced and were a great improvement, on account
of the ultra-violet rays they produced, but it was not
known at that time that they were so injurious to eye¬
sight. Prof. F. Terrien, of the University of Paris, says
that these injurious ultra-violet rays can be completely
shut out by adding a solution of esculin to a five per cent
gelatin solution; coat glass with it, and when it is dry
cover it with another glass. An optician could easily make
this esculin-coated glass into goggles and thus protect one
of the greatest blessings in this world — good eyesight.
Answers to a Few Correspondents.
“Publisher,” New York: The only newspapers using
rotary photogravure, that we know of, are in Germany.
They are, Freiburger Zeitung, Hamburger Fredenblatt and
the Frankfurter Zeitung. How they do it has been de¬
scribed in this department within the last three years.
“ Inventor,” Utica, New York: As to the number of photo¬
engraving plants in the United States the writer has the
addresses of 542 plants, which may be said to include all of
them. One hundred and twenty-six of these plants are on
newspapers. In Great Britain there are about three hun¬
dred engraving plants, so you should protect your inven¬
tion there. “ Querist,” Chicago: If there is a book adver¬
tised as “A Simplified Process for Half-tone Work ” we do
not know of it. “Etcher,” New York: The deposit of
oxid of copper which you remove from the tank of the Axel
Holstrom etching machine each month can be sold to a
refiner for the copper it contains. S. Van C., Boston: Yes,
there are many colloid substances besides glue, albumen,
gelatin and gum arabic that you can use in enamel. Nor-
gine, a new gelatin made from seaweed in Norway, is one of
the latest colloids so used.
Hydrometer for Testing Silver Hath.
The writer recently was called in to a darkroom, in
Pittsburgh, to determine if possible what was the matter
with a photographer’s chemicals; as he could not get as
dense negatives as the other photographers, though he was
using the same collodion, bath and developer as they were.
The cause of the trouble was found accidentally, and
stating it here may save others much worry and loss of
time.
Each photographer in this shop made up his own collo¬
dion, but when one had trouble he interchanged collodion to
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see if it were at fault. The same procedure was followed
with developer, and other solutions. I had tested the silver
bath and found it about 38°, when, in washing out the
hydrometer, I tested the water with which the glass holder
was filled. I found the water registered over 12°, when it
should have been 0. Each photographer had his own
hydrometer, or argentometer, as it is called. The one
in trouble had never questioned the reading of his argen¬
tometer, so that when he made up a bath to register 40° it
was really only 28°, and consequently he had weak nega¬
tives. The paper scale in the argentometer tube had evi¬
dently slipped out of its original place. To find the precise
number of grains of silver in a solution the following is
the better method: Take 35 grains of dry table salt and
dissolve in 1 ounce of water. With a solution dropper, like
a fountain-pen filler, drop 100 drops of silver solution into
a glass and then drop into this some of the salt solution,
slowly, counting the drops until it reaches the point where
no more chlorid of silver precipitate is formed. The num¬
ber of drops of salt solution which have been added to the
silver solution at this point are exactly equal to the num-
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ber of grains of silver nitrate in each ounce of the solution.
By adding 40 grains of nitrate of silver to each ounce of
distilled water a new argentometer can be tested for
accuracy.
Every Processworker Should Know.
Mr. William Gamble has gathered in Process Work
some things worth knowing. Among them are condensed the
following-:
A piece of rag wound around the nozzle of a water-tap,
so as to lengthen it a few inches, will prevent splashing.
Black spots on negatives are sometimes traceable to
metallic particles in the water. A bag made of two or three
thicknesses of flannel over the nozzle of the tap will pre¬
vent this.
Though photoengravers’ chemicals are not all sensitive
to light, they keep much better in the dark. A cupboard in
the darkroom is the best protection.
To prevent the drip which runs down a bottle from dam¬
aging the label, wind a strip of blotter around the neck and
hold it there with a rubber band.
Fabrics may be made inflammable by soaking in a solu¬
tion of one-quarter pound ammonium phosphate and one-
half pound ammonium chlorid in three pints of water. Dry
the material.
A solution of ten grains of potassium permanganate
in a pint of water, with a dram of strong sulphuric acid
added, will remove silver stains from the hands if applied
promptly. The result is better if the hands are first well
washed with hot water and soap.
On no account should an oil painting be fastened upside
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down in front of the camera for copying, as the lighting of
the picture will be different from that intended by the
artist. The light generally falls on the canvas from the
left and always more or less above.
Half-tone from a Wood Engraver’s Viewpoint.
Henry Wolf, one of the last of the great American wood
engravers, has been noticed frequently in this department.
His portrait, a splendid example of his work, together
with an appreciation of it, was printed in The Inland
Printer for February, 1906, pages 723-726. It is interest¬
ing to read what he thinks of our work. In a recent pub¬
lication he writes:
“A half-tone reproduction is monotonous, dead and flat.
It is the product of the machine and chemicals. There is
no technic. Everything looks alike. The texture of the
sky is the same as that of the trees, rocks, water, cloth,
metal, flesh. The half-tone has to be printed on a chem¬
ically prepared paper, highly glazed, that will not stand
the test of time. A wood engraving can be made to print
on any kind of paper.”
And then Mr. Wolf proceeds to show off the delicacy of
his own engravings, that accompany the article, by having
them printed on the highest-glazed, chemically prepared,
enamel stock to be found. For Mr. Wolf’s information it
might be said here that half-tones are printed on “ any old
paper.” Hennegan & Co., of Cincinnati, and others have
for years been printing theatrical posters from half-tone
plates in place of the crude old poster printed from wood
blocks. When Mr. Wolf reads his daily paper he finds
half-tones stereotyped and printed at incredible speed on
paper-stock unfit for any woodcut, and with excellent group
portraits of people that no wood engraver could equal no
matter how skilful he might be. There is plenty of well-
deserved laudation printed about the skilled wood engraver,
but equal praise should be given to the artist-photoengraver,
all the art critics of the country to the contrary notwith¬
standing.
Zinc-etching Bath Containing Potash.
J. O. Beirne asks for a clean, sharp etching bath for
zinc, which etches straight down without undercutting or
raggedness. He has heard there is such a bath, containing
potash, for fine work, where quality is the chief considera¬
tion. His query is in Process Work, and the following is
the valuable portion of the replies:
For fine work of the best quality there is no need to
depart from the old nitric-acid bath, and work etched in a
bath commencing at 1 in 30, and never made stronger than
1 in 20, will work as clean and sharp as any complicated
formula ever invented. There is a method of introducing
potash into an etching bath, and here are some considera-
tions concerning its use. A good formula is as follows:
Pure hydrochloric acid . 10 parts
Water . 100 parts
Potassium chlorate . 2 parts
These quantities need not be strictly adhered to, as this
bath works very slowly; a plate would take several hours
to etch what one would call a fair depth. The chlorate of
potash acts as a restrainer to the acid and the plates etched
by this method are certainly very sharp and smooth, but
remember that the acid acting on the zinc is giving off
hydrogen gas, and it is well not to inhale this if possible to
avoid it. The introduction of chlorate of potash to a nitric-
acid bath should never be attempted, as it forms a most
explosive compound.
I believe the best thing to do is to work with one acid
only, and that nitric acid; find out what it is capable of
doing under different conditions by etching a few pieces of
zinc in baths of varying strengths.
Rotary Photogravure and Its Inventor.
So many patents are being issued in different countries
for improvements in rotary photogravure that it is evi¬
dent inventors foresee a future for this most valuable
method of producing most beautiful illustrations. The
work of Mr. Saalsburg and Doctor Mertens has been told
here, but who really is the pioneer in this method of photo¬
mechanical printing is worth knowing at this time.
On May 31 last, Karl Klic celebrated his seventieth
birthday, and Process Work, in relating some of his achieve¬
ments, says : Klic was one of the first to etch direct on metal
cylinders, and so made the rotary intaglio printing-process
practicable. Klic was born at Arnau, in Bohemia, and
studied at the Prague Academy of Painting. His father, a
chemist, established him in a photographic studio at Brunn.
In 1867 he went to Pesth as a designer, and later to Vienna,
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where he practiced a process of intaglio etching- on zinc.
About 1873 he experimented with zinc intaglio printing, and
about 1875 he undertook photogravure. He used an aqua¬
tint grain with a carbon image. He described his method
in 1879. Victor Angerer secured the process from him and
practiced it on a large scale in Vienna. Blechinger, Anger-
er’s son-in-law, a painter and copper etcher, improved the
process, and in 1893 introduced photogravures in color into
Austria. Klic went to England late in the nineties and
worked in great secrecy the rotary-photogravure process,
which has become so successful under the name of the Rem¬
brandt process. And it was the results thus shown that
stimulated others to the rotary photogravure accomplish¬
ments of to-day.
Developing Wet-plate Negatives Properly.
James Breslin, a half-tone operator, is one of the experts
the American Press Association has gathered into its
engraving department in New York. He is one of the
genuine “ old-timers ” who worked with Moss, over a quar¬
ter of a century ago. He is mentioned here because he can
develop a negative more nearly perfect than any operator
without allowing a drop to be lost, and Mr. Breslin is one
of the few who can do it. Practice it, reader, and save
money, besides securing stronger negatives.
Written for The Inland Printer.
THE GREAT PRINTING-HOUSE FEUD.
BY H. A. WATERHOOSE.
>ANTED — A superintendent, who must be
able to keep down the feud between the
composing-room and the pressroom.”
When a certain Roycrofter took his pen
in hand and wrote the above want adver¬
tisement for the April Inland Printer,
he wrote more than a want advertisement.
He wrote himself down a judge of print¬
ing-house bosses. In a dozen words he pointed out the
grit which is wearing every print-shop’s cogs and at the
same time he formulated the one permanent and effective
means of removing it — capable management.
Slug Six was telling, the other night, about drifting
into a one-man shop out in the mountains of Montana,
GOO-GOO EYES.
the writer has seen in late years. This is a most important
matter, and the modest Mr. Breslin will pardon the use of
his name in this connection.
We old-timers, like Breslin, who began as ferrotypers,
or “ tintypers,” were trained, when flowing the developer
on the ferrotype, to see that we did not allow a drop, if pos¬
sible, of the developer to run off the plate. This was neces¬
sary to get strong ferrotypes. It is equally necessary in
making line and half-tone negatives, and yet how few prac¬
tice it.
If a photographer will, after taking a wet plate from
the silver bath, wash off the free silver solution that
remains on its surface, by holding it under the tap for a
moment, and then expose it in the camera and try to develop
it, he will find but a faint image. This is just what hap¬
pens when the developer is dashed over the plate and
allowed to run off on the opposite edge. It washes away
the free silver solution that is necessary to the development
of a strong image. The best wet-plate photographer is the
one who can flow the developer over the sensitized plate
where the publishing of mining claims at $1 a line in a
pocket-handkerchief weekly was the sole excuse for a
printing-plant being there at all. When he entered the
shack, the hand-pressman was communing with himself
violently.
“ What’s up, partner? ” asked Slug Sfx.
“Hell’s up! That’s what!” growled the pressman.
“ Here is a whole form off its feet. Not a line justified.
Every piece of furniture in the chase is binding and not
a single quoin has a bearing on any letter. If some of
those putty-fingered comps, had to do the presswork they
would at least learn to set a stick as wide as the leads.”
“ Where is he? ”
“ Who? ”
“ The putty-fingered comp.”
“ How many hands do you think we run in this one-
horse joint? I am the comp. But what I said goes, all
the same. I never yet saw one who could lock a form
straighter than a fish-worm.”
The language was not unique. Its fellow is to be met
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with in every printing-place from Medicine Hat to
Tchoupitoulas street, excepting in those few places where
a Roycrofter paragon is installed, jollying the stone-man
and impressing upon the pressman by example the truth
of the old adage that “ a soft answer turneth away rats.”
The total depravity of inanimate things which causes
sorts to hide at the busiest moment, which pulls the wrong
slug-line in making a correction, which causes spaces to
work up, stock to buckle, and ink to offset, makes the aver¬
age printing-office at the best a breeder of friction. The
man who can cool the bearings at critical moments and
convince the compositor that the pressman is not altogether
at fault, as the form was not quite keyed up to concert
pitch, or show the pressman that faulty underlays caused
a cut to rock, and, hence, spaces to rise, without losing his
temper in the operation, is almost a negligible quantity.
When he is located, however, he is a Manager with a
cap M.
System alone is the buffer which can bring the press
and comp, wheels to move smoothly together. Wherever
the layman looker-on sees evidence of rush in a printing
house, the expert knows that there is friction and spoilage.
I have seen a proprietor walk into his workroom, where
every man was sprinting about on invisible roller-skates,
where the foreman was answering four different ques¬
tions while he inspected a job proof at the same time;
where there was as much indiscriminate racing and chasing
as Canoby Lea ever saw, and have heard his pleased com¬
ment: “ Fine! Fine! Every man hard at it, hammer and
tongs.” There was a fat feud between the two clans in
that office. When a form of slugs worked off its feet the
pressman made no attempt to remedy the trouble. “ Let
the blame comp, fix it,” was his comment. When color-
forms were locked the stone-man locked them without
troubling himself to place the marginal spaces so that the
plates could be moved with little effort. Confusion had
frayed the edges of every man’s temper.
The quiet place where the foreman has time to smile
and to look about him, where every motion of every man
spells confidence, is the feud-killer and the money-maker.
The celerity of the man who takes time to study each
motion is the winner. Mercury’s winged heels are out of
place in the printing-office. They are certain to kick some¬
thing over and to make more pi than profit for the boss.
A series of job-tickets telling its story so completely that
not a question need be asked from the time the copy leaves
the front office until the finished work is shipped may be
reckoned a necessity.
Mechanical friction usually implies fault; but in the
present state of human fallibility fault does not neces¬
sarily mean that the obvious culprit is to be blamed. Some¬
times tools and materials are not calculated properly to do
the work for which they are designed. A loose-fitting
cross-bar often disturbs the serenity of a whole pressroom
and calls down maledictions upon the head of the stone-
man who locked the form, when it is quite possible that
short-sighted economy on the manager’s part compelled
the use of that pai'ticular chase. A loose bar will inevi¬
tably cause spaces and quads to work up, and the only
resource is to remove it after the form is on press and
substitute a temporary bar of wood furniture, or to lap
the bar with nonpareil reglet and nail it down. Curses
never yet held a space in place.
On the other hand, the compositor who is called to the
press four times in as many half hours to register a ruled
job which persists in running in and out, is pretty sure to
return a faulty diagnosis when he blames the feeder or
metaphorically kicks the pressman’s shins. The proba¬
bility is that the ruler’s lifts have become disarranged in
the cutting-room and the stock has been cut to different
guides.
Watching these various points, anticipating snarls and
smoothing them out before they occur, is one of the ways
in which the competent manager keeps down the feud.
Another way is in studying his men’s qualifications to the
end of busying each man on the class of work best suited
to his education and temperament. One man is at his best
on making ready fine-screen half-tones; another in judg¬
ing the value of tints in colorwork; another has a mathe¬
matical mind and can follow a long run of numbering-
machine changes without errors or jumps. Where con¬
ditions permit, the placidity of these men’s minds will be
conserved by giving them the class of work on which they
make the best progress.
A manager soon becomes known at his true value in
the workshop, and the men will heed suggestions from one
who has been tried which they would scorn to notice had
his caliber not been proven.
“ It looks like rain, to-night, Charley,” a competent
superintendent remarked at quitting time one day after a
long dry spell; “better date all the lifts on that yellow
run and keep them dated right through to the end of the
job. It won’t cost anything, and, as I am doubtful about
the seasoning of that stock anyhow, it is pretty sure to
save trouble.”
And it did save trouble. The work was a long run of
three-color plates on 25 by 38 enameled stock, and when
the second color was put on it was found that the shrink¬
age varied with each day’s run. Had the lifts been bulked,
keeping a register would have also kept the pressman con¬
stantly “ in the air.” As it was, each new date furnished
the guide for an adjustment of register.
The fact is, neither the compositor nor the pressman
is unduly fractious. Neither means to carry a chip on
his shoulder, and the manager who holds out a sensible
olive branch will find it accepted for all it is worth. I
have seen a notoriously intractable man, whose bristles
were always ready to rise, tamed so that he would eat out
of the hand of the diplomatic manager when that function¬
ary cured the slug and column-rule evil, known in every
pressroom, by buying a set of modern column rules slightly
tapering from base to crown, so that they firmly gripped
the tapering edges of the slugs. In another case a roll of
rubber tape accomplished the same office. The matter was
execrably spaced, and the rubber leads, placed along the
length of the page, upon being locked, swelled and “ gave,”
accommodating the inequalities of the justification, to the
end that the run was finished without trouble.
FIELDING AND HIS PUBLISHER.
In the LIuth collection of autograph letters being pre¬
pared for sale by auction in the middle of the month is the
original agreement between Fielding and Andrew Miller
for the publication of “ Tom Jones.” It bears date March
25, 1749, and in consideration of payment of the sum of
£600 absolutely makes over the copyright to the publisher.
The work is described as “ a certain book printed in six
volumes, known and called by the name and title of the
‘ History of Tom Jones — a Foundling,’ written by me, the
said Henry Fielding.” An autograph receipt for the money
shows that it was paid on June 11, 1748, nine months before
legal transfer was made. The novelist’s need of cash is
indicated in a letter bearing his picturesque but illegible
signature, dated July 9, 1738. — Westminster Gazette.
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■Written for The Inland Printer.
SCIENTIFIC COLOR IN PRACTICAL PRINTING.
NO. XVI. - BY E. C. ANDREWS.
Color Matching.
N the July, 1910, issue of The Inland
Printer I described the equipment neces¬
sary to do accurate color-mixing- in the
average pressroom, but did not take up
the question of how many colors it is
advisable to carry in stock. Many print¬
ers buy a pound or so of every color
shown by the inkman without regard as
to how and when they may use them. The result is that
the ink shelf shows more variety than usefulness. Each
printer must lay in a supply according to his own needs,
and it is impossible to outline one list to fit many cases.
If your work is of high grade on enamel and bond paper,
it follows that you must have a heavy, high-grade half¬
tone black for enamel paper and also a softer half-tone
black to use in reducing, if the heavier one picks the stock.
Then, too, a brilliant light red is necessary to use for deco¬
ration or initial letters on enamel papers. This red should
components. This is due, as explained before, to the fact
that no pigment reflects the rays of its own hue alone, but
many others, and when these “ stray ” rays are mixed with
the “ stray ” rays of the second color, some neutral gray is
the result.
In locating the five fundamentals mentioned, among the
unclassified and unstandardized colors on the market a
comparison of the old twelve-step sequence with the deci¬
mal circuit will be instructive. If we start with red, yel¬
low, and blue, and by subdividing get red, orange, yellow,
green, blue, and purple, and then add the intermediates,
the twelve steps will compare with the colors of the deci¬
mal circuit as indicated in Fig. 43. Only a glance is neces¬
sary to show that the twelve-step sequence not only gives
the wrong complementaries, as explained previously, but
that there are gaps and inequalities of spacing necessary in
order to make a given color-name, such as yellow, occur
over the color it represents, using the decimal circuit as a
standard.
Those who doubt may verify the standard for them¬
selves by placing the five hues indicated in Plate II around
a sphere, and if each color be brought to the same value
and chroma they produce a neutral gray when the sphere
RP
RO
12 STEP SEQUENCE
YO Y YG G
BG
BP
s-4.
RP
SPECTRAL SEQUENCE OF COLOR IN PIGMENTS WITH PURPLE ADDED
7R -
YR
GY G
DECIMAL SEQUENCE
BG
PB
Fig. 43.
be in middle value. Such a red is known on the market as
flaming scarlet. For the bond paper you should have a
heavy job or bond-black and a light or yellow red of the
same color as the enamel-red, but heavier body — a job
flaming scarlet. The kind of half-tone work done by the
printer, or, in other words, his ability to fit the ink to the
stock after the job is properly made ready, and the proper
use of the right red, often makes the reputation of the
printer. In these two inks at least it is advisable to carry
two bodies in stock. Other colors may be made heavier by
adding a heavy varnish, and soften by reducing-varnish or
compound, and the customer will not discriminate so care¬
fully. A few pounds of the high-chroma lake inks should
also be kept in stock, as well as bronze-red, bronze-blue,
and vermilion, but in matching colors the most impor¬
tant ten pigments are the fundamentals at their highest
chromas, shown in Plate II, January number of The
Inland Printer, and these same five colors — red, yellow,
green, blue, and purple — -reduced in chroma until near¬
ing neutralization, and lowered in value, colors similar to
those shown in the second line from the bottom of Fig. B,
Plate I, June, 1910, issue of The Inland Printer. With
these ten colors, and white and black, a very large propor¬
tion of all colors may be obtained quickly and accurately.
The exceptions are the high-chroma and lake colors, some
of which are mentioned above, and the high-chroma colors
lying between the five fundamentals in Plate II. Mixing
two colors in order to produce a third always lowers the
chroma of the mixed color below the average chroma of its
is rotated. If we select the five colors at a chroma of 50
and a value of 50, the neutral gray will have a value of
50; if the colors are selected at a value of 70, the neutral
gray will have a value of 70, proving without a doubt that
the hues of the five fundamentals are equidistant from
each other, or a colored gray would be the result of rota¬
tion. Such spheres have been put on the market by Mr.
A. H. Munsell for use in schools where, owing to lack of
apparatus, it would be difficult for the teacher to standard¬
ize her own colors for class demonstration.
The same experiment may be tried with the twelve-step
sequence, and the result verifies the inequalities shown in
Fig. 43; for, instead of a neutral gray, rotation shows an
excess of yellow-red.
You will notice that the red in the twelve-step sequence
is not so near yellow as in the decimal circuit, the yellow
is a little nearer green. (The yellow of the twelve-step
sequence actually occurs as indicated by the black arrow¬
head which is connected by dotted lines with the position
where yellow should fall were the twelve-step circuit cor¬
rect. This same method of indicating the actual position,
as opposed to the theoretical position, is followed in the
other colors) ; the green is yellower than in the decimal
circuit, the blue more purplish and the purple a trifle
nearer red. The most marked difference is in the blue, and
those who have always thought of blue as havipg a hue
approximating ultramarine experience a distinct shock
when shown the blue of the decimal circuit. “ It’s blue-
green and not blue,” is a common remark; but if a true
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blue-green is placed on one side of it, and blue-purple on
the other, the correctness of its hue is evident. Moreover,
the decimal blue, besides fulfilling' the requirements for a
blue exactly midway between green and purple, has the
greatest possibilities as an artistic color. It is found in
Oriental rugs, Japanese prints, and other works of art.
At a recent test made by a large class of art students at
the University of Chicago, a blue of this hue was almost
unanimously selected as being the most satisfying of all
blues.
With these ten pigments at our command, color-match¬
ing becomes a matter of judging the predominating hue
of the color we wish to imitate, matching the hue and then
adjusting the chroma and value of our mixture. To judge
the predominating hue we must forget such terms as
brown, russet, buff, citron, sage, slate, plum, etc., and sub¬
stitute for brown, red-gray, yellow-red, gray or yellow-
gray, as the case may be; buff becomes a yellow-red-gray,
having a higher value than the red-gray we formerly called
brown, while sage, slate, and plum become green, blue, and
purple grays. It is obvious that the color to be matched
may not fall exactly on one of the five colors we are using
as a basis, nor yet exactly half-way between any two, but
if the general hue, for example, is red inclining toward
yellow rather than purple, by adding yellow to red in small
proportions we may stop at any point we desii’e. Let us
suppose the hue of the unknown to be a hue half-way
between red and yellow-red, and the strong chroma colors
we have used in mixing have produced the correct hue but
have given it too high a chroma. What then? Either we
must add a small proportion of the complement of this
color, or mix together a little of the neutralized red and
yellow (in the same proportion as we used of the high-
chroma colors), and add this to our formula. The proper
complement is shown by a glance at the color solid: the
complement of red is blue-green, that of yellow, blue; so
that if we are to add the complementary color to our
formula it consists in a mixture of blue and blue-green.
But to get just the right amount of each color! There lies
the difficulty. A trifle too much blue, and we have changed
the hue of the ink, when it was our intention to lower the
chroma only. The usefulness of a neutralized color for
each of the high-chroma fundamentals is evident, for no
matter how much red-gray we add to red the hue is not
altered, but proceeds in a straight line toward the neutral
axis of the color solid. In matching full-strength colors
the question of value may be left to the last, as the five
fundamentals are natural in their respective values and by
mixture will produce natural values. By natural values I
mean that the decimal red is what we describe as a full-
strength red without any admixture of gray. It occurs
(Plate II) at 40, yellow at 80, green 50, and blue and pur¬
ple at 30.
Where the unknown is a tint, value should be consid¬
ered first, and the white should be weighed out first.
Starting the other way often means that by the time you
have added enough white to get the correct value, you have
twice as much ink as is necessary for the job. A word
about chroma, when it comes to mixing: Red and yellow
in the five fundamentals have chromas of 100 and 90
respectively, so that in weighing equal parts you may be
confident that the hue of the mixture will be about mid¬
way between the two colors. Green has a chroma of 60,
blue 50, and purple 60; these also may be mixed with each
other without allowance for inequality of chroma. But
when yellow and green are used to produce green-yellow, a
greater weight of green must be used than yellow, in order
to offset the higher chroma of yellow. The same rule
applies in mixing red, with a chroma of 100, with purple
of 60 chroma; purple must be used in the larger quantity
if we wish to produce a red-purple midway between the two
colors in hue.
The color-matcher must learn to see the presence of a
high-chroma color, or much time will be wasted before he
finds that he is on the wrong track. Yellow-lake or indian-
yellow can not be imitated by the fundamental yellow,
neither will the fundamental red and yellow produce
persian-orange. Emerald and velvet greens, royal and
ultramarine blues, royal purples and magenta lakes are
other examples of colors that can not be imitated by mix¬
ing. You must have each and every one of these colors in
stock if you are to accurately match a color in which they
have been used.
A word about accurate color-matching. This is always
exceedingly difficult, owing to the difference between the
stock used for the job and that submitted by the engraver.
If you are dealing with the engraver direct, insist that he
pull proofs on the identical stock you have bought for the
job. Matching an artist’s water-color proof is in many
cases absolutely impossible, owing to the fact that the
artist may carry on his color much heavier than you can
lay it on with a press. In the use of high-chroma colors,
too, the artist and engraver seem to conspire against the
printer, often to no purpose, as far as the beauty of the
design is concerned. What the printer should educate his
customer to look for in the finished work is not the arbi¬
trary following of an unstandardized and sometimes unde¬
sirable color-scheme, but the beauty of balanced-color rela¬
tions. When you prove the job, show it to the customer
with an enthusiasm as to your interpretation of the right
color-scheme, rather than with an apology for not quite
matching the artist’s or engraver’s proof. Remember that
the artist and engraver, if asked to duplicate the colox--
scheme without the proof to go by, would produce only
an approximation of what they formerly considered desir¬
able, if they did not substitute a new color-scheme alto¬
gether. The case is similar to colored etchings. After the
plate is finished the artist pulls many proofs in different
color-schemes, and it is hard for him or any one else to
say which is better. The most he can say is that “ Per¬
sonally, I like this one best of all.” Try then and educate
your customer to the fact that it is possible for the poor
printer to produce something better than the proof sub¬
mitted. The only question you should permit him to discuss
is whether or not your proofs please him, and in producing
pleasing color-schemes standardized colors such as those
I have indicated are greatly to be desired as opposed to the
unstandardized relations of miscellaneous high-chroma pig¬
ments. (To be continued.)
PRAGMATISM.
Pragmatism originally meant a consideration of events,
not philosophically but practically with reference to cause
and effect. To-day the term is used as the name of a sys¬
tem of philosophy, one of the most widely known advocates
of which was Professor James, of Harvard. The funda¬
mental principle of the philosophy, and the one which justi¬
fies its name, is that what appears to be truth should be
judged by its consequences rather than by any dogmatic
standard or philosophic theory, and that the important
thing is to recognize truth, not to dissect and analyze it.
There are many teachers of the philosophy, and they do not
all agree, either in their methods or conclusions, but the
definition we have formulated is probably broad enough to
apply to the philosophy in all its forms. — The Sing-Sing
(N. Y.) Star of Hope.
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Brief mention of men and events associated with the printing
and allied industries will be published under this heading. Items
for this department should be sent before the tenth day of the
month.
Gardner Teall in New Editorship.
Gardner Teall, according to recent announcement, has
assumed the editorship of American Homes and Gardens,
published by Munn & Co., 361 Broadway, New York.
“ Heaven’s My Home,” Says Printer.
“A1 ” Finley, ex-Confederate soldier, printer, journalist
and typical tourist of the old school, was haled before the
police court in Dayton, Ohio, recently on the charge of
over- “ smiling.” Replying to a question as to where he
resided, Finley said: “I’m only a temporary sojourner
here; Heaven’s my home.”
New Printing Plant at Moline.
Byron G. Skidmore and A. Hugo Ehlers, the former an
experienced printer and the latter an expert bookbinder,
have established a printing plant at Moline, Illinois, under
the name Standard Printing Company. Both gentlemen
are favorably known to the business men of the tri-cities,
and it is predicted that their new venture will prove suc¬
cessful.
Charles Francis Press Increases Capacity.
The big New York printing-house of the Charles Fran¬
cis Press has made another large addition to its equipment.
Recently it purchased from the Phelps Publishing Company
two large Cottrell Webb perfecting presses, one a ninety-
six and the other a sixty-four page. A number of new
Miehles also have been added. This new addition puts the
Charles Francis concern in the first rank as magazine
printers.
Establishes Pension System for Employees.
The Chicago Tribune has established a pension system
for its employees. It provides that all who have reached
sixty years and have been twenty years in the service may,
at the discretion of the pension board, be retired from
active service and become eligible to a pension. At the age
of sixty-five years, employees who have been in the serv¬
ice twenty years or more may be retired at their own
request. No pension is to exceed $100 a month or be less
than $18. Employees holding executive positions are ex¬
empt from the maximum age limit.
Looking up Progressive Methods.
Having determined to make its printing establishment
one of the best in the country, and to install the best busi¬
ness methods obtainable, the U. B. Publishing House, of
Dayton, Ohio, recently sent the superintendents of its
fourteen different departments into the largest cities for
study and investigation. Early in August, J. L. Senseney,
general superintendent, with S. B. Maeder, cashier and
purchasing agent; Frank W. Blum, superintendent of the
press department; Henry Sauer, superintendent of the
bindery, and William F. Langefeld, superintendent of the
job composing-room, visited the leading printing-houses of
Chicago. H. G. Heuman, chief estimator, has visited sev¬
eral cities for the purpose of studying methods of esti¬
mating, to the end that his house may be able practically
to eliminate guesswork in making contracts. Doctor Funk,
head of the U. B. concern, has made an extended tour,
visiting more than a hundred different high-class printeries
in quest of information that will enable him to improve the
plant.
Doom of the ‘‘Printers’ Towel.”
On August 14, the historic “ printers’ towel,” about
which so much has been written, passed out of existence, so
far as Illinois is concerned. So did a number of other
kinds of towels, for the new law is no respecter of institu¬
tions, placing a ban on the roller towel wherever used in
public places, factories or offices. As with the passing of
the tramp printer, no one will be affected with any lasting
regret on account of the departure of the “ printers’ towel.”
It is simply the victim of sanitary progress. Yet it served
well the jesting writer in the old days, and deserves at least
the parting blessing, “ May it rest in peace! ”
Looking Back to the Old Days.
Augustus L. Roberts, of Washington, D. C., who is
employed in the Government Printing Office as proofreader,
is visiting his former home [Rutland] . Mr. Roberts learned
the typesetter’s trade when a young man, and in the days
before the advent of the Linotype, when all composition
was by hand, he was one of the fastest setters in this part
of the country. He was employed for about thirty years in
the printing establishment of George A. Tuttle Company,
of this city, predecessors of the Tuttle Company. At one
time George A. Tuttle offered a prize of $500 to any person
in the State who would put up more type than Mr. Roberts
in a given time, but the offer was never taken. — Rutland
(Vt.) News.
Progress Company in Bankruptcy.
The Progress Company, Chicago, book publishers and
publishers of the Progress Magazine, went into the hands
of a receiver on July 25, with liabilities of $300,000. The
Central Trust Company took charge of the company and
its plants following the filing of a petition of involuntary
bankruptcy by creditors in the United States District
Court, and has temporarily closed down the plant and sus¬
pended the publication of the magazine. Attorney T. W.
Bull, representing the creditors, stated that the plants of
the company were subjected to a mortgage of $100,000, and
he believed the unincumbered assets would amount to
$100,000. The officers of the Progress Company are Chris¬
tian D. Larson, president, and Henry B. Wolrath, secretary.
Hoe Strike Settled.
The big press manufacturers — R. Hoe & Co., of New
York — have resumed full operations in their manufactur¬
ing departments, the strike of machinists having been ter¬
minated by the acceptance on the part of the men of the
company’s plan to inaugurate the eight-hour day gradu¬
ally, so that contracts made under the nine-hour day would
not be affected. While there are persistent repoi’ts that the
company is to move its plant to another city, there is no
authority for this statement. With the immense business
of the Hoe concern, it is possible that the present plant is
inadequate in one or two particulai’s. It is said that the
greatest lack is a spur track of some railroad extending
right to the door. Howevei1, even if the company found a
more suitable location it would take two or three years in
which to construct new shops.
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Sanitary Paper Towels.
On the first day that the new Illinois State law abolish¬
ing1 the roller towel went into effect, the Hogan Envelope
Company, Chicago, distributed a blotter and folder adver¬
tising “ Heco ” sanitary paper towels, together with a sam¬
ple of the material used. It is claimed that these paper
towels are made from pure pulp, creped by a special proc¬
ess, automatically wound into rolls, each roll corked with
a paper protector, and that “ no hand ever touches a Heco
sanitary towel until it is used.” The paper is soft and
pleasant to use and perfectly absoi’bent. The company is
making a special offer on the towel and a flat sanitary
drinking-cup.
Imperial Chinese Printing-office.
The Chinese government has started the erection of a
modern printing-office in Peking for making paper money.
The cost will be in the neighborhood of $2,000,000. Amer¬
ican architects will put up the building and equip the print¬
ing plant. The erection of this printing-office will revolu¬
tionize the entire monetary system of China, as it will
result in a uniform medium of exchange as against the
numerous currencies in vogue at present, owing to the fact
that each provincial government issues its own paper
money. The Printing-office in Washington will serve as a
model for this new Chinese institution, which is expected to
be finished in 1913. — Paper Trade Journal.
Stanley -Taylor Company, San Francisco.
The well-known San Francisco printing-house — the
Stanley-Taylor Company — has moved its big plant into a
brand-new home at the corner of Mission and Fremont
streets. The new building is three stories high, constructed
and arranged especially for an up-to-date printing estab¬
lishment, with plenty of light and good ventilation, and
absolutely fireproof. An illustrated card in colors, show¬
ing the old and the new homes, with a cartooned moving-
procession, and carrying the notice, “ Moving day for the
Stanley-Taylor Company, Big Printers,” was sent out to
patrons and prospective buyers of printing just prior to
removal. It should have been effective in calling attention
not only to the change of location, but to the wonderful
progress this big printing-house is making.
A Bipartizan Alliance.
Thei’e are two editors out in Kansas who seem to have a
wholesome respect for the benefits which may be derived
from “ getting together.” While issuing weekly papers in
the same town, striving to outdo each other in “ circula¬
tion,” and fighting for different political principles — one
being Democratic and the other Republican — they ai-e
nevertheless working hand in hand so far as the work of
getting out their papers is concerned. Each owns an equal
share in a linotype machine, and contributes an equal
amount toward the salary of the operator. The papers
referred to are the Eureka Herald and the Eureka Messen¬
ger, H. C. Corbett, being the “ bipartizan operator,” who
draws “ inspiration ” each pay-day from a Demo-Republi¬
can combination. We would warn Mr. Corbett, however,
against carelessness in the placing of his guide-lines. A
little “ pi ” on a rush day might result disastrously to this
bipartizan alliance.
Gompers Against Postal Raise.
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation
of Labor, who recently appeared before the commission
which is holding hearings on the subject of second-class
postal rates, declared that there were “ hundreds of thou¬
sands of subscribers to the many organs of the trade
unions,” and that “ these journals are uplifting in their
character and an incentive to education.” If the postage
rate should be increased, he said, “ the effect would be to
drive many of these publications out of existence.” In
concluding, he stated it as his belief that “ if these pub¬
lications, which are so beneficial in their character, should
cease, the loss would not be so much individual as it would
be national.” Matthew Woll, president of the Interna¬
tional Photoengravers’ Union, and editor of the American
Photoengraver, said that in his opinion second-class mat¬
ter should be carried even at a loss, for the purpose of fur¬
thering education. He believed that an increase in rates
must eventually fall upon the public rather than upon the
publishers. Professor F. R. Hutton, of the Society of
Mechanical Engineers; Professor Charles L. Parsons, of
the American Chemists’ Society; Prof. J. McK. Gattell, of
Columbia; Dr. J. F. Siler, of the Association of Military
Sui'geons, and Ralph W. Pope, of the American Institute of
Electrical Engineers, all appeared before the commission
and explained how the postal laws hampered their journals.
A New Printing Plant at New York.
Another high-class printery has been established at New
York city, styled the Read Printing Company and located
at 106 Seventh avenue. The concern has for its officers
some of New York’s best-known printers. Mr. Hiram Sher¬
wood, the president of the company, was for a number of
years superintendent of the Bartlett-Orr Press and the
Chasmar-Winchell Press, during which time he supervised
a large number of fine catalogues, booklets and general
advertising literature. H. V. Read and J. B. Mack, Jr.,
treasurer and secretary respectively, are known to many
through their connection with the above-named companies
in the capacity of directing the mechanical departments.
F. H. Doelle, Jr., is general sales manager. A competent
force of designers, engravers and binders has been secured,
and it is expected that the company will become an impor¬
tant factor in the production of high-class work in the East.
Pressroom in Bowels of Earth.
The new pressroom of the Boston Post, the construc¬
tion work of which has been finished, runs five stories, or
sixty-six feet, below the level of the street, and in a num¬
ber of features is the most wonderful pressroom in the
world. This newspaper, unable to secure sufficient space
on either side of its own buildings, concluded to reach
down into the bowels of the earth for room in which to
accommodate its growing business. The novel feature — -
and one which violates all former precedent — is that the
massive newspaper presses will be suspended one above the
other on concrete floors. Heretofore it has been held that
the very heavy newspaper presses running at great speed
must be placed on solid earth on account of their weight
and intensive vibration, and the complete success of the
Post’s radical innovation, which at best was a hazardous
experiment, will attract the attention of newspaper pub¬
lishers and printing-press manufacturers in all parts of
the world.
Combine amonj* Printers Is Charged.
The Multnomah County Court, at Portland, Oregon,
according to recent newspaper dispatches, has charged the
local printers and bookbinders, who recently submitted bids
for the county printing, with being in collusion on the bids,
declaring that it had the evidence at hand to prove such a
combination. A committee from the printers and book¬
binders called upon the court and made a strong plea that
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the work be kept in Portland. It is said that a combina¬
tion was admitted, so far as cost prices were concerned,
but collusion in the bidding was denied. The trouble
between the local printers and the county court arose when
bids were called for on large record books. The lowest bid,
by a Portland firm, was $14.40 a book. A San Francisco
company has offered to do the same work for $9.50 a book,
and the county court has indicated its intention of giving
the work to this concern. Portland printers claim that the
low bid of the San Francisco house was made for the pur¬
pose of “ knifing ” Portland products.
Gathering the Summer's Joy.
The accompanying illustration shows the staff of the
Journal-Transcript, of Franklin, New Hampshire, on its
annual outing. The little fellow shown in the photograph
is the son of City Editor G. B. Sawyer. The picture was
taken in front of the postoffice at Meredith, where a land¬
ing had been made from the Water Witch, a steamer char¬
tered for the occasion by Judge 0. A. Towne, editor and
publisher of the Journal-Transcript. In fact the members
of the party were the guests of the Judge, who annually
Toronto. The new secretary will extend the cost-finding
campaign in which the association has been engaged for a
year or more, and it is expected that his work will lend a
new impetus to the movement.
Publishers Fight Tax on Royalties.
The book-publishing interests have become aroused over
the possibility that authors’ royalty accounts may be made
a part of the dutiable value of books imported for sale in
this country. The question has been raised by the appraiser
as to whether authors’ royalties were to be considered a part
of the cost of books, and upon the protest of the publishers
that they could not be so considered, the case has been
referred to Washington for final decision. It is expected
that the question will come up before the General Board of
Appraisers within a few weeks, when the publishers will
make their fight. Joseph H. Sears, president of D. Apple-
ton & Co., has made the following statement bearing on the
matter :
“ The essential point in the discussion involves the exact
placing of royalty on a book. If the royalty to the author
is a part of the cost of the book, then the United States
STAFF OF THE “ JOURNAL-TRANSCRIPT, ” FRANKLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
takes his entire force of employees on a little excursion
and outing.
While at Meredith a visit was made to the office of the
News, and Editor Lance, of that enterprising little paper,
gave the party a hearty reception, although it was with
difficulty that standing-room was found for the whole
party. In the following issue of the News the editor said:
“ The visitors filled every inch of room in the place, and the
writer was glad of one thing, that he hasn’t got to hand
out pay-envelopes to such a bunch every Saturday.”
After leaving Meredith stops were made at Rocky Point,
the summer home of Judge Towne — where the visitors
were received most graciously by Mrs. Towne and Miss
Towne — and at Center Harbor, after which the Water
Witch steamed into The Weirs. At this point train was
taken for Franklin, closing what was unanimously agreed
to be a red-letter day for every one who participated.
Imrie Fills New Office.
John M. Imrie, editor and manager of the Printer and
Publisher, of Toronto, Ontario, and whose name has become
familiar to printers and publishers all over the Dominion
through his indefatigable efforts to have more business¬
like methods established in newspaper and job offices, has
been appointed secretary of the Canadian Press Associa¬
tion. The office of secretary is a new one, provided in
recent amendments to the Association’s by-laws. Mr.
Imrie assumed the duties on August 15, with offices in
Government should charge duty on that royalty. If the
author’s royalty is a share of the profits of the book, then
the Government should not charge duty on that royalty.
“ My contention is that if the royalty is not paid until
the book has been sold, that royalty is a part of the profits,
and not a part of the cost. Therefore the Government
should not charge duty upon it. Books, in sheets or in bound
copies, are imported under two different agreements, either
being at the option of the publishers, as may be eventu¬
ally agreed upon. Either the importation price includes
the royalty to the author or it does not. If it does, then, in
my opinion, the publisher should pay a duty on that roy¬
alty. If it does not, then, in my opinion, the Government
should not charge duty on the royalty.”
A Handsome Dedication and Souvenir Book.
The International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’
Union issued a handsomely printed book to commemorate
two notable events — the dedication of the Sanitarium and
Home at Rogersville, Tennessee, and the holding of the
twenty-third annual convention, June 19, 1911.
The book, of 120 pages, is uniform in size to The
Inland Printer pages and is printed on fine enamel stock,
the cover attractively decorated with a tricolor cut of the
home, surrounded with an intricate border embossed in
white. The lettering is in gold in relief. The advei’tise-
ments are well displayed, and the half-tone cut work is
excellently printed. A full-size plate showing the succes-
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sive stages of a three-color print, from the first impression
in yellow to the finished print having the three colors com¬
bined, is a part of an eight-page insert produced in the
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ National
Technical Trade School at Rogersville, and is interesting in
its scope and treatment. The composition and presswork,
excepting the foregoing insert, are executed by the Wood¬
ward & Tiernan Printing Company, St. Louis, Missouri.
Numerous illustrations appear, together with articles writ¬
ten by prominent members of the union and the craft at
large. The advertising pages are well patronized by the
manufacturers of printing material and supplies, as well
as by local unions. Altogether it is a very creditable
souvenir.
were raised in many towns and cities throughout the juris¬
diction, and harmonious relations with employers were
never more general than at the present.
The secretary-treasurer’s report showed that the receipts
during the year were $561,177, while the expenditures were
about $139,000 less than that sum, or $422,112. Adding the
balance in the regular funds of $81,553, and the pension
fund balance of $277,596, there is now in the hands of the
secretary-treasurer approximately a half-million dollars.
There was a battle over a proposition to increase the
membership of the executive council from three to five, the
anti-administration men making the claim that a larger
executive council would be more in keeping with the demo¬
cratic tendency of trade-unionism. Their opponents con-
CHICAGO TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION SPECIAL TO THE I. T. U. CONVENTION, SAN FRANCISCO,
At the Chicago & North Western Railway Depot, Chicago. The men are mostly out of sight in the smoker.
THE I. T. U. CONVENTION.
The fifty-seventh annual convention of the International
Typographical Union, held in San Francisco on August
14-19, in several features was one of the most remarkable
in the history of the printers’ union. There were 230 dele¬
gates in attendance, and fully two thousand visitors — the
number breaking all records — paid their respects to the
big organization. Special trains were run from different
sections of the country, those from the East and Middle
West starting about a week previous to the opening of the
convention, so that all of the interesting points along the
way could be visited. From Chicago the special train — a
picture of which is shown herewith, taken about three min¬
utes before its departure — carried almost two hundred
delegates and visitors, and is said to have been the best
ti-ain ever sent out of the “ Windy City ” bound for a typo¬
graphical convention.
At San Francisco the delegates and visitors were roy¬
ally welcomed by Mayor McCarthy; C. W. Hornick, of the
local publishers; Charles A. Murdock, of the commercial
employing printers, and several labor leaders, including
officers of the local typographical union.
Reports of the International officers showed that the
organization has a membership of approximately 56,000.
During the year the membership earned $49,770,668, or an
average of $973 per member, an increase of $20 a year per
member over the average of last year. Scales of wages
tended that two more members on the council would not
add to its wisdom, might delay action, and would certainly
increase expenses.
By a recent referendum vote piece work and the bonus
system were practically prohibited, but, on consideration of
the situation confronting the union’s representatives on the
national board of arbitration, the proposition was construed
as being declaratory rather than mandatory, and the mem¬
bers will have another opportunity to express themselves on
the subject. Meantime the international officers will en¬
deavor to have scales made on an all-time basis, but will be
free to compromise if they find it necessary to do so.
The delegates were unanimously of the opinion that
$2,400 a year is too small a salary for the president and
secretary-treasurer. In this the San Francisco convention
followed the lead of the Minneapolis meeting last year. At
that time, however, the members refused to approve a
recommendation of the convention to raise the salary of the
officers $1,000 a year. To guard against a repetition of
this action the delegates at San Francisco pledged them¬
selves to follow the lead of a special committee in carrying
on a propaganda, educating the members to the necessity
of paying the chief executive officers something more than
foremen’s wages.
The walk-out on the Hearst papers at Chicago — popu¬
larly known as the Chicago situation — - was before the con¬
vention. Delegate Koop, who is chairman of one of the
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chapels involved in the strike, made a rather perfunctory
statement regarding the matter, but former President
O’Brien fought nobly against great odds, defending his
course with considerable vigor. Then President Lynch,
Seci’etary Hays and former President Tole, of New York
Typographical Union, took the floor, the latter to corrobo¬
rate certain statements of the former. Mr. Lynch made a
scathing denunciation of the whole proceedings and the
principal actors involved; the convention unanimously
endorsed the acts of the executive council, denouncing the
strike, not even Delegate Koop’s usual stentorian tones
being heard when the negative vote was called.
The membership will vote on increasing the old-age
pension to $5 a week.
A proposal to establish a graduated burial benefit will
also be approved or rejected by the members.
Probably the most important act of the convention was
the endorsement of the tentative agreement arranged be¬
tween the executive council and a committee of the Amer¬
ican Newspaper Publishers’ Association, the purpose of
which is to continue the policy of mediation which has pre¬
vailed between the two big organizations during the past
five years.
San Francisco publishers entertained the International
officers at Santa Cruz for two days.
Cleveland was selected as the next meeting-place, and
San Francisco put in a bid for the convention in 1915, as
this will be its exposition year.
HARVARD’S COURSE IN PRINTING.
The success attending the course in the Technic of
Printing offered by the Harvard Graduate School of Busi¬
ness Administration has been so great that it has been
decided to expand the course considerably this year. The
course gives two years’ training for men who are preparing
for administi'ative positions in the printing and publishing
business. In a circular dealing with the outlook the uni¬
versity authorities say :
“ Instead of occupying one-eighth of the student’s time,
as at first, it will be enlarged so that it will form one-fourth
of the first year’s work. The original plan of choosing
instructors who are specialists in the different phases of the
industry has been continued, the list of teachers for the
year including among others Mr. D. B. Updike, Mr. A. W.
Elson, Mr. J. Horace McFarland, Mr. Henry L. Bullen,
Mr. Herbert L. Baker, and Mr. Walter S. Timmis. In addi¬
tion to this course in technic, the curriculum includes a
course in the history of printing, and courses in accounting,
industrial organization, commercial resources, and commer¬
cial law.
“ The four months following the first year in the school
are spent in actual work in the shop. The student then
comes back for his last year of instruction.
“ The work of the second year consists of an advanced
course in the Technic of Printing, in which a number of
practical problems are worked out under close supervision.
The instruction is largely of the nature of laboratory work.
The student is given practice in preparing copy for the
printer, and through various experiments has a chance to
work out for himself some of the underlying principles of
design and harmony in type-forms. He is then required to
follow several jobs through the press, determining the
format, planning the work in the composing-room, pre¬
paring the specifications for paper and ink, estimating on
the cost of various kinds of illustrations, and making a
thorough study of all the manufacturing problems involved.
Later in the year he is asked to lay out the work for a
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specific plant, after being supplied with the necessary infor¬
mation as to the number of employees, the number of
machines, and the amount of work to be handled. Special
attention is devoted to printing-office organization, and to
cost accounting as applied to the printing-office.
“ Various experts will be called upon from time to time
to take part in the instruction. Among these may be men¬
tioned Mr. Bruce Rogers, formerly of the Riverside Press,
who has agreed to take charge of the work in design.
“Advanced courses in cost accounting, industrial organ¬
ization and commercial policy complete the work of the
second year.” _
This department of service is designed to brin^ men of capacity
in touch with opportunities which are seeking them and which they
are seeking. There is no charge attached to the service whatever.
It is entirely an editorial enterprise. Applicants for space in this
department are requested to write fully and freely to the editor,
ffivintf such references as they may consider convenient. Their
application will be reduced to a formal anonymous statement of
their desires and their experience, a reference number attached
and published in ’’The Inland Printer.” Their names will be
furnished to inquirers. Similarly those who command opportu¬
nities which they are seeking men to fill will be accorded the same
privilege under the same terms. The ” ^et-to^ether ” movement
has many phases. This is one which ‘‘The Inland Printer” has
originated as especially desirable for the £ood of the trade.
Ad. and Job Compositor.
(154.) Is an I. T. U. Technical School graduate. Has
earned the diploma. Wants a position where he can work
in the International Typographical Union.
Superintendent of Printing.
(153.) Is a young man who has worked through all the
departments of printing. Is now engaged as superintend¬
ent (150 hands), but wants to enlarge his field. Familiar
with cost systems, buying and general clerical work. Has
studied advertising and prepared and instituted successful
selling schemes.
Wanted — Position as Engraving and Art Manager.
(152.) Has a record of twenty-four years in photo¬
engraving and kindred trades. Now employed, but desires a
change. Is an expert in color and fine black catalogue illus¬
tration and engraving. A good artist who understands all
kinds of artwork and color-printing. Has had charge of
some of the best shops in the United States and Europe.
Foreman Country Weekly and Job Office.
(155.) Wants to get out of New York city. Is mar¬
ried. Young man. Fourteen years’ experience in printing-
offices. Advertisement and job man and foreman of daily
and weekly papers. Has original ideas, and is familiar with
paper-stock and estimating. Knows how to secure confi¬
dence of patrons and is successful in handling men and
establishing fairness and efficiency. Small city or town in
New York State, Connecticut or Massachusetts preferred.
Desires mostly to take charge of a country weekly and job
office in some good locality for one who has not the time to
look after the business himself.
914
THE INLAND PRINTER
Virginia Cost Congress, October 3-7.
It has been definitely decided that the Virginia Print¬
ers’ Cost Congress will be held in Richmond on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, October 5, 6 and 7.
Chicago Firm Shows Dignity and Good Sense.
Recently the printing-house of Ryan & Hart, Chicago,
made an effort to secure some printing contracts from a
large packing concern, the general offices of which were
moved to Chicago some little time ago. As with many other
big companies, this one expected the printers to come in
crawling on their knees, and sit around for a day or so
making figures for the purchasing agent to scan at his
leisure. But the following letter informed the newcomer
that there was at least one printing-house not doing busi¬
ness in that way:
“ Our representative called at your office to-day and you
"outlined a plan which your company intends to take in
regard to figures on printing. Under the circumstances
it would be impossible for our firm to compete in this
way, against fifteen competitors, who, we understand, fig¬
ure in your office, each one individually. This is a case
where the man that makes the mistake will secure the
order. We thank you very much for the courtesy shown
us in our initial dealings with your company, and at some
future day, if you change your plan of figuring, we will be
more than pleased to give you our best efforts in the way
of figures.”
It will be a happy day for printerdom when the course
pursued by the Ryan & Hart Company shall be the rule
rather than the exception.
The Office.
Legitimate profit in competitive industries represents
the value of the service rendered the public. It is the only
foundation upon which consistent, lasting profits can be
built. In the printing industry, where the total annual
product so nearly represents the investment in machinery,
there is a possible great improvement. This improvement is
rapidly taking place everywhere by the awakening of the
man in the office, or the man who should be in the office, but
who is often so close to his case he forgets he has an office.
And it is daily becoming more a matter of histoiy that the
employing printer is a dissatisfied man.
For those who are still dissatisfied there is the same
way open for improvement the others have found. Let
each such one first search his own mind for his troubles.
He will find every one of them right there where he can
correct it if he is honest with himself. No man is entitled
to more profit than he is getting when once he realizes this,
for it lies within his power to improve that service that
spells profit. The mere turning out of a completed product
does not complete the service. The work may be far above
the average in quality and art, but there is another point
to service that the modern man of business considers. This
is office service. So often is this most important depart¬
ment overlooked that it is difficult to reestablish its pres¬
tige. This department must determine the cost of the work
that has been done in the mechanical departments, and,
adding its own pro rata of cost, see that the charge also
includes the proper profit.
There must be a directing head to a successful under¬
taking, be it business or war, and the working forces natu¬
rally look to this head for support and successful direction.
In some printing-offices this responsibility ceases when the
weekly pay-roll is met, failing to add that distinction of
service that reaps profits.
For plants of all sizes the knowledge of the business
centers in the office, whether that office be carried around
in the mind of the man who is his own workman and office
man or whether it be in a complete office force and regular
system. The profits on a dollar for one are as important
as the profits on a dollar for the other. A dollar lost by
each has its proportionate importance, and means a dol¬
lar’s limitation to-morrow, the limitation producing its
effect in ever-widening circles of time till it increases far
beyond its original importance to the man. A dollar gain
has or could have an equally beneficial effect if the average
employer had not already lost so many dollars that he has
become a pessimist. However, dollars gained will have an
increasingly beneficial effect till all memory of loss is
effaced.
The equipment of a plant should determine the class of
work sought and accomplished by it and each class can be
done with equal service, yielding therefore the same profit
on the dollar. It is true there are some kinds of work that
seem not to be so valued by the purchaser that he will per¬
mit the charge of equal profit as on other work, but this
is largely up to the business as a whole to adjust, and it
is being done automatically by the man ignorant of his
costs taking the cheap work and poor-pay customers, and
just so long as this class of printers exists so long will this
work be floating around.
Good service means accurate knowledge of costs and an
efficiency that will reduce all unnecessary cost to a mini¬
mum. Through proper office organization all this can be
accomplished in the mechanical departments. Then let the
office department look to its own expense. Let it compare
its proportion of expense to the cost of the finished product.
Sometimes offices are so systematized this percentage alone
will bankrupt the concern, and the managers are often the
last ones to acknowledge wrong in themselves. We assume,
however, every manager is honest with himself and wants
to ask no greater efficiency from his men than he is willing
to develop in himself and his department. So a cost sys¬
tem is not all blanks and velvet for the office. It means
work and high efficiency there as well as elsewhere. In
fact the office efficiency must from the nature of object
sought come first in importance.
Good service means also a more rigid collection of
accounts or a charging of interest on all overdue accounts.
Many shops permit accounts to run equal to more than the
month’s business, and this is constantly growing. It all
means loss for the printer, for no customer will long stand,
for this charge being made against his work. A very good,
way to keep this amount in mind is to charge the interest
these accounts would bring, if well invested, against the
profit and loss account at the end of each month.
It is therefore for the officers of the printing plants as
in any other industry so to train their own departments
and the departments dependent upon them that each yield
the highest type of efficiency, and the service will be accom¬
plished and the dollars will be taken care of. — Robert A.
De Con.
915
Benedict’s New Type Scale.
Mr. George H. Benedict, of the
Globe Engraving and Electro¬
type Company, 701 to 721 Dear¬
born street, Chicago, is notable for
many good qualities, and one of
Scale for computing the number
of thousand ems of type of any size,
from 5 point to 12 point, in a page
of any size up to 8x12 y2 inches, or
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and its use clearly, and we print
his explanation hereunder. The
scale is bound to be a great con¬
venience and simplifier in calcula¬
tion, and it will well repay any
printer to study it and become per¬
fectly familiar with its use.
The scale herewith is intended
to save the estimator some of the
mental drudgery as well as the
possibility of mistakes in com¬
puting the number of thousand
ems of type, of any size, in a page
of any size, up to 8 by 12%, or
100 square inches.
Explanation : The outside
scales are standard-inch rules for
measuring the page. In the one
on the left side, each inch is
divided into eighths; in the one
on the right side, each inch is
divided into tenths. The tenth
rule will be most convenient, as
calculations made decimally are
easier and more accurate than if
made in fractions.
The black scales are “ indexes ”
of square inches, and are divided
into 100 parts. Each line repre¬
sents- one square inch, and every
tenth line is numbered.
In the remaining columns each
division represents 100 ems of
type of the size indicated at the
top and bottom of the columns.
The lines representing the first
500 and 1,000 ems are properly
numbered. Every other tenth line
has a single number, which indi¬
cates that the line covered by it
represents that number of thou¬
sand ems. Each intervening line
adds 100 ems to the thousand
above.
By placing a card on the scale
so that the edge exactly lines with
“50” on both square-inch “in¬
dexes ” it will be seen how accu¬
rate the scales are, when, by cal¬
culation, it is known that 50
square inches contain —
1,813 ems of 12 point type.
2,158 ems of 11
2,611 ems of 10
3,224 ems of
4,080 ems of
5,329 ems of
7,254 ems of
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point type,
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5% point type.
5 point type.
In the same way the number
of ems of any size type from 5
to 12 point, in any number of
square inches up to 100, can be
found without the necessity of fig¬
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a mistake.
916
THE INLAND PRINTER
An Actual Occurrence.
Customer — “ What will five hundred envelopes [hand¬
ing sample with three lines of composition] of this size and
copy cost? ”
Printer — “Ahem! Guess I’ll have to charge you $1.75
for that job.”
Customer — “ Go ahead! ”
There was a colloquy about business and kindred sub¬
jects, when the trend of conversation was abruptly inter¬
rupted —
Printer — -“Oh, say! I made a mistake about those
cards — they’ll cost $1.50. I am very sorry - ”
Customer — “ Go ahead and send a bill for $2. I know
a little about the printing business, and don’t want to rob
you.”
And yet we wonder at some things.
The Lowest Hour Cost.
Recently there came to our desk a letter from the
Staples-Howe Printing Company, of Manila, P. I., stating
“our costs are as follows: Composition, 51% cents an
hour; presswork, 50 cents; bindery, 18% cents; engra¬
ving, 33 cents.” These figures were said to include insur¬
ance, depreciation, wages of superintendence, etc. Happen¬
ing to know something of the businesslike way of this firm,
and having reason to believe it was making real money, its
statement of costs surprised us. Was this the result of
scientific management, an open-shop elysium, or the effect
of having a force of “ swifts.” The next mail brought us
the explanation — “ every employee of this shop is a Fili¬
pino.” These are low costs — low enough to satisfy the
most ardent apostle of “ Keep ’em down ” — but unfortu¬
nately there is not a great demand for printing-offices in
Filipino land, and perhaps low prices, indicative of a low
standard of living, have something to do with that.
Union to Co-operate with Composition Club.
At a recent luncheon of the Chicago Composition Club,
composed of the owners of Chicago’s Linotype houses,
Walter C. Barrett and John C. Harding, president and
organizer respectively of the local typographical union,
were invited guests. The union officers had been urged
to attend for the purpose of effecting closer relations, so
that helpful cooperation might be established between the
two organizations. Both gentlemen addressed the members
of the club, saying they were favorable to any plan that
promised the desired result, and would be pleased to meet
with representatives from the club for the purpose of
formulating a plan that would be mutually beneficial.
Before adjournment a committee was appointed to confer
with a like committee from the union. One of the chief
purposes of the proposed cooperation is to wage a campaign
in the interests of home products, so far as printing is con¬
cerned. The printers believe that the large Chicago con¬
cerns that depend almost absolutely upon the trade of the
city’s residents should have enough interest in the welfare
of other local institutions to patronize home industries.
Is Your “Cost System” Reliable?
I have a friend who is a printer, and, being of a restless
disposition, he gets around the country some. As I have
been reading with a great deal of interest the many dis¬
courses on “ cost systems,” I asked him the other day about
“ time-tickets ” and their operation.
He explained several systems that he had become
acquainted with, and they all looked good — in theory. But
he came near blasting my respect for them when he pro¬
ceeded to “ show me ” their fallacies. He said he was work¬
ing in St. Joseph, and a dull day came along, and the fore¬
man instructed him to go and help a bunch of men on such-
and-such a job. The “ straw boss ” (whatever that is) told
him to loaf around an hour or two, and put the time on the
ticket for that particular job. The idea was this: rather
than lay off a man or two, they would kill time and charge
the time on some likely job. The time was handed in at the
office and estimates made accordingly.
Now, what gets me is how an employer can expect to
establish a reliable “ cost system ” and be ignorant of such
practices as the one cited above.
The man who gave me this information said that, so far
as his observations went, the practice was general, espe¬
cially in the larger shops.
Again : He said that he had had instructions on some
jobs to charge up “distribution” when the “time” for
composition seemed too great.
Now, to me it seems that the workman who thus “ doc¬
tors ” the time-sheets and hands in at the office a mislead¬
ing record of the time he is supposed to have consumed on
any job is cheating himself as well as the employer.
The proprietor is depending upon the “ time-sheets ” to
establish his “ cost system.” If the workman does not see
in this that his own interests and the employer’s interests
are identical, he has something to learn to his advantage.
They must each depend upon the other for success. Upon
the degree of this success will depend the prosperity of
both.
Is your “cost system” reliable? — La Fayette Doerty, .
Findlay, Ohio.
What a Cost System Is.
A cost system is not a set of blanks; it is a carefully
constructed business policy aided by such forms and blanks
as to give accurate knowledge of every operation of a busi¬
ness. The forms and blanks of themselves will not save a
man from failure. His business will not improve, no profits
will accrue, until the manager of the factory or mercantile
house first so enlarges his mental outlook as to see his busi¬
ness comprehensively and practically.
The only practical growth, then, comes through two lines
of development — a knowledge of his own business and of
business in general. It is necessary to get far enough
away from the turning wheels or the clothing or groceries
to see that one is in business as well as making or selling
goods. In the printing business the majority of owners
and men about the plant are already practical in one
department of the work or other and have always declared
they already know all about their own business. They prob¬
ably know so much about the practical side that their vision
of the business as a factory is narrow. The knowledge
needs be less, then, of the practical and more of the busi¬
ness or office side.
To this end, then, comes first, after knowledge of costs,
economy of production. Both can and should be obtained
from the same detail of careful, accurate keeping of all
items of cost entering the finished product. The cost on the
individual job is obtained directly, and the economy of pro¬
duction will come from studying the records and making
such changes in plant management and arrangement as
this study shows will bring the highest efficiency of man
and machine.
Time or labor and paper enter largely into the cost of a
job, and it is the cause of so little profit in the business gen¬
erally that the printer thinks this is practically the entire
cost. His familiarity with the business leads him to make
assumptions he has never proven, and it is this attitude
that overlooks an important point in manufacturing-cost.
THE INLAND PRINTER
917
The larger the percentage of labor in a completed article
the greater chance for waste and leaks. The material is a
tangible expense, easily charged, while labor is anything
but tangible and is often guessed at to save the trouble of
recording the expenditure of the hours of the working day.
No man, practical or theoretical, can tell how much labor
has gone into the making of a finished job without keeping
a record, and all shops have the same general problems to
meet in keeping this time record, small as well as large.
Much labor that an employer pays for he can not right¬
fully charge to definite jobs because of its nature, yet he
must be reimbursed for it. He must know, therefore, how
much of such time there is and see that the time he does
charge bears in its cost to the customer the amount of this
lost or waste time.
There is another very elusive expense that is often han¬
dled only in a general way, and that is department direct
expense and general overhead or office expense. The paper
and the hours sold must each bear the proper proportion of
this expense, as well, and it must be uniform for all cus¬
tomers; therefore there must necessarily be a regular, sys¬
tematic method of caring for all these items. This calls for
forms and blanks as absolutely necessary.
These forms should be so adjusted to the business as to
give the manager an accurate and simply comprehensive
map of the business each day, week or month, according to
the size and requirements of the business. In no other way
can he intelligently direct the work in the shop or plan for
the future. It also broadens his view of his business to
such a point he can see the harmony or discord that may
be there. If discord, he sees at once where it is before it
has caused him loss of time or material, and all these things
exist in every shop and must sooner or later be worked out
by every owner.
As in a press each part bears a definite size and opera¬
tive relation to every other part to produce greatest har¬
mony of action, so in the plant the departmental equipment
must be of proper size and so managed as to yield greatest
harmony. In this respect men as well as mechanical equip¬
ment must be considered. A machine will produce no
faster than the operator or feeder, and it is not alone the
number of sold hours, but equally important is the output
of these sold hours.
From this, one may see that the blanks used are no
machine that will automatically grind out the price of a
job or cost of an hour, nor will they make the men work to
better purpose, nor will they install themselves. He who
adapts the blanks to the shop must know his business as
well as the machine expert who sets up your press, and he
has a much greater demand on his intelligence to properly
regulate the working of all producers in a plant to get the
greatest output at least friction and cost to employee and
employer.
The employer’s knowledge of his business must be cor¬
rect. Any other than correct knowledge is ignorance, and
ignorance means limitation and small profits, or none at all.
— Robert A. De Con.
TO A PHONOGRAPH.
0 singer of cold-storage songs !
Thy voice oft gives me pain
When through the night it floats to me
Again and yet again.
Thy voice is like the voice of one
With bunions in his throat.
Perhaps thou hast a stomachache,
But why make me the goat?
— Milwaukee Sentinel.
This department is designed to furnish information, when avail¬
able, to inquirers on subjects not properly coming within the scope
of the various technical departments of this magazine. The publi¬
cation of these queries will undoubtedly lead to a closer under¬
standing of conditions in the trade.
All requests for information demanding a personal reply by mail
should be accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Corrugated Board.
(914.) “ Will you kindly advise us the names of two
or three Western makers of corrugated board? ”
Answer.- — J. W. Sefton Manufacturing Company, 1301
West Thirty-fifth street, Chicago; Hinde & Bauch Paper
Company, Sandusky, Ohio.
Dedrich Engraving Machine.
(919.) “ If you know the address of the makers of the
Dietrich engraving machine, would you please send it to
us? ”
Answer. — Nicholas Dedrich, Manitowoc, Wisconsin,
makes an engraving machine for metal. Possibly this is
the one you refer to.
Paraffining Machines.
(916.) “ I would be much obliged if you would supply
me with the names of firms who make a machine for put¬
ting paraffin on paper.”
Answer M. D. Knowlton Company, Rochester, New
Yox-k; F. C. Osborne, 67 Larned street, West, Detroit,
Michigan; Charles Beck Paper Company, Limited, Phila¬
delphia, Pennsylvania.
Wants to Study Cost of Printing.
(928.) “ I would like to make a study of the cost of
printing, estimating, etc., on books as well as small jobs.
What course shall I pursue? ”
Answer. — We have forwarded copy of our catalogue of
books, on pages 10, 11 and 12 of which you will find listed a
number of works bearing on cost finding. A careful read¬
ing of these should give you a thorough understanding of
cost-finding methods. We have asked Secretary Wray, of
the Chicago Ben Franklin Club, to send you copies of blanks
used in the Standard Cost-finding System for Printers.
Automatic Beveling Machinery.
(925.) “ Can you give us any information as to the
manufacturers of automatic beveling machinery — that is,
machinery for beveling cardboard, blanks, etc.? ”
Answer. — - The following is a list of manufacturers of
automatic beveling machines for cardboard, blanks, etc.:
Hobbs Manufacturing Company, Worcester, Massachusetts;
Charles Beck Paper Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
H. Hinze, Tribune building, New York city; Dunning Broth¬
ers, 54 Fulton street, New York city.
Costmeter Invented by Quigley.
(922.) “ You published about a year ago a descrip¬
tion of a time-recorder invented, I think, by a man named
Quigley, who lived on the Pacific coast. The machine gave
‘ money values ’ instead of time, on a graduated paper tape.
918
THE INLAND PRINTER
If this description is sufficient to recall the device to your
recollection, will you favor me with the correct name and
address of the manufacturer, or the inventor? ”
Ansiver. — A. T. Quigley, 423 Hayes street, San Fran¬
cisco, California. The description referred to appeared in
the March (1909) issue of The Inland Printer, in which
the inventor’s costmeter was illustrated.
McKellar, Smiths & Jordan.
(923.) “ Will you kindly advise if the firm of McKel¬
lar, Smiths & Jordan still exists, and give its location? If
succeeded by other typefounders, please advise where a
letter will reach them.”
Answer. — This old-time firm of typefounders was taken
over by the American Type Founders Company in the
spring of 1893. The latter concern has branches in all of
the larger cities, with headquarters at Jersey City, New
Jersey.
Responsibility for Typographical Errors.
(930.) “ Will you kindly answer the following ques¬
tion, thereby settling a much-raked-over discussion: If a
man has a job or advertisement printed and he gets a proof
and reads and 0. K.’s same, and after ad. or job is printed
an error is discovered (typographical), who is responsible
— the printer or the man who reads and 0. K.’s proof? ”
Answer. — The printer is responsible for all typograph¬
ical errors, even when job is 0. K.’d by customer. It is gen¬
erally understood that a customer’s 0. K. has reference
only to style and general appearance.
Imported Fabrics for Labels.
(912.) “ We wish to print labels like the one inclosed,
and would like to get the address of a firm that handles
blank goods in rolls or flats.”
Answer. — The sample submitted is an imported fabric,
used principally by draftsmen, and is seldom carried in
stock by paper houses. James D. White, the gummed-paper
manufacturer, 127 White street, New York city, is an
importer of fabrics of this character, and if you can not
purchase it from him direct, he undoubtedly will inform
you as to where it can be had. Any large paper house will
handle the order.
“Newspaper Ad. -estimating.”
(941.) “ Will you kindly inform me if you have a book
on newspaper ad.-estimating, and, if so, the price of same?
Or you may be able to advise me where to obtain such a
book.”
Answer. — You should have been more specific. We are
not sure whether you want to know how to estimate the
cost of setting an advertisement, or to estimate the cost of
securing advertisements. Possibly it is neither of these. A
catalogue of our books, listing a number of works on the
subject of advertising, has been forwarded. Further advice
will be given if wanted.
Operating a Cutting Machine.
(913.) “Am writing for your list of books for sale
in regard to the different trades in the printing business.
I want a book that gives information about a cutting
machine and how to cut printed stock, etc.”
Answer.— There are no books published treating on the
operation of paper-cutting machines. The mechanism of
cutters is so simple that any one of ordinary intelligence
will understand how it is worked. No particular skill is
required. If, however, you wish to be informed on some
particular question relating to the method of cutting up
printed stock, we will be pleased to render you assistance.
Wants Printing Plant in Arkansas, Missouri or
Oklahoma.
(915.) “ Please send me a list of printing plants that
are for sale in Washington, Benton, Marion and Boone
counties, of Arkansas; also of the adjoining counties in
Missouri and Oklahoma.”
Answer. — We are not in possession of a list of print¬
ing plants for sale in any part of the country, except those
advertised from time to time in The Inland Printer. The
information desired might be secured by writing the Amer¬
ican Type Founders Company, St. Louis, Missouri; the
American Press Association, 557 West Jackson boulevard,
Chicago, or the Western Newspaper Union, Clinton and
Adams streets, Chicago.
Standard Automatic Press.
(920.) “We notice a query concerning ‘Standard
Automatic Press Company,’ in August issue, and enclose
page of circular recently received as giving the probable
answer. We know of the Kavmor and the Autopress, but
would like to know the address of the Cartright, which is a
new one to us.”
Answer. — We thank you for the information concern¬
ing the Standard Automatic Press. The name and address
of the company of which you have no knowledge are “ The
Cartright Automatic Press Company, World building, New
York city.” We have heard nothing of this concern, how¬
ever, for more than a year, and are not sure that it is still
in existence.
[The circular forwarded by our correspondent was
issued by the Wood & Nathan Company, 1 Madison avenue,
New York city, which shows that that company is the sole
selling agent for the “ Standard High-speed Job Press.”
We have also received a letter from the Wood & Nathan
Company, giving us the same information. The folder
enclosed in the letter advertising the Standard describes
the press as printing from type on flat plates at a maxi¬
mum speed of 3,500 impressions per hour. — Editor.]
The Lino^raph and Typogjraph.
(917.) “As a reader of your valuable journal, I desire
to make inquiry of you as to the name of a new typesetting
machine manufactured in Minneapolis. It is my under¬
standing that this machine has recently been placed on the
market, and is especially designed for country-newspaper
work. Also I would thank you for the address of what is
termed the ‘ Canadian Machine.’ ”
Answer. — The new typesetting machine to be manufac¬
tured in Minneapolis is the Linograph, and the address is
733 Plymouth building, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Can¬
adian machine you refer to is perhaps the Typograph,
manufactured by the American Typograph Company, at
Detroit, Michigan.
“I” and “ J.”
(918.) “I am enclosing the capitals ‘I’ and ‘ J ’ of
our Old English font, and have marked them as the type
sample-books give them. You will notice that the tail of the
‘ J ’ curls downward, while that of the ‘ I ’ curls upward,
and most printers urge from that little curl that the type
sample-book and those who follow it are wrong. They
point to the upward curve and say that anybody should
know that that is the 1 J ’ or that it stands to reason it’s a
‘ J.’ I have had it explained to me by the contenders for
the other way that the ‘ J ’ turns downward and the ‘ I ’
upward because they are an evolution from the script let¬
ters; that is, that the script letters are the ‘ granddaddies ’
of all letters, and the Old English can trace their ancestry
THE INLAND PRINTER
919
back next to the script. As they would put it in the horse
papers, ‘ Old English, sired by script, out of script.’ I am
ashamed to say that I don’t know whether that pedigree
will bear investigation or not. I suppose it is registered
some place, but it is not down on my style sheet.”
Answer. — We have been unable to find any definite
authority regarding the forms of the letters “ I ” and “ J ”
of the text, or gothic, alphabets. Some alphabets show the
tail of the “ J ” curled up and the tail of the “ I ” flowing
downward, while in other alphabets they are just the
reverse. This seems to have been a matter of choice with
the designers. Evidence of the widespread uncertainty
regarding this point is shown in the fact that typefounders’
catalogues differ to the extent that we have seen both forms
used for the same letter on the same page of a specimen
book.
Mailing and Addressing Machines.
(927.) “ Enclosed find address clipped from the wrap¬
per of the Congressional Record. Will you kindly tell me
what kind of a machine it is printed with? Also can you
inform me as to what is the fastest type of mailer? I have
an idea that I can build a better mailer than any I have ever
seen, but realizing that I have grown up a long ways from
where mailing is done in a rush I know that it is just pos¬
sible that some one may have gotten in a hurry before I
did.”
Answer. — The slip bearing name and address enclosed
in your letter was printed from a stencil on an addressing
machine. The stencil was made on a stencil-making machine
manufactured by the Rapid Addressing Machine Company,
610 Federal street, Chicago, printed on this company’s
addresser. The stencil-making machine is similar to a type¬
writer, and carries pin-point perforating letters, producing
a stencil which, when run through the addressing machine,
gives a dotted effect to the letters. The patent on this stencil
ran out about fifteen years ago, and several other parties
are manufacturing pin-point stencils, although the Rapid
Addressing concern at Chicago is the principal manufac¬
turer of this style of stencil-making machine. Companies
making- stencil machines as a rule also manufacture ad¬
dressing machines on which their stencils are used. Envel¬
opes, wrappers and cards are addressed at the rate of about
five thousand an hour. Regarding your inquiry as to which
is the fastest type of mailer and how many copies it will
handle an hour, we are not sure whether you have refer¬
ence to the hand or power mailer. On Chicago and other
large daily newspapers power machines are used, the old
hand mailers having been replaced a year or so ago by the
Cox Multi-Mailer, made by the Cox Multi-Mailer Company,
443 South Dearborn street, Chicago. This is a remarkable
machine. The linotype slugs bearing the addresses are fed
into the machine automatically and simultaneously with the
papers just as they come from the press, the papers being
delivered folded, wrapped and addressed, and the slugs
returning to the operator to be put in their proper place in
the cabinet. For packages the machine can be adjusted so
that the papers are only addressed and not wrapped, the
machine indicating with a red mark when a list for a town
is finished. Two red marks are shown when a route is con¬
cluded. Addresses are never printed on the wrapper, but
on the top margin of the paper itself. The capacity is
twelve thousand an hour. The Cox Company is now manu¬
facturing a new model, which, it is claimed, carries marked
improvements over the present machine. A mailer suitable
for magazines is also being made by this company, but has
not as yet been placed on the market.
Metal Backs for Loose-leaf Ledgers.
(924.) “ Can you advise us where we may buy metal
backs for a loose-leaf ledger? There is a back made which
we have heard called the Demy back, which we would very
much like to get.”
Answer. — The following are makers of loose-leaf metal
parts: J. B. Crawford Manufacturing Company, 638 Fed¬
eral street, Chicago; Barrett Bindery Company, 169 West
Monroe street, Chicago; the Nelson Corporation, 442 Wells
street, Chicago; C. E. Sheppard Company, 157 West Ran¬
dolph street, Chicago; Tangwell Company of Illinois, 2959
Sheffield avenue, Chicago. “ Demy ” indicates size only,
and is not the name of a particular kind of back. A demy
back is one 16(4 inches in length.
Books for Beginner.
(929.) “ I would thank you for the names of books on
printing, such as would be useful for a beginner at the
trade. Also kindly let me know the address of the Book¬
seller.”
Answer. — Among our list of books — a catalogue of
which is being forwarded — the following are of especial
value to the beginner: “ Correct Composition,” “ Title
Pages,” and “ Modern Book Composition,” all by Theo¬
dore Low De Vinne; “ Design and Color Printing,” by F. J.
Trezise, and “ Vest Pocket Manual of Printing.” You
should also take the I. T. U. Course of Instruction, con¬
ducted by The Inland Printer Technical School. The Book¬
seller, Neivsdealer and Stationer is published from 156
Fifth avenue, New York city.
Zinc for Etching.
(940.) “ Please inform me where I can get zinc for
etching and making cuts, and cost of same? ”
Answer. — The Endes Manufacturing- Company, Ply¬
mouth, Massachusetts; Photoengravers Supply House, 212
East Second street, Cincinnati, Ohio; Ostrander-Seymour
Company, Chicago and New York; James M. Pittman
Company, 440 South Dearborn street, Chicago; American
Steel & Copper Plate Company, 610 Federal street, Chi¬
cago; Williams-Lloyd Machinery Company, 124 Federal
street, Chicago; National Steel & Copper Plate Company,
1123 West Lake street, Chicago; The F. Wesel Manufac¬
turing Company, Chicago. Zinc etching is now sold by the
square inch, the price running from (4 to % cent, depend¬
ing on the amount purchased.
THE SECRET OF SUCCESS.
The secret of success is not a secret. Nor is it some¬
thing hard to secure. To become more successful, become
more efficient.
Do what you can do, and what you should do for the
institution for which you are working; and do it in the
right way, and the size of your income will take care of
itself. Let your aim ever be to better the work you are
doing. But remember, always, that you can not better the
work you are doing without bettering yourself.
The thoughts that you think, the books and magazines
you read, the words that you speak and the deeds you per¬
form are making you either better or worse. Realize that
“ you are the master of your own fate, and the captain of
your own soul.” You can be what you will to be.
Keep watch of the men and women who are doing qual¬
ity work. “ Example is always more efficacious than pre¬
cept”; and if you analyze the work and methods of those
who are doing quality work you will receive inspiration
that will increase your efficiency. — Thomas Dreier.
920
THE INLAND PRINTER
Editors and publishers of newspapers desiring criticism or
notice of new features in their papers, rate-cards, procuring
of subscriptions and advertisements, carrier systems, etc., are
requested to send all letters, papers, etc., bearing on these
subjects, to O. F. Byxbee, 4727 Malden street, Chicago. If
criticism is desired, a specific request must be made by letter
or postal card.
Ad. -setting Contest No. 32.
The Inland Printer’s Ad.-setting Contest No. 32 was
announced last month. Judging from the way the speci¬
mens are coming in it will be one of the most successful
and interesting yet conducted. The ad. used for copy is a
small one, but there are great possibilities for the demon¬
stration of talent in the display, and there is sure to be a
large number of excellent arrangements. As every con¬
testant who enters the contest receives a full set of the
specimens submitted, and there are liable to be somewhere
between one and two hundred different arrangements of the
copy, those who take part will have an opportunity to gain
many new ideas. Look up The Inland Printer for August
and read the rules, then take your stick and rule and “ get
busy.” There is still plenty of time, as the contest does not
close until September 15. The return to the plan of allow¬
ing the compositors themselves to act as judges seems to
meet with popular approval. J. B. Miller, publisher of the
Bucklin (Kan.) Banner, writes: “ The system of letting
the printers judge suits me much better than a few indi¬
viduals, as there is less liability of being prejudiced by a
favorite type-face or border when the result is close, as in
the last contest. However, I am not kicking, as there would
have been but little difference had I made the selections.”
In this contest we will not only have the compositors act as
judges, but we will have expert opinions also, and we will
see how closely they agree. The plan of deciding the con¬
test on a system of points, based on the selections of the
compositors who set the ads., is fully described in the
August issue. This system usually results in a consensus
of opinion that demonstrates to the satisfaction of all
which are the best ads.
They Are Dead Ones.
A Missouri editor refuses to publish obituary notices of
people who while living failed to subscribe for his paper.
He says, “ People who do not take their home paper are
dead, anyway, and their mere passing away is of no news
value.”
Progress' Edition oftbeSfeaniboat Pilot.
Steamboat Springs, Colorado, has a population of only
two thousand people, but it is not too small to produce one
of the finest-appearing special issues received for many
months — the “ Progress Edition ” of the Steamboat Pilot.
There were thirty-six four-column pages — each column fif¬
teen ems wide, each page enclosed in a border of one-point
rule — and a three-color cover. The headings were boxed
with one-point rule and the type used for these and for all
of the ads. was of the Cheltenham family. The ads. were
uniform in style, the one-point rule being used throughout
for border and panels. The issue was nicely illustrated and
the advertising carried would indicate that it was a very
profitable venture. Interested editors should send a dime
to the publishers, Leckenby & Gee, for a copy of this issue.
Another “Progress Edition.”
The “ Progress Edition ” of the Marshall (Tex.) Mes¬
senger consisted of sixteen seven-column pages, divided
into four sections of four pages each. There was no dis¬
play advertising, but there was an abundance of illustrated
write-ups. The arrangement of cuts and headings, and the
presswork throughout deserve particular mention.
Editorial Bouquets.
The Tampa (Fla.) Tribune some time ago “took a shot”
at the Brooksville (Fla.) News, in the following words:
The Brooksville News is a little paper that comes to the Tribune’s
exchange table and which we regard as something of a curiosity. The
announcement appears at its masthead that it is issued monthly by the
Brooksville Board of Trade and that it is printed at Chicago by a printing
establishment of that city. The Tribune is inclined to think that this is
setting a very bad example and also throwing away good money on the
part of the Brooksville Board of Trade. How can the board appeal with
sincerity for home industries when it has its publicity work done at Chi¬
cago, ignoring the two papers printed in its own city. It can not be
claimed that the idea is to obtain a high class of work than the home
papers can do, because the Star and the Argus each “ lay it all over ” the
Chicago-printed sheet in appearance and contents. The News is far from
typographical beauty and has “ cheap ” written all over it. It spells
cypress “ Cyprus ” in a headline, which isn’t a good showing for the
accuracy of its long-distance editorship. Less money spent with the home
papers would bring Brooksville much more benefit than this doubtful
experiment. Besides, it is anything but a good advertisement for a town
to note, that it has its “ boost ” organ printed elsewhere. The home papers
are the institutions that carry the burden of “ boosting ” the town and
they certainly deserve the patronage of the people they are doing their
level best to benefit. The Board of Trade of Brooksville must be dominated
by a very peculiar set of men, with very peculiarly constituted ideas of
advertising their town when they spend the money of the organization in
such undesirable ventures as the Chicago-printed Brooksville News.
As a “ come back ” the editor of the News, after explain¬
ing why it was necessary to have the paper printed in a
large plant where a thirty-thousand circulation could be
handled expeditiously, has this to say on the matter of typo¬
graphical errors:
The Neivs is inclined to be grateful to the Tribune for calling attention
to a lone typographical error, which is found in a News headline. As one
swallow does not make spring, so one typographical error does not make a
“ cheap ” paper, especially when it can be stated, truthfully, that the
headlines of the News are supplied in Chicago after the balance of the
paper is made up, and on very short notice.
If one typographical error in the News constitutes “ cheapness,” what
must be said of the Tribune which, in criticizing the error of the News,
itself commits both a typographical and a “ grammatical ” error on the
same word, when it says: “It can not be claimed that the idea is to
obtain a ‘ high ’ class of work than the home papers,” etc.
The Tribune was, on Sunday, June 18, a still greater offender when it
printed, upside down, on its first page, a cut representing Madero, Jr., and
his cohorts entering the city of Mexico. The slip-up on the part of the
make-up man was excusable, however, as he probably took it for a cut
which should represent the havoc caused by the earthquake which preceded
Madero.
Typographical errors, however, are so common in almost all newspapers
that those mentioned herein will not in the least militate against the use¬
fulness of the splendid Tampa Tribune or curtail the circulation of the
News.
One newspaper (Star), which attempted to enlarge on the Tribune’s
criticism of the News fell down awfully, for in a half-column article it
made eight typographical errors, including the orthography of cypress, which
it spelled “ sypress.”
The same paper misquoted the News when it said “ isolated from civi¬
lization,” whereas the News had it “ isolated from the balance of civiliza¬
tion.”
The juggling with the spelling of a proper name, indulged in by the
writer of the errorful article, is an ancient pastime, and, as criticism, is
considered irrelevant, incompetent, and altogether vain and evanescent.
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Three-color half-tone from a lithographic print, by permission of the artist.
Engraved and printed by The Henry O. Shepard Company, Chicago.
THE WORK OF G. DOLA, PARIS.
THE INLAND PRINTER
921
Rate-cards for a Daily and a Weekly.
Two requests for rate-cards were received this month,
one for a daily and the other for a weekly. The first comes
from the Alpena (Mich.) News, Thomas J. Ferguson, the
vice-president of the Alpena News Publishing Company,
writing as follows:
“ We are rearranging our advertising rates, basing the
new rates on actual circulation. What, in your opinion, is
the average rate per 1,000 circulation for country dailies of
from 2,000 to 4,000? Any information you can give us on
this line will be greatly appreciated.”
Answer. — It is not feasible to make a rate per 1,000
circulation, as a paper with 1,000 circulation can command
a much higher rate proportionately than a paper with 2,000
to 4,000, particularly if the 1,000 circulation means that a
paper is covering its field, or nearly so. A rate might be
figured out for 1,000 circulation, with a certain percentage
of advance for each additional 1,000, but local conditions,
prices of labor, etc., vary so widely that even such a rate
would be found to apply to only a limited number of cases.
A daily with from 2,000 to 3,000 circulation should com¬
mand in the neighborhood of 75 cents per inch for one
inch one time, gradually grading this down to about 10
cents per inch for a column daily per year. On this basis
the card for a seven-column paper, when carefully graded,
would read as follows :
1
time
2
times
3
times
1
week
2
weeks
1
month
3
months
6
months
1
year
1 inch . . .
SO. 75
$ 1.35
« 1.95
$ 3.65
S 6.30
S 11.50
S 26.00
$ 43.00
S 71.00
2 inches . .
1.35
2.55
3.65
6.30
10.75
19.50
43.00
71.00
120 00
3 inches . .
1.95
3.65
5.10
8.60
14.75
26.00
58.00
96.00
160.00
4 inches . . .
2.55
4.60
6.30
10.75
18.50
32.00
71.00
120.00
190.00
5 inches. .
3.15
5.55
7.45
12.75
21.50
38.00
84.00
140.00
225 00
6 inches. .
3.65
6.30
8.60
14.75
24.50
43 00
96.00
160.00
255.00
8 inches..
4.60
7.85
10.75
18.50
31.00
53.00
120.00
190.00
315.00
10 inches. .
5.55
9.35
12.75
21.50
35.50
63.00
140.00
225.00
365.00
10 j inches. .
5.85
9.90
13.50
22.75
37.00
66.00
145.00
235.00
385.00
21 5 inches. . .
9.90
16.75
22.75
37.00
63.00
110,00
235.00
385.00
630.00
Many advertisers demand open-space contracts, which
allow them to use a certain number of inches within a year
at such times and in such quantities as they desire. In
such cases the price per inch should be slightly higher, and
there should be no difficulty in securing the following:
50 inches and less than 100 inches . $0.38
100 inches and less than 250 inches . 32
250 inches and less than 500 inches . 25
500 inches and less than 1,000 inches . 20
1,000 inches and over . 17
For a daily of 3,000 to 5,000 circulation this card would
apply:
1
time
2
times
3
times
1
week
2
weeks
1
month
3
months
6
months
1
year
1 inch .
$ 1.00
$ 1.80
3 2.60
$ 4.85
$ 8.40
$ 15.50
3 35.00
$ 56.00
$ 93.00
2 inches...
1.80
3.40
4.85
8.40
14.50
26.00
56.00
93.00
145.00
3 inches . .
2.60
4.85
6.75
11.50
19.50
35.00
77.00
120.00
195.00
4 inches . . .
3.40
6.10
8.40
14.50
24.50
43.00
93.00
145.00
235.00
5 inches...
4.20
7.40
9.95
17.00
29.00
50.00
105.00
170.00
270.00
6 inches...
4.85
8.40
11.50
19.50
33.00
56.00
120.00
195.00
310.00
8 inches . . .
6.10
10.50
14.50
24.50
40.00
70.00
145.00
235.00
385.00
10 inches...
7.40
12.50
17.00
29.00
47.00
83.00
170.00
270.00
445.00
10 j inches. . .
7.80
13.25
18.00
30.00
49.00
86.00
180.00
285,00
465.00
21) inches. . .
13.25
22.50
30.00
49.00
82.00
135.00
285.00
465.00
760.00
Open-space contracts :
50 inches and less than 100 inches . $0.50
100 inches and less than 250 inches . 42
250 inches and less than 500 inches . 32
500 inches and less than 1,000 inches . 25
1,000 inches and over . 20
The second request comes from the Delaware County
Advocate, Chester, Pennsylvania:
“We have seen mention of rate-cards several times in
your department of The Inland Printer, and should like
to know if you can furnish us with one suitable to our
needs. We publish a weekly paper with a circulation of a
little less than a thousand, in a good rural community, and
should like to get an idea of just what a fair rate ought to
be for advertising.”
Answer. — You state that your circulation is a little less
than 1,000. If you can get it over the 1,000 mark you will
be entitled to a better rate than if it is a little under. A
great many “ foreign ” advertisers do not use papers of
less than 1,000, and in order to be considered at all by these
you should get into the “ thousand class.” Perhaps by a
little extra effort you can get over the mark, and this would
be a good excuse to increase rates on local advertising. For
a seven-column weekly of from 1,000 to 1,200 circulation
the rate should be about as follows:
1
week
2
weeks
3
weeks
1
month
3
months
G
months
1
year
1 inch .
$0.30
SO. 55
$0.80
$1.00
S 2.65
$ 4.60
$ 7.65
2 inches .
.55
1.00
1.45
1.85
4.60
7.65
12.75
3 inches .
.80
1.45
2.00
2.50
6.15
10.25
17.00
4 inches .
1.00
1.85
2.50
3.10
7.65
12.75
21.00
5 inches .
1.25
2.20
2.95
3.70
8.95
14,75
25.00
6 inches .
1.45
2 50
3.40
4.30
10.25
17.00
28.00
8 inches .
1.85
3.10
4.30
5.30
12.75
21.00
35.00
10 inches .
2.20
3.70
5.05
6.25
14.75
25.00
41,00
lOf inches .
2.30
3.95
5.35
6 60
15 75
26.00
43.00
2]j inches .
3.95
6.60
8.90
11.00
26 00
43.00
70.00
For open-space contracts the following prices should be
used :
50 inches and less than 100 inches . $0.15
100 inches and less than 250 inches . 12%
250 inches and less than 500 inches . 10
500 inches and less than 1,000 inches . 08
1,000 inches and over . 06%
Halo “Slantin’ Down Over His Ear.’’
Arthur Stringer, at one time engaged in editorial work
in New York city, but who is a native of Canada, and now
residing there, has written a volume of “ Irish Poems,”
which is sure to be well received by the public. Mr.
Stringer has written a number of books of poems, and is
the author of several novels. In his new book, which is
issued by Mitchell Kennerley, there are many charming
character sketches of sons of the “ ould sod,” among which
is the following:
OULD DOCTO’ MA’GINN,
The ould doctor had only wan failin’,
It stayed with him, faith, till he died ;
And that was the habit av wearin’
His darby a thrifle wan sidel
And twenty times daily ’twas straightened.
But, try as he would, for a year,
Not thinkin’, he’d give it a teether
A thrifle down over wan ear !
It sat him lopsided and aisy ;
It throubled his kith and his kin —
But, och ! 'twas the only thing crooked
About our ould Doctor Ma’Ginn 1
And now that he’s gone to his glory —
Excuse me, a bit av a tear —
Here’s twenty to wan that his halo
Is slantin’ down over his ear 1
“ Greater Winona Edition.’’
Local pride is a large factor in making a special edi¬
tion a success, and this was used to good advantage by
the Winona (Minn.) Republican-Herald in publishing its
“ Greater Winona Edition.” The Republican-Herald is a
seven-column, eight-page paper, and the regular paper was
issued as usual with the special as a supplement. The sup¬
plement consisted of fifty-six four-column pages and cover.
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and contained some of the very best letter-press printing
and half-tones. Many of the half-tones were most artis¬
tically grouped, and the whole formed an issue of which the
publishers may be justly proud.
should be reversed, so that the most important articles will be at the top.
This arrangement does not apply to short items of two to six lines without
heads, as frequently the two-line item is just as important as the longer
one. Aside from this, the first page, as well as the balance of the paper,
is commendable.
Friday Specials! H. C. PRANGE CO. Friday Specials! |
emi-Annual ffWorkmgmen’SftSak
Begins Friday, August 11, and Ends Saturday, Aug. 19
»^^1 EIGHT DAYS OF MARVELOUS BARGAIN-GIVING
PAGE ADS. IN THE “ DEMOCRAT,” SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN.
Suggestion for Papers in German Communities.
One of the advertisers in the Sheboygan (Wis.) Demo¬
crat — the H. C. Prange Company — has hit upon a novel
and practical idea to insure the reading of its advertising.
It uses two full pages opposite each other, the two ads.
being duplicates except that one is printed in German and
the other in English. Two of these pages from a recent
issue are reproduced. Sheboygan has a large German popu¬
lation, many of whom can not read English, but who are
anxious to learn. These men sit on their doorsteps every
evening and study these ads. from start to finish. Interest
is added to this particular ad. by the suggestion, “ Pick out
your factory.” The Prange company also has these ads.
printed as circulars and distributes them where the news¬
paper does not reach. Papers in German communities
should try this plan on some of their big advertisers.
Filling a First-page Gap.
In the southeast corner of the first page of a country
weekly, under the heading, “ Important Item,” appears
this: “Mr. Darby lacked just this much of filling front
page this week, so we’re doing it for him. — The Office
Devil.”
Norfolk Weeklies Merged.
At Norfolk, Virginia, the Princess Anne News has been
taken over by and merged with the Virginia Beach and
Princess Anne Review. The two papers had been covering
the same field. The Review is published by Jesse R. Gill-
more and ably edited by W. H. Frenger.
Newspaper Criticisms.
The following papers were received, together with
requests for criticism, and brief suggestions are made for
their improvement:
Winchester (Ky.) Democrat. — The grading of local headed articles on the
first page, putting the shortest first, is not a good arrangement. The order
Cass County Democrat, Harrisonville, Missouri. — Considered from a news
standpoint there are very few papers that even equal the Democrat — it is
literally packed full of local news and correspondence. When the Democrat
was last criticized, in April, attention was directed to the fact that uniform
CASS COURT DEMOCRAT. RAKRASONVLLIJL CASS COUNTY MISSOURI. THURSDAY. JULY 17, 1111
EFFECT OF UNIFORM HEADINGS.
headings on the correspondence would be an improvement, and the change
was promptly made. One of the correspondence pages is shown herewith.
Another commendable feature about the Democrat is its editorial page.
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923
made up of interesting comment on local and state happenings. The ads.,
particularly the larger ones, are set in good taste. More prominent head¬
ings should be used over the most important articles on the first page.
Hamburg (Iowa) Republican. — Your first page is a good one and is one
of the best arrangements of a ten-point page that I have seen. Ad. display
is good and make-up is commendable, aside from the mixing of eight-
point plate matter with ten-point t}'pe ; this should be avoided as much as
possible.
Jeffersonville (Ind.) Reflector. — Your Flag Day issue was, as usual,
very neatly arranged, and there is only one criticism necessary — the second
part of your double-column heading should have been set in caps, and lower¬
case. The arrangement of flags and shields, printed in red and blue, was
very cleverly done and the register is perfect.
Robinson (Ill.) Argus. — Your paper shows commendable care all
through in its make-up. The ad. display is good and the careful placing of
headings and justification of columns is particularly noticeable. There is
REMARKABLE HOME OF A GREAT NEWSPAPER.
The new building in which the Kansas City Star is
edited and printed was designed and built with a view of*
having it the most complete and worthy print-shop ever set
up. For this reason The Inland Printer is pleased to be
able to present to its readers a short sketch of some of the
principal features of this great newspaper office.
The lot upon which the building stands is 250 feet
square in the center of a block. One end of the lot is on
McGee street and the other on Grand avenue. It is really
two buildings divided by spacious hallways, the west build¬
ing, with a frontage of 112 feet on Grand avenue, contain¬
ing the business offices, editorial rooms and library, and
THE KANSAS CITY
a slight variation in color which should be overcome. There is no question
of the superiority of your specimen of job work over that of the other sam¬
ple enclosed.
Criticism of Ad. Display.
Among the ads. received last month are the following
upon which criticism is requested:
W. K. Whiteside, Schaller (Iowa) Herald. — Your double-page ad. is well
balanced, and, as you say, is a good piece of work for an office in a town
of seven hundred. In laying out an ad. of this kind, you should arrange
to have equal space all around inside the border rule. “ Lemkes ” was a
little large ; it should not have been any more prominent than “ Great
July Clearing Sale.”
H. F. Miles, Wray (Colo.) Gazette. — Both of your full-page ads. are
commendable. In that of the Sisson Clothing Company the monotony would
have been relieved if you had put the matter in the center column in a
panel. The display at the top of the ad. of Otto Fliesbach’s Department
Store was hardly large enough for the body type. In E. W. Eatinger’s ad.
the initial was slightly too ornamental to be artistic. The Gazette’s first-
page arrangement is good.
SOME JOQUE.
Last week the local postoffice received a letter from a
Northern lady asking for copies of the town papers, as she
desired to get in communication with a bank of the town,
and also with a real-estate firm.
The office forwarded copies of the current issues as
requested, but neither one contained a bank notice nor the
advertisement of a single real-estate firm. — Pecos Valley
News.
STAR ” BUILDING.
the east building, with a frontage of 121 % feet on McGee
street, containing the print-shop.
The whole building fronts south on a paved courtyard
60 feet wide that runs through the block from Grand ave¬
nue to McGee street. North of the building is another
paved yard running through the block, 36 feet wide, and
beyond that yard is a low building containing a garage and
machine-shop.
There is a basement and a subbasement under the whole
building, and the total floor-space amounts to almost three
acres.
Jarvis Hunt, of Chicago, designed the building. The
style is Italian Renaissance, three stories high, with broad
eaves and a red-tiled roof; a square water-tower rises
from the middle to the height of one hundred feet. The
construction is the strongest possible — steel and concrete,
faced with tapestry brick.
All the work of the business office is done in one large
room 108 feet square, which is entered directly from the
south courtyai'd. Inside the door is a wide lobby with a
counter at its north side, which extends across the room
from east to west, and behind this counter are the desks
of the advertising manager, solicitors, circulator and the
army of clerks employed by them.
Above this room, on the second floor, is the editorial room,
also 108 feet square, without a partition wall in it. In this
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large room are the desks of the owner, business manager,
and all the editors and news writers. In this large room are
grouped all the workers who get out the news and editorial
end of the paper.
There is not a private office in the whole building. Any
person is free to walk in from the street and talk with any
one on the paper from its owner to the office-boy. The city
editor and his assistants sit in the center of this room, the
telegraph editor and his assistants are at his right; in a
group close by are the desks of the reporters; at a right
angle of desks outside of this group sit the editorial writers
and the market men ; at another right angle of desks partly
enclosing the central group of news men are the sport
writers; close by is the “morgue” with its thousands of
clippings in envelopes covering every imaginable subject
of news or general interest and with its corps of readers
who scan the principal periodicals of the world and save
that which may be wanted later; at another corner of the
central group are the exchange editors and the Sunday
editors, and in another corner are the artists. This arrange¬
ment has resulted in an interchange of ideas and an esprit
de corps that have proven invaluable.
This large room is lighted with a row of windows
around its four sides, and, in addition, there is a large sky¬
light in the center of the room directly above the city editor
and reporters. On the darkest day it is never necessary
to light an electric lamp. The worker in the majority of
newspaper offices will appreciate this.
Above this room is another of the same size, except for
the space in the center taken by the skylight. This room is
used exclusively as a reference library for the editorial
workers. It contains thousands of books of reference and
statistics upon all subjects which have been gathered in the
thirty years of the Star’s life.
The fashion and society editors are the only ones who
“ herd ” by themselves. Having to deal mainly with lady-
folk they are in a room on the first floor, easy of access
from the street.
The pressroom is in the east building. It is 117 feet one
way and 115 the other, and two stories high. In it are the
engines and dynamos and the six huge sextuple Goss per¬
fecting presses which they run. This press plant could be
doubled and yet there would be plenty of room. Over the
pressroom, between it and the composing-room, is the mail¬
ing and distribution room, where the circulation of the
Star, 350,000 daily and 275,000 weekly, is attended to.
Above this are the composing and stereotyping rooms.
It is thirty-two feet from the floor to the roof of these
rooms, with ventilating and lighting skylights in the roof
and windows all around. Plenty of room, plenty of natu¬
ral light and plenty of fresh air were the things planned
for in the building of these rooms. The floors, walls and
roof are of concrete, and in the hottest day the composing-
room with its thirty-two Linotypes is as cool as any other
room. Special flues suck the heat from the melting-pots of
the stereotyping-room.
The basements and subbasements are used for the
storage of paper as it is delivered from the Star’s own
paper mill, a little more than a mile away in the factory and
railway-switch district on the low river lands. For eight
years the Star has manufactured nearly all of its own paper
at a profit. It uses now sixty-five tons of paper each day —
eighteen hundred tons a month. The capacity of the mill
is fifteen hundred tons; the remainder is bought from out¬
side mills.
Room, light, air and safety were the four principal
things aimed at in the planning of the new building of the
Star. The departments could be doubled without crowding
the available space.
Here are some facts of interest about the Star and its
new home :
Fifty-four motors and ten hydraulic lifts are in opera¬
tion.
The ink bill is $30,000 a year.
Six hundred and fifty persons are employed in the
building and another hundred in the paper mill.
The paper mill uses one-half million gallons of water
each twenty-four hours; the machines run continuously
throughout the six days of the week, stopping only on Sun¬
day for rest and repairs.
The paper is made from spruce pulp, imported from
Canada, Sweden and Germany.
The Star prints a morning and evening edition, with a
separate corps of editors, reporters and mechanics for
each. Thirteen copies of the paper — a morning, evening
and Sunday edition — are delivered to subscribers for 10
cents a week.
The Star has more regular subscribers within the city
than there are houses in Kansas City.
SEE THAT HUMP ?
“THROW AWAY YOUR LEAD AND RULE CUTTER.”
So remarked an old and successful printer to a begin¬
ner. He argued that labor-saving outfits of rules, leads
and slugs render these cutters unnecessary and prevent
much waste of time and material caused by all the hands
in the shop chopping up material, no two, as a general rule,
measuring exactly alike. And the veteran was right.
There may be offices, especially newspaper offices, where
bastard measures will occur. In such offices one, and only
one man, should use the lead and rule cutter and he a care¬
ful man, who should be held responsible for unnecessary
waste of time and material. — Eugene St. John.
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925
Hamburg, Germany — Dr. Hugh Pitcairn, president of
the Altoona (Pa.) Tribune Company. He had been the
American consul-general at Hamburg for eleven years, his
last term closing in 1908.
W. A. Waugh.
At Broken Hill, Australia, on February 11, 1911, W. A.
Waugh, general and commercial printer. Mr. Waugh was
born in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland, where he served
his apprenticeship as a printer. He woi’ked successively in
Edinburgh and Glasgow, later managing a newspaper at
Interleithen. In 1881 he emigrated to Australia with one
of his brothers. He was employed for a number of years
with Carey & Page, in Adelaide, then one of the leading
job-offices. In 1886 Mr. Waugh went to Broken Hill. He
was the first foreman of the Silver Age newspaper, and
left that position to go into business for himself. Mr.
Waugh was an enthusiastic Caledonian, and loved the cus¬
toms and traditions of his native land as true sons of
Scotia always do. He took a deep interest in the volunteer
THE LATE W. A. WAUGH,
Broken Hill, Australia.
movement and in literary societies in Scotland, and in
Australia he associated himself with kindred pursuits. He
was captain and secretary of the Broken Hill Rifle Club for
a number of years and one of the founders of the Broken
Hill Caledonian Society, of which organization he was the
second chief. Mr. Waugh was an active worker in the
interests of the labor party, and for three years was aider-
man in the municipal council in that interest. He was
fifty-five years old, and leaves a widow and five children.
Mr. Charles Laycock, manager of the Waugh estate, writes
that Mr. Waugh was an ardent admirer and supporter of
The Inland Printer, and strongly urged evei-y printer
with whom he came in contact to become a subscriber. He
thoroughly believed in the journal as an educational factor,
while the appointments of his office spoke volumes as to
the efficiency of the magazine from an advertising point.
Sir Henry Bemrose.
The death of Sir Henry Bemrose, of Bemrose & Sons,
Derby, England, on May 11, 1911, removed one of the best
known figures in the printing industries of Great Britain.
He was the eldest son of the late Mr. William Bemrose, the
SIR HENRY BEMROSE.
Photo by W. W. Winter, Derby, England.
founder ofc.the great house of Bemrose at Derby. He and
his younger; brother, the late Mr. William Henry Bemrose,
came into the business on the retirement of his father in
1858, assuming the present title of Bemrose & Sons. That
the business thus established in a small way has grown to
be one of the most extensive of the day is a matter of gen¬
eral knowledge. Some years ago the firm was incorporated
as a limited company, with Sir Henry Bemrose as chair¬
man of directors.
As the head of the Bemrose business, Sir Henry was a
powerful factor in trade movements. He was connected
with other businesses, being also a director of Linotype
& Machinery, Limited, and chairman of the Printing
Machinery Company, Limited.
The pursuit of good literature was with him at once a
hobby and a passion, and he accumulated a library of the
greatest value and interest.
The town of Derby found in him one of its most active
workers; he was for long a member of the council and
twice acted as mayor.
Only recently Sir Henry was awarded the freedom of
the city of Derby at the hands of his son, Dr. Arnold Bem¬
rose, the mayor of Derby.
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THE INLAND PRINTER
Frank Miles Walker.
Frank Miles Walker, who died Sunday, July 17, at
Dallas, was a well-known Texas printer, having held execu¬
tive positions with various large printing establishments in
that State. At the time of his death he was in the employ
of the Dorsey Printing Company. He was a resident of
Galveston during the flood, and appeared on the streets the
following morning dressed in a borrowed suit of clothes.
It is related that on meeting a bareheaded friend, who was
looking for the body of his wife, Mr. Walker gave him his
hat. The deceased was a member of the Ben Franklin
Club of Dallas and of the Dallas Advertising League. He
was fifty-four years old.
C. V. While.
C. V. White, head of the White Advertising Bureau, and
one of Seattle’s brilliant young business men, died on July
27 at the General Hospital in that city, at the age of thirty-
four. Before the last moments came, he called in all of
his employees and bade them a cheerful farewell. Then
C. V. WHITE.
reciting to his parents his favorite poetic work, the beauti¬
ful “ Thanatopsis,” with a smile on his lips he passed into
the great beyond.
Mr. White was one of the leading spirits in the organ¬
ization of the Seattle Master Printers’ Association and
served as president of that body for two years. He was an
active and highly effective member of the industrial bureau
of the Chamber of Commerce, and also held membership in
the Commercial Club and Manufacturers’ Association. He
was a member of the Pacific Coast Printers’ Cost Commis¬
sion, and one of the fifteen members of the International
Commission, being a pioneer in the cost-finding movement.
As the founder of the White Advertising Bureau, he had
gained for himself and for his company an enviable reputa¬
tion for enterprise, integrity and honorable business deal¬
ing. In social and fraternal organizations he was a leader,
and had had many honors conferred upon him. He was a
charter member of the Seattle Press Club, and of the
Seattle Publicity Club; a Thirty-second Degree Mason,
first lieutenant-commander of Washington Council of
Kadosh No. 1, Scottish Rite Masons; a member of the
Shrine, holding the chair of alchemist in Nile Temple, and
had held the office of orator in Washington Lodge of Per¬
fection No. 1, Scottish Rite Masons. He was also a member
of the Seattle Lodge of Elks, and of several other fraternal
organizations.
In tribute to Mr. White’s memory, the printing estab¬
lishments of Seattle closed on the Saturday afternoon pre¬
ceding the funeral. _
A. J. Izzard, former sales manager, who has been with
the firm for several years, has been made general manager
of the White Advertising Bureau, Incorporated, the posi¬
tion formerly occupied by Mr. White.
James Harper.
James Harper, son of Philip Harper, one of the Harper
brothers who took control of the publishing business
founded by their father at New York, died at Montclair,
New Jersey, on July 26. He retired from active connec¬
tion with the well-known publishing house several years
ago, but continued to reside in New York. He had been
spending a few weeks with his family at Montclair, and
was suddenly attacked with heart failure. The deceased
was the grandson of James Harper, a former mayor of New
York city. He was sixty-five years old.
Mark W. Moore.
At Washington, D. C., on Monday, July 24, Mark W.
Moore, Jr., assistant manager of the Law Reporter Print¬
ing Company, died suddenly from internal hemorrhage.
Mr. Moore had achieved considerable prominence among
the younger business men of the city and had a most prom¬
ising future. He was a member of the Chamber of Com¬
merce, the Commerce Club, Printers’ Art League, Knights
of Pythias, was treasurer of the Chancellors’ Club of the
Knights of Pythias, and president of the Commercial Duck-
pin League. Mr. Moore was only thirty years old and had
spent all of his life in Washington. He leaves a wife —
Mrs. Hattie H. Moore — and two young children.
Col. Adam Clark.
Col. Adam Clark, the oldest newspaper man in Arkan¬
sas and a veteran of the Civil War, died recently at Arka-
delphia at the age of seventy-seven. In 1868, with J. W.
Gaulding, he founded the Southern Standard at Arkadel-
phia, and was at its head until the time of his death. He
purchased the Ouachita (Ark.) Herald in 1856, which he
conducted until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he
joined the Memphis Appeal Battery under command of
Captain Scott, and served during the entire conflict. Colonel
Clark also was the oldest Odd Fellow in the State, being
past grand master of the Independent Order of Odd Fel¬
lows of Arkansas.
Edwin A. Abbey.
Edwin A. Abbey, illustrator and great mural decorator,
died at his home in London, August 1. The body was cre¬
mated August 3, and the ashes buried at Kingsbury Old
Church, near Willesden, England. American Ambassador
Reid and a number of other Americans were present. Mr.
Reid sent a wreath on behalf of the artist’s native land.
Mr. Abbey was born in Philadelphia in 1852. He had made
his home in England since 1878. Some of his most notable
works are a series of large decorative panels in the Boston
public library, entitled “ The Quest of the Holy Grail.”
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These mural paintings have great historical illustrative
value, and are of extraordinary brilliance and impressive¬
ness as works of art. Mr. Abbey was unexcelled by any
living painter in rendering medieval subjects.
John Rosicky.
A memorial volume containing articles from various
newspapers regarding his life and work, letters, telegrams,
and resolutions of sympathy, as well as tributes from his
friends, has been published in honor of the late John
Rosicky, who died on April 2, 1910, at Omaha, Nebraska.
Mr. Rosicky was president of the National Printing
Company, Omaha, which concern also conducts the Bohe-
mian-American Newspaper Union. No other man of Bohe¬
mian nationality .inj the' Western States, possibly with the
exception of Edward Rosewater, was better known or more
beloved than Mr. Rosicky". _~He was one of Nebraska’s most
progressive citizens, and, the handsome memorial volume
gives a glimpse of the great loss sustained in his death.
James Monroe Kreiter.
James Monroe Kreiter, -the first Public Printer of the
Canal Zone, died at his home in Washington, D. C., on
August 6. Mr. Kreiter. was -born in Harrisburg, Pennsyl¬
vania. He learned the- printing trade at the Patriot office,
in that city. Afterward, he became foreman of the Harris¬
burg Independent, later -going .back to the Patriot as super¬
intendent of the composing-room. For several years he was
foreman of the. Legislative Record, and at times had held
positions in all of the Harrisburg offices.. Mr. Kreiter had
also become well known as a writer for newspapers and
was a contributor to the columns of The Inland Printer.
A most interesting article on “ The Panama Canal, and
Life in the Canal Zone,” written by Mr. Kreiter, appears in
the official souvenir of the fifty-seventh annual convention
of the International Typographical Union, just held at San
Francisco. At one time he was publisher and editor of the
Harrisburg Sunday News. He was an exceptionally fine
printer, having a thorough knowledge of all branches of the
art, and when the Government decided to establish a print¬
ing plant in Panama, he was selected to take charge of it,
he being at that time an employee of the Government Print¬
ing Office. He was called home a short time ago on account
of the illness of his wife, who died in Washington. His own
health had been declining, and he decided to remain in
Washington in the hope that his usual vigor might be
regained, after which his purpose was to return to the
Isthmus. Mr. Kreiter was fifty-five years old.
AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURING
PAPER.
If the patent applied for upon an invention made by
Superintendent L. N. McIntyre, of the Island Paper Com¬
pany, of Carthage, New York, is granted, the process of
making paper may be revolutionized. The invention con¬
sists of a new method of introducing pulp stock into the
machine, and does away with the pulp screens now in regu¬
lar use in all paper mills. In answer to his application for
a patent Superintendent McIntyre has received word from
the Patent Office that no patent has ever been granted upon
a similar idea. It is claimed that the new process eliminates
seventy per cent of the breaks on the paper machine, and
that the new system will run paper within the regulation
weight at all times. Lumps and foreign particles are done
away with, eliminating delays from shutdowns because of
breaking on the rolls; in fact, the machine will not have to
be shut down at all unless the machine breaks.
Superintendent McIntyre has been perfecting his
method for a year and a half, and calls it “An Improved
System of the Manufacture of Paper.” The inventor is a
practical paper manufacturer and has worked in mills for
many years. — The Paper Mill.
ANOTHER PRINTERLESS “PEN.”
There was -some time ago an article printed in the papers
to the effect that there was not a printer in the Virginia
penitentiary. Mr. E. J. Proctor, foreman of the Common¬
wealth, of Scotland Neck, seeing the article was curious
to know if there were any of the craft in the North Caro¬
lina State prison, and he addressed a letter to T. W. Fen¬
ner, chief clerk of the prison, and asked him to investigate
and inform him if any of the boys had gone to the bad and
landed there. A few days ago Mr. Proctor received the
following reply from Mr. Fenner: ,
“ Yours of the 15th received. I am glad to write you
that there is not a printer in the State prison. I know one,
however, that ought to be in there.”
, Mr. Proctor says he is at a loss to know who Mr. Fenner
refers to unless it is himself, the chief clerk being well
acquainted with him, but he says if he “ ought to be in
there ” he has so far escaped the punishment. Any way,
the records show that the North Carolina printers are good,
as well as those of Virginia, and another thing, there are
lots of North Carolina printers in the Old Dominion. —
Raleigh (N. C.) Times.
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Questions pertaining to proofreading are solicited and will
be promptly answered in this department. Replies can not be
made by mail.
A Disputed Plural.
H. E. G., Wichita, Kansas, sends a marked clipping', and
says: “ With reference to enclosed excerpt from a maga¬
zine, I contend that in the two instances indicated the
singular verb should have been used.”
Answer. — The excerpt is evidently from an article
describing the provisions for feeding a large number of
people, and in the marked instances it is said that “ Gravy
is served three times a day, and for each meal forty-five
gallons are made,” and “ Sixty-five pounds of butter are
required for one meal. It is served, however*, at breakfast
only.” Our correspondent’s argument is summed up in
marginal remarks, “ Gravy is made, is served,” and “ But¬
ter is required.” Such is the logic of the case, but some
people imagine that grammar demands a plural verb to
agree with gallons and pounds. I am not one of these
people. I consider the grammatical nominatives to be
gravy and butter, not gallons and pounds, and the logical
nominatives to be gallons of gravy and pounds of butter.
Such a quantity of gravy and of butter, not a number of
individual gallons and pounds. In other words, I find no
ground of contention, but only of agreement. What our
correspondent contends is right, and what is printed in the
clipping is wrong.
Dates.
H. S., Cairo, Egypt, sends us this interesting letter:
“A question recently arose as to the printing of dates,
and it has struck me that the question might be of suffi¬
cient interest for discussion in your proofreaders’ forum,
wherein I have in the past gleaned many useful facts.
Ever since I can remember — probably owing to an early
newspaper training — I have been accustomed to writing
dates thus: June 12, 1911. Recently in reading a proof I
came across a date written ‘ 18th April, 1911,’ and, in
accordance with custom, I changed it as above, that is, the
month, day, and year. The row which supervened gave me
to think somewhat, and I went into the matter, with the
result that I am still wondering which is right. Probably
ninety-nine out of every hundred newspapers print the date
thus: June 12, 1911, but this is illogical, if we are allowed
to judge by the fact that, should we wish to further econo¬
mize either time in writing or space in printing, we do not
observe this order of the month, day, and year, but write
12, 6, 1911, which is more logical in giving the day, month,
and year. Probably ‘ 12 June, 1911,’ is logically correct,
though one rarely sees it. Some people go to the trouble of
writing ‘ the 12th of June, 1911,’ but, as life is short, many
reduced it to ‘ 12th June, 1911.’ This is all right if we
remember that certain words are understood; otherwise
we find ourselves saying ‘ twelfth June,’ when in reality it
is the 1911th — since the beginning of the Gregorian cal¬
endar at any rate. Can you tell me if there is any special
reason why so many newspapers print the dates as they
do? One would think that, especially on daily papers,
where the day is of first importance, it should be printed
first, particularly as logic would all appear to dictate such
a course. I watch eagerly month by month for your arti¬
cles, and would add a word of appreciation for the untiring
efforts you are making to introduce some sort of unifoi*m-
ity into the present chaos. It is a great pity there is no
means of codifying the best typographical practices; but
even then there is always the danger that the best-laid
schemes would be ruined by the unreasoning obstinacy in
using the wrong forms which every proofreader meets, and
deplores, but can not alter.”
Answer. — I should like to be able to confirm the logic
of a friend who writes from a place so far away, but can
not do so, for the simple reason that all my own experience
and thought leads to an opposite conclusion. Not only is it
true that so many newspapers print June 12, 1911, but I
have seen such forms and used them so much that no other
form seems so logical to me. “ The twelfth day of June,
1911,” is certainly the full meaning expressed logically and
grammatically, but it is too long for use, and the form
giving month, day, and year is almost universally used.
Demonstration of illogicality in that form would probably
not avail to reform usage, were it demonstrable, which I
do not think it is. This form is so prevalent in use that, in
reducing dates to numbers only, the same order is pre¬
served. Ninety-nine out of every hundred, or more, accord¬
ing to my observation, write 6, 12, 1911, instead of 12, 6,
1911, and the date as chosen by our corespondent would
mean to most people December 6, not June 12. Such dates
are printed in various ways, and there is no choice among
them as being more logical than any other, except that
there is one that is almost sure to be misunderstood.
Strangely, the one selected as most logical by our corre¬
spondent is the one least used and the only ambiguous one,
although the ambiguity would disappear from any date
later than the twelfth day. I happened to see a quotation
yesterday which applies here, though of course it was writ¬
ten for a different and broader application. It was from a
book on “ Modern Philosophy,” and was as follows : “ It
is not so easy to cancel all our preconceived beliefs as it is
to burn one’s own house down.” Of course, it is not easy
for any one to discard a form of expression that one has
always used and adopt another in its place. Many occa¬
sions for this will arise for almost every one, and for one
person who makes a change with ease there are innumei’a-
ble othei*s who simply can not change. This is especially
true of mispronunciations. Notwithstanding the fact that
the woi'ds inquiry and address are each spoken propei’ly
only with accent on the second syllable, many people per¬
sistently accent the first syllable, and similar mistakes are
frequent. I have long known of differences in writing
dates, but have never doubted the cori*ectness of the com¬
monest form, June 12, 1911. I have had the impi*ession
that the “Encyclopaedia Britannica” gave all dates in a way
that seems absurd to me, but find now that not all of them
ai*e so pi-inted therein. The volume I happened to open
says that the French painter Decamps was boi*n in Paris
on the 3d March 1803, and that the botanist De Candolle
was boirn February 4, 1778, and died on the 9th September
1841 at Turin. “ On the 28th of August 1609 Heni’y Hud¬
son sailed into the Delaware Bay,” is another foi*m noted,
and another man is said to have been boi*n “ at Geneva on
the 9th October 1801.” The form with the day first and
without commas is most fi'equent in the book, but the one
in most general use elsewhei*e is found much oftener than
I had thought it would be. Why they said “ in Pai*is,” but
“ at Turin ” and “ at Geneva,” is beyond telling, and the
use of “ on ” before some dates and its omission before
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others can not be explained by me. De Vinne’s “ Correct
Composition,” page 81, says: “ It is a fault to have April
17, 1762, on one page, and 23d August, 1764, on another.”
Nothing is said of dates without commas, probably because
they ai'e so far away from common practice that Mr.
De Vinne did not think of them. Now a great deal is said
here about dates, but it is principally because similar dif¬
ferences are noticeable in many other matters, and the
same difficulty is present in each case in the fact that peo¬
ple will persist in the practice that is most familiar to
them. Many efforts at codification have been made, but
all that I have ever seen were more successful as failures
than as anything else. A codification that is good enough
to be entitled to success would involve so much work that
no one but a very wealthy person could afford to make it.
A LESSON IN PRAGMATISM.
A hunter circled about the tree tiying to shoot these squirrels.
As the hunter moved, the squirrels moved away from him and kept on
the opposite side of the tree from him. Did the hunter go around
the squirrels as well as around the tree?
Photo by R. R. Sallows, Goderich, Ontario, Canada.
PRINTERS’ CONVENTION SOUVENIR.
The official souvenir of the fifty-seventh annual conven¬
tion of the International Typographical Union is a hand¬
some specimen of the printer’s art, well illustrated and
printed on fine book-paper which was afterward pebbled,
each page carrying a flat tint border. It is an excellent
piece of printing from every standpoint, and reflects credit
on the Williams Printing Company and the Independent
Pressroom, the San Francisco concerns which executed the
work, as well as upon the committee having the souvenir in
charge.
Among the contributors to its pages are James M.
Lynch, Samuel B. Donnelly, Will T. French, Herbert Hey-
wood, Thomas F. Crowley, James Monroe Kreiter, Daniel
D. Moore, A. H. McQuilkin, Prof. Willis L. Moore, Mrs.
Charles Hertenstein, Wells Drury, Charles Francis, Rufus
Steel, Ira B. Cross, Ph.D., and Charles S. Cock. Taking it
by and large, the souvenir is probably the best ever issued
by the organization.
6-9
This department is exclusively for paid business announce¬
ments of advertisers, and for paid descriptions of articles,
machinery and products recently introduced for the use of print¬
ers and the printing trades. Responsibility for all statements
published hereunder rests with the advertiser solely.
ECONOMY IN RAGS-
Printers and engravers, in common with other users of
rags for cleaning purposes, have an idea that any sort of a
rag will do to clean material that is more or less liable to
damage from grit or other foreign substances in the wiping
material. Damage is always imminent from this mistaken
economy of thought. A little consideration will show that
at no additional cost it is the part of wisdom to purchase
wiping material that is free from all foreign substances — -
that is, clean — and specially prepared for the purposes
intended. The Ideal Sanitary Supply Company, 1930-34
Warren avenue, Chicago, make a specialty of supplying in
bales rags thoroughly sterilized, with all pins, buttons,
hooks, and foreign substances removed, and with the rags
cut into generous lengths for wiping purposes of all kinds.
The rags are washed and sterilized, and supplied in any
sized bale to suit the convenience of the user. Send a trial
order — you will become a steady customer, for the sake of
convenience and health and economy.
MONOTYPE PUBLICITY.
During the recent convention of the National Adverti¬
sers’ Association in Boston, the Lanston Monotype Machine
Company conducted a unique advertising campaign in the
daily papers of the “ Hub ” for the four days during the
convention. These advertisements were not addressed to
printers or to persons who were likely to be interested in
the purchase of Monotypes, but were mainly addressed to
advertising men and purchasers of printed matter, empha¬
sizing the quality of Monotype composition on high-grade
work and the success of the Monotype in handling depart¬
ment-store advertisements.
The advertisements were each one-half page in size and
were very attractively displayed in Monotype faces and
borders. In this campaign the Monotype Company once
more demonstrated its policy of assisting its customers to
get the most out of their investment by advertising Mono¬
type quality among purchasers of printed matter.
There was considerable of a “ surprise element ” in this
brief campaign, and many are asking, “ What does it
mean? ”
TURN WASTE INTO PROFIT.
Printers are inclined to give but little consideration to
the conservation of waste material, and regard the dis¬
posal of waste paper as a means only of procuring wipers
by trading off with paper-stock dealers. Why not divert
waste paper from a loss into a larger itent of gain. A
means is provided by the use of a paper macerator. Paper
of various grades may be kept separated, and with a
paper-macerating machine it can be converted into a con-
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dition for baling and may be sold to dealers in crockery,
glassware and bric-a-brac as a packing substitute for
straw and excelsior. Blomfeldt and Rapp, 108-128 North
Jefferson street, Chicago, have devised paper macerators
for both hand and power. These machines may be adapted
by the printer for his requirements, or by those wishing to
use it to destroy tickets, manuscript or private papers.
The machine effectually destroys documents and reduces
all paper and cardboard to narrow strips, making a suit¬
able material for baling or for packing fragile articles.
Many large printing concerns, railroads and department
stores are now using these machines. The printing con¬
cerns use them to render waste stock into a more salable
article; the railroads, for the destruction of expired tickets,
and department stores use them for a twofold purpose:
destroying sale tickets and rendering them into a material
for packing. These machines will find their way into a
more general use.
A BOOKLET ABOUT ROUSE REGISTER HOOKS.
H. B. Rouse & Co., Chicago, have recently issued an
attractive booklet entitled “ Modern Methods for Mounting
and Registering Printing Plates.” As its name implies, the
booklet is devoted to an exposition of facts regarding regis¬
ter hooks, the subject being handled in an entertaining and
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PRINTING PLATES
2214-16 Ward St. Chicago, U&A.
instructive manner. It is replete with illustrations, many
of them in two colors, showing all manner of possibilities in
the use of the Climax and combination register hooks.
The booklet is well designed and printed, and we show
herewith a reproduction of the cover.
E. H. PALMER, PACIFIC COAST REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE MIEHLE PRINTING PRESS AND
MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
Mr. E. H. Palmer, now representing the Miehle Print¬
ing Press & Manufacturing Company on the Pacific coast,
was somewhat of a pioneer in introducing this celebrated
press to the trade in this part of the country.
Besides selling a number of presses in other sections of
the Pacific coast, he sold the first Miehle press in use in
the State of Washington to Shaw & Borden Company, of
Spokane, and the first Miehle press in use in Oregon to the
Union Printing Company, now H. C. Brown & Co., Port¬
land; also the first Miehle in use in British Columbia to
Evans & Hastings, of Vancouver, B. C.
One of the many and best recommendations of the
Miehle press is the number of “ repeated purchases.” The
above firms and many others have repeated their orders
many times and are buying Miehle presses to-day, thus
proving conclusively that after years of actual experience
and use it is the most profitable press of its class.
Mr. Palmer for a number of years has had charge of
the company’s Boston office and Eastern territory, one of
the largest printing centers of the United States, where he
was very successful in placing a large number of Miehle
presses.
He comes to the coast highly commended for fair and
courteous dealing and with the reputation of being a very
pleasant gentleman to do business with.
The Miehle Printing Press & Manufacturing Company
has offices at 693 Mission street, San Francisco. — The
Pacific Printer. _ _ _
THE TRIUMPH ELECTRIC COMPANY.
The Triumph Electric Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, has
been sending out to interested persons bulletins descri¬
bing its various developments in electric light and power
machinery. These bulletins are uniform in size and are
perforated for file. Bulletin No. 481, for the month of
August, describes alternating-current generators, and is
admirably and clearly illustrated.
THE VANDERCOOK PROOF PRESS.
A most unique and forceful advertisement was that of
the Vandercook line of proof presses in the August issue of
The Inland Printer. This advertisement was in the form
of an insert and was printed, without make-ready, on a
Vandercook “ Composing-room Cylinder ” Proof Press. The
work was done in The Henry O. Shepard Company’s build¬
ing, and the entire run was made without change of tym-
pan or adjustment. The tympan had already been in use a
week on miscellaneous forms, and was again used for this
work after the eighteen thousand run of the insert was
completed.
This advertisement attracted most unusual interest.
The “ proof of it ” was right there in the issue and the
many who investigated the machine found that the manu¬
facturers had not overstated their claims.
A machine that will automatically ink and print a single
unsupported letter or a full-page form without adjustment,
and register to absolute precision, is sure to be eagerly
sought by the up-to-date printer and engraver.
It will prove galleys, foundry forms, full-page news¬
paper pages, half-tone cuts, and every other kind of print¬
ing, and produce a quality of work that has never before
been equaled, without make-ready, and at the same time
do the work in considerably less time than by any other
method.
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EFFICIENCY IN THE COMPOSING-ROOM.
The scientific arrangement and management of com¬
posing-rooms is. an assured fact. A large number of the
more discriminating master printers throughout the coun¬
try have set themselves to the task of placing the com¬
posing-room on such an efficient basis that it will prove a
profitable unit of their plant, and in doing this they have
been content to learn from the experience of others. The
fact that this is so is carried out in a concrete form by a
new factory which has just been built in Chester, Pennsyl¬
vania, to house the large equipment department of the Key¬
stone Type Foundry. If anything were needed to prove
that this movement toward bettering the conditions of the
composing-room is taking on a national character, it would
be the provision now made by the Keystone Type Foundry
to meet the demands of these master printers who have
set themselves to the solution of the composing-room diffi¬
culty.
In the front section of this magazine appears a two-
color four-page insert showing the new factory of the Key¬
stone Type Foundry, together with a few illustrations of
important pieces of furnishings which have lately been
designed and built.
This factory is to be used exclusively for the manufac¬
ture of steel equipment for composing-rooms; the building
is a modern one in every particular, being of slow-burning
construction, and laid out along the most modern and scien¬
tific plans in order to obtain the maximum efficiency of
machine and workman. It therefore contains everything
that will conduce to the health and comfort of the work¬
men. The building is three stories high and contains forty
thousand square feet of floor-space. The shipping facilities
are first-class in every respect. It has its own railroad
siding, and is adjacent to three different trunk lines, through
which it is possible to reach every section of the country.
All of the machinery and equipment going into the build¬
ing is new and of the latest improved style, and the capac¬
ity of the factory means a large output.
The equipment department of the Keystone Type Foun¬
dry is in charge of well-known practical mechanical engi¬
neers, who not only understand the manufacture of fur¬
nishing but have spent their lives in supplying labor-
saving contrivances to printers and publishers. In this
connection they have been forced to meet conditions which
vary with every plant in which they have had occasion to
install furnishings, so that there has been accumulated
information and data as regards the needs of the average
compositor which will go far to show the master printer
just what the most flagrant abuses are, and this is the serv¬
ice which is doing more to help the master printer put his
composing-room on a paying basis than any other one fea¬
ture that has been connected with the supply trade in gen¬
erations past.
It has been demonstrated that furnishings made entirely
of steel and iron will give better service for a longer period
of time and at smaller cost per unit and of labor than is
possible with the best grades of wood furnishings.
The Keystone’s plan of adapting its peculiar styles of
furnishings to each individual requirement makes it impos¬
sible to manufacture a large variety of stock pieces. It can
be said, however, that a certain type of correcting-bank, for
instance, with very few changes as to its general make-up,
can be supplied with very little delay to meet almost any
requirements. In this way a number of styles of case-
stands, racks, linotype dumps, ad. -frames, correcting and
storage frames, imposing surfaces and frames, assembling-
tables, make-up tables, stripping-tables, galley-transfer
trucks and self-dumping trucks have been designed, and
these supply the basis upon which each individual piece is
made to meet the varying requirements of composing-rooms,
which are refitted along scientific lines and which do not call
for special treatment entirely.
The equipment of the factory is such that, although all
these individual pieces may be made to order, complete
plants can be turned out with practically no delay.
The equipment of each composing-room is based upon
the conditions actually found in that plant. These, of
course, must depend upon the nature and the quantity of
the work to be handled, the preponderance of one class of
work over another, the number and character of publica¬
tions issued, the number of machines employed, the number
of men employed, and all other contributory causes which
must be allowed for in laying out the floor plan. This
information is gathered by the experts connected with the
Keystone Type Foundry, and after being thoroughly ana¬
lyzed and provision made for the future, the entire floor-
plan and individual drawings for each piece of equipment
are laid out in the shape of blue-prints, and every master
printer who is considering such an installation is then in a
position to see just how much space, time and labor are
being saved and just what arrangements are made to con¬
serve the efforts of each individual workman.
It has been demonstrated by the large number of plants
which the equipment department of the Keystone Type
Foundry has installed that it is not at all unlikely that the
saving in space on the whole will average from thirty to
fifty per cent, and that the actual increase in output, with¬
out a corresponding increase in cost of labor, will be from
ten to fifteen per cent. These percentages are based upon
the actual experience that has been gained through the
employment of equipments that have been designed and
made up by the experts in charge of the work; and, with the
facilities which this new factory will have, every master
printer who is willing to consider increasing the efficiency
of his composing-room will be offered just that help, which
will go far to show him the actual conditions under which
he has been working and what can actually be expected
through a scientific layout.
The action of the Keystone Type Foundry in providing
a manufacturing department to cater entirely to the com¬
posing-room for furnishings which will increase its effi¬
ciency is in line with the policy of progressiveness which
has made this foundry noted. The Keystone was the first
foundry to sell all of its type in weight fonts at body-type
rates, a custom which is now general with all typefoundries
in this country. It was also the first to make non-kerning
italics, now so popular and demanded to such an extent that
other foundries were obliged to follow its lead. It can be
said, however, that among the many new departures of
more or less importance which the Keystone has put into
effect within the last few years, none compares with the
results which can be expected from this new line of special
equipment in steel.
The master printer has not hesitated to meet the demand
for improvement in his other departments, and he can not
afford to delay in this.
The action of the Keystone Type Foundry in providing
means for scientific management and layout of composing-
rooms is doing more to advance the interests of the trade at
large than any other one thing that has occurred in recent
years. A revelation as great as that produced by the Inter¬
national Printers’ Cost Congress is at hand, and the bene¬
fits to the printers and publishers of the country are even
greater.
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WANT ADVERTISEMENTS.
Prices for this department: 40 cents for each ten words or less; mini¬
mum charge, 80 cents. Under “ Situations Wanted,” 25 cents for each ten
words or less ; minimum charge, 50 cents. Address to be counted. Price
invariably the same whether one or more insertions are taken. Cash must
accompany the order. The insertion of ads. received in Chicago
later than the I 5th of the month preceding publication not guar¬
anteed.
A. C. OWENS WANTED.
WANTED: A. C. OWENS — $50 REWARD. A. C. Owens is wanted at
Jackson, Miss., on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses
and later jumping $500 bond. Owens is a printer by trade, but is gen¬
erally found getting up advertising schemes or special-edition writing.
Description: Height about 5 feet 7 inches, broad shoulders, slightlj' stooped,
medium weight, very red hair and high forehead, light-blue eyes, large
mouth, face considerably wrinkled, unpleasant expression, nervous tempera¬
ment. Wire information to W. J. LIGON, Detective Agency, Jackson, Mis¬
sissippi.
BOOKS.
“ COST OF PRINTING,” by F. W. Baltes, presents a system of accounting
which has been in successful operation for many years, is suitable for
large or small printing-offices, and is a safeguard against errors, omissions or
losses ; its use makes it absolutely certain that no work can pass through
the office without being charged, and its actual cost in all details shown.
74 pages, 6% by 10 inches, cloth, $1.50. THE INLAND PRINTER COM¬
PANY, Chicago.
PAPER PURCHASERS’ GUIDE, by Edward Siebs. Contains list of all bond,
flat, linen, ledger, cover, manila and writing papers carried in stock by
Chicago dealers, with full and broken package prices. Every buyer of paper
should have one. 25 cents. THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
PRICES FOR PRINTING, by F. IV. Baltes. Complete cost system and
selling prices. Adapted to any locality. Pocket size. $1 by mail.
THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
SIMPLEX TYPE COMPUTER, by J. L. Kelman. Tells instantly the number
of picas or ems there are in any width, and the number of lines per inch
in length of any type, from 5% to 12 point. Gives accurately and quickly
the number of ems contained in any size of composition, either by picas or
square inches, in all the different sizes of body-type, and the nearest
approximate weight of metal per 1,000 ems, if set bv Linotype or Monotype
machine. Price, $1.50. THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
THE RUBAIYAT OF MIRZA MEM’N, published by Henry Olendorf Shepard,
Chicago, is modeled on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ; the delicate
imagery of old Omar has been preserved in this modern Rubaiyat, and there
are new gems that give it high place in the estimation of competent critics ;
as a gift-book nothing is more appropriate; the binding is superb, the text
is artistically set on white plate paper, the illustrations are half-tones, from
original paintings, hand-tooled; size of books, 7% by 9% inches, art vellum
cloth, combination white and purple, or full purple, $1.50 ; edition de luxe,
red or brown India ooze leather, $4; pocket edition, 3 by 5%, 76 pages,
bound in blue cloth, lettered in gold on front and back, complete in every
way except the illustrations, with full explanatory notes and exhaustive
index, 50 cents. THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
TO LOVERS OF ART PRINTING — A limited edition of 200 numbered
copies of Gray’s “ Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,” designed,
hand-lettered and illuminated in water-colors by F. J. Trezise. Printed
from plates on imported hand-made paper and durably and artistically
bound. Price, boxed, $2 postpaid. THE INLAND PRINTER CO.. Chicago.
VEST-POCKET MANUAL OF PRINTING, a full and concise explanation of
the technical points in the printing trade, for the use of the printer and
his patrons ; contains rules for punctuation and capitalization, style, mark¬
ing proof, make-up of book, sizes of books, sizes of the untrimmed leaf,
number of words in a square inch, diagrams of imposition and much other
valuable information not always at hand when wanted ; 50 cents. THE
INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
A PRINTING PLANT FOR SALE — In southern New England, an old,
established printing plant, now running and doing a large business ;
real estate owned by the company, and the plant equipped for doing a
general printing business and handling large orders, and is considered by
experts a model one and up to date in every particular ; the entire assets
of the company are offered for sale, which includes real estate, machinery
and tools, work in progress and accounts receivable, and will inventory
nearly $200,000 ; for further particulars, address W. II. WARNER, 286
Fifth av., New York city.
FIVE NEW TOWNS A DAY — Opening in Canadian West for printers and
newspapermen ; $500 to $1,000 capital required; best locations can
be secured by writing. MILLER & RICHARD, 123 Princess st.. Winnipeg,
Can.
FOR SALE — A first-class printing business ; 4 cylinders ; monotype equip¬
ment: 2 casters. 2 keyboards, $2,000 in matrices; good lease on two
buildings part sub-let, which makes rent nearly free, three years to run ;
total business this 3'ear to July 1. $28,968.54 ; earnings, $4,989.71. Cost
system established. K 441.
FOR SALE — First-class printing plant doing very profitable business in
large southern city ; reason for selling — ill-health. H 366.
FOR SALE — Job-printing plant in Florida; established 10 years ; yearly
business $25,000. K 454.
FOR SALE — Printing-office doing splendid class of commercial business in
town of 30,000 ; cylinder and 4 jobbers, individual motors, power
stitcher, cutter and all that, goes to make up a good office ; established in
one spot for 10 years ; owner wants to go to some higher altitude on
account of health of wife; cash down only, no instalments. K 450.
FOR SALE — Terms to suit, or liberal discount for cash; job-printing i
plant, with good, established business in a live central Iowa town ;
owners other interests ; will afford some practical printer an exceptional
opportunity. K 478.
FOR SALE — $2,000 interest in well-paying printing and publishing estab- ,
lislnnent in central Illinois; 2 Linotypes, 2 cylinders, 5 jobbers; also .
large and lucrative calendar and advertising novelty business in connection;
my interest will secure purchaser a good position as linotype operator ;
must sell on account of bad health. Iv 453.
I HAVE a fully equipped bookbindery which 1 want to put in connection
with a live printer or newspaper office; now located in South Dakota.
K 458.
PRINTER — Practical man with $5,000 can obtain large interest in pro- |
gressive, paying plant ; partner retiring ; only man qualified to take I
charge of shop considered; capital not needed. K 471, care Inland Printer
Co., New York city.
WANTED PARTNER — Printer-editor who has $2,000 to invest in printing
business, consisting of two weekly newspapers and good job-printing
business ; if you don’t mean business, don’t answer. K 442.
WE OFFER an exceptionally good opportunity for a strictly reliable first-
class job printer to purchase a paying interest in one of the best shops
here ; material practically new and modern. Address 2202 North 43d st.,
Seattle, Wash.
Publishing*
SMALL GROCERY’ PAPER can be bought cheap. Good opportunity for
right man here. HARRIS-DIBBLE COMPANY, Masonic bldg., New York. \
ENGRAVING METHODS.
ANYBODY CAN MAKE CUTS with my simple transferring and etching
process ; nice cuts from prints, drawings, photos are easily and quickly
made by the unskilled on common sheet zinc ; price of process, $1 ; all
material costs at anv drug store about 75 cents. Circular and specimens
for stamp. THOMAS M. DAY. Box 12, Windfall, Ind.
FOR SALE.
BOOKBINDERS’ MACHINERY — Rebuilt Nos. 3 and 4 Smyth book-sewing
machines, thoroughly overhauled and in first-class order. JOSEPH E.
SMYTH, 634 Federal st., Chicago.
FOR SALE — An unusual bargain : 60-incli Seybold knife grinder, also Sev-
bold signature press ; both in perfect repair ; at the right price. Ii 466.
FOR SALE — Bindery machinery: a Seybold balanced-platen standing press,
22 by 37; Sanborn roller backer; Seybold hot-leaf press; also lot of
assorted leather, cloth and binders’ stock. GREELEY’ PRINTERY, St.
Louis, Mo.
FOR SALE — Blackleading machine; single brush; Ostrander make; $90.
ERIE ELECTROTYPE WORKS, Erie, Pa.
FOR SALE — Cases, news and italic cases : in good condition ; will sell
cheap. THE H. O. SHEPARD CO., 632 Sherman st., Chicago, Ill.
FOR SALE CHEAP — Complete monotype outfit, consisting of caster and 2
keyboards, also Harris press with attachments. BECKER BROS., 802
Penn av., Pittsburg, Pa.
FOR SALE — No. 1 Dexter folder with all modern improvements and power
fixtures complete ; will consider any reasonable offer. THE ROY’AL
TAILORS, 731 S. Fifth av.. Chicago.
FOR SALE — One Burton’s New Improved Peerless Rotarv Perforating
Machine; a bargain. ASHBY PRINTING CO., Erie, Pa.
FOR SALE — Scott drum cylinder press, 2 rollers ; will take about 20 by
30 ; in excellent condition ; no worn or broken parts ; high speed,
2,500 per hour ; fully equipped. GREELEY’ PRINTERY’, St. Louis, Mo.
GOLD INK — At Last a Success !
combines perfect working qualities with a brilliant, smooth, finished appearance. We shall be glad
^ to demonstrate this fact to any interested printer by shipping a one-pound can on approval. Light
Gold, Deep Gold, Copper and Aluminum — $3.00 per pound. Liberal discounts to jobbers.
Manufactured by THE CANADIAN BRONZE POWDER WORKS
Montreal — Toronto — Valleylield.
Sole Agent and Distributor
in the United States :
JAS. H. FURMAN,
THE INLAND PRINTER
933
FOR SALE — SURPLUS MACHINERY IN OUR PLANT: 1 Harris envelope
press (cost new, $1,200), $500; 1 bronzing machine, large size, $500;
1 roughing machine, good as new, $625 ; 1 Campbell Century, takes sheet
40 by 56. $1,750; one roller-washing* machine; all in New York city.
1 CHARLES FRANCIS PRESS, 30 W. 13th st., New York city.
FOR SALE, under court order, a complete and up-to-date engraving and
electrotyping plant invoicing about $10,000, located in Houston, Tex.
For full particulars, write G. E. SMITH, Receiver, 302 Lumberman’s
National Bank bldg*., Houston, Tex.
LINOTYPE FOR SALE, Model No. 1, complete with 2 extra fonts of 2-
letter matrices and alternating-current motor ; only reason for selling —
i have replaced with Monotype. Address ROGERS PRINTING COMPANY-,
Dixon, Ill.
LINOTYPE MATS. FOR SALE — Three sets of 2-letter 8-point and three
sets of 2-letter 7-point mats.; in good condition for newspaper work;
price, $25 per set. Address CROWELL PUBLISHING COMPANY^ Spring-
field, Ohio.
MILLER LINOTYPE SAW FOR SALE — Saw is in first-class condition
For particulars, write immediately CROWELL PUBLISHING COMPANY
Springfield, Ohio.
RULING-MACHINES FOR SALE - — One 38-inch double-beam O-A Ilickok
automatic; one 54-inch double-beam O-A Hickok automatic. K 445.
HELP WANTED.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR WORK? File your name with The Inland
Printer Employment Exchange and it will reach all employers seeking-
help in any department. During the past few months we have received
calls for the following: Job printers, 2; linotype operators, 5; machin¬
ist-operators, 2 ; monotype operator, 1 ; foremen and superintendents, 4 ;
bookbinders, 6 ; stoneman, 1 ; compositors, 5 ; artist, 1 ; engravers, 2 ;
pressmen, 4 ; proofreader, 1. Registration fee. $1 : name remains on list
as long* as desired ; blanks sent on request. THE INLAND PRINTER COM-
PANYr, 632 Sherman st., Chicago.
WANTED — A No. 1 artist as foreman of art department in well-known
catalogue house ; must be of creative and original ability7* and be able
to produce or direct high-grade mechanical illustrations. Address, with
samples and salary expected, K 401.
WANTED — Compositors ; must be quick and accurate ; state wages
wanted ; send references ; union shop executing* fine catalogue work for
critical New Yrork customers. HOBSON PRINTING CO., Easton, Pa.
Engravers.
WANTED — Photographer for engraving house ; man capable of making
half-tone and line negatives; young man preferred. K 199.
Folder Operator.
WANTED — Good folding-machine operator, good wages and steady work.
FOREST CITY BOOKBINDING CO., 625 Caxton bldg., Cleveland, Ohio.
Foremen, Managers and Superintendents.
APPLICATIONS are invited for position as general manager of large
printing establishment in British colony producing best class work ;
applicants must possess a first-class general knowledge of letterpress, litho¬
graph and tin printing, the last absolutely essential ; please state in con¬
fidence full particulars of experience, where gained, age, etc., and salary
required. K 438.
WANTED — Competent foreman for fair-sized job office, to take charge of
composing-room and pressroom ; must be an experienced proofreader,
sober and reliable in every way ; good position for right man. Address,
with references, Iv 440.
WANTED — Young, aggressive, competent man as composing-room foreman
and superintendent in office doing general line of commercial and cata¬
logue work in live western city; stead}7 employment; union man. K 460.
WORKING FOREMAN in cylinder pressroom, open shop, in Middle AA'est ;
no labor troubles ; must be man of exceptional ability on half-tone
and color-process work, hard and willing worker ; permanent position ;
state wages expected. K 480.
Operators and Machinists.
WANTED — A non-union monotype caster-operator who can also work at
the case ; location — St. Louis ; good wages and steady emplojmient.
Answer, giving experience and references, Iv 464.
Pressmen.
AVAN TED — A first-class pressman as foreman for our pressroom ; must be
up on color and half-tone work ; steady job to man who can make good.
Iv 462.
Salesmen.
PRINTING-INK SALESMAN AA ANTED : territory the far AVest, state expe¬
rience, age, with whom you have been, average daily expenses and
salary expected. K 417.
PRINTING SALESMAN of exceptional ability and experience in selling
best grade catalogue work; splendid opportunity. GRIFFITH-STILL-
INGS PRESS, Boston, Mass.
AArANTED — A man with experience to act as salesman; a thorough knowl¬
edge of the printing business required ; every opportunity for advancement
offered. Address with references, GREELEY PRINTERY, St. Louis, Mo.
WANTED — First-class experienced salesman for lithographing, commercial
and color work, to travel in southern States; applicant must be well
posted and figure his own prices; state salary wanted and experience. Iv 27.
AArANTED — Salesman who can estimate and sell printing and lithographing ;
good position to capable party ; salary in keeping with services and
ability. E. II. CLARKE & BROTHER, Memphis, Tenn.
INSTRUCTION.
A BEGINNER on the Mergentlialer will find the THALER KEYBOARD
invaluable ; the operator out of practice will find it just the thing he
needs*; exact touch, bell announces finish of line ; 22-page instruction book.
AA^hen ordering, state which layout you want — No. 1, without fractions;
No. 2, two-letter with commercial fractions, two-letter without commercial
fractions, standard Junior, German. THALER KEYBOARD COMPANY, 505
“ P ” st., N. AAL, AA'ashington, D. C. ; also all agencies Mergentlialer Lino¬
type Company. Price, $4.
LINOTYTE INSTRUCTION, 6 machines, 12 weeks’ thorough operator-
machinist course, $80 ; hundreds of successful graduates. AA’rite for
prospectus. EMPIRE MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE SCHOOL, 419 First
av., New York city.
N. E. LINOTYPE SCHOOL, 7 Dix place, Boston, Mass. Six-machine plant,
run solely as school ; liberal hours, thorough instruction ; our grad¬
uates succeed. Write for particulars before deciding.
SITUATIONS WANTED.
DO YOU AVANT HELP FOR ANY DEPARTMENT? The Inland Printer
Employment Exchange has lists of available employees for all depart¬
ments, which will be furnished free upon receipt of stamped, self-addressed
envelope. THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY, 632 Sherman st., Chicago.
Bookbinders.
AN OLD-TIME BOOKBINDER, all-around man, good and quick forwarder
and finisher, blank books, magazine or loose-leaf, desires a position as
working foreman ; thoroughly competent in all departments, well accus¬
tomed to estimating and putting through state, county and commercial
work for both letterpress and lithographed ; had considerable experience
in edition bindings and leather specialties ; under certain conditions might
start bindery with established printing-house having commercial or pub-
lsliing business. Iv 482.
BINDERY FOREMAN, first-class executive, thorough mechanical experience
in all branches, wants position. K 459.
BOOKBINDER FOREMAN, experienced, capable of producing the best
results, wishes position ; Middle AA'est preferred. K 465.
Circulation Men.
I AATLL HELP YTOLi build circulation ; I solicit, collect and assist manage¬
ment ; North or Northwest. Iv 479.
Compositors.
AN ALL-AROUND TAVO-THIRDER with good habits wishes position with
a firm that desires a good worker — not a clock watcher ; am at present
in the U. S. Navy as ship’s printer, but enlistment expires October 6,
1911. K 474, care Inland Printer Company, New York city.
TAVO-THIRDER, who is going to school; can you use him? Particulars.
A. AVINGENROTH, 1928 Yandes st., Indianapolis, Ind.
AA'ANTED — By young Canadian printer with 9 years’ experience in both
newspaper and job offices, situation in Florida or California town. Iv 452.
Engravers.
PROOFER wants position with photoengraving house doing best grade work.
K 472.
Foremen, Managers and Superintendents.
AN ABLE, energetic and thoroughly reliable printer desires position as com¬
posing-room foreman ; experienced executive and capable of handling
the best grades of job, book, catalogue and magazine work; union. Iv 378.
FOREMAN — Of first-class shop, or one wishing to take up high-grade work ;
catalogue builder from start to finish ; am 36, married ; absolutely
reliable ; linot}*pe operator and many j7 ears’ experience at job composition ;
best of references ; union. II. G. DAATNELL, Hamilton, Ohio.
QUICK ON
Megill’s Patent
SPRING TONGUE GAUGE PINS
$1.20 per doz. with extra tongues.
Your Job Press Slow
Without The Megill Gauges !
Ask for booklet about our Gauge that automatically sets the sheet
to perfect register after the human hand has done all it can.
E. L. MEGILL, Manufacturer
60 Duane Street, New York
No glue — No sticky fingers — Clean work — Hurry work — Best work
VISE GRIP
Megill’s Patent
DOUBLE- GRIP GAUGES
$1.25 set of 3 with extra tongues.
934
THE INLAND PRINTER
POSITION AS MANAGER or superintendent by a thoroughly competent
man in all branches of the letter-press and lithographic business ; has
been in charge (for the past five years) of a plant producing the very
finest half-tone colorwork and novelties ; can demonstrate his knowledge
and ability by doing any part of the work personally ; close buyer, strict
in discipline and system ; desire for a more congenial location the reason
for this advertisement. K 407.
PRINTING EXECUTIVE — Recent owner and manager one of Chicago’s
finest medium-size plants doing high-class commercial work, colorwork
and embossing, having sold out, seeks position with up-to-date printing
plant or advertising agency ; exceptional range of experience, covering
production of all kinds of work, management, buying, selling, engraving,
estimating, etc. ; age 38, married ; highest references ; might consider
Colorado, California or Pacific coast proposition. Iv 483.
SUPERINTENDENT of printing, foreman composing-room (union), 20
years’ experience general job and book branches, up-to-date, practical
shop manager, competent and reliable, with plenty of push ; 4 years in
present position; open by November 4, 1911. K 32.
Pressmen.
A JOB PRESSMAN would like to take care of 2 or 3 jobbers in some small
town ; have 8 years’ experience ; steady wanted. K 371.
CYLINDER PRESSMAN (27), 14 years’ experience on best half-tone and
color work. K 386.
DUPLEX PRESSMAN of extraordinary ability desires position on either
8 or 12 page angle-bar Duplex press, 12-page preferred; results guar¬
anteed and can also furnish the very best reference. K 481.
FIRST-CLASS CYLINDER PRESSMAN, now in charge of 10-press shop,
desires to make change; steady, sober. K 451.
FOREMAN — Pressman used to best work in New York city ; black and
color, fine catalogue specialty ; am in the market for position Septem¬
ber ; would like to take hold of position where printer wishes to improve
both quantity and quality; New York or Brooklyn only. Iv 473
WANTED POSITION — Assistant Gordon pressman and feeder, 12 years’
experience, wishes steady position ; city or country ; wages moderate.
J. B., 37 Boyd av., Jersey City, N. J.
WEB PRESSMAN — An up-to-date web pressman, magazine, color or black,
wants a position as foreman or superintendent of a newspaper web press¬
room' where ability and hard work will be appreciated; can furnish A-l
references. K 463.
Proofreaders.
PROOFREADER — An ambitious, up-to-date, live reader, familiar with high-
grade output, seeks position with a progressive modern plant ; no objec¬
tion to taking a “ trial position ” if furnished transportation ; open shop ;
fair salary. K 181.
PROOFREADER wants position ; thoroughly competent, excellent experience
and best references ; full particulars on request ; New England or eastern
New York. Iv 455.
WANTED TO PURCHASE.
BUNDLING MACHINE WANTED — Cash; must be in good condition;
state size, make, how long used. J. P. BELL CO., Lynchburg, Ya.
WANTED — To buy a Braidwood single folder. If you know of one for
sale write ELWOOD MYERS CO., Springfield, Ohio'.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Advertising Blotters.
PRINT BLOTTERS for yourself — the best advertising medium for printers.
We furnish handsome color plates, strong wording and complete “ lay¬
out ” — new design each month. Write to-day for free samples and par¬
ticulars. CHAS. L. STILES, 230 North 3d st., Columbus, Ohio. S-12
Bookbinders’ and Printers’ Machinery.
DEXTER FOLDER COMPANY, Pearl River, N. Y. Folding machines, auto¬
matic feeders for presses, folders and ruling machines. 2-12
Bookbinders’ Supplies.
SLADE, HIPP & MELOY, Incpd., 157 IV. Lake st., Chicago. Also paper-box
makers’ supplies. 1-12
Calendar Manufacturers.
' HEAVY EMBOSSED bas-relief calendars. America’s classiest line. Black
and white, three-color and hand-tinted. SMITH-HECHT CO., Indianap¬
olis, Ind. 12-11
Case-making and Embossing.
SHEPARD, THE II. 0., CO., 632 Sherman st., Chicago. Write for esti¬
mates. 1-12
Chase Manufacturers.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, 168-172 W. Monroe st., Chicago.
Electric-welded steel chases for job and cylinder presses. 7-12
Copper and Zinc Prepared for Half-tone and Zinc Etching.
AMERICAN STEEL & COPPER PLATE COMPANY, THE, 116 Nassau st„
New York; 610 Federal st., Chicago; Mermod-Jaccard bldg., St. Louis,
Mo. Satin-finish plates. 6-12
Cost Systems and Installations.
COST SYSTEMS designed and installed to meet every condition in the
graphic trades. Write for booklet, “ The Science of Cost Finding.”
THE ROBERT S. DENHAM CO., 342 Caxton bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. 10-11
Counters.
HART, R.-A., Battle Creek, Mich. Counters for job presses. Also paper
joggers, “ Giant ” Gordon press-brakes. Printers’ form trucks. 5-12
Cylinder Presses.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, 168-172 W. Monroe st., Chicago.
Babcock drums, two-revolution and fast new presses. 7-12
Electrotypers and Stereotypers.
H. F. McCAFFERTY CO., nickeltyping and fine half-tone work. 141 East
25th st.. New York. Phone, 5286 Madison square. 3-12
Electrotypers’ and Stereotypers’ Machinery.
HOE, R., & CO., New York and London. Manufacturers of printing, stereo¬
tvping and electrotyping machinery. Chicago offices, 7 S. Dearborn st.
11-11
THE OSTRANDER-SEYMOUR CO., General Offices, Tribune bldg., Chicago.
Eastern Office, 38 Park Row, New York. Send for catalogue. 1-12
WILLIAMS-LLOYD MACHINERY COMPANY, office and salesrooms, 638
Federal st., Chicago. Eastern representatives: United Priinting Machin¬
ery Company, Boston-New Yoik. 2-12
Embossers and Engravers — Copper and Steel.
FREUND, WM., & SONS, est. 1865. Steel and copper plate engravers and
printers, steel-die makers and embossers. Write for samples and esti¬
mates. 16-20 E. Randolph st., Chicago. 4-12
Embossing Composition.
STEWART’S EMBOSSING BOARD — Easy to use, hardens like iron ; 6 by 9
inches; 3 for 40c, 6 for 60c, 12 for $1, postpaid. THE INLAND
PRINTER COMPANY, Chicago.
Embossing Dies.
YOUNG. WM. R., 121-123 N. Sixth st., Philadelphia, Pa. Printing and
embossing dies, brass, steel, zinc ; first-class workmanship. 7-12
Grinders and Cutting-room Specialties.
WE SELL to printers, lithographers and related trades, and satisfy them
because of a knowledge of what is required. Our personal service
makes our patrons satisfied customers. Our specialties : High-grade paper-
cutter knives ; cutting sticks (all sizes) ; K. K. knife lubricator, takes
place of oil and soap ; Iv. Iv. paper-slip powder, better than soapstone.
Also expert knife grinders. Prices right. E. C. KEYSER & CO., 722
S. Clark st., Chicago. 6-12
Gummed Labels and Advertising Stickers.
STANDARD PUB. CO., Vineland, N. J. Gummed labels and stickers for
the trade. Send for catalogue.
Gummed Papers.
IDEAL COATED PAPER CO., Brookfield, Mass. Imported and domestic
guaranteed non-curling gummed papers. 5-12
JONES, SAMUEL, & CO., Waverly Park, N. J. Our specialty is Non¬
curling Gummed Paper. Stocks in every city. 2-12
Gummed Tape in Rolls and Rapid Sealing Machine.
JAMES D. McLAURIN & CO., INC., 127 White st.. New York city. “ Bull¬
dog ” brand gummed tape. Every inch guaranteed to stick. 6-12
Ink Manufacturers.
AMERICAN PRINTING INK CO., 2314-2324 W. Ivinzie st., Chicago. 3-12
Job Presses.
GOLDING MFG. CO., Franklin, Mass. Golding Jobbers, $200-$600 ; Em¬
bosser, $300-$400 ; Pearl, $70-$214 ; Roll-feed Duplex, Triplex. 8-12
“IT DOES NOT TARNISH”
MANUFACTURED BY
CRAMER & MAINZER - Faerth, Bavaria
“Cramain-Gold” j?.a s°f‘- pliable, brilliant beaten
non-tarnishing. Less than half the cost of genuine gold.
SAMPLES AND PRICES ON REQUEST
SOLE AGENT AND DISTRIBUTOR IN THE UNITED STATES
JAMES H. FURMAN
186 N. La Salle Street - - Chicago, Ill.
165 Broadway ..... New York
Reputable representatives wanted In all principal cities
THE INLAND PRINTER
935
Machine Work.
CUMMINGS MACHINE COMPANY, 238 William st., New York. Estimates
given on automatic machinery, bone-hardening, grinding and jobbing.
Up-to-date plant ; highest-grade work done with accuracy and despatch.
Machinery.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, Chicago, New; rebuilt. 7-12
Mercantile Agency.
THE TYPO MERCANTILE AGENCY, Central Offices, 160 Broadway, New
York ; Western Office, 108 La Salle st., Chicago. The Trade Agency
of the Paper, Book, Stationery, Printing and Publishing Trade. 7-12
Motors and Accessories lor Printing Machinery.
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC COMPANY, 527 W. 34th st., New York. Electric
equipments for printing-presses and allied machines a specialty. 3-12
Paper Cutters.
DEXTER FOLDER CO., Pearl River, N. Y., manufacturers of automatic-
clamp cutting machines that are powerful, durable and efficient. 2-12
GOLDING MFG. CO., Franklin, Mass. Lever, $130-$210 ; Power, $240-
$600 ; Auto-clamp, $450-$600 ; Pearl, $40-$77 ; Card, $8-$40. 8-12
OSWEGO MACHINE WORKS, Oswego, New York. The Oswego, Brown &
Carver and Ontario — Cutters exclusively. 4-12
SHNIEDEWEND, PAUL, & CO., 631 W. Jackson blvd., Chicago. 7-12
Photoengravers.
BLOMGREN BROTHERS & CO., 512 Sherman st., Chicago. Photo, half¬
tone, wood engraving and electrotyping. 11-11
SHEPARD, THE HENRY O., CO., illustrators, engravers and electrotypers,
3-color process plates. 632 Sherman st., Chicago. 12-11
Photoengravers’ Machinery and Supplies.
THE OSTRANDER-SEYMOUR CO., General Offices, Tribune bldg., Chicago.
Eastern Office, 38 Park Row, New York. Send for catalogue. 1-12
WILLIAMS-LLOYD MACHINERY COMPANY, headquarters for photoengra¬
vers’ supplies. Office and salesrooms: 638 Federal st., Chicago. Eastern
representatives; United Printing Machinery Co., Boston-New York. 2-12
Photoengravers’ Screens.
LEVY, MAX, Wayne av. and Berkeley st., Wayne Junction, Philadelphia,
Pa. ' 3-12
Presses.
GOSS PRINTING PRESS COMPANY, 16th st. and Ashland av., Chicago,
manufacturers newspaper perfecting presses and special rotary printing
machinery. 1-12
HOE, R., & CO., New York and London. Manufacturers of printing, stereo¬
typing and electrotyping machinery. Chicago office, 7 S. Dearborn st.
11-11
THOMSON, JOHN, PRESS COMPANY, 253 Broadway, New York; Fisher
bldg., Chicago; factory, Long Island City, New York. 10-11
Printers’ Rollers and Roller Composition.
BINGHAM’S SAM’L, SON MFG. CO., 636-704 Sherman st., Chicago; also
514-518 Clark av., St. Louis; First av. and Ross st., Pittsburgh; 706
Baltimore av., Kansas City ; 52-54 S. Forsythe st., Atlanta, Ga. ; 151-153
Kentucky av., Indianapolis; 675 Elm st., Dallas, Tex.; 135 Michigan st.,
Milwaukee, Wis. ; 919-921 4th st., So., Minneapolis, Minn. ; 609-611 Chest¬
nut st., Des Moines, Iowa. 3-12
BINGHAM BROTHERS COMPANY, 406 Pearl st., New York ; also 521
Cherry st., Philadelphia. ' 10-11
BUCKIE PRINTERS’ ROLLER CO., 714 S. Clark st., Chicago ; St. Louis,
Detroit, St. Paul; printers’ rollers and tablet composition. 6-12
MILWAUKEE PRINTERS’ ROLLER CO., 372 Milwaukee st., Milwaukee,
Wis. Printers’ rollers and tablet composition. 1-12
WILD & STEVENS, INC., 5 Purchase st., cor. High, Boston, Mass. Estab¬
lished 1850. 2-12
Printers’ Supplies.
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, 168-172 W\ Monroe st., Chicago.
Scientific printing-office equipments. 7-12
Proof Presses for Photoengravers and Printers.
SHNIEDEWEND, PAUL, & CO., 631 W. Jackson blvd., Chicago. 7-12
Special Machinery.
GEORGE W. SWIFT, JR., designer and manufacturer of special machinery
for manufacturing and printing paper goods. BORDENTOWN, N. j.
8-12
Stereotyping Outfits.
A COLD SIMPLEX STEREOTYPING OUTFIT. $19 and up, produces the
finest book and job plates, and your type is not in danger of being ruined
by heat ; simpler, better, quicker, safer, easier on the type, and costs no
more than papier-mache ; also two engraving methods costing only $5 with
materials, by which engraved plates are cast in stereo metal from drawings
made on cardboard. “ Read.v-to-use ” cold matrix sheets, $1. HENRY
KAHRS, 240 E. 33d st., New York city. 11-11
Typefounders.
AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS CO., original designs in type and decorative
material, greatest output, most complete selection. Dealer in wood type,
printing machinery and printers’ supplies of all kinds. Send to nearest
house for lastest type specimens. Houses — Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Richmond, Buffalo, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Cincinnati, St. Louis,
Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Denver, Dallas, Los Angeles,
San Francisco, Portland, Spokane, . Seattle, Vancouver. 8-12
BARNHART BROTHERS & SPINDLER, 168-172 W. Monroe st., Chicago.
Type, borders, ornaments, electros, brass rule, galleys. 7-12
HANSEN, H. C., TYPE FOUNDRY (established 1872), 190-192 Congress
st., Boston; 43 Centre st. and 15 Elm st.. New York. 11-11
INLAND TYPE FOUNDRY’, Standard Line type and printers’ supplies, St.
Louis, New York and Chicago. 11-11
PRINTERS — You can not afford to purchase new or rebuilt Printers’
Machinery, exchange or sell your old without consulting us.
DRISCOLL & FLETCHER PrinterBs’”“ochlNne^ Works’
RUBBER STAMPS
AND SUPPLIES
FOR THE TRADE
YOUR customers will appreciate our prompt service.
Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Trade Discounts ”
The Barton Mfg*. Co., 335 Broadway, N. Y.
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THIS SPECIAL OFFER
Includes 1911 and 1912 at the very special rate of
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Telephone Books, Prices Current, etc.
Look Better and Won’t Break or WearOutl
Let us send sample and quote you
prices.
WIRE LOOP MFG. CO.
(Successors to Universal Wire loop Co.)
75 Shelby Street
DETROIT - - - - MICHIGAN
PATENTED
This cut illustrates one
of the various sizes of
hangers for books % to
3 inches in thickness.
I
MICHENER’S EMBOSSING COMPOSITION
Hard as stone ; ready for use in two $1.00 PER PACKAGE flame, hot water or torch. Remeltable— can
minutes; softens quickly by gas _ _ __ be used over again. Full instructions and
hints on embossing ( over 2,000 words ) with each package. You don’t have to buy a book to do good embossing.
SOLD BY ALL SUPPLY HOUSES
USED ALL OVER THE WORLD
A. W. MICHENER, Mfr., CHICAGO
A Money-Saver for You
1 ALWAYS RELIABLE— LOW IN PRICE
REDINGTON COUNTERS
Price, $5.00 U. S. A.
ADDRESS YOUR DEALER OR WRITE DIRECT
F. B. REDINGTON COMPANY, CHICAGO
iKr |k ADJUSTABLE HAND TYPE MOLD
pfll ffl FOR CASTING SORTS
l*x ■Li] A convenience; a time and money saver without equal in any
printing-office. No waiting for matrices to dry. Put the letter or
small cut in the mold, pour hot metal in and you have a matrix
instantly; then cast up any number of duplicates you desire from
the matrix. Send me a letter, 6 to 72 point, and I will cast you
sample matrix and duplicates. SEND FOR CIRCULAR
Cast by Mold from ARTHUR S. TAYLOR
Woodcut 63-65 Main Street YONKERS. N. Y.
jm gMsp^Jl Know Your Exact Costs
§4 An indisputable record of production and labor is furnished
lUlli# ^DURANT counters
‘ Ijrrniiii^ilj ACCURATE, POSITIVE, UNFAILING
| Record only actual impressions of press. Ask any printer’s supply house or write
us for details.
The W. N. DURANT CO., 528 Market St., Milwaukee, Wis
Sell Direct to the Paper Mill
We are in the market for paper stocl(
MARSEILLES WRAPPING PAPER CO.
MARSEILLES, ILL.
THE BLACK-CLAWSON CO.
HAMILTON, OHIO, U. S. A.
INK GRINDING MILLS with 3 Chilled Iron Rolls
Sizes — 6x18, 9 x 24, 9 x32, 9 x36, 12 x 30 and 16 x40 inches.
With or without Hoppers. Solid or Water-cooled Rolls.
Also build Paper and Pulp Mill Machinery, Plating Machines, Saturating
Machinery and Special Machinery.
THE GOVERNMENT STANDARD
KEYBOARD PAPER
- WITH ROUND PERFORATIONS- - —
for the MONOTYPE MACHINE
COLONIAL COMPANY, Mechanic Falls, Maine
Q A IT 1 Walter Scott Stop-Cylinder
M1 X_ J r\. r\ I J Press, 35x51 in.; Extra Ink
— - - - — - - — — Cylinder, Counter, etc. Peer¬
less Press 10x15, Universal 14x22. All first-class condition
JOHN PETERS
Printers’, Bookbinders’, Lithographers’ Machinist
317 EAST 22d STREET, NEW YORK
CARBON BLACK
MADE BY
GODFREY L. CABOT, Boston, Mass.
940-941 Old South Building
ELF ECLIPSE (PN) B. B. B. DIAMOND ACME
“Roildhind” fof the Trade
P ^ 1 1 M We have put in a ROUGHING
MACHINE, and should be
pleased to fill orders from those desiring this class of work. Three-color half¬
tone pictures, gold-bronze printing, and, in fact, high-grade work of any
character, is much improved by giving it this stippled effect. All work
given prompt attention. Prices on application. Correspondence invited.
THE HENRY O. SHEPARD COMPANY
632 Sherman Street CHICAGO
The Central Ohio Paper Co.
COLUMBUS, OHIO.
C, Exclusive manufacturers of the Famous Swan
Linen paper for high-class Stationery and “Swans-
down” Enamel Paper. Gives any book a finished
look. Write for dummies. Prompt shipments.
“Swan Delights Whoever Writes.**
A FEW REASONS WHY WE SHOULD HANDLE YOUR
1 WE SPECIALIZE- BEING ENGRAVERS EXCLUSIVELY
2 WE HAVE THE LARGEST FORCE OF ANY TRADE
ENGRAVING SHOPINTHE COUNTRY
3 WE CAN EXECUTE YOUR WORK AS PROMPTLY AS
YOU CAN, HAVING YOUR OWN ENGRAVERS
AWE ENGRAVE ANYTHING FROM A CARD PLATE TO
A VIGNETTE
5 OUR PRICES ARE REASONABLE
3/9 S LA SALLE ST
C dhco. *
CH/CAGO, LLL
936
The Only ^Way to Get C ameo Results
If you want to give your lialf-tone printing the beautiful soft, rich effects
usually associated with photogravures, there s ]ust ONE way to do it — Use
Cameo Paper.
If you want your high-grade half-tone engravings to show to their hest effect
without the gloss and reflection common to all other half-tone papers — - there s just
one way to accomplish it — use Cameo Paper.
Cameo effects are so distinctive — so superior to the results obtained in any
other way that in most shops the term “Cameo Results has become synonymous
with “ Best Results.
Cameo Results can only he obtained with
CAMEO
PLATE
COATED BOOK— White or Sepia
To get the very hest results with Cameo, note these few suggestions:
HALF-TONE PLATES. The plates should he deeply etched. The screen
hest adapted is 150 lines to the inch, although the surface is receptive to any
ordinary half-tones.
OVERLAYS. Should be cut on slightly thicker paper than required for
regular coated.
MAKE READY. Build up an even grading from high lights to solids.
INK. Should he of fairly heavy body, one which will not run too freely,
and a greater amount of ordinary cut ink must he carried than for glossy papers. The
richest effect that can be obtained in one printing comes from the use of double-tone
ink on Cameo Plate. Of this ink less is required than for glossy paper. There is
no trouble from “ picking. Impression should he heavy, but only such as will
insure an unbroken screen and even contact.
Cameo is the hest stock for all half-tones except those intended to show polished
and mechanical subjects m microscopic detail.
Use Cameo according to these instructions and every half-tone job you run
will bring you prestige.
Send for Sample-boo k To-dap.
S. D. WARREN UO., 160 Devonshire St., B oston, M ass.
Manufacturers of the Best in Staple Lines of Coated and Uncoated Book Papers.
Boston, Mass.
Buffalo, N. Y. . .
Chicago, Ill.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Dallas, Tex.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Houston, Tex.
Kansas City, Mo.
Los Angeles, Cal.
New York City .
LIST OF DISTRIBUTORS
. . . The A. Storrs 6? Bement Co.
. The Ailing fk? Cory Co.
. J. W. Butler Paper Co.
Cleveland Paper Manufacturing Co.
. Kingsley Paper Co.
. Southwestern Paper Co.
. Central Michigan Paper Co.
. Southwestern Paper Co.
. Interstate Paper Co.
. Blake, Moffitt 6? Towne
Sole Agents, Henry Lindenmeyr Sons
New York City (for Export only)
Milwaukee, ^Vis .
Philadelphia. Pa .
Pittsburgh, Pa .
Portland, Me .
Portland, Ore .
Rochester, N. Y .
San Francisco, Cal .
Seattle, ^Vash .
Spokane, Wash .
Vancouver, B. C .
. National Paper fk? Type Co.
. Standard Paper Co.
. Magarge & Green Co.
The Ailing fer* Cory Co.
C. M. Rice Paper Co.
. . . . Blake, McFall Co.
The Ailing & Cory Co.
Blake, Moffitt fk? Towne
Mutual Paper Co.
American Type Founders Co.
American Type Founders Co.
937
FOR PRINTERS
VJlWVV) MQM|y
NON-EXPLOSWE
s^Jrcoun Bookie
. DEIEJECHEMICALCO
aps w/ll/am swmmL
Best Detergent for cleaning and preserving Rollers.
Polished Copper
for Half-tone and Color Processes
Polished Zinc
for Line Etching, Half-tone and
Ben Day Processes
Chemicals, Supplies
and Equipment
for the Shop, Gallery and Artroom
National Steel and
Copper Plate Co.
OFFICES AND STOCKROOMS
704-6 Pontiac Bldg., 542 S. Dearborn St., Chicago
1235 Tribune Bldg., City Hall Square, New York
214 Chestnut St. ; i ; St. Louis, Mo.
FACTORIES
1133-1143 West Lake Street : Chicago, Ill.
220-224 Taaffe Place : Brooklyn, New York
64 page* — Flexible Cover — 3 x 6 inches™
a size and shape most convenient
for pocket or desk use.
A CYCLOPEDIA
OF
EVERY-DAY INFORMATION
FOB THE
NON-PRINTER
ADVERTISING MAN
Ever feel the lack of technical printing knowledge?
“Concerning Type” tells all about type, how it is
divided into text and display faces, explains the point
system, shows eighteen kinds of type— each in seven
sizes; contains valuable information about engrav¬
ings, composition, proofreading, paper, presswork,
binding, estimating, a complete dictionary of printing
terms, and a hundred other things you should know
—but probably don't. Endorsed by every one who
knows a good thing when he sees it.
Price, 50 Cents, postpaid
THE INLAND PRINTER CO.
1729 TRIBUTE BLDG.
NEW YORK
632
SHERMAN ST.
CH ICAGO
*
Copper and Zinc Plates
MACHINE GROUND AND POLISHED
CELEBRATED SATIN FINISH BRAND
FOR PHOTO,- ENGRAVING AND ETCHING
MANUFACTURED BY
The American Steel & Copper Plate Co.
116 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y.
We cater to the Printing Trade
in making the most up-to-date
= line of — ■
Pencil and Pen
Carbons
for any Carbon Copy work.
Also all Supplies for Printing Form Letters.
MITTAG & VOLGER, Inc.
PARK RIDGE. NEW JERSEY
MANUFACTURERS FOR THE TRADE ONLY
METALS
Linotype, Monotype, Stereotype
Special Mixtures
QUALITY
First, Last and All the Time.
E.W. Blatchford Co.
230 N. Clinton St. 5 Beckman St.
Chicago New York
OUR NEW IMPROVED
Are Guaranteed to Remain Transparent,
are Deep and Do Not Smudge.
_ WRITE FOR CATALOGUE _
TheA meric an Shading Machine Co.
164-168 Rano St., Buffalo, N. Y., U. S. A.
A SULLIVAN PRESS
will increase the
income from
your waste
paper, by pack¬
ing it in neat,
tight bales for
storage or ship¬
ment. Circular 64-F
SULLIVAN
MACHINERY
COMPANY
122 South Michigan Avenue, CHICAGO
Shading Films
PRESSMEN’S
OVERLAY KNIFE
This knife has been subjected to a careful test for
quality of temper. It will be found to hold a keen
edge and to be of much flexibility, enabling the
operator to divide a thin sheet of paper very deli¬
cately. In all respects it is of superior manufac¬
ture. The blade runs the entire length of the
handle and is of uniform temper throughout. As
the knife wears, cut away the covering as required.
PRICE, POSTPAID, 25 CENTS
THE INLAND PRINTER COMPANY
632 Sherman Street, Chicago
1729 Tribune Building, New York
Vest-Pocket
Manual of
Printing
A full and con.
eise explanation
of the technical
points in the
printing trade,
for the use of
the printer and
his patrons
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Punctuation : The Comma, Semicolon, Colon,
Period, Note of Interrogation, Exclamation Mark,
Hyphen, Marks of Parenthesis. Dash, Apostrophe
— Capitalization — Style: The Use and Non-use of
Figures, Aobreviations, Italicizing, Quotations —
Marked Proof — Corrected Proof — Proofreaders’
Marks— Make-up of a Book— Imposition and Sizes
of Books — Sizes of the Untrimmed Leaf — Type
Standard — Number of Words in a Square Inch —
Relative Sizes of Type — Explanation of the Point
System — Weight of Leads Required for any Work
— Number of Leads to the Pound —To Print Con¬
secutive Numbers— To Prevent Coated Paper from
Peeling — Engraving and Illustrating — Definitions
of the Principal Technical Terms Used in Fine
Bookbinding— Relative Values of Bindings— Direc¬
tions for Securing Copyright — Correct Sizes of
Flat Writing Papers — Sizes of Ruled Paper —
Regular Envelope Sizes — Standard Sizes of News¬
papers — Leads for Newspapers — Newspaper Meas¬
urements— Imposition of Forms.
Convenient vest-pocket size. Neatly bound
in leather, round corners ^ 86 pages -, 50 cts.
The Inland Printer Co.
1729 Tribune Bldg. 632 Sherman Street
MEW YORK CHICAGO
938
If its ENGRAVED or EMBOSSED
“WL DO IT”
TELEPHONES RANDOLPH 805 806
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^MfREUNDSe§ONS
STEEL AND COPPER PLATE
ENGRAVERS ^ PRINTERS
STEEL DIE EMBOSSERS
WEDDING INVITATIONS- BOOKPLATES
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DANCE PROGRAMS- CLUB INVITATIONS _ ^ „ _ , , . ^ ^ ^
BUSINESS STATIONERY- ETC-ISBHK 16™ 20 E. RANDOLPH St., CH ICAGO
t
The Robert Dick M ailer
Combines the three great essentials to the
publisher: SPEED — SIMPLICITY-
DURABILITY.
Read what one of the many users has to say:
Houston, Tex., Dec. 1, 1910.
Rev. Robert Dick Estate,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Gentlemen: — We take pleasure in
advising that the Dick Mailers which
have been in use here for a long time
have given the best of satisfaction.
They are without doubt the best
mailer manufactured.
The Houston Chronicle.
Wm. Holland.
Manufactured in inch and half
inch sizes from two to five inches.
For further information , address
Rev. ROBERT DICK ESTATE, K,T;f".‘T.sv
Bookbinders and Printers
will be interested to know of our rapid mail order service
and our ability to supply them with the highest grade of
the following specials:
XXD Gold Leaf, Long Edge, Stamping Ledger
Dark Usual, Dark Pale, Aluminum Leaf, and
Composition Leaf
Gold and aluminum leaf sold in any quantities from one
book up. Large facilities for smelting gold waste, rubber,
rags and cotton Send for Catalogue
ESTABLISHED 1867
JULIUS HESS COMPANY
1411-1427 Greenwood Terrace Chicago, Ill.
Boosting the Buyer’s Taste
for Good Printing
That’s what THE GRAPHIC ARTS is doing
SPECIAL OFFER
CL The first six issues of The Graphic Arts are now complete. These com¬
prise Voh I, and contain a beautiful collection of exhibits — the notable
series of articles on type-faces by Henry Lewis Bullen, and many other
articles you ought to have in your library.
CL To those who subscribe now, we will send twelve new issues of The
Graphic Arts and the six additional numbers comprising Vol. I, for the lump
sum of $3.00 — making eighteen copies for little more than one year’s sub¬
scription. We’ll send you the bill after your copies have been shipped.
NATIONAL ARTS PUBLISHING COMPANY
200 SUMMER STREET, BOSTON
939
The Miller Saw-Trimmer
A Standardizing Machine for the Printer
3 platens, 1 cylinder— no typesetting machines
In this plant a $650 Miller Saw-Trimmer equipment
pays interest on investment , depreciation , and more.
USED LESS THAN TWO HOURS PER DAY
Can you afford to say — - Not in the market ”
Easy to operate. Easy to buy. Easy to pay for.
Miller Saw -Trimmer Co., “"awmVX s‘
The Foremost Advertising Medium
in Its Field
fj If you are selling directly or indirectly to the printers and
publishers of Canada, you can make the Printer and Publisher
a powerful adjunct to your present selling plans. Printer and
Publisher appeals to an audience, every month, including 80%
of the buying heads of the printing and publishing plants of
Canada. These are the people you wish to convert into
customers.
t]] Consider, then, the immensity of the field covered by Printer
and Publisher, and consider more particularly how profitable an
investment in this valuable medium will be to you.
We have convincing proof of what advertising in Printer and
Publisher has done for other United States Supply Houses. Ask
us to outline a plan whereby you can obtain similar results.
The Printer and Publisher of Canada
143-149 University Avenue T oronto, Canada
940
Lowest Operating Cost
With Highest Efficiency
Economical, every-day service is what counts for
record. Users who know and appreciate low cost of
production with increased output pronounce
THE ANDERSON
TWO -FOLD PARALLEL FOLDER
thoroughly dependable and a satisfactory investment.
Built for" folding 4, 6 and 8 pages, either single or in
gangs; 16 or 3 a page booklets can be folded by feeding
through a second time.
Mechanical features and what this folder will do for
you will be cheerfully explained to any one interested.
C. F. ANDERSON & CO.
712 S. Clark Street
Chicago* Ill.
JENNEY
UNIVERSAL TYPE MOTORS
Are the High-Grade Standard
for All Printing Machinery
AMERICAN ROTARY VALVE CO.
SUCCESSORS TO
Jenney Electric Mfg. Co.
GENERAL OFFICES FACTORY
156 No. Dearborn St.* Chicago Anderson, Ind.
VACUUM CLEANING MACH’Y— AIR COMPRESSORS
“They Are
Goin^ Some”
Six hundred and twenty-two
Wing-Horton Mailers
were sold in 1910.
They were all sold sub¬
ject to approval, but not a
Mailer was returned.
They are carried in stock
at printers’ supply houses
throughout the United States
and Canada.
Full particulars supplied on re¬
quest to any agency, or
CHAUNCEY WING, Mfr., Greenfield, Mass.
The Successful Printer Will Tell You
There’s a big difference in the cost of production where the printer undertakes to meet competition
with an awkward or out-of-date make-ready system as compared with modern methods.
The Rouse Unit System
supplies the greatest efficiency in both make-up and make-ready — -a system that eliminates all waste time
in making up, making ready and registering; it is the one system that permits the quickest change in
plates, the narrowest possible margin and a permanent make-ready. This system reduces the waiting time
of your press, insuring the greatest output as well as the best work.
Keep Your Eye Open
for imitations, because since the Rouse Unit System Bases and Register Hooks have made such good success throughout the
printing industry many have undertaken to imitate them. Do not be deceived, but investigate carefully. Best send for our
illustrated catalogue, which will guide you.
SOLD BY DEALERS EVERYWHERE— MADE ONLY BY
H. B. ROUSE & COMPANY, Chicago
“THE REGISTER HOOK PEOPLE”
941
For All Purposes
a bond paper — not made for
a special purpose — but for
all demands. When you ac¬
cept a bond made to answer
such demands as letter-heads,
invoices, loose-leaf systems,
vouchers and checks, as well
as numerous other commer¬
cial business forms, you, the
printer, will not have to carry
stock of so many kinds for
so many demands.
is made for the demands of
the every-day business man,
possessing distinctive char¬
acter, an honest product, and
a bond that is worth more
than its selling price. The
various sizes and colors are
attractive to the average busi¬
ness man, and the printer
should investigate the
MARQUETTE BOND
product thoroughly before
he stocks up on anything not
suitable for all demands.
We carry a full line in all sizes and
weights, white and eight colors, for
immediate shipment, including 22 x
34-26, also white and in eight colors
Swigart Paper Company
653-655 South Fifth Avenue Chicago, Ill.
Box
Machine
12-inch Arm — Stitching
point 36 or 44 inches from
the floor.
20 - inch Arm — Stitching
point 36 or 44 inches from
the floor.
MANUFACTURED BY
The J.L. Morrison
Company
534 So. Dearborn St.
Chicago
New York London Toronto
** Perfection ” Stitchers
for all purposes
A Good Investment
Wouldn’t the small sum paid for a “Muldoon” be a
good investment if it saved its cost for you in six months?
Blades and liners cost you $1.00 each — the Muldoon
Cabinet holds $216.00 worth.
Think it over, Mr. Linotype Owner.
MANUFACTURED AND SOLD BY
J. R. MULDOON & CO.
406 Commercial Building
Dayton, Ohio, U. S. A.
THE MULDOON
(Open)
Price, $14.00
The
Muldoon
Liner & Blade Cabinet
942
PRINTERS9 AND BINDERS9
OUTFITS AND MACHINERY
215-223 W. Congress St., CHICAGO, ILL.
Near Filth A?©»
SPECIAL REBUILT BARGAINS
23 x 30 Campbell, front delivery. . . . $ 650.00
27 x 37 Cottrell, 4-roller, front delivery . 1,100.00
32 x 47 Babcock Optimus, 4-roller . 1,200.00
41 x 56 Campbell, front delivery . 950.00
25 x 30 Cottrell, front delivery... . S50.00
27 x 31 Whitlock, front delivery . 800.00
24 x 29 Scott, front delivery . 850.00
27 x 40 Gaily Cutter and Creaser . 475.00
26 x 35 Lyon Reliance Proof Press . 300.00
60-inch Cutter . . 750.00
10 x 15 Golding Jobber, with long fountain, automatic
brayer . . 200.00
12 x IS Golding Art Jobber, with long fountain, duplex
distributor . . 325.00
15 x 21 Golding Art Jobber, with long fountain, duplex
distributor . 450.00
10 x 15 Improved Prouty, with long fountain . 160.00
12 x 28 Improved Prouty, with long fountain . 225.00
Largest Stock of Rebuilt Standard and Special Printers’
and Bookbinders’ Machinery in Chicago
BRONZING
MACHINES
for
Lithographers & Printers
Guaranteed in Every Respect
BRONZE POWDERS
We Do Repairing
SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES
Manufactured by
Robert Mayer & Co.
Suite 420, 200 Fifth Ave., New York
Factory : Hoboken, N. J.
Seattle San Francisco Boston
Quality — Service
BRISLANE-
HOYNE
COMPANY
Electrotypers
Nickeltypers
412-414-416 South Dearborn Street
Chicago
OUR PLANT IS ENTIRELY NEW AND EQUIPPED
WITH ALL OF THE LATEST IMPROVED MA-
CHINERY ESSENTIAL TO THE PRODUCTION
OF HIGH-GRADE PRINTING PLATES
Special Attention to Country Orders
CUT THEN
OF PRINTING^
by using individual motor drive for
every machine in your shop. It means
convenience, cleanliness, safety, economy
and increased profits.
WATSON MOTORS
are especially built to supply motive power for
presses, cutters, linotypes, stitchers and every
other machine in the modern print-shop.
Direct current or alternating current — all
sizes, from % h.-p. to 30 h.-p.
The superior construc¬
tion of Watson motors
insures longer life, better
service, and less cost for
maintenance.
Write to-day for bulletins
The Mechanical
Appliance
Co.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Dept. B
943
Send for full information and samples
A. F. WANNER & GO.
Sold by Dealers Everywhere 341 So. Dearborn St., Chicago
The Many-Sided Potter Proof Press
is the machine that has opened the eyes of printers as to what a proof press really should be.
The Potter is not only right in principle,
but is designed on our ideas of “ stronger than
necessary ” construction, that means the high¬
est grade of work for a maximum time with a
minimum of repairs. It is this construction
that has made a record of 400 machines sold
with only 20 cents repairs.
It will pay you to investigate the
Potter. It is the modem method of
proof- taking. Perfect proofs in half the
time. Register proofs of process plates
or galley proofs of linotype matter both
can be done better on the Potter. Let us tell
you why. The Potter is made in four sizes,
10x25 to 25x32, either with or without auto¬
matic inking device.
1,000 Magazines for Fifty Cents
GATHERED, STITCHED AND
COVERED
Labor (1) operator .
(1) operator assistant .
(2) good feeders .
(1) good feeder assistant .
(1) good take-off .
Per M . .
$3.00
1.50
3.00
1.00
1.50
$ 10.00
. $ 0.3703
Fixed interest . . on $8,000 6%
Charges, insurance .....“ “ 2%
Depreciation . 5%
Supt . y2%
Per M .
$ 1.60
.54
1.33
.12
$ 3.59
. $0.1330
3,000 books per hour X 9 — 27,000 books per day .
. $ 0.5033
GEO. JUENGST & SONS, Croton Falls, New York.
WE HAVE NO AGENTS
Waite Die and Plate Press
USERS’ OPINIONS
“If we were to order another press to-day we would order the
'Waite.' ” — CLARKE & COURTS, Galveston, Tex.
‘‘We freely express the utmost satisfaction, getting the best of
results as to quality of work together with output. Contrary to reports,
the machine is not complicated and we can, without hesitation,
recommend the ‘Waite’ to any prospective purchaser.”
THE CARGILL CO., Houston, Tex.
“In our opinion the ‘Waite’ is the best press in the market.
It has the best wiper of any of the presses, owing to the fact that it
wipes more like the human hand would wipe a plate, while other
presses have a flat wipe.”
AMERICAN STATIONERY COMPANY, Buffalo, N. Y.
“The above (Plaza Hotel) letter-head plate has had 85,000
impressions at a speed of 30 a minute on our 4 in. x 8 in. Waite Die
Press.” — CAMERON & BULKLEY, New York, N. Y.
“We are pleased to state that our 6 in. x 10 in. Waite Die Press
is giving us good service. This press is running dies the full limit of
the die box on a high grade of close color stamping with excellent
results.” —GEO. C. WHITNEY CO., Worcester, Mass.
“We are enabled to do a class of work on it that can not be
done on any other die press in our plant, and we have several of
various makes." — E. A. WRIGHT, Philadelphia, Pa.
AUTO FALCON C& WAITE DIE PRESS CO., Ltd.
NEW YORK LIFE BUILDING, 346 BROADWAY, NEW YORK Factory, Dover, N. H.
Buying a Folder Costs Enough
to suggest that the buyer be extra careful about the kind he purchases.
Your Binding Costs Reduced
Any printer using our Folder realizes the low¬
est possible cost of production. It is intended
to solve “Bindery Troubles and it does.
We Cleveland
Folding Machine
No Tapes, Knives, Cams or
Changeable Gears.
Has range from 19V£ x 38 to 2x3 in parallel.
Folds and delivers 4s, 6s, 8s, 10s, 12s, 14s and 16s, single or
in gangs.
Also regular 4s, 8s and 16s, hook folds, from sheets 19V2 x 27
down to where the last fold is not less than 2x2 in.
Makes accordion and a number of other — folds that can
not be made on any other folder.
INSTALLED ON A THIRTY DAYS’ TRIAL on an un¬
conditional guarantee of absolute satisfaction.
W rite for a complete set of sample folds
The Cleveland Folding Machine Company :: Cleveland , Ohio
6-10
945
Why W aste Money onPoor Electrotypes ?
There is no good argument in defense of using “ thin-shell or cheap electrotypes
when the very best can be had at the same price. There is but one method of satisfying
the users of electrotypes, and that is dependable electrotypes and quick service.
Do You Know About Our Famous
Nickeltype Plates?
Users who appreciate high-class work praise the efficiency
of our nickeltypes and we know there is none better at any
price. If you have a high-class job in mind, let us submit
samples of work both by plate and printed results. This will
tell the story. Nickeltypes are the one certain process of perfect
and satisfactory reproduction.
Our Enti re Plant is Fully
Equipped
with new and modern machinery, and in the hands of expert
workmen. We are capable of handling your work with ab¬
solute satisfaction.
Buyers of electrotypes should increase the appearance of
their product through the use of better electrotypes, and this
may be accomplished with the American Electrotype service.
Phone Franklin 2264. M^e will call for your business.
AMERICAN ELECTROTYPE COMPANY
24-30 South Clinton Street, Chicago
INVESTIGATE THIS PRESS BEFORE BUYING NEW EQ U I P M E N T
The Swink Printing Press Company
The Endorsement of Buyers
is the strongest evidence that can be submitted in behalf of this press. Users
— we mean, printers who are familiar with all makes — after thorough test,
acknowledge and declare, unsolicited, their complete
satisfaction in that the
Swink High-Grade
Two-Revolution
Press
is the fulfilment of a long felt
want among the printers. That
its construction, compactness,
general efficiency, durability and
adaptability, together with its
uniform high speed of an average
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all that can be desired. It is truly
the press of to-day, to-morrow and
the future. Built for hard service;
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parts; its register is absolute, the impression certain.
946
Reduce Expense in the
Composing-Room
A PROOF PRESS that will prove a form 25 x 25 j inches
— Produces work equal to a cylinder press — Feeds to grippers
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an hour.
VANDERCOOK
Composing - Room Cylinder
A PROOF PRESS that will materially increase the efficiency of
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Saves Money for all Departments
Better work by proofreaders. Make-ready time on regular presses
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Large or small forms are proved without change of tympan or adjustment. A single letter, alone and unsupported, can be
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Safety grippers prevent injury to forms by careless workmen. The gripper action is accurate and instantaneous. Any one
can produce a perfect proof on this Cylinder Proof Press. Proofs may be pulled immediately on the stock selected for the job.
The simplest and most durable printing-press ever constructed.
SAMPLE PROOFS AND CIRCULARS ON REQUEST. ASK YOUR DEALER OR WRITE US DIRECT.
U. S. Government Printing-Office at Washington endorses by repeat order
EASTERN SALES COMPANY, Manufacturers
1524 Peoples Gas Building, CHICAGO
6M Envelopes
yv/f/i t/ie Novel
A Catchy Idea That Means Bigger Stationery Orders for You
V^OUR customers will be quick to see that these new envelopes have an advertising
value far greater than their slightly increased cost. The Seal-Flap idea will catch
their fancy — - and their stationery business. That’s where you come in.
Thanks to our new machinery, we can now turn out 6 Y\ envelopes with almost
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“Sure Stick
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No more kicks on bond
envelopes opening up —
no matter how long
they’re stored. The gum
we us tsimply can V let go.
That's just one feature of
Western States envelopes
—and there are others that
mean as much to you.
Western States Envelope Company
Manufacturers of “ Sure Stick” Envelopes
for Printers and Lithographers
Milwaukee
947
There’s a Difference
between the satisfied compositor who uses
an up-to-date stick and one who is trying to
keep in the game with the “old-style” stick.
Therefore —
Before you buy — just drop us a card for
Catalog and some interesting testimonials.
“ Tools of Quality for Particular Printers "
The Star Composing Stick
stands unapproached in many points,
chiefly — in rapidity, accuracy, durability,
comfort and ease in use.
MADE IN ALL POPULAR SIZES.
FOR SALE BY SUPPLY HOUSES GENERALLY
The Star Tool Mfg. Company
17 West Washington Street Springfield, Ohio
Hundreds of Printers Have
Secured More Efficient Power
— and at a much lower cost — by installing our small motors
on their individual machines.
Let us prove to you how you can cut a big slice out of your
power bills ,e<very month by using
Made especially for linotype machines, presses, cutters,
binders, staplers and other printers’ machinery.
For more than sixteen years our big factory has been devoted
entirely to the manufacture of small motors — 3*5 to 15 horse¬
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with dispatch from our factory or from our seven branch houses.
A free booklet about motors will be sent for the asking
The Robbins & Myers Company
Factory and Genera! Offices :
1325 Lagonda Avenue
Springfield, Ohio
BRANCHES:
New York, 145 Chambers
street; Chicago, 320 Monad-
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1109 Arch street; Boston,
176 Federal street; Cleve¬
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N. AV. ; New Orleans, 312
Carondelet street ; St. Louis,
1120 Pine street; Kansas
City, 930 AVyandotte street.
Improved Linotype Indicator
and
Records in picas and points
each matrix as assembled, en¬
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practically perfect line-up at
any desired point on the slug.
Leader work, tabular work,
ditto work — in fact, all intricate work — can be set with ease and precision, and as
rapidly as straight matter. The slide moves steadily, and in such a firm manner
that it prevents transpositions, keeps the matrices from jumping out of the line, etc.
Patented Aug. 31, 1909
Other patents pending.
Assembler
Slide
SEND FOR BOOKLET AND TESTIMONIALS
RAPP & WAGMAN MFG. CO.
INCORPORATED
832 CHERRY STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA.
948
Printing for Profit
IS MADE EASIER FOR THE
USERS OF THE LATEST
Scott Two -Revolution Presses
because they are the most perfect machines of
their kind built. Take particular notice of
the many superior features enumerated below:
SCOTT DIRECT-DRIVE TWO-REVOLUTION FOUR-ROLLER PRESS
FEATURES
Perfectly Designed Frame
Absolute and Lasting Register
By patented DIRECT-DRIVE Bed Motion
Adjustable Air Chambers
Powerful and Solid Impression
New Cylinder Controlling Devices
New Impression Adjustment
Patented Safety Gripper Motion
Patented Safety Shoo-fly Motion
Cylinder Advancing Adjustments
Effective Form Roller Lifter
Patented Distribution before ink reaches table
Patented Minute Fountain Regulation
Ink Fountain Trip — patented
Interchangeable Rollers
Springless fly delivery
Patented Curtain Sheet Delivery
Finest Materials and Workmanship
Built in five styles and eight sizes
SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR TO NEAREST OFFICE
WALTER SCOTT & COMPANY
DAVID J. SCOTT, General Manager
MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY
PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY
NEW YORK, 41 Park Row CHICAGO, Monadnock Block
949
Your
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THE MASTER PRINTER
PUBLISHING COMPANY
1001 Chestnut Street
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Department 11
Clean Printers Use
Clean Wiping Rags
We are not “ragmen,” but launderers of
rags put through a thoroughly sanitary
cleaning process, each rag carefully
selected, all buttons, pins, hooks, eyes,
in fact anything “scratchy” removed by
hand prior to cleansing.
No possible chance to ruin electros,
half-tones, type-faces or printers’ rollers.
Rags are soft, clean and absorbent.
We Guarantee Every Rag
thoroughly sterilized, hand selected,
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by an affidavit covering our process of
preparation. This removes any possi¬
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inferior rag at a high price.
Send to-day for particulars, quantities you use, and me
mill mail you our regular price list or special quotation.
I IDEAL I
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1930-32-34 WARREN AVENUE CHICAGO
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Something New in a
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PATENT PENDING
The first and only practical card case that is really
adjustable
It fills a long-felt need, as the different sizes, with the adjustable feature, will
fit any size of business , professional or visiting card
Some of the Many Advantages
Ordinary cards can be used. No Tabbing, Scoring, Perforating, or other
expensive work needed. Cards are held securely in perfect book-form and
may be easily removed from case. Case holds twenty-two 2-ply cards and
any card in the case may be withdrawn without disturbing the other cards.
The only case in which a folding card can be used. If too many cards are
withdrawn, they can be replaced in case easily, instantly and securely.
Cards can not become soiled in pocket. If this case is used, a neat, clean
card is always ready for delivery.
PRICES
We will send to the trade a sample case, prepaid , upon receipt of 75c ,
money to be refunded if not satisfactory. Complete descriptive circular and
wholesale prices upon application.
B
950
The Best Perforating Machine ?
Answer — The NATIONAL
There is no room for comparison between the old-fashioned round
hole and slot perforations and the clean, even and perfect work the
“National” turns out.
High-class trade demands the “National” cut perforation more and
more, and as a progressive printer you should get in touch with us and
let us show you how to expand the scope of your business in an economical
and profitable manner.
Write for our catalog
National Printing Machinery Co., Inc.
Athol, Massachusetts
Formerly National Perforating Machine Company, Kansas City, Mo
The Installation of the U 11 1VC T S cl 1
Gutters and Greasers
Means that the buyer is getting the most for
his money — an investment worth while. The
success and reputation of our presses have set
the pace, therefore the name Gaily “Universal”
means “ Standard. ”
The Universal is adapted for either stamp¬
ing or paper-box cutting. Is so constructed as
to insure economical maintenance and opera¬
tion, therefore must necessarily be a satisfactory press.
Inquiry will convince you that the press is mechanically correct, and
the makers’ reputation will assure you of that. Get our new catalog and
note our lines of other presses.
There are many other machines mentioned that will likely interest you.
Built in five sizes
From 20x30 in. to 30x44 in.
The National Machine Co Manufacturers, Hartford , Connecticut
Sole Canadian Agents — MILLER & RICHARD, Toronto and Winnipeg
It stands the test
and comparison
of all
You Get Full Satisfaction
when you install the reliable Dewey Ruling Machine,
because it is built on up-to-date ideas. Its mechanical
principle and construction stands for only the best. Built for
service and at the right price. One of the main features —
the slack of cloth always at bottom, making top perfectly
tight. Any user of any pen machine can add this im¬
provement at little cost.
These machines are guaranteed to
do perfect work
Before you buy, do yourself justice by investigating
the reliable Dewey Ruling Machine.
Manufactured since 1863, but with improvements since 1910
WRITE FOR CATALOGUE
F. E. AND B. A. DEWEY
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
951
Draw a Winning Card
Every customer a trade-winner, giving you his hearty support
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getting your customers in that frame of mind, your business will
e pretty well established ?
Appearance of Our Neat
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create such a fine enthusiasm among their users that they can not
desist from recommending them and almost insisting that their
friends use them, too.
If you are the dealer in your locality where these cards can
be bought, you are right in line for the benefits of this enthusi¬
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The clean, smooth edges, the neatness of the case and the economic utility of
the card will make the appeal to you as well as to your customers.
Send to-day for a sample, and see how they really are. Our plan for the dealers
will also accompany the request.
The John B. Wiggins Company
Established 1857
Engravers, Plate Printers, Die Embossers
52-54 East Adams Street Chicago
Alta Velour Bond
A Novelty in Finish
12c per lb.
White, Blue and Golden Rod
22 x 34 - 48 lb.
SAMPLES MAILED UPON APPLICATION
Parker, Thomas & Tucker Paper Co.
514 to 522 Sherman Street, Chicago
Tympan Gauge Square
FOR QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY PLACING
THE GAUGE PINS ON A PLATEN PRESS.
Made of transparent celluloid, ruled in picas. Size,
3% x 8% inches.
Ky placing the square over the impression of the job on
the tympan in the proper position, and marking with a pen¬
cil along the left and lower edges, the gauges can be placed
correctly at once. Will save its cost in one day’s use.
Twenty-five cents, postpaid to any address.
THE INLAND PRINTER CO.
632 SHERMAN STREET .... CHICAGO
PRINTERS, BE MERCHANTS
That is the slogan of former President Fell of the United Typothetae. It is the best
and most effective utterance of a man who has the habit of saying pat and pertinent things.
There is nothing on the market that can help you become a merchant printer more
quickly than H. H. Stalker’s
“BUILDING AND ADVERTISING
A PRINTING BUSINESS”
The book is compiled from articles which appeared in The Inland Printer. They are
made into book form for the sake of convenience.
Keep it on your desk — it is a stimulant.
When business is dull and your think-tank weary, this book will enliven you by showing
you howto get business. There is something in every line — you couldn’t miss the good
things if you tried.
It costs $1.00 — really worth $25.00.
THE INLAND PRINTER CO., 632 Sherman Street, Chicago, Ill.
952
Our papers are supplied in fine wedding stationery, visiting cards, and other specialties by Eaton, Crane & Pike Co., Pittsfield,
Mass., and 225 Fifth Avenue, New York, whose boxes containing our goods bear the word CRANE’S.
$15.50 a Week Increase
in Wages
A Chicago hand compositor got tired of working for the
then job scale of $19.50.
Within the last four years he made the plunge and became
a student at
Cl )e Inland printer Cccljntcal ^cljool
Since that time his wages have risen steadily until now he is
earning $35 a week.
Not everybody can do so well. But any compositor can go part of the road
this man has traveled. There will be more machines than ever. Make up your mind
to catch on. This is the School that will show you how. It has the endorsement of
the International Typographical Union.
Send Postal for Booklet “Machine Composition**
and learn all about the course and what the students say of it.
The Thompson Typecaster taught without extra charge.
Inland Printer Technical School
632 Sherman Street, Chicago, Ill.
953
BOOKS AND UTILITIES
BOOKBINDING
Bookbinding — Paul N. Hasluck . $0.54
Bookbinding and the Care of Books — -Douglas Cockerell . 1.35
Bookbinding for Amateurs — ■ W. J. E. Crane..... . 1.10
Manual of the Art of Bookbinding — J. B. Nicholson . 2.35
The Art of Bookbinding — J. W. Zaehnsdorf . 1.60
COMPOSING-ROOM
Art and Practice of Typography . $5.00
Concerning Type — A. S. Carnell . 50
-Correct Composition — Theodore Low De Yinne . 2.10
Design and Color in Printing — F. J. Trezise . 1.00
Imposition, a Handbook for Printers — F. J. Trezise . 1.00
Impressions of Modern Type Designs . 25
Modern Book Composition — Theodore Low De Vinne . 2.10
Plain Printing Types ■ — Theodore Low De Vinne . 2.10
The Practical Printer — II. G. Bishop . 1.00
Printing — Charles Thomas Jacobi . 2.60
Printing and Writing Materials — Adele Millicent Smith . 1.60
■Specimen Books:
Bill heads . 25
Envelope Corner-cards . 25
Letter-heads . 50
Professional Cards and Tickets . 25
Programs and Menus . 50
Covers and Title-pages . 75
Title-pages — Theodore Low De Vinne . 2.10
Vest-pocket Manual of Printing . 50
DRAWING AND ILLUSTRATION
A Handbook of Ornament — Franz Sales Meyer . $3.75
A Handbook of Plant Form . 2.60
Alphabets — A Handbook of Lettering — Edward F. Strange . 1.60
Alphabets Old and New — Lewis F. Day . 2.10
Decorative Designs — Paul N. Hasluck . 54
Drawing for Reproduction — Charles G. Harper . 2.35
Human Figure — J. H. Vanderpoel . 2.00
Lessons on Art — J. D. Harding . 1.10
Lessons on Decorative Design — Frank G. Jackson . 2.10
Lessons on Form — A. Blunck . . 3.15
Letters and Letter Construction — F. J. Trezise . 2.00
Letters and Lettering — Frank Chouteau Brown . 2.10
Line and Form — Walter Crane . 2.35
The Principles of Design — E. A. Batchelder . 3.00
Theory and Practice of Design — Frank G. Jackson . 2.60
ELECTROTYPING AND STEREOTYPING
Electrotyping — C. S. Partridge . $2.00
Partridge's Reference Handbook of Electrotyping and Stereotyp¬
ing ■ — ■ C. S. Partridge . 1.50
Stereotyping — C. S. Partridge . 2.00
ESTIMATING AND ACCOUNTING
A Money-making System for the Employing Printer — Eden B.
Stuart . $1.00
Building and Advertising a Printing Business — H. H. Stalker . 1.00
Campsie’s Pocket Estimate Book — John W. Campsie . 75
Challen’s Labor-saving Records — Advertising, Subscription, Job Print¬
ers. 50 pages, flexible binding. $1 ; 100 pages, half roan, cloth sides,
$2, and $1 extra fcr each additional 100 pages.
Cost Estimates for Employing Printers — David Ramaley. . $0.50
Cost of Printing — F. W. Baltes . 1.50
Cost of Production . 3.00
Fundamental Principles of Ascertaining Cost — J. Cliff Dando.. . .10.00
Hints for Young Printers Under Eighty- — W. A. Willard . 50
How to Make Money in the Printing Business — Paul Nathan . 3.20
Niciiol’s Perfect Order and Record Book, by express at expense of
purchaser . 3.00
Order Book and Record of Cost — II. G. Bishop, by express at
expense of purchaser . 3.00
Printers’ Account Book, 200 pages, by express at expense of pur¬
chaser, $3.50; 400 pages, by express at expense of purchaser . 5.00
Printer’s Insurance Protective Inventory System — Brown . 10.00
Starting a Printing-office — R. C. Mallette . 1.60
LITHOGRAPHY
Handbook of Lithography — -David Cumming . $2.10
Lithographic Specimens . 3.50
Metalography . 2.00
Metal-plate Printing . 2.00
Practical Lithography — -Alfred Seymour . 2.60
The Grammar of Lithography — W. D. Richmond . 2.10
MACHINE COMPOSITION
A Pocket Companion for Linotype Operators and Machinists — S.
Sandison . . . $1.00
Correct Keyboard Fingering — John S. Thompson . 50
Facsimile Linotype Keyboards . 25
History of Composing Machines — John S. Thompson; cloth, $2.00;
leather . 3.00
Thaler Linotype Keyboard, by express at expense of purchaser . 4.00
The Mechanism of the Linotype — John S. Thompson . 2.00
MISCELLANEOUS
The Building of a Book — Frederick H. Hitchcock . $2.20
Eight-hour-day Wage Scale — Arthur Duff . 3.00
The Graphic Arts and Crafts Year-book (foreign postage 80c extra) 5.00
Inks, Their Composition and Manufacture — ■ C. Ainsworth Mitchell
and T. C. Hepworth . 2.60
Manufacture of Ink — Sigmund Lehner . 2.10
Manufacture of Paper — R. W. Sindall . 2.10
Miller's Guide — John T. Miller . 1.00
Oil Colors and Printing Inks — L. E. Andes . 2.60
Practical Papermaking — George Clapperton . . 2.60
Printer’s Handbook of Trade Recipes — -Charles Thomas Jacobi.... 1.85
NEWSPAPER WORK
Establishing a Newspaper — O. F. Byxbee . $ .50
Gaining a Circulation — Charles M. Krebs . . . 50
Perfection Advertising Records . 3.50
Practical Journalism — Edwin L Shuman . 1.35
Writing for the Press — Luce; cloth, $1.10; paper . 60
PRESSWORK
A Concise Manual of Platen Presswork — F. W. Thomas . $ .25
American Manual of Presswork . 4.00
Color Printer — John F. Earhart.
Modern Presswork — Fred W. Gage . . 2.00
New Overlay Knife, with Extra Blade . 35
Extra Blades for same, each . 05
Overlay Knife . 25
Practical Guide to Embossing and Die Stamping . 1.50
Stewart’s Embossing Board, per dozen . 1.00
Tympan Gauge Square . 25
PROCESS ENGRAVING
A Treatise on Photogravure — Herbert Denison . $2.25
Line Photoengraving — Wm. Gamble . 3.50
Metal-plate Printing . 2.00
Metalography — Chas. Harrap . 2.00
Penrose’s Process Year-book . 2.50
Photoengraving — H. Jenkins; revised and enlarged by N. S. Amstutz 3.00
Photoengraving — Carl Sehraubstadter, Jr . 3.10
Photo-mechanical Processes — W. T. Wilkinson . 2.10
Photo-trichromatic Printing — C. G. Zander . 1.50
Prior’s Automatic Photo Scale . 2.00
Reducing Glasses . 35
Three-color Photography — Arthur Freiherm von Hubl . 3.50
PROOFREADING
Bigelow’s Handbook of Punctuation- — Marshall T. Bigelow . $ .55
Culinary French . 35
English Compound Words and Phrases — F. Horace Teall . 2.60
Grammar Without a Master — William Cobbett . 1.10
The Orthoepist — Alfred Ayres . 1.35
Webster Dictionary (Vest-pocket) . 50
Pens and Types — -Benjamin Drew . 1.35
Proofreading and Punctuation — Adt-le Millicent Smith . 1.10
Punctuation — • F. Horace Teall . 1.10
Stylebook of the Chicago Society of Proofreaders . 30
The Art of Writing English — J. M. D. Meiklejohn, M.A . 1.60
The Verbalist — Alfred Ayres . 1.35
Typographic Stylebook — W. B. McDermutt . 50
Wilson’s Treatise on Punctuation — John Wilson . 1.10
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TABLE OF CONTENTS — SEPTEMBER, 1911
PAGE
Ad-setting Contest No. 32 . 920
Advertisements, The Typography of — No.
VIII (illustrated) . 8G1
Apprentice of To-day, The . 878
Apprentice Printers’ Technical Club — No. X
(illustrated) . 86o
Ashore . 876
Bear Story, A . 899
Benedict’s New Type Scale . 915
Binders and Rulers’ Club Outing a Great Suc¬
cess . 901
Bipartisan Alliance, A . 910
Blind, Uniform Type Committee of the Amer¬
ican Association of Workers for the. ... 87S
Boil It Down and Read the Bible . 863
Bookbinding :
Stamping and Embossing . 899
British Anthem, Change in the . 863
Burns, Robert, Unpublished Verse of . 867
Business Notices :
Composing-room, Efficiency in the . 931
Monotype Publicity . 929
Palmer, E. H . 930
Rags, Economy in . 929
Rouse Register Hooks, A Booklet About... 930
Triumph Electric Company, The . 930
Turn Waste Into Profit . 929
Vandercook Proof Press, The . 930
Cat and the Label, The . 877
Chicago Finn Shows Dignity and Good Sense 914
Color in Practical Printing, Scientific . 907
Combine Among Printers Is Charged . 910
“ Composing-room Expert,” The . 902
Composition Club, Union to Cooperate with. . 916
Contributed Articles :
Apprentice Printers’ Technical Club — No.
X (illustrated) . 865
“ Composing-room Expert,” The . 902
Grammar and Proofreading . 857
Inventory, Making an . 856
Landing the Job . 849
Looking Backward . 859
Philippine Printing-shops (illustrated) .... 853
Printing-house Feud, The Great . 905
Printing Salesman, The . 850
Scientific Color in Practical Printing — No.
XVI . 907
Typography of Advertisements, The — No.
VIII (illustrated) . 861
Correspondence :
Apprentice of To-day, The . 878
Blind, Uniform Type Committee of the
American Association of Workers for
the . 878
Cat and the Label, The . 877
Deaf-mutes, Educating . 877
I. T. U. Student. From an . 879
Newspaper Folding and W rapping Ma¬
chine, A . 877
Postage Rate on Magazines, The . 877
Cost and Method :
Actual Occurrence, An . 916
Benedict’s New Type Scale (illustrated)... 915
Chicago Firm Shows Dignity and Good
Sense . 914
Is Your “ Cost System ” Reliable? . 916
Lowest Hour Cost, The . 916
Office, The . 914
Union to Cooperate with Composition Club 916
Virginia Cost Congress, October 5-7 . 914
What a Cost System Is . 916
Cost System, What It Is . 916
Country Newspaper Office, The . 871
Dates . 928
Deaf-mutes, Educating . 877
Denver, On to . 871
Editorial :
Country Newspaper Office, The . 871
Denver, On to . 871
Editorial Notes . 869
Master Printers, The Real . 872
National and Business Peace . 870
Saturday Half-holiday, The . 872
Woman Labor in the Printing Field . 872
Editorial Bouquets . 920
Engravers’ Convention, Steel and Copper
Plate . 895
Fielding and His Publisher . 906
Folding and Wrapping Machine, A Newspaper 877
Foreign Graphic Circles, Incidents in . 875
Gathering the Summer’s Joy . 911
Gompers Against Postal Raise . 910
Grammar and Proofreading . 857
Halo “ Slantin’ Down Over His Ear ” . 921
Harvard’s Course in Printing . 913
Helped to Remember . 901
Hoe Strike Settled . 909
page
Home of a Great Newspaper, Remarkable (il¬
lustrated) . 923
Hour Cost, IJie Lowest . 916
Illustrations :
Barn Cats . 851
Cleaned Out ! . 855
Coming Out ! . 853
Faust . 868
Goo-goo Eyes . 905
“I’ll Lick That Kid Yet! ” . 900
On the Grand Canal, Venice . 894
Outing, A Personally Conducted . 859
Pragmatism, A Lesson in . 929
Scat! . 897
See That Hump? . 924
“ Seven-up ” . 864
Suppressed ! . 904
The House of Rienzi, The Last of the
Tribunes” — Rome . 874
The Pipe Line . 903
Three Dollars a Bushel . 857
Treed! . 901
What’s That? . 898
Imrie Fills New Office . 911
Incidents in Foreign Graphic Circles . 875
Inventory, Making an . 856
I. T. U. Convention, The . 912
I. T. U. Student, From an . 879
Job Composition :
Murray, James Austin . 881
Job, Landing the . 849
Journal-Transcript, Franklin, N. H., Staff of
the . 911
Labor Service, Adjusting Pay for . 860
Lightning, Color of . 867
Looking Backward . 859
Machine Composition :
Another New Linotype: Model Ten . 894
Broken Keyboard Belt, To Repair a . 892
Clutch Knob Is Worn . 893
Drippings of Metal from Pot . 893
Gas Governors . 894
Linotypes Used on Arabic Daily Newspaper 892
Metal Troubles . 893
Portraiture with Slug-casting Machines . . . 892
Recent Patents on Composing Machinery. . . 894
Spaeeband Shifter Adjustment . 892
Suggestions from a Machinist-operator.... 894
Worn Distributor Screws and Other Trou¬
bles . 893
Mailing and Addressing Machines . 919
Master Printers, The Real . 872
Mechanical Pulp, New German . 900
Murray, James Austin . 881
New Printing Plant at New York, A . 910
Newspaper Work :
Ad. Display, Criticism of . 923
Ad. -setting Contest No. 32 . 92u
Another “ Progress Edition ” . 920
Criticisms, Newspaper . 922
Editorial Bouquets . 920
First-page Gap, Filling a . 922
“ Greater Winona Edition ” . 921
Halo “Slantin’ Down Over His Ear”.... 921
Norfolk Weeklies Merged . 922
Rate-cards for a Daily and a Weekly . 921
Steamboat Pilot. Progress Edition of the. . 920
Suggestion for Papers in German Commu¬
nities . 922
They Are Dead Ones . 920
Obituary :
Abbey, Edwin A . 926
Bemrose, Sir Henry . 925
Clark, Col. Adam . 926
Harper, James . 926
Ivreiter, James Monroe . 927
Moore, Mark W . 926
Rosicky, John . 927
Walker, Frank Miles . 926
Waugh, W. A . 925
White, C. V . 926
Office, The . 914
“ Papakuk ” Bags . 880
Paper. Improved System of Manufacturing. . 927
Pay for Labor Service, Adjusting . 860
Peace, National and Business . 870
Pension System for Employees, Establishes.. 909
Philippine Printing-shops (illustrated) . 853
Phonograph. To a . 917
Plural, A Disputed . 928
Postage Rate on Magazines, The . 877
Practical Printing, Scientific Color in — No.
XVI . 907
Pragmatism . 908
Pressroom :
Adhesive to Unite Paper with Metal . 898
Changing from Fly to Sheet Delivery . 897
Chase Crossbars Rising, To Prevent . 897
PAGE
Cylinder Press, To Level a . 898
Embossing Litho Box Covers . 897
Four-color Plates . 899
Mechanical Overlays for Rotary Presses... 897
Printers’ Overlays . 898
Sheets Sag Between Headings . 898
Pressroom in Bowels of Earth . 910’
Printerless “ Pen,” Another . 927
“ Printers’ Towel,” Doom of the . 909
Printing-house Feud, The Great . 905
Printing Salesman, The . 850
Process Engraving :
Answers to a Few Correspondents . 903
Developing Wet-plate Negatives Properly. . 905
Every Processworker Should Know . 904-
Eves Injured by Ultra-violet Light . 903
Half-tone from a Wood Engraver’s View¬
point . 904
Hydrometer for Testing Silver Bath . 903
Rotary Photogravure and Its Inventor. . . . 904
Transferring Prints to Wood . 903
Zinc-etching Bath Containing Potash . 904
Progressive Methods, Looking Up . 909
Proofroom :
Dates . 928
Plural, A Disputed . 928
Pulp, White, from Printed Paper . 873
Question Box :
Automatic Beveling Machinery . 917
Books for Beginner . 919
Corrugated Board . 917
Costmeter Invented by Quigley . 917
Cutting Machine, Operating a . 918
Dedrich Engraving Machines . 917
“ I ” and “ J ” . 918
Imported Fabrics for Labels . 918
Linograph and Typograph, 'Die . 918
Mailing and Addressing Machines . 919
McKellar, Smiths & Jordan . 918
Metal Backs for Loose-leaf Ledgers . 919
“ Newspaper Ad. -estimating ” . 918
Paraffining Machines . 917
Standard Automatic Press . 918
Typographical Errors, Responsibility for. . 918
Wants Printing-plant in Arkansas, Missouri
or Oklahoma . 918
Wants to Study Costs of Printing . 917
Zinc for Etching . 919
Rate-cards for a Daily and Weekly Paper... 921
Russia, Printing-press in . . . 889
Salesman, The Printing . 859
Saturday Half-holiday, The . 872
Scientific Color in Practical Printing — No.
XVI . 907
Sheepskin, Miscellaneous Uses of . 885
Shut Up . 913
Some Joque . 923
Souvenir, Printers’ Convention . 929
Specimen Review . 886
Steel and Copper Plate Engravers’ Convention 895
Success, The Secret of . 919
The Man and the Field :
Ad. and Job Compositor . 913
Foreman Country Weekly and Job Office. . 913
Superintendent of Printing . 913
Wanted — Position as Engraving and Art
Manager . 913
“The Sonnets of Foh’t McKinley” . 885
Three-color Work, Estimating the Quantity of
Ink for . 892
“Throw Away Your Lead-and-rule Cutter”. 924
Trade Notes :
Bipartisan Alliance, A . 919
Charles Francis Press Increases Capacity. . 909
Combine Among Printers Is Charged . 919
Dedication and Souvenir Book, A Handsome 911
Gathering the Summer’s Joy . 911
Gompers Against Postal Raise . 910
“ Heaven’s My Home,” Says Printer . 909
Hoe Strike Settled . 909
Imperial Chinese Printing-office . ’..... 910
Imrie Fills New Office . 911
New Printing-plant at Moline . 909
New Printing-plant at New York, A . 910
Old Days, Looking Back to the . 909
Paper Towels, Sanitary . 919
Pension System for Employees, Establishes. 909
Pressroom in Bowels of Earth . 919
Printer’s Towel, Doom of the . 909
Progress Company in Bankruptcy . 909
Progressive Methods, Looking Up . 909
Publishers Fight Tax on. Royalties . 911
Stanley-Taylor Company, San Francisco... 919
Teall, Gardner, in New Editorship . 909
Type Scale, Benedict’s New . 915
Voices from the Ranks . 902
Woman Labor in the Printing Field . 872
THE HENRY O. SHEPARD CO.,
57 PRINTERS, CHICAGO.
959
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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.
PAGE
Acme Staple Co . S26
Advertisers’ Electrotyping Co . S31
American Electrotype Co . 946
American Folding- Machine Co.... . 843
American Pressman . 955
American Printer . 956
American • Rotary Valve Co . 941
American Shading Machine Co . 938
American Steel & Copper Plate Co . 938
American Type Founders Co . 804
Anderson, C. F., & Co . 941
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe . 823
Ault & Wiborg Co . 808
Auto Falcon & Waite Die Press Co, . 945
Autopress Co . 834-835
Babcock Printing Press Mfg. Co . 813
Barnhart Bros. & Spindler . 813
Barton Mfg. Co . 935
Beck, Charles, Co . 846
Beckett Paper Co . Insert
Bingham’s, Sam’l, Son Mfg. Co . 844
Black-Clawson Co . 936
Blatchford, E. IV., Co . 938
Blomfeldt & Rapp Co . 827
Boston Printing Press & Machinery Co . 831
Brislane-Hoyne Co . 943
Brown Folding Machine Co . 812
Butler, J. IV., Paper Co . 801-807
Cabot, Godfrey L . 936
Calculagraph Co . 842
Carver, C. R., Co . 824
Central Ohio Paper Co . 936
Challenge Machinery Co . 827
Chambers Bros. Co . 830
Chandler & Price Co . 842
Chicago Lino-Tabler Co . 936
Chicago Roller Co . 940
Cleveland Folding Machine Co . 945
Coes, Loring, & Co . 815
Colonial Co . 936
Cottrell, C. B., & Sons Co . S16
Crane, Z. & W. M . 953
Croeker-McElwain Co . 845
Dennison Mfg. Co .... % . 805
Deutscher Buch- und Steindrucker . 955
Dewey, F. E. & B. A . 951
Dick, Rev. Robert, Estate . 939
Dinse, Page & Co . 841
Driscoll & Fletcher . 935
Durant, W. N., Co . 936
Eagle Printing Ink Co . 830
Eastern Sales Co . 947
Engravers’ & Printers’ Machinery Co . 841
Freie Kunste . 955
PAGE
Freund, Wm., & Sons . 939
Furman, James H . 932-934
General Electric Co . 821
Globe Engraving & Electrotvpe Co . 818
Golding Mfg. Co . ' . 824
Gould & Eberhardt . 827
Hamilton Mfg. Co..... : . 840
Harris. Automatic Press Co . 833
Hellmuth, Charles . 825
Hess, Julius,. .Cq ........... , . 939
Hiekok, W. O,. Mfg.. .Co . 818
Hoole Machine .& .Engraving Works . 825
Ideal Sanitary. Supply C'0 . 950
Inland Printer Technical School . 953
Inland Stationer......... . 956
I. T. U. Commission . 832
Jaenecke Printing Ink Co . 820
Juengst, Geo., & Sons . 944
Ivast & Ehinger . S25
Keystone Type Foundry . 848
Kidder Press Co . 836
Kimble Electric Co . . 823
Ivnowlton Bros. Co . 802
Lanston Monotype Machine Co . S03
Latham Machinery Co . 836
Logemann Bros. Co . 825
Marseilles Wrapping Paper Co . 936
Mashek Mfg. Co . 818
Master Printer Pub. Co . 950
Mayer, Robert, & Co . 943
Mechanical Appliance Co . 943
Megill, E. L . 933
Meisel Press & Mfg. Co . 825
Mergenthaler Linotvpe Co . Cover
Michiner, A. W. . . . 936
Miehle Printing Press & Mfg. Co . Cover
Millers Falls Paper Co . 837
Miller Saw-Trimmer Co . 940
Mittag & Vblger . 938
Morrison, .T. L., Co . 942
Muldoon, J. R., & Co . 942
Murray Engraving Co . 950
National Arts Pub. Co . 939
National Electrot.ype Co . 826
National Lithographer . 955
National Machine Co . 951
National Printer Journalist . 956
National Printing Machinery Co . 951
National Steel & Copper Plate Co . 938
New York Revolving Portable Elevator Co.. 819
Oswego Machine Works . 815
Paper Dealer . 935
Parker, Thomas & Tucker Paper Co . 952
Parsons Trading Co . 841
PAGE
Peerless Electric Co . 831
Peters, John . 936
Potter Printing Press Co . 960
Printer & Publisher . 940
Printing Art . 956
Process Engravers’ Monthly . 955
Queen City Printing Ink Co . 838
Rapid Electrotype Co . 958
Rapp & Wagman Mfg. Co . 948
Redington, F. B.. Co . 936
Regina Co . 806
Review Printing & Embossing Co . 831
Richmond Electric Co . 830
Rising, B. II., Paper Co . 822
Robbins & Myers Co . 948
Roberts Numbering Machine Co . 841
Rosendal, Geo. T., & Co . 936
Rouse. II. B„ & Co . 941
Scott, Walter, & Co . 949
Sevbold Machine Co . 817
Shepard. Henrv O.. Co . 811-936
Sheridan, T. W. & C. B., Co . 809
Shniedewend, Paul. & Co . 819
Sprague Electric Co . 843
Star Tool Mfg. Co . 948
Steinman, O. M . 810
Strathmore Paper Co . 829
Sullivan Machinery Co . 938
Swigart Paper Co . 942
Swink Printing Press Co . 946
Tarcolin . 938
Tatum, Sam’l C., Co . 846
Taylor, Arthur S . 936
Thalmann Printing Ink Co . 819
Thompson Type Machine Co . 847
Toronto Type Foundry Co . 828
Triumph Electric Co . 819
Ullman, Sigmund, Co.., . Cover
Union Pacific . 822
United Printing Machinery Co . 839
Universal Type- Making Machine Co. . . . . 816
Van Allens & Boughton . 80S
Wanner, A. F., & Co . 944
Wanner Machinery Co . 943
Want Advertisements . 932
Warren, S. I).. & Co . 937
Watzellian & Speyer . 826
Western States Envelope Co . 947
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co . 826
West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co . 84S
White, James, Paper Co . 818
Wiggins, John B., Co . 952
Wing, Chauncey . ' . 941
Wire Loop Mfg. Co . 935
900
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Quick-
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Adequately equipped, will reduce your cost of composition to what
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Business that Pays a Profit,
Your success depends not so much on increasing your selling price
as on decreasing your production expense.
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Recent Decisions on the Press Question
Below are given the names of 58 purchasers who recently installed 70 presses,
and who reached a decision as to which is the best press to buy . These
same concerns have been confronted with the same question 294 times
before, and reached the same decision. They now have 364 Miehle Presses.
Publishing House of the M. E.
Church South . Nashville, Tenn . 1
Previously purchased seven Miehles.
United States Printing Co . Cincinnati, Ohio .... 2
Previously purchased for this and other branches
fifty-five Miehles.
Graham-Chisholm Co . New York City . 1
E. J. Schuster Printing Co . St. Louis, Mo . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Baruch & Louis . Cleveland, Ohio .... 1
The Williams Printing Co . Richmond, Va . 1
Previously purchased five Miehles.
Johnston-Taylor Printing Co . Wichita, Kan . 1
The Crowell Publishing Co . Springfield, Ohio ... 1
Previously purchased four Miehles.
Rogers Printing Co . Dixon, Ill . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co . Manchester, N. H. . . . 1
Previously purchased two Miehles.
M. Vidal . Barcelona, Spain .... 1
The Camelot Press . New York City . 1
J. West Goodwin . . Sedalia, Mo. . 1
Currier Printing Co . Chicago, Ill . 1
Previously purchased eight Miehles.
The De Vinne Press . New York City . 2
Previously purchased twenty-two Miehles.
Tulane University Press . New Orleans, La.... 1
The Diamond Match Co . Barberton, Ohio .... 2
Previously purchased one Miehle.
The Hann & Adair Printing Co. . . . Columbus, Ohio .... 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Allen, Lane & Scott . Philadelphia, Pa . 2
Previously purchased two Miehles.
Lefebure Ledger Co . Cedar Rapids, Iowa.. 1
Mayer & Miller Co . Chicago, Ill . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Burke & James . Chicago, Ill . 1
Michigan Carton Co . Battle Creek, Mich.. 1
Previously purchased six Miehles.
J. B. Crawford Manufacturing Co.. Chicago, Ill . 2
Previously purchased three Miehles.
The Somerville Publishing Co . Somerville, N. J . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Tribune Printing Co. . South Bend, Ind . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Palmer & Oliver . New York City . 1
Edward Stern & Co . Philadelphia, Pa. ... 1
The London Printery . Rock Hill, S. C . 1
Cia. General de Fosforos . Buenos Aires, S. A. . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
J. L. Romen. . ...Emmerich, Germany. 1
The Edwards Company..... . Santiago, Chile . 1
Previously purchased seven Miehles.
L. P. Hardy Co..... . South Bend, Ind . I
Previously purchased four Miehles.
Central Druckerei . . . Copenhagen, Den¬
mark . . 2
Harris & Partridge . . . Philadelphia, Pa. ... 1
Previously purchased five Miehles.
McKinley Music Co . . . . Chicago, Ill . 2
A. Wohlfeld . . .Magdeburg, Germany 2
Previously purchased fourteen Miehles.
Butler Brothers . Chicago, Ill . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
Chas. H. Glass & Co . . . .Bangor, Me . 1
The Tabard Press. . . . New York City - - - 1
John P. Keefe . . . Chicago, Ill . 1
Geo. H. Ellis Co. . . . Boston, Mass . 2
Previously purchased five Miehles.
A. R. Barnes & Co . Chicago, Ill. .....
Previously purchased nine Miehles.
Philadelphia Suburban Publishing
Co . .....Philadelphia, Pa.
A. I. Root, Inc . Omaha, Neb .
Previously purchased seven Miehles.
Arts and Crafts Publishing Co _ Pittsburgh, Pa . 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
National Printing Co., Ltd.. ..... .Montreal, Quebec ... 1
The J. B. Savage Co . . .Cleveland, Ohio . 1
Previously purchased five Miehles.
United States Printing Co . Brooklyn, N. Y . 1
Previously purchased for this and other branches
fifty-seven Miehles.
Roy M. Barcal & Co _ _ _ .... .Chicago, Ill. ... - - 1
Previously purchased one Miehle.
R. Suter and Cie . . . ..Bern, Switzerland ... 1
Connell Printing Co . . . Gulfport, Miss . 1
Berrian & Douglas . New York City . 1
Previously purchased two Miehles.
The Art Press........ . . . Indianapolis, Ind.
Southern Publishing Association. . Nashville, Tenn. ..
Previously purchased three Miehles.
National Carton Co . Joliet, Ill. . .
Parsons Trading Co.. . . Mexico City, Mex
Previously purchased four Miehles.
Galveston Printing Co . .....Galveston, Tex. ...
Rubel Loose Leaf Manufacturing
Co . . . . Chicago, Ill. ......
Previously purchased two Miehles.
Shipments for July, 1911, 70 Miehle Presses
For Prices, Terms and Other Particulars, address
The Miehle Printing Press 6 Mfg. Co.
Factory, COR. FOURTEENTH AND ROBEY STREETS
(South Side Office, 326 S. Dearborn Street)
CHICAGO, ILL., U.S.A.
New YorK Office, 38 ParK Row. Philadelphia Office, Commonwealth Bldg. Boston Office. 164 Federal Street.
San Francisco Office, 401 Williams Bldg., 693 Mission St. Dallas Office, 411 Juanita Building.
6 Grunewaldstrasse, Steglitz- Berlin, Germany. 23 Avenue de Gravelle, Charenton, Paris.
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